I'm here in the martial arts world just to find love.

This newly named "Exorcising Evil" sword technique was adapted by Jiang Chao from the basic sword technique of Fengxue Temple. The basic sword movements are nothing more than thrusting, slashing, chopping, parrying, and cutting.

However, once these basic sword techniques are combined with the extraordinary power of martial arts true qi, their power will instantly surge, even exhibiting different and wondrous phenomena.

Jiang Chao's self-created "Exorcising Evil Sword Technique" is based on the "thrust" move in the basic sword moves, combined with some of his ingenious ideas, and finally formed a unique sword technique.

The "Sword from Heaven" just now was one of the moves in this sword technique.

This move has a rather long name: "The Sword of the Great River Descends from Heaven".

Using his own martial arts true energy as a guide, he stirred, compressed, and condensed the air within a radius of 100 meters.

Then, using the longsword in his hand as a medium, he channeled this "sword energy" that had been accumulating for a long time down.

Thus, the seemingly terrifying sword strike that we see before us has come to be.

As for how the armor and even the flesh of those warriors dissolved in an instant...

Air compression, the injection of martial arts true energy, and the sharp metal nature of the Moye Sword—the three combined—unless they are intangible ghosts or evil spirits, anything with a physical form will be melted under the extreme heat!

  

Of course, if anyone asks, Jiang Chao will definitely answer with absolute certainty: It was caused by sword energy.

As for what sword energy is, everyone knows that martial artists of the sixth rank or above possess martial arts true energy, so why are you asking me this?

After annihilating a group of menacing, armored soldiers, another wave charged forward fearlessly.

Speaking of which, the armored soldiers brought by Prince Nangong Hao were surprisingly well-mannered.

Given their demonstrated strength, they wouldn't need to go through the stairs or corridors at all.

They could simply smash through the inn's walls from the outside, or break through the ground from below to surround Jiang Chao and his group.

We might even be able to catch them off guard.

However, these armored soldiers, seemingly stubborn, insisted on taking the inn's stairs, and then smashed through the wooden wall facing the corridor of Jiang Chao's room wave after wave, charging up with murderous intent.

One sword sent the first wave of more than a dozen people to the top, and others then filled the gaps.

"They really are persistent."

Jiang Chao sighed softly, but did not hesitate at all, repeating the same method.

First, he casually waved his hand, unleashing a shower of ordinary sword rain.

After piercing through the bodies of those armored soldiers, and waiting for them to be enveloped in a bluish-gray mist, he then killed them with a sword technique that descended from the sky, destroying the evidence in front of everyone.

As Jiang Chao used the move "The Great River Sword Comes Down from Heaven" more and more often, he became more and more proficient in controlling it.

The originally silvery-white river of sword energy, when it fell from above the hole in the roof, not only killed the locked-on armored soldiers, but also burned countless tiny holes in the floor.

Later, those holes disappeared.

In this attack on the inn, approximately seventy armored soldiers perished without exception, all falling victim to Jiang Chao's sword.

To be precise, there might not even be any dead souls.

These armored soldiers had something unusual about them, as if they had been cursed by some kind of mysterious spell, or as if... just as Su E guessed, they had been bewitched.

In short, Jiang Chao had a great time.

It was worth it for him to use this killer move that he had been saving up all night.

After listening to what Lady Chu said last night, Jiang Chao had already begun to secretly accumulate and condense his sword energy.

The entire process of accumulating sword energy is also a kind of tempering and training, which tests one's concentration and endurance.

Jiang Chao is now capable of multitasking.

This level of skill owes much to the meat-shaped Ganoderma lucidum that Sister Yao brought back from the Taiyin Mountains.

The fleshy Ganoderma lucidum that Sister Yao Yao gave to Jiang Chao, which was named "Xumi Tai Sui", was unexpectedly discovered to have several wonderful uses by Jiang Chao, who had been exchanging Taoist techniques with Li Muqing every night for the past few days.

This clump of fleshy Ganoderma lucidum can actually grow on its own without damaging the core of the Ganoderma lucidum.

So Jiang Chao cut it into three pieces.

He kept the largest piece for himself, and gave the other two pieces to Li Muqing before he left, and to the female knight-errant Chu in front of him.

Li Muqing's martial arts skills are beyond question, and even Jiang Chao felt somewhat inferior to her.

Although, when the two sparred in private, Jiang Chao almost always had the upper hand.

But Li Muqing's strength is undeniable.

As for Lady Chu... Lady Chu is different.

This girl from the Chu family in Shu, who is skilled in using hidden weapons, has already reached the sixth rank, but due to her various performances, she seems to have only average strength and talent.

The two realized that the woman's martial arts internal energy had not improved much.

So Jiang Chao gave one of the pieces to Chu Ning.

"If anything unexpected happens again, call me immediately. You two must protect yourselves."

Jiang Chao gave a few instructions, then, holding his long sword, he leaped into the air and flew out through the large hole that had been torn open above his head.

Outside the inn.

The battle between Qin Shaoling and Nangong Hao continues, with neither side gaining the upper hand.

Because the two were evenly matched in both martial arts skill and marksmanship.

Therefore, from the very beginning of this battle, they became each other's whetstone.

It all comes down to whose spear tip will strike first.

Upon reaching the top floor of the inn, Jiang Chao looked out over the surroundings.

Seeing that the two skilled gunners were locked in a fierce battle, he decided not to interfere, allowing Qin Shaoling to hone his skills through this fight.

Such a great training opportunity is rare and hard to come by.

It's not even noon yet.

However, the nearby residents were unusually quiet.

Jiang Chao closed his eyes and listened carefully, using his hearing and perception, which far surpassed that of ordinary martial artists.

A moment later, Jiang Chao opened his eyes, his brows furrowing slightly.

"Is it some kind of smokescreen?"

In his perception, the local people were still doing what they were doing.

However, as they got closer to the inn, they would subconsciously find an excuse to avoid it.

Jiang Chao had never seen anything like it before.

The array he encountered a few days ago when he broke into the gate of Zixu Temple on Yunmeng Mountain was mysterious, but it couldn't keep so many people out like the array surrounding this inn.

Jiang Chao looked solemn.

If Nangong Hao is just a pawn, then who is the real mastermind behind the scenes?

Just how terrifying are this person's methods?

Just then, Jiang Chao's gaze suddenly sharpened as he saw someone he hadn't expected.

Zuo Xiaoqian!

That censor from the Imperial Observatory!

Why is she here?

In the distance, on the long street, Zuo Xiaoqian, dressed in white, slowly walked towards them.

That invisible barrier that kept ordinary people out of sight was completely useless in front of her.

The woman stepped inside and then looked up.

Their eyes met in mid-air, and Zuo Xiaoqian nodded slightly.