Minglong

Chapter 296 Crazy!

The endless mountains and fields remained in this deathly silence for a long time; literally, you could hear a pin drop, not even a breath.

The stunning figure standing atop the distant mountain remained silent, simply posing with her sword in her arms.

After all, when you're out in the world, your identity is something you give yourself. Once you reach this level, you don't need to say anything. Just showing up is enough to seal the deal without any suspense. No one will dare to act recklessly anymore, not even if Shang Lianbi is here!
Of course, this excludes mentally ill people who are deliberately courting death...

Wei Wuyi stared blankly at the figure he had chased his whole life. His eyes changed from initial shock and excitement to shame and guilt, and then to relief.

Ye Shengneng's willingness to come out and offer advice shows that he still values ​​him.

But both he and Ye Sheng knew that loyalty without absolute loyalty was absolutely disloyal. Hoping for a traitor to change his mind was futile; the Corpse Ancestor was a cautionary tale.

Once he takes this step, the righteous path will no longer have a place for him. Even if he turns over a new leaf, he will spend the rest of his life sitting in the deep mountains with remorse, reflecting on and atoning for his past words and deeds.

This would be tantamount to betraying the Corpse Ancestor's grace of rebirth.

Compared to that, dying by Ye Shengjian's sword would be a great stroke of luck!

He could end his life in peace, repay old debts, and die by the sword of the person he had pursued all his life. Before he closed his eyes, he saw the magnificent figure of the Sword Saint...

This life seems to have been fulfilled...

Thinking of this, Wei Wuyi's dazed gaze gradually turned into a burning intensity!

The figure in the distant mountains, who had been a respected gentleman, had now become the rival he had pursued his whole life and who had finally come to him!

Please grant my wish, sir...

After a moment of silence, Wei Wuyi's twin swords rose from the ground and returned to his hands. Then, almost like a madman, he launched a frenzied attack towards the distant mountains.

"Roar--"

This roar contained no murderous intent or hatred, only excitement and fanatical fighting spirit.

Perhaps fearing Ye Sheng's disdain, Wei Wuyi went all out, putting almost all his strength into this single strike that embodied all his life's learning, striving to display the most dazzling brilliance of his life!

Seeing this, Lu Wuzhen and Monk Wuxin breathed a slight sigh of relief. Since they were so eager to die, Ye Sheng would surely grant their wish.

However, they were also somewhat disappointed, after all, Ye Sheng was still too sentimental, to the point of ignoring the situation for the sake of personal feelings.

Now that he had personally ended Wei Wuyi's life, who would dare to peek out again? Xie Jinhuan's long and arduous efforts had come to a hasty end.

Meanwhile, Ye Sheng, standing far away in the mountains, was clearly moved by Wei Wuyi's unleashing of his strongest sword aura, regardless of the cost, and immediately uttered a cry:
"Hold--!"

Then they turned around and ran away.

???

The endless mountains and fields fell silent once more.

Wei Wuyi suddenly stopped, his eyes wide with surprise and confusion, thinking that Ye Sheng thought he was stubborn and left.

But this way of running away doesn't seem like a casual gesture...

When Lu Wuzhen saw Wei Wuyi running to seek death, he didn't move at first. But when he heard the familiar voice, he was shocked and exclaimed, "Damn!" Then he risked his life to rush over to help.

Wei Wuyi wasn't stupid. After the initial shock, he realized who had scared him half to death. His eyes instantly turned into raging fury, filled with endless humiliation, and he chased after Xie Jinhuan like a madman.
"Xie Jinhuan, you little bastard..."

Lu Wuzhen knew that Xie Jinhuan was bluffing and risking his life because he saw Xie Jinhuan being beaten to the point of death and had come up with a quick idea to help him out of the predicament.

Lu Wuzhen was moved by this. If it were just a one-on-one fight between him and Wei Wuyi, this method would really be effective. After all, Wei Wuyi was stunned by the acting and then became so angry that he exposed his back and was completely unprepared for him. He could turn the tables no matter what.

But in such a leadership group, everyone has their own agenda, and there are definitely more than two people present.

