657 Despicable Means (1/2)

An evil aura immediately enveloped the entire plaza!

With the instinct of an expert, Shui WuBo immediately felt that something was wrong. With a loud roar, the lotus that he formed with his sword qi exploded prematurely. The boundless sword qi in the atmosphere gathered together and heartlessly shot towards Yu ManLou!

At the same time, Shui WuBo's figure spun around quickly and his sword let out a sharp cry. He did not hope to harm Yu ManLou and only wished to protect himself. He set up a dense net of sword qi around him and with his inner qi imbued within his left palm, he sent out a few palm strikes to create a powerful whirlwind around him. This whirlwind was extremely destructive and it looked as though it was getting more and more ferocious by the moment.

In that instant, it was as though Shui WuBo's body was surrounded by a mini twister. Everyone could visibly see that the twister had already been transformed into an azure flood dragon!

Shui WuBo did not know what sort of move Yu ManLou was about to unleash but he could clearly feel that while it seemed like he would be able to block it, it was impossible for him to block it! These extremely contradictory thoughts had appeared in Shui WuBo's heart and so he used all of his strength without any hesitation!

Shui WuBo's instinct was truly accurate. If he was a moment later, he would have definitely suffered a huge loss! However, despite his quick reactions, he was still a little bit late!

Yu ManLou had already penetrated into the endless sword net!

Everyone took in a deep breath and held their breath!

This was Yu ManLou's life-saving trump card! As an ambitious character, how could his final trump card be something simple? Thus, even if Ling Tian had the confidence to win against Yu ManLou, he was still extremely wary of Yu ManLou's final lifesaving trump card! Currently, it was time for Yu ManLou to reveal his cards!

Yu ManLou did not know that Ling Tian was also present in Heavenly Wind. If he knew, he would probably choose to tangle with Shui WuBo for three days and night without a victor emerging rather then taking out his trump card! In the world today, the person who deserved Yu ManLou using his trump card the most was none other than Ling Tian!

Currently, with a few thousand people being present in the plaza, the only person who was capable of seeing all of Yu ManLou's moves clearly was probably Ling Tian! Even Ling Jian wouldn't be capable! As for the rest, there wasn't a need to even mention them.

A loud clanging sound could be heard and a series of fists clas.h.i.+ng could be heard. With a loud bang, two low grunts could be heard from the two individuals.

Yu ManLou and Shui WuBo clashed in mid-air before their figures separated.

However, while they both took a few steps back, there was a difference between the two. Yu ManLou's retreat was casual and his movement technique was completely under his control. However, Shui WuBo was like a kite with its string snapped!

Ling Tian could clearly see that the moment Yu ManLou's sword came into contact with Shui WuBo's sword net, his left hand suddenly moved away from his sword's hilt. Following that, his left hand transformed into a pitch black color, a black even darker than black! His left palm then clashed together with Shui WuBo's left palm!

The battle was originally in a stalemate but after Yu ManLou and Shui WuBo's palms collided, Ling Tian was dumbfounded!

After this palm strike, Shui WuBo's left hand turned black rapidly and looked as though it was swelling up. After that, his palm returned back to its original color quickly. However, a black line rapidly traveled up Shui WuBo's arm!

Right at that moment, Shui WuBo's originally nimble figure collapsed like a heavy rock!

Venom!

An extremely sharp venom!

Ling Tian's expression changed drastically!

He wasn't shocked at the fact Yu ManLou used venom but astounded by the ferocity of the venom!

Shui WuBo's inner qi had already reached the peak of the XianTian realm and his pure XianTian inner qi was sufficient to purge any venom in the world. Regardless of how ferocious the venom, as long as Shui WuBo had sufficient time, he would be able to force it out of his body!

However, Shui WuBo was obviously unable to reject the venom on Yu ManLou's palm strike! Furthermore, the venom rapidly infiltrated his body and a.s.saulted his heart! Shui WuBo's pure XianTian qi was completely unable to defend against it! It could not even delay the venom for the slightest bit of time!

Just what kind of venom was this? How could it be so tyrannical?!

If he was struck by such a palm strike, what would happen? Would he be able to protect himself from the venom?! Ling Tian's hair stood up on edge as he thought about this!

If Shui WuBo was able to defend against the venom for a short moment, even if he fell prey to the venom in the end, Ling Tian would be confident of protecting himself against the venom. After all, his cultivation was far superior to Shui WuBo! Even if Shui WuBo wasn't able to defend against the venom, it didn't mean that he wouldn't be able to defend against it!

However, Ling Tian could clearly see that Shui WuBo's XianTian qi was infiltrated without the slightest resistance. Furthermore, the venom disappeared in an instant without the slightest trace!

Even with Ling Tian's experience of two lifetimes, he was actually unable to recognize this venom! It was far too frightening!

Ling Tian burst out in a cold sweat. He knew that Yu ManLou's next target would definitely be him! In the world today, apart from Shui WuBo, there were only two others worthy for Yu ManLou to use such a venomous martial art! The first was the Martial Order Medallion owner, Justice, and the second was Ling Tian himself!

Thinking about the last time he exchanged palm strikes with Yu ManLou, Ling Tian's head was filled with cold sweat. Thankfully, Yu ManLou's venomous martial art wasn't yet accomplished at that time! Otherwise, he would have probably been reduced to ashes already!

At that time, he was truly too careless! It was truly too dangerous!

Shui WuBo's face was filled with anger as he retreated pathetically with blood shooting out from his thighs and shoulder. His eyes were fixed on Yu ManLou and his face was flushed red. It looked as though he wanted to say something to Yu ManLou or curse at him!

Blood also shot out from Yu ManLou's left chest and his originally black complexion returned to normal. He regained his scholarly elegance with a tinge of paleness on his face. Retreating with a somersault, the tip of his sword touched the ground and with the body of his sword curving, he used the sword as a spring and shot towards Shui WuBo like a brilliant rainbow!

His sharp sword qi had immediately blocked the words that were about to come out from Shui WuBo's mouth! How could Yu ManLou allow Shui WuBo to voice his secret in public? This was his final trump card! Furthermore, it was one that could not be made public!

Shui WuBo wanted to circulate his inner qi but the moment he tried circulating his inner qi, his face would turn black immediately before turning completely pale. He suddenly had a strange look in his eyes, with a look of mockery as though he was laughing at something. However, it looked as though it was also filled with emptiness.

But at this moment, Shui WuBo's face glowed with the radiance of a glowing sun!

His sword then jumped up like an agile snake as though it was a spiritual being. A dense qi then exploded forth from his sword qi. However, this time, the sword qi was not dispersed like before but was only locked onto Yu ManLou's chest!

That's right, after suffering from such a fatal venom and in the face of the sword that could take his life, Shui WuBo had finally achieved a breakthrough! He finally achieved the realm of his sword qi being reserved and finally made an accomplishment in the way of the sword which he had been pursuing his entire life!

The breakthrough of his martial arts realm signified the many-fold increase in his strength! If he had achieved a breakthrough a moment earlier, even if there was another Yu ManLou, Shui WuBo would still be able to destroy them under his sword!

It was a pity that his breakthrough was far too late and far too coincidental!

While he could achieve a breakthrough in his realm, he was only able to unleash less than 1% of his newly found strength!

With Yu ManLou's martial arts accomplishment, he would naturally be able to recognize Shui WuBo's breakthrough. He looked at Shui WuBo in the eyes and said softly, ”It's too late!”

Yu ManLou burst out into cold sweat. To think that Shui WuBo would make a breakthrough at this moment!