Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 431 - 425 Return 2

Chapter 431: Chapter 425 Return 2

Shadowless’s figure appeared behind Lin Xin, looking at the slowly exploding remnants turning into countless red silkworm threads, his expression turned even uglier.

"When did this happen!?"

"This is... that Demon Sword! The Silkworm Moon White Sword!!" Kun Ji recognized this particular feature.

"So, this place is the Blood Silkworm Barrier of the Silkworm Moon White Sword?"

His gaze suddenly became more solemn.

"Be careful, the silkworm threads here emit a highly poisonous breath every moment, and each thread has Fourth Grade hardness, capable of continually extracting the life force from living beings inside to bolster its own power. This is the semi-Yuan Jing Domain of a Fifth Grade Demon Weapon!"

"Semi-Yuan Jing Domain?" Shadowless flipped his massive axe with a backward sweep of his hand.

Fifth Grade Demon Weapons inherently possess an extremely formidable characteristic: they naturally generate their own weapon domain, capable of creating a Yuan Jing Domain in a certain area.

However, because such Yuan Jing Domains are overly singular and not sufficiently agile and complete, they are largely flawed and far inferior to human Yuan Jing Domains, yet stronger than those on the Dao Seeking level.

Thus, the Cultivation World refers to the capabilities of the Fifth Grade Divine and Demon Weapons as Semi-Yuan Jing.

"The consumption of a Semi-Yuan Jing is immense, I refuse to believe this mere Dao Seeking level can pose much threat to us." Shadowless never believed Kun Ji’s theory, deeming that there must be another Yuan Jing hidden nearby playing tricks; otherwise, he would have not been repelled in that battle!

In his view, as long as one remains vigilant for a Yuan Jing ambush at all times, there is nothing else to worry about.

Hiss hiss....

Soon, large blood-colored cocoons started dangling from some trees, each bigger than a person, entirely dark red, and seemingly pulsating with heartbeat sounds, looking extremely sinister.

"Watch out for clones!" he had barely finished speaking.

In an instant, a red streak flashed by, rushing from behind Shadowless.

"Maze Yuan Jing!"

Shadowless’s body shook, and immediately countless black shadow-like tentacles spread from his body, sprawling swiftly in all directions.

The incoming red streak was instantly entangled by a mass of black shadows, exploded in an instant, and turned into a large number of blood-colored silkworm threads.

"Another clone?"

Shadowless coldly said.

"Break through this area!"

Black shadows around his body suddenly expanded, aggressively sprawling in all directions; the original area of red silkworm threads was now covered by black shadows. A Demon Weapon’s Semi-Yuan Jing Domain facing a human Cultivator’s Yuan Jing-domineering and unbearable to oppose.

This was also within the expectations of the two.

It was within Lin Xin’s expectations as well.

Swish—a cocoon suddenly fell, split in the middle, revealing the sinister-looking Lin Xin inside. Also in a Demon Body state, he walked towards the two with a fierce smile.

Swoosh!

He hadn’t taken many steps before he was pulled by the black shadow Yuan Jing spread over the ground into the darkness, vanishing without a trace.

Boom!

After a loud noise, the black shadow trembled violently, as if something had exploded.

Shadowless’s eyelids twitched, and before he could react, more than ten Lin Xins slowly walked out behind him.

"It’s useless, Kun Ji is destined to die here, no one can help him...."

All Lin Xins spoke simultaneously, each wearing a sinister smile.

"Merely Dao Seeking!" Shadowless grew furious, the black shadows around him suddenly expanded swiftly—covering ten meters, twenty meters, thirty meters, forty meters, fifty-five meters!

Finally, his Maze Yuan Jing reached its limit and could not expand any further.

Within the fifty-five meter radius centered on him, there were no blood-colored silkworm threads, but this was already the maximum range he could sustain. Unlike Kun Ji, this was his limit.

Sustaining the Yuan Jing was extremely draining on his spiritual power and physical strength.

"Even if you can support the Fifth Grade Divine Weapon’s temporary Semi-Yuan Jing Domain and withstand the Demon Sword’s constant backlash, your so-called Semi-Yuan Jing appears to me as mere chickens and dogs, easily shattered!"

Feeling slightly uneasy inside, yet Shadowless’s face showed no change, but his words grew more sharply biting, attempting to coax the opponent into making a move to determine his real location.

"The most crucial point of this Silkworm Moon White Sword is to identify its real body as it can create one entity that is exactly as powerful as itself. Only this one entity, the rest are all fake people made of silkworm threads, and it can also disturb sensory perception to hide within the domain making it impossible to differentiate real from fake. So be very careful." Kun Ji carefully transmitted his voice.

"Tsk tsk." Shadowless praised at this moment, "This kid’s physique is indeed strong; ordinary Dao Seeking Cultivators wouldn’t even think of controlling a Demon Sword, not to mention using it normally, and even less sustaining such a large Semi-Yuan Jing Domain and forming so many clone illusions. What you said earlier about directly draining your spiritual energy, Kun Ji, I might somewhat believe it now."

"I only hope to resolve it quickly. The Bai Er serpent got injured by that attack earlier, and with such disturbances, I’m afraid other old rivals nearby might notice. If they arrive, things will get complicated," Kun Ji said gravely.

"No worries, it can be resolved quickly, let me see... his exact location..." Shadowless let out a sinister chuckle.

