Chapter 277: Chapter 126: Suppression, Despair! Heaven and Earth, Reversed! Kill

"Your sword... it’s too slow!"

Li Qingxue let out a sharp cry. Her long saber transformed into streaks of flowing light—it was her famed Seven-Star Bead Slash!

The momentum of her blade was like a sudden squall. Even though her cultivation was slightly weaker than Lin Luoxue’s, she used her extreme speed to relentlessly force her opponent back, leaving her completely flustered!

Her final slash came down with fierce power, and a burst of Powerful Qi erupted. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

Lin Luoxue grunted, stumbling back several steps before she could regain her footing. Her face was a mask of shocked fury and disbelief.

Li Qingxue stood with her long saber, panting slightly, but continued her cold taunts. "So this is the Fast Sword you’re so proud of? Nothing special!"

Lin Luoxue flew into a rage, her pretty face twisting in fury. "You sharp-tongued little wench! I’ll pull out every single one of your teeth!"

"You old, ugly hag! Your teeth are about to fall out on their own. You can’t even beat a ’little wench’ like me, yet you dare act so high and mighty?" Li Qingxue shot back, her words like daggers.

Lin Luoxue was only in her thirties, yet in Li Qingxue’s words, she was an old woman about to lose all her teeth. This infuriated Lin Luoxue so much she was practically fuming.

From the shadows, Chu Fan remained completely undistracted by their war of words.

His gaze swept past the chaotic melee, locking onto two black-robed men on the sidelines. They hadn’t made a move, yet their auras felt as deep and obscure as an abyss.

A faint Divine Thought came from the Cyan Snake Xiaobai in his sleeve. ’Those two... are very strong. Much stronger than I am. They must be in the Divine Power Realm!’

A chill went down Chu Fan’s spine.

Senior Brother Cao Feng and Senior Sister Qingxue were under immense pressure, each fighting two opponents. Thanks to their seamless coordination and sheer ferocity, they were just barely holding on.

But the moment those two Divine Power Realm experts made a move, the tide of battle would instantly turn against them!

The key to this fight was those two.

’I have to kill them first!’

But the gap between the Divine Power Realm and the Spirit Awakening Realm was as vast as the distance between the heavens and the earth.

Though Chu Fan had just broken through to the Spirit Awakening Realm, causing his power to skyrocket, and possessed trump cards like the Vajra Undying Body, he was only confident in his ability to kill a peak Spirit Awakening Realm cultivator. He had no confidence he could take on someone in the Divine Power Realm head-on.

His mind raced, searching for any possible opening to turn the tables.

Suddenly, his gaze fell upon the hands of the two black-robed men.

Unlike the other Moon Worship Sect disciples, they weren’t wearing Black Gold Silk Gloves. And they were both carrying swords!

’There’s a chance!’

Chu Fan’s pupils contracted.

Just then, the situation changed in a flash!

One of the black-robed men moved!

His movements were like a phantom’s, leaving a faint residual image behind. The long sword in his hand glinted with a sinister, cold light as he lunged, aiming straight for Li Qingxue’s back while she was occupied with Lin Luoxue and another man in black.

His speed was terrifying, enough to make one’s skin crawl.

"Qingxue, watch out!" Cao Feng, who had clearly been keeping an eye on the two, roared in alarm. But he was tied down by his opponents and couldn’t get to her.

Li Qingxue instantly felt a chilling wave of Death Qi assault her from behind. Her expression changed dramatically. She wanted to turn and block, but Lin Luoxue and the other attacker in front of her had her completely pinned down. There was no time!

’Now!’

From the alley entrance, a sharp glint flashed in Chu Fan’s eyes!

The Sunset Bow, drawn and held in wait, finally roared to life!

THWANG!

The vibrating bowstring sounded like a whisper from death itself.

The Black Kite Arrow was filled with every last bit of Chu Fan’s Primordial Qi. It was condensed with the intent of his Second Limit Break, the Moon Eclipse Arrow, and enhanced with a host of Traits: Breaking Gang, Soul Split, Pursuit, and Meteor.

It transformed into a crescent of light, tearing through the night sky. Moving faster than the eye could track, it crossed the distance in an instant, aimed straight for the back of the ambushing black-robed man!

The black-robed man, just about to end Li Qingxue’s life with his sword, felt the hair on his body stand on end!

A fatal sense of crisis, more intense than anything he had ever experienced, washed over him like a bucket of ice water. He instinctively halted his charge and spun around.

WHOOSH!

The Black Kite Arrow was already upon him!

It was moving so fast he could only react on instinct, thrusting a hand thick with Primordial Qi forward to snatch it from the air!

SPLAT!

He actually caught the arrow’s shaft!

But the instant he made contact, the arrow’s Breaking Gang Trait erupted. Like a red-hot poker through butter, it instantly shredded and pierced the Protective Primordial Qi around his palm!

"Argh!" The excruciating pain in his palm made him scream.

But that was only the beginning.

The Soul-splitting Force followed immediately, like an invisible spike. It stabbed through his broken defenses, pierced into his Sea of Consciousness, and began to violently shred his soul!

"Gaaahhh!"

The black-robed man let out a shrill, inhuman scream. Blood streamed from the hand gripping the arrow. His body went limp as if his bones had been removed. The combined agony from his flesh and his soul was so great he could no longer stand. He dropped to one knee, his entire body convulsing violently.

’A perfect chance!’

Though Li Qingxue, caught in a perilous situation, had no idea why Chu Fan’s arrow was so terrifyingly powerful, her combat instincts screamed at her to seize this golden opportunity!

She completely ignored the blades of Lin Luoxue and the other man striking at her back. In a sudden spin, she unleashed the final and most ferocious strike of her Seven-Star Bead Slash, putting all her strength into a single chop aimed at the kneeling, screaming black-robed man!

"You’re courting death!"

Lin Luoxue and the other man were both shocked and furious. Their attacks grew even more vicious, but they were intercepted and held back by the four experts from the Li Family who were at the Entering the Realm of Strength!

The black-robed man, so tormented by the Soul-splitting Force that he had almost no ability to resist, felt the blade descending. Survival instinct drove him to erupt with his last ounce of strength. Gritting his teeth, he raised the hand still gripping the broken shaft of the Black Kite Arrow in a desperate attempt to block.

CLANG!

Li Qingxue’s long saber was incredibly sharp. Imbued with all of her Primordial Qi, it instantly snapped the arrow shaft. The blade’s momentum was unstoppable as it continued its downward arc!

"No!" The black-robed man only had time to desperately swerve a little to his right.

SCHLICK!

Blood sprayed through the air!

The long saber sliced down into his left shoulder, and a severed arm flew into the air in a fountain of blood!

"Aaargh!" The black-robed man let out a desperate howl. Acting on pure instinct, his remaining right hand gathered his last dregs of Primordial Qi. He unleashed a palm strike across the distance, slamming it into Li Qingxue’s chest just as she was left vulnerable—the force of her own attack spent, with no time to muster a new defense.

Li Qingxue felt as if she’d been hit by a battering ram. She coughed up a mouthful of blood as her body was sent flying backward like a kite with a snapped string—straight toward Lin Luoxue and the other man in black!