Decaying World

Chapter 172 Insight 172 (Thanks to Friend Xie 20200606092109568, the Alliance Leader)

"I've told you countless times, this move of yours is meaningless, no matter how many times you shout, it won't make a difference. You are weak but unaware of it, yet you dare to challenge the strong. This is your greatest arrogance." Hei Sha frowned slightly, showing some impatience.

Tao Xuehai had almost lost consciousness, but he still struggled to sit up, gripping the broken sword, his unfocused pupils fixed on Hei Sha.

He struggled, trying to call out again for a response from his companions. But his body was too weak; he no longer had the strength to even summon the gale.

It felt like a knife had been plunged into my throat and was stuck there; it was excruciatingly painful, choking me, and I could hardly breathe.

"Foolish!" Black Fiend loosened his fist and walked over slowly. Since he couldn't recruit him, he would let him sleep forever.

But the next moment, he paused, his expression changed slightly, and he looked behind Tao Xuehai.

Behind them, a man in black wearing four masks had appeared out of nowhere.

The man in black stood quietly behind Tao Xuehai, bent his knees, and grasped the broken sword in Tao Xuehai's hand, holding it along with the hand that held the sword.

"Master, Father," Tao Xuehai sensed something and tried to raise his head in a daze, but his immense weakness prevented him from even performing this simple action.

“I saw it all,” Lin Hui said softly. “You did a great job. You walked a path I’ve never seen before, and witnessed scenery I’ve never seen before.”

At first, he only intended to train Tao Xuehai as a tool to save face in the future, but later the boy respected his teacher and always considered his needs.

Non-vegetation, ruthless Practice makes perfect.

He gradually began to take this mentor-student relationship, which was not far apart in age, seriously.

Just now, he was startled by the change in the airflow here and rushed over at lightning speed, witnessing the moment when Tao Xuehai comprehended his Gale Sword Technique.

Instead of treating the gale as a sharp blade like he does, they see it as a partner, merging into it and becoming one with it.

Upon witnessing this scene, his progress in tempering his Typhoon Sword Technique inexplicably increased significantly, and he estimated that he would soon break through to a new level once again.

He grasped Tao Xuehai's hand and helped him stand up.

A dim red light flashed in Lin Hui's eyes.

Do you remember what I taught you?

"That is my understanding of the gale. You could never learn it before, but now it seems that it is a path that belongs only to me, not yours."

He held the broken sword horizontally, looking at the solemn-faced Black Fiend. The other seemed to have sensed something. He also raised his fists, a vast, dark blue internal force gathering on them, while black patterns began to appear and flow on his upper body.

"The same move again? Meaningless." Hei Sha recognized Lin Hui's starting stance, which was the same as Tao Xuehai's earlier. A hint of impatience flashed in his eyes.

Lin Hui did not reply, but lowered his eyes and stared at the sword.

"wind."

There were no shouts, no pleas.

It is not a command, but an order.

boom!!!
The next instant, a gale far more violent than before howled and spun wildly around us.

In that instant, the surrounding mist, extending for hundreds of meters, began to swirl, transforming into a massive white vortex.

All the monsters in the fog zone were involuntarily swept away and lost their balance.

The withered trees shook violently, pulling and tugging, revealing their roots.

Soil and gravel rise with the wind and blend into it.

The withered weeds and branches were broken and pulverized, turning into a gray-black vortex that slowly rotated around Lin Hui.

The seemingly slow rotation is actually a visual illusion caused by excessive speed.

"What kind of martial art is this?!" Hei Sha's internal energy was being swirled around like a candle flame about to go out. He had to divert a lot of his internal energy just to stabilize his body and avoid losing his balance.

Feeling the exaggerated scene around him, which resembled a natural disaster, even he, who had lived for hundreds of years, could hardly contain himself.

He had seen many martial arts techniques or divine skills with exaggerated scales, but none of them had given him such a great shock as this one.

That inexplicable aura, as if summoning natural disasters to serve its purposes, gave him a tremendous sense of oppression that made it hard to breathe.

This is completely different from the realm of time perception at the Palace Master level. And Mingji's extreme enhancement of himself and his internal energy is also another extreme.

Not only him, but Tao Xuehai also witnessed this scene, an exaggerated sight that resembled a natural disaster.

The surrounding fog was swept up by the wind, swirling and churning violently around them.

The oppressive atmosphere made everything around it unable to lift its head.

Even Hei Sha, the previously arrogant deputy sect leader of Qinghe Sect, could only solemnly try to stabilize himself and avoid losing his balance due to the strong wind.

He opened his eyes wide, as if the scene before him had given him a stimulant, and he regained his senses.

"Xiao Hai, watch carefully."

Lin Hui put down the broken sword.

"The ultimate goal of a gale is to subside."

These are his insights, as well as his training experience with the Gale Sword and Typhoon Sword.

Gripping the broken sword tightly, Lin Hui gently swung it.

laugh!
The next instant, he vanished from his spot.

The swirling gale propelled him to accelerate instantly, until he reached his maximum, fastest, and strongest speed!
puff! !
next moment.

A streak of silver light, like a silver lightning bolt, flashed across Hei Sha's chest.

The immense, terrifying power, combined with the extreme speed of the sword, resulted in the most destructive force.

Black Fiend was still in his fighting stance, and before he could even make a move, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. A huge, bloody gash seemed to grow out of thin air from his body, and in the blink of an eye, a sword wound as thick as a fist appeared on his body.

The sword mark completely sliced ​​through his entire body, from his chest to his back, and you could even see the mist behind him that had also been cut open by the sword.

