novelraw Chapter 927 788: One Man
Chapter 927 788: One Man
Upon hearing the target had arrived, Xi Chu instantly showed a fighting spirit, clearly indicating he wanted to let me go.
Blue Child immediately warned, "Shi Chun has continuously defeated several experts on the way. The Command Center repeatedly reminded us to be cautious of the 'Three Corpses Mirror' and the 'Soul-breaking Bell'. These treasures are not to be taken lightly."
Xi Chu said, "Rest assured, Brother Lan. I won't gamble with my life. The skill of the 'Three Corpses Mirror' merely uses black light to entrap people, but I have cultivated the 'Sword Control and Light Splitting Skill', so the black light cannot cover me. As for the 'Soul-breaking Bell' that confuses the mind, I'll first seal my hearing. What can it do to me?"
Seeing him so confident, the three who were eager to share the credit were naturally jubilant.
Blue Child paused, reminding, "Remember, the Command Center wants him alive."
"I will not fail the mission!" Xi Chu confidently cupped his hands.
Then, the colorful flood dragon beneath Blue Child's feet began to exhale clouds and mist, instantly absorbing the cloud cluster surrounding them. Afterward, the flood dragon departed from the group, flying alone in the sky.
In the distance, a black dot gradually enlarged in their view. It was Shi Chun's group riding the Qilin A San at full speed.
The latter also saw them, and Qilin A San repeated its old phrase, "Master, it seems someone is blocking the way ahead. Shall we bypass them?"
Shi Chun, not wanting trouble, decisively said, "Bypass them."
So, Qilin A San once again veered off course, but the interceptors ahead also adjusted their positions, evidently determined to block them.
Shi Chun frowned, confirming that trouble had indeed arrived again.
On the other side, Xi Chu was unwilling to play hide-and-seek any longer. He hooked his middle fingers with his hands, placed three fingers upright by his ears, instantly sealing his hearing. With a 'clang', the sword unsheathed behind him, landing in his hand. He swung the sword, sending out a wave of Sword Qi stretching ten miles, propelling himself into the sky.
Qilin A San dodged sideways, avoiding the Sword Qi cutting through the air, yet still felt the aftermath spreading like a raging tide.
In the mirror image of the Five Command Centers, seeing the phantoms ripple like waves, they immediately knew interceptors had appeared again. However, since they couldn't see it in the mirror image, those controlling it quickly zoomed out the images of Shi Chun's group, expanding the observation range, quickly spotting the interceptors and zooming in for focused observation.
East Victory Command Center, Wei Mo didn't need to zoom in to see; he already knew who the interceptors were.
Before the outcome was determined, the Commander's face was very grim. The actual abilities Shi Chun exhibited had been continuously raising in weight in his mind.
Earlier, he harbored feelings of anger and resentment towards Shi Chun, but now, those negative emotions had been shattered by Shi Chun himself. No matter how great the resentment, when faced step by step, it would eventually become insignificant.
Seeing the bizarrely dressed, blue-clad person among the interceptors, Manxi's face suddenly changed, "Not good, it's Zhechun Valley's Blue Child. It's not yet the time for the final battle, and yet Wei Mo has already deployed him. He truly values Shi Chun highly."
Although unfamiliar, Mulan Jin's face also darkened instantly upon hearing the name, realizing the origins due to her daughter's attention to the participants' list. She felt equally surprised, knowing that this poison stuff had no sense of depth.
Manxi suddenly shouted again, "The one making a move is Xi Chu from Immortal Sword City. Wei Mo has truly invested heavily."
As he spoke, Xi Chu, who had ascended high into the sky, was already wielding his sword, suddenly descending. His falling speed increased, eventually transforming into a light-streaming phantom, akin to a celestial being descending, heading straight for Shi Chun.
Its momentum seemed capable of penetrating the earth. If hit, even those who entered the Heavenly Immortal Realm would likely be injured.
