Chapter 91 - Killing a National Guardian (1/2)

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

A National Guardian was someone capable of taking on an army alone, and such a one-man-army figure was no joke.

While it was not to say that taking them down would be impossible, but the losses incurred would have been too great, making anyone intending to take such a person to weigh the pros and cons again and again.

That was why the best way of dealing with cultivators was simply to rally other cultivators of similar levels and gang up on them.

But with Lu Xuan around, what happened in his past life would not happen again.

“This is getting interesting.”

Lu Xuan took a look at Aida Ryosuke. While his opponent was a Level Seven National Guardian, he remained unfazed, and not even the slightest hint of tension was seen in him.

Despite being fellow National Guardians, the difference between both of them was simply too great.

The difference was so great that they were hardly even considered to be of the same level.

Such a difference would have only gotten greater in the future instead of getting closer. The difference resulting from factors such as physicality, lineage, and talent would only become more pronounced.

Lu Xuan had been through a lot in his past life in order to catch up to the best among those of similar levels. He suffered many hardships before turning himself from an ugly duckling into a phoenix.

Now, it was time for others to catch up to him instead.

Aida Ryosuke was able to tell immediately that Lu Xuan was not someone he was able to mess with. That judgment came almost instinctively.

He took a single forceful step and came right before Yun Sheng, drawing his katana. He brought a dazzling torrent down on Yun Sheng’s arm.

He intended to cut Yun Sheng’s arm down yet again and take the case away instead of fighting Lu Xuan.

His decision spoke of his awareness of the power difference between him and Lu Xuan.

Lu Xuan was just too fearsome for any fights between them to end quickly. If reinforcements from Huaxia were to arrive later, he would have probably be killed as well.

“You actually dare to play tricks in front of me!”

Lu Xuan laughed and leaped up, blocking the incoming attack in the nick of time.

Clang!

The blades clashed yet again, bursting with the booming sound of metal clashing.

Aida Ryosuke was thrown several steps back, feeling his entire arm trembling. Lu Xuan looked frail and squishy. His muscles hardly even looked defined and toned. He looked as if he was not even a cultivator, to begin with.

Yet, such a figure was able to burst with such a level of power, making him truly frightening.

Lu Xuan did not move in any further, seemingly waiting for Aida Ryosuke’s next move instead. What he did suggested to Aida Ryosuke that he did not even consider him to be a threat at all.

Despite his mind being tempered at such a level of cultivation, he was getting very irritated.

“You insolent Chinese! You shall now witness the essence of my lineage!”

Aida Ryosuke made a move right away, dealing yet another terrifying slash just like he ambushed Yun Sheng earlier. However, he followed up with another two slashes at the same time he delivered the first.

All three flashes of the blade seemed to have arrived at the very same time, locking down every direction Lu Xuan was able to move in.

“Tsubame Gaeshi!”

That was the extremely renowned sword technique in Japan—Tsubame Gaeshi, the Turning Swallow.

It was an unparalleled technique invented by one of the most esteemed swordmasters in Japanese history—Sasaki Kojiro. The heart of the technique was its speed. One slash was delivered quicker than the previous, with three slashes being enough to kill swallows capable of moving with incredible agility.

That was why the technique was named as such.

In the case of Japanese martial artists, the ability of the hidden technique that was the Tsubame Gaeshi almost became one of the standards of measuring the height of their training.

Only kendo practitioners capable of performing the Tsubame Gaeshi could earn the title of being a grandmaster in the art.

The difficult thing about dealing with such an attack was blocking three slashes at the same time.

Many were killed by the technique before they were even able to tell what had happened, giving it the reputation of a technique that no one was able to survive.

However, Lu Xuan simply took a look at it and swung down with his blade.

Voom!