Chapter 138: The Madman Long Qidao
The Death Sword Slave could not avoid it and was split in two by the saber light, blood and water pouring from its body like a leaking bucket.
The saber light instantly arrived before the pursuing Su Yan, its edge sharp and fully revealing its true intent in an all-out strike.
Su Yan thrust his spear upward, blood shadows like a tiger crashing into the saber edge.
It was as if shattering a mountain range, smashing the saber light to pieces, true essence scattering and emitting countless strands of fluorescent light.
Roar!
A Mountain Wolf over two zhang long charged over, its bloody maw opening wide and spitting out black light like knives straight at Su Yan.
Long Qidao was on the right, his Dragon Pattern Ghost Head Saber slashing horizontally, unleashing saber light over a zhang long sweeping over.
One from the left, one from the right, attacks fierce, blocking Su Yan’s path.
Su Yan looked up, Long Qidao with a full head of white hair, face red with rage, eyes furious like an evil ghost.
White Ape True Intent!
Su Yan’s White Ape True Intent surged, arms like pillars, fists swinging like hammers, true essence blasting to shatter all the Mountain Wolf’s attacks.
In an instant, the ground shook, smoke and dust rising over two or three zhang high.
Looking at the saber light again, before Su Yan could act, the White Ape roared, sound waves mixed with true essence rippling in layers, already shaking the saber light to disperse by a third.
A massive ape palm grabbed it, crushing it completely.
Long Qidao’s eyes nearly split: “How could you possibly be true intent!”
“It was you, you killed Rui!”
He was so angry he nearly lost his reason, previously thinking it was the Golden Ape Martial Arts School that did it.
But now, if Su Yan was true intent, then he must be the one who killed Long Rui, definitely him!
Thinking this in his heart, Long Qidao went mad like a demon, white hair flying wildly, true essence overflowing around his body and surging into the Mountain Wolf, fully connecting the two.
The Mountain Wolf’s aura surged violently, its emitted pressure alone tearing the ground apart as it charged forward.
Long Qidao unleashed Wolf Smoke Seven Sabers, straight for Su Yan’s head.
Su Yan pointed his spear, Eighteen Styles of Blood Tiger drawing several tiger shadows, charging forward without dodging at all.
The spear tip clashed with the saber edge, clanging sounds ringing out continuously like ironworking, echoing through the entire Fallen Head Mountain.
The Mountain Wolf roared and charged madly, wanting to kill Su Yan while the two were entangled.
White Ape True Intent strode forward, a massive fist hammering down explosively.
It struck true, halting the Mountain Wolf’s charge dead.
The two giant beasts tangled together, beast roars like thunder, bodies overturning like colliding mountain ranges.
Long Qidao swung his saber madly like a demon, Su Yan’s spear tip tapped continuously, blocking all the net-like saber light.
The two seemed evenly matched, but Long Qidao was desperate to kill.
He was a Heart Ape Stage great accomplishment martial artist, Su Yan just a young brat, how could he fight him like this?!
Resentment, jealousy, madness…
After his brother and son died, Long Qidao had exhausted his mind, nearly trading lifespan for cultivation progress.
A flash in the pan, in mere months advancing from Heart Ape Stage minor accomplishment step by step to great accomplishment, just a hair from perfection.
What he sought was no longer breakthrough, but killing.
Kill Su Yan, kill Bai Changlin, kill everyone opposing the Seven Blades Martial Arts School.
But now, he couldn’t even kill Su Yan.
The mad Long Qidao ignored his body’s condition, drawing even more true essence, spirit, and qi and blood, then pouncing at Su Yan like a starving wolf.
Su Yan suddenly felt great pressure, many saber lights slipping through to strike his body.
On the other side, White Ape True Intent was suppressed by the Mountain Wolf.
‘In the end, it’s a newly condensed beast spirit true intent, lacking some divine ability.’
Su Yan suddenly realized that martial artists had many martial skills to close the gap.
True intent needed corresponding divine ability auxiliary skills to enhance its power, but clearly he didn’t have many such rare divine abilities and auxiliary skills.
‘Might as well try.’
Long Qidao thought he caught Su Yan distracted and slashed down.
Su Yan surprisingly couldn’t dodge, letting the saber light fall.
Long Qidao’s eyes filled with glee, seeing vengeance at hand.
Clang
A light sound, the saber light hit Su Yan but only tore his outer clothes.
A piece of bright silver inner armor gleamed under the moonlight, dark green true essence swirling around it, forming another layer of fine scale patterns.
The saber light struck it, only rippling slightly before shattering like glass.
Long Qidao was shocked. Su Yan tore off his outer clothes, dark green scale patterns emerging all over his body, the second-order Silver Scale Armor making him look heroic and domineering.
“Impossible! Impossible!”
