Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 413 - 407: Hunter 12

Chapter 413: Chapter 407: Hunter 12

Kun Ji’s longbow in his hand also spun violently, transforming into a glaring golden circle, the largest and most dazzling of all golden circles.

He pointed at Lin Xin.

Instantly, all the golden circles flew towards this side at high speed, besieging from all directions.

Under the envelopment of Yuan Jing, Lin Xin’s speed was greatly reduced, leaving him no way to evade. He could only stand his ground and take the hit head-on.

But his expression remained calm at that moment.

"You can’t kill me...."

"Let’s see about that!"

Kun Ji said coldly in a low voice.

Hiss hiss hiss hiss!!

All the golden circles engulfed Lin Xin in an instant.

For a while, all that could be seen at the original spot was a glaring golden light shimmering to the extreme. Nothing else was visible.

"The golden circles here, each of them holds strength equivalent to eighty percent of my cultivation. I refuse to believe that they can’t kill you, a mere Dao seeker!"

Kun Ji’s serpentine pupils stared coldly at Lin Xin, who was being besieged in the middle.

The golden circles cut for a few breaths before he waved his hand, dispersing them to reveal the situation inside.

What appeared inside, however, made his heart involuntarily chill.

Lin Xin was standing in place, his armor shredded to tatters.

The exposed skin beneath only bore shallow wounds, which could only be counted as superficial injuries, hardly worthy of being called damage for a Dao-seeking cultivator.

"How is this possible!!?" Kun Ji vaguely felt that something was off.

During the golden circles’ cutting moments ago, he encountered resistance far greater than last time he encountered this man, resulting in much more consumption on his part.

And to hinder and restrain the opponent’s movements with Yuan Jing Power took much more effort than before as well.

Combining all this, he was actually feeling somewhat breathless and exhausted now.

An Undying Yuan Jing ancestor dealing with someone not yet at Yuan Jing and feeling breathless and exhausted, not to mention failing to kill the opponent in the end.

If this got out, no one would believe such a scene could happen to him, Kun Ji.

He was not any ordinary Yuan Jing cultivator. Even on this level, he was far from weak. Although his attacks and destructive power weren’t strong, his endurance was top-notch.

And now, he was actually tired...!

"It seems you have indeed become much stronger than before."

Kun Ji was well aware that each golden circle just now was actually equivalent to the killing power that had bisected his opponent last time.

But this time, he couldn’t even inflict a more serious injury.

"As a reward, I’ll make you my eternal collectible...."

His eyes suddenly lit up with a grey halo.

Being stared at by him, Lin Xin felt a numbness throughout his body. Starting from his feet, his body began to petrify slowly.

"Is this... Innate Divine Ability?!" His heart chilled, and the demonic sword in his hand suddenly blazed with Demonic Flame, held in front of him in an attempt to block the gaze.

But it was useless; the petrification was still climbing rapidly.

Yet his own body’s incredibly strong recovery power was furiously fighting against it, which seemed to slow down the petrification.

However, Lin Xin’s expression calmed down, and a strange smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"I told you... you can’t kill me!"

His eyes suddenly shone with a red light.

A blood-red diamond-shaped rune rose directly behind him, hovering above the back of his head like a crystal, slowly rotating, sprinkling down traces of blood-red powder.

As soon as the rune crystal appeared, the petrification effect that had been rising was quickly suppressed and started to revert.

The petrified areas also rapidly returned to normal flesh, and the previously cut wounds healed completely, leaving no scars at all.

"How is this possible!"

Kun Ji’s expression finally changed.

His seemingly invincible Petrification Divine Ability had been resisted by this man! This was a quality-transformed Yuan Jing Divine Ability!

To have it resisted outright by the opponent, and even reverse the petrification, was unforeseen.

"Sorry to disappoint you," Lin Xin said with a smile.

"It seems you truly can’t kill me after all."

After reaching a physique of six hundred points, he distinctly felt his body had achieved an unbelievable level of recovery.

It was a kind of inexplicable confidence, an instinctive feeling of what kind of damage posed a threat to him and what did not.

"Can’t kill you?!" Kun Ji’s gaze turned exceptionally dark and withdrawn as he put away his divine power.

"Since even this is of no use, it seems I really can’t hold back anymore...."

He slowly lifted the Golden Swallow Bow.

Originally, he was prepared to try various other methods one by one to see if he could figure out the cause of the opponent’s terrifying recovery power. But now, provoked by the opponent, his dignity as a Yuan Jing elder made him no longer want to waste time.

Rune after rune on the surface of the Golden Swallow Bow lit up, diffusing golden light that emitted a sound akin to the tide rising and falling.

"Every Yuan Jing Cultivator has their own unique abilities."

"These abilities are distinct from any other of their kind, marking their unique individual identity.

Some have infinitely domineering flames, some have extremely cold millennium ice, and some have the terrifyingly devastating hurricane. My Yuan Jing Power is solidification."

Kun Ji’s gaze momentarily became extremely dangerous, cold.

"Next, I hope you don’t die too quickly...."

As soon as he finished speaking.

In an instant, the entire Vajra Temple darkened abruptly, all things solidified, completely still.

The drifting leaves and tiny spores floating in mid-air.

Lin Xin’s clothes, blown up by the wind and not yet fallen, his face frozen as he was about to speak.

The tears that were still slowly sliding down the faces of Mr. Qing and his companion.

Everything, as if the pause button had been pressed, became rigid and motionless.

