Longzang

Chapter 282 Heartache
The monster's saliva only caused Wei Yuan a slight pain, and then added another patch of scorched earth to the vast land.

Wei Yuan remained unmoved, letting the faceless warriors block the surging guards while he went underground, and a moment later, he dug down this place.

The scene before him shifted again, and Wei Yuan found himself in a white jade plaza, in the center of which stood a swordsman dressed in plain clothes. His hair was disheveled and his beard was unkempt, and he held a nine-foot-long broadsword that looked like a door panel in his hand.

Wei Yuan appeared, and the swordsman in plain clothes slowly opened his eyes, revealing swirling sword energy deep within his pupils!
Wei Yuan felt a chill run down his spine, realizing he had encountered his greatest enemy! Without a word, he shot a celestial sword into the sky, followed by a flash of white light and a pure white sword intent enveloping the entire area.

Then Wei Yuan pointed, and hundreds of immortal swords flew towards the swordsman like a flock of birds. The immortal swords came in all qualities, some white silk, some false sun, some sorrowful, a wide variety of styles.

Suddenly, a sword-wielding figure appeared above the swordsman's head. The figure was dressed in plain clothes and barefoot, and was very blurry. All its charm and brilliance were concentrated on a sword!
The swordsman raised his broadsword and slowly drew a circle in the air. His movements appeared slow but were actually swift; before Wei Yuan's swarm of immortal swords had even reached halfway, the circle was already complete. Hundreds of immortal swords instantly lost control and plunged into the invisible circle. The swordsman wielded his greatsword and thrust forward, piercing into the swarm of flying swords.

In an instant, Wei Yuan felt as if he had experienced ten thousand years of vicissitudes. All the immortal swords seemed to have lost their spirit over time and severed their connection with him.

All the immortal swords froze in mid-air, then shattered and vanished into thin air. Wei Yuan's hundred immortal swords were actually destroyed by a single sword strike from a swordsman in plain clothes!
Wei Yuan finally recognized him: the swordsman in plain clothes was using the Xu family's secret, Eternal Autumn Sword technique. Who was this swordsman, and how did he know this swordsmanship?
The Xu family elders that Wei Yuan had met before had not been taught this sword technique. If they had known even a single move, they probably wouldn't have perished so quickly.

Wei Yuan felt a chill run down his spine. This was a formidable enemy, an unprecedentedly formidable enemy!
Without pausing, the swordsman wrapped his sword around his waist, spun around once, and then swung his greatsword out, unleashing a sword aura as powerful as a raging sea!

Wei Yuan instinctively knelt down, stretching his arms forward. Instantly, more than ten square cauldrons appeared in front of him, stacked one on top of the other. In the raging tide of sword energy, these cauldrons could only withstand the onslaught for a brief moment before being destroyed. However, as the old ones were destroyed, new ones were created. Wei Yuan managed to hold out for three breaths before the cauldrons could no longer keep up with the speed of destruction, and the aftershocks of the sword energy engulfed him.

A thousand-foot-long sword mark suddenly appeared amidst the vast landscape, penetrating more than ten feet into the ground. This sword strike was not far from Jade Mountain, almost grazing the edge of the fertile soil.

We cannot afford to be passively attacked! Wei Yuan leaped up and with a wave of his hand, hundreds of objects were thrown at the swordsman in plain clothes, including cauldrons, bells, towers, and twenty or thirty miscellaneous flying swords.

The swordsman in plain clothes drew his sword back to his chest, a flash of light appearing on the greatsword. The light grew brighter and brighter, the entire sword resembling a rising sun, its brightness surpassing Wei Yuan's pure white sword intent.

But the swordsman in plain clothes wasn't trying to dazzle people like Wei Yuan; instead, he used a secret technique, and the power of his greatsword was rapidly increasing.

The sword that opens the heavens and earth in the Eternal Sword!
This move requires the use of a special immortal sword. Once used, it can unlock the sword and reveal its true power. It is one of the three great killing moves of the Eternal Sword and is extremely famous.

As the giant sword was unsheathed, all the random objects Wei Yuan had thrown out froze in mid-air before crashing down and vanishing into nothingness.

Wei Yuan felt a sharp pain in his mind, indicating damage to his Dao foundation. However, this pain was nothing to Wei Yuan. He now had two spray cannons in his hands, and using the thrust of the spray cannons to move sideways, dodging the swordsman's dazzling sword light that was like a torrent.

This sword light was ten zhang wide and three hundred zhang long. If Wei Yuan hadn't had the spray cannon to help him, he would have had a hard time dodging it.

Wei Yuan landed, casually setting down the sword-and-shield warrior, and then charged wildly around the swordsman in plain clothes. The sword-and-shield warrior immediately crouched down, hiding his entire body behind his sword and shield, and charged at the swordsman in plain clothes like a raging bull.

