Chapter 48 Breakthrough 2 (1/2)
Chapter 48 Breakthrough (2)
Li Ye flashed to the side, and a row of Sword Qi passed over him, raising a two-meter water curtain in the clear pond.
”Go to hell!” The unwounded young Taoist jumped up a meter away from the ground. He raised his long sword over his head, runes of the sword shining brightly, and he chopped down from Li Ye's head. The long sword was still in the air, while Sword Qi had already arrived at Li Ye's face.
Li Ye wielded his sword to catch up, and the blade tore the Spiritual Qi, making a harsh sound. Two swords collided one decimeter before his forehead. The Spiritual wind blew his long sideburns to dance wildly backward, but it could not thrust through the Genuine Qi for protecting his body. On the contrary, it made him look extremely calm.
In an instant, the unbridled Sword Qi was like a dragon and a snake, flying around him with great ease. It fell into the clear pond causing spray splashing. The swimming fish in the clear pond flipped over one after another, floating on the surface of the water, and then their bones broke in the spray.
The young Taoist was knocked out with his robes whistling in the wind. He turned over in the air and steadily landed. When he looked at Li Ye again, astonishment flashed in his eyes.
He and Li Ye had the same cultivation, but his fight fell behind. It was not because his Spiritual Qi was weaker, but because Li Ye's sword had a higher grade. It would multiply the Spiritual Qi that Li Ye infusing in. The result was an overwhelming advantage.
Li Ye did not give his opponent a chance to breathe, and he wielded his sword to chop down!
The young Taoist, whose face looked cruel, sank his waist and made a horse stance immediately. He bit his teeth to put up his sword to fight. Luke Sword cut on his sword, causing the long sword to sink a little bit instantly. The young Taoist's knees weakened, and he knelt down at the same time.
Blade thrust into the young Taoist's shoulder.
The young Taoist had a bad feeling, and a warning in his heart rose rapidly. He wanted to respond, but it was too late. Li Ye already held his sword with both hands, pressing the blade, to cut across his opponent's sword.
Blood splashing like ink, the Taoist's neck was cut off from his shoulder and his head flew upon the sky.
Li Ye held his sword and walked.
The remaining young Taoist's right arm was already injured. He held a sword in his left hand and stood ten steps away from Li Ye. He stared at Li Ye, his eyes full of hate, but he did not rush forward.
Because behind him, there were more than a dozen Taoist disciples, dressed in colorful robes and armed with long swords. They rushed forward like a flock of butterflies, and these people were more athletic than sparrows.
The waterfalls in the mountains flowed down straightly; the forests on both sides were verdant; the clear pond was deep and green.
Not far from Li Ye, there was a lotus pond with a radius of 10 meters. In front of him, there was a large enough space for a stream running through. At the other end of the space, there was a bamboo bridge with no more than ten-step long. The injured young Taoist was standing at the end of the bamboo bridge, while at the other end, there were several peach trees. Because of the height of the mountain peak, that peach trees bloomed late, so the peach blossoms had not yet all fallen at this time.
Under the peach trees, there were two shacks, and there was a corridor in front of the shacks. The stream outside the corridor was broad and flowing slowly.
Li Ye saw the person standing under the eaves of the shacks. He looked pale and was supported by two young Taoists. Obviously, he was injured badly, but he stared at Li Ye full of danger. That was Xu Qingfeng, the Great Taoist of Sanqingguan, who was hit heavily by one of the ”Buyue three swords” of Nangong Diyi, a master of the Imperial Astronomical Observatory!
Li Ye frowned and his eyes narrowed. The current situation was already very obvious. After he was injured, Xu Qingfeng was led by some disciples of Sanqingguan to this place for a rest and wanted to cure his injuries with the treasure in the lotus pond. But unfortunately, Li Ye happened to be here by mistake.
Xu Qingfeng was surprised, so was Li Ye.
Li Ye did not intend to come here, just as he came to Niushou Mountain. Originally he just wanted to pass the official examination and had no intention to get involved in the struggle between Li Guanshu and Sanqingguan.
However, at this moment, the entire Tang Empire was in a rising wind and scudding clouds. When the storm was coming, cultivators of the land were all in the middle of the game and destined to get involved in this turbulent trend.
Some people were deliberate and some were caught off guard.
Went out of Chang'an to know the world; stepped out of the home to enter Jianghu.
There was no way to retreat anymore.
The sound of the waterfalls was clear and melodious, and the fragrance of the vegetation rose with water vapor, which filled the small world.
Li Ye ran out with his sword and went forward.
He rushed to the Jianghu cultivators in front of him, just as he rushed to the turbulent world.
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Nangong Diyi destroyed the Taoist temple with three sword moves. Except for himself, everyone was unexpected.
At this time, the Taoist disciples around Xu Qingfeng were also temporarily gathered, so their cultivations were at different levels.
There were more than a dozen Taoist disciples, Mortal Realm cultivators in white robes, Level 1 of Qi-refining cultivators in grey robes, and masters in cyan and yellow robes.
Li Ye did not use the sword method in ”Purple Clouds from the East” easily. The sword method like ”step-by-step lotus” could kill seven people in seven steps. Although powerful, it had limited damage. After seven steps, only seven people could be killed. Moreover, if he encountered the cultivators who were two levels higher than him, he would find himself at a loss.
Most importantly, once the ”step-by-step lotus” was used, Li Ye's Spiritual Qi in his Ocean of Qi would be half empty.
Hence, Li Ye ran forward quickly with his sword.
He could not wait for those Taoists to gather around him. That was to sit still waiting for death.
”Spirit Wind Sword!”
The Taoist disciples shouted for a while. Some people chopped out a row of Sword Qi and some people chopped out a few. All of a sudden, twenty or thirty Sword Qi were shooting at a high speed, woven into an impenetrable white net, which covered Li Ye in it!
”Inferno Technique!”
Twenty or thirty fireballs of varying sizes and power rushed toward Li Ye like locusts, which seemed to blow him up.
In the face of overwhelming techniques, Li Ye kept on running forward and stared at those Sword Qi and fireballs with his eyes like knives.
He could not avoid all the techniques.
However, even if he did not avoid them, not all the techniques would hit him.
A blanket strike was less effective when it was aimed at a single opponent and a single technique could not give the opponent a mortal threat.
But in Li Ye's eyes, the techniques, hitting like wild wind and storms, just looked scary.
They were just specious.
With his sharp eyes, Li Ye saw the weakness of the Sword Qi and fireballs, and then he rushed over there, raising a Spiritual Qi Shield in front of him.
Boom, boom, boom!
Seven rows of Sword Qi and four fireballs were bombed on the Spiritual Qi Shield in front of him. The white light shield broke into a stream of shadows, vanishing in the sky.
”Pfft, boom!”
Even so, Li Ye could not avoid all attacks.
Two rows of Sword Qi, one passing over his left arm and the other one crossing his right shoulder, both tore his robes, bloody.
A fireball hit his right leg, leaving it scorched.
But that was it.
Because these two rows of Sword Qi and a fireball were not launched by masters, they caused limited injuries to Li Ye. He could not avoid these attacks, but he was still able to choose those weaker techniques for himself at the last minute.
Breaking through the encirclement, Li Ye did not reduce his speed at all, but the look in his eyes was much colder. Suddenly, he had rushed to a young Taoist.