Chapter 304: 148 Wipe out Xiao Cheng, Embrace and Kiss Youwei! You are also the Eldest Senior Brother’s wings! (5K words)_3
On one side of the square, a pretty young girl with white hair and a red robe hugged a zither, her face full of anticipation.
"TSK TSK, Fairy Chu, I didn’t expect your Eldest Senior Brother, in addition to being skilled in Sword Dao, also masters such mesmerizing illusion techniques. Truly, it’s remarkable," a female voice said from behind her.
Chu Youwei turned her head and saw a beautiful woman dressed in a white Daoist robe, her hair in a Daoist bun, already approaching her side.
"My Eldest Senior Brother, no matter how charming he is, is still *our* sect’s Eldest Senior Brother. The Saintess need not concern herself with him," Chu Youwei replied, her beautiful eyes cold, her voice indifferent.
"You..." Lin Tianxin paused, then, seeming to understand something from Chu Youwei’s words, she forced a bitter smile. "Fairy Chu, you misunderstand. This Saintess... does not prefer men!"
Not into men? Then you are... Seeing the other party inexplicably drawing closer, Chu Youwei seemed to realize something. Her cheeks flushed red, and with a sudden leap, she quickly flew to the other side!
So this woman is a... Cough, disgusting! Apart from Eldest Senior Brother, she refuses to let anyone touch her body! Not even Senior Sister Yurong or Junior Sister Yingying!
Outside the sect gates, on the Welcoming Plaza.
Lin Xiao watched with amusement as the Kunlun Daoist stood facing a stone wall, muttering to himself. "Hey, Daoist Xiao," Lin Xiao called out, "how long do you plan to keep daydreaming?"
"Huh!?" Hearing that voice, Xiao Cheng’s laughter died abruptly. The expression on his face slowly shifted from excitement to fear, then astonishment.
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Xiao Cheng stared at the stone wall before him, anger surging within him. "Lin Xiao! Didn’t I just slay you? Where are you speaking from? Hell?"
He drew his Longsword and furiously swung it dozens of times at the stone!
"When did you develop the delusion that you actually struck me, hmm?" Lin Xiao asked, a faint smile playing on his lips. He gently stroked his Fairy Sword Shadow Moon, dispelling the ’Flower in the Mirror, Moon in the Water’ Spirit Sword illusion.
At that very moment, the Kunlun Daoist, Xiao Cheng, stared at the stone wall he had hacked to pieces. Despair instantly overwhelmed him.
I... My sword strike just now... it missed completely? He’s completely unharmed!?
As this realization hit him, his mind reeled in confusion. A dawning fear, cold and sharp, pierced his heart.
This guy... He truly is the one who defeated the protagonist, Ye Chen! Such a terrifying individual... he absolutely cannot be allowed to live!
Xiao Cheng gritted his teeth, the killing intent in his chest boiling to an extreme!
"Lin Xiao! I don’t know what nefarious methods you employed, but we are both Sword Cultivators, representing the peak strength of our respective sects’ younger generations! Do you dare face me in a fair Sword Dao duel to determine the victor?"
Seeing Lin Xiao’s indifferent, almost contemptuous expression, Xiao Cheng’s face flushed crimson with shame and resentment. "Say something, damn it!"
Lin Xiao said nonchalantly, "Fine. Draw your sword. I’ll offer you some pointers. However, this will likely be the last time."
"Arrogant!" Xiao Cheng roared. "Fine! I’ve been holding back for over a decade, but no more! Today, I’ll let you all witness the true power of a contemporary Heavenly Fate Swordsman!"
With bloodshot eyes, Xiao Cheng surged his True Yuan and leaped high into the air!
Then, he focused his Sword Intent, raising his sword towards the heavens with both hands as if in reverence to a god!
’Water of the Great River, descend from the heavens!’
As Xiao Cheng chanted with a solemn expression, the tip of his sword began to emit a blinding brilliance. Immediately, the surrounding winds and clouds recoiled, and thunder rumbled from all directions!
RUMBLE!
As his Sword Intent was pushed to its extreme, immense Sword Qi erupted outwards. It coalesced into a raging torrent of Sword Qi, like a colossal, bursting river, roaring towards Lin Xiao!
The entire process took but the blink of an eye!
