Peerless Divine Eyes
Chapter 716: Xuan Jian!

Chapter 716: Chapter 716: Xuan Jian!

This Xuanming Ice Snake had no demonic power, no spiritual power, and not even a trace of life could be felt.

And yet, curiously,

its movement stirred the air, and Xuan Hong suddenly became aware of it.

"How can there be another demonic snake!"

Xuan Hong, after all, was at the Nascent Soul Stage. Sensing a killing intent coming from behind, he decisively used teleportation!

In the blink of an eye, he appeared three zhang away, only then turning back to see that the sneak attacker was actually another Xuanming Ice Snake!

"Hiss—"

This Xuanming Ice Snake was thicker and larger, and although it bore some injuries, its air of determination could not be underestimated by Xuan Hong, especially since his Shadowless Giant Sword was deeply buried in the ground, having pierced into another Xuanming Ice Snake’s belly, making it difficult to call back!

A Sword Cultivator without a sword, even if at the Nascent Soul Stage, would see their strength greatly reduced!

"Xuan Yun Sword Qi!"

But Xuan Hong was not an easy opponent. Considering that the Xuanming Ice Snake below would not last long, he decided to first kill the one before him!

He pointed two fingers, and from the tips of his fingers burst forth a stream of Sword Qi!

"Go!"

The gray-white Sword Qi, under his control, tore through the air and struck towards the right eye of the Xuanming Ice Snake!

"Hiss—"

The Xuanming Ice Snake missed its strike, but it didn’t stay in place. Instead, it coiled its body and attacked again!

Even with the Xuan Yun Sword Qi aiming straight for its eye, it showed no signs of dodging at all!

"Whoosh—"

The Xuan Yun Sword Qi pierced straight through the Xuanming Ice Snake’s right eye and flew out from the back of its head, yet the snake did not even slow down, not even for a moment!

Only the blood hole pierced by the Xuan Yun Sword Qi, as the Xuanming Ice Snake charged forward at high speed, trailed strings of blood...

Like red ribbons fluttering in the air!

Xuan Hong’s face changed drastically, for he did not expect that this magical beast would fight so fearlessly!

He had not anticipated that any beast would remain unaffected after taking a hit from him!

"Damn it!"

Cursing loudly, he teleported again, causing the Xuanming Ice Snake to miss once more. But this time, the snake did not raise its head again. Instead, taking advantage of the situation, it brought its body down and its tail swept fiercely towards Xuan Hong as he reappeared!

Xuan Hong had just steadied himself when he noticed the tail attacking. He condensed another Xuan Yun Sword Qi and slashed at the tail!

But the tail was incredibly nimble. Before the Sword Qi could reach, the snake rose vertically, its tail poised to strike down from above his head!

"This is... the Shadowless Sword Technique, ’Descending Divine Weapon’!"

Xuan Hong exclaimed in shock. He had just used that move himself!

But why...

This Xuanming Ice Snake could use it as well?

Yet amidst his shock, Xuan Hong still countered the move.

Only, he was no longer as composed as before!

He raised his hands, condensing the Sword Qi from within his body.

Boom!

The tail slammed down fiercely onto the Sword Qi, scales scattering in all directions, and at the tip, the snake’s bone splintered piece by piece!

Xuan Hong seized the chance to escape, distancing himself from the spot, and as soon as he steadied his form, he couldn’t wait for his breath to recover before he shouted angrily, "Who are you! To use the body of a magical beast, you dare not show your true face?"

The Xuanming Ice Snake retracted its grievously wounded tail, its single eye staring at Xuan Hong for a long while before it opened its mouth and spoke shockingly in human tongue,

"Xuan Hong, your personal vendetta has deeply disappointed me."

Hearing this familiar voice, Xuan Hong stumbled back several steps.

"Senior Brother Xuan Jian, you... are still alive?"

Who could have expected that this would be the missing Xuan Jian?

"Hmph," Xuan Jian snorted coldly, "You must be wishing for my death, so that you would only have to answer to Chu Zhongtian. The last time, he made a mistake, and I had nothing to say regarding the mining. But this time, not only did you want him to mine, why did you also leave him to die without rescue after the mine’s destruction?"

"Senior Brother Xuan Jian," Xuan Hong’s pupils shrank as he didn’t yet grasp Xuan Jian’s condition and didn’t dare to turn hostile rashly, "Chu Zhongtian ruthlessly killed our fellow disciples and destroyed the Spirit Vein..."

"Ha!"

Xuan Jian laughed scornfully, cutting off Xuan Hong’s words, "Chu Zhongtian is the disciple with the least talent among us. Don’t tell me you weren’t aware of that."

His implication was clear: Chu Zhongtian couldn’t possibly have the power to kill the Core Formation delegates and destroy the Spirit Vein alone.

Of course.

Xuan Jian also had his own suspicions that Lu Chen was responsible!

But from Ji Changchun’s report, he hadn’t heard Lu Chen’s name mentioned.

It seemed as if Lu Chen had not been brought to the Xuanyun Sect.

Which was one of the reasons he had followed them here!

Lu Chen... was no ordinary person!

Putting aside how things were in the Eastern Domain,

at the very least, to make up for its losses, the Xuanyun Sect would need to recruit Lu Chen into the sect!

"But Ji Changchun is the only survivor. If I don’t believe him, who else can I believe?"

Xuan Hong, swordless and confronted with the enigmatic Xuan Jian, suddenly became hesitant.

"Originally, Zhu Xiaoming was alive as well. What a pity... Zhu Xiaoming was killed by Ji Changchun in the Haotian Sect!"

At these words, Xuan Hong was stunned and stood rooted to the spot!