Embers of Sword

Chapter 356: String Technique
"Stab!"

The sword light fluttered in the air, and the cold blade of the wild grass reflected the woman's unbelievable and angry face.

Nalan Qiutong slapped the saddle with both hands, and flew backwards. Xie Xuanyi followed closely behind him. He no longer skimmed close to the ground, but touched the ground with the tip of his sword, using the force to stand up. The long sword bent into an exaggerated arc, and after a tight rebound, a man in black clothes rose into the air like a cannonball, and the spring breeze pierced out like a butterfly flying through flowers -

The sea of fire in the sky was shattered by the sword energy.

The two had a brief fight in the carriage.

However, at that time, Xie Xuanyi did not use his full strength, and Nalan Qiutong was only testing him with his Xuanwei technique.

But now it’s different.

Every sword of Xie Xuanyi contains the "Principle of Destruction"!
The snow-white sword energy turned black!

Dangdang Dangdang!
Dozens of sword energies burst out in the air, making crisp sounds of metal intertwining. Although Nalan Qiutong looked pale, she was not panicked. She took off her Xuanweishu disguise, and her whole body slipped away from the Cangziying iron armor on her body like smoke. Then she raised and pressed down her hands, and the entire set of armor disassembled itself, turning into countless iron pieces that collided with the sword energy!

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes.

The iron armor that Nalan Qiutong seemed to have thrown away casually shattered in the air, blocking this round of sword energy burst, which seemed to be just a coincidence.

But this is not the case.

Nalan Qiutong's sleeves fluttered.

Countless silver-white threads, one end fell on the fragments of iron armor, and the other end was gathered and swept into her big sleeves.

Is this the "string-controlling technique" of Xuanwei Island?
……

……

The cavalry of the Cang Camp, without Du Yunzhong in command, was defeated by Xie Xuanyi alone, and the right wing formation was disrupted, with dozens of cavalrymen falling to the ground.

But there was still no movement in the deep forest of Broken Heart Cliff.

I saw pieces of talismans flying out like goose feather snowflakes, covering the sky above the sea of fire. Meng Kejian, who kept throwing talismans, saw this scene and couldn't help but exclaimed: "This Xie Zhen, his swordsmanship is not bad!"

He saw the whole thing clearly—

From drawing the sword, to charging into the battle formation, and then to catching Nalan Qiutong.

The whole process was clean and neat, without any unnecessary movements.

This young man's swordsmanship is extremely sharp and his thinking is very clear.

Is this really something a teenager of sixteen or seventeen can do?

"Sir, are we still not going to take action?"

The cavalry of the Yu Camp had been ready to fight for a long time, but unfortunately Meng Kejian had not yet given the order, so everyone could only watch the fight on the mountain road with envy.

If you don't show up now, all the credit will be snatched away by the Cang Camp!

"Not urgent."

Meng Kejian threw out the last talisman, looked up at the vast white talisman array in the sky, and said with a smile: "...It's still early."

now.

In the carriage.

Junshan Zhenren's spiritual consciousness spread out, encompassing the formation symbol of the Cage Immortal Formation. He evolved it with his spiritual consciousness, transforming it into chess pieces that fell in front of Deng Baiyi.

Deng Baiyi stared at the chessboard with a tense expression, but there was a gleam of light in the depths of his pupils.

"Point three three."

"Tianyuan."

As Meng Kejian on the Broken Heart Cliff continued to throw out the array symbols, the number of chess pieces on the array board increased, and eventually the array pattern gradually formed...

Deng Baiyi held her breath.

Xie Zhen was right. This formation was intended to cut off vital energy and block the secrets of heaven. Its basic structure was almost the same as Da Chu's "Dragon Locking Formation".

only.

This Immortal Cage Formation is even more sinister, and it will absorb the spiritual thoughts of practitioners at all times.

Master Junshan raised his head.

In his spiritual perception, just now, Meng Kejian threw out the last talisman of the "Cage Immortal Formation". The formation was initially formed, and these formation talismans had begun to take root. It wouldn't be long before the Cage Immortal Formation was completely settled... Now was the last chance to break the formation.

The young boy in Taoist robe showed a rare solemn expression.

Purple lightning silently emerges and lingers between the eyebrows.

His attainments in the art of formations were not deep, but he knew... Deng Baiyi had been practicing for less than a year. Although this little girl was gifted and had followed Tang Fengshu and read many forbidden talisman books, a complex and mysterious formation like the "Cage Immortal Formation" required hundreds of talisman papers. Once the formation was set, it would change on its own and the center of the formation would disappear.

Can Deng Baiyi really point out the weaknesses and flaws of the Cage Immortal Formation?

"..."

Junshan took a deep breath. He was prepared for the worst.

Once Deng Baiyi failed to dismantle the formation.

He will break the formation violently.

……

……

"Xie Zhen, you don't know what's good for you!"

In the sea of fire, silver lines flashed.

The armor was shattered and scattered everywhere.

The two attacking figures separated, Xie Xuanyi landed steadily on the ground, while Nalan Qiutong retreated dozens of steps in the air before steadying herself. Her sleeves fluttered, her expression cold, "I spared your life time and again, and gave you chances... but in the end you still want to go against Dali?"

Xie Xuanyi silently put the wild grass back into the sheath, raised his head, and said sarcastically: "Liguo... when did you become surnamed Nalan?" The moment the umbrella sword was sheathed.

The sword intent burst out again——

A ray of cold light flashed from the ground, but Xie Xuanyi did not move at all. He used his sword-controlling skills to send out a ray of sword energy, which went straight to Nalan Qiutong's forehead!

