Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 243 - 236 Cut Off

Chapter 243: Chapter 236 Cut Off

One against three, and they were all high-ranking experts on the Xuan List!

This level of skill he had only seen in a regional tyrant before, never expecting to encounter such a top-notch expert in a seemingly destitute scholar he met by chance!

How laughable that he had previously scorned the other for his lack of martial arts, fearing his daughter would fall deep into a love affair with no good end.

Turning his gaze back, he looked at the person behind Lin Xin, where there was a glow of green light, and it turned out to be his daughter Ma Qiuqiu!

"How... How could it be Qiuqiu!?"

His eyes widened and heart rushed, without a second thought, he wanted to burst forth.

"Calm down, Team Leader Ma!"

The other two leaders immediately held him back.

"With that expert protecting Qiuqiu, she will definitely be fine!"

"How can you ask me to be calm! That’s my daughter!!" Ma Yuan roared, struggling incessantly.

"What can you do by rushing out now?" One leader suddenly struck him hard on the back of his neck, catching him off guard, and Ma Yuan’s eyes rolled back as he fainted.

Ma Qiuqiu sat on the ground, staring blankly at Lin Xin who was blocking in front of her.

Just a moment ago, her hairpin suddenly lit up with green light, and when she was at a loss, three tremendous forces blasted in from outside, then she saw Lin Xin suddenly appearing in front of her, slashing with his sword.

A massive fire ring spread out, directly blasting the three forces back.

Flames within the room scorched the furniture, with some scalding heat continuously surging.

Ma Qiuqiu stared blankly at Lin Xin’s back, feeling deeply frightened. If the gentleman hadn’t arrived in time a moment earlier, the consequences...

"Wasn’t it said that the gentleman knew no martial arts?"

"Give me that green lit hairpin on your head," Lin Xin’s voice broke her train of thought.

"Wha.. What!" Realizing it, Ma Qiuqiu immediately understood that her hairpin was the key reason for the three people’s attack. She suddenly recalled that the hairpin was actually a gift from her sister Bao Luofei before she left, now it seemed she had left it with her to temporarily hide it, but still it had attracted enemies.

Quickly taking off the hairpin, she threw it towards Lin Xin.

With a snap, he caught it.

Lin Xin squeezed the hairpin with one hand, and its casing immediately shattered, revealing a small green gem inside looking like an earring. The gem’s surface naturally bore a peculiar talisman. At a cursory glance, the symbol seemed quite simple, but upon closer inspection, it felt extraordinarily complex. If one tried to memorize it, it felt all wrong, no matter how long they looked, their mind was all fuzzy.

Holding the gem gently in his palm, the pale green light reflected on his face.

"It seems I was right, this item is indeed the so-called Green Fish Lantern."

"When did the affairs of the Western Region become the business for Qi Cultivators to intervene? You recklessly using your spiritual energy, aren’t you afraid of attracting spirit-devouring creatures and Blood Beasts!" The furious warrior said sternly.

"It’s fine," Lin Xin started to smile, "as long as I kill you before they arrive."

Before he had finished speaking, all three changed color and retreated frantically, leaving their original positions.

"Heart Eye Sword Path." Lin Xin flicked the sword blade, the clear sword rings instantly spreading out, piercing into the three people’s ears,

"Red Flower Chorusing."

Ch!!

A blinding arc of red light slashed directly at the three men.

Lin Xin disappeared from his spot, replaced by a pale red shadow moving too fast to be seen clearly.

"So fast!!"

The only feeling that emerged in the minds of the three was this sensation.

They barely witnessed the red light and heard the sword when their bodies suddenly staggered, their minds lagging, followed by blood splattering.

The old lady and the furious warrior spilled a pool of blood and were thrust backward rapidly.

Tian Qing’s chest and abdomen then showed a blood-stained slit, narrowly missing being fatally wounded.

"Villain!"

He roared, his hands surfacing like dozens of hands of the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara, and he charged directly at Lin Xin.

His speed seemed lightning-fast to ordinary folk, but to an expert like Lin Xin, it was quite ordinary.

The formidable Palm Force whipped up a strong wind, stirring the nearby ox carts to slightly shake and people’s clothes to flutter. Anyone slightly careless might have been swept away by the Palm Force.

Lin Xin did not dodge or evade, facing forward with his sword and slashing out.

From above down!

Boom!!

The two massive forces collided harshly.

"Let’s join forces!!"

The old illusionist urgently said.

The furious warrior nodded, and without hesitation, the two spun and flew to Lin Xin’s back, attacking simultaneously.

Four streams of spiritual energy surged mightily, colliding together.

A thunderous noise sounded.

The floor of the cavern trembled slightly.

As Lin Xin and Tian Qing collided, the four exchanged blows like a storm, each strike as if it were delivered with full force, dispersing rings of faint air ripples.

"Open!"

Tian Qing roared. Dozens of arms merged into one, forming a palm of red jade striking towards Lin Xin’s chest and abdomen.

"Demon-Subduing Hammer!"

The Fury, his Golden Hammer expanded in his hand, suddenly transforming into several meters in length with a diameter of more than one meter, and harshly smashed down towards Lin Xin.

"Money Flows in a Single Line!" The old crone’s cane surfaced countless talisman inscriptions, threads of silver liquid winding around it as she pointed it straight at Lin Xin’s throat, a faint sound of thunder and lightning erupting.

The three of them here dared not use large-scale Spiritual Energy techniques but instead gathered all their strength as much as possible without leaking it, thus ensuring they wouldn’t become targets for the spirit-devouring monsters and Blood Beasts.

Lin Xin hastily dodged, his palm gripping the longsword which he slightly pulled backward before bursting forward with a slash like lightning.

Thirty-six Continuous Strikes!

