Tyrant Sky Martial Soul

Chapter 165: Chapter 165 Masked Assassin_1

The mechanisms of the Green-eyed Clan are very powerful, yet martial artists still dare not neglect their martial arts training for this very reason.

No matter how strong the objects in your hands, if your own strength is insufficient, you might not even have the chance to use them before you get killed by someone else. By then, all treasures would be useless.

”Little beast, die, hahaha!”

The Green-eyed Clan boss revealed a ferocious face, imagining in his mind Ling Xiao being blown to bits by the Space-breaking Strike.

”You deserve it. If you hadn’t been so persistently annoying, you wouldn’t have to die. Just regret it in hell!”

He didn’t attack right away.

Because he was waiting.

Waiting for Ling Xiao to get closer, close enough that there was no possibility of escape.

He only had enough low-grade spirit stones for one Space-breaking Strike, so he had to make sure it hit its mark; otherwise, he would truly become like a fish on the cutting board, completely at the mercy of others.

He was nervous, yet also excited.

Life or death could be decided in a single move!

Get a little closer!

As long as the distance was within thirty feet, he was confident he could blast Ling Xiao to death in one go.

”Hm? Petals?”

Just as he was grinning savagely, a flower petal suddenly fell onto his face.

”Is that a cherry blossom?”

”How strange, there are no cherry trees in these deep mountains, so how could this be?”

”Forget it, I can’t be bothered with that now. That kid is getting closer and closer. Just a little more, and he’ll be within thirty feet!”

The petals were falling more and more densely.

The Green-eyed Clan boss felt increasingly strange.

He couldn’t help but look up.

That’s when he realized that above his head, a vortex made of cherry blossoms had formed.

”Not good!”

It was as if he realized something, and without waiting for Ling Xiao to enter the thirty-foot range, he simply launched the Space-breaking Strike.

However, by then it was already too late.

The cherry blossom petals wrapped around his arm, and his True Essence unexpectedly lost contact with the Space-breaking Strike.

Without True Essence to activate it, the Space-breaking Strike couldn’t be launched.

What was even more terrifying was that the petals were becoming denser and denser, not only wrapping around his arm but quickly enveloping his entire body.

”Cherry Tree Martial Spirit! It’s a Complete Soul! How is that possible!”

At the moment he was fully wrapped in the cherry blossom petals, the Green-eyed Clan boss finally understood that the youth before him was even more terrifying than he had imagined.

He hadn’t become a Martial Master, yet he possessed a complete Martial Soul, and he even had a Broken Martial Soul.

Suddenly, he thought of an ancient legend—

When the Mountain and River Martial Soul appears, the revival of the Human Race is inevitable.

Could it be that this youth actually possessed the legendary Mountain and River Martial Soul?

Unfortunately, by the time he thought of this, he could no longer pass this information back.

As he was enveloped by the cherry blossom petals, tiny needle-like strands of energy shot out from within, frantically tearing his internal organs to shreds.

He was only a peak Seventh Layer Martial Vein Martial Master, not a Transcendent Warrior; facing such a terrifying attack, he ultimately couldn’t resist any longer and lost his vitality, falling from the sky to the ground.

Whoosh—!

The cherry blossom petals scattered.

Ling Xiao withdrew his Cherry Tree Martial Spirit.

He really didn’t like using a complete Martial Soul to attack. Given his current level of cultivation, using a complete Martial Soul for an attack consumed far too much of his resources.

Even without being injured, the True Essence in his body was nearly depleted, with only the Gang Qi in one Martial Vein sustaining him.

However, even though he was utterly exhausted, Ling Xiao didn’t forget to go through the possessions of the Green-eyed Clan boss.

The two from the Fantasy Pill Factory both had low-grade Storage Rings, and naturally, the Green-eyed Clan boss wouldn’t be an exception.

The boss truly did have a lot on him—nearly one hundred thousand taels of silver, and ten thousand taels of gold.

Of course, Ling Xiao wasn’t particularly concerned about these things, but he was more interested in the three martial arts secret manuals on the Green-eyed Clan boss.

One was a top-level beginner stage martial arts, one was a top-level rare martial arts, and one was a superior top-level secret technique.

