Chapter 83: Scaring Away the Demonic Cults
"This Deadly Celestial Sword is too scary!"
"Both Blood Saber Sect's Blood Raiment Prince and Mount White Camel Villa's Ouyang Jue were killed by him, and now, even a second-rate expert like Elder Xu has fallen to his sword!"
"If he continues like this, won't I be eventually killed by him as well?"
As Ao Wufa talked to himself, he imagined the possibility of being slain by Lin Yi.
The more he thought about it, the more he felt it was going to happen. Eventually, his eyes started darting around suspiciously, as he was afraid that Lin Yi would suddenly appear to kill him.
Gazing at the battlefield where there was hardly any progress, Ao Wufa ordered in a fearful and hasty tone: "Retreat, hurry up and retreat! Without the assistance of Elder Xu, we won't have any advantage against the righteous faction. In contrast, they have Deadly Celestial Sword."
"Even Elder Xu was killed by him!"
"If he appeared here…"
Everyone's expressions changed upon hearing his words.
They saw clearly how Old Demon Xu slaughtered hundreds of major sect disciples as if they were mere livestock.
If Deadly Celestial Sword who was capable of killing Old Demon Xu appeared now, who would be able to stop him?
Thinking of this, all the geniuses from various sects near Ao Wufa hurriedly took their leave and bid their goodbyes. They had no intention of dying like Blood Raiment Prince or Ouyang Jue.
Wuuu! Wuuu!
The low-pitched wail of a horn sounded and the demonic cult disciples in the middle of attacking the righteous faction were stunned. Very soon, all of them started retreating quickly without any hesitation.
In just a short while, the huge numbers of demonic cult disciples were nowhere to be seen.
……
At the camp of the forces led by three major sects.
The Emei disciples saw the demonic cult disciples suddenly retreat hastily and their faces were filled with surprise and suspicion.
"Senior Sister, the demonic cult disciples have retreated!" An Emei disciple reported to their leader.
The leader of Emei disciples frowned and asked: "What happened? The demonic cult disciples had gained the upper hand in this battle, why would they suddenly retreat?"
"I"m not sure why either!"
Numerous Emei disciples shook their heads.
"Ask those from Wudang, they should know why." A suggestion came from one of the disciples.
The leader nodded and a disciple immediately went off to ask the Wudang disciples.
However, they had no idea why it happened as well. It was the same for Qingcheng.
The demonic cult disciples had retreated hastily as if they were fleeing for their lives, but why?
"Could it be that they are plotting some sinister schemes again?"
"It is possible! The demonic cult disciples are cunning and unscrupulous, and it was their scheme which led to the great defeat of the force led by Shaolin. Hundreds of major sect disciples were even hunted down by the second-rate expert Old Demon Xu, and only a handful survived."
Old Demon Xu, second-rate expert!
These two phrases placed the three sects in great fear.
From the recounting of the survivors, Old Demon Xu was extremely terrifying, and the disciples from major sects such as Shaolin, Quanzhen, Duan Clan, and Murong Clan were all killed within three moves and had their hearts ripped out and eaten.
At this moment, cheers could be heard among the righteous sect disciples.
"Senior Sister, there's news!"
An Emei disciple shouted with joy as she ran towards the leader.
"What news?"
"News regarding the retreat of the demonic cult disciples!"
The disciple was excited to the point that she was nearly breathless and unable to speak.
"Talk slowly."
"Senior Sister, the disciples who fought on the frontlines said that they heard with their own ears that the demonic cult disciples had received news of Old Demon Xu being slain by Huashan's Deadly Celestial Sword Lin Yi!"
"What?!"
All the major sect disciples present perked up upon hearing those words.
"Is this information correct?"
"Absolutely!" The Emei disciple swore on the authenticity of the information.
Gasps of surprise could be heard all around.
They were all shocked by the news and looked at each other.
"This is too unbelievable, Deadly Celestial Sword is actually capable of killing Old Demon Xu!"
"That's right. What kind of person is Old Demon Xu? The great devil from the demonic faction who's a second-rate expert and who also slaughtered hundreds of major sect disciples easily! But he was actually slain by Huashan's Lin Yi!"
