Ling Tian Sword God

”Heaven has truly given me a chance to kill you with my own hands, you brat!”

The Undying Old Demon grinned, murderous intent overflowing from his eyes. He had been dreaming day and night of taking Ling Chen’s life, and now the opportunity was right before him. This was truly a blessing from heaven.

Given his current strength, killing Ling Chen would be as easy as flipping his hand.

Without wasting words, the Undying Old Demon made a grabbing motion with his palm. A giant, blood-red claw, approximately forty to fifty zhang in size, descended from the sky and abruptly fell upon Ling Chen.

At the same moment the blood claw fell, Ling Yin formed seals with her palms, unusual patterns flashing in her pupils. All of a sudden, a black hole of runes condensed above the three of them. The blood claw was sucked into the black hole of runes and disappeared instantly.

As the blood claw disappeared, the black hole of runes also quickly faded, but Ling Yin’s face had turned considerably paler; clearly, dissolving the Undying Old Demon’s blood claw had consumed a great deal of her strength.

”What futile resistance!”

The Undying Old Demon grinned, a frosty glint in his eyes. He then attacked again. This time, blood-red True Qi surged from his sleeves like a tide, quickly condensing before him into an extraordinarily massive, thick, blood-red Long Spear. Its chilling tip aimed at Ling Chen among the three.

With a wave of his palm, under the Undying Old Demon’s baleful gaze, SWISH! The blood-red Long Spear shot out, tearing through the air as it brutally sped towards Ling Chen.

This time, no one intervened for Ling Chen.

However, just then, plum blossoms suddenly began to drift down from mid-air, like a light snowfall.

WHOOSH!

A sharp sound of tearing air suddenly resounded, faint like ripping cloth. Ling Chen only saw a frosty white sword light streak through the sky and collide heavily with the blood-red Long Spear!

CRACK!

The sword qi shattered the Long Spear, but in that same instant, the sword qi also disintegrated, scattering into countless fragments.

”Plum blossoms flutter, snow falls, the Gentleman Sword, cold as frost.”

Xuan Yu murmured softly, a hint of joy appearing on her pretty face, ”My master is here.”

”Has Master Mei arrived?”

Ling Chen’s expression also eased. From the direction the sword light had erupted, a middle-aged Swordsman in white approached, riding a crane. This man had salt-and-pepper hair, a square face, sword-like brows, and star-like eyes, radiating an aura of righteousness.

This person was the Villa Owner of Plum Blossom Villa, the ”Plum Blossom Gentleman Sword,” Mei Fangzhi.

”Your Excellency dares to cause havoc within my Plum Blossom Villa. You clearly have no respect for me.”

Mei Fangzhi’s gaze was like a sword, locking onto the Undying Old Demon, his eyes suddenly flashing with a fierce glint.

”Plum Blossom Gentleman Sword, Mei Fangzhi. I know you have some fame in the Yizhou Martial Arts, but when I roamed the Nine Provinces Land, you were still in your mother’s womb.”

The Undying Old Demon merely glanced at Mei Fangzhi, then let out a strange laugh. In his eyes, people like Mei Fangzhi were mere juniors, utterly beneath his notice.

”Oh?” Mei Fangzhi’s eyes glittered, as if he could see through the Undying Old Demon. ”So, you’re an old demon who has possessed another’s body. No wonder you’re so ferocious. However, your strength hasn’t fully recovered, has it? Whether you’re a match for me now... that remains to be seen.”

”A centipede doesn’t collapse even in death. Besides, how could my former strength be described by a mere centipede?”

An intense chill settled in the Undying Old Demon’s eyes. He suddenly formed a hand seal, and an astonishing blood-red mark began to congeal in his palm. This blood-red mark expanded rapidly. In just a dozen breaths, it swelled to several zhang in size. From within this Demonic Seal, it seemed as if boundless blood qi was surging out. The blooming blood mist was like a flower—one that had absorbed fresh blood to achieve its splendid growth.

”Undying Demon Seal!”

With an abrupt shove of his arm, the astonishing blood mark shot out like a meteor streaking across the sky, blasting heavily towards Mei Fangzhi, who stood gracefully upon the white crane.

As the Demonic Seal shot out rapidly, it bloomed ever wider, like a vast maw opening to devour Mei Fangzhi.

”Undying Old Demon, is that all you’ve got?”

Mei Fangzhi’s expression remained unchanged. He merely brought his index and middle fingers together and casually pointed forward. In that instant, a half-length sword qi extended from his fingertips. As it thrust forward, this sword qi stretched to a full ten zhang in length, piercing into the Demonic Seal.

HISS! HISS! HISS!

The half-length sword qi directly tore through the Undying Demon Seal, pierced out from the other side, and vanished into the sky like a meteor.

Having been directly pierced, the Undying Demon Seal also suddenly shattered, turning into a mist of blood that dispersed.

After his finger thrust pierced the Undying Old Demon’s technique, Mei Fangzhi suddenly released a keen, peerless aura. A terrifying pressure, exceeding the limits of the Sky Apex Realm, surged from him, stirring the Feng Yun of this world into upheaval.

”What? You’ve actually broken through the bottleneck of the Sky Apex Realm and stepped into the Half-Saint threshold?”

The Undying Old Demon was greatly surprised, his face rapidly turning unsightly.

If Mei Fangzhi were merely at the Sky Apex Realm Ninth Level, he naturally wouldn’t fear him. However, he never expected this man to have actually broken through his Realm and reached the threshold of a Half-Saint. Although there was only one step of difference between a Half-Saint and the Sky Apex Realm Ninth Level, the gap in actual strength was like crossing two major cultivation Realms.

At this point, a trace of a Saint’s aura could be sensed from Mei Fangzhi’s presence. Although this trace of aura was incomplete, it was no longer the powerful aura possessed by a Top Sky Apex Strong.

”A year of secluded cultivation has finally borne fruit.”

Mei Fangzhi’s eyes shone with a keen light. With a wave of his sleeve, an immaculate white Long Sword appeared in his hand. A terrifying Sword Momentum surged skyward. ”You’ve killed so many innocent disciples from my Hanmei Villa, demon! Today, you will leave your life behind!”

The moment his voice fell, Mei Fangzhi shot up from the crane’s back. He contracted his abdomen, gathering power, then unleashed a sword strike that was both gentle and firm. White sword qi erupted from the blade, coalescing in mid-air into a giant plum blossom. The plum blossom rotated, frantically absorbing the surrounding Heavenly Earth Energy to empower itself.

”Go!”

With a guiding motion of his sword fingers, Mei Fangzhi directed the enormous plum blossom formed of sword qi. It flickered and appeared beneath the Undying Old Demon’s feet, completely trapping him within.

”Blood Fury Qiankun!”

The Undying Old Demon was no ordinary foe; he naturally wouldn’t be intimidated by Mei Fangzhi’s display of strength. He abruptly raised his palm, concentrating all the surrounding blood mist into it, then fiercely struck out with a blood-red palm print, smashing it against the plum blossom of sword qi.

The instant the blood-red palm print struck the plum blossom of sword qi, the latter was completely dyed crimson. The next moment, the blood-colored plum blossom abruptly shattered, dispersing into countless fragments.

”Indeed, a tenacious centipede.”

Mei Fangzhi’s figure flickered, disappearing from his original spot, leaving only falling plum blossoms behind. Around the Undying Old Demon, figures of Mei Fangzhi appeared. Four Mei Fangzhis attacked simultaneously. The sky filled with sword qi, and the air swirled with plum blossoms. Each plum blossom was a deadly weapon. An ordinary Top Sky Apex Strong would likely be unable to withstand even a fraction of this assault.