Chapter 994 - The Final Stand (1/2)

Chapter 994: The Final Stand

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

Endowed with high intellect, Singkuo’s brain revolved faster as he faced the imminent crisis of life-and-death. The betrayal of Death Dhyana Buddhist Master made him furious, yet he didn’t lose his reasoning. His killing intent surged inwardly as he took a roll of golden threads from his sleeve.

‘Bind!’

The golden thread unfolded and instantly shot forward toward the monk’s feet. The moment it bound his feet, Singkuo quickly pulled it back powerfully, dragging the monk’s feet and causing him to fall and fling backwards. In nearly an instant, he had overtaken Death Dhyana Buddhist Master’s position and had bolted to the front.

“DAMN YOU, SINGKUO!!!”

Death Dhyana Buddhist Master was so furious that his heart was inundated with endless regret. He had scouted Singkuo as a very talented youth and thus took a long journey with his companions to follow up in their effort to recruit him. Who would have thought that he must lose six companions just to rescue this fella, only to get stabbed in the back at this moment?

Right as Tang Xiu’s lightning-like figure appeared tens of meters away from the monk, he slashed the divine sword forward. At the moment when the monk frantically avoided his strike, an immortal sword appeared out of the blue, aimed at his neck. Although the slash wasn’t able to decapitate him, it still left a bleeding wound on his nape.

Tang An herself had been injured and she practically ignored it due to the death sentence Tang Xiu had given to Death Dhyana Buddhist Master, preventing this monk’s escape at all costs. Therefore, she kept chasing this monk closely. Even though her moves didn’t have overwhelming power, it was still powerful, making the monk unable to spare his attention on anything else.

“Tang Xiu, we have no enmity whatsoever; why are you still vehemently aiming for the kill?” growled Death Dhyana Buddhist Master furiously with a disastrous face while avoiding Tang An’s barrages. In the countless battles he had encountered, never once had he been so fearful and vexed as he was right now.

Tang Xiu flew up and stood mid-air as he fiercely retorted, “We had no enmity before, Death Dhyana. But you just created it by being a busybody, leading to this situation. Singkuo is but a dire wolf full of ambition that I must kill. Besides, did you forget what you just said? Hmph… rather than having you nagging my mind, might as well kill you now to spare me any worry.”

“You really want to shut out any reconciliation?” shouted Death Dhyana Buddhist Master. “Don’t force me to unleash my forbidden art, for I’ll drag you to hell with me. I’ll definitely kill that fucking bastard Singkuo myself if you let me go now. I just put on a strong front before you previously; how would I dare retaliate against you? Just let me go on my way.”

“Sword of Divinity—Homage to Heaven!”

At the monk’s pleas, Tang Xiu didn’t want to bicker more. Instead, he simply hacked the divine sword forward to intercept the monk’s movement to escape. Death Dhyana Buddhist Master was in a grave crisis involving Tang An who kept appearing and disappearing mysteriously to strike him.

A look of madness filled the monk’s eyes. He gritted his teeth as the Buddhist staff in his hand suddenly split into two parts. A centipede half a foot long then shot out of it and appeared in front of Tang An’s face in the blink of an eye. Death Dhyana Buddhist Master was more prepared than Tang An and brandished the two parts of his Buddhist staff to seal the left and right movements of Tang An.

While standing mid-air, Tang Xiu’s expression greatly changed. His body dived down suddenly as his hand formed a circle gesture, manipulating the divine sword to shoot at the Buddhist monk. It was the only move he could do at the moment since it would be too late for him to rescue her unless the monk retracted back his strike.

“Empty Shell Vanishing Art!”

Death Dhyana Buddhist Master roared. His body suddenly flickered to the side as the two halves of his staff pierced Tang An’s shoulders, whereas the centipede that shot at her finally fell on her nape and bit her neck.

Puff…

However, a rain of sword light also pierced the monk’s body. Right as he crazily spurted out blood, his figure vanished and appeared four-plus meters away before he staggered and fell to the ground.

Is it teleportation?

What he did surprised Tang Xiu inwardly. Yet, he ruled out this idea the moment after, since a teleportation technique could only be achieved by those who had broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage. For those under that cultivation level, it impossible to do it. Death Dhyana Buddhist Master’s power was only comparable to the middle stage of Golden Core, so teleportation was impossible. Further, teleportation techniques could reach a far greater distance, whereas what he did was only four-plus meter away, meaning that he had just shown profound footwork.

“DIE!!!”

The sword elongated and flashed forward as though carried by the wind, leaving its afterimage.

Death Dhyana Buddhist Master’s body violently trembled a few times. He looked down at his chest with despair on his face. The spot where his heart was located was hollow, instead replaced by a fist-sized hole. There were also wounds on his shoulders and legs.

“Tang Xiu…”

The monk shot a stare of deep hatred towards Tang Xiu. His life force rapidly left his body, yet he still flew up into the air as though wanting to unleash all his remaining strength to kill Tang Xiu.

“Hmph…”