The higher-ups of the Sword King Sect had been paying close attention to the movements on the Moon Flower Sect’s side. They had not left and were waiting for Ling Xiao to come out.
“Master, that Ling Xiao won’t have been killed by Li Youdao inside, will he? That would be retribution!”
Chen Meng said.
Chen Nanxing shook his head and said, “When Jian Feng was eliminated, he said he felt Ling Xiao’s aura. That kid shouldn’t be dead.
Moreover, that Ying Wuya from the Beast King Palace also said he had seen Ling Xiao. This should be true. That kid is probably searching for treasures now.”
“Treasures?”
Chen Meng and Jian Feng were both somewhat puzzled.
They had not been able to break into the final checkpoint.
Jian Feng had been defeated by that Celestial Human Realm warrior. He was slightly better than Chen Meng, but still stopped there.
“Yes, according to rumours, defeating the final Celestial Human Realm warrior can open the Life and Death Gates. Choosing to enter the Death Gate allows one to obtain a precious treasure!”
Chen Nanxing pondered and said, “The treasures inside, the worst martial arts secret manuals are jade-grade rare-level martial arts. Those are considered sect treasures among the twelve sects. The worst weapons are immortal-grade treasures. If lucky, one might even get divine-grade treasures.”
“How can that be? One for each person, six people mean six items? I just saw Yan Liehuo come out with a long spear. He should have gotten a treasure. Won’t the remaining five be taken by the few people inside?”
Chen Meng said nervously.
Chen Nanxing frowned and said, “If others get them, it doesn’t matter. I’m just afraid they’ll be obtained by that Ling Xiao. This fellow is only at the Transcendent Realm cultivation, yet he’s made our Sword King Sect so embarrassed. If we let him grow, I’m afraid our Sword King Sect will be completely finished.”
“Then what do we do?”
Chen Meng was anxious.
“Hmph, the strength of the Sword King Sect is not as simple as it appears on the surface. Our ‘Assassin Hall’ is not for show. The several elders of the Assassin Hall all cultivate sword techniques for killing. This time, if this kid comes out alive, we must send them all out to kill him!”
When mentioning the Sword King Sect’s Assassin Hall, many warriors would turn pale at the sound.
It was said that the Sword King Sect’s Assassin Hall had only five elders in total, all cultivating slaughter sword techniques.
Each sword move was extremely ruthless, and all were Celestial Human Realm experts.
One alone would be enough to leave Ling Xiao with no place to bury his body. This time, Chen Nanxing planned to send five people, truly treating Ling Xiao as a difficult opponent.
The Assassin Hall was also the Sword King Sect’s last trump card. Once these five people died, the Sword King Sect would not be far from destruction.
The reason people in the martial world feared the Sword King Sect was actually not because of Chen Nanxing, but because of these five people.
These five people’s strength was inferior to Chen Nanxing’s, but they were elusive and hard to track. Offending them meant you might not even sleep or eat in peace.
…
Inside the True Demon Forbidden Land, Ling Xiao did not know the plans of the southern three sects and the Sword King Sect. At this time, he was fully dealing with Li Youdao.
Li Youdao’s growth surprised him a little. This guy seemed to have had some encounter on the previous path; otherwise, he could not have grown to this level.
The one even more surprised was actually Li Youdao.
Li Youdao never expected that after his strength greatly increased and he became a Heavenly Vein warrior, he still could not defeat Ling Xiao and was instead restrained everywhere.
How was this possible?
He really found it hard to believe.
Seeing Ling Xiao’s terrifying golden sword rays coming head-on, each golden ray having the power to pierce gold and shatter stones, his killing intent grew even stronger.
Ling Xiao’s growth made him jealous and filled him with unprecedented fear.
He had to kill Ling Xiao here; otherwise, there would be no chance in the future.
Although he was unwilling to admit it, Ling Xiao was indeed more terrifying than he imagined.
“Golden Silkworm Transformation! Break for me!”
Suddenly, Li Youdao’s aura changed. His whole body was enveloped in golden light. The virtual shadow of the Golden Silkworm Gu behind him disappeared, replaced by changes in his body.
His body actually took on seven parts the appearance of a golden silkworm, and his own strength soared by a full seventy percent.
With just one palm strike, the磅礴 palm force blocked all the sword rays. Those sword rays shattered like glass hitting a stone.
“Oh? I didn’t expect you to have learned the method of martial soul transformation too. Is this the Golden Silkworm Body? And it’s the seventh form. Quite impressive.”
Ling Xiao praised verbally, but in his heart, there was some disdain.
After Li Youdao transformed into the Golden Silkworm Body, his strength greatly increased, but Ling Xiao had seen this kind of transformation more than once.
Ba Tianhu and Ying Wuya had both used it.
This seemed to be a special combat method for those with animal-type martial souls.
Ling Xiao’s human-dragon form was similar to this, but obviously more powerful, and he could also use dragon clan martial arts.
The Rising Sun Sword Rays were crushed by Li Youdao’s palm force.
Li Youdao pressed his advantage and leaped forward. Behind him, golden, thin-as-cicada-wing wings vibrated rapidly.
Terrifying palm strikes bombarded Ling Xiao one after another.
Those purple-black large hands all contained special poison gu. Being hit by one palm would likely cause great trouble.
However, Ling Xiao just smiled faintly and did not take it seriously at all.
“Human-Dragon: First Form!”
“Heavenly Dragon Divine Finger!”
“Dragon Roar!”
Ling Xiao also entered the human-dragon form, but only the first form. He felt that using this first form to defeat Li Youdao was enough.
After entering the human-dragon form, he could use the Heavenly Dragon Divine Finger and also Dragon Roar.
Having entered the martial soul transformation form as well, Ling Xiao was obviously stronger. Facing Li Youdao’s sky-full palm shadows, he not only did not retreat but took out the Rain-Covering Sword and charged forward.
The Rain-Covering Sword in his hand spat out sword rays, stunningly brilliant.
In just an instant, the sky-full palm shadows were shredded one by one.
Li Youdao had only recently comprehended martial soul transformation and was not so proficient in mastering it. Facing Ling Xiao’s human-dragon form, how could he resist?
Seeing the palm shadows broken, he hurriedly retreated. At the same time, a virtual shadow of a Golden Silkworm Gu appeared in front of him, fully used for defence.
Puff!
Even with desperate defence, Li Youdao still spat out a mouthful of black blood, clearly having suffered very serious internal injuries.
Just as Ling Xiao pursued to put Li Youdao to death, a blood-red light suddenly shot over.
Ling Xiao withdrew to avoid it. Although he was not injured, he had already missed the best pursuit opportunity.
“Heh heh, Li Youdao, it seems you’re not up to it. You don’t even have the qualification to perish together with this kid. Do you want me to help you?”
A figure walked out from the darkness. It was Ya Qianxue, who had fully recovered.
He had actually arrived long ago, originally planning to wait for Ling Xiao and Li Youdao to both be injured and then reap the benefits.
However, Ling Xiao’s combat power far exceeded his expectations. Li Youdao was beaten to vomiting blood in just a few moves.
He had to launch a sneak attack, but unfortunately, this sneak attack did not succeed either.
