Borrowing a sword

Chapter 257 A Demon Descends from the Sky, Arriving Treading Through the Snow
On the branches of the ancient tree, three true disciples of the Daoist sect stood at different heights, looking down at the five fourth-realm evil cultivators below.

Judging from their aura and posture, it was actually these three lower-level cultivators who were superior to the five on the other side.

Chu Huaixu's gaze swept over the five people like knives, and he secretly transmitted his voice: "The third one on the left is mine, the first one on the right is Shuangjiang, and the weakest one—Xiao Xu, practice on him."

He assigned the most powerful evil cultivator to Big Ice Cube alone, because her cultivation level was the highest among the three, which better met the test criteria.

These are all experience points, but since the other party is his Daoist partner, Chu Huaixu had no choice but to grit his teeth and "reluctantly give them up".

The evil cultivator with the lowest cultivation level was then handed over to Xiao Xu.

After all, he had the lowest cultivation level and did not bring the bronze sword down the mountain, so he could only rely on his physical strength to kill enemies.

The remaining three were his prey.

Just as the three were about to make their move, a slightly lopsided evil cultivator suddenly shouted, "The power of perception is actually showing a faint reaction!"

"Among the three of them, one of them must have recently come into contact with what the cult leader is looking for!"

The five evil cultivators at the fourth realm exchanged glances, their fighting spirit rising.

Although those twenty-one sword energies were extremely intimidating, they dared to come to the area under the jurisdiction of the Daoist sect because they were already risking their lives for wealth and fortune!

Chu Huaixu frowned as he listened to their conversation.

"Among the three of us, has any of us recently come into contact with someone who has reached the [Nascent Soul Stage]? Does anyone have the aura of that [Stage] on them?"

This actually confused him a bit.

"Can't you?"

If that's the case, why wasn't a system task triggered?

Is my system dead?!
Three true disciples of the Daoist sect leaped down from the ancient tree and charged towards the five evil cultivators.

Han Shuangjiang drew her sword, "Partridge Sky," with a sharp, piercing light.

Chu Huaixu and Xu Ziqing, both body cultivators, were unarmed, yet remained fearless.

The former even punched directly into the blade of a heretical cultivator, using his own body to withstand the opponent's blade energy!
The blade left a line of blood on Chu Huaixu's fist, but a slight smile appeared on his lips.

This proves that if he doesn't enter the Holy Body state, a blow from a fourth-realm evil cultivator will still cause him some minor injury.

Wow, not bad, such a deep wound, it'll take three or four seconds to heal.

The slightly mismatched-eyed evil cultivator watched as the Taoist disciple's injuries rapidly healed, feeling a chill run down his spine, as if he were looking at a monster.

They had never heard of such a heaven-defying third-realm body cultivator in the world!

As for Chu Huaixu, he was killing someone beyond his level, and he was fighting three against one, so he didn't take it lightly.

Sword energy began to gather at his fingertips, and he immediately unleashed the [Fearless Sword Intent] and activated the sword heart power contained within his heart sword.

"Dual cultivation of sword and body!"

The three evil cultivators were all stunned.

The wicked cultivator with uneven eyes suddenly remembered someone.

"Is the newcomer Chu Huaixu, the leader of Xuanhuang?" he asked, slashing forward with his sword.

But what came head-on was a strike—[Six Out of Horizon]!
His blade energy was immediately annihilated by the extremely domineering sword energy.

The evil cultivator also coughed up blood instantly and was sent flying backward.

Chu Huaixu used [Flying Profound] to dodge the clumsy methods of the other two evil cultivators, and raised his hand to finish off the wounded creature.

He used the most brutal method, punching the evil cultivator directly in the head with his left arm!
"boom!"

Almost half of his head was caved in, and his neck was instantly broken, causing his head to slump onto his shoulder.

Dead as hell.

At this point, Chu Huaixu finally gave him a reply, regardless of whether he could still hear him.

"It is indeed the Emperor!"

The other two heretical cultivators were left bewildered in the wind.

One of us died in a single encounter?
This is called entering the third realm for the first time!
Besides, what is "right above" anyway? Isn't it just a humble way of saying "right below"?
A pleasant system notification immediately rang in Chu Huaixu's ears.

But a hint of disdain quickly appeared on his face.

It was obvious that these three evil cultivators were much weaker than the evil cultivator envoy he had killed earlier.

That heretical cultivator had a solid foundation and condensed spiritual power, making him not much different from a normal cultivator.

The three of them had unstable foundations and unstable spiritual power. Their realms were all hastily acquired, and it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call them "pseudo-realms".

But this is indeed the norm for heretical practitioners.

