Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 655 - 650 Mission Four

Chapter 655: Chapter 650 Mission Four

"Brother Zheng Ran need not say more, my mind is made up, and all my disciples have already dispersed. Since I had promised that commitment to Xu Hong back then, today I must repay this cause and effect, as it is predestined," said the Taoist in the yellow clouds indifferently.

At that moment, Lin Xin arrived flying, and the roaring sound suddenly made tens of thousands of soldiers and monks look up towards him.

"Greetings, Immortal General."

Qing Qiu Zheng Ran hurriedly bowed in respect.

All the monks did the same, while the official soldiers lowered their weapons and bowed their heads in salute.

A few leading generals appeared curious but dared not look openly.

Lin Xin hovered not far from a small hill, gazing distantly at the Taoist.

"Are you the Sect Master of the Floral Shadow Sect?"

"Are you the Immortal General of the Qingyun Sect?"

Seeing Lin Xin, the Taoist’s face suddenly revealed a shocked expression. His keen insight discerned the terrifying power fluctuations that were seemingly neutralizing each other around Lin Xin.

"You may take your own life."

Lin Xin could not be bothered to elaborate. He quickly dealt with the matter and was ready to return.

This place had shown signs of the Undying Palace, which was not a good omen. There was still a trace of the Undying Palace within him, even though reincarnation had removed the massive aftereffects of the mountain of memories.

The reaction through the Demon Talisman Seed had also inexplicably alleviated his severe pain, but it let him understand that he had not truly escaped the influence of the Undying Palace, only that the distance greatly weakened the projection of its power.

"It seems what those senior immortals said was correct," suddenly sighed the Sect Master of Floral Shadow.

"Senior immortals?"

Lin Xin’s heart stirred, and he was just about to ask in detail.

Boom!!

Suddenly, the area around the Sect Master of Floral Shadow erupted in dozens of groups of terrifying Earth Elemental Energy.

The earthy yellow energy groups almost solidified into substance and in the blink of an eye surpassed the power of the Nascent Core Layer, entering the early stage of Yuan Jing. He himself could hardly bear it, and his body exploded instantly, spitting out fresh blood.

Lin Xin snorted coldly and pointed a finger.

Streams of red fire streaked from his fingertip, flying towards the Sect Master of Floral Shadow.

Just then, a large mass of black mist emerged out of nowhere behind Lin Xin, the mist forming a large mouth, and in a blink, it enveloped him.

"Who is it!?"

Lin Xin was shocked; even in such a small world, there were means to ambush him, making him completely unaware of the evasion.

He looked around, with the area surrounded by pitch-black mist.

Two shadowy figures slowly emerged from the black fog, both monks of a special race with horns on their foreheads, dressed in black suits with silver trim.

"Is it him?"

"It is him."

The two conversed with themselves.

"Who are you?"

Lin Xin faintly sensed a dangerous aura from them.

"Make it quick, don’t let Green Lake Mountain react."

"Understood."

They conversed again, and the surrounding mist slowly trembled.

Countless thread-like lines rapidly attacked Lin Xin, resembling numerous strands of hair, hidden in the black mist and undetectable.

"Heavenly Fire Technique!"

Lin Xin quickly chanted a few syllables, and his surroundings exploded into blazing white flames.

His body shuddered, and instantly, the flames spread rapidly in all directions.

He used the Fifth Rank Heavenly Fire Technique without hesitation.

With his mastery of the Fire Cloud Technique, even monks of the same rank would have to temporarily retreat before this attack.

However, the two figures did not dodge at all; they waved simultaneously, and a mass of insect-like shadows swarmed out from their sleeves, engulfing the incoming white flames.

The strength, triple that of a typical Fifth Rank Spell Method, was dismissed casually by the two.

"Polar Region!"

All three almost stepped into the Polar Region simultaneously.

The surroundings instantly turned to endless gray.

Lin Xin’s hands moved like lightning, forming numerous Hand Seal Decrees.

His most powerful Spell Method to date was now the Firestone Technique.

The Fifth Rank Firestone Technique, enhanced by the Fire Cloud Technique, unleashed, possessed the power of the Fourth Realm of the Fifth Rank.

Soon a large block of black-red meteorite formed, the Firestone Technique smashing fiercely towards the two figures. As it moved rapidly, it also brought with it a massive gravitational force, helping to lock onto the target and hinder escape.

"Shadow Hair."

One of them suddenly reached out, and dense, thick black hairlike shadow lines shot from their hand, heading straight for the meteorite.

"By the name of the Six Wang Zhu, the Shadow Hair Person."

The numerous black hair shadow lines quickly wove into a black humanoid figure. Lin Xin looked closely and realized it was a figure made of a large amount of black hair.

The figure was fully formed, and from its mouth came an incomprehensible screech as it grabbed at the meteorite.

Hisss...

The meteorite quickly melted, and the Shadow Hair Person directly absorbed it into its body, disappearing without a trace.

"Six Wang Zhu!"

Lin Xin’s heart sank.

His Fourth Realm Firestone Technique was countered, and he was already gripping the life-saving item given by his senior brother.

Despite changing his appearance and aura, he was still found by these people.

In such a small world, the coming and going of any Fifth Rank or higher cultivation powerhouse should be easily perceivable.

