Mo Cong agreed to leave with Yue Tianya. He had staked his entire future on this man.
This was an absolute powerhouse, far stronger than him. Ling Xiao could never gain any advantage in front of this person.
“Get out of the way!”
Ling Xiao walked to within ten metres of Yue Tianya. An icy voice came from his mouth. “I am also giving face to the Changle Ancestor. I do not want to make things difficult for you, but do not bring trouble on yourself.”
“Bring trouble on myself?”
Yue Tianya laughed.
Ling Xiao actually dared to threaten him?
“If you want to fight, do it quickly. The gentleman sword wants to save someone, so that person will absolutely not die.”
Yue Tianya looked at Ling Xiao with disdain as he spoke.
“Do you really think I dare not touch you? I killed the Sword Demon and offended the彼岸 Immortal Island. I killed Gao Yangwen and offended the Blackwater Immortal Island. Although Changle Immortal Island is slightly stronger than them, it is basically on the same level. I am giving you this chance now only because I do not want to become enemies with the Changle Ancestor. He is still a very decent person.”
Ling Xiao stood there. His cold voice spoke slowly.
“If that is the case, then you can rest assured. I do not belong to the Ancestor’s faction on Changle Immortal Island. To be precise, the Changle Ancestor has already been sidelined, and I am one of the main people behind it.”
The gentleman sword said calmly.
He was not lying.
During the time when the Changle Ancestor was injured, the two vice island lords took the opportunity to seize power. They purged the Ancestor’s close confidants and took control of Changle Immortal Island.
Although Ling Xiao later healed the Changle Ancestor, by that time the Ancestor’s power was already gone.
After returning to Changle Immortal Island, he announced he would go into seclusion. He publicly handed over authority to the two vice island lords.
The gentleman sword had always been very proud because he was one of the people belonging to those two vice island lords.
“So that is how it is. Then things become simple.”
After hearing the gentleman sword’s words, Ling Xiao had no more worries. He looked faintly towards him.
The moment the words sounded, a ferocious killing intent surged towards the gentleman sword. It drilled into Yue Tianya’s body like a venomous insect, raging wildly in the depths of Yue Tianya’s soul.
Yue Tianya actually felt fear, a kind of fear he had never experienced before.
He could not understand it. His cultivation was clearly much higher than the opponent’s, and his experience was not inferior either. So why was there such an obvious gap in sword intent?
Ling Xiao continued walking forward.
Ten metres.
Eight metres.
Six metres.
Yue Tianya’s feet actually moved back a little, though he quickly stepped forward again.
But that subconscious action completely betrayed what was in his heart.
He was actually afraid.
He had actually been frightened by a mere third cave heaven realm martial artist.
How could this be possible?
He refused to believe it. He refused to believe he would fear Ling Xiao.
“Gentlemen’s friendship is as light as water!”
Suddenly, Yue Tianya shouted coldly. The gentleman sword in his hand thrust forward.
This sword seemed to pierce through a long river. Terrifying water currents poured down from the sky, turning into fierce waves that smashed towards Ling Xiao.
Boom!
However, before the attack could reach Ling Xiao, it was completely evaporated by the scorching heat.
Mist filled the sky, hazy and indistinct.
Yet this made the tiny seed of subconscious fear in Yue Tianya’s heart take root and sprout clearly.
His attack had actually been dispelled so easily by Ling Xiao.
This caused his confidence to weaken noticeably.
Five metres.
Three metres.
Ling Xiao rapidly closed in on Yue Tianya, with no intention of going around him.
Since there was an obstacle in the way, he would break through it rather than detour.
Although going around might also achieve the goal, it would waste time and effort. Moreover, that path would still have obstacles blocking it forever, making it impossible to pass freely.
For a martial artist, this was simply a great taboo.
“Get lost!”
When he was about two metres away from Yue Tianya, Ling Xiao suddenly roared.
The powerful voice fused with terrifying soul pressure.
It was as if something exploded in Yue Tianya’s heart. His feet finally retreated again.
And this time, he stepped back a full two or three paces before stopping.
“Damn it!”
Yue Tianya did not want to retreat at all, but his body seemed to refuse to obey him.
He could only use combat to numb himself.
His sword thrust out once more, but his heart was already in chaos. The flaws in his sword technique were glaring.
Ling Xiao did not even bother to block with his sword. He simply flicked out a red sun cone, easily sending the gentleman sword in Yue Tianya’s hand flying.
“I told you to get lost!”
In that instant, what Yue Tianya saw was not Ling Xiao, but a heaven-devouring giant beast.
He had begun to hallucinate.
Because Ling Xiao’s terrifying soul pressure had thrown his rhythm into complete disorder and plunged his mind into total chaos.
“Monster!”
Yue Tianya cried out in alarm. In a flash, he fled hundreds of metres away like a startled rabbit, leaving the pitiful Mo Cong behind.
When the crowd saw this scene, they simply did not know how to express their feelings.
The gentleman sword Yue Tianya was a famous young powerhouse in the martial world, the fifth young disciple of Changle Immortal Island.
Yet his performance against Ling Xiao was even worse than Feng Ming Qingshan’s.
In truth, they did not know.
When Ling Xiao fought Feng Ming Qingshan and Mo Cong, he had not used his soul power at all.
Otherwise, those two salted fish would not have been worth considering.
Ling Xiao’s soul power was one of his ultimate trump cards. It had always been improving and strengthening.
But in battle, he deliberately avoided using it.
Since it was a trump card, the less it was used, the greater the surprise it could create. If others completely figured it out, its effectiveness would probably drop sharply.
Ling Xiao glanced disdainfully at the distant Yue Tianya, whose face had become extremely ugly. Then he turned his gaze to Mo Cong.
The icy killing intent completely shifted from the gentleman sword Yue Tianya onto Mo Cong.
With no Yue Tianya standing in front to block it, Mo Cong, now facing Ling Xiao directly, felt as if he were standing naked in an icy blizzard. The bone-piercing cold made him tremble uncontrollably.
His eyes stared fixedly at Ling Xiao, but at this moment, there was no longer any fighting spirit left.
All that remained was fear, unwillingness, and perhaps a trace of hatred.
“I know you hate me, and I know you are unwilling, but it is useless. You brought all of this on yourself. That pitiful expression you are showing cannot move me either. I must kill you!”
Ling Xiao lightly swung the Brightness Divine Sword in his hand. This time, he did not pour too much inner energy into it.
All along, Ling Xiao’s battles had been very precise.
Every use of a technique was carried out with meticulous calculation.
He used exactly the amount of inner energy needed, never wasting it casually.
After all, he had many enemies. Wasting inner energy carelessly would be a terrible waste.
Mo Cong turned and fled.
He knew he had no chance left. His only option was to run.
He did not know whether he could escape, but at this moment, he had no other thoughts.
Ling Xiao was too terrifying. He was not someone he could fight at all.
“Die!”
There was not the slightest trace of sympathy in Ling Xiao’s eyes. With one sword strike, the sword qi pierced through dozens of metres of void and nailed Mo Cong to a tree.