However, this also means that the system will give far fewer experience points, only 93123.

"Too weak," Chu Huaixu said calmly.

Damn you evil cultivators, can't you learn from me and work harder on your own?

How can you be so weak as to be relegated to the side of the road!
The first reaction of the remaining two evil cultivators was—to run!

The two were already terrified.

But when they glanced at Chu Huaixu, they saw that his right arm also seemed to be almost useless.

"There's a chance!" The two men's eyes lit up.

Then they noticed that his right arm was healing rapidly, at a speed visible to the naked eye.

This is bizarre, incredibly bizarre! We've never seen anything this bizarre even in the dens of heretical cultivators!
However, upon their recent encounter, they clearly felt the wisp of sensing power within their bodies react even more intensely. "It's him! He once came into contact with what the sect leader wanted!" one of them shouted, making sure the other three evil cultivators present heard him.

"withdraw!"

All four of them had the idea of ​​escaping.

Because whether it's Han Shuangjiang's side or Xu Ziqing's side, the situation is somewhat one-sided.

These four heretical cultivators knew that if they returned and reported this matter to their leader, it would be considered a great achievement.

How could we possibly be worthy to capture the leader of Xuanhuang alive?
The four of them quickly fled in different directions.

Han Shuangjiang and Xu Ziqing immediately used [Flying Profound] and chased after them.

Chu Huaixu had two people to chase, so he took the lead, raising the sword energy at his fingertips, and pursued the slower evil cultivator.

"Serves you right for not practicing your movement techniques properly!" Another evil cultivator, who was even faster, felt smug and happy to have survived a calamity.

"I'll do you a favor. Use your life to buy me a few more breaths!"

He pushed off with both feet from an ancient tree, and his whole body plunged forward into the air.

The heretical cultivator took the opportunity to turn around and saw only a corpse that had been cut in half at the waist.

His eyes widened instantly: "Where is Chu Huaixu?!"

But then a voice came from ahead.

Are you looking for me?

The evil cultivator looked ahead and saw a man in a black robe standing on a high place in front of him, looking down at him from the branch of an ancient tree.

Chu Huaixu had a golden mark between his eyebrows, and golden flames burned fiercely in his eyes.

His terrifying physical explosive power, coupled with his maxed-out Xuan-level movement technique, enabled him to surpass others.

The result can be imagined.

Within three moves, another life was lost.

"The three of them together have a little over 300,000 experience points."

Chu Huaixu exhaled, reminding himself not to be too greedy.

He looked into the distance and saw that the large ice block had also defeated its opponent.

Her full head of white hair gradually faded back to its original black color, signifying her transcendence.

Xiao Xu, who was using his body-refining supernatural powers, finally ended the life of the evil cultivator after three moves.

The three of them gathered together and then looked up at the sky.

"Why is it suddenly so cold?" This thought crossed their minds as they watched snowflakes fall from the sky.

The snow came very suddenly.

The snow fell heavily and quite suddenly.

—Scattered clouds hang low at dusk, and swirling snow dances in the wind.

Upon witnessing this strange phenomenon, Chu Huaixu felt a sense of foreboding.

A voice drifted from the heavens above.

"Truly worthy of being a true disciple of Taoism."

"He does have some skill."

A short man, shrouded in a black cloak and wearing a wooden mask, was walking through the snow.

With each step he took, large amounts of snowflakes would automatically gather at his feet.

He walked down step by step like this.

Chu Huaixu and the other two seemed to be frozen in place, their heads tilted back, completely unable to move!

But there was no trace of horror in his eyes.

While trying to break free, he also attempted to throw out an [Information Detection] attack.

The result, however, was a series of question marks.

This is something they cannot match.

Chu Huaixu was already trying to figure out a way to activate the [Domain God Talisman] given to him by Li Chunsong within the storage token.

Just then, a gentle breeze suddenly swept by.

The restraints on the three of them were immediately removed.

Even the chill that had been hitting us seemed to dissipate somewhat at that moment.

A familiar figure appeared in front of them.

Lu Pan seemed dissatisfied with this person's behavior, so he raised his right hand and pressed it down.

A formation formed by a beam of azure light descended from the sky, causing those in the air to plummet and crash onto the Guanghan Cliff.

(P.S.: Second update, please vote with monthly tickets!)

These two chapters were written after I stayed up all night, until 6 a.m., and then I went to the airport. I spent the whole day traveling, a three-hour flight followed by a four-hour bus ride to Langjiu Manor.

The awards ceremony will be tomorrow, but I don't know what prize it will be. My schedule is packed all day.
(End of this chapter)