Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect
Chapter 181 - 180: Kidnapping Children

Chapter 181: Chapter 180: Kidnapping Children

The kidnapper clearly had an idea in his mind, with a guilty conscience of a thief! As soon as Tie Dan locked onto him with his Divine Sense, he immediately started to accelerate and escape!

Oh, really? Even after catching up, you’re not letting go? How come everyone is in the Core Formation Realm, and you really think you can escape his grasp! Chase!

So Tie Dan immediately pursued with all his might!

The kidnapper used Xuanming True Qi to fly away, probably not having any Escape Skills or magic treasures, and it was not yet evident what his true abilities were.

But flying with Qi Manipulation like this, and accelerating fully to escape, would inevitably lead to True Qi being consumed and dispersed. Based on the cultivation level of a typical Golden Core Realm, he probably wouldn’t be able to escape for long, and his Qi Power would be exhausted.

Wait until the other party is out of breath, then use an Ice River Escape to get close and launch a sudden short attack, and it should be easy to slash the opponent.

So Tie Dan wasn’t in a hurry and relied on the endless Purple Mist True Qi, practicing Qi Manipulation along the way, just wearing down the opponent’s Qi Power.

Thus, the two used Qi Manipulation to fly, chasing each other in the sky, trailing a white and a purple cloud glow.

The result, to Tie Dan’s surprise, was that they chased like shooting stars and flying butterflies, and the pursuit lasted until evening! The kidnapper remarkably maintained a high-intensity True Qi maneuvering without any signs of Qi decline!

This scoundrel, not weak in Qi Manipulation, must be from the Mystic Sect...

Although they hadn’t exchanged blows yet, Tie Dan had seen many things, raising his guard in his heart. There were not many in the Golden Core Realm who could keep pace with him like this, so his mental estimate of the opponent’s strength went up a notch.

To persist until now, either this guy’s Qi Manipulation Skills are profound enough to handle such high-intensity chase flying without any faults.

Or this rogue is playing dumb to catch a tiger, just like Tie Dan, with a bunch of Heavenly Materials and Treasures on hand, and with immortal elixir and magical treasures for protection, can continuously replenish Qi and hold out for a long time.

And Tie Dan also noticed something particularly special.

The opponent’s Divine Sense range was exceptionally large, even broader than the range of his own Divine Sense enhanced by the Blood God’s Son through the Divine Sect Cultivation Method!

Initially, when the opponent accelerated to escape, Tie Dan thought it was his Divine Sense Locking scaring them, so after chasing for a while, Tie Dan quietly released the lock, suddenly hiding his figure.

He tried to use the advantage of the sensing distance of the Divine Sect Primordial Spirit Technique to bluff, pretending to exhaust Qi Power and give up, actually hiding quietly in the clouds, slowly approaching, waiting for the opponent’s speed to drop then initiating a sudden escape attack.

Who would have thought the opponent could instantly counter-lock Tie Dan, accelerating and changing paths to escape!

This really was beyond Tie Dan’s expectations.

It’s stronger in Primordial Spirit detection than the Divine Sect? Impossible... Was something wrong with his own practice? Or is there some secret manual not passed down by the Divine Sect?

But Tie Dan had no time to be distracted, to avoid losing track, he pursued with all his might, holding tight.

And the kidnapper probably never expected someone like Tie Dan who could chase for a whole day and night. By the fifth watch of the night, he indeed couldn’t hold out and headed down towards a barren mountain top to land.

Tie Dan saw this and knew the other party wanted to ’talk,’ and so he wasn’t afraid and followed to land.

By now, having chased such a distance, Tie Dan was also extremely exhausted, with purple mist swirling on his face, his body shrouded in True Qi, billowing True Qi making his robe flutter as if his whole person was wrapped in purple smoke.

And the kidnapper was not much better off, with a pale complexion and dripping sweat, dressed in coarse clothes and straw sandals, holding a bamboo staff, appearing quite haggard and his face covered with wrinkles like a farmer fleeing famine. He had no hint of an Immortal’s detached demeanor.

But Little Dian’er was perfectly fine, bundled in a bamboo basket placed on a big green rock, sleeping soundly with bubbles puffing from his nose...

Tie Dan glanced at him,

"Human trafficker, kidnapping children, deserve to die with your whole family."

The old farmer was about to speak and was immediately enraged upon hearing this,

"Bullshit your mother!"

That’s some cursing! Show your true skills then!

So the two of them started fighting immediately!

The old farmer shook, flicked, and pointed the bamboo staff in his hand, aiming at Tie Dan.

Tie Dan noticed that the bamboo staff was four feet long, with the opponent holding it at the five-inch mark, clearly a long sword’s grip technique, and he sneered.

Oh, showing off a sword in front of him?

Through this entire aerial pursuit, the Primordial Spirit struggle had not shown a clear advantage, and now Tie Dan was also getting competitive.

He grasped the Shadow in his fist, drew the Jade Flute to meet the attack, not relying on the sharpness of sword energy or the fierceness of magical treasures to overpower, but wrapped the flute in Purple Mist True Qi, wielding it like a three-foot sword, and charged at the old farmer.

