Chapter 203: Sui Ying

"It's likely that madwoman from the Sword Pavilion."

Gazing at the sword light speeding toward him, Lu Yang frowned slightly, immediately formed a hand seal, and sacrificed the 【Imperial Palace Golden Seal Tushita True Edict】 into the midair.

This half-true treasure spun once in the air, then bloomed with the brilliant colors of a divine ability.

【Star Concealment】!

With this half-true treasure capable of simulating innate divine abilities, Lu Yang was now no different from someone at the perfect Mid Stage of Foundation Establishment, ensuring he would not fall behind others in cultivation base.

Moreover, compared to other offensive innate divine abilities, 【Star Concealment】 excelled in concealment; at this moment, its brilliant colors formed a screen-like veil over Lu Yang, instantly severing all karmic ties and vital energies, causing his figure to gradually dim and melt into the surrounding environment.

Moments later, the sword light arrived at high speed, then abruptly scattered.

Hiding in the shadows, Lu Yang looked on and saw a sword pill hovering above her head, clad in a翠 green palace skirt covered by a wide-sleeved gauze robe; it was indeed Ye Gu of the Sword Pavilion!

"Strange."

Ye Gu knitted her delicate brows, scanned her surroundings, then actually sacrificed her sword pill into the air, formed a seal, and pointed with her finger, instantly stirring up a magnificent sword light.

The sword light fell upon the sky, as if it had sliced through something out of nowhere.

In the blink of an eye, Lu Yang was shocked to discover that the spiritual energy within a thousand li had been directly shattered by this single sword strike, vanishing into nothingness in an instant!

'She wants to force me out.'

Lu Yang knew clearly that by slashing the spiritual energy, once it was gone, even the best decoy would reveal flaws, allowing her to catch him off guard.

'Pity, but I am different!'

As an innate divine ability specialized in concealment, if 【Star Concealment】 could be exposed so easily, it would hold no value whatsoever.

To find Lu Yang in his current state, one would need a treasure of the "Bing Fire" attribute similar to the Heaven-Seeking Instrument, using light that illuminates the six directions to search, only then might a clue be found; however, it was obvious that Ye Gu did not possess such a supreme treasure, so she could only watch helplessly, unable to locate his whereabouts.

'I wonder if I can launch a surprise attack...'

Lu Yang pondered; with 【Star Concealment】 paired with the Formless Sword, he had previously used this combination to sneak up on Prince Qing and kill him with a single strike.

'... ity, this combination probably won't work on this woman.'

After all, as a True Person of the Sword Pavilion, Ye Gu surely possessed a magic treasure similar to the 【Hundred Pigeons Subduing Danger Profound Cloak】, making it impossible to kill her with a single sword strike.

'No rush; haste makes waste, I shall wait for the right moment.'

Lu Yang was very patient; under the enhancement of 【Star Concealment】, he directly increased his distance from Ye Gu, observing from afar like an experienced hunter.

On the other side, Ye Gu's brows were tightly furrowed.

Her sword heart and sword intent told her that something was amiss in this place, yet after probing with both spiritual sense and sword techniques, she found nothing.

'The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind; does she want to be that oriole?'

'So be it!'

Ye Gu scanned her surroundings, then looked toward the 【Yin Dragon Water】 region ahead, quickly making her decision: Sword cultivators have always been unyielding rather than bending!

The next second, without hesitation, she drove her sword and charged in!

The land transformed by 【Yin Dragon Water】 was a wilderness covered by dark clouds, filled with heavy rain and thin mist, yet now it was sliced open by her single sword strike.

However, for 【Yin Dragon Water】, the rain and mist were merely illusions; its true form was actually this wilderness where myriad waters converged. At this moment, rolling yin evil energy autonomously rushed to kill Ye Gu, but it was all sliced apart by her driving sword, after which she prepared to cast a technique to collect this entire wilderness.

However, just at this moment.

As 【Yin Dragon Water】 was mobilized by Ye Gu with great magic power and rose into the sky, a vital energy suddenly emerged from beneath it, accompanied by a startling, long吟:

"Roar—!"

Instantly, wind and clouds surged; the dark clouds that Ye Gu had already sliced open re-gathered, transforming into a vast ocean that crashed down with a thunderous roar!