The swordsman and shield warrior, possessing late-stage Dao Foundation cultivation, finally managed to get a second glance from the plain-clad swordsman after his full-force charge.

The swordsman in plain clothes held the blade of the greatsword and planted it into the ground. The swordsman with shield and blade tried to go around the greatsword, but no matter how he ran, he only got closer to it, until finally, with a loud clang, he crashed heavily into the blade!

The swordsman in plain clothes stood firm, while the samurai with sword and shield staggered backward. With each step backward, his sword, shield, and armor fell off one by one, and finally his hands, legs, and head also fell off, leaving him scattered into a pile of fragments.

Wei Yuan felt a void in his heart, and then he realized that the sword and shield warriors originating from Song Chao had been completely annihilated.

But the swordsman's all-out attack finally had an effect; the swordsman's aura weakened slightly. Although the weakening was minor, it gave Wei Yuan hope.

Wei Yuan continued running, deploying another faceless warrior. A halo of light bloomed in front of the faceless warrior, and then a rapid water blade technique shot out, heading straight for the swordsman in cloth.

The swordsman in plain clothes drew a circle in the air with his finger, and the water shot into the circle and disappeared, its destination unknown.

The Faceless Warrior's Rapid Water Blade Technique was naturally different from Wei Yuan's. Its power was only equivalent to a full-force attack from an ordinary Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator, and the water flow contained only basic water blades, unlike Wei Yuan's which contained countless golden blade particles. Therefore, the swordsman in plain clothes didn't even move his sword; he simply flicked his finger to deflect the water blades.

Good that there was a response! Wei Yuan circled around to the side and behind the swordsman, and placed another faceless warrior, then a second, then a third. In the blink of an eye, five faceless warriors appeared, and a total of five rapid water blades shot towards the swordsman in plain clothes at the same time.

The swordsman in plain clothes remained calm, drawing five circles to divert all the water. However, none of the faceless warriors stopped their incantations.

Even a swordsman in plain clothes expends mana to draw away the rushing water blades. Moreover, this seemingly effortless Daoist technique is of a very high grade, belonging to the category of Dharma Aspect Daoist Arts, and its consumption is greater than that of the Rushing Water Blade Technique.

The faceless warrior draws on Wei Yuan's Dao power whether he is moving or casting spells, which is equivalent to Wei Yuan and the plain-clothed swordsman starting to compete in Dao power.

Sensing that the swordsman's aura was gradually weakening, Wei Yuan continued running, casually dropping several more faceless warriors. This time, they were all armed with honeycomb flying sword launchers, aiming them at the swordsman, and then wave after wave of blue-haired armor-piercing bullets rained down on him.

Wei Yuan did not choose to fire in a volley, because he knew it would be useless; he could annihilate all the flying swords with just his initial sword technique. Therefore, Wei Yuan used wave after wave of attacks to prevent the swordsmen in plain clothes from having a chance to attack.

The swordsman in plain clothes flicked his finger across the blade, and a resounding sword cry, like the booming of a great bell, echoed throughout the heavens and earth. Wei Yuan's consciousness trembled, and his mind went blank for a moment, all his black hair and armor falling to the ground. The swordsman then raised the greatsword horizontally, flames igniting on its blade, and slowly pierced the void ahead.

This sword strike was unremarkable; the flames burning on its blade resembled ordinary fire, and it carried a sense of approaching dusk and despair. The entire world was filled with a desolate atmosphere, and the swordsman in plain clothes cast a long, lonely shadow on the ground, even though there was no sun in the sky.

The embers of the previous dynasty are also a very famous sword in the Eternal Sword series.

Suddenly, flickering flames appeared around Wei Yuan, his armor inexplicably cracked and shattered, and several sword marks appeared out of thin air across the vast landscape. Wei Yuan felt the sword intent coming from all directions, from nothingness, from the past and the future, leaving him with no way to defend against it.

Several wounds suddenly appeared on Wei Yuan's body. If it weren't for his strong physique, he would have been cut into seven or eight pieces long ago.

The swordsman in plain clothes sheathed his sword and walked forward, the greatsword trailing behind him.

He suddenly appeared beside Wei Yuan, brushing past him. The blade of the greatsword inexplicably grazed Wei Yuan's body, making no sense whatsoever.

The sword slashed diagonally across Wei Yuan's body, creating a terrifying gash from his shoulder to his hip, almost splitting him open and revealing a row of jade-colored ribs with his internal organs clearly visible!
Before Wei Yuan could react, several pieces of shredded intestines fell out, while the swordsman in plain clothes had already returned to his original position.

He gripped the sword with both hands, turned around on the spot, his back to Wei Yuan, and casually hoisted the greatsword onto his back. If this sword were to strike back, it would surely shatter the earth and tear the sky apart!

