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Chapter 408 - 362: A Knife to the Throat

Chapter 408: Chapter 362: A Knife to the Throat

"Whoosh—"

As the roar subsided, Ye Fan, filled with anger, did not lose his head. Instead, he quickly devised a plan in his mind. With a flick of his consciousness, the Ghostly Gourd suddenly flew out, turning into a black shadow aiming for Xu Longxiang behind him.

"Again?"

As the sound of tearing through the air rang out, Xu Longxiang naturally assumed Ye Fan was going to use the Flying Knife Assassination again, and he stopped in his tracks with a sneer, ready to strike with his sword.

The next moment.

Just as Xu Longxiang was about to swing his treasure sword, the Ghostly Gourd stopped five meters away from him, its mouth aimed at Xu Longxiang.

Huh?

Xu Longxiang was taken aback, puzzled.

At that moment, Ye Fan activated the formation inside the Ghostly Gourd, and a terrifying surge of Evil Yin Qi suddenly burst forth, transforming into a cold wind sweeping towards Xu Longxiang.

Woo woo woo! Woo woo woo!

The mournful cold wind howled as the Evil Yin Qi turned into thousands of wailing evil ghosts, rushing towards Xu Longxiang with a chilling aura.

"An illusion? Break it for me!"

Faced with the shocking scene and sensing the Evil Yin Qi coming his way, Xu Longxiang knew it was an illusion attack from magic, and he snorted coldly.

As his voice fell, an invisible Blood Qi surged from the top of his head, turning into a torrent that charged at the cold wind.

With one clash, the cold wind was scattered, turning into wisps of Evil Yin Qi, many of which were directly burned to nothingness by the Blood Qi emitted by Xu Longxiang.

"Gather!"

Seeing this, Ye Fan remained composed, and with a shout, he performed a hand-sealing gesture.

"Woo woo woo~"

In an instant, the previously scattered Evil Yin Qi, under Ye Fan’s control, gathered once again, forming the Evil Yin Demon.

The ferocious-looking Evil Yin Demon appeared and immediately grasped a knife in both hands, leapt forward, and chopped down forcefully towards Xu Longxiang below!

"Hmph!"

Facing the attack of the Evil Yin Demon, Xu Longxiang remained calm and snorted coldly, swinging his treasure sword at the Evil Yin Demon.

This sword seemed plain but actually contained Xu Longxiang’s Blood Qi, a perfect move against evil yin objects.

"Whoosh!"

As the sword was swung, the raging sword wind mixed with Xu Longxiang’s Blood Qi swept towards the Evil Yin Demon.

The big knife in the Evil Yin Demon’s hand, formed from Evil Yin Qi, was the first to be swept away by the sword wind, turning into nothingness.

Then, with the power of the sword wind unabated, it swept across the Evil Yin Demon’s body, cutting it in half in a manner reminiscent of ancient executions.

The Evil Yin Demon instantly vanished, turning back into Evil Yin Qi and scattering.

"Daring to show off such a petty trick?"

Having shattered Ye Fan’s ’Evil Yin Demon’ with a single sword strike, Xu Longxiang’s aura surged as he sneered, then chopped his sword towards the Ghostly Gourd, trying to destroy it.

"All things bear yin and embrace yang, harmonizing qi to foster life, where yang governs birth and yin governs death!"

Just then, a secretive and mysterious spell resounded as Ye Fan, utilizing the time Xu Longxiang handled the Evil Yin Demon, finally completed the complex and cumbersome hand-sealing.

—The Evil Yin Formation!

As he finished the sealing, the Ghostly Gourd suddenly stood upright, its mouth aimed at the sky.

Whoosh—

As the formation was activated, the Primordial Qi of heaven and earth above the mansion stirred, and a massive surge of yin energy, under the influence of the Ghostly Gourd, descended from the sky, transforming into an invisible column of light, and blasted towards Xu Longxiang!

"The Evil Yin Formation?!"

Xu Longxiang’s face drastically changed, his heart filled with shock.