There was only one exception, Kun Ji himself.

He was the only living being who could move within this area of heaven and earth.

"Do you see?" he spread his arms, as the Golden Swallow Bow above his head slowly emitted a golden light. Waves of golden radiance poured down like a tidal wave, the source of the stasis of everything.

"This is my Yuan Jing power, to solidify everything, to bring all to a halt. In this realm, without a matching Yuan Jing power to negate it, one can only be at the mercy of others, life and death in my hands!"

The dark red core in his mouth kept protruding and retracting, his eyes fixed on Lin Xin, who was enveloped in a Blood Rune Crystal, not bothering to conceal his murderous intent.

"It’s been so long since I’ve felt this way, so desirous to kill someone as I do now."

He said, with a trace of emotion, and stepped toward Lin Xin.

Shick!

A flash of golden light, and a golden wheel appeared next to Kun Ji, striking Lin Xin fiercely.

The golden wheel spun madly, cutting like a saw, emitting a piercing screeching noise. Oddly enough, the wounds that were just made instantly healed at a terrifying pace due to Lin Xin’s formidable regenerative ability.

Even the fresh red cuts couldn’t last a moment before they closed back up.

This regenerative power was far more horrifying than before the appearance of the Blood Rune Crystal.

Where the golden wheel passed, it seemed utterly useless, unable to leave even the slightest mark.

Furthermore, the golden wheel couldn’t continue to cut deeper; as soon as it hit bone, it was forcefully repelled, unable to slice through!

Kun Ji noticed this, and his face turned very ugly.

"I refuse to believe this!"

He grabbed the golden wheel and hacked it down on Lin Xin’s head.

Clang!

The golden wheel managed to slice open Lin Xin’s scalp, but strangely, not a drop of blood flowed out. Upon hitting the skull, it was as if it hit a top-notch Fourth Grade treasure, barely denting it. And that small dent under Kun Ji’s watchful eyes, bulged back to normal on its own!

"You...!"

He stepped back twice, fully deploying his Yuan Jing power while attacking with the golden wheel was a significant burden on him.

But at this moment, the man stood without moving, letting him strike, yet he could not break through his defense.

"I refuse to believe this!"

Suddenly, a green dagger appeared in Kun Ji’s hand, its top lighting up with tiny green glimmers, while inside the blade it seemed as if a swarm of black bugs were frantically ramming, trying to escape.

Terrifying Spiritual Power surged from Kun Ji, gathering towards the dagger, which grew brighter and sharper, its edge releasing an incredibly sharp energy blade.

"This is the Fifth Grade treasure, Return to Origin Blade! Let’s see how tough your flesh really is!"

Kun Ji, holding the dagger, charged fiercely at Lin Xin.

Thunk!

The sound of stabbing into wood.

The Return to Origin Blade thrust into Lin Xin’s brow, slowly making its way deeper.

But upon touching the bone, it could only inch forward with difficulty, every millimeter forward challenged by a terrifying roar of Spiritual Power from Kun Ji’s body, constantly being drained.

Kun Ji’s complexion visibly whitened, growing increasingly hideous by the moment.

He could feel his Spiritual Power being consumed at a frightening rate, compounded by simultaneously sustaining his maximum Yuan Jing ability and the consumption of his strongest treasure, the Return to Origin Blade.

His condition was not good.

He had never imagined that, as a Yuan Jing Cultivator, even though not adept at killing, against a non-Yuan Jing Cultivator, with all his efforts, the opponent standing there letting him attack, he still couldn’t kill him!

The blade inched toward Lin Xin’s brow.

The black hole vortex caused by the draining of Spiritual Power spread rapidly in all directions with Kun Ji at the center.

Shick!

Finally, the Return to Origin Blade seemed to break through an incredibly hard barrier, the skull at the brow!

Kun Ji’s eyes lit up with joy, and he put in all his strength, thrusting forward.

Crack!!

Suddenly, a hand firmly grasped his wrist holding the Return to Origin Blade. It was Lin Xin’s hand.

Kun Ji’s expression froze, and he saw a pair of dark red eyes, stained with blood, staring at him.

His Yuan Jing power, unbeknownst to him, finally gave out, collapsing silently.

He exploded with all his might, not even realizing when his Yuan Jing power had shattered.

"You can’t kill me..." Lin Xin’s mouth curved into a strange, cold smile.

His other hand, unbeknownst to when, was already pressing on Kun Ji’s chest.

Almost the same scene as before.

Bam!!!

A loud bang, red light flooded everything, the entire temple shook violently, and in an instant, at least dozens of Dark Red Demon Swords pierced through Kun Ji’s chest.

Kun Ji was stunned.

Mr. Qing and his companion were also greatly shaken; such a thing had never happened before, not in countless years of the Central Prefecture’s history.

A non-Yuan Jing Cultivator had withstood an old Yuan Jing monster head-on!

Lin Xin’s terrifying defensive power, backed by the immense blood energy of the Undying Vajra practice, brought his regeneration to a frighteningly unbelievable level.

The reason Kun Ji could not penetrate Lin Xin’s body was not because his Defense had reached a higher level.

It was Lin Xin’s regenerative ability, frantically trying to prevent the blade from entering the body, constantly trying to heal the wound, this healing force, creating a terrifying pressure, obstructed and made any blade attempting to pierce his body sticky!

That was the main reason Kun Ji could penetrate the skin, but found it extremely difficult to advance once inside!!...