Embers of Sword

Chapter 204 Sword Sacrifice
"Crazy! Crazy!"

Qing Falcon stood up suddenly, his face full of surprise.

He couldn't have imagined it.

Would Xie Zhen choose such a crazy and radical approach... destroy the cloud ship and fall with these evil cultivators?
Although cultivators at the Qi Controlling Realm can control the wind, this requires vital energy!

Beyond the Great Wall in the North.

The vitality is thin!
The higher you go, the harder it is to fly!
In addition, this world will also exert physical pressure on "practitioners". The higher you want to ascend, the more energy you need to consume to keep your body stable... This is why Beishu needs to use the cloud ship. If you want to travel long distances outside the northern border, you need extremely deep energy accumulation and a physical body!
"..."

You Yuan looked extremely ugly. He looked at the falling cloud ship and couldn't help but want to jump off.

But it all happened too fast.

The Jiageng was originally at the end of the array that was flying across the sky. It took less than a breath from the explosion to its transformation into a meteor and slamming hard into the ground.

The other cloud ships didn't even have time to stop.

In just a moment, they were separated.

It's too late to save it.

Furthermore, Qing Falcon pressed his shoulders hard.

"You can't go."

Qing Falcon reminded him, "Don't forget, your mission is to escort Bei Shou... and serve as the ship's supervisor."

You Yuan said coldly: "The Imperial City Department needs to take full responsibility for this cloud ship accident."

"That's natural."

Qing Falcon smiled and said, "The incident with the Cloud Ship is all Yuan Jimo's fault. If he hadn't arranged for these evil cultivators to ride with Xie Zhen, how could this accident have happened?"

You Yuan was stunned.

"The destruction of the cloud ship was an accident and has nothing to do with you."

Qing Falcon said meaningfully: "Of course... Xie Zhen's shipwreck was also an accident. Do you understand what I mean?"

"and many more!"

You Yuan quickly asked, "You don't want to go find him, do you?"

Judging from the terrifying speed of the cloud ship when it just lost control, it would probably be too late to catch up.

But it is not difficult to find the place where the ship crashed and search by following the scent.

Without waiting for You Yuan to finish his words.

The green falcon had already leaped out, and the figure wearing heavy fire scale armor instantly shot out like an arrowhead, transformed into a blazing fireball in the air, and fell to the ground!
"Crazy... all crazy..."

You Yuan had a complicated look on his face, and he quickly took out the communication order to inform the imperial city of the accident.

He just felt that everything that happened in this Northern Hunt was so absurd.

……

……

The moment the cloud ship lost its balance.

Xie Xuanyi drew his sword.

The entire ship, with its bow facing down, crashed into the ground headfirst.

Xie Xuanyi stepped on the stern deck, his clothes fluttering, and crossed to the bow, holding the spring breeze in his left hand and wild grass in his right hand. Two wisps of sword energy, one black and one white, burst out in the chaotic ship. At this moment, all the evil cultivators on the ship were still in a state of shock and confusion.

Just a moment.

Xie Xuanyi took eight steps in a row and cut off eight heads. The big ship hit the ground like a heavy hammer, and the heads flew up into the sky.

"kill!"

"kill!!!"

The evil cultivators from Southern Xinjiang who had reacted howled, and they all used their magic, some turning into blood light, some retreating to use their cave heaven magic, and for a moment, countless chaotic auras burst out from the Jiageng.

Xie Xuanyi did not use his flying sword to quickly end the battle, but instead used Spring Breeze and Wild Grass to confront the enemy head-on.

On the one hand, the reason was that the Jiageng had just escaped the control of the ship inspector and might still be within Da Chu's perception range at the moment. Xie Xuanyi did not want any "unexpected" situations to occur.

There is another, more important reason.

He wants to practice the second way of swordsmanship!
The path of sword cultivation is all forged with blood...

This whole ship of evil cultivators is just right for sharpening Chunfeng Yecao's sword!
The whole city was filled with flying array patterns and talismans.

The evil cultivators in Southern Xinjiang also have their own way of forming formations. The cultivators on this ship, who are at a lower level, have some "unorthodox" methods to rely on.

Xie Xuanyi's originally fast pace was blocked at this moment.

Just for a moment.

He felt three spiritual attacks coming from different directions!
In addition, hundreds of talismans were thrown out without regard for one's life, locking the energy of the ship and imprisoning the vital energy in his body.

These people are by no means a mob.

of course……

In Xie Xuanyi's eyes, it was not an elite division.

What they do can at best be described as "well-trained" or "long-studied."

If you want to defeat the enemy from below and kill the few with the many, you need to make good use of the formations, talismans, and the weaknesses of the monks.

In the world today, there are indeed actual combat examples of cavalry charging and killing Yin Shen Zunzhe... In the past, Xie Xuanyi also faced the cavalry charge of the Da Chu royal family, but that charge was resolved by him in the most perfect way. The large formation blocked the vital energy, which was unsolvable, but as long as he could break through the large formation and tear a hole in it before the vital energy was exhausted, all troubles would be solved.

Sword cultivators are actually very afraid of having their vital energy blocked.

Because the power of the flying sword technique depends on the abundance of the sword cultivator's vital energy in his cave.

But the second sword method does not have such concerns.

Xie Xuanyi grasped the Spring Breeze Grass and chopped the talismans in the sky into pieces like chopping melons and vegetables. The whole process was done in one go without wasting much effort. He just concentrated a breath of sword energy on the blade.

The second sword path requires the cultivator to have an extremely strong physique, able to withstand the recoil force when the sword intent is washed away.

