Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 210 - 203: Taking Action (Part 1)

Chapter 210: Chapter 203: Taking Action (Part 1)

Gently caressing the Red Flower Sword, Lin Xin was also left speechless for a moment.

He turned his head towards his bed, where half-drawn curtains revealed a woman in a red dress with fair skin. Her black hair draped over her shoulders, and her hands resting on her knees appeared almost rotten, as if soaked in water. Half of her face was obscured by the curtain, making it unclear.

Through the curtains, he seemed to see the woman smiling at him.

"Lingling, do you wish for me to go or not to go?" Lin Xin asked softly.

No one answered, and only his voice echoed in the room.

"Yes... You can no longer speak now," Lin Xin said, lowering his head and taking out a Jade Token, "If this Jade Token lands face up when tossed, then I won’t go. If it’s the back side, then I’ll go."

After toying with the Jade Token, he positioned it in front of him and paused before grasping it and lightly tossing it upward. The Jade Token tumbled several times in midair, and with a snap, landed on the ground, slanted towards the front.

It was the back side.

Lin Xin was slightly startled. "Perhaps my hand slipped," he said with a smile. "That doesn’t count. Let’s try again."

The Jade Token was tossed up once more.

Snap.

He looked again, and it was still the back side.

After a moment of silence, the smile at the corner of Lin Xin’s mouth seemed a bit forced.

"This time still doesn’t count; I didn’t throw it properly."

He tossed the Jade Token gently up once again.

Snap.

It was still the back side.

Lin Xin froze, looked at his hand for a long time, and fell silent.

Suddenly, he laughed.

"Since this matter started with me, it shall also end with me," he declared.

Whoo...

A breeze blew into the room, passing over the desk, the bed, and when it swept over where Lin Xin was, there was no one there anymore.

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"Again... come..." Dongyue propped himself up, no longer able to see, only relying on the sounds he could still faintly hear, not dodging or defending, using his body to block the incoming attacks directly.

Streams of Sword Qi, one after another Magic Artifact Talisman Papers.

His blood, full of myriad poisons, could contaminate Magic Artifacts and dissolve Sword Qi; even Sword Qi containing Sword Intent was no different. But ultimately, he couldn’t withstand the sheer number of attackers and their relentless assault.

"It’s about time to end this," Hua Yunu sighed with regret, "Poor Dongyue, to meet your end here today. Truly tragic and lamentable..."

At that moment, the entire green bird’s nest Formation began showing signs of instability, rippling slightly.

Hua Yunu raised her hand, which surprisingly held yet another golden sword, engraved with flowers, birds, insects, fish, and a one-eyed man howling at the sky.

The flickering on the small sword, like breathing, had the same rhythm as the vibrations from the Formation below.

For such a long time, he had not been idle at all but was secretly arranging a method to break the Formation.

Dugu Lin and Su Wan had been at the side all this time and also failed to notice his subtle movements. Now, seeing it, both narrowed their eyes, deeply shaken.

"Begin."

A smug smile played across Hua Yunu’s lips as she tugged her hand upward.

The group of Formation Talisman Masters below silently coordinated, forming Decrees with their hands.

Pop!! Pop pop pop!!!

The area surrounding the bird’s nest burst into countless green glows, scattering light points like fireworks.

"Have you ever heard the sound of flowers blooming?"

As if a sudden breeze passed by, a tender voice seemed to ring in Hua Yunu’s ear.

A comfortable and relaxing feeling surged in his heart, making him completely unguarded. Hua Yunu’s mind wandered as his hold on the golden sword wavered, losing its supply of Spiritual Power and coming to a halt.

Clang!!!

A crisp sonic boom exploded in front of him.

In the blink of an eye, a brilliant red light from a Sword Light slashed towards Hua Yunu’s chest.

Boom!!

At the very last moment, Hua Yunu’s expression cleared, and he frantically gathered his energy, activating his Protective Magic Artifacts one after another.

A series of sounds like shattering glass followed, and he was slashed by the Sword Light, thrown dozens of meters away, tumbling through the air and crashing into the Giant Tree Forest below with a thud.

Dugu Lin and Su Wan, along with the other Foundation Establishment Cultivators, were jolted out of that supremely gentle voice.

"Who is it!!?"

The others then reacted but couldn’t determine where the voice had come from.

At dusk, an additional person appeared before Dongyue and his companion, with a sallow face and sorrowful expression, dressed in black, holding a red jade-like Longsword in each hand, crossed in front of him.

"You may leave now," the person said, tossing a high-level Sweet Dew Talisman towards Dongyue and his companion.

Dugu Lin’s eyes flickered upon seeing the stranger’s figure, but he refrained from taking action.

Su Wan glanced at her and suddenly laughed.

"Leave? I see who dares leave!" Hua Yunu’s voice suddenly rose from not far away.

He flew straight up from the distant woods, looking utterly disheveled, with a ghastly wound across his chest that, although not deep, was branded on him like a centipede’s scar.

"Leave...!" With a high-level Sweet Dew Talisman stuck to his body, Dongyue glowed green, seemingly gaining a bit more strength. He gratefully bowed to the person in front of him, then turned and fumbled to pick up Jing’er.

The two retreated clumsily towards the back.

"Chase!" Hua Yunu was near madness at this point, a person had suddenly burst out halfway through, and with a sword carrying a bewitching tone, ambushed him, causing him to nearly sustain serious injuries and suffer a huge loss of face. Not seeking revenge for this would be a humiliation!

A few Qi Cultivators hesitated for a moment, then leapt up, bypassing the bird’s nest and pursuing Dongyue and his companion.