Long Qidao was like a mad demon, his full-force attack unable even to breach Su Yan’s defense.
Inner armor wasn’t invincible!
What was terrifying was that layer of true essence protective layer fused into the inner armor’s defense.
“As expected of father and son, that day Long Rui also slashed me like this, then he died.”
Su Yan taunted, and Long Qidao charged straight at him.
“Shut up!”
The Mountain Wolf also turned from the White Ape, pouncing at Su Yan like a black mist.
Evil winds assailed, killing intent piercing.
Su Yan looked up, true essence surging in his body, lightly uttering one word: “Fuse”
Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique, Golden Ape Jade Body Skill, Tiger Body Bone Forging Technique—the special true essence of these three hardening cultivation techniques empowered the White Ape’s body.
True essence flowed out like a flood, consumption suddenly doubling.
The White Ape’s form swelled massively, white fur dyed dark green, scale patterns emerging, body like dark jade, centipede-like spine even more prominent, ape head showing some Tiger Aspect.
It grabbed the Mountain Wolf’s tail, yanking viciously and hurling the entire Mountain Wolf back to smash into the ground.
A rumbling boom, like an earth dragon turning over.
The Mountain Wolf’s body shook violently, true essence scattering, its form starting to collapse.
The White Ape beast spirit showed no sign of stopping, Fierce Ape Three Forms hammering relentlessly, the Mountain Wolf trying to bite back.
But its upper and lower jaws were grabbed by two hands covered in insect armor and torn apart with savage force, immediately dispersing.
Long Qidao’s face paled, massive true essence draining away.
Su Yan stepped forward, arriving before him.
“Impossible!”
He swung wildly, Wolf Smoke Seven Sabers’ saber beams like deathly howls.
He couldn’t believe he’d lose to this young brat, let alone that despite giving everything, he couldn’t avenge himself.
But every saber light was shattered by the Scorpion Profound Spear.
Su Yan’s spear thrust like a dragon, his physical body’s strength terrifying.
He was indeed only Heart Ape Stage beginner, true essence thick but still inferior to Long Qidao’s.
But his hardening wasn’t like that, his physical body as strong as a feral beast.
Moreover, every attack made Long Qidao’s saber beams feel a strange counter-shock, dispersing the power and even impacting his meridians.
One form!
After fighting a bout, Su Yan’s offense grew fiercer, tiger shadows following the spear and slamming into Long Qidao.
Long Qidao tried to block, but his Dragon Pattern Ghost Head Saber was slow to defend.
A squelch, his shoulder pierced by the Scorpion Profound Spear, most of the shoulder blade ground away, arm dangling with only a bit of flesh connecting.
Su Yan shook his spear, sending Long Qidao flying to crash heavily on the ground.
The White Ape roared, tearing the Mountain Wolf apart, true essence backlash surging into Long Qidao’s body, disrupting his true essence and snapping countless meridians.
Long Qidao was defeated, defeated by Su Yan, a mere underling he once thought he could crush anytime.
“Cough… cough, dog bastard… hahaha… I can’t kill you, but you won’t escape today either. Liang Ying, come out! Get out here!”
Long Qidao screamed hysterically, vomiting large mouthfuls of blood, his gaze fixed deadly on the shrubs in the distance of Fallen Head Mountain.
He wasn’t a fool, knowing he was just the Little Mountain Association’s knife.
A knife that had been used.
Shadowless Tower, creating opportunities for him—all to lure out Su Yan.
They dared not offend Beast King Sect but couldn’t let go of Pang Tianfeng’s treasure.
So they needed someone to take the fall.
Rustle rustle
Rustling from the shrubs, one after another shadows emerged from the darkness.
Black clothes black armor, long sabers in hand, cold as ghosts, eyes locked on Su Yan.
They all masked their faces, shrouded under armor.
Little Mountain Association armor saber wielders.
“Outer armor over a hundred, fighting in armor, Little Mountain Association truly fearless of death.”
Inner armor could be guarded against, outer armor hard to break.
Below Dan Qiao, enough outer armor martial artists could pile to death an expert with their defensive power.
Though the Dali Dynasty wasn’t like past dynasties where hiding armor meant execution.
It was still extremely strict on outer armor numbers and combat restrictions.
“Hahaha, everyone says you’re Yun Cang Town’s number one of the young generation, but no one knows you’re outstanding even among true intent realm martial artists. Impressive indeed.”
The leader stepped out, also in outer armor, a hundred-jin Tiger Head Club in hand, build burly like a door panel.
Flanking him three more: one-armed Lin Tianlang, imposing Xiao Feng, and a short fat old man.
Four true intents, each occupying a position, locking qi mechanisms on Su Yan and cutting off his escape.
“Hand over Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique and Poison Dragon Tuo’s other secret treasures, and we can spare your life.”
