Calamity Messenger-Chapter 94 - 74: No One Dares Respond (Seventh Update)

Chapter 94: Chapter 74: No One Dares Respond (Seventh Update)

"Me?"

Chen Linchuan looked at Jiang Shi charging towards him and couldn’t help but sneer, "You really underestimated me."

Despite his words, Chen Linchuan’s expression was incredibly serious.

No matter how arrogant a person might be, seeing Jiang Shi slaughter Zhou Ye amidst a crowd would make anyone face such a frightening opponent with utmost caution.

Previously, Chen Linchuan had read in history about taking the enemy general’s head amidst thousands of troops, always thinking it was just messengers crushing ordinary people. How could there be such a big gap between equals? But starting today, he might have to change his old beliefs.

"Jiang Shi, if you grow up, you might become Liang Kingdom’s enemy of thousands!" Chen Linchuan wielded his greatsword to resist Jiang Shi’s assault: "But you won’t have the chance; you’re too arrogant, so arrogant that there’s no place for you in this world."

"You are an enemy of the Court, an enemy of the noble families. Everyone on this land is your enemy!"

"If this is the result you want, then die satisfied!"

Chen Linchuan tried to sway Jiang Shi’s determination with words, hoping to provoke a rebuttal, thus consuming the time of the Legendary Token. However, Jiang Shi was silent like a tombstone, her hands steady as Mount Tai, her blade swift as thunder. Even the calmest warrior, in her presence, seemed too inexperienced and impetuous.

With his spiritual power nearly exhausted, Chen Linchuan stepped back and pulled out a Spiritual Jade from his storage item—

Crack!

Jiang Shi’s blade light fell, and although it couldn’t break the Heart-Protecting Mirror’s shield, the Power of Calamity was enough to shatter the Spiritual Jade!

It was at this moment that Chen Linchuan knew he was in danger.

Unlike Zhou Ye, he had to wield his greatsword with both hands, so taking out the Spiritual Jade was very conspicuous, and Jiang Shi, who was watching him closely, wouldn’t give him that chance. He couldn’t rely on the Spiritual Jade and defensive items to drag out time as before.

His spiritual power was half exhausted, Jiang Shi’s Legendary Token seemed to have a quarter of its time left, then...

The confrontation between life and death would begin.

Jie Zilong noticed that Chen Linchuan changed his fighting style, no longer fighting defensively but aggressively engaging Jiang Shi. After thinking briefly, he spoke, "Chen Linchuan, I’ll create an opportunity for you—"

"There is no such opportunity," Chen Linchuan said: "Jiang Shi won’t give us such a chance. Running is pointless, just disgraceful."

"Actually, we’ve already lost all face, a group of Third-Turn Messengers forced to this extent," he couldn’t help but sigh, "Rest assured, I’m a steel fortress of the Chen Family; how could I fall here?"

Chen Linchuan wasn’t exaggerating, unlike others, his item, the Long River Greatsword, possessed defense effects. The fiercer his attack, the less damage the enemy could inflict on him, remarkably similar to Jiang Shi’s blade light. His type was inherently offensive and defensive, but Jiang Shi’s deployment of the Legendary Token earlier had been too intimidating, leaving Chen Linchuan, unaware of its depth, to initially focus on defense.

Now provoked by Jiang Shi’s battle intent, Chen Linchuan found himself fighting more smoothly. He even felt the bottleneck that had long been in place was finally being breached, and his greatsword realm was reaching a new peak. Indeed, fighting numerous weaklings couldn’t compare to a battle against a master.

According to the current situation, before his spiritual power was fully drained, Jiang Shi’s Legendary Token would likely run out first. Chen Linchuan believed that as long as he fought steadily, Jiang Shi would have no chance.

However, she wasn’t the only one who progressed in the battle.

Having fought against Third-Turn Messengers until now, combined with the insight granted by her affinity to the forest, Jiang Shi’s swordsmanship finally underwent a qualitative change. Her sword suddenly split into three shadows, the blade light divided into three segments, instantly shattering the half-destroyed Heart-Protecting Mirror barrier of Chen Linchuan!

