novelraw Chapter 24 : Chapter 24
Chapter 24 : Chapter 24
Chapter 24 : Victory and Defeat are Decided
Unable to dodge, and not feeling the need to dodge at all, the Demonic Cult member was solidly stabbed in the back of the heart by Xun Qiu's sword.
Although it was somewhat inferior to the Tai Xuan disciple's sword, the faint, sinister intent of death could not be faked.
His newly born body was about to be cut in two and turned into flying ash in an instant.
But the Demonic Cult member was someone who had fought his way out of the harsh environment of the Southern Border.
At the critical moment, his rich experience saved his life; he released his true qi, actively destroying the ground under his feet, and allowed himself to be sent flying backwards by the blow.
The Tai Xuan disciple's “Myriad Things Ninefold Likeness” condensed all his true qi into a single line.
If it had been him who had launched the sneak attack just now, the Demonic Cult member would have died even if he had an extra life.
But Xun Qiu had only imitated the “Myriad Things Ninefold Likeness” through her comprehension.
Of its essence and spirit, she retained less than five-tenths.
When she made her move, she inevitably wasted some true qi, and this wasted true qi also bombarded the Demonic Cult member's body as she moved, allowing him to save his life.
With a successful strike, the three people on the field fell into a strange stalemate.
On Xun Qiu's side, because she had made a hasty move with the true qi she had just recovered, she no longer had the strength to pursue and could only pause to rest for a few seconds.
On the side of the Tai Xuan disciple and the Demonic Cult member, they were both a little dumbfounded.
The former couldn't figure out how Xun Qiu had used the “Myriad Things Ninefold Likeness.”
This was one of the strongest killing moves in the Tai Xuan Heart Sutra.
It used the Tai Xuan true qi, which encompassed the principles of all things, to simulate the nine states of the transformation of things, creating nine kinds of sword intent.
Each kind of sword intent could also be divided into nine subtle differences, for a total of eighty-one variations.
The principles and divine intent within were extremely abstruse.
He had painstakingly comprehended it for ten years before achieving some results, being able to transform Tai Xuan true qi into a sinister intent of death.
And Xun Qiu had she known and seen this move for even a quarter of an hour?
He already knew the truth, but for a moment, he still couldn't accept it.
He was struggling with himself in his heart and was unable to react much.
On the Demonic Cult member's side, as the one who was hit, he was very clear about Xun Qiu's state.
He knew that this little girl was only at the Lower Five Realms cultivation, with a chasm separating her from the Middle Four Realms.
Although her amount of true qi was frighteningly large, that blow just now should have completely exhausted her true qi.
On the other hand, if she also knew this move, why didn't she use it when they were pincer-attacking him before?
Could it be that she had just learned it?
What a joke.
The Demonic Cult member was wary of this strange person, Xun Qiu, for a moment, and even began to wonder if she was the biological child of some elder in the Tai Xuan Sect and was carrying a rare magical artifact or even an immortal artifact, which was why she could do such a thing.
A thought of retreat began to sprout in his heart.
His pursuit and killing of the Tai Xuan disciple was supposed to be a sure-win deal.
Now, most of the righteous experts of the Central Continent had gone to intercept the Demonic Cult's main army, so the risk of him going deep alone was very small.
And killing a Tai Xuan disciple was a great merit.
One must know that the Tai Xuan Sect was the head of the twelve sects of the righteous path and followed an elite-oriented route.
Every disciple was guaranteed to become a cultivator of the Eighth Realm, and was a thorn in the side of the Demonic Cult.
If he killed one in advance, he would definitely be rewarded when he returned.
But now that he had lost his Spirit Gu and Life Gu, and might have completely offended a certain righteous expert, he had to start considering retreating.
On the other side, Xun Qiu didn't see that the Demonic Cult member wanted to run, but even if she knew, she wouldn't let him leave.
She immediately turned her head and said:
“How much true qi do you have left? Transfer it all to me.”
The Tai Xuan disciple immediately came back to his senses.
Without any hesitation, his right hand rested on her left shoulder, and all of his remaining Tai Xuan true qi was poured into Xun Qiu's body.
Xun Qiu rarely spoke nonsense when fighting.
The Demonic Cult member instinctively saw a flash before his eyes, and her figure was close again.
Her right hand was raised, still a longsword condensed from true qi, still the vast Tai Xuan true qi, and still the “Myriad Things Ninefold Likeness” where the intent of death sprouted from the ultimate softness.
