bookandnovel Chapter 14671 The Sword of Speed
Chapter 14671 The Sword of Speed
Chapter 14671 The Sword of Speed
Ling Xiao came here mostly on a gamble. He was betting that the mysterious and unpredictable senior from the Snowfield Divine Palace might remember their past ties and lend a helping hand.
"Senior? This junior, Ling Xiao, is being hunted down by powerful enemies from the Sword Star Holy Hall and is at my wit's end. I beg for your help!" He cried out in a low voice, his voice echoing in the empty, deathly silent square, but only attracting a more violent gust of cold wind.
no respond.
Only the cold stone statues and the howling, eerie wind kept them company.
Ling Xiao's heart sank. He tried calling out several more times, but to no avail.
This is bad... Has things really gone awry?
His heart felt like it was being squeezed by an invisible hand, and cold sweat slid down his cheeks, dripping onto the cold ground and freezing instantly.
Just then, two figures appeared silently not far behind him; they were Yun Yin and Luo Qiu.
Yun Yin's gaze swept over the dilapidated palace, lingering for a moment on the female statues, his doubts deepening: "Where is this place? There is such a strange aura here."
Luo Qiu shook his head, his tone grave: "I've never heard of this before, and it's not recorded in any sect records. But this place is filled with ominous energy; it's definitely not a good place."
Yun Yin turned to look at Ling Xiao, who had turned around, his eyes filled with even greater wariness. He acknowledged Ling Xiao's exceptional talent and unpredictable methods, but the overwhelming superiority in strength was undeniable. Yet, Ling Xiao dared to lure him here, so he must have something to rely on.
"You lured me here, is it because of this strange place? Or are you hiding someone behind you? Let him out."
Ling Xiao was taken aback, then shook his head with a bitter smile, his tone tinged with despair: "Senior is joking. I am all alone, I have no one backing me. I came here only because I was desperate and grasping at straws."
He took a deep breath, a resolute glint in his eyes: "Now I am at my wit's end, with nowhere to run. Before I die, I only ask for a fair chance to fight!"
Yun Yin scoffed, his tone icy and chilling: "Fairness? In the face of an absolute disparity in strength, fairness is merely an excuse for the weak. You have no right to talk about fairness."
He turned to look at Luo Qiu and ordered, "Luo Qiu, kill him!"
His reason for not personally intervening was not to underestimate Ling Xiao, but rather to ensure that Ling Xiao had untapped trump cards. Letting Luo Qiu test him was the safest course of action. In any case, Luo Qiu's strength was more than enough to crush Ling Xiao.
Luo Qiu stepped forward, his gaze falling on Ling Xiao, a cold smile curving his lips: "I have long heard that you are the most amazing swordsmanship genius in the last thousand years, stirring up the winds and clouds between the two realms. Today, let me see what you are really capable of."
Ling Xiao's eyes narrowed, and he slowly gripped the Xuan Snake Poison Heaven Sword in his hand, nodding: "Alright!"
Before he could finish speaking, his figure suddenly blurred, leaving only a faint afterimage in the spot!
In the next instant, Ling Xiao's true form had already traversed dozens of feet, the Xuan Snake Poison Heaven Sword, imbued with a violent power of ice and fire, silently piercing towards Luo Qiu's brow. With this strike, he used all his speed and strength, aiming for a fatal blow!
However, just as the blade was about to touch Luo Qiu's brow, it suddenly trembled strangely and stopped!
Immediately afterwards, a violent force rebounded from the sword. Ling Xiao groaned, his tiger's mouth split open, blood splattered, and his body was forced back a hundred feet like a kite with a broken string!
When he regained his balance, a fine bloodstain appeared between his eyebrows, and a drop of blood slowly seeped out, freezing into ice as soon as it touched the air.
Luo Qiu seemed to have anticipated all his movements, standing still without moving, only pointing her fingers like a sword, with a dark sword light swirling around her fingertips.
His sword was faster than Ling Xiao's! So fast that it seemed he had seen through Ling Xiao's intentions from the very beginning!
Ling Xiao wiped the blood from between his brows, his eyes sharp as an eagle's, showing no sign of backing down.
He disappeared again!
This time, he activated the last of his life essence, his figure transforming into an almost elusive streak of light. His sword techniques were no longer flashy, pursuing only extreme speed and ruthlessness!
The tip of the blade flashed coldly, seemingly tearing through space, and aimed directly at Luo Qiu's throat, ignoring the distance!
Luo Qiu remained expressionless, not even moving an inch. He simply moved his hand, which was as sharp as a sword, and a dark sword light surged from his fingertips, pointing precisely at the point in front of him!
bite.!
A crisp, yet soul-shaking rang out, as if it exploded directly in the depths of one's consciousness!
Ling Xiao's sword strike collided with an invisible yet indestructible barrier. The violent force instantly backfired, and his figure flew backward as if struck by a heavy blow. The Xuan Snake Poison Heaven Sword trembled violently in his hand, almost slipping out of his grasp.
The skin in front of his throat had been slashed by an invisible sword aura, and bright red blood seeped out, freezing into ice crystals the moment it touched the air. Luo Qiu's sword was so fast that even his protective qi didn't have time to fully activate!
Extreme speed! Pure speed that crushes all techniques and variations!
Ling Xiao steadied himself, his face as solemn as iron. He was well aware of the gap between the two: he was only at the third level of the Emperor Realm, with the insurmountable chasm of the Breaking Realm in between; while Luo Qiu was a genuine low-level Realm Lord, far beyond the reach of ordinary Realm Lords.
That was a genius handpicked by the Sword Star Sanctuary, who took the path of "speed" to its extreme.
He could have put up a fight against a low-level realm lord, but against Luo Qiu, he was at a disadvantage from the very beginning.
Luo Qiu walked slowly forward, his white robes fluttering in the cold wind. His voice was calm and even, yet it carried an air of arrogance that looked down upon all living beings.
"I wielded a sword at the age of three and unleashed my first sword aura at the age of seven. For the next thousand years, I swung my sword 100,000 times a day without interruption. My path is 'extreme speed'. Among those of the same realm, no one in the Silent Extinction Realm can surpass me in terms of sword speed. Even my senior brother Gu Cangming, when we were of the same realm, was inferior to me by half a step in terms of speed alone."
Ling Xiao wiped the blood from his throat, nodded in acknowledgment, and said without the slightest hint of weakness, "Your sword is indeed ridiculously fast."
"No." A burning light flashed in Luo Qiu's eyes, an extreme confidence in his own path. "It can be even faster."
The moment he finished speaking, his figure vanished!
There was no howling wind, no distorted light or shadow, and not even any spatial fluctuations.
Only a thin "line," as fine as a hair and containing extreme sharpness, traversed dozens of feet and instantly pierced towards Ling Xiao's brow! The speed of this sword was faster than the limits of thought, making it impossible to dodge or defend against!
"Now!"
Ling Xiao's pupils shrank to their limit. At this critical moment of life and death, he completely abandoned all distracting thoughts, closed his eyes, and fully obeyed his battle instincts honed through countless trials!
His body shifted to an unnatural angle, and the Xuan Snake Poison Heaven Sword in his hand seemed to come alive, thrusting out diagonally with an incredibly slight arc. It was so precise, as if he had foreseen the sword's path beforehand!
laugh!
A sharp sound rang out again! Ling Xiao's sword blade had struck precisely the weakest point of that "extreme speed sword line"!
The violent force exploded instantly, his sword was thrown away, his tiger's mouth was split open, blood splattered on the frozen ground, and his body was also shaken and staggered backward.