Ling Tian Sword God

Chapter 786: Chapter 784: Blue Lotus Capture_1

SHHHHH... The streaming sands wildly assaulted the perimeter of the Blue Lotus. However, they were consistently blocked by the towering Blue Lotus, unable to tear it apart in the slightest.

”What kind of sword technique is this?” Tang Yutong’s expression turned grave. A sword technique capable of resisting Sand Shooting Shadow was no small matter. Given Sand Shooting Shadow’s attack power, ordinary techniques wouldn’t last even a moment against it.

Yet, the Blue Lotus before her seemed indestructible and was visibly growing, expanding from its initial ten Zhang height to a full hundred Zhang.

Sand Shooting Shadow was fragmented into over a dozen pieces, unable to coalesce.

SWISH! Ling Chen burst out from the Blue Lotus and once again slashed his sword at Tang Yutong.

”Blue Lotus Capture!”

As he slashed, a phantom Blue Lotus enveloped the sky above Tang Yutong. It radiated dazzling light, furiously absorbing power from the Void and transforming into an immense Blue Lotus.

The Blue Lotus seemed to usurp the sun’s brilliance. It was terrifying, with a dense rain of lotus-leaf sword qi falling like a tempest.

Tang Yutong was startled, but her reaction was swift. As the Blue Lotus began to descend, she had already erected her True Qi Protection, forming a True Qi Wall on all sides, sealing off every direction.

THWACK! THWACK! THWACK! The dense barrage of lotus-leaf sword qi hammered against the True Qi Wall, causing it to tremble precariously as if battered by a storm.

CRACK! A sharp sound echoed as a fissure suddenly spread across the wall. With a BOOM, it shattered and collapsed.

A graceful figure burst out from the remnants of the True Qi Wall—it was Tang Yutong. With a wave of her sleeve, she shot a volley of God Needles with no Shadow straight at Ling Chen’s face.

However, Ling Chen was prepared. He remained calm, drew the other Thunder Shadow Sword from his waist, and deflected the incoming God Needles with no Shadow.

SPURT! A trickle of blood escaped the corner of Tang Yutong’s mouth. Although she had successfully blocked Ling Chen’s previous attack, Blue Lotus Capture was not so easily dealt with. She had only parried most of the sword qi; a considerable amount still struck her, inflicting significant damage.

Ling Chen had no intention of showing mercy. After deflecting the God Needles with no Shadow, he immediately unleashed another technique, Blazing Meteor. The Sword Light flashed through the air, reaching Tang Yutong’s face in an instant.

Gritting her teeth, Tang Yutong raised her short dagger to block the Sword Light. The moment their weapons clashed, the impact hurled her back dozens of meters. Yet, even as she retreated, she swiftly retracted her hand. The Sand Shooting Shadow abruptly reformed, hurtling fiercely toward Ling Chen’s back.

However, when she looked up again, a sharp sword was already pressed against her throat.

The Long Spear condensed from Sand Shooting Shadow halted abruptly, a mere inch from Ling Chen’s back. It advanced no further, hovering suspended in mid-air.

It wasn’t that Tang Yutong didn’t want to strike, but she didn’t dare. She sensed an extremely chilling killing intent from Ling Chen’s sword. If she dared make the slightest move, Ling Chen’s sword would undoubtedly pierce her throat.

”You’re Tang Yutong, correct?” Ling Chen’s expression was nonchalant. ”The Tang Sect has already annihilated the Qingcheng Palace. Why the need to wipe them out completely? You seem different from the other Tang Sect members. I won’t kill you today. I hope you’ll look out for yourself.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Ling Chen’s figure flickered. When he reappeared, he was already behind Tang Yutong.

”Xiao Yin, let’s go!” Ling Chen called out to Ling Yin, who was still tangling with the four Shadow Guards.

”Alright.” Ling Yin had been toying with the four Shadow Guards using an illusion array, leading them in circles. They couldn’t get near her and were firmly entangled.

Dispelling the illusion array, Ling Yin exchanged a look with Shen Qianlang and Luo Xian’er. The three of them immediately moved, quickly catching up to Ling Chen.

”Miss, they’ve escaped!” Seeing Ling Chen’s group of four retreating into the distance, the four Shadow Guards quickly turned to Tang Yutong.

