NOVEL NEXT Chapter 113:
Chapter 113:
Xiao Yang initially planned to beat Ming He and Yin Yue into submission, capture them, and throw them in front of Qin Fei, forcing him to personally kill his protectors. However, to his surprise, the two fled without hesitation.
Disappointed, Xiao Yang was about to leave when the situation took a sudden turn. Li Kuang, the Blade Demon, unexpectedly appeared.
Li Kuang, Qin Fei’s maternal uncle, was thought to have been buried in the underground blood pool. Yet not only had he survived, but he had also repaired his dantian and regained his cultivation.
Now, fortified by the power of the blood core, Li Kuang had fused demonic and monstrous energies, making him even more powerful and bloodthirsty than before. Killing intent surged around him like a storm.
This was even better.
Xiao Yang couldn’t contain his excitement. In his mind, he had already envisioned the scene where Qin Fei, before everyone, would be forced to kill his own uncle with his own hands. The thought alone thrilled him.
The last time, Qin Fei had been compelled to kill You Ying, someone who had practically raised him and was like family. But this time was different.
“Qin Fei, this time, I’ll make you kill your closest blood relative,” Xiao Yang thought.
At that moment, Li Kuang let out a furious roar and charged at him. A foul wind accompanied his blood-red demonic aura as he lunged forward.
“Good timing!” Xiao Yang smirked.
Li Kuang extended his right hand, his sharp claws aiming for Xiao Yang’s throat. Xiao Yang took a half-step back, causing Li Kuang’s attack to miss. In the next moment, Xiao Yang threw a punch.
A deep roar of a beast echoed in the air. A powerful beastly shadow emerged from Xiao Yang’s right arm and pounced on Li Kuang. Flames erupted like a tidal wave, engulfing Li Kuang in an instant.
With a muffled sound, a figure flew out of the flames and landed heavily.
“Who are you?” Li Kuang steadied himself, glaring at the masked figure with a mix of shock and fury.
Previously, Xiao Yang, wearing his golden dragon-patterned mask, had destroyed Li Kuang’s dantian in the underground blood pool. As a result, Li Kuang had no idea that the person behind the mask was Xiao Yang.
Meanwhile, Jiang Ting, Qin Fei, and the others believed Xiao Yang was imitating the mysterious Sword Saint who had appeared in the North Mountain Spirit Vein of Yuanlong City.
“I’m the one who will kill you,” Xiao Yang declared, throwing another punch. The fiery shadow of the Fire Lin Beast reappeared in the void, charging fiercely at Li Kuang.
This punch was a combination of Xiao Yang’s strength and the power of the Fire Lin Beast. The moment he struck, the void before him trembled. Ripples spread outward like waves in clear water, distorting the air.
“Damn it!” Li Kuang growled, clenching his hands in the air. A blood-red blade materialized in his grasp. Holding the blade with both hands, he slashed at the approaching Fire Lin Beast shadow with all his might.
“Slash!”
The slash seemed to split the heavens and the earth in two. The blood-red blade light surged forward with unparalleled force, tearing through the void. The power of the blade shook the heavens and earth, stunning Lei Lie, who was watching from afar.
It was now clear to Lei Lie that during their earlier fight, Li Kuang hadn’t even used his full strength.
However, drawing a blade before the Sword Saint was courting death.
The blood-red blade light cleaved through the shadow of the Fire Lin Beast, dispersing it into the void. Then, the blade light continued toward Xiao Yang.
Xiao Yang raised his right hand, forming a sword gesture with his fingers.
“Rise, Heaven-Suppressing Sword!” he intoned.
In that instant, his aura transformed. He seemed to become an unsheathed celestial sword, stealing the brilliance of the heavens and earth. Sword intent erupted from him, drawing the spiritual energy of the surrounding heavens and earth to his fingertips.
In a single motion, Xiao Yang’s sword fingers touched the oncoming blade light.
The overwhelming blood-red blade light shattered into countless fragments, dissipating into the void.
“How… how is this possible?” Li Kuang’s expression changed drastically. No one understood the power of his blade better than he did. Yet this masked man had effortlessly destroyed it with a single gesture.
Even Lei Lie, though shocked, wasn’t surprised. In his mind, the masked man was the legendary Sword Saint, who had once drained an entire spiritual vein to forge a saintly artifact. Compared to the Sword Saint, Li Kuang was nothing but an insect. Even the Fire Lin Beast accompanying the Sword Saint could have defeated him.
“Blood Shadow Clones, Ten Frenzied Demon Slashes!” Li Kuang roared in desperation, unleashing his full strength. Blood-red energy burst from his body, forming ten shadowy clones. Each clone exuded terrifying demonic energy, surrounding Xiao Yang in an instant.
The sky turned crimson as the overwhelming demonic aura filled the air. A nauseating stench of blood spread through the void.
With a loud cry, the ten clones attacked simultaneously, unleashing ten earth-shattering blade slashes that sealed off all of Xiao Yang’s escape routes.
“This is true strength,” Lei Lie murmured in awe, realizing the vast gap between himself and Li Kuang.
Xiao Yang, however, smiled faintly. “Now this is getting interesting.”
Finally taking the fight seriously, Xiao Yang unleashed his power. The forces of ice and fire erupted from his body. The Taiyin Dragon Pearl and True Yang Sword Essence spun within his dantian, forming a mystical yin-yang diagram that radiated immense energy.
“Yin and Yang in harmony, the sword suppresses all…” Xiao Yang murmured.
He unleashed the Heaven-Suppressing Sword Art, wielding its immense yin-yang power. Sword intent at the tenth level burst forth from his body.
A resonant sword hum echoed across the heavens. Twin sword lights of ice and fire shot out, obliterating everything in their path.
The devastating power of the ice and fire swords shredded Li Kuang’s ten blood-red blade slashes into pieces. In a single move, Xiao Yang destroyed Li Kuang’s ultimate technique.
Seeing his attack fail, Li Kuang turned and fled as a streak of blood-red light.
“You’re not getting away!” Xiao Yang shouted.
He transformed into a sword light and gave chase. Li Kuang, having absorbed the power of the blood pool, needed to devour the life force of others to heal his injuries. If he escaped, countless lives would be at risk.
Moreover, Xiao Yang was determined to force Qin Fei to kill his uncle with his own hands.
As Xiao Yang pursued Li Kuang, two sword lights streaked across the sky, arriving from the distance. The immense sword aura shook the heavens.
“They’re finally here,” Lei Lie muttered, coughing up blood as his internal energy surged out of control. He quickly suppressed it.
“Junior Brother Lei, are you alright?”
The sword lights faded, revealing two figures—Elder Cang Xiao and a white-haired elder with a youthful face. Lei Lie relaxed at their arrival, but his body couldn’t take it anymore, and he collapsed.
Meanwhile, Xiao Yang continued his relentless pursuit of Li Kuang. Before long, a city appeared ahead, and Li Kuang, still in his blood-red form, plunged into it.
Xiao Yang gritted his teeth in frustration.
With so many people in the city, finding Li Kuang would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.