Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 669 - 664 Ruined Tomb 8

Chapter 669: Chapter 664 Ruined Tomb 8

"Never!"

Yuan Xia Mountaineer’s body suddenly lit up with countless golden lights, terrifying waves of power almost surpassing the Fifth Rank erupted, instantaneously spreading and enveloping everything around into an eerily slowed state.

"Golden Radiance Robe!"

He bellowed furiously as the golden light from his body burst forth, shooting out towards the front like a tempest.

Each beam of golden light transformed into a golden snake midway, spitting out dark golden glimmers as they lunged at Lu Qiaoqiao.

Lu Qiaoqiao was also affected by this force, her movements sluggish as a snail, watching helplessly as countless golden snakes pounced towards her.

Yuan Xia Mountaineer, meanwhile, once again wrapped himself with small shields and charged at the mask.

Boom!!

Another massive explosion, the sheer force of which made the entire hall tremble violently. But the walls and floor were undamaged, evidently the structural strength here was higher than the full force of their combat.

"Thousand Mechanisms Ingenuity!"

In the midst of the explosion, at Lu Qiaoqiao’s location, a pure white disk suddenly emerged, rotating with more than a dozen different patterns of ancient silver designs.

The rotation abruptly halted on one of the patterns. Then with a sharp crack, the disk split apart into four triangular pyramid fragments, rotating rapidly, forming a high-velocity vortex.

The sky full of golden snakes immediately disintegrated, vanishing as if they had never appeared.

An inexplicable tremor surged into the hearts of the three onlookers, as if something intangible in the depths was being drawn upon, twisted and touched.

"Karma Taoist Technique?!" Yuan Xia Mountaineer recognized these fluctuations, his expression drastically changing. The mask was only a few meters away, and he exerted all his strength to accelerate, bursting forward to grab it.

But the distance between him and the mask suddenly seemed infinitely far, an insurmountable gap.

"Damn it!! Lu Qiaoqiao!!" He roared in fury, his body once again shining with golden light.

"Golden Radiance Robe!"

Countless golden lights turned into golden snakes, rushing at Lu Qiaoqiao, all around again slowed to a crawl.

"Ancient Divine Artifact Fragment? You think I’m afraid of you?!" Lu Qiaoqiao’s face was deathly pale, clearly, the burden of using the Karma Taoist Technique to block the ancient artifact was too great.

But now it was a matter of who could hold out longer.

Even if it was just a fragment of an ancient artifact, it wasn’t something just anyone could wield. The True Yuan of Qing Water needed for a single use was an astronomical figure for a common Fifth Rank Perfection cultivator.

The question was who between her and Yuan Xia Mountaineer could last until the end.

While the two were dueling, a subtle shadow was silently moving towards the mask.

As the golden light clashed with the white disk, the shadow took the opportunity to leap forward, using the explosive sounds as cover, and pounced on the peculiar mask.

"Who!"

Lu Qiaoqiao and the others almost saw the shadow simultaneously, but it was already too late.

The shadow grabbed the mask and yanked it down. Then quickly tucked it away and shot off into the distance.

At this moment at the entrance bathed in red light, Zeng Zhuo and Murong Jun, for some reason, ran back and appeared at the entrance.

They collided head-on with the shadow charging towards them.

Taken by surprise, they were struck squarely by the shadow.

The shadow hadn’t expected to encounter someone in its path and crashed into them heavily.

Bang!

The mask flew up high.

Lu Qiaoqiao lunged forward, shooting at the mask like an arrow, her surroundings opening into a Polar Region, everything turned to ash grey, the mask frozen mid-air, the only splash of color in the grey Polar Region.

"Never!"

Yuan Xia Mountaineer’s body exploded with Golden Radiance, releasing countless golden snakes once more, their speed even faster than Lu Qiaoqiao’s, his hand reaching for the mask.

Lu Qiaoqiao, equally determined and gritting her teeth, stretched out her hand towards the mask.