”Forget it. Let them go.” Tang Yutong waved her hand, stopping the four Shadow Guards. ”There’s no use chasing them. He’s not someone you can handle.”

The four Shadow Guards exchanged glances. ”But, Miss, those four are the ones the two Elders want. Now that they’ve escaped from Town Ghost Pass, I’m afraid the two Elders...”

”I will bear all responsibility.” Tang Yutong gazed in the direction Ling Chen’s group had vanished. This Ling Chen... I fear only the top three among the Tang Sect’s ten greatest Experts can deal with him.

She was also very perplexed about Ling Chen. He was such an enigmatic man. He clearly could have killed her, yet he had shown mercy and spared her life.

He just said I’m different from the others in the Tang Sect. But how, exactly, am I different?

”Junior Sister Yutong!” At that moment, a dozen or so figures caught up; it was Tang Hai, Tang Long, and their group.

”Where is Ling Chen?” Seeing Tang Yutong’s condition, Tang Hai felt a sense of foreboding.

”He escaped,” Tang Yutong stated flatly.

”What? He escaped?” Tang Hai was stunned. Seeing Tang Yutong injured, he had suspected Ling Chen might have fled, but he hadn’t expected it to be true.

”Junior Sister Yutong, with your strength, you still let that brat escape?” Tang Long’s face also showed incredulity. Tang Yutong was ranked among the top five of the Tang Sect’s younger generation, yet she had been defeated by Ling Chen. When did that kid become so powerful?

The last time he had seen Ling Chen fight the three bounty hunters, including Lei Wan Juan, Ling Chen clearly hadn’t possessed such strength.

”Hmph! Now that he’s escaped, how are we supposed to report to the Fifth Elder?” Tang Hai’s expression was grim. He couldn’t help shooting a glance at Tang Yutong. If she had captured Ling Chen, he wouldn’t have much to say. But she had let Ling Chen get away.

”Junior Sister Yutong, if you had told me your plan earlier and we had joined forces against him, that brat might not have escaped! I suppose you wanted to hog all the credit. Unfortunately, you tried to be clever but ended up losing out. What a joke!”

He suspected Tang Yutong had deliberately kept her plan from him, intending to capture Ling Chen by herself and claim all the glory.

”Since when do I need you to tell me how to conduct my affairs?” A cold light flashed in Tang Yutong’s beautiful eyes. She had indeed initially planned to capture Ling Chen alone. She had sent someone to inform Tang Hai and the others, knowing they would need time to arrive. But who could have predicted this person would be so difficult to handle?

She, a genius of the Tang Sect, had actually been defeated.

But even so, it wasn’t Tang Hai’s place to criticize her.

With a flick of her slender hand, Sand Shooting Shadow condensed once more and shot towards Tang Hai’s brow with lightning speed, stopping abruptly just inches away.

In the space of a single breath, Sand Shooting Shadow had nearly pierced Tang Hai’s skull, causing cold sweat to bead on his forehead.

”I will explain things to the two Elders myself. As for Ling Chen, I will continue to pursue him. Tang Hai, if you dare run your mouth again, watch out, or I’ll cut out your tongue.”

Tang Yutong delivered this cold statement, then reached out and retracted Sand Shooting Shadow. The quicksand flowed like water, coiling around her hand before vanishing. Then, ignoring Tang Hai, she departed directly with the four Shadow Guards.

”Damn it! That little vixen! Just wait until I get a chance. I’ll make you wish you were never born!” As Tang Yutong departed, Tang Hai slammed his fist into a large tree, gritting his teeth.

”Senior Brother Tang Hai, calm yourself,” Tang Long, standing nearby, said with a sinister expression. ”We should hurry back to the Tang Sect before Tang Yutong does. We’ll report what happened here to the Fifth Elder and the Third Elder and let them punish her.”

Ling Chen’s escape had also infuriated him. Unable to avenge his severed arm, he redirected all his resentment towards Tang Yutong.

”You’re right. Let’s set off immediately.” Tang Hai nodded. He was no match for Tang Yutong. However, considering she had bungled things so badly this time and caused such a major problem, he didn’t believe the two Elders would let her off easily.

As for Ling Chen, he had already escaped the Yizhou Territory. Capturing him now would be exceedingly difficult. After all, other provinces were the domains of other powerful families. Only by dispatching the Sect’s most elite Experts would they have any hope of catching Ling Chen.