Ling Tian Sword God

HUM!

The air was filled with the sound of swords humming. Even though the plum blossoms had all withered and disappeared, those streaks of Sword Light remained, their power undiminished, all converging on Ling Chen.

His body bent like a bow, Ling Chen moved like a duckweed swaying with the wind. He seemed like a drunkard, staggering and looking as if he might fall at any moment.

However, despite this stumbling appearance, he cleverly avoided all the Sword Light. The so-called Plum Blossom Sword Formation, launched by the six disciples of Hanmei Villa, failed to harm Ling Chen in the slightest.

He actually avoided it perfectly!

Shen Qianlang didn’t know how to describe the shock in his heart. Ling Chen always seemed to be in extreme danger, yet he consistently managed to deftly avert disaster. Was it luck, or did he truly possess the skill to dodge?

Miaoyin sensed something was off about Ling Chen. There’s something strange about this kid! We know the power of our Plum Blossom Sword Formation better than anyone; there’s no way he could have neutralized our attack by sheer luck. This kid is clearly hiding his true strength, feigning weakness to prey on the strong!

”Miss Luo, who exactly is this Brother Ling Chen?” Shen Qianlang looked solemnly at Ling Chen. A person of Ling Chen’s cultivation and age couldn’t possibly be unknown. Logically, Ling Chen should already be a celebrity among the younger generation in Yi Zhou.

”Brother Ling Chen and Ling Yin came from south of the Chaotic Mind Canyon,” Luo Xian’er said, her gaze filled with gratitude as she looked at Ling Chen. ”If it weren’t for their help, I’m afraid I would have fallen into the hands of the Tang Sect. The Tang Sect, furious and embarrassed, issued a bounty for the three of us. Along the way, we faced countless experts: Bai Shaochuan, a Disciple of the Capture God; Heavenly Blade Hero Lei Wanjuan; One-eyed Divine Dragon Yue Dufeng; and the infamous Poison Lady… If Brother Ling Chen hadn’t protected me, I probably wouldn’t have made it here.”

Hearing this, Shen Qianlang’s expression shifted. The names Luo Xian’er mentioned—Bai Shaochuan, Lei Wanjuan, the Poison Lady—each was a formidable figure in the Jianghu of Yi Zhou. When Shen Qianlang heard that Ling Chen had slain the Poison Lady and Yue Dufeng, he was astounded. The Poison Lady was a bounty hunter at the Sky Apex Realm fifth level, a master of poisons, yet she had died at Ling Chen’s hands.

He finally understood why Ling Chen had remained so calm and composed. It wasn’t that Ling Chen was ignorant of the situation’s gravity, but that he truly possessed the strength to face the people from Hanmei Villa without fear.

”This kid has some skill! Senior Sister Miaoyin, use the Trapping Array on him!” A look of surprise flickered across Xuan Yu’s face. Ling Chen had managed to evade their combined Sword Formation unscathed, something she hadn’t anticipated. After all, Ling Chen seemed younger than them. In all of Yi Zhou, there were probably very few younger than them who could withstand their Plum Blossom Sword Formation.

Perhaps Ling Chen truly has a formidable background, they thought, but we can’t worry about that now. He offended Hanmei Villa, and he must pay the price.

”Okay!” Miaoyin nodded without hesitation. Such coordination between her and her sisters was second nature; it required no thought. They rapidly shifted their formation, once again surrounding Ling Chen tightly.

”If I truly wished to leave, you couldn’t stop me,” Ling Chen said, shaking his head. The swordsmanship of Miaoyin and the other Hanmei Villa disciples was exquisite, and their Plum Blossom Sword Formation was indeed top-tier. However, before him, it was like displaying meager skills before an expert. Ling Chen’s understanding of the Sword Way was superb. He had cultivated many sophisticated forms of Swordsmanship and received the true teachings of the Red Sky Sword Saint; he had even mastered the ultimate form of the Red Sky Sword Technique, the Red Sky Sword Array.

Compared to the Red Sky Sword Array, this Plum Blossom Sword Formation was rather lacking.

If he truly wanted to break the formation, it would be effortless. He simply didn’t want to provoke Hanmei Villa excessively. If possible, Ling Chen preferred to resolve the conflict peacefully.

”Let’s see if you can break it first,” Miaoyin retorted, completely ignoring Ling Chen’s warning. She felt he was insulting them and was infuriated by his unruffled demeanor, as if he held them in no regard.

Under the combined efforts of the six, the Plum Blossom Sword Formation shifted. Its originally fierce and intimidating aura vanished, replaced by an incessant wave of Sword Momentum that surged like an endless tide, one wave after another.

The Killing Formation had transformed into a Trapping Array.

Seeing this, Ling Chen could only shake his head. If I don’t break this Plum Blossom Sword Formation today, Miaoyin and the others likely won’t let us leave.

At this thought, a sharp glint suddenly solidified in Ling Chen’s eyes. Since that’s the case, I won’t hold back!

With a tap of his foot, Ling Chen’s figure shot forward like a bolt of lightning, charging in one direction.

Seeing Ling Chen rush towards them, joy, not alarm, flickered across Miaoyin’s face. She had feared Ling Chen would hesitate and not attack, which would have made it difficult for them to capture him. Now that he was taking the initiative, it was exactly what they wanted.

As Ling Chen charged, a dense barrage of sword qi enveloped him, sealing off all his escape routes.

HISS! HISS! HISS!

At that moment, a Qi Shield suddenly materialized around Ling Chen’s body. From beneath the Qi Shield, streams of crimson sword qi erupted, pulverizing the incoming tide of sword qi.

”One Sword Burns the Sky!”

Ling Chen infused his surging True Qi into the Red Sky Sword and unleashed a full-powered strike. The Sword Light extended for a full twenty zhang, cleaving down with indomitable force.

CRACK!

Everything in the Sword Light’s path was incinerated. With this single stroke, Ling Chen tore a large gap in the Plum Blossom Sword Formation.

”Treading the Snow in Search of Plum Blossoms!”

Seeing the breach in the formation, alarm flickered across Miaoyin’s pretty face. How could I just watch him break through? The instant the gap appeared, her internal True Qi erupted. Stepping on snowflakes, she instantly appeared at the breach, attempting to block Ling Chen. Her delicate wrist flicked her sword towards the rapidly approaching figure.

The light in Ling Chen’s eyes intensified to an extreme, as if sword qi itself was about to erupt from them. Before Miaoyin’s Sword Light could reach him, Ling Chen had already executed two swift strokes. The first neutralized the force of Miaoyin’s attack, and the second deflected her sword’s trajectory.

Oh no! Miaoyin cried out internally. Ling Chen’s phantom-like sword speed had caught her completely off guard. But he gave her no chance to recover. His sword descended, striking Miaoyin heavily on the chest.

SMACK!

As the Red Sky Sword struck Miaoyin, she coughed up a mouthful of blood and was sent flying backward.

With Miaoyin defeated, the Plum Blossom Sword Formation lost its strongest anchor. It crumpled instantly, disintegrating.