Chapter 270: Sword Immortal Leaves the City, Sky Brightens

The other end.

Outside Qinghe City.

On the official road, the night wind blew, the bright moon in the sky was covered by clouds, and it was so dark that one could almost not see five fingers. The wind messed up Jiang Linxian's hair, and his sleeves rustled.

Standing before him was a middle-aged man, one zhang tall, surrounded by black shadows. Strands of black qi leaped out of the middle-aged man's body; looking closely, they were actually human faces with ferocious and painful expressions, men and women, old and young, as if in the netherworld.

These were all the wronged souls bound by the Nine-Soul Dharma King.

The "nine" in Nine-Soul is an imaginary number.

Nine is the extreme of numbers; the wronged souls captured by the Nine-Soul Dharma King were far more than nine, but thousands, tens of thousands.

With this phenomenon, I don't know how many people died at his hands.

The Nine-Soul Dharma King stood quietly, not in a hurry to make a move, looking with interest at this young junior who was known as the Sword Immortal of Jiangdong.

"You are quite good."

He spoke indifferently.

The demonic chaos in the city was truly aimed at capturing Jiang Linxian alive. Originally, he should have entered the city, but unexpectedly, Jiang Linxian appeared on the official road a step ahead, blocking his way into the city.

Since Jiang Linxian was before him, whether he entered the city or not was no longer important.

This was his first time meeting Jiang Linxian; the man before him was far from the phenomenon of a Fifth-Rank.

"Fourth-Rank?"

"You really hid your strength, but did you really think that a Fourth-Rank Primordial could stop me, this Earth Immortal?"

Everyone in the world thought Jiang Linxian was Fifth-Rank.

A Fifth-Rank in his forties was already very scary.

But judging from the aura Jiang Linxian was displaying now, he was clearly Fourth-Rank. No wonder the Ghost Ming Sect sent so many experts, all of whom died without a sound.

Facing a Fourth-Rank Jiang Linxian, wasn't it just coming one by one and dying one by one?

The Nine-Soul Dharma King slowly raised his right hand, speaking coldly:

"Let everything end here."

Whether Fifth-Rank or Fourth-Rank, in his eyes, they were the same, with no difference at all.

Just as he was preparing to make a move.

Jiang Linxian formed a sword finger at his chest, and eight small swords flew out from the sword sheath behind him, circling in a semicircle in mid-air, ringing with sword sounds, pointing at the eight vital points of the Nine-Soul Dharma King's body.

The Nine-Soul Dharma King's mouth curled.

"The world knows you, Jiang Linxian, carry seven forms, turning into seven swords. It seems I still underestimated you; it is clearly eight swords."

One person possessing eight forms.

Unique in three thousand years!

Even the Earth Immortal Nine-Soul Dharma King couldn't help but secretly marvel at Jiang Linxian's shocking talent. Given time, maybe Jiang Linxian could really practice ten swords, a hundred swords, and by then, even he would be unable to handle it.

The more stunning Jiang Linxian performed tonight, the firmer his determination to kill became.

If it weren't for the Immortal Venerable's order, he would decisively choose to kill Jiang Linxian, otherwise, once Jiang Linxian grew up, he would become a major disaster.

A sneer spread across his face:

"I really hate to kill you..."

But soon, the smile on the Nine-Soul Dharma King's face froze.

Only to see.

Another small sword flew out from behind Jiang Linxian, its tip pointing at the Nine-Soul Dharma King's brow.

Nine forms!

The Nine-Soul Dharma King's pupils contracted slightly, finally showing a solemn expression for the first time.

Nine is the extreme of numbers; extreme means change.

With the appearance of the ninth small sword, Jiang Linxian finally spoke his first sentence tonight.

"I have entered the Land Immortal Realm."

Instantly—

Nine flying swords rose to the sky together, bringing up a nine-colored rainbow. The infinite sword intent poured down like a galaxy from the nine heavens, as if a great sun hung high in the sky, and half the sky outside Qinghe City was dyed red by the crimson sword intent.

Triggering celestial phenomena!

The shock in the Nine-Soul Dharma King's eyes could not be added to.

This was precisely the method exclusive to Earth Immortal powerhouses.

He even doubted whether Jiang Linxian had been possessed by some immortal; the speed of breaking through the realm was completely unreasonable, making his own hundred years of bitter cultivation seem incredibly ridiculous.

"F***, f***, f***!"

The Nine-Soul Dharma King waved his sleeves, raising a large patch of black mist.

At the same time, a weapon appeared in Jiang Linxian's hand; what was surprising was that it was not a sword, but a saber that was crimson all over.

Immortal Saber!

The Nine-Soul Dharma King looked at Jiang Linxian in disbelief:

"No, impossible!"

An Earth Immortal in his forties?

Jiang Linxian didn't answer, just dragged the saber forward with an expressionless face.

Saber light appeared, illuminating half the firmament.

"This is..."

Zhou Ting looked at the demonic beasts retreating like a tide, somewhat stunned.

Then he looked up.

Looking at the great sun that appeared abruptly in the dark night outside the city and was rapidly extinguishing.

He gasped: "An Earth Immortal has made a move?"

