I Have an Omen System

Chapter 392: Chapter 247: Green Blood Sword Demon (3)

"A pity. Borrowed power is still just borrowed power. Nothing more than a flash in the pan."

His tone remained placid, but his movements were as swift as a phantom’s. With a flicker, he left a faint afterimage and rapidly closed the distance to Qin Xuan.

The Green Blood Longsword thrust silently toward Qin Xuan’s throat, moving faster than his Divine Sense could react.

Although Qin Xuan had used the power of the Demon Pill to temporarily reach the Purple Mansion Tenth Level, drastically boosting his reflexes and Spiritual Power circulation, he still struggled to keep up with Lu Hanzhou’s eerily unpredictable sword speed.

He had no time to cast any complex magic. With a single thought, a turtle shell-shaped Sword Talisman on his Lifebound Longsword flared to life.

"Profound Turtle, defend!"

An Ink Jade Turtle Shield, covered in ancient and mystical patterns, quietly materialized before him.

The shield was not large, only about a foot across, yet the moment it appeared, it seemed to section off its own pocket of space, exuding an aura as solid as a mountain and impervious to all harm.

BOOM!!

Lu Hanzhou’s fatal strike slammed into the Turtle Shield with unerring precision, letting out a deep, thunderous boom!

The frenzied Sword Qi clashed violently with the Ink Jade Turtle Shield’s protective halo. The resulting shockwave spread out in a ring, flinging the molten lava in the center of the Cave Mansion dozens of feet into the air!

The Turtle Shield’s glow flickered violently, but it ultimately held firm and blocked the strike.

Lu Hanzhou’s advance halted for a moment. He looked at the Ink Jade Turtle Shield and sneered. "The Mystic Turtle Sword Talisman? Finally willing to bring that out, are you? You really have quite a few nice toys."

Before his voice had faded, Qin Xuan was already striking back.

’He knew that passive defense was a dead end. He had to attack and seize the initiative!’

On his Lifebound Longsword, another Sword Talisman flared to life.

"Divine Blade, Slash!"

In that instant, the towering, illusory figure of a Sword Cultivator appeared before Qin Xuan. Its face was indistinct, but an incisive Sword Intent capable of cleaving through anything surged skyward.

The phantom, longsword in hand, brought its blade down in a ferocious slash aimed at Lu Hanzhou.

WHOOSH—

The flash of sword light was gone in an instant, faster than a clap of thunder, seeming to slice through space itself to strike directly at the Divine Soul.

However, Lu Hanzhou seemed to have anticipated the impossibly swift strike.

He didn’t meet it head-on. Instead, his body twisted at an unbelievable angle, as if boneless, allowing him to evade the direct slash by a hair’s breadth.

With a simultaneous backhanded thrust, he jabbed his sword toward the point between the phantom Sword Cultivator’s brows.

PFFT. The phantom Sword Cultivator shattered like a soap bubble.

At the same time, a thin red line appeared on Qin Xuan’s wrist, and beads of crimson blood flew into the air.

"Your blood... it tastes good. A pity your sword is too slow."

Lu Hanzhou licked the drop of blood from his sword’s tip, smiling as he spoke.

"The Divine Blade Talisman was created by the Divine Blood Refining True Demon Monarch as a variation on the Ancient Celestial Sword Sect’s Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique. You’ve captured the form, but not the spirit. The flaw is obvious. You’re tarnishing the Monarch’s good name."

He spoke with the detached air of a master instructing a junior, but his actions remained utterly merciless.

The Green Blood Longsword once again transformed into a venomous viper. It homed in on the subtle opening Qin Xuan had exposed by activating the Sword Talisman, thrusting straight for his Dantian.

A chill shot through Qin Xuan’s heart. ’How can he know so much about my techniques!’

He gritted his teeth and spat a mouthful of Essence Blood onto his Lifebound Longsword, which erupted into a peerlessly sharp Crimson Gold Sword Aura.

"Golden-Breaking Blood Talisman, rend!"

TWANG—

An ear-splitting metallic wail rang out.

The Crimson Gold Sword Aura danced through the air, and in its wake, countless fine, dark-gold cracks appeared in the void.

It was as if even the spatial Law of Metal was being forcibly severed.

"Blood Talisman: Broken Gold!"

Qin Xuan roared, Lifebound Longsword in hand, and charged fearlessly at Lu Hanzhou.

With the Giant Spirit Blood Demon awakened, the karmic restriction on the Golden-Breaking Blood Talisman was gone, making its power far greater than the previous two Sword Talismans!

Yet, faced with this ferocious attack, a cold, mocking smile touched Lu Hanzhou’s lips as he shook his head in disappointment.

"As a Demon Child, is this your final trump card after discarding your Positional Divine Techniques?"