You've already caught the embroidered ball, and you still say it's not my husband?

"Where did this kid learn his sword-flying skills?"

"They're really tough to deal with!"

Ling Yunting was secretly surprised.

Lu Xuan's flying sword was incredibly fast. He tried his best to defend, but he was still forced back dozens of steps!

If this flying sword were a magic weapon, even the lowest-grade one, Lu Xuan would be even more powerful, allowing him to increase the power and speed of his sword control to another level!

Unfortunately, no if...

The flying sword is shattered!

Ling Yunting seems to have cracked Lu Xuan's sword control technique and gained the upper hand!

Moreover, he gave Lu Xuan no chance to catch his breath!

Taking advantage of the moment when Lu Xuan lost his flying sword, he suddenly sprang up with lightning speed and arrived at Lu Xuan's side in an instant!

Sword users excel at long-range combat by controlling flying swords, but their own defenses are relatively weak!

Just like a mage in a game, they can usually use skills to harass from a distance, but once a warrior or assassin gets close, they are usually in grave danger.

Ling Yunting is like a cheetah with rich combat experience and sharp eyes. As long as it finds the weakness of its prey, it will attack fiercely and bite hard!

"not good!"

Shen Jinglian's expression changed drastically.

Lu Xuan was caught in Ling Yunting's close-range attack and was unarmed. How could he possibly defend himself?

She wanted to help Lu Xuan, but as soon as she moved her body, a tearing pain shot through her wound...

The girl was so anxious she cried!

"Be careful!"

Besides watching all this unfold and warning Lu Xuan to be careful, there was nothing she could do!

"Too late!"

Ling Yunting grinned maliciously and suddenly slashed at Lu Xuan with his sword!

This slash was as fast as lightning, leaving seven afterimages – it was the Nine Shadows Blade Technique!

Ling Yunting has mastered the Nine Shadows Blade Technique, and can create seven afterimages with a single strike. If he refines it to perfection, he can create nine afterimages with a single strike!

One slash, seven shadows—its speed is so fast that it's impossible for the naked eye to catch it; there's no way to dodge it, no way to block it!

Shen Jinglian was seriously injured by this move just now!

Can Lu Xuan dodge it?

Shen Jinglian saw Lu Xuan... still standing in the same spot, not even seeming to have reacted yet, let alone avoid him!

"It's over, it's over..."

Shen Jinglian's vision went black; she felt that Lu Xuan was in grave danger and everything was about to end!

The Demon Suppression Guards watching from the rear all thought so too.

Lu Xuan is young and his strength is not bad, but he is still too young... Older is worse than younger, and his combat experience is far inferior to that of their captain Ling Yunting.

Just when Ling Yunting thought Lu Xuan had given up resisting, and everyone thought Lu Xuan was in grave danger, Lu Xuan, who was standing still, smiled and raised the corners of his mouth.

Instead of being afraid, he laughed and held up two fingers!

Gently pinch with two fingers!

The scene fell silent instantly, as if time had stopped flowing.

Everyone stared wide-eyed, their expressions as if they had seen a ghost.

"This...how is this possible?"

Lingyun Pavilion stood there dumbfounded.

The scene before him completely overturned his understanding!

His Nine Shadows Blade Technique, unleashed at close range with all his might, was a strike he thought would be fatal, yet it failed to harm Lu Xuan in the slightest!

His Soaring Phoenix Blade... that's it...

Lu Xuan firmly held it between two fingers!

Didn't we already analyze that Lu Xuan excels at ranged sword control but is weak in close combat?

But how does one catch a blade barehanded?

He practiced the Nine Shadows Blade Technique diligently for over ten years, mastering it to perfection. With a single strike, he could create seven shadows, making him invincible against his enemies...

But they were no match for Lu Xuan's two fingers!

Rumble!

Ling Yunting was shaken to his core. His head was buzzing, and he was already questioning the meaning of life!

Shen Jinglian and the group of female bandits were also dumbfounded.

Especially Shen Jinglian, who had personally experienced the power of the Nine Shadows Blade Technique, was easily caught by Lu Xuan with just two fingers despite the skill being so formidable!

Is there anything more absurd and bizarre than this?

You might not even be able to dream about it!

You can see it right now!

"I...I didn't see wrong, did I?"

Shen Jinglian looked at the female bandits like a dumb goose, almost thinking that she was seriously injured and hallucinating!

"Your Majesty, you did not see wrong. Young Master Lu caught the captain's blade with just two fingers..."

Lu Xuan's Spiritual Finger can clamp down on all the swords and blades in the world!

If Ling Yunting had used a spiked club or a nine-toothed rake, Lu Xuan might not have been so easy to deal with.

But since you're using a knife, and are skilled in something like the Nine Shadows Knife Technique... well, I'm sorry!

