Her snow-white hair rippled in the wind, and her scarlet eyes beneath the bangs radiated intense killing intent.

"Yueyin!"

Xi Heng let out a low shout on the way.

It was as if the video progress bar had been suddenly pulled back; one moment she was posing in the distance, and the next her sword was already beside the burly man.

The sword tip flashed with a cold light, pointing directly at the enemy's thick neck.

Fang Tiande was clearly not going to sit idly by and wait for his death. Seeing Xi Heng approaching, he swung his giant axe upwards.

The giant axe was swung upwards not to bring it down for a chop, but to generate energy throughout the body, creating a swirling gust of wind around it.

With a single swing, a tornado-like formation formed around him.

The second swing of the axe unleashed a whirlwind several times larger than the initial burst.

As he slammed his raised left leg down, the tornado split into two, whistling towards Zhao Xiheng and Zhao Wanli, who were simultaneously lunging at him with two reflective beams—

Xi Heng gritted his teeth and unleashed a powerful attack, "Surprising Bone Transformation," in an attempt to defend himself.

A flash of blood appeared on the back of his hand as a bone spur pierced his palm.

This time, the Bone-Shocking Transformation used several times the usual amount of spiritual energy, and it no longer emerged from the fingernails, but directly extended and pierced out the bones of the arm.

The arm bone, freed from the constraints of flesh and skin, spread and multiplied at a frenzied pace, its tip constantly forking, from two to four, from four to eight, until the exposed bone quickly extended into a dense canopy of skeletons two or three meters wide.

In the blink of an eye, a tornado struck.

The skeletal tree canopy crumbled rapidly, instantly transforming from a complete entity into a pile of rubble.

Amidst a dense barrage of clicking sounds, bones crumbled into fragments, scattering like petals before Xi Heng.

In a scene resembling snowfall, the blood-stained longsword drew even closer.

The blade swept past countless fragments of bones, and the crimson light collided with the powerful whirlwind.

His clothes were torn to shreds by the fierce wind, his skin was torn open, and his skin was covered with many scratches, but Xi Heng did not dodge and just stood there.

The blade pierced through the gale and the rain of bones.

In the midst of this deadly tornado, everything slowed down considerably.

Xi Heng was slashed by the storm, leaving him with hideous wounds. His body swayed precariously like a small boat in the eye of a tsunami and a downpour, and it was not impossible that he would lose consciousness and die in the next instant.

She could only concentrate all her vital energy on this sword, even if it caused her meridians to burst. The vital energy leaking from the vital points on her waist surged with her vital energy and landed on the sword.

The sword strike, which had already broken the sound barrier, was thus further enhanced.

The infusion of a massive amount of blood and qi caused the sword energy to erupt midway, the red light shaking the sky and shattering the tornado, giving Xi Heng, who was covered in wounds, a moment of peace.

Using the last bit of strength in my body, I took another step with my toes.

Fang Tiande never expected that she could break through the tornado directly. He raised his giant axe, intending to strike Zhao Wanli.

But the first attack came from the other side.

A red meteor streaked past the corner of his eye; the sword tip pierced his throat, and Xi Heng finally stopped.

Her meridians were now severed, and she could no longer control the leakage of qi and blood from her dantian, causing her consciousness to become increasingly blurred.

Covered in wounds, fragments of his internal organs spilled from his abdomen, and the last remaining blood oozed out uncontrollably. Xi Heng coughed up a small mouthful of blood and, with his last strength, murmured:

"This sword is called the Sword of Death."

All the power stored in the sword erupted instantly, and the expanding hidden force shattered the enemy's neck with overwhelming force.

A muffled thud came from the enemy's neck, and the spine was directly impacted by the blade. Even though he was a master of internal energy, his bones were cracked from the impact.

"Severed life?" Even with such severe injuries, Fang Tiande was still able to speak.

He smoothly raised his heavy left arm, wiped the blood trickling from the corner of his mouth, twisted his neck, and his gaze fell on Xi Heng:

"They are truly not to be underestimated... Even after the Bloodline Sword Sect was wiped out, there were still people who could forge the Sacrifice Sword and even have the opportunity to obtain the Blood Sea Technique."

"But you can't kill me with just this one sword strike, even if you use that blood poison, it's still the same!"

He grinned, chuckled a few times, and then grabbed the longsword that was stuck in his neck, slowly pulling it out.

"So what if my neck is broken? With just one burst of internal energy flowing through my entire body, I will still be free!"

"They didn't kill him...?"

These four words were the last thought in Xi Heng's mind.

Her vital energy had been completely depleted, her body was becoming increasingly weak, and her pupils were unfocused.

The red light in his eyes gradually faded, turning into the most lifeless gray.

When she came to her senses again, it was dark all around her, with only the words "Load Save" clearly visible in front of her.

She didn't click, but just sat there blankly, muttering to herself:

"They didn't kill him... And how does he know about the Blood Sea Technique?"

"Eh……?"

Xi Heng blinked, suddenly recalling what Zhao Wanli had once said:

Fang Tiande was originally a favored Taoist official in the palace. Perhaps he read the Blood Sea Great Art while searching for a way to become an immortal for Zhao Qianyuan.

"So what if he knows... He's not the only one who knows anyway."

Xi Heng shook his head, trying to shift his thoughts to how he could kill Fang Tiande.

"That sword strike just now was the limit of what I could achieve in this life. My blood and qi were ruptured, and I finally broke through the obstruction to unleash a fatal sword strike."