Strangely, in the face of such a powerful attack, no one in front of the mirror image felt worried for Shi Chun.
Mu Lanqing was also a bit surprised, finding it odd that she wasn't worried about her daughter's safety.
All the big mirror images followed Xi Chu.
Shi Chun's gaze also locked onto the shooting light stream, turning his hand to reveal the 'Three Corpses Mirror', calmly shooting out a beam of black light, instantly enveloping the attacking Xi Chu. Qilin A San then dodged sideways with him.
Regardless of whether it's a singular trick, as long as it's effective, there's no reason not to use it.
Enveloped in the black light, Xi Chu didn't panic, quickly changing his move, holding his sword to cast a spell. The sword light greatly intensified, suddenly splitting into six, seemingly disassembling even himself, transforming into six streams of light shooting in different directions.
This was what he called the 'Sword Control and Light Splitting Skill'.
Seeing first the black light, the allies behind were tense, but upon seeing five sword light figures shoot out from within the black light, they cheered excitedly.
Even Blue Child had to praise, "So that's how it is, Brother Xi really has a trick."
The face of Mu Lan Jin in front of the mirror image slightly changed; Manxi also said deeply, "Not good, Xi Chu seems capable of breaking this mirror light, no wonder he dared to lead the charge."
Others in front of the Command Center mirror images also suddenly realized, but soon they were all startled again. They only saw Shi Chun directing the black light to other places, not going after the five sword light figures.
For Shi Chun, he didn't care if his opponent had transformed into several streams of light. The moving mirror light in his hand only focused on one, maneuvering Qilin A San to rush into the sky, intercepting the stream of light passing above.
To be precise, he wasn't intercepting the light stream. In his right eye's superpower view, there were no light streams, only living human figures.
The target was clear from start to finish, the dark glow appeared, without any disarray from beginning to end.
Xi Chu, who used the Sword Light Clone Skill, discovered that it was still pitch black in front of him, feeling uneasy immediately. He had heard warnings before, and his entire mana surged recklessly in all directions. Simultaneously, he attempted to use the clone skill again, but it was already too late.
He charged in swiftly, and Shi Chun, riding Qilin A San, intercepted at no slower speed. The latter swung a blade to slash through the incoming mana, relying on layers of defense to charge forward against the trend, with explosive sounds like thunder in front of him.
Even with Shi Chun's protection, Mulan Qingqing felt like a lone boat amidst the stormy waves.
In the instant both sides crossed, Xi Chu's vision suddenly cleared, and the scenery of the outside world reappeared. But what came next was the fierce impact when his back's defense was broken, along with a cold sensation of pain. His strength instantaneously felt like a deflated balloon, wanting desperately to muster up, yet unable to resist the leaking force.
The spectators in front of the mirror image saw it clearly. Shi Chun, on horseback, raised his blade, twisting his body to slash backward. Xi Chu, just revealed from the dark glow, was struck diagonally in the back. Though his body wasn't split open directly, as he and the blade parted, a torrent of blood gushed wildly from the wound.
Shi Chun, looking back, was slightly alarmed. The opponent's cultivation was indeed formidable. Even under immense pressure, he managed to break the resistance but still caused a delay, almost causing him to miss the slash.
Still, he followed up with another backward slash, and only then did the blade hit the target.
The sensation of the slash told him the depth of the strike. No need to continue fighting; he hurriedly rode Qilin A San away without looking back, maintaining his approach of avoiding unnecessary trouble and continued to bypass the people ahead.
He also noticed that colorful flood-dragon flying chaotically across the sky but didn't know what it was doing. Through the right eye superpower, he saw an extra faint gray mist in the void, seemingly related to the flood-dragon.
Suspecting something unusual about the color, he instinctively cast a defensive spell. Seeing the body-covering green qi could block the color, he felt at ease protecting Qilin A San and Mulan Qingqing as they continued their detour.
The blood-spattering figure of Xi Chu traced an arc toward the ground.
