Devouring Evil Martial Arts, Eliminating Demons from All Heavens

Chapter 308 Assassin's Extraordinary Techniques, Blade Intent and Sword Heart

Just a second before Yan Nian was attacked, something strange also happened inside Chu Tian Shu's tent.

The sunlight streaming in through the window cast Chu Tianshu's shadow clearly onto the ground beside him.

The shadows of everything inside the tent all fall to the same side.

But as Chu Tianshu closed his eyes and silently worked hard, a shadow the size of a basketball quietly approached him from behind.

It was a true "black shadow" pressed against the ground, without any thickness or sound.

Only when it got close to Chu Tianshu's shadow did the shadow change slightly, elongating into a human shape, seemingly holding a knife, and slashing at the back of Chu Tianshu's shadow's head.

Before anyone could react, Chu Tianshu suddenly became alert, gathered his strength in his right hand, and raised it backward.

when! !

At the same time, his shadow also raised its hand, and its forearm collided with the knife in the shadow's hand, causing them to bounce away.

Chu Tianshu's right sleeve suddenly ripped open, revealing his arm skin, which was filled with internal energy and glowed with a bluish light.

It was as if an invisible knife had actually slashed at his hand, tearing his sleeve but failing to pierce his skin.

"Um?!"

Chu Tianshu turned his head and found that the air behind him was not moving at all, and there was no enemy figure behind him.

I did notice the extra dark shadow on the ground.

The black blade in the shadowy figure's hand changed, and he stabbed at the back of Chu Tianshu's head again.

collapse! !

Chu Tianshu's legs, which were sitting cross-legged, suddenly exerted their muscles, and his body shot forward more than three meters, turning into a standing position. He also managed to grab the dangling Sanqi.

The shadow was weightless, so light and agile that it could catch up with Chu Tianshu's shadow in an instant.

Chu Tianshu swung his sword even faster than him.

In the blink of an eye, Chu Tianshu had already unleashed thirteen sword strikes.

On the ground, Chu Tianshu's shadow also unleashed thirteen sword strikes in succession.

The enemy's shadow only managed to block one sword strike before being stabbed twelve times.

These dozen or so sword strikes, without the slightest leakage of internal force, were filled with sword intent and were fierce and cruel.

More than a dozen sword intents all struck the location of the assassin's shadowy figure, but the figure only swayed slightly.

Chu Tianshu sensed that at least 99% of his sword intent had been wasted.

It simply dissipates into the air, seeps into the canvas, and penetrates into the ground.

Only a very small fraction of them truly achieved that unspeakable goal.

"It really is a shadow?!"

Chu Tianshu originally thought that it was just a soul manifested as a black shadow.

Now it seems that this is not the case at all.

His sword intent failed to detect the existence of the opponent's three souls and seven spirits.

All I could sense was that the target was an extremely thin, flat, yet incredibly agile thing.

Scientifically, shadows are considered to be merely an optical phenomenon, but in metaphysics, the relationship between shadows and the human body is very subtle.

Some experts believe that shadows are a symbol of the leakage of human essence. Ghosts have no essence, so they have no shadows, while immortals have no dissipated essence, so they also have no shadows.

Some people believe that shadows, on another level, record human activities in different environments of heaven and earth.

Perhaps, the shadow can be seen as the eleventh illusory spirit in the human body, in addition to the three souls and seven spirits.

Therefore, there are many spells that target shadows.

However, whether it's a curse like stepping on an enemy's shadow, or a technique like throwing a dart into a shadow to immobilize the human body, the caster is a physical entity.

This was the first time Chu Tianshu had encountered a situation where neither the caster's physical body nor their soul knew where they were hiding, and only their shadow was allowed to emerge and act alone.

But his mind was as quick as lightning. After being suddenly attacked, he had already swung his sword to counterattack within a second, and also noticed that there was a surprise attack outside.

Just as the dark figure on the ground was about to make a move, dozens more sword shadows pierced its body in an instant.

This time was different from before; the sword shadows landed evenly on the head, torso, and limbs of the shadowy figure.

Even if only a tiny bit of force managed to penetrate, it made the shadowy figure stiffen for a moment.

At the same time, Chu Tianshu opened his mouth and spoke out.