The Demonic Cult member immediately erupted with true qi to block.
He didn't know how Xun Qiu was able to recover her true qi so quickly, but he knew that this kind of method could not last long, so he decided to adopt a "stalling" tactic.
The first sword, he was prepared, had anticipated it, and blocked it without any danger.
However, Xun Qiu did not pause in the slightest.
Her true qi erupted again, and the longsword was extended, still the “Myriad Things Ninefold Likeness”
The second sword, the Demonic Cult member felt it was extremely tricky, but he was experienced in fighting enemies.
He immediately chose to sever his arm to escape, trading an injury for true qi.
In this kind of close combat, the fluctuations of true qi between them could not be hidden from each other at all.
He could therefore clearly feel Xun Qiu's terrifying true qi recovery speed, as if all the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was rushing towards her.
Her recovery speed was a hundred times faster than his, who cultivated demonic arts.
But in a close-quarters battle where every second counted, this speed could only barely offset the consumption.
The Demonic Cult member's confidence increased greatly for a moment.
He believed that Xun Qiu would be completely exhausted after two or three more swords, and he already had victory in his grasp.
Xun Qiu's expression was blank, her movements still unceasing, making it impossible to guess her thoughts.
The third sword, the Demonic Cult member summoned his already incomplete long saber and blocked it at the cost of its complete shattering.
The fourth sword, he took a risky move, actively receiving it with a non-fatal part of his body, saving the little true qi he had left.
Half of his body disappeared because of this.
The Demonic Cult member vaguely realized that there was probably no such thing as a spiritual or immortal artifact.
The terror of Xun Qiu's qi recovery speed was entirely due to herself.
Xun Qiu had only brought a set of clothes to this battle.
Yun Qingping's jade pendant had been left at the Su Residence to prevent any accidental loss or damage.
He was horrified in his heart.
He changed his tactics and took the initiative to attack, launching a powerful punch that forced Xun Qiu to block with her sword.
Although she had been delivering one sword after another, each sword more powerful than the last, and each time consuming less true qi than the last, improving her “Myriad Things Ninefold Likeness” at a speed visible to the naked eye, it still couldn't make up for the consumption.
This punch, he relied entirely on physical strength, without using true qi.
With this increase and decrease, the gap in true qi between the two of them narrowed considerably at once.
Sensing his thoughts, Xun Qiu erupted with true qi again, still “Myriad Things Ninefold Likeness”
Is this the only move you know, you motherfucker?
The Demonic Cult member also erupted with true qi, connecting and dodging, and perilously blocked the blow.
A lot of joy immediately arose in his heart.
He could see clearly that this sword had completely exhausted Xun Qiu's true qi.
No matter how fast her qi recovery speed was, she still needed two or three seconds to gather the next sword, while he still had strength to spare.
He threw a punch, about to rely on his physical advantage to kill Xun Qiu, but suddenly he saw her eyes.
Calm, unruffled, like a pool of stagnant water.
Her gaze was not even on him, as if she was immersed in her own world.
Before he could figure out what Xun Qiu was doing, he felt the true qi on her body erupt again, even stronger and purer than before.
Where the hell did this true qi come from?
The Demonic Cult member's face contorted, as if he had seen someone who couldn't beat him, so they had turned around and bought a cheat in the middle of the game.
A curse was about to leave his lips.
But Xun Qiu did not give him this chance.
He had used up all his true qi and had no room to change his move.
Xun Qiu's true qi erupted, and with a tap of her foot and a tilt of her body, she dodged.
Then, her right hand was raised, the sinister intent of death sprouted, already reaching the realm of transformation, able to be released and retracted at will.
The “Myriad Things Ninefold Likeness” was released with her fingers, and it poked at the back of his head, at the Spirit Gu that carried his soul.
The Demonic Cult member's body trembled, and he couldn't hold on any longer and fell.
As he felt his life slipping away, he couldn't help but ask the question from just now.
Xun Qiu glanced at him:
“The essence of the Tai Xuan Heart Sutra is the way of nature, the cycle of all things, the transformation between each other, Since one can use true qi as fuel to exchange for a sinister sword intent, there is no reason why one cannot use one's realm as fuel to exchange for true qi. As you can see, I am an ordinary person now.”
The Demonic Cult member understood in his heart and closed his eyes in peace.
“Damn it, to be able to do something like this, your skills are superior…”