Chen Ping's Sword

Chapter 330: Chapter 167: Cyan Dragon’s Broken Leg, Heaven’s Killing Intent (Part 3)

The Qi Mechanism within him gradually rose, becoming stronger and stronger.

’Why are they suddenly initiating the array? Could it be that the old man...’

Jiang Yuandong was surprised. Just as this thought flashed in his mind, a chill surged through his heart. The Cyan Dragon Saber in his hand suddenly leaped up, barely managing to shield his brow and heart...

A simultaneous pain struck his lower abdomen, right lung, and chest, and there was the sound of wind sweeping past his neck, half of which was already sliced open.

Amid the gushing blood, the pain finally registered in his mind.

He roared in fury, finally understanding that his opponent had somehow managed to get close and, in an instant, thrust out nine swords, each strike deadly.

Several holes were pierced in his upper body, making it impossible to defend. If not for his father’s early command to activate the array, which granted him immense strength, even his brow and heart would have been pierced by now.

Fortunately, the array was activated just in time. Although not all three thousand elites guarded him simultaneously, the gathered Military Qi was still incredibly strong, naturally deflecting seven to eight percent of his opponent’s attack power.

And with the Cyan Wood Longevity Skill bolstered by the array, his recovery ability was unparalleled. In the blink of an eye, his injuries were nearly healed, and his combat power was scarcely diminished.

As long as he could catch his breath, he could trap and kill him.

Seeing in front of him a youth in a cyan robe appearing like an illusion brandishing a sword in the air, Jiang Yuandong’s heart turned cold, and his anger surged like a tide, his killing intent skyrocketing.

At this moment, the Cyan Dragon Saber in his hand turned to offense, wielding the mighty Military Array’s power as it swung down fiercely, like a streaking bolt of lightning.

Boom...

Boom boom!

Three consecutive slashes struck the Black Sword Light, sparks flying, Qi Force rippling in all directions.

Chen Ping’s body shuddered violently, forcibly pushed back three steps.

Moreover, he sensed the Qi Mechanism from all directions, like long serpents, wrapping back around him, about to form a net.

And the Commanding General in front of him, with a heavy saber bolstered by Military Qi, was as heavy as a mountain, clashing against his fast and heavy Black Dragon Sword without losing any ground.

The most outrageous part was the opponent’s injuries. In half a breath, the wounds had closed, shining with a green light, nearly healed.

Especially the gash on the neck—by rights, this should have been a fatal wound. Yet, in just two blinks, it had healed already.

"This is cheating."

Chen Ping cursed inwardly.

Feeling a vast overwhelming Qi Mechanism charging at him like a collapsing sky, he realized there was no further delay allowed.

He recalled the inspiration that had helped him deceive Jiang Yuandong’s sensory perception and launch an audacious assassination attempt, not anticipating that Jiang Wuji, the old hag, could also command the array’s activation.

Under the Military Array’s protection, Commanding General Jiang Yuandong’s power and Martial Skills increased three to five times; killing him with one blow or within a few breaths was impossible.

Even more so, if the Military Array became fully operational and smooth, it might bind him, preventing escape.

Chen Ping’s gaze flickered; he would no longer be greedy for merit and would proceed according to the original plan.

Since he couldn’t kill, then he had to settle for second-best.

Chen Ping wielded the Black Sword horizontally, slashing three times in succession, leaving a trail of blood streaks on Jiang Yuandong. Then, the grand sword momentum suddenly shifted, turning soft like a spring breeze. At the same time, he drew upon the celestial stars, countless starry lights faintly flickering on the Black Sword, transforming into a single black streak that silently cleaved out along the horse’s flank.

This strike shifted from the grandiose Primordial Sword Momentum to Clear Wind Shadowless, further propelled by the Seven Stars Sword Intent.

Causing Jiang Yuandong to struggle painfully.

The Cyan Dragon Great Saber he wielded transformed into layer upon layer of green mountains, blocking every direction, but it couldn’t stop this starry light sword strike.

His head and heart were protected, though.

Yet, the Sword Light seemed to rise from the ground, piercing through from the horse’s flank.

A soft hiss sounded.

Jiang Yuandong felt a lightness below.

The intense pain surged once more.

The Cyan Wood Longevity Skill circulated madly, the Military Qi gathering, healing the wound once again, yet that peculiar feeling lingered.

His saber light poured like a waterfall, rumbling, blocking his front without the slightest slack, beads of sweat streaming down as he glanced quickly. It was then that he discovered, a portion of his lower leg had fallen to the ground...

A familiar sight.

At the same time, he spotted a mess of internal organs and entrails.

The entrails slipping out were naturally from the horse, but the leg? It was, without doubt, his own leg.

"Little thief, you deserve to die."

Jiang Yuandong’s eyes turned red with fury. With a roar, his figure swayed, descending from the horse, the saber light surging like the Cyan Dragon Emerging from the Water, charging forward madly.

All around, soldiers rushed in, surging back to surround him with his saber light, intending to encircle and capture... but discovered the cyan robe figure drifting further away, in just two blinks, it retreated twenty to thirty feet.

"Aren’t you good at healing? This leg’s on the ground, heal it for me if you can."

Laughing heartily, Chen Ping’s figure shot backward like an arrow, leaving a long afterimage.

His goal was never to kill anyone; all he needed to do was break the array.

Jiang Yuandong, who lost a leg at the knee, even if adept at manipulating Cyan Wood Longevity True Qi and gathering Military Qi, would still struggle to move.

Sitting on a horse, he was unsteady.

Without a horse, he could hardly walk. Was he to fight with a crutch? That’d be laughable.

Under such circumstances, how could he command a Military Array or gather Military Qi?

So, breaking the Military Array wasn’t all that hard after all?

Amid laughter, dark clouds rolled chaotically in the sky, a Qi Mechanism shrouded an area spanning dozens of feet, bearing down like a surging tide.

The air seemed to solidify into a dense gel, sealing off all sides.

A figure had already shot forth like lightning.

Sword Light layered heavily, like lush green mountains, a sea of trees awash with waves.

"Boy, you killed my grandson Ziyang, and today you’ve injured my son Yuandong. I will ensure your body is utterly destroyed."

This voice was extremely penetrating, causing the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi to violently tremble, resonating with Chen Ping’s muscles, bones, and tendons simultaneously.

The most formidable was the Sword Light’s emergence, moving mind and divine, Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi all simultaneous responses, wielded like an arm.

It seemed as if the entire sky was unleashing its wrath.

Collapsing, bearing down.

No evading, no escape from its reach.

Faced with this grand, Heaven and Earth-like assault, Chen Ping, though he had already escaped the Cyan Wood Dragon Locking Array, could not escape Jiang Wuji’s Qi Mechanism lock and could only withstand it head-on.

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