Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 350 - 343 Traveling Four

Chapter 350: Chapter 343 Traveling Four

On the edge of the python carriage.

Lin Xin and his servant were surrounded by a large group of people in white, forming a circular formation as if facing a formidable enemy.

One of the leaders, a big man with a beard, had a pale complexion, and sweat streamed down his forehead and temples.

Though they were surrounded in the middle, Lin Xin was not anxious at all. He looked at the big man in front of him with a smile on his face.

"This is already inside the Heavenly Sacrifice City, the heart of the Giant City, with an Aerial Nullification Formation above. Even if you had wings, escape would be difficult! It’s better to just surrender and receive a lighter punishment," the bearded man said harshly.

"It seems very efficient," Lin Xin said, not even looking at him, his gaze falling on an empty space that had been cleared in the distance.

"As expected of the Red Spine Sect."

"You’re not bad either, managing to commit so many major crimes in succession, and even daring to enter Heavenly Sacrifice City alone. I really don’t know whether to call you bold or foolish."

Suddenly, a man in red appeared on the empty land, his waist adorned with a longsword, seeming like an ordinary person from Jianghu. However, the one thing that set him apart was the golden headband he wore on his forehead, making him look not much different from some of the traveling monks, quite strange.

Whoosh!

At the same time, figures in red appeared all around Lin Xin, front, back, left, and right, emerging out of thin air.

"Imperial Guards of the inner city!!" The bearded man encircling Lin Xin immediately broke out in a cold sweat. These guards, who would only take action when an absolute major criminal appeared, had unexpectedly moved into action so quickly today.

"Just surrender, today you won’t escape even if you had wings," a man in red said as he stared coldly at Lin Xin.

"Is that so?" Lin Xin said, his mouth curling into a meaningful smile, "I am right here. If you have the ability, feel free to come and catch me yourself."

As soon as these words came out, the leading man in red’s face tensed, and then he suddenly realized something.

"The exit!!"

He turned and ran, with incredible speed, covering dozens of meters in one step, and he completely ignored Lin Xin and his servant, who were surrounded.

The other men in red with swords on their waists also seemed to react and turned to run.

Boom!!

But it was already too late.

A blast resounded from the exit.

Lin Xin and his servant, who were surrounded, burst like bubbles, revealing that they were merely a brilliantly deceiving magical illusion!

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At the exit.

Mo Qingsheng was pale, looking at the bodies of the people in white lying all over the ground.

Less than ten steps in front of her, the wealthy young master who had been sitting next to her was now gripping the neck of a government officer in red, his sword drawn. With a crisp snap, ignoring his frantic struggles, the officer’s throat was crushed, and he was casually discarded like trash.

The rest of the people near the exit collapsed to the ground, enveloped by a mysterious pink mist that spread all around. Most ordinary people were affected, falling to the ground and into a deep sleep.

Only she was unaffected, watching the tragedy unfold right before her eyes.

Gulp.

Her throat moved involuntarily, but no saliva was swallowed.

Just moments ago, after she saw the highest warrant on the scroll, the wealthy young master appeared. With one hand, he killed them as if slaughtering chickens, without any Inner Qi or divine skills, just the simple extension of a hand, a pinch to kill, over and over—no one could resist his action.

The two government officers in red, clearly at the Heart Level, appeared and were immediately seized, with no power to fight back, and were casually pinched to death.

The process was as simple as squishing ants, effortless.

"Red Spine Sect’s reaction is unexpectedly fast. We need to hurry up," Mo Qingsheng said as she saw the wealthy young master speak indifferently, seemingly talking to someone.

His gaze slowly turned toward her, settling calmly on her.

Mo Qingsheng felt her heart beating faster and faster. She gripped the hilt of her sword tightly, her muscles taut like a compressed spring, without any relaxation, completely tense.

Fortunately, the man did not act against her but only gave her a smile.

Whoosh!

With a light sound, the man vanished.

Mo Qingsheng also felt a heavy pressure in her chest, suddenly unable to catch her breath. The world spun around her, and she fainted.

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Lin Xin emerged from the checkpoint, and there were already people waiting for him outside.

Two old men who looked like twins, both in red martial attire, with white hair and beards, each holding a saber over three meters long. The bright blades were filled with intricate runes, clearly not ordinary items.

A large group of government officers in red surrounded the area, blocking all possible escapes with a sense of urgency.

"Is this the Red Spine Sect’s way of treating guests?" Lin Xin said with a smile, in a light tone.

"Hospitality is for guests, not for dealing with evil felons like you," the twin old men said in unison. When speaking, they were as one person, with perfectly matching voice and rhythm, without the slightest difference.

"Red Flower, at the peak of the Intent Level, ranked fourteenth on the Suiling List. Your direct involvement in the death of Divine Shadow Ming is clear. I didn’t believe it initially, but now that I see you in person, I am somewhat convinced."

"The Suiling List?" Lin Xin thought. "I don’t remember being on any Suiling List."

"It doesn’t matter if you don’t know. The most potential individuals of the Central Prefecture are on it, whether you believe it or not," the twin old men said calmly.

"I was just passing through, but it seems I’ve encountered such interesting prey..." the two men, as if one, both showed their white teeth at the same time.

"This really is interesting."