Shi Zhou and the other seven also showed solemn expressions. They were all powerhouses of the Eight Great Sects, and their knowledge far surpassed ordinary people. Only Earth Immortal powerhouses could trigger celestial phenomena in battle.

"What exactly happened?"

In a tiny place like Qinghe, an Earth Immortal powerhouse had made a move.

This left them all shocked beyond measure.

Not only Shi Zhou, this was also the doubt in everyone's heart. Everyone looked at the dark void outside the city, motionless.

They were waiting for the result.

A full quarter of an hour passed, and the melodious bell rang on the city wall, followed by the sound of urgent horse hooves.

"Safe!"

"Safe!"

Hearing the bell and the scouts of the Anning Guard, Shi Zhou and the others finally breathed a long sigh of relief; the crisis was resolved.

At this moment.

A touch of fish-belly white appeared on the horizon.

"It's dawn."

Even Shi Zhou and the others felt a sense of relief from surviving a disaster.

Demonic beasts could no longer be seen on the streets. The soldiers of the Anning Guard appeared on the streets to clear the remaining demonic beasts and treat the injured people, especially the corpses. After a great disaster, there must be a great epidemic; if not handled well, more people in Qinghe would die.

Even everyone in the whole city could die.

Such things were already far away from the people of the Yu Kingdom now, but they had not happened.

Shi Zhou and the others looked at each other.

Then, without prior agreement, they rushed toward the Anning Guard, intuition telling them that they could get the answer they wanted there.

Outside the city, on a beautiful small hill, standing here, one could just see the scene of Qinghe City.

Lady Lingluo looked at Qinghe City quietly, silent for a long time.

"Jiang Linxian, actually entered the Land Immortal Realm."

Her beautiful phoenix eyes were full of disbelief.

That is a Land Immortal!

Her plan tonight was almost perfect, but just when she was about to succeed, Jiang Linxian appeared in the world as a Sword Immortal, forcibly breaking into the Land Immortal Realm and beheading the Nine-Soul Dharma King.

In the face of absolute power, all strange conspiracies seemed ridiculous.

If she hadn't left in time, she might have already died under Jiang Linxian's sword.

Lady Lingluo felt a lingering fear.

The strong man behind her said in a muffled voice: "City Lord, what should we do next?"

Lady Lingluo regained her composure and spoke indifferently:

"Let's go."

After saying that, there was no more nostalgia on her face, and she walked decisively into the deep mountains.

If she didn't leave now, was she waiting for that true Sword Immortal's flying sword?

'The Yu Kingdom has produced another Sword Immortal.'

Lady Lingluo felt jealous.

No wonder the Yu Kingdom is at its zenith now; don't you see these geniuses popping up like bamboo shoots after rain, one after another? It is impossible for them to decline.

'Sigh.'

Lady Lingluo sighed lightly.

With such a behemoth in the north, how difficult it is for the Qi clan to restore the country.

Truly unfortunate.

Lady Lingluo's eyes flickered, and she suddenly changed direction.

The strong man behind her was somewhat surprised: "City Lord, this is not the direction back to Barbarian Bone City."

Lady Lingluo put on a smile again:

"No, we are not going back."

Inside the Tiandi Alliance. "Retreated, the demonic beasts retreated!"

Seeing the retreating demonic beasts, one Tiandi Alliance disciple after another cried out in excitement.

It was truly a difficult night; I don't know how many people didn't survive.

Huang Chui, Liang He, and Liu Tong and others didn't have much joy on their faces, because Li Rui hadn't returned yet.

If Li Rui died.

The pillar of the Tiandi Alliance would collapse.

Just then, a little old man walked into the Tiandi Alliance with indifference.

"Big Brother."

"Master."

Huang Chui and the others hurried to greet him, and seeing Li Rui appear, they finally breathed a long sigh of relief.

"Master, you finally returned."

Please... you... collect_(!)

Liang He was excited.

His calmness last night was all faked; he was more worried about Li Rui's safety than anyone else.

Li Rui smiled slightly: "Don't worry, I'm fine."

Huang Chui looked at Li Rui.

At this moment, Li Rui, although somewhat disheveled, had terrifying, deep-to-the-bone wounds on his body, but for a martial artist of Li Rui's realm, these wounds were just a matter of resting for a month or two and couldn't harm his life.

Li Rui returned with wounds, and the result was self-evident.

Big Brother won.

Huang Chui remembered the old man who appeared last night and couldn't help but be curious: "Big Brother, that person..."

Li Rui answered directly: "Dead."

Hearing these two words, Huang Chui's heart almost missed a beat.

Dead.

A Fifth-Rank expert actually died!

Last night, Li Rui had reported that person's name, and his own big brother had actually killed Yuan Gao, the Mountain-Moving Divine Ape who was fierce in the jianghu.

Didn't that mean Big Brother was also Fifth-Rank?

Thinking of this, Huang Chui could no longer be calm.

"Big Brother... you..."

Li Rui nodded: "Obtained good fortune between life and death, broke through."

Hearing this, Huang Chui gasped, and Liang He and Liu Tong were also shocked.

Fifth-Rank.