Xiao Feng’s tone was icy and domineering, no room for negotiation—this was his order.
Even a lion uses full force against a rabbit.
To trap Su Yan and deal with Long Qidao the fall guy, they directly mobilized four true intents.
Now it seemed quite right.
Without so many, there might really have been an accident today, hard to keep this kid.
‘This boy must not be left alive’
Lips saying to spare, but eyes already icy killing intent.
Eighteen years old, at most eighteen, a true intent realm martial artist.
Hardening empowered, White Ape reshaped.
What level of auxiliary skills cultivation was needed to affect true intent strength like this?
With such talent, since offended, must cut the grass at the root.
Not just him, in a few days Long Qidao would bring saber wielders to exterminate Golden Ape Martial Arts School, none spared.
Su Yan just glanced up, faintly saying: “Where’s Liang Ying? Not coming?”
Qiao Zhixing grinned, eyes full of viciousness: “No need for Gang Leader to come, no use delaying time. Noticed it, right? True essence weakening? That’s my dispersing qi incense. Without antidote, true essence will only keep dissipating for these three hours.”
Since it was a scheme, they wouldn’t think of clashing hard with Long Qidao; poisonous incense was just one method.
Originally prepared for Long Qidao, now perfectly used on Su Yan.
“You’re Little Mountain Association’s pill master?”
“None other, Nine Peaks Sect Qiao Zhixing.”
Su Yan nodded: “Got it.”
“Enough nonsense, disperse true intent, kneel, and I’ll spare your life.”
Lin Tianlang didn’t want talk, eyes like spewing fire; he just wanted to torment this Su Yan.
Since losing his arm, he hated such geniuses most.
His path broken, why could this mountain bumpkin keep climbing higher?
“Su Yan, Poison Dragon Golden Body Technique and secret treasures for Golden Ape Martial Arts School’s survival. I, Xiao Feng, keep my word?”
“Four true intents, three hundred armor saber wielders, yet still can’t hook Liang Ying the big fish. You underestimated me.”
Su Yan shook his head slightly, words full of pity: “Wasted two months baiting the nest, fine, I’ll make a trip to Little Mountain Smoke Rain Tower, exterminating it isn’t impossible.”
His words made Xiao Feng and others’ hearts jump—what did that mean?
No, even if Golden Ape Martial Arts School came, they couldn’t be opponents.
But next moment, Su Yan’s form was gradually covered in pitch-black armor, intense fierce intent emanating faintly from his spear.
Insect Bone Armor Body!
At this moment, Su Yan was like heavy cavalry, aura rising another level.
“Attack!”
Xiao Feng saw something wrong and pounced, true intent summoned—a Black Claw Giant Tiger lunging at Su Yan.
Lin Tianlang, Xu Sanhu, Qiao Zhixing each struck, one wolf, one tiger, one Red Mane Beast, all pouncing over.
Roar
A dragon roar sounded, green-scaled Poisonous Flood Dragon rising from Su Yan, tail sweeping, rolling poisonous mist completely separating them.
Su Yan waved a hand, Six-Winged Blood Centipede, Flame Armored Scorpion, Blood Fiend Mother Worm all emerged, plus the Gold-Eating Demon Insects hidden on his body.
Four fierce insects appeared simultaneously, powerful aura instantly enveloping the entire battlefield.
“What?!”
Xiao Feng and the four were shocked—how did he have beast taming means? Hadn’t he just gotten a first-class recommendation token, not yet joined Beast King Sect.
Six-Winged Blood Centipede soared skyward, circling Fallen Head Mountain area, spewing poisonous mist from its mouth to completely enclose this place.
Poisonous mist closed in, airtight; to leave meant charging through it.
Flame Armored Scorpion’s appendages clicked, charging into the armor saber wielders, scorpion tail sweeping and spraying demonic flames that ignited shrubs and armor alike, firelight soaring, screams mixed with sickening meat scent.
Buzz buzz
Blood Fiend Mother Worm released tens of thousands of Blood Bees, swarming the crowd, constantly attacking and exterminating saber wielders one after another.
In an instant, offense and defense swapped; Su Yan stood amid the four’s encirclement, yet it was as if he encircled the Little Mountain Association group.
Screams unending, firelight flickering, heat waves pressing.
Even Xiao Feng and others were attacked nonstop by Blood Bees, beast spirit true intents blocking them to stay temporarily safe.
They were terrified, eyes locked on Su Yan, coldly demanding: “What exactly are you?”
Su Yan flicked his Scorpion Profound Spear slightly, killing nearby Long Qidao, calmly saying: “Su Yan, the one killing you.”
“Kill!”
Xiao Feng erupted in attack, Flame Armored Scorpion blocking; great war instantly exploded.
If they didn’t kill Su Yan, none of them would leave today!
