52: Sword duel, innate strike

Seeing Wu Tianqi make a killing Move, his fist striking directly at Yuan Long, Yuan Biao rushed to save him, but he was too far away and couldn't make it in time.

It was at this moment that Han Lin drew his treasured sword, its cold light glinting, and a Sword Qi like a Dragon soared out with a roar.

Feeling the sharpness of the sword light, Wu Tianqi immediately retreated. If he still wanted to continue attacking Yuan Long, he would surely be struck by the sword light and die without a burial place.

Subsequently, his Aura surged violently, reaching its Peak. He clasped his hands together, exuding an Aura of decay and desolation. His entire body's skin seemed to have transformed into wrinkled tree bark, like a withered tree stump.

“Bang! Bang!” The sword light cut into Wu Tianqi's body, as if cutting hard iron trees, leaving only scratches on the surface. Wu Tianqi remained silent, enduring alone.

Yuan Biao had already approached Wu Tianqi's side and raised his fist, smashing it towards Wu Tianqi's head.

His Elephant Strength Fist was powerful and heavy, each strike making a resounding thud. The ground beneath Wu Tianqi's feet had already cracked and spread.

“Woo!”

Wu Tianqi's face showed bitterness, and he immediately cried out in pain. The black light Qi covering his body had gradually become faint.

“Alright, stop struggling. I'll send you to your end now. Don't worry, when I return to the city, I'll let the Wu Family reunite with you.”

Han Lin's movements were agile, and his surrounding Aura surged. His treasured sword glowed with brilliant colors, and he swung a sword towards Wu Tianqi's head.

“Attack!”

“Unborn Homeland, White Lotus descends, Unborn Mother, illuminate all directions!”

A loud shout instantly appeared around Yin Wind Cave, followed by a chorus of chants. It was from the disciples of the White Lotus Sect. Some jumped from trees, some burrowed out of the ground, and others had not noticed them at all.

Each White Lotus Sect disciple formed strange hand seals. With each chant, a wisp of Qi would gather on White Lotus Senior Envoy and Black Lotus Elder. The two were at the center of the entire formation, their Aura continuously rising, and faint White Lotus phantoms appeared amidst their Internal Energy.

The two met Han Lin head-on, and Wu Tianqi also suddenly came to his senses. He had been closing his eyes, awaiting death, but unexpectedly, a sudden change occurred. He disengaged from Han Lin's attack and turned towards Yuan Biao.

Chen Cuo, disguised as Wu Xing, moved like a ghost, instantly shifting a hundred meters, abruptly appearing beside Yuan Hu, who was about to get up. A dagger plunged directly into Yuan Hu's neck. Yuan Hu clutched his throat, whimpering twice, and died unwillingly.

Yuan Hu was severely injured by Chang Shi's trump card when capturing him. The opponent resisted desperately; it would have been almost impossible to capture Chang Shi without sacrificing someone.

Now he was the weak point in Han Lin's team, and Chen Cuo naturally chose to pick on the weak, letting others fight first while he trimmed the enemy's wings.

“Second Brother, Second Brother! I want you dead!” Yuan Biao and Yuan Long roared in unison, glaring at Chen Cuo, their eyes instantly turning red.

“How dare you be distracted while fighting me? Withered Wood Yuan Palm!” Wu Tian smiled coldly, raised his palm, and unleashed three consecutive strikes on Yuan Biao.

Yuan Biao immediately flew back more than ten meters, with three black palm prints on his body, emitting a strong rotten smell.

He couldn't get up again!

After using this Move, Wu Tianqi's face was extremely pale, his breathing weak, unable to Move, and completely silent.

Chen Cuo saw the situation here, paused only for a moment, then turned and attacked Yuan Long. In his severely injured state, facing Chen Cuo, he had no power to resist and was ended when the black iron dagger pierced his brain.

Han Lin was held back by White Lotus Senior Envoy and Black Lotus Elder, with no room to intervene. By the time all three generals were slaughtered, he no longer had his previous composure, and visible panic began to set in.

Seeing such a situation, White Lotus and Black Lotus naturally pursued relentlessly, without the slightest slack, going all out, treating him like a trapped beast, intending to wear him down to death.

“You are very good, to be able to push me to such a state!” Instantly, Han Lin's expression changed slightly. He twirled his treasured sword, and Sword Qi like dust, like threads, cut through the air. He actually unleashed nearly a hundred sword lights in an instant.

Forcing White Lotus Senior Envoy and Black Lotus Elder to respond with all their might, “Lotus Body Protection!”

Their Internal Energy condensed into a lotus phantom, completely enveloping their bodies. The sword light cutting on it was like striking raw iron, sparks flying!

Just then, an astonishing sword light, dazzling and incomparably cold, pierced directly in front of White Lotus. Breaking through the surface with a single point, it instantly broke through his lotus defense, about to pierce his throat.

“Such powerful Sword Qi!” Chen Cuo no longer hesitated. In the blink of an eye, he took out his Chain Blade from its sheath. A Saber light appeared out of nowhere, striking Han Lin's body. He no longer cared about concealing his identity.

Being able to fight Han Lin would definitely greatly improve his Saber Dao Cultivation.

The Saber light surged, landing on Han Lin's body. If Han Lin ignored it and still tried to assassinate White Lotus Senior Envoy, he would surely be severely injured. This was an attack on what the enemy must save.

Having no choice, Han Lin had to retreat to defend, dodging the attack.