The dragon roars, and auspicious clouds arrive!

Seeing this, Ye Gu raised her embroidered brows, not the least bit panicked, as she had long suspected someone was hiding in the shadows, and now she thought the opponent had finally revealed themselves.

Upon seeing the person who made the move, she even let out a loud laugh:

"Sinful beast, you dare to act so arrogantly?"

As her voice fell, another sword strike slashed out! The sword pill dragged a thousand-li-long ribbon of light through the air, like a guillotine falling upon the depths below.

Instantly, great sound seemed silent; the massive collision instead plunged the surroundings into an eerie silence, while the earth below, as if experiencing an earthquake, explosively cracked open several fissures that spread outward in all directions like a spiderweb, centered on the collision between the two.

The cloud vapor dispersed, and the sword light vanished.

Yet the next second, both parties converged again, colliding once more!

"Boom!"

This collision was even more fierce than the last; not only did the ground shatter further, but fierce罡 wind generated by the impact also swept across the dome of the sky.

Yet neither side was willing to stop.

The former hailed from the Sword Pavilion, priding herself on being foremost in magical combat, and as a former direct disciple of a Golden Core expert, how could she fear? The latter was also of noble birth from overseas.

Thus, the next second, cloud vapor and sword light reappeared!

The two sides exchanged blows one after another, clashing dozens of times with earth-shattering force, to the extent that some Foundation Establishment True Persons who sensed it dared not approach.

In the distance, Lu Yang watched with considerable surprise.

He knew Ye Gu's strength well; she was even a notch stronger than the former Ye Xingfeng, and he himself had no certainty of victory, yet the mysterious person fighting now could confront her head-on without falling behind, and strangely, they were not from any of the four major powers; could they be a direct disciple of some Golden Core faction?

Even so, Lu Yang had no intention of launching a surprise attack.

Not only that, he sneered: Making such a huge commotion in magical combat yet drawing no blood after so long, they are most likely fishing; trying to play these games with my Holy Sect?

You are still too green!

"Boom!"

With a final loud crash, both sides separated again, standing on opposite sides, while Ye Gu also cast a barely perceptible glance around, pondering silently:

'Surprisingly, no one came to ambush; it seems there truly is no one here!'

Indeed, although her exchange with the person opposite had been so fierce and earth-shattering, in reality, they had a tacit understanding and had not truly used lethal force.

Their goal was to see if anyone else wanted to take advantage of the chaos.

After all, if an ordinary person saw this scene and possessed skilled concealment, they would inevitably harbor thoughts of a surprise attack; few could restrain themselves.

And if someone had indeed attacked just now, they would have been met with a thunderous strike from both of them.

Now that nothing had happened, Ye Gu felt somewhat more at ease.

Immediately after, she looked again at the person opposite, only to see the cloud vapor disperse, revealing a heroic young man wearing a crown, with golden-yellow eyes.

The young man bared his teeth in a smile; though he looked handsome and spirited, he exuded an eerie, demonic aura; his white teeth flashed with cold, grim light against his crimson lips, as if stained with fresh blood, possessing a heroic appearance yet filled with the savagery of one who eats raw flesh and drinks blood.

"Sui Ying of the Four Seas Sect."

In the distance, Lu Yang activated the Heaven-Seeking Instrument, opened the Dharma Eye in his brow, and gazed from afar, only to see a towering giant shadow coiled behind the heroic young man.

It was a true dragon!

Calculating with his fingers, the cause and effect immediately became clear: "The Four Seas Sect, of course; the number one sect overseas, no wonder they could produce such a true dragon!"

Indeed, this 【Sui Ying】 was赫然 a true dragon!

"It is said that within the Four Seas Sect there are multiple Golden Core experts, among them a Dragon Lord of the True Dragon clan; this dragon is likely the direct blood descendant of that Dragon Lord!"

This identity was far more precious than that of an ordinary True Person's direct descendant, because unlike humans, the bloodline of the dragon clan truly possessed the blessing of great power; the descendants of a True Person merely enjoyed the numerous resources brought by the True Person, whereas the descendants of a Dragon Lord inherited the divine marvels of the Dragon Lord's bloodline!

(End of Chapter)