Chapter 443 - 242: Counter-Kill (Part 2)
Chapter 443: Chapter 242: Counter-Kill (Part 2)
"You beast, die!" Song Shixian hadn’t expected his two slashes to truly injure Xu Yang, and his killing intent erupted.
With a tap of his toes, the earth cracked. His figure shot forward like an arrow loosed from a bow, skimming across the ground toward Xu Yang and leaving a trail of dust in his wake.
The Jade Water Saber hummed as it was infused with Gang Qi, and Song Shixian slashed at Xu Yang once more.
A razor-sharp Sword Qi swept out, pulverizing rocks and trees in its path as the very ground rumbled.
Xu Yang’s expression grew grave. He feared that apart from a Celestial Essence Strong Person, very few Bone Marrow Cleansing Martial Artists could withstand such an attack.
’Even if I reached the Perfection stage of the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm, it probably still wouldn’t be enough.’
’I wonder if my Unmoving Bright King Body could withstand a direct hit from a Spiritual Soldier if it reached the Perfection stage!’
He shot into the air, and the razor-sharp Sword Qi grazed past him, nearly shattering his Protective Gang Qi.
BOOM!
A cold glint flashed in Xu Yang’s eyes. In mid-air, his bones and tendons crackled audibly. Veins popped on his arms as the spear, over two meters long, shrieked through the air, thrusting toward Song Shixian.
"A futile death struggle. You will surely die today!" Song Shixian’s voice was ice-cold.
He had already sensed Xu Yang’s aura and knew his Cultivation had broken through to Marrow Cleansing Great Success. Such a cultivation speed made his killing intent soar even higher.
With such talent, if Xu Yang lived, not only was a Secondary Dragon Ascension practically guaranteed, but breaking through to the Celestial Essence realm and annihilating the Song Family in the future would be a simple matter.
The talent Xu Yang displayed was far more astonishing than that of his own Song Family ancestor, Song Yushao.
He slashed out with the Spiritual Soldier in his hand. With a loud CRACK, the Half-Spirit Weapon spear was shattered into fragments that flew in all directions.
Song Shixian strode forward, only to realize that in the time it took him to shatter the spear, Xu Yang had already rushed into the mountain forest.
"You can’t escape!" Song Shixian roared, his voice booming like thunder.
He blasted a wave of Sword Qi in the direction Xu Yang had disappeared, then his own figure vanished as he pursued him into the forest.
Gao Lin watched all this unfold, feeling uneasy and not knowing what to do.
With his Cultivation, chasing after them would be suicide. It was also too late to go to the Purple Sun Sect for help, as it would take several hours of desperate running to get back from here.
BOOM!
Another wave of Sword Qi slammed down beside Xu Yang. The shockwave of Vigorous Energy battered his Protective Gang Qi, making his blood and qi churn.
His eyes turned cold as he gripped his second spear.
The man clung to him like a rabid dog, and Xu Yang was finally seeing red. He decided to look for an opportunity to kill him.
BANG!
With a flick of his spear, he sent a boulder the size of a millstone hurtling toward Song Shixian.
The Spiritual Soldier swept out, and with a loud BOOM, the boulder was pulverized to dust.
The next moment, Song Shixian’s pupils contracted violently. Through the billowing cloud of stone dust, a cold glint of light suddenly appeared, tearing through the air and stabbing toward the spot between his eyes.
Beneath the spear’s golden gleam, he felt as if his brow was about to split apart.
"How dare you!" he couldn’t help but roar.
’I can’t believe Xu Yang is actually counter-attacking in this situation. Fighting me is a death wish.’
BOOM!
As he roared, the Spiritual Soldier in his hand became a streak of deep blue light that precisely struck the tip of the spear.
BANG!
The terrifyingly powerful Spiritual Soldier instantly shattered the golden Gang Qi, then the silver spearhead. Horrifying cracks spread from the tip and down the shaft.
A cruel light shone in Song Shixian’s eyes, and a look of grim satisfaction spread across his face. ’Finally, I can kill this beast and avenge so many people from the Song Family.’
He wasn’t afraid of Xu Yang fighting back; he was only afraid he would keep running. Otherwise, even with a Spiritual Soldier in hand, he wasn’t completely confident he could kill Xu Yang.
CRACK!
The Half-Spirit Weapon spear didn’t even last a single breath. Despite being infused with Xu Yang’s pure and tyrannical Golden Gang Qi, it exploded in an instant, fragments blasting back with enough force to pierce metal and shatter stone.
Fortunately, he had anticipated this. The instant the blade hit the spear tip, he had already released the shaft and vanished.
The ricocheting fragments only pierced the afterimage he had left behind.
An afterimage?
Song Shixian’s pupils constricted. ’An afterimage?’
