Twin Dimension Yin-Yang Mirror: Attaining immortality through the martial path
Chapter 484 - 427 Assassination, Tiger Talisman + - 428 Sky Splitter Divides the Sea_4

Chapter 484: Chapter 427 Assassination, Tiger Talisman + Chapter 428 Sky Splitter Divides the Sea_4

Even Fang Sheng, ever the optimist, understood clearly.

At this moment, it was the perfect opportunity for the Cloud Water Sect disciple to attempt an assassination.

Two thousand Iron Cavalry had fallen, leaving twelve hundred dead and the remaining eight hundred bloodied as they charged through.

On the other side, nearly two thousand cavalry had fallen, and the Heavenly Wolf General Wu Qi was gathering his forces, slowly hanging back to follow. He was clearly more cautious now, intent on whittling away at the cavalry bit by bit.

"Perhaps he is also injured, which is why he doesn’t dare to chase too recklessly."

Fang Sheng thought this, and for some reason, she also felt a pang of indignation.

If those from her side within the True Martial Realm hadn’t fled without fighting and hadn’t left all their troops and formation to her side, the battle wouldn’t have been so tragic.

...

"Both sides are grievously hurt..."

Yan Bing leaped into the air, with the Sun Ring in her left hand and the Moon Ring in her right, casting a swath of shimmering light around her.

Although she hadn’t dispersed Li Nantian’s Pure Yang Sword Light from across the field, she was still safe.

She was still able to divert some attention to observe the distant battlefield.

Seeing after White Tiger’s death, Yin Jiu was obliterated by Wu Qi’s lance, she merely sighed.

Then she saw Zhou Ping’an and Fang Sheng, who, despite Su Pengju of Cloud Water Sect’s sneak attack, were marshaling their troops into formation to meet Wu Qi’s Heavenly Wolf Army head-on. She still sighed, knowing this time, they probably couldn’t escape their fated demise.

She couldn’t help but feel some shame.

Her plan had indeed suffered a great defeat.

Yet, it seemed her contribution was not as significant as she thought, doing even worse than two juniors with lesser cultivation.

Until she saw Zhou Ping’an suddenly rally and match Wu Qi evenly, each receiving injuries.

In the cavalry clash, it was their side that actually had the upper hand.

She had no idea what expression to give.

The Sword Light surrounding her blazed like the Flaming Sun, scorching her body and sapping her spirit, yet her heart was ice-cold.

’I was wrong, so very wrong...’

’If only I hadn’t fled earlier.’

At this instant, Yan Bing regretted so much she wished she could bang her head against a wall if there was one nearby.

Wasting the combat power of three True Martial warriors for nothing. If they had combined their forces from the beginning and resisted with all their might, the outcome of the battle would still be undecided.

But now, it was too late.

Even from a distance,

She could see the extent of Zhou Ping’an’s injuries; he was at the end of his rope, unsure how long he could last or whether he could escape under Su Pengju’s sword.

...

"Here it comes again."

Feeling a faint sense of crisis suddenly surge,

His heart, ripped into more than ten pieces, began to beat wildly.

Zhou Ping’an knew that Su Pengju, the practitioner of Floating Cloud Sword, had once again stealthily approached.

Seeing his serious injury, Su Pengju wanted to finish him off.

Suddenly, Fang Sheng’s resolute and firm voice sounded in his ears, "Do you remember my last sword during the last trial? I can only use that one sword, and at best, I might only wound Su Pengju, not enough to keep him. You ride fast and escape, whether you can last until the choice to return appears, we will leave it to fate."

Fang Sheng, having said this, found herself struggling to continue speaking.

At this point, the option to return had not yet appeared; clearly, the Subduing Demon Order didn’t regard their achievements as substantial enough to be considered a milestone result.

Fighting back and forth, they had only killed two thousand foot soldiers and hadn’t taken down a single enemy general, which was indeed not very impressive.

However, things having come to this point, they could only make one last stand.

"Sun and Moon Convergence?"