As expected, it turned out that Ye Sheng, who had nearly scared people to death, was actually Xie Jinhuan in disguise. The evil cultivators who had been secretly providing assistance could no longer hide.

After all, taking away Wei Wuyi, killing Lu Wuzhen, and obtaining the opportunity of the immortal artifact was already a huge gain. If they could also take down Xie Jinhuan, the future leader of the righteous path, the righteous path would be spitting blood without any surprise. This ambush might even become a turning point in the struggle between good and evil.

After realizing what was happening, Lu Wuzhen and Wei Wuyi made a move, and a streak of light also appeared on the plain outside the mountain.

call out--

The white streak of light, like a comet, instantly tore apart dozens of miles of land, splitting the remaining clouds in the sky in two!
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a white flying sword, streaking across the sky and leaving a trail of dust and ripples in the plain, seemingly capable of piercing through the mountains that stood at the edge of the plain.

Given this display of power, Xie Jinhuan wasn't sure if they were martial artists or Daoist sword cultivators, but they were definitely sixth-realm old demons. Moreover, their target wasn't Lu Wuzhen, but him, which showed just how much respect the other party had for him.

Faced with this respect, Xie Jinhuan felt his hair stand on end. Without hesitation, he opened the fourth level of 'Tianquan'. A vast dragon might surged from his body, his eyes shone with silver light, and even his skin showed faint silver scales. His aura directly approached the limit of the fourth realm!

Even so, all he could do was coil around the hill and meander along the mountain, holding the Heavenly Mace horizontally in front of him, betting that the flying sword wouldn't bend and would hit the Heavenly Mace.

The Heavenly Mace shouldn't be interrupted by the flying sword. If he catches it, he has a chance to survive this attack. Then it depends on how fast Lu Wuzhen's Thousand Mile Divine Travel Spell is.

Fortunately, the leader of the Taoist and Buddhist sects, as the contemporary leader of the Southern Dynasty, was also highly regarded by Ye Sheng and Qixia Zhenren, and was not as incompetent as he had imagined.

The moment the sword appeared from beyond the sky, Xie Jinhuan noticed a ten-thousand-foot-long Buddha light appearing half a mile ahead!
The Fo Guang Shan Center features a golden statue of Buddha whose body is comparable to a mountain. He sits cross-legged on the ground with his head bowed and eyebrows lowered, exuding a gentle and compassionate spirit that saves all people, yet he is as indestructible as a diamond. It is as if he sits alone on the shore of the sea of ​​suffering, sheltering people behind him, facing the sorrows of the world alone!

Boom——

The flying sword struck in an instant.

Xie Jinhuan had just pushed his energy to its limit when a deafening roar came from ahead. The immense Buddhist light obscured his vision, preventing him from seeing the flying sword approaching. However, fine cracks were clearly visible on the surface of the golden Buddha statue.

Then, a vast sword aura swept across from both sides, and the mountains on the left and right were almost instantly cut into two gaps, so that the mountain where he was located was directly turned into a fan-shaped island.

At the same moment, Lu Wuzhen, who was originally in a sorry state, suddenly changed his demeanor. The three-colored yin-yang fish behind him merged into one in the air and turned into a light white ball of light.

Then, the world shrouded by the Yin-Yang Ruler seemed to be controlled by immortals and Buddhas. The power of heaven and earth instantly stagnated, causing the flying sand and stones to stop in mid-air. Even Wei Wuyi, who was furiously attacking, suddenly slowed down in mid-air and changed to pressing forward at an extremely slow speed. It was as if the energy of heaven and earth suddenly turned into a physical entity. Every step forward required splitting mountains and rocks and consuming thousands of pounds of power!

Lu Wuzhen's original intention in making this move was to hinder the flying sword in the distance. Upon discovering the appearance of the Buddha's light, his figure disappeared from the spot.

The next instant, cyan-purple lightning appeared at the source of the flying sword, the white flying sword turned back, and the golden Dharma image vanished in mid-air, reappearing at the end of the plain: Rumble—

The distant roars and collisions created a sense of impending doom.

