Vol 2 Chapter 52.1 (1/2)

Chapter 52.1

Book 2 - Fame Spreads

Chapter 52.1 - Strangling

A gentle breeze blew across, and He Yiming, along with Reclining Moon Blade, seemingly weightless, drifted along with this wind.

His eyes were faintly closed as he attentively perceived the left behind odor in the air.

Losing an arm, Lu Xinwen escaped as if nothing had occurred. Perhaps others might not be able to see through, but He Yiming clearly sensed that vigorous, almost overflowing life force inside Lu Xinwen’s body thoroughly severed by the blade strike.

The might of this blade light could reach such a level, even He Yiming hadn’t expected so.

Of course, if Lu Xinwen hadn’t probed He Yiming beforehand, resulting him being unable to antic.i.p.ate such a deeply concealed ace in He Yiming’s a.r.s.enal, he wouldn’t have died from what seemed like almost a hidden attack.

For this old man, He Yiming actually felt high admiration.

Even after his bodily functions were practically disabled in entirety, he was able to grab an individual and escape with an inhumane speed. Such a feat was far beyond what an ordinary individual could hope to achieve.

Perhaps, it was this perseverance and undying will that allowed him to have the qualifications to ascend to the Xiantian realm.

After a few moments, He Yiming’s eyes slightly opened. Through the means of left behind odor, he’d determined the direction in which Lu Xinwen had escaped, and moreover it was becoming stronger every pa.s.sing moment, implying that he’d arrived in his vicinity.

Of course, the odor of death pervading the air was also becoming increasingly strong, indicating that Lu Xinwen would not be able to hold out much longer.

With a thought, the Xiantian True Qi inside He Yiming’s body began to surge.

Strands of True Qi churned through the acupoints like flowing water, and in the wake of the True Qi flow, He Yiming’s body also underwent an inconceivable transformation.

His facial muscles began to rapidly wither, and arms and legs transformed into tree trunk like structures. From his external appearance, he simply seemed to have changed into a different person.

Upon entering the Xiantian realm, Xu family’s Withered Tree technique seemed to be becoming increasingly unfathomable. When the True Qi circulated following the course of this technique, He Yiming’s body didn’t look any different from a wooden stake.

A heavy odor dispersed out of his body. This odor was completely different than that of one from the body of a human, and instead had no difference compared to that of his mountainous surroundings.

If a Xiantian cultivator were to arrive before him with eyes closed at this moment, nine out of ten times he would treat He Yiming as a incomparably ancient, millenniums old tree.

Lu Xinwen had previously used strong True Qi while at death’s door, the last sun ray of the setting sun, to probe his surroundings.

The reason he’d handed over his sheepskin scroll and history to Fan Vastsun was because at this place, there was n.o.body else, and more importantly, he deeply believed that He Yiming hadn’t chased after them.

For He Yiming’s body to support both water and earth type techniques was already an exceptional feat. Therefore, Lu Xinwen had specifically looked for water and earth attributed powers. If He Yiming were to approach him, the water and earth type odor surrounding his body would intensify by hundred folds compared to the other regions.

When He Yiming pushed the Withered Tree technique higher, although the earth attributed odor surrounding his body was as intense as the brilliance of a lamp in dark, regardless of how Lu Xinwen could think, he could never imagine that it was He Yiming.

Since he couldn’t perceive any extreme change in the odor pe