Unless one's cultivation level is above Lu Xuan's, the Spirit Rhinoceros Finger completely counters all swords and blades!

The ten Demon Guards who had been assigned by Ling Yunting to block Lu Xuan's retreat were all completely bewildered.

Just a second ago they were discussing how Lu Xuan was too young and lacked practical experience, and how the shrewd Ling Yunting had exploited his weaknesses.

Let's see in the next second who is inexperienced and who is not "shrewd" enough.

"Hahaha!" Bao Bulu laughed excitedly, shouting, "Master's cultivation is heaven-reaching, and his magical power is boundless!"

"What kind of Demon-Suppressing Captain is he? He's nothing special! A piece of clay and a dog! Hahaha."

Bao Bulu got a little carried away with his pride.

These words were like invisible whips, lashing fiercely at the faces of the Demon Suppressor Guards.

"You stupid donkey! If you keep yelling, believe me, I'll kill you first!" Several demon-suppressing guards were so angry that they were about to draw their swords to slaughter the donkey.

"Gentlemen, please calm down. Don't take offense at a donkey like me!" Bao Bulu knew when to stop and quickly shut up.

"You think I'm not good at close combat, huh?"

Lu Xuan held the Jingluan Blade between two fingers, looked at the bewildered Ling Yunting, and asked with a smile.

How could Ling Yunting have imagined that Lu Xuan would actually use such a heaven-defying finger technique, catching a blade with his bare hands?

"Uh..." He snapped out of his daze and responded instinctively.

Lu Xuan smiled kindly, "Then you are very wrong."

"What...what do you mean by this?"

For some reason, after seeing Lu Xuan's "kind" smile and hearing his words "completely wrong," Ling Yunting had a bad feeling and a chill instinctively rose in his heart.

"It's nothing, I just wanted to ask you to take a closer look..."

Lu Xuan held the knife in one hand, and his other hand was already clenched into a fist.

Glug~

Ling Yunting swallowed hard, feeling increasingly uneasy. "Look...look at what?"

The next moment, Lu Xuan stopped concealing himself and revealed his cultivation aura!

This aura... is even higher than that of Lingyun Pavilion!

Ling Yunting's cultivation level is already at the peak of the fifth rank, so Lu Xuan is...

"Fourth rank! You're actually a fourth rank!"

Ling Yunting's pupils shrank suddenly; Lu Xuan's cultivation was actually above his own!

The Demon Suppression Guards were also incredulous!

Lu Xuan is so young, yet his cultivation level is higher than that of their captain, Ling Yunting!

He was the one with the highest cultivation level among everyone present!

Rumble!

Shen Jinglian was so shocked that she couldn't speak!

Lu Xuan's cultivation level was not seventh, sixth, or fifth grade, but... a shocking fourth grade!

"So... he hadn't been lying to me all along..."

Only then did she realize the truth.

Lu Xuan had told her before that his cultivation level was higher than hers, but not quite sixth or fifth rank...

Obviously, that's a fourth-rank official!

But Shen Jinglian's brain seemed to be working in a strange way. At first, she thought Lu Xuan was joking and that his cultivation was only at the seventh rank. Later, after seeing Lu Xuan kill Huang Laosan, she mistakenly thought he was at the sixth or fifth rank...

She was shocked and couldn't help but cover her face, feeling both amused and exasperated. "How could I be so stupid?"

Perhaps a woman's IQ drops to zero when she falls in love; she can be incredibly foolish!

Tap tap, tap tap tap.

Bao Bulu was trembling at this moment, his teeth chattering.

Its gaze toward Lu Xuan was filled with...fear!

Lu Xuan, who revealed his cultivation level, was smiling and his physical appearance showed no other changes, but the aura emanating from him was... fierce, violent, and terrifying to the extreme!

At this moment, Lu Xuan seemed not to be a person, but rather... an ancient ferocious beast!

Even more, Bao Bulu could see a phantom image of a tiger several tens of feet tall appearing next to Lu Xuan!

Lu Xuan possesses a high-level cultivation technique called the "Tiger Demon Body Refining Technique"!

This technique imitates the ferocious body of the ancient tiger demon, drawing in malevolent energy to temper the muscles and bones, pursuing the ultimate physical strength and killing power, fierce and violent!

Did Ling Yunting think Lu Xuan was not good at close combat?

Big mistake!

Lu Xuan, who has mastered the Tiger Demon Body Refining Technique, is incredibly skilled in close combat!

Glug~

The fierce aura emanating from Lu Xuan made Ling Yunting's Adam's apple bob, a chill ran straight to the top of his head, and his body and soul trembled!

"Wait, wait..." He instinctively wanted to beg for mercy and ask Lu Xuan to stop.

Lu Xuan grinned, his fist already taut like a fully drawn bowstring.

"Watch closely, this punch... will cause mountains to crumble and the earth to split!"