Chapter 46: Battle Through the Heavenly River (1/2)

What was that artifact?

The Heavenly River Sword School disciples were shaken by this one attack from Su Xing. Nobody believed that under their encirclement Su Xing would unexpectedly suddenly rebel. Perhaps they all felt that kneeling and begging for forgiveness was his best way out that should have been.

“Kill him!!”

Cultivator Wu yelled, furious.

Numerous Heavenly River Sword School disciples returned to their senses from that daze. Shouting and moving as one, countless tens of water swords filled the sky, and every one moved in formation to kill Su Xing.

After he fired his first shot, Su Xing did not plan to waste any more time with these bastards, charging at the Star Cultivator with the weakest cultivation to break through the encirclement. The flying water swords behind him did not stop their deadly pursuit as Su Xing raised Silver Blade.

The Nebula Cultivator that was at the same level as them being killed off so easily gave these cultivators a deep sense of dread. Suddenly seeing Su Xing aim that terrifying artifact at them, they subconsciously moved to the side in fright. They were so frightened that they even did not feel like putting up a defense, and this result was precisely why Su Xing had fired his first shot.

From insufferable arrogance to instant death, this sharp contrast would certainly leave behind a strong impression on these Star Cultivators. Practically every person’s reaction was to just evade.

“You scoundrels, stop him!!”

Cultivator Wu shouted when he saw several junior disciples unexpectedly move away despite their superior numbers.

By the time they reacted, Su Xing had already rushed away. This seemingly impenetrable encirclement had been ingeniously breached through by Su Xing such that Cultivator Wu stamped his foot in anger.

“He thinks he can run away?” Another youth with Nebula Late Stage cultivation standing beside Cultivator Wu smiled coldly.

The moment he activated his escape technique, the rocky cave’s lake water split apart, and just like a flying dragon, he covered several hundred meters in the blink of an eye.

Su Xing groaned. Forming a hand seal, the Nebula Intermediate Grade artifact Thunder Cry Sword manifested, and lightning shot towards the blue clothed youth with a mighty roar.

The blue-clothed youth put up a water barrier in front of him. His feet formed ripples upon it, and a flying sword clashed with the Thunder Cry Sword. His figure disappeared, and then he was before Su Xing in the blink of an eye. Su Xing could only discharge a Thunder Fire Bullet.

The flame and thunderclap that left the barrel resounded distantly throughout the Flower Dragon Cave.

“A petty trick!”1

The already prepared blue-clothed youth smiled coldly. A magic power violently fired towards the incoming projectile and destroyed it in an explosion, and as he curled his five fingers, the water barrier protecting him turned into several water spears that thrust towards Su Xing.

The results of sparring with Lin Chong revealed themselves. Such close and sudden thrusts were easily dodged by Su Xing, but the blue-clothed youth had also already anticipated this. Opening his mouth, he spouted several dozen transparent water droplets.

This happened to the Heavenly River Sword School’s Special Technique, “Rock Piercing Water Droplets,” and spitting out more than a dozen droplets was not something an ordinary disciple could do.

Su Xing’s face did not change expressions. Flipping his wrist, an Azure Dragon Treasure Fan2 appeared in his hand, imparting a continuous stream of Star Energy into the fan.

Waving the Treasure Fan, a cool breeze rose in a whirlwind, and then the omnipresent whistling of the breeze turned into a dragon bursting out from the waters, rushing towards the youth with just a thought from Su Xing.

The several dozen Rock Piercing Water Droplets were cleanly destroyed by the violently rolling azure dragon.

Azure Dragon Fan?!

The blue-clothed youth went mute. He foresaw too late that Su Xing could actually use this sort of artifact.

The Azure Dragon Fan was a High Grade artifact. Using it required consuming significant quantities of Star Energy, and generally, only Nebula Middle Stage cultivators could use it. However, Su Xing’s Star Energy after signing contracts with two Star Generals was definitely a size larger than the ordinary person’s, so he naturally had a surplus of Star Energy to control the Azure Dragon Fan with. Though, using the Thunder Cry Sword and the Azure Dragon Fan at the same time was putting Su Xing’s Divine Intent through a great ordeal. Fortunately, the Star Nests of two Star Generals contained within his mind had virtually improved his Divine Intent’s resiliency significantly.

But for the blue-clothed youth, this all was nothing more than just seeing a monster.

This was an only Nebula Early Stage Cultivator not only using a High Grade artifact, but also even operating three artifacts total at the same time.3 Even for he who was Nebula Late Stage, he could only barely operate three at once.

The envy filling his heart changed into fury.

At this time, the azure dragon spiraled wildly towards him, and the blue-clothed youth could only retreat. Fortunately, a magnificent dark blue light shot violently onto the azure dragon, striking and breaking the azure dragon apart.

“Are you alright!”

Cultivator Wu had hurried over to help the blue-clothed youth block the azure dragon.

The battle between Su Xing and blue-clothed youth seemed to have been raging for a very long time when actually this was all just within the blink of an eye. The Heavenly River Sword School Disciples watched their own Senior Brother amazingly be pushed back. However, the blue-clothed youth’s delaying provided an opportunity that let the fellow disciples rush over, especially the similarly Nebula Late Stage Cultivator Wu, who controlled his sword to block.

Flying swords filled the sky and became a cage that firmly trapped Su Xing.

“In the end, just what is this guy?” The blue-clothed youth’s expression was unsightly. From his perspective, being unable to obstruct or kill Su Xing in a single blow was practically the greatest humiliation.

Su Xing would never give him this opportunity, and he immediately recalled the Thunder Cry Sword into his Astral Bag. With a fan pinched in one hand, and a gun clenched in the other, this definitely would not be easy.

The rest of the school’s disciples at this time had lost the bravado they had earlier. Every one of their expressions was nervous at facing this formidable enemy, for their own Junior Sister had just been killed off in a flash. And then they saw their Senior Brother fight several bouts with the enemy and got pushed back. They were restless from the bottom of their hearts, and if it had been them doing the fighting, they completely would not have had the power to fight back.

That a Nebula Early Stage cultivator unexpectedly had this sort of remarkable power was absolutely disgraceful.

Cultivator Wu stared fixedly at Su Xing, and with a heavy voice: “I see that this brat must be a Star Master!”

Upon hearing this, the blue-clothed youth’s expression relaxed. Star Masters shook Liangshan, especially the Star Maidens with their unrivaled power. Killing them instantly was as easy as breathing for him. Since he was a Star Master, there was finally some comfort. “Huh, a Star Master? This is indeed good luck.”

“Let’s see where you’ll run to this time.” Cultivator Wu was furious.

The swords that filled the air slowly stirred. If Su Xing decided to use a Water Escape Talisman, these swords could easily run through him in less than a second.

“Use the Heavenly Water Sword Array to kill him!”

The blue-clothed youth shouted, urging on his magic energy, and the flying swords started to absorb water,

“Have a taste of my Thunder Fire Array.”4 Su Xing cursed. Sweeping Silver Blade upwards, he continuously pulled the trigger.

Bullets whooshed out of the barrel.