珰!
The sound of metal colliding was heard again!

This time, the flying sword technique did not work easily...

"...?"

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes.

He knew that the means of Nalan Xuance's disciple, who was currently ranked second on the Today's Pride List, were definitely not that simple.

The time of the fight in the carriage.

The "clone" that Nalan Qiutong created with the Xuanwei technique was so real that it almost reached the combat power level of the eighth level of the Cave Heaven!
Beihai Ling's fortune is reversing.

Now is a golden age that comes only once in several generations!

If it weren't for me... then the person who surpassed all the young talents of Chu Li and topped the list of geniuses would be this Nalan Qiutong!

"Buzz!"

A circle of silver ripples spread out in front of Nalan Qiutong and turned into a small cave, wrapping her inside, with countless silver threads like a canopy.

She began to perform the real Xuanwei Island String Technique!
The sea of fire was swaying in a radius of several dozen feet, and the ground was shaking. Even Xie Xuanyi's scabbard and clothes seemed to be pulled by silk threads.

It seemed as if the entire world regarded Nalan Qiutong as its center!
Invisible suction force began to burst out.

Everything is moving towards her!

"珰!"

Xie Xuanyi inserted the umbrella sword into the ground to stabilize his body.

He frowned as he heard the sound of a horse neighing again. Turning his head slightly, he caught a glimpse of a dark and tall shadow rushing towards him. A warhorse whose four hooves had been chopped off by him, under the control of the string technique, its limbs were reassembled and it rushed towards him with a howl!

Xie Xuanyi did not dodge, but put two fingers together to form a sword and swept it in front of him!
The huge warhorse was ripped open and split into two halves. Then the sword energy intertwined and slashed through it. The moment it hit Xie Xuanyi, it was directly disassembled and turned into countless blood clots that slid to the ground.

Something strange happened.

The warhorse, with blood splattered and lifeless, was still "twitching" after being shredded by the sword energy... The huge piece of corpse on the ground trembled and "reorganized" itself, and after a moment, it was pieced together into the outline of a huge warhorse's body!

Xie Xuanyi noticed that these broken limbs were attached with a faint silver light!
All living beings in this world must not go against the law of life and death!
No matter how sophisticated the Xuanwei Island's string technique is, it is impossible to revive the warhorse that was killed by him...

The only explanation is that the corpse was pieced together by "string magic"!
Think back to the previous confrontation scene.

Xie Xuanyi vaguely guessed what the secrets of Xuanwei Island's string-controlling technique were...

Disassemble and piece together.

In the previous attack, Nalan Qiutong took off his iron armor and disassembled it with string techniques, thereby accurately blocking every ray of sword energy.

Now, the fallen warhorse had been torn into pieces, but it was still able to reassemble its body, which was obviously due to the string technique.

This technique is different from the "corpse refining technique" of the Tiangui Sect.

If I'm not mistaken, the mysterious art should be able to dismantle and piece together most of the inanimate objects in this world!

I want to avoid going against the way of birth and death...

One thing needs to be done, if the disassembled and pieced together things have spirits, they need to be destroyed first, making them lifeless!
"Boom!"

I saw that the war horses that Xie Xuanyi had chopped down before "stood up" one after another!
They weren't supposed to die so soon...

But when Nalan Qiutong's string technique fell and pieced together the broken limbs, it directly wiped out their lives!
The war horses that fell in the fire stood up shakily. They did not need time to rest. Nalan Qiutong's string technique pieced them together. These big guys rushed forward with roars, their bodies burning with dark flames, like evil spirits reincarnated from hell!
The soldiers of the Cang Camp who fell off their horses also had a faint silver light sticking to their bodies, but Nalan Qiutong did not kill them rashly... These were all elite soldiers under Chen Chong's command, so he would not kill them out of hand. He just used string techniques to manipulate their minds to make it easier for him to coordinate the siege. These people quickly retreated, kept their distance, and drew their bows and crossbows, aiming at the young man in black!
"I heard that sword cultivators are good at killing people?"

Nalan Qiutong was hanging high in the sky, and said coldly: "Today in the caged immortal formation, I want to see how many you can kill!"

She waved.

"Buzz!"

Arrows rained down from the sky.

The fierce horses that were put together by the string technique began to charge. Arrows rained down and landed on them, but these beasts felt no pain at all and just kept charging. The Cage Immortal Formation was a large formation specially developed by Nalan Xuance. Most practitioners would be affected by the formation... but the disciples and successors who had comprehended his own mysterious technique were the exception.

Nalan Qiutong, who is in charge of string arts, has now become the leader of the "Cang Camp".

Even if Xie Xuanyi killed all the cavalry, it wouldn't matter to her.

Fallen warhorses can be reassembled.

The same can be said for dead soldiers.

The sea of fire was surging, and Xie Xuanyi stood in the center. He placed his hands on the hilt of the Umbrella Sword, resisting the pull of the String Technique Cave Heaven and the suppression of the Cage Immortal Formation.

Xie Xuanyi took a deep breath.

He looked up.

Dense arrowheads came pouring down like heavy rain, and the hair-raising sound of falling arrows came in an instant.

"Clang clang clang!"

He did not dodge, nor did he release the sword energy field.

Instead, just stand there.

The primordial fire ignites the meridians, and the major orifices stimulate the wind and thunder.

In an instant, the black shirt was torn apart, revealing skin as golden as iron.

Hundreds of arrowheads fell and hit his skin, just like falling raindrops!

(End of this chapter)