They clashed head-on with sword dance, first dodging and maneuvering, coming in for mutual stabs, astonishing Tie Dan right at the start!

After all, Tie Dan opened with his usual assassination and Liao moves, and anyone who couldn’t handle his first three moves didn’t deserve to boast further.

Unexpectedly, the first strike was actually blocked by the opponent!

As they came up, with a wooden sword clash, Tie Dan thrust straight at the brow!

But the old farmer surprisingly swirled the blade, press and twist, spinning Tie Dan’s stab into a circle, inner spinning the blade, outer cutting the wrist flower!

This move seemed simple, just Tie Dan stabbing, and the old farmer swirling, seemingly spinning a sword flower between the two.

But if an ordinary person were to try spinning this sword flower, let alone being unable to move Tie Dan’s sword path by a fraction, a direct clash would result in the blade tip being shattered by the Inner Strength on the sword, losing grip!

But the old farmer handled it exceptionally well, knowing Tie Dan had twin turbos and superior Inner Strength, yet managed to spin the blade precisely into his own circle, skewing off from Tie Dan’s sword path! Merely this control of sword power while spinning was indicative of a rare Sword Dao expert!

"What swordsmanship is this?"

"Basic four stances! Washing Sword Style!"

"Good swordsmanship!"

But Tie Dan wasn’t inferior! During the sword entanglement, he immediately spotted a weakness in the move, seized the opportunity, and thrust! A flying sudden thrust, exploding at the circular endpoint to thrust another sword! In an instant, breaking through the Washing Sword gap, stabbing straight at the old farmer’s throat!

Yet the old farmer could still react in time, countering simultaneously! Relying on his hand’s ’blade’ length of five inches to take the initiative, he similarly counter-thrusted and sliced at the wrist, stabbing straight towards Tie Dan’s wrist meridian!

Tie Dan’s eyes narrowed instantly!

This kidnapper is not simple! Logically, most people wouldn’t react in time to his twin turbo bursts, nine times out of ten!

Were it a life-or-death fight, Tie Dan wouldn’t have blinked, suffering a stab, losing an arm, but would throw a sword to stab your throat, because the Blood Jade Technique could recover anyway.

But this wasn’t truly a killing clash, instead, the other’s high skills aroused Tie Dan’s competitive spirit in Sword Dao!

If he had to rely on the Blood Jade Technique to win an exchange of lives this time, it would imply his swordsmanship was inferior, which would be unsatisfying!

So Tie Dan didn’t force it, actively withdrew and took a step back.

The old farmer seized half a move, immediately stepping forward and swinging a strike, aiming at Tie Dan’s head top!

Tie Dan also struck back with straight thrusts supplemented by successive slashes, a strong counterattack!

Very well, since you’re so adept at using skillful strength, Stir Sword Power, and techniques of Washing Sword and Cutting Veins! Then I’ll erupt with explosive force to disintegrate your sword path! Let’s see how you wash!

However, the old farmer was not easily bested, if he couldn’t stir, he intercepted; if he couldn’t wash, he blocked; sometimes retreating to a cross counterattack, sometimes flipping the wrist to intercept below! With horizontal sword sweeps, he matched Tie Dan’s offense and defense!

Though in sword speed, sword power, and sword path, he was a step behind Tie Dan, he rigorously stuck to the middle line, attacking or retreating with it, countering the middle. He tightly sealed Tie Dan’s killing moves of Sudden Kill Stabbing Sword!

"Intercepting Style!"

Although the old farmer’s swordsmanship was not perfect and without flaws, Tie Dan could see through the loopholes and seize the opportunity in their flaws, but he chose not to press.

After all, Tie Dan understood that his signature thrust from the Sword Sect relied on full power, showcasing top-notch sword speed, a sacrificial fighting style exchanging life for life.

The difficulty to intercept it with mere sword skills was naturally high, so achieving this feat was already extremely rare.

Therefore, until now, this move was a one-size-fits-all; basically everyone in the same realm was secured in three moves, unless of higher realm, relying on familiarity to withstand and absorb damage, like the thick-blooded demons or monsters, who simply wouldn’t block, since taking a thrust only cost a bit of health anyway.

So Tie Dan was also contemplating if he faced a Sword Sect comrade using that assassination tactic, how should he defend.

And this old farmer, right here, showcased a never-seen-before solution to Tie Dan!

No telling if he had encountered the Sword Sect’s Killing Sword previously or what, despite his rustic wheat field appearance, his sword skills were superbly unparalleled.

He kept the sword hidden by his wrist side, flipping it over, suddenly thrusting quickly, constantly changing sword points and positions, side hits and downward intercepts, making it hard for others to grasp his sword path.

Then unexpectedly launching urgent assaults, flipping around with hawk-like agility to strike back, relying on footwork positioning, and his own constant flipping and maneuvering to hide his move paths, with movements precise and seamless, twisting, folding, contracting, releasing, rolling, urgent strikes.

Indeed, moving the sword like a swift swallow, landing the sword like the wind ceases. Smearing the blade to slit throats, sweeping sword wind to sever legs, a sword falls through the ages, with no trace left on the blade.

A Master!