Hissss Hissss Hissss Hissss!

The blade’s red light transformed into a storm, with faint fine roars of a fierce beast stirring within.

The three of them struck at the red light of the sword blade simultaneously.

Like rain beating on banana leaves, amidst the tinkling sounds, the red light wove into a vaguely roaring monster, its savage maw snapping through the turbulent Spiritual Energy of the trio.

At once, Tian Qing’s palm showed over a dozen blood-red spots, ultimately bitten on the arm by the red light monster. Immense force and heat transmitted from his arm. His entire body’s Spiritual Energy finally burst forth violently, shaking off the red light and retreating in disarray.

The Fury’s Golden Hammer was halfway through its descent when it couldn’t be pressed down any further; the Sword Light was already stabbing at his chest like a torrential rain, forcing him to retract the Golden Hammer to block in front, but he was shocked to feel the other’s strength unexpectedly immense, each of the many strikes was far beyond his own ferocious power. Shocked, after connecting twelve strikes, his internal Spiritual Energy stirred violently, and he couldn’t help but spew out a mouthful of reverse blood.

The Phantasmal Crone’s cane pointed out, directly targeting the Sword Light.

Silver threads burst from the cane, transforming into countless hair-thin lines that overwhelmingly stabbed towards the opponent.

But all the silver threads were instantly melted by the red light monster, whose furious head leaped onto her.

Puff puff puff! A large amount of Protective Spiritual Light and Magic Artifacts shattered, the Phantasmal Crone screamed as she tried to escape. But it was too late; the upper half of her body was bitten off by the red light beast’s head in one chomp, snapping into two pieces.

Even in death, she was filled with unwillingness, barely a moment into the fight and life and death had been decided; she still had so many techniques and trump cards she hadn’t used, she couldn’t accept it! Couldn’t accept it!!

In mid-air, the four dispersed and fell to the ground.

The old crone was already reduced to half a body, plopping on the ground without even a hint of blood.

The rest looked towards Lin Xin in alarm, only to see his longsword’s blade still carried a bit of sticky blood which was quickly absorbed by the fine sucking sound emitted from the blade.

"Demon Path!!" Tian Qing felt a chill in his heart.

The Fury also had his beard and hair bristling as he rushed towards the direction of the crone, only to see her mangled corpse.

"You forced me!!"

He took out something resembling a ram’s horn from his chest, putting it to his mouth and blowing fiercely.

Wuu...

The sound as heavy as a bull’s roar emanated from the horn.

Gradually, blood-colored lines like blood vessels emerged on the horn.

The sound of the bull’s roar seemed to carry a certain melody, the dull sound waves reaching the ears, subtly making the heart feel as if it were tightly gripped by some force.

Tian Qing, the elder, upon seeing the ram’s horn, immediately changed his expression and quickly sat down cross-legged to regulate his breath and gather his energy.

Lin Xin, however, slightly narrowed his eyes.

"A soundwave attack?"

He raised his sword, lightly tapping on the edge.

Ding..Ding..Ding....

Whoo Whoo~~~

The two sounds interwoven together, transforming into something tangible, cancelling each other out, one above, one below.

At the edges where the soundwaves were not completely neutralized, they mixed together, causing the mountain walls to unconsciously reveal cracks.

The people in several affected caravans immediately clutched their heads and screamed in agony, rolling on the ground continuously. In no time, blood poured from all orifices, and soon, their bodies stopped moving.

At a closer distance, the huge white ox became restlessly agitated, bellowing loudly and attempting to dash around disorderly but seemed to have lost its sense of direction, only able to continuously charge against the rock walls again and again.

Qiuqiu was right behind Lin Xin, yet eerily heard nothing at all, only scared and crouching tightly under a table.

In the carriage, many people hid, faintly able to hear the thumping sounds as they continually struck the carriage.

Someone screamed while bursting from the carriage door, tumbling down, also bleeding from all orifices, too pitiful to behold, and soon breathed no more.

Tian Qing, the elder, closed his eyes and sat cross-legged. Being too close, his eyes were faintly red, and wisps of white vapor continuously rose from the top of his head, clearly resisting by channeling his energy.

The angry knight had blood overflowing from the corners of his mouth, and the blood-veined ram’s horn in his hand also showed slight cracks, as if it could shatter at any moment. But he continued to infuse spiritual energy, blowing the horn frantically.

Lin Xin maintained a calm expression, continuously tapping his sword. The twisted sounds without any rhythm emitted messily, giving one a headache as if their brain was about to explode.

Circles of soundwaves centered on him swept toward the angry knight, increasingly suppressing the soundwaves of the ram’s horn.

Time ticked by, and finally.

Puh!!

The angry knight spewed a mouthful of fresh blood and fell backward.

As soon as he fell, his entire body incessantly burst open with large blood wounds, spraying out blood like a fountain with no regard for cost.

Tian Qing, the elder, suddenly shot up from the ground and swiftly flew off into the distance to escape.

Lin Xin slowly lowered the Red Flower Sword and did not pursue further, a trace of fatigue flashing through his eyes.

"What an Angry Knight."

Indeed, a top-ranked expert from the Xuan list’s reputation was well-deserved. The power of the ram’s horn used by the opponent was terrifying. If it weren’t for his specialized cultivation in soundwave techniques like the "Jiu Chen Song," he might have been truly overpowered. A typical Foundation Establishment Cultivator would probably be instantly seduced by the soundwaves, lose their self-awareness, and die due to the disruption and misdirection of their spiritual energy.

Even so, his internal spiritual energy had been significantly depleted.

Considering his current strength was at the level of the Foundation Establishment Stage, the extent to which he was drained showed just how genuine the skills of this contender from the Xuan list were. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please go to m.qidian.com to read.)