Chinese Superman

Chapter 183 Slaying Heroes

In a small clearing in the woods, a four-person adventurer team was locked in a fierce battle.

They were surrounded by more than fifteen murlocs, most of whom were murloc soldiers. But the key was that three murloc warriors were in front of them. To make matters worse, on a piece of dead wood at the edge of the clearing, stood a murloc shaman holding a twisted bone staff and covered in strange paint!

The murloc shaman brandished his bone staff, occasionally shooting out jets of dark green water or summoning small patches of slippery mud on the ground, severely disrupting the adventurer party's formation and movement.

All four members of the adventurer team were at the Transcendent Realm, but their martial arts skills were not high, and they neglected to cultivate. Instead, they were distinguished into various "classes" by the equipment dropped in the [Dungeon].

In the front row, warriors held shields to block, while attackers wielding swords slashed fiercely. There was also what appeared to be a ranged archer constantly firing arrows, but he was being suppressed by the murloc shaman's spells and the murloc warriors' fierce attacks, and one of them was already injured and on the ground, his situation extremely precarious.

Upon seeing this, Xia Xinghan couldn't help but shake his head.

If one were to cultivate martial arts diligently, one would never be in such a sorry state.

But that's the reality. There are always people who are not athletic, or who are uncoordinated and have no talent for martial arts. Nowadays, there are almost no unclaimed relics in the private sector, so people can only make up for the difference in strength by using equipment.

"Should we save them?"

This thought flashed through Qiao Chunxia's mind.

"It's your decision."

Now that his inner conflict has been resolved, Xia Xinghan won't interfere too much in such trivial matters. He is ultimately just a passerby, observing the high martial arts era he created from the perspective of a high school student.

Xia Xinghan did not tell Qiao Chunxia that the day the martial arts college entrance examination ended would be the day they parted ways.

Qiao Chunxia hesitated for a moment, then immediately made a decision.

"My own strength is limited, and I cannot directly deal with all the fishmen, but at least—I can help relieve some of their pressure and create an opportunity for them."

Her gaze was fixed on the murloc shaman who was casting a spell and was relatively far from the battle.

It stood on a dead tree, protected by only two ordinary merman soldiers.

Qiao Chunxia took a deep breath, and the meager spiritual energy within her body began to circulate along a specific route, converging towards the mithril longsword in her hand.

At the same time, she adjusted her breathing, concentrated her mind, and visualized the sword intent that she had been repeatedly refining in her dreams over the past few days, with its yin and yang separating and combining, light and shadow intertwining.

"The Yin-Yang Dividing Light Sword, First Level—Dividing Light!"

With a low shout, Qiao Chunxia leaped down from the tree. Instead of rushing towards the center of the battlefield, she swung her sword and thrust it swiftly towards the murloc shaman from a distance of nearly sixty meters away the moment she landed!

"Buzz—"

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The mithril longsword emitted a clear ringing sound, and a faint light shone from its tip.

The next moment, a solid silver sword light flew out of the sword and split in two during its flight!

Two slightly thinner but still sharp sword lights, like two silver fish chasing each other, cut through the damp air with a slight whooshing sound, and shot towards the murloc shaman on the dead tree like lightning!

This is precisely the mysterious power of the "Two Elements Dividing Light Sword" in the realm of martial arts.

Driven by spiritual power, the "Two Elements" sword intent is transformed into split light. Even a beginner can kill two enemies with a single sword strike. Upon reaching a higher level, one can further evolve Yin and Yang sword energy, making it extremely mysterious.

The murloc shaman was focused on harassing the adventurers in front of it and had no idea that such a fierce ranged attack would suddenly come from its side and rear.

By the time it sensed the danger, two beams of light were already upon it!

"Pfft," "Pfft"

Two muffled thuds as sharp blades pierced flesh.

One sword beam pierced the chest of a murloc soldier beside it, while another precisely pierced the arm of the murloc shaman as he raised his bone staff, almost severing it!

"Gah!!"

The murloc shaman let out a bloodcurdling scream as his bone staff slipped from his grasp, spurting out dark green blood.

The spell was interrupted instantly.

The sudden turn of events caused a slight disturbance among the fish-men besieging the adventurers.

Especially the merman soldiers in the back row, with their big fish heads and small brains, looked somewhat bewildered, their clear eyes fixed on the direction where the shaman had been attacked.

"Now! Break through!"

A loud roar came from the adventurer's party.

Clearly, they seized the fleeting opportunity, unleashing their last bit of strength as they charged in the opposite direction of Qiao Chunxia's sword light—the weakest point in the merman encirclement.