After using this move to end someone's life, regardless of whether the opponent lives or dies, she herself is certain to die.

His body was covered in wounds, his veins were severed, and he had used the Heavenly Demon Transformation and Bloodline Forbidden Technique.

Xi Heng slowly pondered how he could take it a step further.

"By reloading the save file and constantly killing in the cycle of life and death, I might be able to hone my killing sword intent to a higher level and perhaps even kill someone."

"The best outcome would be to kill Fang Tiande with my own hands without using the Bloodline Forbidden Technique or the Heavenly Demon Transformation, thus overcoming the current difficulty without having to die myself."

Xi Heng stood up and first glanced at the many square characters on the right.

Since neither her name nor her cultivation level had changed, she skipped over it.

Biological age: 18/18

Mental age: 25/970

Save opportunities: 0

Note: You will get one save opportunity when your realm is upgraded.

Before loading your save file, you can choose to keep one item you owned in your previous life, as well as your current cultivation level.

"The upper limit of physiological age is so low, it's exactly the same as the moment when I used the Deadly Technique to train myself to death."

Xi Heng turned his gaze downwards:

"And the upper limit of mental age has increased by ten years, probably because the improvement of sword intent has enhanced both mind and spirit?"

The save opportunity has already been used, so it's naturally gone.

However, save your items before loading the save file...

Xi Heng blinked:

"Can you simply keep the items in your inventory and copy them?"

She tried silently repeating the words "inventory," and indeed, the border and images of the inventory appeared before her eyes.

But when he reached out, his gray left hand couldn't grasp anything.

In reality, she could easily take out the items inside...

"Can't you?"

"Tsk."

Xi Heng wanted to replicate another full Blood Spirit Stone so he could use even more powerful spells later.

It seems that won't work now.

"Can I only keep the items I was carrying when I died? That's so troublesome." She thought back to what she had on her when she was alive.

A set of clothes, a long sword, and... and...

That seems to be all?

"Well……"

"The only things that can be preserved are the clothes and the sword?" Xi Heng sighed, rubbing his forehead.

If she had known it would turn out like this, she would have worn some rare treasures on her body before the battle today.

"Clothes are obviously out of the question; after breaking through the tornado, the entire garment was already tattered."

"Leave that sword behind."

Once she made up her mind, the pattern of the longsword was placed below the square characters.

The next moment, his right hand tapped the save/load button.

This time it didn't appear directly, but the familiar sense of distortion remained.

After clicking "load save", two small boxes appeared below, each displaying a lit image.

The first picture shows the jagged roof beams and fluttering spider webs, clearly a village hut at the foot of Yaowang Mountain.

The second image depicts a densely packed army arrayed in formation under the dim moonlight, with generals from both sides facing off at the front.

Xi Heng glanced at it and then naturally pressed the second picture.

Suddenly, everything in front of me seemed to be caught in a vortex, spinning and twisting, with layers of darkness appearing.

A refreshing, surging sensation enveloped my entire body. When I opened my eyes again, I found myself in a world completely different from the gray fog I had just been in.

The sound of burning fire behind them reached their ears, the wind howled, and the flags fluttered in the wind.

As before, she approached the generals of the Great Zhao, standing to the side and slowly drawing the blood-stained longsword from her waist.

"Zhao Wanli, instead of hiding behind the city walls like a coward, you dared to lead a mere few hundred men to charge into our position. You've committed a cardinal sin in military strategy!"

The sound of elephants trotting came from afar, and Fang Tiande appeared on the stage.

Xi Heng had heard this before.

The words repeated themselves in her ears, giving her the feeling of a movie replaying.

With his five fingers upright and his imposing figure still seated securely on the elephant-back chair, Fang Tiande exuded an aura of power as he looked down.

“Traitor Fang Tiande, you were originally a Daoist official under the former emperor…” Zhao Wanli began to rebuke the other party, just like before.

Xi Heng rubbed his ears calmly, waiting for the conversation to end.

If we could skip the cutscenes and start the battle right away, that would be great.

While waiting, she thought about how to make her move this time...

The previous attempt to pierce Fang Tiande's neck failed, so let's try piercing his heart this time.

No, the opponent can use his full internal energy to move his body, so even piercing his heart wouldn't be considered a serious injury.

Or should I pierce through the dantian?

It can be neutralized or hidden in the meridians and internal organs; breaking through the dantian is not very meaningful.

"Can we only kill him by exhausting all his internal energy and blood?" Xi Heng muttered to himself.

"Either let Zhao Wanli fight him until he runs out of ammunition and supplies, and then I'll step forward and strike with my sword... They've fought for so long without a clear winner, so their strength should be evenly matched, right?"

"This way, you could say I killed Fang Tiande with my own hands, even if it wasn't exactly honorable..."

Even so, Xi Heng always felt, perhaps from time to time, that Zhao Wanli's strength was slightly weaker than Fang Tiande's.

This time, Xi Heng planned to kill other ordinary internal energy martial artists first, and then use the Heavenly Demon Transformation and Bloodline Forbidden Technique to kill another rebel at the Transformation level.

Then, when Fang Tiande was almost exhausted, he killed him with a single sword stroke.

After devising the simplest plan, the rebel marshal at the front had already landed, and the surrounding generals were also rushing towards the government troops.

The officers and soldiers lined up in battle formation, and Xi Heng took half a step back, blocking everyone in front of him.

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