As the leading disciple of the Wudang Sect, he was aware of this incredibly powerful magic technique, and he even knew that it was created by Evil Emperor Chu Xuanji, who, like his master, had reached the Gang Qi Realm through dual cultivation of magic and martial arts.

"One Sword Breaks All Spells!"

Shaken but not dwelling on why Ye Fan knew a killing move from Chu Xuanji’s magic techniques, Xu Longxiang’s figure suddenly flickered into motion.

Under the night sky, gripping his treasure sword and integrating Ba Gua, he stepped through the Nine Palaces, his power and Blood Qi continuously flowing into the sword, which moved in a bizarre trajectory as Blood Qi and power gathered within.

Wudang Swordsmanship, with the ’Taiyin Xuanmen Sword Technique’ as its king, claims to be the nemesis of magic, and Xu Longxiang’s move ’One Sword Breaks All Spells’ is the ultimate technique of the Taiyin Xuanmen Sword Technique, also the Absolute Technique of Sect Leader Heavenly Master Zhang.

And Heavenly Master Zhang created this Absolute Technique after being inspired by the Taiyin Xuan Sword—he had repeatedly attempted, according to the methods of ancestral masters in Wudang Sect history, to infuse Blood Qi into the sword, and after succeeding, he had tried multiple times to use internal power to drive the Blood Qi in the sword, ultimately producing a slash blended with internal power through the sword technique.

This technique, ’One Sword Breaks All Spells,’ once mastered, led Heavenly Master Zhang to declare there was no magic he couldn’t break—this is why the ’Taiyin Xuanmen Sword Technique’ is known as the bane of magic.

"Break it for me!!"

Moments later.

Just as the falling Evil Yin Qi from the sky was about to strike Xu Longxiang,

Xu Longxiang roared, swinging his treasure sword towards the heavens!

As the sword struck, the Blood Qi Xu Longxiang had infused into the sword, bolstered by his power, surged from the blade, forming an invisible Sword Radiance that rushed towards the descending Evil Yin Qi.

In an instant.

The invisible column formed by the Evil Yin Qi was pierced by the Sword Radiance, turning into yin energy and dispersing.

One move!

With just one move, Xu Longxiang broke the magic technique killing move ’The Evil Yin Formation’ that Ye Fan had learned from Chu Xuanji, resembling a descending Heavenly God, unrivaled.

However—

Just as Xu Longxiang was feeling proud of this achievement, he suddenly felt a terrifying Mind Power silently enter his Yintang point at his forehead, targeting his consciousness!

Mind Power Attack!

Ye Fan took advantage of Xu Longxiang’s full effort to break the "Evil Yin Formation" to launch a mind power attack!

On that day, when Ye Fan was forced into a desperate situation by Ye Long, he used a mind power attack to distract Ye Long, preventing him from focusing on killing him, thus buying time to heal. Subsequently, his magic cultivation fortuitously broke through to the Innate Great Success Realm!

Ye Long, who practiced Yanhuang Fist, was only at the Peak of the Innate Realm at that time, but in terms of consciousness and willpower, he was not inferior to an average Innate Great Perfection cultivator—Yanhuang Fist is known as the most demanding martial arts in the world in terms of willpower and war intent!

This meant that Ye Long’s consciousness and willpower were no weaker than Xu Longxiang’s!

On that day, with only Early Innate realm magic cultivation, Ye Fan was able to use a mind power attack to block Ye Long.

Now, his magic cultivation had stepped into the Innate Great Success Realm, and the power of his mind power attacks had increased tenfold. Moreover, he seized the opportunity when Xu Longxiang was fully engaged in resisting the ’Evil Yin Formation’. How terrifying would that be?

Facing Ye Fan’s sudden attack, Xu Longxiang was completely unprepared and could only resist with his Martial Arts Will.

In an instant, Ye Fan’s terrifying mind power surged like a deluge, striking Xu Longxiang’s consciousness.

