The Blind Sword Saint was so angry he was on the verge of spitting blood, not because of what Teng Qingshan said, but because— Simply because that monstrous beast that suddenly appeared had, in one go, killed or wounded thousands of Silver Jiao Army soldiers. This meant the entire Silver Jiao Army had completely collapsed. In other words, the plan to annihilate the Guiyuan Sect this time had already failed by ninety percent! The only remaining one percent hope was— Kill Jing Yi! Kill that monstrous beast! Only then could the morale of the Silver Jiao Army rise, allowing them to fervently worship the Blind Sword Saint and obey his command to destroy the Guiyuan Sect.
“Iron Blind Man, aren't you making a move?” the Black-Haired Hunter transmitted.
“You and the Sun-Shooting Heavenly Wolf, go kill that monstrous beast. This Jing Yi is mine,” the Blind Sword Saint also transmitted.
“Fine,” the Black-Haired Hunter replied crisply.
“Aoo-woo~~” The Black-Haired Hunter let out a low growl toward the Sun-Shooting Heavenly Wolf below.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Almost simultaneously, three shadows shot out with formidable speed.
“Jing Yi, prepare to die!” the Blind Sword Saint roared.
“Dao Chi.” Teng Qingshan gave a look, signaling a joint attack. Over these past days, the Six-Legged Blade Chi had come to understand some of Teng Qingshan’s simpler intentions.
Boom! Boom!
Teng Qingshan unleashed his full bodily power, veins bulging across his body, his eyes like lightning bolts, impossible to look at directly. He seemed like a peerless demon god wielding the Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe, surging forward madly. His footwork was subtle, shifting twice in succession to instantly arrive at the Blind Sword Saint’s left flank.
“Tie Wu, take my axe!” A furious shout, like thunder exploding, detonated beside the Blind Sword Saint’s ear.
The blade of the Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe shimmered with flowing three-colored light. Where the divine axe passed, space warped. The ultimate technique created by Emperor Yu over six thousand years ago was displayed once more after six millennia. The Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe enveloped downwards, leaving the Blind Sword Saint with no choice but to meet the attack head-on.
“Where did this Jing Yi learn his axe techniques? Who created this move? It’s so powerful,” the Blind Man cursed inwardly.
“Hmph.” On the surface, the Blind Sword Saint sneered, his thin iron rod seeming to casually poke out!
Just a single poke.
Clang!
With a sharp sound, Teng Qingshan felt a surging, majestic force transmit directly through the Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe. His hands both went slightly numb. Teng Qingshan’s entire body slid backward along a curved trajectory, like a swimming fish. The two subsequent black lines of light shot out by the Blind Sword Saint were both dodged by Teng Qingshan.
“Jing Yi’s movement technique... it’s different from last time,” the Blind Sword Saint was greatly surprised.
“If I face this Blind Sword Saint alone, my strength might still be insufficient,” Teng Qingshan understood this. While retreating rapidly—
“Dao Chi!” Teng Qingshan transmitted a command.
The Sun-Shooting Heavenly Wolf and the Void Realm Grand Completion expert, ‘Shen Gongtu,’ had been tasked with surrounding and killing the Six-Legged Blade Chi. Originally, the Six-Legged Blade Chi had exchanged a single blow with the ‘Sun-Shooting Heavenly Wolf,’ making the Wolf howl in pain. Just as Shen Gongtu drew his bow, aiming an arrow from the bow that looked like aged wood, pulled back to its fullest arc—
But at this moment, Teng Qingshan’s transmitted message caused the Six-Legged Blade Chi to suddenly beat its two pairs of wings and effortlessly glide into an arc, moving toward the Blind Sword Saint with astonishing speed.
“Hahahaha, Tie Wu, let’s go again!” Teng Qingshan laughed heartily, charging at the Blind Sword Saint from the front and rear alongside the Six-Legged Blade Chi.
“Hmph.”