As a world supervised and governed by Green Lake Mountain, there shouldn’t be such an oversight.

"Who exactly are you?" Lin Xin stepped back slightly, his expression grave.

"There are countless whirlpools in the world, and you should not step into one that could shatter your bones at any moment," one of them responded indifferently.

"Pray for your own soul."

He suddenly disappeared, dispersing his entire body into countless strands of black hair flying towards the man with black hair.

The man with black hair roared furiously, his body absorbing the numerous strands, swelling and expanding to a tremendous size of over ten meters.

"Die!"

Another person commanded the black-haired man, reaching towards Lin Xin with one hand.

Boom!!

Countless hair strands scattered, the black-haired man’s palm opened and transformed into thousands to millions of strands, enveloping and surging towards Lin Xin like a storm.

Lin Xin retreated rapidly, trying to avoid the black hair, but it was in vain as the countless hair strands covered the sky and were faster than him.

Hisss.

Suddenly a one-horned man emerged from behind him, silently reaching for his waist with a claw.

"A mere Spell Caster dares to eliminate our secretly placed men alone. Since you’ve come, let your life compensate for our losses."

Spell Casters facing such Body Cultivators would be alright from a distance, but once approached, it was like being at the mercy of a butchers’ block for them to manipulate.

At this moment, he had already envisioned the dreadful scene of the cultivator’s waist being pierced by the claw.

Faint black qi emanated from the claw, not Demonic Qi, but it seemed rather like some kind of pure dark power, vast and profound.

With black hair approaching from the front and the one-horned man attacking from behind, Lin Xin was trapped between the two, his face showing signs of panic but his eyes were calm and steady, giving away a hint of astonishment.

’If the people of Wang Zhu knew it was me, they wouldn’t be unaware of my strong close combat skills. These two don’t seem to know that, maybe it’s just a coincidence?’

His hand gently touched the Red Flower Sword.

Whoosh!

A mass of black hair charged towards his whole body.

The claw at his lower back approached swiftly, nearly touching his clothing.

’If they really don’t know...’

Lin Xin gently grasped the sword hilt, a glint of fierceness flickering in his eyes.

"Then go ahead and die."

"Thunder Emperor!"

In an instant, a slight sound.

Whirr whirr whirr!!!

Countless red lights burst forth from Lin Xin’s right shoulder, blooming in the sky like a slowly opening giant red flower.

In a moment, a hundred thousand swords turned into a hundred thousand red sword traces, sweeping wildly in all directions.

The Sword Light fell violently on the one-horned man and the black-haired man like a tidal wave.

"How could this be!!?"

The black qi on the one-horned man’s claw was instantly dispersed.

His eyes widened in shock, frozen in astonishment.

Caught off guard, his robe was pierced through, and his body was struck by thousands of swords in an instant.

Blood sprayed everywhere.

His body was perforated thousands of times, the rising black smoke unable to block the piercing of the Red Flower Sword.

"You can’t kill me!!" he roared furiously, about to disperse and vanish into black hair.

Whoosh.

Suddenly, a cluster of white flames ignited on his body.

"What is this?!"

The one-horned man felt a pain in his chest and immediately started to panic. He reached for the white flames.

But in an instant, every pierced wound on his body began to burn with clusters of white flames.

"No!!!"

In just the blink of an eye, the one-horned man’s body burned like a white torch, and he collapsed with a scream, turning into white ash.

"High attack, low defense type?" Lin Xin squinted as he watched the other person being burnt alive, roughly estimating the strength of the two men.

The level of Earth Immortals is too high; each move can lead to a lot of consequences, and they wouldn’t be able to secretly infiltrate the small world ruled by Green Lake Mountain easily.

Fifth Rank Human Immortals, sufficiently powerful to handle many things without too much impact, truly the backbone of major forces.

It appears that these two were high attack, low defense, extremely stealthy assassin-type cultivators.

The Thunder Emperor’s sword blade had already struck the giant black-haired man.

The Purifying Fire turned out to be surprisingly effective, flaring up like tinder and fire.

The entire black-haired man burst into flames, screaming as he flailed his arms, struggling in vain before being completely consumed by fire in just a few moments.

The other one-horned man had started to panic, turning around hastily as black lines suddenly appeared around him, wrapping up countless strands of hair and fleeing into the distance.

Whizz!!

A red sword blade pierced through his back.

Lin Xin slowly appeared behind him, withdrawing the Red Flower Sword.

This man was already terrified, and no matter how much strength he had, to Lin Xin he was just a target, easily defeated.

The one-horned man screamed as he burst into flames and in a few breaths turned into a pile of ashes scattering in the air.

"Two assassin-type Wang Zhu cultivators were even able to deploy agents in the territory of Green Lake Mountain; it seems I must report to the Sect immediately."

Lin Xin knew this had escalated to a level concerning the safety of the Sect, not something he as an ordinary Fifth Rank could handle alone.

He checked the remains of the two one-horned men.

Not a single trace remained, the power of the Purifying Fire seemed to have increased again, and as his body’s attributes grew stronger, the Purifying Fire seemed to be strengthening along with it.

The surrounding black mist also began to slowly disperse.

Lin Xin let out a slight sigh of relief but remained vigilant.

Glancing around, he suddenly uttered a light sound of surprise.