What the opponent was thinking.
What he was doing.
Even where he would finally appear. Ling Xiao had completely seen through it all.
Crack! Crack! Crack!
The emerald-green nails pierced through Ling Xiao’s body.
But unfortunately, it was only an afterimage.
The nails struck the ground, shattering several bluestone slabs. Some pitiful little insects on the surface also lost their lives as a result.
Thud!
The moment he dodged the opponent’s attack, Ling Xiao even launched a counterattack. The dark shadow cone struck the Poison Soul Venerable’s back.
Although this strike caused no harm whatsoever to the Poison Soul Venerable,
his expression was extremely grim.
“One move down!”
Ling Xiao retreated and stood at a distance, faintly smiling as he looked at the Poison Soul Venerable.
“This fellow is too strong. What exactly is his cultivation level? Facing the third Cave Heaven Realm Poison Soul Venerable, not only can he easily dodge attacks, he can even counterattack?”
“Indeed. Although the counterattack seems ineffective, to achieve this much is truly far superior to Mo Shaoyou or Mang Xiao.”
In the crowd, many people were practically treating Ling Xiao as a role model for the younger generation.
This fellow was actually toying with the Poison Soul Venerable in the palm of his hand.
“Cunning little evildoer!”
The Poison Soul Venerable felt extremely displeased inside.
He had said he would make Ling Xiao lose face here, yet in the first move, Ling Xiao dodged so elegantly and even landed a hit on him.
This fellow truly could not be underestimated.
Kill!
The Poison Soul Venerable increased his speed. His attacks became sharper and faster.
Even more terrifying, he unleashed a series of cunning and insidious moves one after another.
Each time, the watching warriors were greatly shocked and secretly cursed his treachery.
Generally speaking, no one wanted to tangle with a warrior like the Poison Soul Venerable, because such warriors were too difficult to deal with.
Yet with Ling Xiao, he became the most welcome opponent.
Thus, the Poison Soul Venerable’s second move was still easily evaded by Ling Xiao.
At the same time, Ling Xiao once again struck the Poison Soul Venerable’s body. Though still ineffective, Ling Xiao’s expression showed no change.
He appeared to hold everything in his grasp, completely confident.
The third move was the same.
Ling Xiao not only dodged skilfully, but also found opportunities to attack different parts of the Poison Soul Venerable’s body.
“Can anyone tell me what is going on? Is the Poison Soul Venerable too weak, or is Ling Xiao too strong?”
“This cannot simply be explained by strength or weakness. It is that Ling Xiao is too good at dodging. He seems able to foresee the opponent’s attacks every time and then evade with complete composure.”
“Foreseeing ability? I have heard that when soul force reaches a certain level, one can briefly predict an opponent’s attacks. But even Cave Heaven Realm warriors cannot predict correctly every single time.”
“I do not understand. I truly do not understand. This Ling Xiao is simply an enigmatic existence.”
“Indeed. Now I am starting to doubt it. Can the Poison Soul Venerable really finish him in seven moves?”
Among the crowd, there were no shortage of people with sharp eyesight.
Some had already guessed how Ling Xiao was evading the Poison Soul Venerable’s attacks, so the Poison Soul Venerable himself could not possibly fail to realise.
“Old evildoer, did you not say you would kill me in seven moves? Three moves have already passed, yet you have not even touched the corner of my clothes! Are your words just hot air?”
Ling Xiao raised a cold smile and spoke to the Poison Soul Venerable opposite him.
Indeed, three of the seven moves had gone by, leaving only four. Let alone killing Ling Xiao, the Poison Soul Venerable had not even touched him.
What was this?
Was the Poison Soul Venerable not in form today?
Yet what the Poison Soul Venerable was thinking was that he was fortunate not to have boasted about killing Ling Xiao in three moves, or he would truly have lost face today.
But for seven moves, he still had confidence.
The earlier moves were merely probes. As long as he killed Ling Xiao with the final move, he would not lose face.
The one who lost face would be Ling Xiao.
The one who laughed last would laugh best.
The Poison Soul Venerable now understood that Ling Xiao’s terror lay in his predictive ability and speed.
When these two combined, for ordinary warriors, it was simply doomsday.
Because he could judge your next action and rely on speed to evade.
Facing him, you would always be one step slower.
Thus, the only way to deal with Ling Xiao was to be faster than him or to overwhelm him with overwhelming power.
Any schemes or tricks were meaningless.
His first three moves had completely used the wrong approach.
A knowing smile appeared on his cold and sinister face, then quickly turned icy again.
Around his body, emerald-green light began to flow wildly, faster and faster. The power within his body seemed ready to explode completely.
“Guā~~”
The poison toad martial soul let out an even fiercer croak, shaking hearts and causing many watching warriors to instinctively retreat further.
“Guā~~ guā~~”
Amid the more intense croaking, the poison toad martial soul enveloped the Poison Soul Venerable’s body and then gradually shrank.
In the end, the Poison Soul Venerable looked as if he were wrapped in a layer of skin formed from the poison toad martial soul.
This made him appear like a human-sized toad.
Although this sight looked comical, no one laughed.
The power contained within that poison toad’s body was far too terrifying. Everyone feared becoming its target.
Ling Xiao naturally felt the surging terrifying power.
He did not dare slacken. Blazing Red Sun Feather Robe burned on his body.
The cold gleam on the Ghost Shadow Sword grew even sharper.
Offence was the best defence.
Ling Xiao had always believed this, so from the beginning, he had no intention of purely defending or evading.
Suddenly, the poison toad opened its huge mouth. A tongue over a dozen metres long shot out abruptly.
This speed was faster than Ling Xiao’s movement!
A third Cave Heaven Realm warrior naturally possessed this capability.
In that instant, Ling Xiao’s choice shocked everyone.
He did not retreat or dodge. Instead, he thrust out with his sword.
Frantic sword intent poured from the Ghost Shadow Sword, like a raging river bursting its banks, so surging and turbulent!
Behind Ling Xiao was an entire world.
Power continuously surged from it.
The light on his body grew brighter, the temperature higher!
The sword intent on his blade grew denser, the sword qi sharper!
“Break!”
A thunderous roar burst from his lips. Ling Xiao’s Ghost Shadow Sword stabbed towards that long and venomous tongue.
At this moment, the Ghost Shadow Sword was flexible yet razor-sharp. The long blade wrapped in sword intent exuded intense destructive sword intent.
Destroy everything, including that seemingly indestructible poison toad tongue.
“Boom!”
The collision between sword and tongue produced a massive roar and tremor on the long street.
The ground caved in, and nearby houses collapsed as a result.
After a brief clash, Ling Xiao’s body uncontrollably flew backwards.
In this exchange, Ling Xiao had clearly suffered a loss.
After all, the opponent was a third Cave Heaven Realm warrior, while Ling Xiao had only just broken through to the Ten Directions Heaven cultivation.
The gap between them was vast.
