The Unparalleled Sword Emperor
Chapter 280 - 279: Martial Soul Mantis

Chapter 280: Chapter 279: Martial Soul Mantis

With the defeat of Qi Rui by Lin Bai’s single sword,

Bai Huatian stood up happily from the dragon throne and said to Lin Bai: "You truly are a worthy disciple of the Spirit Sword Sect. With such sword skills, I fear no one in your generation can surpass you."

Bai Huatian’s remark immediately won the echo of those around.

"Yes, yes,"

"Such sword skill from young friend Lin Bai, he can be considered the first amongst his peers."

"I am afraid that with a few more breakthroughs in his cultivation, he would be no match for the Sword Emperor Allen Jennings of Canghai Yuntai Palace."

"That’s right."

The officials nodded slightly in agreement.

At this moment, within the Four Major Sects, Murong Qi, Yi Han, and Luo Qixing all remained silent, watching Lin Bai quietly.

After defeating Qi Rui, Lin Bai did not rush to leave the martial arts stage. Instead, he looked towards the Four Major Sects and said coldly, "Wan Xia, Yi Han, Luo Qixing, do you not want to come up and learn a few moves?"

Yi Han sneered: "You are not yet worthy of a battle with me, better think about how to survive first."

Luo Qixing chuckled: "Now is not the time for us to step forward. You better pay attention to the group of military geniuses behind you first."

Luo Qixing sneered.

At this moment, Yi Han, Wan Xia, and Luo Qixing all understood that their current opponent was not them.

Lin Bai had caused such a disaster for the Prince’s Mansion, there certainly had to be a backup plan.

Although the Prince’s Mansion had been disempowered by Bai Huatian at this moment, talents of the Prince’s Mansion still existed. For instance, Zhan Feng, Zhan Ying, Xiao Jian, and others were all people who possessed various powerful skills.

Hearing the words of the three, Lin Bai turned his head to look at the seats of the Prince’s Mansion.

Just as Lin Bai was looking, slowly emerging from behind the prince was a figure with a dark complexion and a stalwart body. On his resolute face was a scar that resembled a centipede, grotesquely ugly.

"Military genius, Xiao Jian, Heaven Martial Realm third layer."

Lin Bai watched Xiao Jian rise, his eyes slightly cold, followed by a cold smile at the corner of his mouth.

"I’ll see what you’ve got." Xiao Jian jumped up and landed on the martial arts stage.

"The military genius of the Prince’s Mansion is taking action. These geniuses are all colonels, very famous in the army."

"Yes, and these masters from the battlefield are all capable and battle-hardened."

"Xiao Jian will not be as easy to deal with as Qi Rui was."

Xiao Jian, dressed in heavy armor, strode firmly onto the martial arts stage emanating killing intent. He held a long knife in his hand, cold like frost. With each step he took onto the martial arts stage, a domineering aura swept across the whole audience, stunning everyone.

"Looks like another fierce battle is coming." Seeing this scene, Bai Huatian had a strange expression. He sat in the dragon throne, slowly sipping his wine.

Lin Bai looked at Xiao Jian and said indifferently, "Since you’ve come up, let’s get started."

The Qingge Sword rose, and the cold light spread infinitely, its sword intent aimed straight at Xiao Jian.

Xiao Jian sneered: "Although you are strong and able to exploit Qi Rui’s weak points to defeat him, in my eyes, you are just like an ant, a monkey, easily killed."

"Because, I do not give any openings!"

"One slash, is enough to kill you!"

Xiao Jian said with a sneer.

"Whoosh!"

"Xiao Jian is too arrogant. He actually claims to kill Lin Bai with one slash."

"Yes, he is too arrogant."

"But Xiao Jian really has the capital to say that. He has honed his sword skills on the battlefield for many years, and his cultivation is at the third layer of the Heaven Martial Realm, two realms higher than Lin Bai."

"Defeating Lin Bai with one slash isn’t much of an issue."

"Yes, I think there’s hope too."

"Now let’s see how Lin Bai responds."

The civil and military officials all said so.

