Chapter 42 Dragon-beheading Ar (1/2)

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A commotion immediately swept the crowd. The green-clothed man who came with Xu Hao frowned. ”Junior Brother Xu, no matter what, this is the sect of Junior Brother Ouyang's fiancee. Speak politely.”

Xu Hao titled his head with a smile. ”It's fine. It's just a little sect of the Human World.” He then looked at Mo Yu. ”What are you doing here still? I told you to call the Sect Leader's disciple to come up here!”

Mo Yu clenched his fist so tightly that his knuckles creaked. In his entire life, no one had ever dared to speak to him like this. With a dark expression, he said, ”Why do you have so many things to say? Have you thought of how you want to die?” He began making a chant incantation and an Immortal's Sword emitting a dense and cold radiance appeared in his hand. He promptly thrust the sword at Xu Hao.

A gale immediately erupted. Mo Yu's Sword Qi was exerting a great pressure but Xu Hao merely wore a cold smile. The latter lifted his hand and before the sword was even unsheathed, a stream of white light struck Mo Yu with a thump. The impact was so great that Mo Yu's sword could not help shuddering, causing the humming sound to reverberate without an end.

Taking advantage of all this clamor, Xiao Chen turned to Li Muxue beside him and said, ”Miss Li, I'm sorry for offending you earlier. Do you know the two other people?”

Li Muxue was watching the battle on the platform with rapt attention. When she heard his question, she turned to him and replied, ”The one in green is Qianye Li, the eldest disciple of Tianyun Zi of Skygale Sect of the Violet Manor. The other one is... Ouyang Yu.” Her voice turned quieter toward the end of her sentence. Evidently, she was unwilling to marry Ouyang Yu.

Tianyun Zi? Xiao Chen fell into deep thought. Suddenly, he recalled it was the old Taoist that fought with Mu Chengxue at the Xiao Family Manor! Back then, Mu Chengxue had called him Perfected Immortal Tianyun!

Just then, a loud noise came from the battle platform. It was the sound of Mo Yu flying out of the platform. The crowd immediately cried out in surprise and the expressions of the Elders also changed. Mo Yu did not even last five movements!

Several disciples swiftly went up to help Mo Yu to his feet but the latter pushed them away with a flick of his sleeve. His eyes were so wide that his skin looked like they were about to crack. He forcefully swallowed the blood that was rising up his throat.

Xu Hao laughed out loud. ”That's enough! There are still seven movements left. Hurry up and ask Sect Leader's disciple to come out. Let's not delay any more time!”

He was implying that three of their disciples need only to last 10 movements against him altogether, not one disciple lasting 10 movements. Everyone glared at him in anger but if not even Mo Yu could win, wouldn't Luo Shangyan be humiliating herself if she went up? Xu Hao could probably send her flying with a spit of his breath.

The Elders frowned deeply. Second Elder said, ”The Sect Leader's disciple is currently not here...” Before he could finish his words, an unassuming figure flew up the platform. It was none other than Luo Shangyan.

”The 13th Generation disciple of Three Pure Sect, Luo Shangyan! Please guide me!” Her eyes were like electric when she spoke. Her hands were pressing on the hilt of her sword. With her sleeves swaying in the wind, she looked just like a fairy of clear waters.

Xiao Chen's expression changed. ”Senior Sister Luo!” Beside him, Xiao Han stopped him. ”The five Elders are here. There won't be any problem.”

While his words might be true, Xiao Chen was still ill at ease. Even though four out of five Elders were in the Core Forming Realm, Xu Hao was from the Violet Manor. He did not even respect the five Elders.

Xu Hao sized up Luo Shangyan before laughing. ”Yo! I didn't expect there to be a person with such abundant Spiritual Qi in the Human World. Why don't you also come with me after I win three battles today?”

With an ashen expression, Luo Shangyan unsheathed the sword tied to her waist with a clanging sound. The platform immediately lit up with a green light. It was none other than the Sect Leader's Shadow-undertaking Sword.

Xu Hao blinked at the sword before tilting his head toward his two companions below. He said with a smile, ”Senior Brother Qianye, this is the Shadow-undertaking Sword, isn't it? I heard it can match up to Qin Xiu's Stifled Light Sword...”

Qianye Li frowned. ”Take care!”

Xu Hao grinned. With a lift of his sword and a thumping sound, he forced the retreat of Luo Shangyan's oncoming sword with the impact. Luo Shangyan swiftly regained firm footing after taking several steps back and quietly invoked an incantation art.

The blade of the Shadow-undertaking Sword trembled and a half-feet long illusion came out of the sharp end of the sword. The first illusion produced two illusions, and the two illusions produced four. In the end, there were tens of swords that nearly enveloped half of the battle platform. It was impossible to distinguish the real sword from its illusions and neither was it possible to judge the location of the sword power.

This was precisely the essence of the Shadow-undertaking Sword. The opponent would see only sword illusions but not the source of the sword power. Even if Xu Hao's cultivation was higher, he would still find it hard to escape the rain of swords that filled the sky.

Below the platform, the disciples acclaimed when they saw Luo Shangyan unleashing such exquisite swordsmanship. However, Xu Hao merely chuckled and his sword was still sheathed. The crowd heard a thump and Xu Hao's sheath accurately hit the true Shadow-undertaking Sword, returning it to Luo Shangyan's hand.

Xu Hao grinned. ”Little beauty, I've already yielded to you with two movements. I can't do so anymore.” He then sent his sheath flying. With a whizzing sound, it turned into a golden light that hit Luo Shangyan on the abdomen.

Having just suffered grievous injuries a few days ago, there was no way for Luo Shangyan to withstand this attack. She was sent flying before blood could even spray from her mouth. Xu Hao's sheath bounced back and accurately returned to his sword.

”Senior Sister Luo!” Xiao Chen cried out in alarm. Ignoring Xiao Han who was trying to stop him, he leaped up and caught Luo Shangyan in midair.

Luo Shangyan's heart meridians were damaged after getting injured several days ago and had yet to recover completely today. Coupled with the attack earlier, her heart meridians were close to cracking completely and she continued to cough up blood.

Xiao Chen swiftly took out the healing elixirs that Mu Chengxue gave him back then from his chest. Without caring how many elixirs he took, he stuffed them all into her mouth to help usher in True Energy into her body.

Over on the platform, Xu Hao gave a strange laugh. ”I'm sorry, little beauty. I didn't know you're already injured, or I wouldn't have been so heavy-handed...”

Xiao Chen's eyes were bloodshot as he violently whipped his head around to shoot the man on the platform a terrifying look. Luo Shangyan held tightly onto his arm. ”Don't... I'm fine.” She coughed up blood again after she finished speaking.