"Puchi—"

Xu Longxiang felt as if his mind had been violently struck by an invisible hammer, causing him to tremble and spurt out a mouthful of blood mist, his complexion turning pale as paper instantly.

Although his Martial Arts Will was strong, his consciousness was injured by Ye Fan’s sneaky mind power attack!

This incident greatly shocked Xu Longxiang!

Immediately, he somewhat frantically mobilized his inner strength to protect his consciousness, to prevent Ye Fan from launching another mind power attack.

"Swish!!"

Just at this moment.

The whooshing sound of a flying knife echoed again.

The Xuanye Flying Blade that had missed before suddenly flew out from behind Xu Longxiang through a broken window.

Flying Knife Assassination!

Ye Fan once again employed his trump card.

To be precise, he had used the Ghostly Gourd’s illusion technique, ’Evil Yin Formation’, and mind power attack as a setup for the final flying knife assassination.

First, he initiated an illusion attack with the Ghostly Gourd to allow Xu Longxiang to easily break it, thereby boosting Xu Longxiang’s confidence and lessening his vigilance.

Then, knowing that the Taiyin Xuanmen Sword Technique was a nemesis to magic, he used the time during the illusion attack to prepare Chu Xuanji’s original magic killing move ’Evil Yin Formation’. It wasn’t intended to injure Xu Longxiang with the ’Evil Yin Formation’, but to make Xu Longxiang’s confidence swell to the limit, while also causing his alertness to drop to its lowest.

Finally, he seized the opportunity to launch a mind power attack, catching Xu Longxiang off-guard. Not only did he injure Xu Longxiang’s consciousness, but he also caused Xu Longxiang to focus all his strength on protecting his consciousness, completely disorienting him.

Consequently, Xu Longxiang’s spiritual sense was greatly weakened, making it nearly impossible for him to sense Ye Fan’s flying knife assassination as easily as before.

It must be said, an infuriated Ye Fan wasn’t blinded by rage; rather, he kept a clear head and formulated the best strategy, step by step, ultimately achieving a one-strike kill!

Swipe!

Just as Ye Fan had predicted, Xu Longxiang did not sense the flying knife assassination but only heard the sound of it breaking through the air, realizing too late that Ye Fan had used it again.

Danger!

In an instant, an overwhelming sense of death enveloped Xu Longxiang, prompting an unprecedented sense of danger!

In a critical moment, he had to abandon his plan to defend his consciousness with his strength and instead used his consciousness to make his legs boost his body, trying to dodge to the side.

Only—

It was too late!

Before he could dodge, the Xuanye Flying Blade with its deadly aura whooshed in and pierced through the back of his neck.

A knife to the throat!

"Puchi—"

Blood spurted out, and the sharp Xuanye Flying Blade penetrated Xu Longxiang’s throat in one fell swoop.

"Uh..."

Xu Longxiang’s body shook violently; he instinctively reached to cover the wound. However, as air entered the wound and into his lungs, he uncontrollably opened his mouth trying to breathe, but instead spat out two mouthfuls of blood froth before his legs buckled, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Huff... huff..."

Once on the ground, Xu Longxiang convulsed violently, his breathing becoming very rapid.

This time.

He seemed to know that his death was inevitable; he didn’t vainly reach to cover the wound but stared wide-eyed at Ye Fan, his eyes filled with resentment.

"Hey, if I didn’t know your trump card in controlling the flying knife, maybe I could have capslized in a gutter. Now that I already know your trump card, killing you is no different from slaughtering a chicken!"

Watching, his ears echoed with his previous arrogant words, and that resentment turned into regret.

He knew it was his carelessness that cost him his life!

If time could be reversed, he wouldn’t treat Ye Fan like a chicken that could be easily slaughtered; instead, he would regard Ye Fan as an equal opponent.

However—

In this world, there are no ifs.

Xu Longxiang’s head tilted, and he died on the spot.

He became the first Innate Great Perfection cultivator to die by Ye Fan’s hands!

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