"Heh, heh heh..." Manxi, in front of the mirror image, laughed in a way that the smile did not reach his eyes, his mutton-chop whiskers twitching.
Mulan Jin, however, was fixated on Mulan Qingqing's subconscious action of tilting her head and leaning against Shi Chun's back.
The audience in front of the other mirrors was silent. Wei Mo, with tense lips, revealed a sense of not being entirely surprised.
"..." Blue Child and others, with looks of astonishment, were also dead silent.
No one expected Xi Chu to be cut down by Shi Chun in a single encounter. No one expected that what they had heard would happen here, on their side.
"Why aren't you rushing to save him?" Blue Child suddenly shouted.
Only then did the three people next to him react, hurrying one by one to the ground to retrieve Xi Chu's body, uncertain whether it could still be saved.
Indeed, they all went one after another, each taking the opportunity to avoid the battle, all frightened.
A master of the Earth Immortal Great Success Realm, and a prominent one at that, was cut down in a single encounter, it's no wonder they were afraid. Just like the earlier Beiju, Nanshan, and West Ox people, they no longer dared to hinder.
Blue Child then summoned the flood-dragon to pursue Shi Chun together, but the distance gradually widened, unable to match the speed of Qilin A San.
Soon, he took out a Mother-child Talisman to check; it was a message from the Command Center, asking: How is it going? Have you made your move?
Blue Child replied: Already made a move, it should have corroded and broken the target's mana defense, but no abnormal reaction was visible on the target. Suspecting the target might have a detoxification artifact, let me continue tracking.
Tao Zhi conveyed the message to Wei Mo, who, after reading it, said slowly: "If Mulan Jin's daughter has a detoxification artifact, it's not surprising. Tell him to be cautious and not to overdo it."
Watching the images in the mirror, with one figure chasing another, Nanshan Commander Ming Chaofeng shook his head slightly, "Zhechun Valley, Shi Chun, these two names put together, indeed have a deep meaning."
Pu Gong said, "Again, Immortal Sword City, again, someone from Zhechun Valley. All the favors Wei Mo accumulated as territorial governor must be used up this time. Fortunately, Zhechun Valley publicly declared they would only act for the East Victory Team three times. Logically, they shouldn't break their word, and this counts as one of those times."
Ming Chaofeng: "Breaking the promise is unlikely, or they wouldn't have said that those poisoned can find Blue Child and pledge not to participate in the competition again, and Blue Child would detoxify them. Ultimately, they dare not offend too many people, as so many major sect disciples have joined the battle. To really break their word, Granny Zhechun's life might not be tough enough."
In the Beiju Team Central, Lan She, staring at Blue Child's figure in the mirror, suddenly turned and said, "Ask where Su Jikuan is, remind him to be wary of Blue Child, not to clash head-on with that old venom, and if uncertain, let him avoid for now."
Next to him, Xiao Ruomei complied immediately. After contacting, she suddenly looked up and said, "He said he has already arrived early, telling the commander not to worry, saying whether it's bronze mirrors or bells, they are just scrap in his eyes. He'll deal with Shi Chun and give the commander an explanation!"
With these words, Lan She immediately focused on the mirror, expectant and excited. His top general had finally arrived before others. The deaths of his two junior brothers always weighed on him, now transforming into a vicious smile at the corner of his lips.
Riding swiftly through the air on Qilin A San, Shi Chun finally shook off the pursuit of those in blue, only to see someone emerge ahead, alone.
He saw Su Jikuan.
But he didn't know Su Jikuan.
Separated by distance, Mulan Qingqing couldn't use the Dharma Eye to see clearly.
A man stood alone in the air, dressed in white beneath a black cloak, robes fluttering, long hair flowing with the wind, features handsome, with sword-like eyebrows and thin lips. Although two fingers had been forced to break, the air of disdain between his brows and eyes remained, the whole person still looking clean and refreshing, with unyielding pride.