Enveloped by this torrent of Sword Intent, the distant onlookers could only vaguely discern Lin Xiao’s afterimage. His figure grew increasingly indistinct, as if it would be utterly consumed by the Sword Qi torrent in the very next moment!
"Fairy Chu, it seems your Eldest Senior Brother underestimated the strength of Kunlun’s greatest prodigy. Alas." From afar, Lin Tianxin flew to Chu Youwei’s side once more. "I don’t have a bad impression of your Eldest Senior Brother," she urged, her fine brows furrowed with anxiety. "If we two join forces right now, we might still be able to disperse Xiao Cheng’s Sword Qi and save your Eldest Senior Brother! Time is of the essence, Fairy Chu! Don’t hesitate!"
However, to Lin Tianxin’s utter astonishment, the young woman with transcendent zither skills calmly watched the terrifying torrent of Sword Qi in the distance. She said lightly, "The Saintess is underestimating my Eldest Senior Brother far too much. Let us simply wait and see."
Although, growing up, she had never dared to initiate contact with Eldest Senior Brother like her Second Senior Sister or Third Junior Sister did, she was absolutely confident—she understood Eldest Senior Brother better than anyone!
For all these years, she had never missed an opportunity to observe Eldest Senior Brother, secretly learning to understand his every joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness, his every emotional expression!
Therefore, she knew with certainty: the expression on Eldest Senior Brother’s face when Xiao Cheng made his move... he was absolutely certain of victory!
Although she couldn’t guess what methods he would employ, she had absolute faith that this god-like Eldest Senior Brother of hers would once again perform a miracle!
Just as he had during the Five Branches Martial Arts Competition, when he turned the tables and killed Ye Chen!
"This..." Lin Tianxin murmured. "The relationship between you martial siblings of the Qinglan Sect... it’s truly incomprehensible."
"Well, he is your Eldest Senior Brother. If you’re willing to watch him die, there’s nothing I can do." Seeing Chu Youwei remained unmoved, Lin Tianxin shook her head, abandoning the thought of befriending these two young prodigies from the Qinglan Sect.
In the square, the torrent of Sword Qi had completely engulfed Lin Xiao’s figure!
Many female Sword Cultivators from the Cihang Sword Sect had even turned their heads away, unable to bear the sight of the carnage—the shower of blood and flying limbs—they expected to ensue!
Sigh, I didn’t want to reveal my trump card and use this ’Big River Sword Intention’. But you, you ant, just had to show off before me. You’ve got no one to blame but yourself~
After unleashing the final wave of Sword Qi, Xiao Cheng nonchalantly sheathed his Longsword and stepped aside. He prepared to calmly watch his opponent be utterly consumed by the river of Sword Qi.
However, in the next instant—a scene that shook his very soul unfolded!
Within the vast, surging torrent of Sword Qi overhead, the handsome, flawless face of a young man faintly materialized!
That alone wasn’t the most terrifying part!
Next, that man, in a profound manner akin to light merging with dust, fused his physical, immortal body with the surrounding Sword Qi torrent, then reversed its direction, sending it hurtling back towards Xiao Cheng!
Heavens! He was engulfed by my Big River Sword Intention, yet not only is he unharmed, he can actually command the Sword Qi and turn it against me!?
What... what in the blazes kind of monster is he?! AAAAH!
Xiao Cheng was utterly panicked, his face deathly pale. In the final moment, he wanted to shed his physical body to escape, but it was already too late!
That monstrous genius who had crushed the protagonist Ye Chen now commanded the roiling, murderously seething torrent of Sword Qi, and it had already engulfed Xiao Cheng entirely!
Dead! This time, I’m definitely dead!
In the last moment before his consciousness faded, as his body disintegrated and his soul trembled violently, a chilling voice echoed in his ears.
"Young Reincarnator, a river of Sword Qi is still a river, you know~"
"DING!"
"You have utilized the power of the River God to execute the Reincarnator’s soul!"
"Your River God divine form fusion rate has increased by 5%. Current fusion: 16%!"
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(Author’s Note: I originally planned to release this with Chapter 149 as a large, ten-thousand-word update. However, the next Chapter’s emotional scenes with Martial Uncle Su contain too many sensitive words and couldn’t pass review. I’ll revise it and release it later.)