In their view, Lin Bai’s victory over Qi Rui was only because he had seized a flaw in Qi Rui. Otherwise, Lin Bai would absolutely not be able to defeat Qi Rui.

As a Colonel in the Qi Family Army, Xiao Jian has fought on the frontier for many years. Amidst life and death, if Xiao Jian showed any flaws, he would not have survived to return from the border.

Therefore, it was obviously a bit strenuous for Lin Bai to defeat Xiao Jian by exploiting his flaws.

These frontier soldiers rarely have any weaknesses exposed.

They knew that once they exposed a weakness, they could die on the battlefield.

"Hehe, speaking of sword skills, I remember a man whose sword skill was terrifying to the extreme... Are you comparable to him?" Lin Bai said with a faint smile.

Li Daohen was the most formidable sword cultivator Lin Bai had ever seen.

Li Daohen had even comprehended the Martial Intent, but few people know about this.

"Hmph, you will know the horror of my sword skill." Xiao Jian sneered, the broadsword swung a few times, and a boundless cold light burst out, almost freezing the entire martial arts stage.

"I said I’d defeat you with one blow, so I will!"

"Martial Soul!"

The power of Xiao Jian’s Martial Soul permeated his body as he shouted.

Immediately at this moment, a black mantis emerged above Xiao Jian’s head, its blood-red eyes staring at Lin Bai, fiercely waving its double swords.

With every wave, a terrifying sword qi tore the sky and earth.

"Sweep through an army!"

"Attack!"

Xiao Jian shouted, his momentum was violently shaking, and a burst of dominance caught the attention of the whole field.

He gripped his long sword, leaped up, and carried the momentum of heaven and earth creation, descending from the sky, and swung his angry sword downward.

True Qi condensed into a sword shadow, rushing into the cloud sky, stirring up the clouds at the top of the world.

With Xiao Jian’s roar, this formidable sword qi split and descended.

Lin Bai watched this sword falling, and smiled faintly: "I thought you had some strong capital, daring to declare that you would defeat me with one blow."

"Hehe, this blow, doesn’t even have a third of Li Daohen’s power!"

"If this is your strongest ability, then I’ll take your points!"

"This is just right, I don’t even need to display my Sword Intention, a sword can defeat you!"

Lin Bai smirked evilly, his body charged out like lightning, and sword shadows swept across the field.

"The wind blows and the sea blows!"

A sword exploded out, the sword qi struck Xiao Jian’s sword qi, reaching heaven and penetrating the earth.

A loud rumbling noise.

A earth-shaken roar came from between them.

The blast was so powerful that it disturbed the wind and clouds in all directions.

Amid the violent explosion, Lin Bai’s sword qi shattered Xiao Jian’s sword qi, and the Manty’s Martial Soul behind Xiao Jian let out a mournful scream, and then collapsed.

The infinite power of the sword qi smashed through the sword shadows and brutally hit Xiao Jian’s chest!

Prch——

Xiao Jian spurted a mouthful of fresh blood, his body tumbled awkwardly and flew out, falling under the Martial Arts Stage.

"How is it possible!" At this moment Xiao Jian’s face was full of astonishment. He hadn’t thought that Lin Bai’s power would be so immense, and that only the power of this sword was almost as powerful as his largest attack.

"You’ve already fallen from the Martial Arts Stage, hand over your points."

Lin Bai stood on the martial arts stage, pointing his sword at Xiao Jian and spoke.

Xiao Jian reluctantly handed his Points Token to Lin Bai and returned to Prince Qi’s side, filled with regret and blame.

"I’m sorry, Prince, I let you down." Xiao Jian said quietly.

Prince Qi’s face was cold. With Xiao Jian’s defeat, this was already the second person from Prince Qi’s mansion that Lin Bai had defeated, the other one being Qi Rui.

"It’s okay, Xiao Jian, you don’t have to blame yourself. I originally didn’t plan on relying on you to win against Lin Bai."

"Since Lin Bai was able to defeat Rui, that means he has some abilities."

"His sword seems very powerful, but it must have consumed a lot of his True Qi. When his True Qi runs out, it will be as easy as flipping a hand to kill him."

Prince Qi said calmly, "So, who’s next?"