He was about to summon the Three-Eyes Demon Bull on his massive axe when suddenly his ears twitched.

Crack.

It seemed like someone’s footsteps had stepped on some dry branches, making a breaking sound.

Both Shadowless and Kun Ji looked up, their spiritual awareness instantly sensing an extremely strong and solid presence appearing before them.

Lin Xin stood calmly in front of the two, just like that, he walked into the black Yuan Jing.

Countless black tentacles crazily entwined around him, trying to pull him down into the dark abyss. Yet, he seemed to possess a terrifyingly powerful force that made the black tentacles unable to forcefully pull him down.

But this also locked up his physical strength.

Constantly contending against Yuan Jing, he naturally had no energy left for anything else.

"Long time no see, Kun Ji."

Lin Xin didn’t even glance at Shadowless as his gaze passed over him and settled on Kun Ji behind him.

"I have wanted this day for a very long time."

Lin Xin slowly extended his hand, drawing a golden longsword from one of the four on his back. The blade was densely covered with numerous golden runes.

From the fluctuations of its aura, it was actually comprised entirely of miniaturized, massed Third Grade formations!

"The Infinite Golden Light Formation again?" Shadowless’s expression also changed slightly. The massive overlay of Fourth Grade power formations posed no threat to him, but they could cause a huge drain on spiritual power.

"I was originally planning to spare your life and soul search your secret cultivation techniques, but now it seems I can’t afford to keep you!" A ruthless glint flashed in Shadowless’s eyes.

None who entered his Yuan Jing Domain had ever successfully escaped.

Even now, as he countered half of Yuan Jing’s power, only being able to exert eighty percent of his strength to suppress Lin Xin was enough.

He was not like Kun Ji whose Yuan Jing had no lethal power and had to rely solely on his own assault.

"Heaven Shadow’s Rage, Nineteen Rings!"

Shadowless suddenly spread his arms, his black shadow Yuan Jing Domain abruptly boiling like black water, and the pitch-black ground suddenly sprouted many white eyes.

Countless tiny eyes all blinked, densely focusing on Lin Xin.

Gradually, as countless gazes converged, black rings started to emerge on Lin Xin’s body. Starting from his neck, they arranged downwards in layers.

One, two, three, four...

Until indeed there were fully nineteen black rings, completely encircling Lin Xin, rendering him unable to break free.

Kun Ji did not deploy his own Yuan Jing Domain, his domain actually conflicted somewhat with Shadowless’s, so he reserved it for backup and did not intervene.

At this moment, he was somewhat warily watching Lin Xin who was tightly bound; he could not believe that such a troublesome foe as last time would be so easily defeated this time.

"Be careful, Shadowless, this guy isn’t that simple!" he cautioned aloud.

"Already caught in my Nineteen Rings and still thinking of escaping, that’s a fool’s dream!" Shadowless’s eyes gleamed with mockery.

"Nineteen Rings has to date trapped and killed three Yuan Jing Cultivators, just one Dao Seeking like you, even though you previously had a standoff, was merely due to fortunate suppression of your ability. Kun Ji, you’ve lost once, perhaps you’ve become overly suspicious?"

"Overly suspicious? Perhaps," Kun Ji himself could not make clear why he felt increasingly restricted, but he always felt something was off.

It shouldn’t have been this easy.

With a tearing sound, the sky ripped open above the half-space, exposing the outer sky through the Blood Silkworm Barrier.

It was the Mirage Yuan Jing that had broken through the half-Yuan Jing Blood Silkworm Barrier.

Shadowless also took a slight breath at this point.

"Just this much, even when a lion fights a rabbit it uses all its strength, Kun Ji, this time it was your oversight."

Kun Ji waited for a moment, but still no movement; his unease gradually faded somewhat.

"Perhaps, it really was my oversight," he sighed, his voice tinged with bitterness.

He didn’t care about his friend’s mockery, since it wasn’t the first or second time, as long as the issue could be resolved and settled.

The two watched Lin Xin who was caught in the black shadow Yuan Jing Domain not far away.

A vicious gleam flashed in Shadowless’s eyes, and he pressed down his hand.

Hiss...

Suddenly, Lin Xin, completely bound by the nineteen rings, could not move at all, and utterly sank into the darkness below, sinking like into a quagmire, silently and without a trace.

"Let’s go."

Shadowless chuckled lightly, ready to withdraw his Yuan Jing Domain.

Crack.

Suddenly, another fine crisp sound came.

His brow furrowed as he turned around and saw, to his surprise, another Lin Xin with a strong aura smiling at him.

"What’s going on!?" His face changed, for both he and his companion had clearly sensed that the other should be the true body! That strong aura should not have been fake.

"Is that a clone?" Shadowless pressed down his hand again, and once more countless tiny eyes emerged from the ground; rings of black circles appeared again on Lin Xin’s body.

But simultaneously blocking the Demon Sword’s half-Yuan Jing and also bearing the nineteen rings Ultimate Kill, had already made Shadowless’s heartbeat speed up drastically.

His lethality was immense, but he lacked the stamina of Kun Ji.

Even Kun Ji had been dragged miserably into endurance before, let alone now when he had already lost some power to the half-Yuan Jing.

The ground’s black shadow eyes blinked frantically.

Each of those eyes could easily kill a Fourth Grade Cultivator, but here, facing Lin Xin, even with so many gathered, they still could not rapidly kill him; his body’s constitution and resistance were terrifyingly strong.