Both hands reached out simultaneously, stretching towards the mask.

The distance growing closer and closer...

Whoosh!

In an instant, a red longsword appeared in the air between them, blocking the peculiar mask less than half a meter away.

A slender figure turned and emerged in front of them, reaching out gently to catch the rising mask.

"It’s you!"

Yuan Xia Mountaineer’s eyes widened.

Lu Qiaoqiao was equally shocked, unable to react.

Not just her, but also Zeng Zhuo and Murong Jun were staring wide-eyed, completely unprepared for Lin Xin to appear so timely and intercept the treasure they seemed to value so much.

Gently grasping the mask, Lin Xin brought it to his lips and sniffed, smiling as he said.

"It seems this object is destined for me. You two wouldn’t mind, would you?"

"You’re courting death!"

Lu Qiaoqiao’s pretty face turned icy as she unleashed a sword, transforming into a sphere of snow-white sword energy, shooting towards Lin Xin.

"Foolish!"

Yuan Xia Mountaineer condensed a dusty yellow sand hand and reached to grab Lin Xin from behind.

"Watch your back!"

Murong Jun couldn’t help but shout out loud.

Zeng Zhuo’s hand held a pitch-black Talisman Paper, edged with a faint golden glow, ready to be used for rescue at any moment.

Lin Xin seemed utterly oblivious.

He slightly arched his body, holding the sword blade high above his head, as black Talisman Patterns began to appear around him.

"Red Flower Sword Path...."

He held a sword in one hand, while a pitch-black fire lotus suddenly ignited in the palm of his other hand.

"Qilin!!"

Lin Xin’s eyes suddenly widened, and a dark red fluorescent light ignited within his pupils.

Bellow!!!

An extremely ferocious beastly roar erupted abruptly.

Countless lustrous, pitch-black flames burst forth from his body and sword, surging wildly in every direction.

Numerous black fires condensed into Qilin beast heads, which opened their sharp teeth and lunged to bite at the surrounding Lu Qiaoqiao and Yuan Xia mountaineers.

The sword orbs and giant yellow sand hands released by the two were simultaneously struck by the black fire Qilins.

To be exact, these were no longer the Qilins of the past, but rather a Qilin that had been improved based on Lin Xin’s own cultivation insights.

A formidable existence that did not rely on the void, but purely commanded by his own power, forming a Sword Technique.

The Fire Cloud Technique had greatly enhanced his control over fire. Just this one move was already far more powerful than the previous Qilin that had lured the existence from the void.

At this moment, Lin Xin faintly understood why his Honored Master Long Snake was so satisfied with the path he had chosen.

The Fire Cloud Technique was the ultimate Cultivation Technique that could most greatly enhance and benefit his previous cultivation foundation.

His Law Sword Flow, a fusion of Dao Techniques and Sword Dao, seemed like Sword Dao but was actually more inclined towards Formation Talismans.

And the amplification of the Fire Cloud Technique for Formation Talismans was extremely terrifying.

With the Fire Cloud Technique’s enhancement, just this one Qilin move was at least three times more powerful than before.

Even the original dark red flames had turned into a complete pitch black.

Once the black fire came into contact with the killing moves of Lu Qiaoqiao and the others, they immediately neutralized each other.

And the black fire still had a surplus after neutralizing the two mighty attacks, rushing towards the Yuan Xia mountaineer, who casually extinguished it.

Seizing the moment the two were busy dealing with the attack, Lin Xin flickered and returned to the ground level of the hall.

"Very good, very good, very good!!"

Yuan Xia burst into a spiteful laugh.

"Daoist Xin, you’ve hidden your abilities quite deeply, holding back until now to make your move for the treasure. I, Yuan Xia, have spent my life scheming against others, but I never expected to be outplayed by a greenhorn in the end!"

Both he and Lu Qiaoqiao had consecutively used Ancient Divine Artifact Fragments and Karma Taoist Techniques, and the drain on their physical and cultivation strength was nearly overextended.