However, the residual Sword Qi still struck White Lotus Senior Envoy, leaving his neck bleeding profusely. White Lotus Senior Envoy clutched his neck. Although the artery was not injured, he temporarily lost his voice and retreated to heal.

Han Lin stood with his sword, facing Chen Cuo from a distance of more than ten meters, looking at each other.

“Wu Xing of the Wu Family, actually possesses such formidable Saber techniques. No wonder he is called the number one assassin of the Southern Barbarians.” There was no trace of fear in Han Lin's eyes, as if Chen Cuo possessing such means was just a minor accident and could not attract his attention.

The Sword Drawing Slash still needed time to accumulate power, but Chen Cuo was clearly impatient to fight Han Lin. Ever since he gained the Saber Affinity and Body-Saber Unity talents, he had never truly dueled with a peer expert using a Saber.

He had always relied on three simple Moves, straightforward, to defeat his opponents.

With a Saber in hand, a majestic Aura surged forth, and a fierce, violent Battle Intent filled the entire sky.

His heart was like a blazing fire, and the depths of his eyes contained infinite sharpness. Saber against sword, a battle to the death.

Black Lotus Elder was startled, slightly stunned for a few seconds, and thought to himself, “This guy must be a lunatic. A mere Acquired Early Stage dares to challenge an Acquired Perfection Sword Dao expert, using this to temper his Saber techniques. He's not afraid of breaking his own teeth.”

“Nonsense!” Han Lin's eyes were deep. The Sword Qi was like a tide. With one sword strike, it was like a hundred swords, a thousand swords coming at once, filling the entire surroundings with Sword Qi.

However, most of the Sword Qi was not aimed at Chen Cuo, but at Black Lotus Elder.

Being underestimated! Chen Cuo gripped the Saber hilt tightly. A surge of intent and Aura descended upon him, ever-changing, sometimes fierce and violent, sometimes natural as heaven and earth.

This was a kind of Intent, where Intent and Form merged, and heaven and earth resonated.

Xingyi Six Harmonies - Tiger Overlord Saber!

The Six Harmonies Saber technique was originally adapted from Six Harmonies Fist. Six Harmonies Fist was also known as Xingyi Six Harmonies Fist in its early stages, and it was also a boxing technique that mimicked the true forms of animals to attack, similar to and even overlapping with the Spirit Demon Five Animal Play.

The Five Spirits True Meaning talent means to imitate five kinds of beasts, to integrate and master Moves and boxing techniques, emphasizing Intent over form. As long as the Intent is present, all methods are one.

This Tiger Overlord Saber was truly unparalleled in its majestic Aura and incomparably domineering, signifying a tiger roaring in the mountains, the king of all beasts, and a sudden oppressive force that made the sharp Sword Qi submit.

Han Lin only felt a great mountain pressing on his heart, and his body suddenly froze.

After a moment of thought, he immediately understood that his Intent was being suppressed. The Saber Intent of the opponent demanded his submission and surrender!

“Dream on! Die for me!” His sword momentum instantly became like a great river, like crashing waves on the shore, one wave after another, rolling up layers of waves, a tide reaching both banks, a surging force destroying the embankment.

Unexpectedly, Chen Cuo's Saber momentum was also like a tide, creating waves. The Saber light endlessly countered the sword light, canceling each other out, astonishing Black Lotus Elder, who was watching from the side!

Layered Wave Slash!

Relying on his Recovery Body, his Internal Energy was incredibly abundant, constantly consuming Internal Energy with Han Lin without any sign of exhaustion.

At this moment, Han Lin's mind was completely flustered. Seeing White Lotus Senior Envoy and Black Lotus Elder still eyeing him like tigers, and Wu Xing being so troublesome.

His expression suddenly turned ruthless. A Talisman instantly appeared in his hand from his waist, and then a mouthful of fresh blood was spat out from the tip of his tongue.

As his Internal Energy surged wildly into the Talisman, the Talisman glowed blood-red, and a sharp Sword Intent soared into the sky, countless times more powerful than the sword techniques Han Lin had used.

“Innate Sword Talisman! It contains an attack from an Innate Expert. Not good, run!”

The yellow Talisman burst forth with an extremely terrifying killing intent, and a fierce blood-flame red light shot towards Chen Cuo and the others. Seeing such a change, Chen Cuo also felt the unparalleled power of the Sword Talisman, and his entire body instantly shifted, hastily dodging.

But he saw the most violent sword light shoot directly at Chen Cuo, and in the blink of an eye, it cut Chen Cuo into pieces. However, when Han Lin held his breath and looked closely, he found that Chen Cuo's figure had already appeared a hundred meters away, and what was shattered in front of him was just a realistic afterimage.

The other two red lights shot rapidly towards White Lotus Senior Envoy and Black Lotus Elder. Upon closer inspection, the red light was actually a small, sharp sword.

White Lotus Senior Envoy gathered his Qi and leaped up, trying to dodge into the sky, but under the flashing sword light, his speed was still too slow. The sword instantly pierced through his head. He seemed to have not reacted yet, and his entire body crashed to the ground.

Black Lotus Elder, however, did not dodge. His movement technique was inferior to Chen Cuo's, and even to White Lotus Senior Envoy's. Without the advantage of speed, he chose to defend. His surrounding Internal Energy condensed into a lotus defense, and coupled with the Body Forging technique he cultivated, he attempted to block the attack with his Physical Body!

However, it was useless; he was directly cut in half from top to bottom by the sword light.