In the face of death, Wei Yuan didn't even care about the cuts in his chest and abdomen. He waved his hands repeatedly, and hundreds of faceless warriors appeared, each holding a flying sword launcher. Countless green hairs pierced through the armor and shot towards the plain-clad swordsman from all directions!

The swordsman in plain clothes turned around, raised his sword, and the greatsword slowly rose. By the time it reached its highest point, the swordsman had already half-turned around. His movements were rhythmic and deliberate, yet faster than any of the armored warriors with black hair!
As the sword reached its highest point, so did its momentum. The entire small world resonated with this sword strike when the giant sword suddenly stopped!

This stop came without warning, even Wei Yuan was taken aback. All the black hair and armor shattered turned upwards, like moths to a flame, flying towards the direction the giant sword was pointing.

After a pause, the giant sword slashed down with an unparalleled force several times more ferocious than when it had started! For a moment, Wei Yuan even doubted whether this cave could withstand this sword strike.

The aura of death already lingered around Wei Yuan's nose, yet he became calmer than ever before. First, he activated everything within the Myriad Miles of Rivers and Mountains, then slightly tilted his head to avoid the giant sword striking his sea of ​​consciousness directly.

This sword strike was unavoidable. Wei Yuan prepared to unleash all seven Immortal Tree Sword Qi in a counterattack, hoping to annihilate the swordsman's physical body. Then, he would use the Crimson Lotus Bodhi to enhance his own destiny, hoping to find a glimmer of hope. Finally, he would rely on his Dao Foundation to withstand the attack, seeing if this world-shattering heavy sword could cleave through thousands of miles of rivers and mountains.

The giant sword fell, but the sword energy of the immortal tree vanished without a trace!

Wei Yuan was both shocked and furious. Without a counterattack using his sword energy, he couldn't possibly drag this swordsman in plain clothes down with him. His teacher and senior sister were still in the formation; encountering this swordsman in plain clothes meant they would almost certainly die!
Unexpectedly, the immortal tree would encounter such a mishap at this crucial moment! Wei Yuan was filled with resentment. If he had known this would happen, he would have preferred to refine this wild tree into medicine in the first place!
At this moment, Wei Yuan could only await death, his heart filled with resentment.

Just then, amidst the vast landscape, the girl who had been standing motionless opened her eyes.

All the celestial fortune poured into her body like a whale entering the water, and a glimmer of light appeared in her two eyes, one black and one white. She reached out and grabbed, and all seven pale red immortal tree sword energies flew into her hand, transforming into a bright red, slender immortal sword.

She stepped out from the vast landscape in one stride, her seven-foot immortal sword leaving afterimages as it transformed into a streak of bright red light, instantly piercing through the body of the swordsman in plain clothes and appearing behind him.

The girl sheathed her sword, took a step forward, and returned to the vast landscape, standing still with her eyes slowly closing.

The greatsword's blade grazed Wei Yuan's nose as it fell, carving deep into the ground. For the first time, a spark of life appeared in the swordsman's eyes as he gazed intently at Wei Yuan. From the beginning until just now, he had been like a cold, killing machine; only now did he seem to possess a human spirit.

He suddenly twisted his hands together, detached the hilt of the greatsword as if to hand it to Wei Yuan, and then his whole body began to turn into sand and disintegrate.

Wei Yuan almost instinctively lunged forward, grabbed the swordsman in plain clothes, pulled the transparent swordsman's figure out of his body, and sent it into the vast land of rivers and mountains.

An invisible force of attraction emanated from the full moon, drawing the swordsman closer. From the shadows, a three-eyed bird head emerged and swallowed the swordsman whole. The bird head paused for a moment, then spat out something.

A mental cultivation technique suddenly appeared in Wei Yuan's mind: the Eternal Sword (incomplete).

Before Wei Yuan could even be shocked, he saw the bright red seven-foot immortal sword stuck beside the girl. It hadn't reverted to the immortal tree sword energy? Could it be… that it had become a true immortal sword?

With a single touch of his divine sense, Wei Yuan already knew the name of this immortal sword: Scarlet Night Immortal-Slaying Sword.

This is a treasure bestowed by nature, named by heaven and earth at the time of birth.

Looking at the Eternal Sword Manual and then at the Crimson Night Immortal-Slaying Sword, whose grade clearly surpasses that of the Immortal Sword Great Sun, Wei Yuan, who just a moment ago had to withstand the Heaven-Slaying Sword with the strength of ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains, felt that this turn of events was really a bit sudden. His little heart couldn't take it and was beating painfully.

He looked down and saw that his chest and abdomen had been cut open, and there was a deep slash on his heart, which was almost cut in half. He deserved the pain.

(End of this chapter)