Lin Hui's figure appeared behind him like a phantom, the broken sword in his hand shattered silently, turning into dust that drifted away in the wind.

Turning around, he saw that Hei Sha's body had also shattered in the wind, turning into countless black particles and disappearing.

"Is it also a clone of the Insect Codex fusion user?"

He moved slightly, wanting to follow the other person's much weaker aura, but stopped after taking only one step.

He then looked at Tao Xuehai, who had collapsed and lost consciousness again.

With a sigh, he flashed over, grabbed the boy's belt, and quickly disappeared into the mist.

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Qinghemen Headquarters.

Bang!
Hei Sha crashed heavily to the ground from mid-air, half-kneeling, then stood up, straightened his robes, and walked towards the spot where Sect Master Situ Ye usually sat in the open.

"Isn't this Brother Heisha, who went out to lead the team to arrest people?" Suddenly, a strange female voice came from a stone door behind them.

A fair-skinned woman with long, black hair slowly walked out of the door.

The woman wore a luxurious black robe with gold trim, and a gold forehead ornament shaped like an eye between her brows. Her face was alluring and beautiful, and her figure was voluptuous with prominent curves. Even her walk exuded a mysterious charm, involuntarily conjuring up images of lovers.

"Looks like you're injured? And quite badly? Who could possibly injure our respected Black Fiend Deputy Sect Master in the outer city?" the woman said with a smile.

"Instead of serving your Mist God, you come here just to laugh at me?" Black Fiend Cao Xianzhong said coldly.

He never had any good feelings towards these madmen who served the Mist God. Although he himself was not exactly normal, compared to these madmen who would torture and sacrifice their own kind at the drop of a hat, he was a kind person.

"There's a reason I came here," the woman said with a smile.

Hei Sha snorted coldly and stopped causing trouble. The two of them, one after the other, quickly arrived behind the stone seat of the sect leader, Situ Ye.

Looking at Situ Ye from behind, one can see that the sect leader's entire body is always covered by a thin layer of purplish-black light.

If anyone thinks he's daydreaming and tries to ambush him, they're just asking for trouble.

This layer of purple light is the result of Situ Ye's special divine technique. It can accumulate power through daily practice, and when triggered, it will unleash all the accumulated power at once, destroying all attackers.

"You've arrived?" Situ Ye also sensed the presence of the two at this moment.

He slowly stood up and turned to look at the two of them.

The moment he saw the two, his gaze suddenly focused on Black Demon Cao Xianzhong.

"You're injured? And badly?"

“I received the news that Xuanmiao Sword Wuhai, the protector of Xuanying Sect, secretly went to Qingfeng Temple. I have taken a liking to this kid Xuanmiao Sword. This guy has an exaggerated talent. I thought that if I could recruit him into my sect, he would definitely be able to…” Cao Xianzhong was interrupted by Situ Ye before he could finish speaking.

"So you've never fought the Mysterious Sword?"

"Of course not. Although that kid Xuanmiao Sword has amazing talent, he's still young. At his limit, it's just a matter of one slap. The key is that his master came later. His sword speed is many times faster than his disciple's. I wasn't paying attention for a moment, and then..."

"But you shouldn't have been hurt so badly, should you?" Situ Ye frowned.

"I don't know either, but I did feel a scorching force rush into the wound, burning away a lot of my insect mist," Cao Xianzhong recalled. "I originally planned to continue fighting, but the injury was too severe, and my condition deteriorated. I couldn't recover, so I had to retreat first."

Although he felt that even if he stayed, he was unlikely to be able to beat that person, it would be bad if he spoke too weakly to his own people.

"It's good that you know what you're doing. Don't let your little matter delay our main task," Situ Ye reminded him.

"Don't worry." Cao Xianzhong nodded. Although he felt a little heat and itchiness in his chest, he guessed it was just a lingering effect from before, or an illusion.

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The residence behind Qingfeng Temple.

Lin Hui stood quietly by the window, gazing at the dark and deep night fog surging outside, his fingers caressing the silencing stone, a relic he had just obtained from his apprentice.

Suddenly, a painful groan came from the back of the bed.

Tao Xuehai slowly woke up from his coma, his whole body aching, but fortunately his body had fully recovered and healed.

He slowly propped himself up and immediately saw his teacher, Lin Hui, standing with his hands behind his back by the window.

In an instant, a series of images and memories that had just occurred flooded into his mind like a torrent.

The series of images finally settled on the moment when the teacher, holding the broken sword, reformed his form behind Hei Sha.

"You're awake?" Lin Hui turned around and looked in their direction.

"My injuries are all healed. It's truly remarkable that it's a replica of the Insect Codex."

When "teacher" Tao Xuehai looked at Lin Hui again, he immediately felt that all his previous guesses had been confirmed and connected.

He had suspected from the beginning that Lin Hui couldn't possibly only be at the Zhou Tian level. Someone capable of creating such a powerful martial art as the Gale Sword Technique couldn't possibly be just an ordinary Zhou Tian.

What just happened undoubtedly confirms this.

The teacher is actually a hidden, super-powerful martial arts master.

He had experienced firsthand how strong Hei Sha, the deputy sect leader of Qinghe Sect, was. He was a top-tier figure who was far stronger than ordinary high priests and was only a step away from the realm of palace master.

Even such a master becomes weak and helpless in front of the teacher.

Recalling what had just happened, Tao Xuehai's emotions grew increasingly intense.

That sword, that wind—it showed him the extreme power of another direction of the Gale Sword Technique.

"Wait, teacher, the medicine! My medicine is still in the fog zone! I just found it!" Tao Xuehai suddenly remembered something.

(End of this chapter)