Of course, Zhou Ping’an remembered. After Fang Sheng used this move the last time, she immediately became so weak that she was a breath away from death.

It wasn’t her true body that time, and there was no True Qi within. Although the sword technique she used was dazzling, its power was unsatisfactory.

Her internal Gang Qi was now as vast as the ocean, endowed with a godlike constitution and ample energy, she must be incredibly powerful.

"Indeed, within our Turtle Spirit Sect, the famous ’Spirit Return, Eight Swords’ might only be understood superficially, without even finding the true path, but it must not be slighted. With Spirit Return, Eight Swords calculating the heavens and earth, no one can sneak attack successfully."

Fang Sheng’s eyebrows slightly raised, a rare sharpness and coldness appearing on her usually smiling face.

As soon as her words dropped, she formed a hand seal with her left hand, lightly tapping her fingers as if calculating something.

Her right hand, holding a cyan-edged longsword, already made a diagonal slash through the void.

As her sword slashed, her gaze instantly became turbid; her complexion turned deathly pale in an instant, her hair dried out and became dull, and her tall and slender waist slightly collapsed, as if her spirit had vanished by ninety-nine percent in the blink of an eye.

With that streak of sword light cutting through the void,

Zhou Ping’an’s body suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, feeling a chill throughout his body.

He then saw a sword appear in the void where the sword light had struck, along with a person.

Holding a treasured sword, the person’s eyes were full of shock, his body frozen midair with a thread of blood appearing between his eyebrows.

He bellowed furiously, positioning his longsword beside his neck, his form starting to turn ethereal, ready to transform into a cloud light and retreat.

At that moment, a heaven tearing, sea splitting sword light silently swept over.

The sword broke, the head flew.

The sword light grazed past the neck, leaving a long, dark mark in the air that lingered for a long time.

Blood gushed towards the sky.

The tumbling head still displayed an expression of disbelief.

Two rays of light emerged from the beheaded Su Pengju, rushing into the bodies of Zhou Ping’an and Fang Sheng.

It also illuminated Zhou Ping’an’s face, aglow with treasured light and vitality.

Not only had the cracks on his face and head disappeared, but also the injuries on his spine that had been shattered, his Qi-Blood weakened, all vanished, restoring him to a complete state.

Only in such a state could he seize the instant Su Pengju was halted and brazenly execute the Sea-Splitting Sword.

A full-powered slash.

Both man and sword were cut into two.

Sky Splitter, Sea-Splitting, all things cleaved apart.

"Brother Zhou, what a sword technique."

Fang Sheng said with a frail smile.

It was clear to her that, following Zhou Ping’an’s slashing of Su Pengju, the Subduing Demon Order had begun to react, finally offering the option to return.

At the same time, she had reaped benefits from that sword strike.

"Your swordsmanship is also impressive."

Zhou Ping’an hadn’t had time to check what treasures he had obtained from Su Pengju, but he too noticed the Subduing Demon Order’s movement and couldn’t help but exhale a long breath.

Looking up,

Yan Bing from Minglan Star was still locked in a deadly battle with Li Nantian of the Pure Yang Sect, letting out a joyful howl filled with gratitude.

Meanwhile, hundreds of meters away,

Wu Qi, the Heavenly Wolf General, had completely recovered from his injuries, pacing himself as he led thousands of cavalry slowly in pursuit.

’If this Lotus Shadow Replacement could be used repeatedly in a short span of time, I could stay longer to see if I could take down another. But now, it’s not possible.’

"Let’s return, and come again another time."

Zhou Ping’an turned his head, locking eyes with Fang Sheng, understanding her intention.

Being forcibly brought here this time, with insufficient cultivation, it was indeed extremely perilous; next time, he should be able to obtain the Heavenly Wisdom Divine Light from this challenge, as well as the greatest rewards for passing it.

He reached out to move the little girl Shen Bi, who was on his back, to sit in front of him on the horse, ruffling her hair and smiling, "Next time, I’ll come to rescue you again."

With a thought,

His body turned into nothingness, light and shadow shifting before his eyes.

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Seeking monthly passes.