Free Web NovelChapter 211: Chapter 211: Dare to Make a Move and I’ll Kill Him
Startled by Xu Xing’an’s attack, Yi quickly struck out with his palm, sending a small, flaming palm seal flying forward.
"Well now, little one. So you’re a practitioner."
Xu Xing’an smiled faintly and casually reached out, crushing the flaming palm seal with a simple pinch, which dissipated with a soft POP.
Yi jumped in fright and quickly backed away. "You... all of you, stay back! I’m telling you, my master is Ge Ye—Mr. Ge! If you dare touch me, he’ll make you pay!"
At these words, everyone from the Xu Family froze.
"What should we do? He’s Mr. Ge’s disciple?"
One of the Xu Family descendants quickly asked Xu Xing’an.
Seizing the opportunity, Yi quietly backed away, then turned and scrambled to get away.
Seeing this, Xu Xing’an’s expression darkened. He suddenly vanished, reappearing in front of Yi an instant later.
Yi cried out in terror, "Ah! Murder! They’re murderers! Master, come save me! These outsiders are on a killing spree again!"
"Shut up!"
With a cold glint in his eyes, Xu Xing’an clamped a large hand over Yi’s mouth and hoisted him into the air.
Unable to make a sound, Yi could only kick his legs helplessly in midair.
They weren’t far from the house where Shen Daoxing was staying. Standing in the courtyard, he naturally sensed the commotion. When he realized Yi was in danger, his feet shifted slightly as he prepared to intervene.
However, the girl in red behind him was even faster. She suddenly vanished from where she stood.
「In the alley outside.」
A flash of frigid, lightning-infused sword light appeared.
Caught unprepared, Xu Xing’an was struck by the sword, and his hand gripping Yi immediately went slack.
Yi plummeted downward.
Though he was usually terrified of the girl in red, he felt no fear now. He scurried behind her to hide. "Demoness! This is great! You came to save me!"
Then, he peeked his small head out and added indignantly, "Quick, quick! Use the same power you use to spank me and give them a good thrashing!"
Seeing the girl in red suddenly appear, Xu Xing’an began to laugh. "Demoness, so you’ve finally shown yourself. You’ve given me quite a chase. You killed a genius from my Xu Family, and today you will pay that blood debt with your own. I’ll tear you limb from limb!"
The girl in red said nothing. With just a cool glance, a blue beam of Sword Intent, crackling with a chain of electric arcs, shot out with the speed of lightning.
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
After a few rapid turns, it instantly pierced through the chests of the Xu Family descendants beside Xu Xing’an, who collapsed with a THUD.
Her actions seemed to say, ’So what if I killed them? What are you going to do about it?’
"You... How audacious!"
Enraged, Xu Xing’an shot into the air and appeared before the girl in red, unleashing an incomparably immense pressure, as if a colossal mountain were bearing down on her.
The girl in red’s expression grew taut. Without retreating a single step, she reached back, grabbed Yi by the scruff, and tossed him aside.
Shen Daoxing had already arrived and reached out to catch Yi. After a quick inspection, he breathed a sigh of relief, seeing the boy was unharmed.
However, his expression turned grave when he saw Xu Xing’an. This man was nothing like those young Xu Family descendants; he was a master at the Spirit Transformation realm, and the girl in red had not yet fully recovered from her injuries.
"Die!"
With a furious roar, the longsword in Xu Xing’an’s hand erupted with a dazzling light. It whistled through the air as he brought it crashing down.
Though she was at a disadvantage, the girl in red showed no fear, slashing upward with her own sword.
In that instant, a brilliant light flared from within her.
One, two, three... a total of fourteen strands of Sword Intent surged from her body, shooting upward.
Shen Daoxing was stunned. The girl in red was no older than sixteen or seventeen, yet she had already comprehended fourteen strands of Sword Intent.
However, Xu Xing’an roared, "Cyan Cloud Sword Technique! Dragon Soaring Nine Heavens!"
In an instant, his sword blazed with immense light, and a majestic white cloud dragon suddenly flew forth.
With just a flash of the dragon’s shadow, the girl in red’s fourteen strands of Sword Intent shattered.
Startled, the girl in red’s figure flickered as she rapidly retreated.
But an instant later, Xu Xing’an was before her again, bringing his sword slashing down.
This time, however, the girl in red chose not to clash with him directly. Her figure blurred into a trail of afterimages as she dodged with an exceptionally nimble Body Technique.
However, Xu Xing’an was just as fast. He caught up in a single stride. "Cyan Cloud Sword Technique! Breaking Through the Clouds!"
The sound of ten thousand galloping horses and the battle cries of a vast army rose and intertwined.
The light from Xu Xing’an’s sword blazed. Phantoms of a mighty army on horseback seemed to descend from the clouds, like celestial soldiers, surrounding her from all sides.
At that moment, the girl in red had no path of escape. Xu Xing’an’s sword bore down on her with the crushing force of a phantom army.
However, her body flickered with electric arcs before dissolving into a bolt of lightning and vanishing without a trace. It had only been an afterimage.
Xu Xing’an froze for a moment.
"Nine Thunders Shocking Heaven Technique! Dusk Sea Celestial Thunder!"
A clear voice rang out from behind him.
The girl in red had suddenly appeared behind Xu Xing’an, her sword held high.
Instantly, a fierce wind began to howl as dark clouds gathered, plunging the entire sky into darkness.
RUMBLE!
A bolt of celestial thunder fell from the dark clouds, striking the longsword in the girl in red’s hands.
"Strike!"
With a sharp cry, the girl in red brought her sword down, unleashing the roiling celestial thunder.
Xu Xing’an suddenly spun around, sweeping his longsword outward. "Cyan Cloud Sword Technique! Breaking Through the Clouds!"
The phantom army, seemingly charging down from the heavens, crashed into the roiling celestial thunder. The collision erupted in a massive flash of light, and a violent gust of wind swept over everyone.
Everyone staggered, nearly losing their footing.
At the center of the explosion, the girl in red and Xu Xing’an clashed violently before rapidly breaking apart.
The surrounding Xu Family descendants were all aghast. Although Xu Xing’an had only recently entered the Spirit Transformation realm, he was a master of that level nonetheless. Yet the girl in red, who was only at the Nine Cave Heavens stage of the Grotto Heaven realm, had actually managed to fight him for this long.
Suddenly, the cold blade of a longsword was pressed against Shen Daoxing’s neck.
A Xu Family descendant, Xu Yu, had appeared behind Shen Daoxing. He tilted his head back, looking up at the girl in red. "Demoness, drop your weapon, or I’ll kill this scholar and the boy!"
The girl in red froze, her raised sword halting mid-swing. She turned her head, her eyes turning impossibly cold as she stared at Xu Yu.
Seeing his threat was effective, Xu Yu threw his head back and laughed smugly, then signaled the other Xu Family descendants with his eyes.
The Xu Family descendants sprang into action, surging forward to completely encircle the girl in red, then slowly closing in.
Seeing this, the girl in red swiftly raised her sword again, preparing to call down the roiling celestial thunder from above.
Xu Yu bellowed, "You make a move and I’ll kill them!"
As he spoke, he applied a little more force with his sword.
The girl in red’s gaze froze, and she abruptly lowered her sword.
’???’
Sigh.
Shen Daoxing let out a silent sigh, giving the Xu Family descendant beside him a strange, sidelong glance.
’Why are all these people from the Xu Family so fond of taking hostages?’