Most precious of all was the Space-breaking Strike on this guy, as well as one hundred and seventy low-grade Spirit Stones.

The moment Ling Xiao came into contact with the Space-breaking Strike, the Mountain and River Martial Soul had already provided detailed information about the Space-breaking Strike.

”Goodness, luckily I stopped this fellow from using the Space-breaking Strike just now. Otherwise, even I couldn’t have withstood the full force of a Martial Vein Seventh Layer Peak Martial Master’s strike.”

”Hmm? What are these?”

There were actually dozens of letters in the space within the Storage Ring, all secret correspondence between the Green-eyed Clan boss and someone claiming to be from the Governor’s Mansion.

He roughly scanned them, and Wan 犇 of the Baiyun Governor wasn’t mentioned in the letters.

This Wan 犇 was very cautious indeed.

Nevertheless, even so, the fact that the steward of the Governor’s Mansion was colluding with a dreamy elixir seller, these letters would presumably be of interest to Lin Ze.

”Who’s there!”

Just as Ling Xiao was about to put the Storage Ring in his pocket, suddenly a sword light shot from the depths of the dense forest.

He was startled and hastily dodged.

Yet even so, the sword light still left a deep, bone-exposing wound on his arm.

”I was careless!”

Ling Xiao found a cover to hide behind, holding Space-breaking Strike in his hand; judging from the sword light, the opponent’s strength was at least that of a Martial Vein Seventh Initial Stage Martial Master.

Therefore, given his current condition, it would be difficult to even escape, so he had to rely on the Space-breaking Strike.

”Hehe, do you think you can hide?”

From within the dense forest, a figure flew out. Although he was wearing casual clothes, his face was covered.

Those who would do this were usually acquaintances.

”Afraid I’ll recognize you?”

Ling Xiao frowned slightly. In the Hidden Dragon Camp, there were only three people at the Martial Master Realm, Squad Leader Dai Yuling, Deputy Commander Shi Lei, and Hua Nongying.

Dai Yuling?

Or Hua Nongying?

He was certain it wasn’t Shi Lei—if it were Shi Lei, he would recognize the aura, especially after just having fought together.

Ling Xiao didn’t speak; he knew the other party was trying to trick him because he had the Mountain and River Martial Soul’s template, which allowed him to completely hold his breath and focus his mind. As long as he didn’t speak or move, it would be very hard for the opponent to discover him.

”Do you think I can’t find you just because you stay silent?”

The person snorted coldly, and the longsword in his hand suddenly swept around his body in a circle.

Afterward, whether it was the trees or the rocks around, they all began to shatter and explode, and the place where Ling Xiao was hiding was also revealed.

At this moment, Ling Xiao was chewing something in his mouth, and he was holding the Space-breaking Strike in his hand.

Even in extreme danger, Ling Xiao was not willing to give up.

What he was eating in his mouth was the Golden Snow Lotus taken from the Mountain and River World, aimed at speeding up his recovery.

When the person saw the Space-breaking Strike in Ling Xiao’s hand, their original attack suddenly stopped, clearly somewhat wary.

”May I ask what advice you have for me?” Ling Xiao asked cautiously.

”Give me those letters in your hand, and I can let go of the other things. Of course, you can also live.”

The person over there didn’t even dare to reveal their real voice, clearly speaking through some method that changed their voice.

”What if I say no?”

Ling Xiao had no intention of just caving in, and even more, he doubted that surrendering the letters would spare his life.

Only a naive fool would believe such nonsense.

”Then you can go to hell! Just a Space-breaking Strike, I’m not afraid of it!”

The opponent indeed had some fear of the Space-breaking Strike, but even though Space-breaking Strike was powerful, it also consumed a lot. For martial artists below the rank of Martial Master, having a few dozen low-grade Spirit Stones was already pretty good.

More than a hundred, unless it was a powerful and wealthy family like the Governor’s Mansion or the Border Guarding General’s Mansion.

The Space-breaking Strike required the use of low-grade Spirit Stones each time.

The opponent probably thought Ling Xiao could only launch one attack, and as long as they evaded it, they would have nothing to fear.