"Unfortunately, the sword light of the Yin-Yang Dividing Light Sword is unpredictable and ever-changing, and its trajectory is difficult to calculate. In the end, it missed and failed to kill the fishman shaman in one fell swoop."

Qiao Chunxia sighed with regret.

Despite the regret, having succeeded in her attack, she didn't linger and immediately made her escape.

Qiao Chunxia unleashed the full power of her Bagua Dragon Step, her figure disappearing into the dense forest she had come from like a ghost. With a few leaps, she vanished behind the thick fog and shadows of the trees, leaving only the angry roaring merman and the adventurer team seizing the opportunity to break through the encirclement.

"Well done." Xia Xinghan's voice carried a hint of approval. "Decisive action, clear objective, strike and retreat, neither greedy for credit nor lingering in battle. This is the survival wisdom a martial artist should possess."

Qiao Chunxia stopped behind a patch of bushes far from the battlefield, slightly out of breath, but feeling a surge of excitement.

The "Splitting Light" sword strike just now was smoother in terms of timing, spiritual power application, and sword intent activation than when I practiced it in the dream, and its power also seemed to be slightly stronger.

The only drawback is that its accuracy is slightly poor.

Indeed, real-world experience is the best catalyst.

As a result of this disturbance, the fishmen patrolling the nearby area seemed to be mobilized, becoming more frequent and vigilant.

Qiao Chunxia had to be more careful to sneak around and find lone targets.

About an hour later, just as she was wondering if she could find a suitable target for the day, a turning point came.

She discovered a murloc hero wandering alone by a narrow waterway near a reed bed, off from the main lair!

This merman hero is nearly 2.5 meters tall, almost twice the size of an ordinary merman warrior. Its scales are a deep iron gray, thicker and rougher, resembling a giant arapaima with arms and legs.

It wields a huge, heavy bone hammer that appears to be made from some kind of hard animal bone, with sharp rock fragments embedded in its head.

Strangely, this merman hero didn't stay in the bustling nest area, but instead lingered along the relatively quiet waterway. Its bulging, scarlet eyes occasionally pounded the ground or water with its bone hammer, appearing restless and agitated.

Its irritability during the breeding season is particularly evident.

"A good opportunity! There are no other traces of fishman activity within a hundred meters."

Qiao Chunxia's heart raced slightly as she carefully investigated and confirmed this.

This merman hero seems to have been temporarily banished from the group for some reason, perhaps because he lost out in the competition for a mate.

"That's it," Xia Xinghan confirmed. "Remember, the vitality and resilience of mid-tier species far surpass those of low-tier species."

Your strengths lie in your agility and your Grade B martial art, the "Two Elements Dividing Light Sword."

"Focus on hit-and-run tactics, find weaknesses, and strike decisively."

"clear!"

Qiao Chunxia took a deep breath and adjusted herself to her best state.

Instead of rushing out immediately, she, like a patient hunter, used the cover of the reeds to slowly approach to the optimal ambush distance of about thirty meters.

Just as the fishman hero turned his back to her in frustration once again and smashed a rock protruding from the water with his bone hammer, Qiao Chunxia moved!

Pushing her Bagua Youlong Step technique to its limit, she shot out from the reeds like an arrow released from a bow, her mithril longsword aimed straight at the unsuspecting murloc hero's back.

She poured all her strength and half of the spiritual power in her dantian into this sword strike, aiming to inflict a severe injury!

However, the intermediate-level species' reaction and perception far exceeded her expectations!

No, it should be the fish-man's fin-like ears, which are extremely sensitive senses.

Just as the sword tip was about to strike, the merman hero let out a ferocious roar, and his massive body suddenly lunged to the side with an agility that seemed disproportionate to his size, while his thick tail swept across.

"Bang"

The tip of the sword grazed the thick scales, sending up a trail of sparks and a few broken scales, but it failed to cause a fatal wound.

The sweeping fish tail struck Qiao Chunxia's hastily blocked sword with great force!

The immense force struck, causing Qiao Chunxia's tiger's mouth to tremble violently, her arm to go numb, and she was knocked back several steps, her blood and qi churning.

"roar!"

The fishman hero turned around, his scarlet fish eyes fixed on Qiao Chunxia, ​​his anger instantly replacing his annoyance.

It gripped the massive bone hammer with both hands and smashed it down with the force of splitting a mountain!

The wind howled fiercely!

Don't try to take it head-on!

Qiao Chunxia suppressed her discomfort, quickly turned around using the Bagua Youlong Step, and her figure drifted backward like a willow catkin in the wind.

"Boom!"

The bone hammer struck the ground, sending mud, water, and gravel flying, leaving a large crater.