"If I didn't remember wrongly, Lin Yi is also a third-rate expert like us right?"
"Now that you mention it, this Lin Yi is such a monster!"
"He has truly succeeded at surpassing his own level to defeat a higher-classed opponent! To think that the rumors of him fighting higher-classed opponents were true!"
"That's what you call a peerless genius! An existence which others can only look on from far away!"
The entire camp was thrown into a commotion as incredulous cries were heard everywhere.
"No matter what, although the demonic cult disciples have retreated because of Lin Yi, it is still very dangerous here. We need to return to Lanzhou City as soon as possible!"
"Yes, who knows if they will suddenly return? Let's go back!"
"Everyone retreat!"
"Although this great battle did not end in victory or defeat, now that a peerless genius has appeared in our righteous faction, it is good enough to consider it a victory for us!"
"That's right, we won! This isn't retreating, this is a victorious return!"
"Haha, a victorious return indeed!"
The disciples laughed with great joy.
Although they had disheveled looks and resembled beggars, they were all in a great mood.
As the command passed down, more than ten thousand members of the righteous faction happily made their way back to Lanzhou City.
……
When they reached Lanzhou City, the entire city was in a state of emergency.
The news of the defeat of the Shaolin led force had reached the city and everyone was filled with fear.
As a result, they nervously shut the gates and took up defensive positions.
But now, at the sight of more than ten thousand righteous sect disciples joyfully returning to the city as if they had just achieved a great victory, they were shocked.
Upon finally receiving the news that Huashan's Lin Yi had killed Old Demon Xu, they were all dumbfounded.
Surpassing one's level!
It was the rise of a peerless genius!
As the gates were opened, the city was filled with joyful cheers everywhere.
Every street and alley of the city.
Whether it be people of Jianghu or ordinary people, men or women, old or young.
Everyone was talking about Lin Yi's feat of killing Old Demon Xu.
Business was booming for the storytellers!
The excited voices of the storytellers could be heard.
"As it so happened, Huashan's Deadly Celestial Sword, Young Hero Lin Yi, encountered Old Demon Xu hunting down the major sect disciples and saw him killing one of those disciples as well as ripping out the heart to eat it. On the spot, Young Hero Lin Yi was filled with righteous fury! Drawing his sword, he immediately used the famous superior sword art Deadly Chain of Three Celestial Swords to attack Old Demon Xu!"
"……"
"In just the blink of an eye, Young Hero Lin Yi's companions were all heavily injured by Old Demon Xu. Without a care for his own safety, Young Hero Lin Yi attempted to perish together with Old Demon Xu using a fierce move!"
"You might think that Old Demon Xu is a great devil, but he was actually a coward who feared death. Would he dare to perish together with Young Hero Lin Yi? Therefore, he gave up trying to kill the other disciples of the Five Mountain Sword Sects and started to retreat slowly. By doing so, he had fallen into the trap set up by Young Hero Lin Yi."
"Immediately, Young Hero Lin Yi used his greatest killer techniques, the Three Celestial Swords!"
"Although it was only three moves, each move was stronger than the last, and the power was overwhelming! Old Demon Xu was killed on the spot!"
"Young Hero Lin Yi managed to take revenge for the hundreds of major sect disciples who died at the hands of Old Demon Xu! Young Hero Lin Yi is a great hero and a true hero!"
The story of "Young Hero Lin Yi Slays the Devil with Three Swords" thus ends.
Cheers erupted from the audience.
"Great, great storytelling!"
"Feels so good to know that he killed Old Demon Xu and took revenge for the hundreds who died!"
"Young Hero Lin Yi has superb skills and is filled with justice and righteousness. His existence is a good fortune for the righteous faction!"
"Not only that, by slaying the devil, he scared off the great army of the demonic faction and saved the hundreds of thousands of lives in Lanzhou City! Young Hero Lin Yi is the great hero of Lanzhou City!"
Everyone was busy heaping praises on Young Hero Lin Yi.
Some distance away from the crowd, a youth in white smiled faintly as he heard the praises and left with his head lowered.