’Not good!’ he thought, terrified. Realizing something was wrong, he quickly drew the Spiritual Soldier back to protect his chest.
BOOM!
The next moment, a roar filled his ears as a golden fist punched through the air with unparalleled force, slamming heavily into the Spiritual Soldier.
CLANG!
The punch was as heavy as a collapsing mountain, a cataclysmic force. The Spiritual Soldier let out a great clang, its light barely flaring to life before being beaten back.
The golden Fist Gang shattered, the fragments sweeping out like sharp blades. Xu Yang felt a piercing pain in his fist. The terrifying rebound Force caused cracks to spiderweb across his knuckles, and blood flew.
To clash bare-handed with a Spiritual Soldier... even one not fully activated, the consequences were more severe than he had imagined. Just the backlash of its aura had been enough to fracture his tyrannical body, a body that could withstand a Half-Spirit Weapon. The power was simply terrifying.
Of course, Song Shixian wasn’t faring well either. He was able to hunt down Xu Yang not because of his own strength, but because of his powerful Spiritual Soldier.
Although the Spiritual Soldier had absorbed most of the punch’s Force, the residual power was not something he could ignore.
He felt as if a great mountain had slammed into the Jade Water Saber. The immense Force nearly ripped the blade from his grasp; instead, it was sent flying backward, slamming into his own Protective Gang Qi!
CRACK!
Amid the grating, cracking sound, spiderweb-like fissures rapidly spread across his Protective Gang Qi. The terrible vibrations made his bones and tendons hum, and his blood and qi churned violently.
What horrified him even more was that Xu Yang’s fist had only been fractured by the Spiritual Soldier’s aura, not seriously injured.
Xu Yang, for his part, was also shocked at the Spiritual Soldier’s power. Since mastering the Golden Gang Skill, his Vajra Indestructible body had never been truly injured. This was the first time he had bled.
"You little beast, die!"
Song Shixian suppressed his churning blood and qi and was about to pour Gang Qi into his Spiritual Soldier to counter-attack when his eyes fell upon a terrifying scene.
A giant golden bear materialized behind Xu Yang. It roared at the heavens, and for a moment, it felt as if heaven and earth themselves were shaken. A great rumbling echoed within Song Shixian’s Heart Spirit.
Song Shixian’s pupils contracted violently, his mind reeling in shock. ’Martial Dao Imagery!’
’This is Martial Dao Imagery!’
’Xu Yang has only just reached Marrow Cleansing Great Success, and he has already comprehended Martial Dao Imagery.’
A pressure as immense as a mountain swept out, and a savage aura blotted out the sky. The shock in Song Shixian’s heart instantly curdled into terror. It was as if the Xu Yang before him had transformed into a ferocious beast from a primordial age. The monstrous, overwhelming might made him tremble uncontrollably, his heart nearly bursting with fear.
He knew it wasn’t his own fear, but the oppressive might of the Martial Dao Imagery that had stunned his Heart Spirit, giving rise to this terror.
He knew that if he didn’t break free of this state, he would be a lamb to the slaughter, helpless as Xu Yang struck him down. He desperately poured his Gang Qi into the Jade Water Saber, but it was already too late.
In a battle between experts, a single moment of hesitation was enough to seal one’s fate.
BOOM!
The air erupted in a deafening sonic boom. A massive golden hand punched through the atmosphere, striking out like a thunderclap.
Xu Yang’s gaze was ice-cold as he stared at the horrified Song Shixian. His boiling Gang Qi made blood sizzle and ooze from the cracks on the back of his hand, but he didn’t care. This Mountain-Shattering and Mountain-Breaking Palm condensed the entirety of his Marrow Cleansing Great Success Cultivation. With unstoppable momentum, it bypassed the Spiritual Soldier and slammed heavily into Song Shixian.
BANG!
Force erupted from the blow, as unstoppable and devastating as a tidal wave.
The golden palm struck like a sledgehammer hitting porcelain. The crimson Protective Gang Qi exploded with a BANG, and Force scattered everywhere.
An expression of agony contorted Song Shixian’s face, and blood began to seep from his very pores. He opened his mouth to scream, but before any sound could escape, the golden hand that had shattered his Protective Gang Qi pressed forward, unstoppable, and slammed into his chest.
BANG!
CRACK!
The two muffled sounds rang out almost as one. Song Shixian looked as if he had been struck by lightning. His chest collapsed inward on impact, and his eyes bulged, instantly filling with blood. His body seemed to swell for a moment, like an overinflated ball.
"Aaaargh..."
A bloodcurdling scream tore through the mountain forest. The pain was so intense that Song Shixian’s vision went black and his mind went blank. His body was sent flying backward, coughing up great mouthfuls of blood. He was in such agony that he didn’t even notice the Song Family’s heirloom Spiritual Soldier, the Jade Water Saber, fly from his grasp.