This change happened in the blink of an eye. Xie Jinhuan had just breathed a sigh of relief when the person in front of him disappeared. Wei Wuyi was still imprisoned by the power of heaven and earth, his eyes filled with disbelief. He tried his best to cross the ten-mile black domain, but his speed was like that of an ordinary person walking. It took him half a day to walk a dozen or so feet.

"I go……"

Seeing this, Xie Jinhuan felt that the entry level for this instance was a bit too high. Fearing that the enraged Tiger Vanguard would break free and twist his head, he immediately thought of taking Coal Ball and making a quick getaway.

But as soon as he turned around, he discovered that there were two more people on the distant hilltop.

One of them was dressed in martial arts attire, holding a war saber. He was quite robust, but his face was covered by a straw hat, making it impossible to identify him.

The other man was dressed similarly, but was more robust, and carried a red hammer.

Originally, the two men were quite imposing and well-dressed, and should have been powerful figures who dominated their respective regions. However, upon discovering this terrifying commotion, they both froze in place, staring in horror towards the direction of Northern Zhou.

Xie Jinhuan couldn't see the two people's faces, but judging from their positions, they were unlikely to be bystanders. They seemed more like people who had initially planned to intercept Lu Wuzhen, but then cut in to stop him after discovering his arrival.

Therefore, Xie Jinhuan was not careless and took a defensive stance with two weapons in hand.

The two people opposite were actually acquaintances. They had watched Xie Jinhuan fight in the arena from the judges' seat at Sanjiangkou before. This time, they were indeed there to escort Wei Wuyi and ambush the pursuers.

But the arrival of 'Saint Ye' just now really scared them. Before they could even catch their breath, they discovered that the leaders of the Taoist and Buddhist sects had simultaneously unleashed their full power, far exceeding their expectations.

In this situation, even if the two were crude and uncouth men, they would know that this was not a place for them. When they noticed Xie Jinhuan looking over, they did not hesitate to flee into the depths of the mountains, one on the left and one on the right. They did not run away together, obviously because they were worried that the leaders of the Taoist and Buddhist sects would return in the blink of an eye and crush them to death.

Xie Jinhuan wasn't really sure himself, but after a quick look, he could tell that the man with the hammer was more skilled, while the other men with bamboo hats and swords were not bad either, but at most they were on par with Shen Jinyu.

Seeing that the two weren't running in the same direction, Xie Jinhuan figured he was going to run anyway, and taking one of them along wouldn't be a problem, so he called out loudly:
"Sect Leader Lu, there are two more thieves here!"

Although Lu Wuzhen definitely couldn't hear it, the two on the other side certainly could.

As soon as the sound was heard, the two fleeing men went berserk, turning their heads and rushing away for their lives.

Xie Jinhuan's Zheng Lun Sword emitted a bluish-white light as he casually slashed a few times towards the hammer-wielding man. He then launched a frenzied attack to the right, his body almost falling apart from the full force of his four gates being activated, but his explosive power was also incredibly strong.

The man in the bamboo hat carrying a saber sensed the overwhelming dragon's might pressing down from behind, realizing there was no way to escape. Without hesitation, he swung his saber horizontally, only to hear a piercing sword cry from behind him:
Sa——

The sword's cry startled the sky and halted the clouds; then, the sword was drawn, stirring up a cloud of flying sand!

A thousand sword shadows rolled across the snow-capped mountains like a tidal wave. The sword energy contained both the greatest and strongest righteousness and the light that could cleanse the world of its troubles. Wherever it passed, it was as if a sage had wielded a brush, instantly leaving hundreds of marks on the mountain walls and cliffs.
Chachacha——

Boom——

The man in the straw hat turned and slashed through the tide of swords with his blade. Seeing this, a hint of astonishment crossed his eyes.

"Feng Muhanzhang?!"

Sa~
Xie Jinhuan's move was not Xu Sheng's Seven Absolute Techniques, but rather a move he had just imitated because he found it both cool and powerful, using form to understand meaning. The core of the technique was still the 'Joyful Heart Sutra', so he named this sword move 'Imperial Uncle's Full Scroll', wishing that the Pill King, who had treated him with great courtesy, would leave a lasting mark on his life...

