The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 262 - 261: Ming Snake’s Embrace (Fourth Update)

Chapter 262: Chapter 261: Ming Snake’s Embrace (Fourth Update)

Lu Yuan and Zhang Lingdao fell to the ground.

Severely wounded, they were unable to withstand Luo Qixing’s ferocious attack.

"Hmph, disciples of the Spirit Sword Sect, you’re nothing more than this," Luo Qixing sneered as he withdrew his hands. His mouth brimmed with a cruel smile as he approached.

"What do you want!"

Lu Yuan roared.

"Nothing much, I’m just going to torture Lin Bai later. I’m using you as a practice pad," Luo Qixing strode over to Lu Yuan and Zhang Lingdao, reached into his storage bag, and pulled out a dagger.

Splurt——

Luo Qixing swiftly swiped his blade, severing Lu Yuan’s right arm!

"Ah!"

A miserable scream from Lu Yuan echoed through the air.

"Brother Lu Yuan!" Witnessing this scene, Zhang Lingdao was startled, his eyes wide with fear, his whole body trembling.

Enduring the pain of his severed arm, Lu Yuan coldly declared to Luo Qixing, "Luo Qixing, kill me if you have the guts, spare me any suffering!"

Luo Qixing laughed coldly, "Hahaha, killing you outright would be irresponsible. I will make you experience every last minute."

"Now it’s your arm, then I will gouge out your eyes, cut off your nose, slice off your tongue, sew your mouth shut, sever your pulse, carve out your heart, drain your blood, slowly peel off your skin, and scrape off your flesh. Then, I will watch you die slowly."

"That’s the greatest respect for death."

Luo Qixing stated seriously.

"You’re truly sick!" Lu Yuan retorted coldly.

"Haha, many people have said that. But those who do usually do not end well," Luo Qixing laughed carelessly. He raised his blade, ready to strike off Lu Yuan’s left arm.

Just then—

A force struck Luo Qixing’s back from behind.

With a spurt—

Luo Qixing was sent flying more than a hundred meters away, a mouthful of blood sprayed out from his mouth.

Staggering to his feet, Luo Qixing strained to stand. His eyes wide with horror, he shuddered at the power that had just hit him.

He had not noticed anyone approaching him from behind.

Yet, that power had been unleashed from more than a hundred meters away.

As a top assassin of the Edgeless Sect, an expert in stealth and concealment, not even detecting a warrior approaching him within a hundred meters raised two possibilities.

Either this person was a top-tier assassin or this person’s martial cultivation greatly exceeded his own!

"Who?"

Luo Qixing asked, his face dark.

Rustle, rustle, rustle!

From the forest came the subtle sound of footsteps crunching on dry leaves.

Shortly after, a man in elegant attire, donning a golden mask, emerged from the woods.

"Who are you?"

Luo Qixing asked coldly.

Lu Yuan and Zhang Lingdao also looked up in surprise at the peculiar man wearing elegant clothes and a golden mask standing before the cave mansion.

The man wearing the golden mask was none other than Xu Jiangsheng.

After Xu Jiangsheng’s supposed death in Hanshan City, the Xu family had announced his demise to the public.

And it was because Xu Jiangsheng possessed an extremely powerful Demonic Martial Soul that he actually managed to rebirth once.

Thus, after Xu Jiangsheng returned to the Xu Family, only his father knew that he was still alive.

Therefore, all this while, to keep Xu Jiangsheng’s Demonic Martial Soul from being exposed, they kept him hidden.

Otherwise, a person who had died, reappearing in the world, what would the warriors of this world think?

Would they suspect Xu Jiangsheng’s Demonic Martial Soul, or would they suspect that the Xu Family had the technique to resurrect the dead?

No matter which of these two it was, if the warriors noticed, it would bring a disaster upon the Xu Family.

And so, Xu Jiangsheng kept living under the guise of being dead.

Xu Jiangsheng arrived, disregarding Lu Yuan and Zhang Lingdao with a sweep of his eyes, he looked at Luo Qixing and said, "Luo Qixing, three years ago, you once tried to assassinate the head of the Xu Family, but you failed, do you remember?"

Luo Qixing replied coldly, "Of course, I remember. It was the only assassination mission that ended in failure since I started taking them."

"However, there was a reason for that failure. If it wasn’t for Xu Jiangsheng, the son of the Xu Family leader, who suddenly burst into a strange flame power at a crucial moment, how could I have failed?" Luo Qixing said with a cold voice.

"It’s a pity that fate is blind. I originally came to the Imperial Capital wanting to kill Xu Jiangsheng only to find out that he had already been killed by an unknown master." Luo Qixing added.

"It’s truly unfortunate. People like Xu Jiangsheng should have died by my hand."

Luo Qixing got up from the ground and licked his lips as he spoke.

Three years ago, the Edgeless Sect received a task from an unknown warrior to assassinate the current Prime Minister of Shenwu Kingdom, who was also the then Xu Family Leader.

Who was Xu Jiangsheng’s biological father.

Luo Qixing carefully infiltrated the Xu Family, hiding in a study room for an entire day, waiting for the moment when the Xu Family Leader would relax.

But what he didn’t expect.

Was that Xu Jiangsheng arrived all of a sudden when Luo Qixing made his move.

At that time, Luo Qixing had just reached the Heaven Martial Realm First Layer, and could have easily killed Xu Jiangsheng.

But at the last moment, Xu Jiangsheng suddenly surged with a terrifying force of flame, nearly killing Luo Qixing with a single palm strike.

That strike nearly incinerated Luo Qixing’s meridians.

Although Luo Qixing managed to escape from the Prime Minister’s Mansion, his Martial Art was stagnated for three years.

Otherwise, if Luo Qixing was already in the Heaven Martial Realm First Layer three years ago, it’s impossible that he would have only been in the Heaven Martial Realm Third Layer after three years.

"At least you remember."

Xu Jiangsheng gave a cold sneer. He remembered that scene three years ago very clearly. If not for his Martial Soul Secret Skill awakening at the critical moment, both his father and he would probably have died at the hands of Luo Qixing.

Seeing Luo Qixing in the Imperial Hunting Garden this time, a wild killing intent began to spread in Xu Jiangsheng’s heart.

"Who are you? How do you know about the assassination three years ago?" Luo Qixing suddenly recalled. Although the assassination incident three years ago rocked the Imperial Capital, no one knew Luo Qixing was the one behind it.

However, as soon as Xu Jiangsheng stepped forward, he directly questioned Luo Qixing if he remembered the assassination three years ago.

Obviously, Xu Jiangsheng knew about it.

But Luo Qixing did not know that the man in front of him with the Golden Mask was Xu Jiangsheng from three years ago.

"In Hell, Yama will tell you." Xu Jiangsheng said casually, lifting his palm. A red energy filled the air, and he launched a furious strike at Luo Qixing.

"You want a fight? You think I’d be scared?" Luo Qixing responded furiously, simultaneously blasting his Asura Palm.

Furthermore, the dagger in Luo Qixing’s hand was not let up as he vigorously wielded it around.

Seeing the dagger in Luo Qixing’s hand, Xu Jiangsheng sneered, "What? Plan to use this move again?"

"This move is the assassination technique of the Edgeless Sect, the Ming Snake’s Embrace, right?"