A streak of light shot through the air, oblivious to the many physical obstacles that blocked its path.

Pass through this large tent, through seven or eight other tents outside, and over the crowd.

Yan Nian, on the water's surface, felt as if a tiny shooting star had suddenly flown by and landed between her eyebrows.

Inner saint, outer king! !

Yan Nian shuddered, and from all 84,000 pores seemed to emanate a blazing white and red light, which pierced through the gaps in the fabric fibers and shone outwards.

The wound that had cut into him from the left side of the back of his neck was suddenly blocked. With a snap, sparks flew, as if an invisible blade had bounced off.

"It's here..."

Yan Nian didn't look back, but simply lowered his gaze.

His own shadow was now cast diagonally in front of him, half on the water and half on the grassy bank.

The grass was lush and green, and the shadows of the blades were jagged, with another human-shaped black shadow mixed in among them.

It was difficult for others to notice at the moment, but in Yan Nian's eyes at this moment, it was clearly visible.

He saw the strange shadow, which was only a shadow and had no body; its left hand was empty like a claw, while its right hand was tightly gripping a long knife.

It was that left hand that grabbed Xie Qi's shadow, almost breaking the child's ankle bone.

It was that right hand that slashed Yan Nian twice, both blows seemingly intended to damage Yan Nian's spinal nerves.

The wounds caused by this strange knife also contain a potent poison.

If there had been a slight stab wound to any part of the spine, Yan Nian would likely have fainted on the spot.

but now……

Yan Nian suddenly floated half a foot above the water, his left hand, stained with thick blood, holding a needle, and seemingly weakly handed it over.

"Quiet practice, inner sagehood, tranquility of mind, and cessation of water!"

A few thoughts flashed through his mind like fleeting shadows, then dissipated like dust, revealing his clear inner self.

The grass, the water, and all the miscellaneous scenery and sounds in his eyes faded away.

In the center of my field of vision, only that strange black shadow remained.

The outlines were so clear, and every movement was captured in the finest detail.

Every curve of the shadowy figure's body, every fold of its clothing, became visible and tangible to Yan Nian.

The dark figure in the grass seemed to pause for a moment.

A sudden scream rang out.

Inside the large tent.

After Chu Tianshu exhaled the soldier's spirit, he stepped out in an arc.

In the blink of an eye, the arc formed a complete circle.

Chu Tianshu's afterimages overlapped and revolved around this circle, constantly changing.

He had changed his sword intent to knife technique, and all the knife shadows were directed towards the empty space in the center of the circle.

On the ground, the shadowy figures who came to assassinate him were also surrounded by countless blades.

Ninety-nine percent of the sword intent missed its mark, but wasn't there still a tiny fraction that could be realized?!

Although the shadowy figure also had a knife, he kept trying to parry.

But under Chu Tianshu's swordsmanship, the shadowy figure's swordsmanship was practically nonexistent; he stood there, letting himself be slashed.

"Brother Shadow, your swordsmanship is terrible!"

A series of explosions echoed from inside the tent, the sounds reverberating in all directions.

"Besides being able to move shadows, you dare to assassinate me with such lousy swordsmanship?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Tianshu abruptly stopped.

The long sword is pointed diagonally, its blade still humming.

The afterimages inside the room completely disappeared.

The black shadow that was surrounded on the ground also twisted and crumbled like a pile of ashes.

"Whoosh!!"

Chu Tianshu took a deep breath.

He just unleashed hundreds of strikes, all imbued with the intent of the sword, almost like he was holding his breath while sprinting.

As he took this breath, his spirits lifted, and the air currents surged outwards, causing the curtains to sway.

Suddenly, the tent flap swung up even more dramatically.

Chu Tianshu was no longer inside the tent; his steps were like fleeting shadows as he arrived at the riverbank.

"how's it going?"

"Escape!"

Yan Nian's breathing was a little heavy. He stepped back to the shore and put the child on the ground.

When the doctor, who was in his fifties, looked up, his eyes were bright and alert, and the tip of the silver needle in his left hand seemed to have a faint red tinge.

"However, for this brief moment, I was still able to maintain my senses and discern the direction the dark figure fled in..."

(End of this chapter)