However, given the perilous situation, Xie Jinhuan had no time to explain the intricacies of the move to this person, and instead thrust his sword straight forward.

Sa——

The man in the straw hat looked up and saw that the sword, when cutting through the wind, resembled flowers splitting the blue sky, possessing both the elegance of plants growing and the sharpness of its intended direction!
Facing Xu Sheng's second move of the Seven Absolutes, "Orchid Steps Breaking Calyx," he dared not underestimate its power to break through defenses. He raised his saber in a crescent arc to parry while secretly expanding his qi and pressing forward, guarding against "Pine Valley Resounding Strings" while sealing off the other two swords.

Xu Sheng's Seven Absolutes are all about momentum. With a surge of righteous energy, he single-handedly suppresses all religions, schools of thought, and demons and monsters. He never retreats, and evil spirits will inevitably back down when faced with this sword. If a normal martial artist dares to retreat, then the opponent's sword momentum will only grow stronger.

Even Xie Jinhuan could only retreat after two sword strikes until Xu Tong, greedy for damage output, forced a fifth sword strike when he was at his limit, finally seizing an opening to counterattack and win.

The man in the straw hat was clearly no ordinary person, and his approach was indeed correct. However, it was a pity that Xie Jinhuan had not yet figured out a complete system, and he knew far more than just these things.

Upon discovering that his opponent dared to engage in close combat, Xie Jinhuan's Zhenglun Sword immediately emitted dazzling lightning, and his left hand simultaneously drew his Tiangang Mace, which swept towards his opponent who was only inches away, carrying blazing true fire.

Boom——

The blue-white lightning struck him, causing the man in the bamboo hat to freeze for a moment. The distance was too close, leaving no room for error. As a result, the Heavenly Gang Mace broke through the Horse-Slaying Saber and smashed directly into his chest. The black robe and mask were turned into fragments by the scorching energy, and the first-grade soft armor below was shattered as if it were nothing. The exposed flesh was instantly charred and concave. The fact that he was not completely shattered was because Xie Jinhuan had held back.

Boom——

The man was sent flying backward by the heavy blow and crashed into the mountain wall. Xie Jinhuan followed closely, and almost at the same moment the man hit the rocks, he thrust his sword straight into the man's heart!
puff~
The man tried to retaliate with his knife, but the sword severed his heart meridian, causing his internal organs to burst instantly. He hurriedly suppressed the urge to spit out a mouthful of blood.
"Pfft—hold back!"

Xie Jinhuan had actually stopped, after all, things were different now, and he could no longer turn people into dumpling filling.

Quickly scanning his surroundings, Xie Jinhuan noticed that his other accomplice hadn't followed, Wei Wuyi was still trapped within the almost solidified天地气机 (heaven and earth energy), and fighting was still going on at the edge of the plain. Only then did he look at the newcomers:

"So it's Chief Yang."

The man was Yang Qing from the Jingzhou Gang, one of the Four Little Dragons of Martial Arts. Because it bordered Xueying Ridge, he had always been Wei Wuyi's henchman, which surprised Xie Jinhuan in the slightest.

Yang Qing, caught red-handed, still tried to defend himself:

"It's a misunderstanding. I came to check after hearing a noise..."

"What righteous cultivator is hiding his face when he comes to patrol? Who is the one who ran away? Tell me honestly and I'll leave you a whole corpse."

"Cough cough..."

Yang Qing coughed up two mouthfuls of blood:
"I don't know anyone sent by Elder Wei. I was coerced into doing this by Wei Wuyi, so I hope..."

Xie Jinhuan was worried that Lu Wuzhen and his group couldn't win, so he didn't have time for idle chatter. Seeing that this guy didn't have any reliable information, he raised his hand and slapped it on his forehead:
"You dare to ambush the Daoist sect leader just because you were coerced, and even try to stab me in the back? What will happen to the righteous path if Sect Leader Lu dies? The demonic path sacrifices blood for the common people, who will save them from suffering?"

"You...you son of a bitch...ah—"

Yang Qing found his body surging with blood energy, his eyes widening in shock. He had just let out a scream when his mouth was gagged...

(End of this chapter)