The Blind Sword Saint showed no fear. “Very well, let’s deal with this beast first.” He clearly assumed the Six-Legged Blade Chi would be easier to kill than Jing Yi.
Thinking this, the Blind Sword Saint deployed his movement technique, attempting to evade Teng Qingshan and engage the Six-Legged Blade Chi one-on-one.
“Trying to slip past me?” Teng Qingshan smiled coldly. With just two subtle body shifts, he was instantly at the Blind Sword Saint’s side. Integrating the movement techniques from the Thirty-Six Styles of Mountain Splitting with his own insights, Teng Qingshan executed them with fluid grace.
“Troublesome.”
The Blind Sword Saint grew anxious.
It was too late; he was already surrounded, Teng Qingshan in front and the Six-Legged Blade Chi behind. Instantly, Teng Qingshan’s Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe, bearing its three-colored light, swung down toward his head. Meanwhile, the Six-Legged Blade Chi insidiously pressed close to the Blind Sword Saint, launching an attack with all four blade arms simultaneously.
Whoosh whoosh~~ Though his eyes saw nothing, the Blind Sword Saint could sense the situation around him.
In his perception, the space around him was being shattered by the assault of one massive axe and four colossal blades. With only his single thin iron rod, how could the Blind Sword Saint possibly block these five concurrent attacks?
“Hah!”
The Blind Sword Saint roared violently, his entire body spinning like a top. The instant the iron rod met the Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe, he utilized the terrifying rebounding force to accelerate his spin, managing to instantly block three of the Six-Legged Blade Chi’s strikes!
The fourth strike was deflected by the Blind Sword Saint’s free left hand with a sharp slap, knocking it to the edge.
“Die!”
The thin iron rod twisted, becoming a black streak aimed directly at the chest and abdomen of the Six-Legged Blade Chi.
“Roar~~” The Six-Legged Blade Chi’s blood-red eyes flashed, and with equal cunning, it let out a whoosh whoosh as its two lower limbs thrust upwards. These razor-sharp tibias directly swept towards the Blind Sword Saint’s lower body from below. Not only that—the Six-Legged Blade Chi’s upper limbs suddenly shot out two spikes!
Zing! Zing!
Fired at point-blank range.
The Blind Sword Saint’s feet reacted almost instinctively, delivering a straight kick to collide with the Six-Legged Blade Chi’s lower limbs, but those two spikes were too fast, piercing directly into the Blind Sword Saint’s chest.
Clang! Clang! Sounds like colliding steel rang out. The black robe covering the Blind Sword Saint was pierced, revealing the silver beneath.
Whoosh!
The Blind Sword Saint blasted backward, cold sweat beading on his forehead.
“What a terrifying beast, clearly born purely for slaughter.” A single exchange frightened the Blind Sword Saint. “Four upper limbs and two lower limbs, all exceptionally sharp—equivalent to six blades attacking simultaneously. And those spikes… I didn't expect it could fire two with such astonishing power. Furthermore, my thrust just now failed to wound it… although being affected by its sneak attack meant that thrust only had sixty percent of its power, its scales are simply too—”
The Blind Sword Saint could sense every grain of sand within several yards around him. But just now, he had detected no damage to the Six-Legged Blade Chi’s scales. Terrifying defense! Six ‘blades’ of attack! Plus hidden weapons! Such a beast was indeed born for the sake of slaughter.
“He actually managed to escape that disaster,” Teng Qingshan muttered upon witnessing this.
Killing the Blind Sword Saint was part of Teng Qingshan’s original plan; he had hoped the Six-Legged Blade Chi’s sudden attack would succeed, but alas… “This fellow is wearing Divine Armor inner layers.”
A complete suit of battle armor, including the battle boots, vambraces, helmet, and inner armor, were all worn. The Blind Sword Saint didn't want to wear a full suit of heavy armor for this fight, but he had donned the inner armor, vambraces, and boots. It was precisely the Divine Inner Armor and Divine Battle Boots that allowed him to escape death.