But they had barely leapt a few steps when they suddenly stopped mid-air and landed, watching the ground warily as if there was something terrifying concealed there.

Hiss!

Tree root spikes and vines pierced out of the soil in a sudden motion, striking towards them like black sword tips.

With two crisp clangs, the cultivators were hit by a tremendous force, pushing them back more than ten steps.

"I’ll handle this!"

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator shot out, surrounded by flickering Spiritual Light, a small set of Spiritual Light Shield formations defending him. Confident in his superior defense, he released Sword Intent with his sword, the pine forest’s sword light slashed down towards the ground below.

Clang!

In an instant, the man who had been wielding dual swords suddenly appeared in front of him. With a twist of his body, the dual swords drew two overlapping red lines, slashing down upon the Spiritual Light Shield.

The two strikes merged into one, red streaks flickered, light from the shield scattered, and both their Spiritual Energies clashed fiercely, the blood-red and white Spiritual Energies colliding and combating intensely.

Boom!!

Following the sound like a peal of thunder, the Foundation Establishment Cultivator was blasted away like a cannonball, shooting straight backward.

With a crash, he pierced through the trunk of a giant tree and then smashed through a large swath of branches, disappearing into the unknown.

Hiss.

The man stood with his dual swords erected, the red light casting over his face, revealing an expressionless middle-aged visage.

"Do you intend to stop all of us alone?" Hua Yunu said coldly, having regained his composure from the ambush.

The man smiled, his face showing no emotion, yet his eyes were clearly laughing, giving a profoundly contradictory impression.

"Not at all, not at all, I only need to stop the other two," he said.

Hua Yunu was momentarily taken aback, then suddenly felt a numbness in his chest as if suddenly unable to muster any strength.

"This is, poison!!"

He considered himself nearly immune to all poisons through his practice of the Transforming Dragon Technique, with only the most top-tier toxins able to affect him. And now, a nobody appearing out of nowhere had managed to poison him?!

Gritting his teeth, he quickly took out a Detoxifying Elixir to consume, but it had no effect, and the wound on his chest began to itch and tingle even more.

At this moment, the other cultivators also began leaping into the air, chasing after the two Dongyue insect masters.

But sharp tendrils rapidly burst forth from the ground, ensnaring and obstructing them one by one. In just a short moment, not a single one of the hundreds present was able to extricate themselves and give chase.

The person wielding dual swords continuously intercepted the Foundation Establishment Cultivators who were attempting to fly after them, with extremely fast movement techniques and utmost efficiency. One could only see flashes of red light passing by, and despite the blood-red spiritual energy around his body revealing his identity as a Demon Path Cultivator, some cultivators who took out magic artifacts, talisman paper, and array plates found them completely ineffective.

In just a short amount of time, not a single person at the scene was able to break free and chase down the two from Dongyue.

Hua Yunu’s expression fluctuated between dark and light as she looked towards Dugu Lin and Su Wan.

"This thief is powerful and employs sinister methods; I’m afraid only the two of you can take action... I still need to verify whether the poison is real."

Dugu Lin’s eyes flickered as she turned to look at Su Wan. "Sister Su Wan, why don’t we join forces? We can quickly capture this thief and then chase after the fleeing insect master."

Su Wan fell silent, but she could not withstand Hua Yunu’s pleading look.

"Very well." Su Wan inwardly cursed Hua Yunu for being exceedingly cowardly, while also wondering what Dugu Lin was plotting. Their relationship was not harmonious, yet Dugu Lin had taken the initiative to ask for her cooperation. Was this provocation, or did she have another agenda?

At that moment, several magic artifacts were already in pursuit behind the meddling cultivator—water bottles, jade rings, magic swords, and small knives, all sorts of magic artifacts , which only managed to hit the ground behind him, causing craters of various sizes.

Explosions sounded continuously, blasting holes into the ground of the forest one after another.

Qi Cultivators and the six arriving Foundation Establishment Cultivators all employed their magic artifacts, but not one could match the speed of that person.

There was also the interference from the serpentine tendrils continuously shooting out of the ground. For the moment, all magic artifacts could only follow behind him in flight.

Su Wan eyed his trajectory, her hand slowly producing a small green ring with an emerald that emitted a faint light, its surface revealing a tiny stream of airflow.

"Go!"

Suddenly, she waved her hand, and the green airflow shot out abruptly like a sharp arrow, heading straight for the point where the person was about to land.

The airflow was silent and nearly imperceptible, with very slight fluctuations of spiritual power. As it flew through the air, it faintly took on the shape of a snake, twisting and hissing.

"Go!"

Unexpectedly, at the same time, Dugu Lin also executed a decree with a single hand and uttered a low shout.

An invisible and transparent surge of Sword Qi shot out simultaneously, almost coinciding with Su Wan’s ring’s airflow, both targeting the same spot.

Thump!

The airflow and Sword Qi collided mid-flight, emitting a muffled sound before they both skewed off course.

"Ah!" Before Su Wan could speak, Dugu Lin was already shouting in surprise. "Oh no! We’ve coincidentally aimed for the same spot! What a surprise, what a surprise!"

Su Wan frowned and glanced at her, putting away the ring. The Snake Poison Ring could only be used once a day, and now it had been wasted.

She looked at the spot where her attack had missed. The ground there was originally a dark green lawn, which had now rapidly turned into a bubbling black swamp, with the grass and soil all corroded together, emitting bubbles.

"I hope there won’t be any more accidents next time..." she said seemingly offhandedly. She had already begun to vaguely understand Dugu Lin’s intentions. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to cast your vote for recommendation, monthly ticket, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)