The "breath" here refers to the physical energy.

The locking effect produced by the talisman array pattern is greatly reduced.

The same reason.

Those strong warriors who specialize in physical training, when facing thousands of troops and human wave tactics, they hardly need to consider the limitations of the Locking Yuan Formation. As long as the Qi in their bodies is not relaxed, they can travel thousands of miles in one breath!

When the Jia Geng hit the snow mountain.

Most of the people on the entire cloud ship had been killed.

More than twenty evil cultivators from Southern Xinjiang were chopped to the ground by the spring breeze and weeds, and the entire deck of the ship was smeared with blood.

Xie Xuanyi killed his way from the stern to the bow, then back to the stern, doing this back and forth several times.

finally.

The big ship tilted like a sword piercing into the belly of the snowy mountain, with only the stern exposed. Xie Xuanyi returned to the end of the mast.

He held an umbrella and a sword in his hands respectively, and silently stared at the last "person" left on the boat.

Wu Qiong.

Wu Qiong did not take part in this massacre... He just watched it all silently, as if he was just a wisp of cloud falling along with the cloud ship.

The three Vajra Realm puppets also quietly served beside their master, surrounding and wrapping him up. With their own bodies, they endured the pressure brought by the cloud ship's fall, as well as the aftermath of the final impact on the snow-capped mountains!
There was a bang.

The Jiageng returned to silence, like a steep rock inserted into the snow-capped mountains.

There was only the sound of the howling wind all around.

Soon after.

The sound of raindrops falling could be heard on the boat. It turned out that the heads and broken limbs that Xie Xuanyi had chopped off earlier fell back and hit the boat like hail and raindrops.

This tragic scene made Wu Qiong, who was watching the battle silently, look appreciative.

The Tiangui Sect's genius stretched out his hands and clapped them gently.

"Wonderful."

He looked at Xie Zhen and said with a smile: "So this is the way of swordsmanship you practice... It's not quite the same as I imagined."

"..."

Xie Xuanyi glanced at Wu Qiong and ignored him, focusing his attention on the vibrating sword edge.

The spring breeze and the wild grass, having drunk the blood, are now cheering and chirping.

This is the positive feedback the sword gives to its owner.

They were very satisfied with the battle just now.

But Xie Xuanyi was not very satisfied.

Just now... I made several mistakes. If I could modify the trajectory and the angle of the sword, I should be able to kill faster.

Close your eyes slightly.

The previous scene of the ship crashing and killing people was instantly reflected.

Slow down, freeze, and restore.

After a few breaths, Xie Xuanyi opened his eyes, and the review of the battle was over.

Ok.

The next time you draw your sword, it should be faster.

After doing all this, Xie Xuanyi still chose to ignore Wu Qiong.

He began to look around.

The Jia Geng crashed into a snowy mountain.

This is actually good news.

Seeing the snow-capped mountains meant that the place I had chosen to land was not too far from Arashiyama.

Before setting out this time, Xie Xuanyi asked Fang Yuanfang for as complete a "Northern Hunting Map" as possible. If nothing goes wrong, he would be able to quickly lock onto the specific location of the snow-capped mountains in front of him from the cloud ship's trajectory... He hoped that everything would go well, and that he could then find the location of the "God Fruit".

"Hello!?"

at last.

Wu Qiong's voice brought Xie Xuanyi's thoughts back to reality.

The voice of the Tiangui Sect's genius was filled with anger. He said coldly, "So... you didn't hear what I said at all?"

"..."

Xie Xuanyi came back to his senses.

He looked at the young man in front of him expressionlessly, and some useless words and information flashed through his mind.

This Tiangui Sect cultivator had previously explained to himself why he chose to stand by and watch.

Actually, no explanation is needed.

Xie Xuanyi was very clear about the personalities of these evil cultivators in Southern Xinjiang... They never cared about any life, even the lives of their "fellow disciples".

In their eyes, there is no such thing as fellow-student camaraderie.

For Wu Qiong, this hunting mission.

The most important thing is to complete the kill, not to pay the least possible price.

So, he chose to watch.

To be precise...choose "Observe".

Gave up the lives of all the evil cultivators on this ship.

At this price, Wu Qiong saw clearly every sword strike made by Xie Zhen.

"If I'm not mistaken, Yuan Jimo should have given you a talisman."

Xie Xuanyi said softly: "This talisman can ensure that you can withdraw at any time... Even if you can't beat me, you can definitely leave. The Great Chu Imperial City should be negotiating peace with Southern Xinjiang. A genius of your level should be given some 'protection'. With these earth puppets by your side, you are invincible."

Wu Qiong was stunned for a moment.

Do not know why.

A sense of foreboding suddenly arose in his heart.

"It's just that... the 'Teleportation Array Talisman' cast by the Great Array Pattern Master of the Great Chu Royal Family is extremely precious and extremely rare."

Xie Xuanyi sighed: "You should have used it earlier."

The words fell to the ground.

Wu Qiong suddenly felt something was wrong.

The prodigy of the Tiangui Sect felt a chill between his brows.

The moment he sensed danger in his heart, he suddenly stepped back. At the same time, three earth puppets roared and stepped forward to block the young master.

At the same time, Wu Qiong took out the Da Chu teleportation array talisman and ignited it with his Yuan power without any hesitation.

pity.

Too late, too slow.

Without any warning, as he opened his mouth to speak, a ray of golden light shot out from between Xie Xuanyi's eyebrows.

This ray of golden light instantly turned into a long line and pierced through the three earth puppets!

It also pierced Wu Qiong's head!

(End of this chapter)