Facing a near equal opponent at this moment, the frustration in their hearts was imaginable.

"I can pay with Jade Marrow treasures," Lu Qiaoqiao said coldly, yet her voice carried great breadth. "I’ll transfer one hundred thousand Contribution Points to you, just give me the mask."

"You first need to tell me what this mask is for," Lin Xin replied with a smile, not giving in.

"If you don’t know the use of the Qilin mask, then it’s useless to tell you. Moreover, this old man has set up a formation here, and it would be as difficult as ascending to heaven for you to leave," Lu Qiaoqiao said indifferently. "It would be better to sell me the mask so we can join forces and break the formation to leave."

Only then did Lin Xin realize why Zeng Zhuo and Murong Jun had returned despite leaving.

"You really think I can do nothing to you!?"

The cornered Yuan Xia mountaineer’s eyes flashed with a fierce light.

He bit his tongue, spilling blood, and once again, golden light started to emerge all over his body.

The Golden Radiance Robe was activated once again.

Lu Qiaoqiao couldn’t help but spit out a mouthful of blood, but she still overexerted her body to incite the Karma Taoist Technique, Thousand Mechanisms Ingenuity.

Ch-Ch-Ch!!

In an instant, countless Golden Snakes soared into the sky, flying towards Lin Xin and Lu Qiaoqiao at the same time.

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle, gurgle!!

Lin Xin exerted his full strength to channel the newly acquired Fire Lotus Shield, a Fifth Rank Magic Artifact, which under his own cultivation supply, emitted a blinding and brilliant golden light.

The two clusters of golden light collided violently.

Clang, clang, clang, clang! In an instant, hundreds of Golden Snakes slammed against Lin Xin’s Fire Lotus Shield.

The golden light dissipated, and the Fire Lotus Shield was riddled with pits, but under the drive of True Yuan, it hadn’t broken yet.

"What!!?"

The Yuan Xia mountaineer was stunned.

"What...what kind of Magic Artifact is this!?"

Lu Qiaoqiao was also taken aback.

They both recognized the Fire Lotus Shield Lin Xin was using. It was just a common Fifth Rank middle-grade Defensive Magic Artifact that could be purchased at a high price on the market.

But... since when could the Fire Lotus Shield be so fierce? These were techniques from an Ancient Divine Artifact Fragment!!

Ancient Divine Artifact Fragments typically can elevate the Spellcaster’s techniques by one Level.

In other words, the Golden Snake technique unleashed by the Yuan Xia mountaineer, was essentially Sixth Rank!

When did the common Fire Lotus Shield have the ability to withstand Sixth Rank techniques???

Yuan Xia had gambled a mouthful of heart’s blood, depleting ten years of cultivation to reactivate the Golden Radiance Robe, but the outcome caught him off guard. He almost spewed out a mouthful of old blood, but still tried to swallow it back; showing weakness now would almost certainly lead to falling victim to a coup de grace.

Lin Xin hadn’t expected it either; he had already prepared for the Magic Artifact to break.

Yet, the Fire Lotus Shield had blocked the opponent’s spell.

"After the Attributes enhancement, the Fire Lotus Shield is no longer the same as before..." Lin Xin looked satisfactorily at the shield Magic Artifact as it rapidly healed and regenerated.

His staggering 20,000-plus damage, along with 17,000-plus other Attributes, brought extreme hardness, resistance, strength, and recovery to the Fire Lotus Shield.

Even affected by the Heavenly Demon Army Master’s intimidation, impacting his physical recovery speed, Lin Xin hadn’t expected the Fire Lotus Shield to be so formidable.

The enhancement of Attributes, compounded with the infusion and activation of True Yuan, had caused a qualitative change.

After all, the material grade of the Fire Lotus Shield was much better than that of Magic Artifacts like the Red Flower Sword from the very beginning...