Missing his first attack, the merman hero's rage intensified. He strode forward with his powerful legs, wielding his bone hammer, and launched a relentless barrage of attacks. The hammer's shadow was as large as a mountain, enveloping Qiao Chunxia completely.

Qiao Chunxia pushed her footwork to its limit, dodging and weaving within a small space, narrowly avoiding one heavy blow after another.

The heavy bone hammer whipped up a suffocating gust of wind, stinging her cheek.

Qiao Chunxia tried to retaliate, but her ordinary stabbing and slashing attacks only left shallow wounds on the fishman hero's thick scales and muscles, which only further enraged him.

This can't go on!

Physical and spiritual energy are consumed too quickly; a single mistake could result in serious injury or even death!

The space between life and death holds immense terror, but it can also lead to profound breakthroughs.

Qiao Chunxia's eyes sharpened. After narrowly dodging another sweeping attack, she suddenly stopped dodging and instead moved in the opposite direction to meet the pursuing fishman hero's pace.

The merman hero seemed surprised that this "little bug" dared to approach him, and paused for a moment before his bone hammer retaliated a little slowly.

It's this very moment!

"The Yin-Yang Splitting Sword—Splitting Light and Transforming Shadows!"

The remaining spiritual energy within Qiao Chunxia's body surged wildly into the longsword, causing the sword to shine brightly!

She no longer pursued long-range sword energy, but instead concentrated her splitting sword intent on the sword body, her wrist shaking rapidly.

In an instant, the mithril longsword in her hand seemed to split in two, then in four, transforming into a dazzling array of silver sword shadows, indistinguishable from the real ones, as it enveloped the relatively vulnerable areas of the merman hero, such as his face, throat, and chest!

This is the strongest close-combat technique of the "Two Elements Dividing Light Sword" that she has mastered so far, using sword shadows to confuse the enemy and conceal deadly moves.

The next level up is the Grade A martial art, the Taiyi Splitting Light Sword!

The merman hero instinctively raised his bone hammer to block, but the sword shadows shifted between reality and illusion. Most of them struck the hammer with a clanging sound, but one of the most solid sword lights, like a venomous snake, found an opening and precisely pierced its mouth that had opened in anger!

"Pfft"

The tip of the sword peeked out slightly from the back of his neck!

Spectroscopy

Qiao Chunxia's beautiful eyes widened. She gripped the sword guard and twisted it, pushing it forward. At the same time, the mithril longsword spun, and the sword light shot forward again, transforming into two silver fish. Like carp leaping over a gate, they suddenly soared up and cleaved open the fishman hero's huge fish head.

The original sword tip pierced the back of the neck, but only caused a small amount of blood loss.

But the next move, "Splitting Light," split the fish head in two, causing its health bar to plummet to the bottom like it was having a disco party!

The merman hero's massive body stiffened abruptly, emitting a hissing sound as it deflated. His crimson eyes widened, filled with unbelievable rage and pain.

It swung the bone hammer twice in vain, and finally crashed to the ground, splashing up a lot of mud and water.

Qiao Chunxia withdrew her sword and retreated, panting heavily. Sweat soaked her forehead and back, her hand holding the sword trembled slightly, her spiritual power was almost exhausted, and her arm was sore and numb.

But as she looked at the motionless merman hero on the ground, a strong light shone in her eyes.

It worked!

He single-handedly killed a mid-tier monster!

After a short rest, she quickly stepped forward, enduring the stench, and dissected the merman hero's corpse, taking out a walnut-sized magic core with a blue halo. She also picked up the heavy bone hammer and a piece of scale armor that had fallen off.

[Murloc Bone Crusher (Green)]

【Heroic Scales (Green)】

Xia Xinghan laughed and said, "I'm lucky. I got two green-grade items from killing a mid-level monster for the first time."

"Maybe our luck is finally turning around. You can't be unlucky all your life."

Qiao Chunxia chuckled to herself, not having time to examine the loot carefully. She put the spoils into her inventory, quickly determined the direction, and retreated towards the edge of the dungeon, away from the nest area.

Only after getting away from the battle area and finding a relatively secluded tree hole to hide in did Qiao Chunxia finally breathe a sigh of relief, a feeling of exhaustion mixed with excitement welling up in her heart.

"Finally—I can kill mid-tier species on my own."

She leaned against the damp tree trunk, muttering to herself, a relieved and triumphant smile on her face.

This murloc hero may not be the strongest mid-tier species, but for her, it was undoubtedly a solid leap in strength.

The arduous training in the dream, Xia Xinghan's meticulous guidance, and the life-and-death combat of the past few days have finally borne fruit at this moment.