“Shen Gongtu, you and Heavenly Wolf, hurry and kill this beast. This beast’s scale defense is very strong; use Yin energy to wound its internal organs. Do not use overwhelming brute force!” the Blind Sword Saint transmitted urgently.
Indeed, this was the Six-Legged Blade Chi’s weakness. Back then, Teng Qingshan used the move ‘Mountain Cleaver’ to defeat the Six-Legged Blade Chi before it broke through to the Void Realm.
“Jing Yi!” the Blind Sword Saint roared, transforming into a streak of black light and rushing toward Teng Qingshan.
“Tie Wu, watch me kill this Jing Yi,” a voice echoed in the Blind Sword Saint’s ear.
The Blind Sword Saint was startled, then overjoyed: “This Jing Yi is very difficult to handle. Could it be that Shen Gongtu is willing to expend a Void-Breaking Arrow? Otherwise, why would he be so full of confidence?” The ultimate techniques of the Sun-Shooting Divine Mountain were centered on archery; it could be said that the power of the Divine Arrows from the Sun-Shooting Divine Mountain had reached the ultimate peak.
Even Grand Completion Void Realm experts were wary of Shen Gongtu’s strongest arrow.
“Roar~~” The Six-Legged Blade Chi let out a low growl, seemingly as a reminder to Teng Qingshan.
“Not good.”
Teng Qingshan’s expression changed. Ignoring the Blind Sword Saint’s attack, he saw that Shen Gongtu, the Black-Haired Hunter, was flashing like lightning a hundred yards away, drawing his bow and firing. Various streams of colored light gathered on the ancient, simple divine bow, and instantly, an arrow faintly shimmering with golden light tore through the void, leaving a golden afterimage. In the next moment, it was before Teng Qingshan.
The speed was terrifyingly fast!
“Die,” Shen Gongtu sneered. “I only have ten of these ‘Void-Breaking Arrows’; let’s see you survive this.”
Boom!
Teng Qingshan had already raised the Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe. Facing such a swift arrow, he didn’t have time to flee; his only option was to block with the axe held in front of him.
Rumble~~ Teng Qingshan felt a terrifying penetrating force transmit through.
“So strong.”
He saw Teng Qingshan’s entire body being sent flying outward like a meteor at extreme speed. Whoosh whoosh~~ Teng Qingshan felt the air whistling past as he was flung backward frantically. He didn't waste any energy trying to stop himself; he focused all his attention on the Blind Sword Saint, wary of an ambush attack.
However, the Blind Sword Saint did not attack sneakily; he merely watched the scene in shock.
“What? His weapon didn't shatter?”
“This axe, this axe must be the personal weapon of a Void Glimpse expert, refined over hundreds of years using the power of the world,” the Blind Sword Saint was completely stunned.
The Void-Breaking Arrow possessed immense power. Once fired, the Void-Breaking Arrow would be spent, but it could usually pierce through an enemy’s blocking weapon and kill the opponent. But—
Teng Qingshan blocked it with a massive axe.
He was sent flying a full one or two li, before smashing heavily and diagonally into the city wall of Jiangning Commandery, causing the entire wall to tremble slightly. The tens of thousands of soldiers watching from the battlements swayed, all stunned into silence. Everyone stared at the giant craters and cracked earth below, unable to speak.
Kachak, kachak~~
Teng Qingshan burst out of the hole he’d made in the city wall, laughing loudly, “I’ve long heard that the Divine Arrows of the Sun-Shooting Divine Mountain are formidable. Seeing it today, they are indeed extraordinary.”
“What?” Shen Gongtu’s face turned ashen.
Teng Qingshan laughed loudly; although his words were satisfying, his heart ached, for both of his hands were already bleeding from the shock.
“Thank goodness for the Mountain-Splitting Divine Axe,” Teng Qingshan thought inwardly, while glancing towards the distant Six-Legged Blade Chi. Man and beast, separated by a li or two, exchanged a look… the Six-Legged Blade Chi already understood Teng Qingshan’s intent.