"Shadow Splitting Saber!"

"Secret Technique!"

Jie Zilong and Shang Yue shouted simultaneously, their faces full of disbelief.

Secret Skill - Shadow Splitting Saber, one of the strongest secret techniques for Blade Messengers, crude yet practical in effect: turning one attack into three!

Yet, many Second-Turn Messengers might never master a secret technique in their lifetime, even for them, it took years of family elder teachings and more than three years of practice post Second-Turn.

And Jiang Shi just went through her second career change today!

Any secret technique can significantly boost the item’s power; Jiang Shi grasping a secret technique meant she now had the capacity to strongly challenge a Third-Turn Messenger!

After the Heart-Protecting Mirror shattered, it required at least five seconds to reform. Seeing Jiang Shi’s three-bladed shadow, Chen Linchuan realized he had half a foot in the Yellow Springs.

Death.

Am I going to die?

All external sounds vanished, the world seemed to only be in black and white, with blood-colored Jiang Shi. Chen Linchuan could hear his heavy breathing, the beating of his heart, the flow of blood through veins, and even the sound of his hands rubbing the sword hilt.

In his mind, there was no fear, no shame of being defeated by a ’weaker’, nor the unwillingness of a ’strong’ one, only the countless seconds and minutes he had wielded the greatsword for decades.

He recalled the supreme greatsword secret technique rumored in the Outer Realm, one that nullifies enemy attacks by striking the weakest path of the attack, even destabilizing them to make them lose their weapons. He had practiced it once, thinking it far-fetched; how could such a clumsy weapon as a greatsword perform such precise tasks?

But now he felt, he could do it.

He must do it!

Taking a deep breath, Chen Linchuan swung the greatsword from bottom to top at Jiang Shi! Unless something unexpected happened, Jiang Shi’s long blade would clash with the greatsword. Regardless of losing balance or having her long blade knocked away, Chen Linchuan would have enough time to reform his Heart-Protecting Mirror!

Secret Skill - Mutual Destruction Slash!

He succeeded, under the great terror of life and death, he comprehended a new secret technique, unleashing his potential to the fullest!

But right at that moment, Jiang Shi leaped up, narrowly avoiding the greatsword’s Mutual Destruction Slash.

Because after using the Legendary Token she hardly dodged, Chen Linchuan had forgotten... she was a Victorious Fighting literally unbeatable with only evasion!

"Temporary skills won’t work on me,"

Jiang Shi lightly landed on the blade of the greatsword, gracefully like a flying swallow.

She swung down with the Bingzi Pepper Forest, and Chen Linchuan’s headless corpse fell with a crash.

Unlike Zhou Ye’s death, if Zhou Ye’s death was like a sudden thunder, then Chen Linchuan’s death was like the torrential rain that follows the thunderstorm. It was an expected outcome yet a chillingly stark reality.

Everyone in the camp was too scared to speak; they stared blankly at the scene, covering their mouths tightly, as if scared to attract Jiang Shi’s attention and get a blade from her shot at them.

By this time, Shang Yue and Jie Zilong were numb, even though the orange-red glow on Jiang Shi’s body was about to dissipate, they couldn’t muster any ambition to fight back, let alone try to tangle with her.

Jiang Shi ignored them, striding quickly to where Qunyu Book was resting on the grass. To maintain damage-sharing status among many people, he couldn’t get far and could only watch Jiang Shi approach him.

"Now," Qunyu Book weakly smirked, "can we make peace?"

Jiang Shi raised her blade and slashed.

With a thunk, Qunyu Book’s right hand fell to the ground. He seemed to have a healing item, immediately stopping the injury from his severed arm, clearly hurting as shown by his cold sweat, yet his expression relaxed as if he had narrowly escaped death.

Jiang Shi lightly twirled her knife, giving it a flick, drawing a blood line on the grass.

"Now, does anyone still want to be my enemy?"

The orange-red glow of the Legendary Token on her body completely faded, but the camp remained silent, with hundreds of people not uttering a word.

No one dared to answer.