"Which ranking are you on the list of Jianghu spiritual masters?" Lin Xin asked with a smile.

"This is the renowned seventh rank of the Dual Seal masters. Even these two esteemed individuals had not heard of it, truly ignorant folks coming from the Southern Prefecture," a red-clothed government officer leader couldn’t help but say.

"Dual Seal?"

Shock appeared on Lin Xin’s face.

"Could it be the legendary..."

Swish!

Suddenly, a streak of red light shot forth and arrived in front of the twin elders in the blink of an eye.

Boom!!

Both of them raised their swords and blocked desperately in front of themselves. The opponent’s attack was so fast that they nearly got caught by it during a momentary lapse of concentration.

When the swords met,

The sound that emitted was, surprisingly, not of clashing metal but rather a muffled sound like hitting rubber.

With Attributes boosted to a terrifying eighty-two points, Lin Xin finally fully displayed the terrifying power of the Red Flower Sword Path with his overlaid physical strength and Spiritual Energy.

Before the sound could fully spread, his figure vanished and immediately appeared on their right side, executing another horizontal slash.

Before the blade even reached them, another form of him appeared on the left side, making a similar horizontal slash.

Almost simultaneously, figures of Lin Xin appeared above and behind the twins.

All figures lunged at once, swords slashing at the two men from every direction!

"Paltry tricks! It’s nothing but illusions!" The Dual Seal twins suddenly burst forth a round of black light rings from their bodies, dispersing in all directions without moving, appearing to rely on this to resist Lin Xin’s attack.

Hiss...

The moment the light rings came into contact with the Red Flower Sword.

The elders’ expressions suddenly changed. It’s not an illusion!!!?

Five currents of ferocious and terrifying strengths successively surged into the black light ring.

In just an instant, the light ring cracked and exploded, and the Sword Shadows instantly struck the two men.

Boom!! A beast-like roar could be faintly heard in the reverberations.

A violent explosion scattered, and large swathes of blood-red flames sent the surrounding red-clothed government officers flying like weightless paper dolls.

In the center of the bursting flames, two figures were tossed upside down, sliding far across the ground, leaving behind two dark streaks.

It was actually the twin Dual Seal masters who had been boasting moments before!

At this time, both were covered in blood with one expression, that of stupor.

"My Heavy Star Demonic Body...has actually...."

Boom! Boom!

Two muffled noises followed, and both twins had a burst of fire erupting from their chests at almost the same time, but this flame was not the red of earlier, rather a sinister black flame.

This was a special Demonic Fire that only appeared when Demonic Qi was burnt.

Lin Xin stood still, vanishing in a flash, as surrounding red-clothed officers were slain amidst their screams. Thankfully, an Illusion Array and defensive formation had already been set up around, otherwise it would have caused a great commotion in the inner city.

In that short instant, Lin Xin had already exerted his full strength, utilizing Divine Shadow, Qilin, and the Demon Body. Taking advantage of the cover of fire, he put them all to use.

The Dual Seal brothers were probably the most frustratingly killed masters in the history of the Jianghu rankings.

Top masters ranked in the top ten, just like that, died almost as if ambushed.

Their intelligence was so outdated, they thought Lin Xin was just at the Intent Level peak and couldn’t even beat Chi Shengming. Plus, such a brief time to come here, even if a genius, wouldn’t have greatly improved, hence their slight contempt.

But unexpectedly, killing Chi Shengming allowed Lin Xin’s Demon Body to leap greatly, and his strength saw a new increase.

The burst of strength instantly exceeded that of Chi Shengming.

It was just this little bit of negligence and misjudgment that led to their downfall, caught off-guard by Lin Xin’s extreme speed.

If they hadn’t underestimated their opponent and had chosen to be fully on guard, slowly grinding, Lin Xin might have faced a hard battle or had to escape today.

But there are not so many ifs in this world.

Amidst the spilling firelight, Lin Xin walked over to the corpses of the Dual Seal masters, reached out his hand, and took their storage rings and all the Magic Artifacts and treasures from their bodies.

Also found was a black-silver Token and, unexpectedly, two pale-gold Demon Talisman Seeds.

"Pale gold?" Lin Xin had no time to inspect them and could only hurriedly collect everything into his Storage Bag. He opened his mouth to inhale, and the two bunches of black fire still burning on the Dual Seal twins’ bodies flew up and entered his mouth, swallowed in one gulp.

That was the concentration of the Demonic Qi from their whole bodies, which he didn’t have time to refine right now, so it had to be stored away temporarily for later digestion.

Quickly extracting a Taoist Talisman from his Storage Bag, he then activated the Concealment Array Plate.

Lin Xin’s skill in deception was already honed to perfection during his time in the Two-Faced Kingdom.

After finding the hiding little Jade Fox, he changed her appearance as well, and the two of them casually used the Illusion Array Plate to lead the pursuers astray, slipping away into the sea of people as naturally as a stream enters the ocean, disappearing into the crowd.

At the Master Level of Talismanic Formation Technique, Lin Xin had already reached it unknowingly.

The Magic Artifacts crafted at this level were so natural and lifelike that they could cause real confusion.

That is why the Illusion Array Plate could lead so many from the Red Spine Sect on a chase. The various Taoist Talismanic Formations he prepared in advance were his greatest reliance for entering Tiancheng alone.