This was already the top figure in Qinghe!

Li Rui looked at the three people's admiring eyes, his heart stirred; fortunately, he didn't tell them that he had actually killed two Fifth-Rank minor grandmasters in one breath last night.

"Big Brother, Xiao He, Xiao Liu, you handle the matters in the alliance, don't be stingy, I'll go to the guard station first."

"Alright."

The three nodded repeatedly.

After explaining, Li Rui turned and left, heading straight for the guard station.

"This is..."

"White Brocade Snake?"

Wang Zhao and Yang Yong looked at the Little Bai Jiao guardedly; they didn't expect that there was actually a snake raised in Li Rui's secret chamber.

The Little Bai Jiao didn't care about the two at all.

Lazily coiled into several circles, sleeping on a pile of soft dry grass.

Seeing that the Little Bai Jiao had no intention of attacking.

Wang Zhao and Yang Yong finally felt relieved.

After a while.

The two couldn't help but worry about the situation outside. Li Rui said he was going to the Tiandi Alliance to pick up Liang He, but a full hour had passed, and there was still no sign of him returning.

"Uncle Yang, you say..."

Wang Zhao felt a panic in his heart for no reason.

Yang Yong: "Xiao Zhao, you have to believe in your master; he never does anything reckless."

"Hmm."

Wang Zhao suppressed the unease in his heart and nodded.

One couldn't see the sun or moon in the secret chamber, and the two didn't know how much time had passed.

Just as they were about to fall asleep in a daze—

Footsteps sounded in the dark tunnel, and Wang Zhao and Yang Yong were startled, looking at the cave entrance guardedly.

Wang Zhao even drew the saber at his waist, concentrating fully.

The Little Bai Jiao, however, made a joyful hissing sound.

Then.

They saw Li Rui crawl out from the cave entrance, and seeing Wang Zhao and Yang Yong, he chuckled: "The crisis has subsided, it's safe."

Hearing Li Rui's words, Wang Zhao and Yang Yong looked at each other.

The feeling of surviving a disaster made them almost collapse, sitting down on the ground.

Li Rui took the two out of the tunnel.

Returning to the mansion.

It was a mess.

Clearly, the Anning Guard had also suffered a significant impact last night. After all, most of the Anning Guard's manpower was transferred to the Wu Kingdom battlefield, and Jiang Linxian had gone outside the city, so they couldn't defend against the overwhelming demonic beast army.

Li Rui gave a few instructions to Wang Zhao and Yang Yong.

Then he walked out of the mansion.

As soon as he went out.

It was devastated; the camp was full of wounded, besides the soldiers of the Anning Guard, there were also injured people from the city.

Li Rui quickly arrived before the Military Advisor's Prefecture.

From afar, he saw Jiang Linxian in the courtyard.

"Head Jiang."

Li Rui walked in.

Almost the moment he stepped into the courtyard, he could feel Jiang Linxian's sharp aura, which almost suffocated him, a Fifth-Rank minor grandmaster.

In an instant.

The terrifying pressure on Jiang Linxian disappeared.

"Brother Li."

"It seems I wasn't the only one who left the camp last night."

When he returned, he saw Guan Xinrong and Lu Jun, but didn't see Li Rui's figure.

Li Rui: "Yuan Gao and a Wu Kingdom person were in the city, and they have already been killed by me."

Hearing this.

Jiang Linxian's eyebrows lifted slightly—killing two Fifth-Ranks alone... worthy of being the person walking the same path he recognized.

He nodded:

"Last night's matter was all caused by Lady Lingluo. She is actually an illusionist who has long disappeared from the jianghu, and she confused Zhong Zheng, which led to the city gate being opened and the demonic beasts attacking the city."

Illusion Eye!

Li Rui's heart was startled.

This eye is the highest grade among all strange eyes, and because it can devour the abilities of other strange eyes, every time it appears, it sets off a bloody storm.

He also understood.

No wonder the Wisdom Eye couldn't warn him; it turned out it was blinded by the Illusion Eye.

All things in the world are born to restrain each other; the Wisdom Eye is essentially just a strange eye, not a cheat, so naturally there are ways to restrain it, and the Illusion Eye is one of them, and it is the nemesis of all strange eyes in the world.

'This Lady Lingluo is truly deep in her city.'

The matter of the Illusion Eye is almost unknown to anyone; to the outside world, she is just a vicious woman.

With this strange eye, no wonder she could set off such a monstrous wave.

Li Rui secretly marveled at the monsters emerging in the world.

He asked again: "Head Jiang, then last night outside the city..."

Jiang Linxian looked indifferent: "It was the Nine-Soul Dharma King, who has already been beheaded by me."

Hearing this.

Li Rui gasped.

Nine-Soul Dharma King, that is an Earth Immortal powerhouse, actually killed by Jiang Linxian... although he had vaguely guessed it, when the words were spoken by Jiang Linxian, he was still deeply shocked.

Jiang Linxian said to Li Rui:

"Let's go, you also know Senior Xu, come and see with me."

Saying this.

He pushed open the room, then twisted the mechanism on the wooden shelf.

A secret door appeared slowly.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 271 =====