Ying Tianxia pondered and said, “An attack like Sword Demon’s, unless it is someone like Ling Xiao who refuses to dodge, would probably find it hard to injure others. But ordinary people would absolutely not dare approach him lightly. So this defence is likely even stronger than his lava domain.”
“Indeed, but no matter what, Ling Xiao is a fool. He chose the most stupid way to fight. Does he really think of himself as invincible?”
Zhu Wen said with disdain.
He had long since hidden far away, purely out of fear that he might be hit by Sword Demon’s indiscriminate attacks.
Yet he mocked others for being foolish, without considering his own cowardice and timidity.
“Zhuque Phoenix Child, you should currently rank eighth among the Phoenix Children, right?”
Ling Xiao suddenly raised his head and asked.
“That is correct, so what?”
Zhu Wen was puzzled. Ling Xiao was in the middle of fighting Sword Demon, yet he still had the leisure to turn and speak to him.
“No wonder people say that only the top seven among the Ten Phoenix Children are truly worthy of the name. I once fought against that Golden Phoenix Child Feng Ming Wushan. He was far stronger than you. Although he was also very arrogant, he was genuinely much better than a fool like you who only knows how to talk behind people’s backs.”
Ling Xiao spoke without any mercy. “The kind of attack you fear is, in my eyes, not worth mentioning at all.”
“No matter how nicely you talk, what use is it? If you have the ability, try blocking one!”
Zhu Wen sneered coldly.
“Block? There is no need for that.”
Ling Xiao smiled disdainfully, then suddenly struck with his sword. The sword moved like a startled swan, graceful like a swimming dragon. Though it had no physical form, it felt as solid as reality.
“Ah~~”
After a miserable scream, Sword Demon’s figure appeared. A sword mark had pierced straight through his abdomen, with fresh blood flowing continuously.
“How is this possible!”
Zhu Wen asked in shock.
Sword Demon also asked the same.
Sword Demon could not believe it. Ling Xiao had so easily broken the killing move he was so proud of. This was the strongest technique hidden in his arsenal.
“No, it cannot be broken. It must have just been a fluke, absolutely that!”
Sword Demon shook his head. His body collapsed to the ground again, entered demonic state once more, and vanished.
“No matter how many times you try, it is useless. Your kind of move is merely the lowest grade of trickery and gimmickry. You ignore powerful martial souls and domains that reach the heavens, yet you cling to this kind of rib-weak thing as if it were a treasure. You are truly blind!”
Ling Xiao pointed with his finger, and another miserable cry rang out. This time, a wound appeared on Sword Demon’s leg.
In truth, for Ling Xiao, cracking this attack was far too easy. He possessed the Taiji Eye, so the opponent’s movement path was completely under his control.
Such a movement path never changed. It was rigid, straightforward, coming directly.
Therefore, as long as Ling Xiao wished, he could effortlessly capture the opponent’s trajectory.
“No, no, you are talking nonsense. I do not believe it!”
Sword Demon could not accept this failure at all. The blow was far too heavy for him.
For so many years, this attack had been what he relied on most. Countless times in life-and-death battles, he had used this method to escape triumphantly.
Now Ling Xiao told him it was merely a weak rib?
How could he accept that?
“Whether you believe it or not, the facts are as they are.”
Ling Xiao said calmly. “For a martial artist, what should be prioritised is always one’s own cultivation. Next comes the development of martial soul and bloodline. Only then come techniques. Although all these things are important, you abandoned the most crucial ones and chose to take shortcuts. You may gain temporary victories, but you waste the true time for cultivation.”
Ling Xiao’s words seemed to be directed at Sword Demon, but in reality, they were meant for the disciples of Qingxu Academy.
This was the experience he had summarised from his cultivation journey, and it had been verified through the Human King Notes.
Such precious insights were valuable to every martial artist.
“I have finished speaking. This battle should come to an end.”
Ling Xiao looked at Sword Demon with icy eyes and said, “You came to Qingxu Academy and killed my teacher. Though his help to me was limited, a teacher for a day is a father for life. You killed him, so I must take revenge.
Before that, you caused trouble in the Heavenly Dynasty’s divine capital, killing my soldiers and subjects. As the Heavenly Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty, I must also kill you.”
At this point, Ling Xiao’s blazing Light God Sword appeared once more. The sky in that area became dazzlingly bright, releasing terrifyingly intense heat.
“Die!”
Ling Xiao’s face was cold and emotionless. All of this was brought upon by Sword Demon himself.
He had never intended to provoke someone he did not know. Yet this stranger had come to target him.
What else could he do?
He could only meet soldiers with generals and water with earth!
If others killed his people, he would kill theirs. The principle was that direct and simple.
“Stop!”
Zong Yu Bi’an Hua suddenly shouted.
Ling Xiao’s movement paused for a moment. He gently raised his head to look at the woman and asked coldly, “What advice do you have?”
He was not worried that Sword Demon would escape.
In the end, he could not escape a single sword strike from him.
Today at Qingxu Academy, he would kill Sword Demon, and no one would stop him.
“Do you know which sect we come from?”
Zong Yu Bi’an Hua asked.
“I do not know!”
Ling Xiao shook his head.
He truly did not know where these people came from, why they targeted his people, or why they harboured such hatred towards him.
“Ignorance is no crime. We can let today’s matter go without追究, but you must stop now.”
Zong Yu Bi’an Hua reminded him.
“Stop?”
Ling Xiao smiled coldly.
Why were there always so many self-righteous people in this world?
Did they think that whatever they said, he must obey?
“Yes, you must stop. We are from Bi’an Immortal Island. My mother is the island master Zong Yu Jingjue. If you dare touch my senior brother, you will have no good days ahead.”
Zong Yu Bi’an Hua said coldly.
“You are actually from Bi’an Immortal Island? No wonder you are so overbearing, casually taking others’ lives just because you dislike them? What great authority!”
Ling Xiao naturally knew how powerful Bi’an Immortal Island was.
One of the Five Immortal Islands, Bi’an Immortal Island was slightly weaker than Changle Immortal Island but comparable to the other four.
Especially the island master Zong Yu Jingjue, who was rumoured to possess a demonic eye that could communicate with another realm and make enemies vanish into thin air.
Though it was only a rumour, it was enough to prove how terrifying Bi’an Immortal Island was.
“Bi’an Immortal Island may be strong, but he killed my teacher, my soldiers, my subjects. Should they just die in vain?”
Ling Xiao asked coldly.
“A few worthless lives, how can they compare to the genius disciples of our Bi’an Immortal Island? If you dare touch him today, my mother will make sure you die without a burial place.”
Zong Yu Bi’an Hua said with disdain.
It seemed that in her eyes, only people from Bi’an Immortal Island were human. People from other places deserved to die and were not human at all.
In that instant, Sword Demon finally seized the chance to flee behind Zong Yu Bi’an Hua.
Zhu Wen and Ying Tianxia also stepped in front of him.
No matter how disgraceful Sword Demon was, they had to ensure he did not die.
They did not want that female demon Zong Yu Jingjue coming to demand their lives.
