Gongyang Nu’s attacks continued relentlessly.
Yet, no matter how swift his blade, it couldn’t touch Ling Xiao.
Ling Xiao darted across the ruins, moving like a dragon, elusive and unpredictable, leaving Gongyang Nu unable to track him.
“This kid has woven the mysteries of array formations into his movement technique,” Yuan Zun suddenly remarked.
“No wonder his movements seemed odd. He’s treading nearly the same points, yet Gongyang Nu can’t touch him,” Yang Danlin said, suddenly enlightened.
“And this array mystery isn’t something I taught him. I’ve only seen it in the Conferred God Catalogue,” Yuan Zun said with a chuckle.
“No way, you mean this kid memorised the Conferred God Catalogue?” Yang Danlin was stunned.
“Quite possibly!” Yuan Zun was growing fonder of his disciple. He felt truly fortunate to have claimed Ling Xiao as his apprentice before anyone else, or he’d regret it for life.
“Gongyang Nu! Tuoba Shan! As disciples of the Moonlight Sect, instead of focusing on cultivation, you take pleasure in bullying others!” Ling Xiao said while dodging Gongyang Nu’s attacks. “I don’t care about others’ fates, but you never should have targeted Dai Yuling! And you definitely shouldn’t have destroyed her martial soul!”
“Enough chatter!” Gongyang Nu’s attacks grew fiercer.
“Hmph, you should be grateful you can still hear my ‘chatter.’ Soon, when your eyes close, you’ll be parted from this senior sister forever,” Ling Xiao said coldly, suddenly drawing his sword. A sword qi shot out, piercing Gongyang Nu’s shoulder.
“Don’t worry, I won’t let you die too easily.”
Whoosh!
Pfft!
Another sword qi struck, piercing Gongyang Nu’s other shoulder.
To be precise, both his shoulder blades were pierced, leaving his arms dangling limply.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Four more sword qi flew out, piercing Gongyang Nu’s legs and eyes.
“Ahhh!” A wretched scream echoed through the Desperate Tower. Gongyang Nu was utterly ruined.
“Ling Xiao, you devil!” Gongyang Nu roared.
“That’s right, I am a devil. If I don’t become a vengeful spirit, my friends will keep suffering your abuse, and that’s something I’ll never allow!” Ling Xiao began his final summation. “Since so many are here to witness, let me make it clear, anyone who harms my friends in the future, I’ll tear them to pieces! Remember my words, don’t regret it when it’s too late!”
Whoosh!
Pfft!
The final sword qi pierced Gongyang Nu’s forehead.
Ling Xiao took a deep breath and turned to Tuoba Shan.
“Die, Ling Xiao!” Though Gongyang Nu was dead, Tuoba Shan had used the opportunity to charge his most powerful killing move.
“Junior Brother Gongyang, rest in peace, I’ll avenge you!”
“Is this your killing move?” Ling Xiao looked at Tuoba Shan mockingly.
“Is this the killing move of the outer sect’s fifth-ranked disciple? If this is all its power, it’s rather disappointing.”
Ling Xiao admitted, Tuoba Shan’s move could kill most peak Ninth-Tier Martial Vein masters and pose a lethal threat to many half-step grandmasters.
But against him or Jin Ming, it was useless.
He didn’t even need to dodge, standing there, he could easily block it.
“Stop bluffing!” Tuoba Shan didn’t believe Ling Xiao. His attack was already unleashed, now he just had to wait for Ling Xiao’s death.
The terrifying arrow let out a sonic boom, igniting crimson flames from air friction, as if aiming to pin Ling Xiao to the ruins.
“Ling Xiao’s probably bluffing, right?”
“Definitely, he’s just trying to make Senior Brother Tuoba nervous.”
“Right, this arrow is fast and fierce, no one in the outer sect would dare face it head-on.”
As if to refute them, Ling Xiao slowly extended his right hand.
The grandiose attack struck his hand.
But there was no massive explosion.
No terrifying spectacle.
Ling Xiao simply pinched his hand, and the fearsome move dissipated into nothing.
“I told you, your so-called killing move is a joke to me. I didn’t want trouble, but you insisted on provoking me. If you die today, don’t blame me, blame your own arrogance!” Ling Xiao said, slowly advancing toward Tuoba Shan.
From the start of the fight, not a drop of sweat marked his brow, nor a speck of dirt stained his clothes.
It was as if he hadn’t fought at all.
Yet everyone saw he’d killed Yang Cheng and Gongyang Nu.
Now, Tuoba Shan was inches from death.
“Spare me!”
“Please, spare me!” Tuoba Shan’s face contorted, tears streaming down.
He was genuinely terrified.
Ling Xiao was too frightening, even more so than Jin Ming or Hei Suo, not in strength, but in aura.
He didn’t know Ling Xiao’s soul force was far superior to Jin Ming or Hei Suo’s.
Combined with the ferocious beast essence mixed into his aura, it was naturally terrifying.
“Ling Xiao, spare him, he knows he was wrong,” Zhao Ci shouted, unable to watch. “You’ve already killed two, do you need to continue?”
Ling Xiao ignored Zhao Ci. They weren’t from the same world.
Zhao Ci, raised in the sheltered palace, didn’t understand the cruelty of reality.
Ling Xiao had witnessed the weak being bullied and killed by the strong since childhood.
He wouldn’t kill indiscriminately, but he’d never pity an enemy.
Clang!
Ling Xiao slowly waved his hand, a flash of sharpness appearing and vanishing.
Tuoba Shan’s head rolled off like a ball.
Ling Xiao collected his martial soul, as he had with Gongyang Nu and Yang Cheng’s.
Their souls were too ordinary for Ling Xiao’s taste, so he fed them as nourishment to his Blood Shadow Martial Soul.
Currently, he focused on developing the Blood Shadow Martial Soul, planning to elevate it to the third stage of a complete soul, the physical form, before improving others.
Since he could wield three martial souls simultaneously, he wanted at least three to be on par.
He’d chosen the Blood Shadow, Thunder Bear, and Giant Sword Martial Souls for now.
The Ghost Ship and Dark Cloud Martial Souls could wait.
In the sect world, having a martial soul was basic, and he had plenty to devour, so he wasn’t worried about having too many to enhance.
With only five, he even felt it was too few.
Gongyang Nu, dead!
Tuoba Shan, dead!
At this moment, the air seemed to freeze, no one daring to doubt Ling Xiao’s strength.
Defeating these two in tandem, his power was at least among the outer sect’s top three!
