Chapter 104: Die! Die! Die!

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Dull, violent explosions echoed across the wasteland.

Wave after wave of ferocious shock force slammed into Sun Jindong as the arrows detonated.

Unable to dodge, Sun Jindong could only tank the hits head-on, smashing apart the swarming arrows palm strike by palm strike.

The true Qi in his dantian drained rapidly.

At the same time, his internal organs suffered grievous damage under the successive shockwaves.

Qi and blood churned uncontrollably, surging upward; mingled with shredded viscera and congealed gore, they burst from his mouth.

"Puh!"

"Waaah~~"

Fresh blood laced with fragments of internal organs sprayed across the air.

With his true Qi exhausted, Sun Jindong could hold on no longer; his whole body flew backward.

But he had only flown back two steps when five unbroken arrows descended at extreme speed from four directions—behind him, his left and right, and above his head!

"Puchi~!" "Puchi~!" "Puchi~!"

Several strange sounds rang out at once.

All five arrows struck Sun Jindong—his back, waist, shoulder, chest—each one skewered by an arrow.

And the instant the arrowheads pierced flesh…

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!"

Five consecutive explosions; shredded flesh mingled with fresh blood spattered across the ground.

Sun Jindong, half his body blown away, stood ramrod-straight on the spot, clinging to his last breath, his blood-red eyes fixed straight ahead.

Before him, Chen Mu swung the Executioner Blade with an expressionless face!

After drawing the bow, nocking, and loosing every arrow, Chen Mu covered two hundred meters in a single step, drew the Executioner Blade, and arrived in front of Sun Jindong.

"You… are… who?"

Sun Jindong asked, unwilling to die in ignorance.

He did not know Chen Mu!

Yet he had been drained of true Qi by a hundred arrows fired from Crouching Tiger Bows and had half his body blasted away.

At this moment, with only half a breath left, Sun Jindong clung to his final shred of consciousness, desperate to find out who Chen Mu was.

Why kill him!?

"Ten years ago. The Chen clan of the outer city."

Chen Mu granted Sun Jindong his dying wish and spoke coldly.

The Chen clan of ten years ago?

Sun Jindong was first bewildered, then stunned, and finally shaken. "It's… you…"

Shwa~

A flash of blade light.

"Hold it!"

"Puchi~!"

A furious shout rang out at the same instant as the wet sound of a blade slicing through flesh.

Sun Jindong's head, trailing a gush of fresh blood, flew high into the air.

"You asked for death!!"

Xu Yibai's eyes blazed with fury; his body shot forward like lightning, weaving left and right, covering several hundred meters in two breaths as he charged to Chen Mu.

Shwa!

A fiery-red sword-light tore through the air, lunging straight for Chen Mu's face.

"Clang~!"

Chen Mu swung the Executioner Blade, executing the Reverse Fate Saber Art, attacking head-on at close range.

Clang! Clang! Clang~

Xu Yibai brandished his sword like a blaze, his body swaying left and right, his sword-light scorching trails on the ground.

Chen Mu likewise swayed his body, yielding not the slightest ground, stubbornly withstanding Xu Yibai's massive sword-light.

Only, the saber Qi he released was nearly half as feeble as the fiery-red sword-light.

Yet the might it unleashed firmly held against the sword edge.

The instant Xu Yibai struck, Chen Mu sensed his opponent's approximate cultivation.

At least Fourth Stage Innate!

The newcomer's cultivation was about the same as Sun Jindong's.

Sun Jindong had been drained of true Qi by the Crouching Tiger Bows paired with the Soul-Chasing Arrow, and died a wretched death in the end.

However, Chen Mu's expenditure while shooting had not been small either—he had burned through half his true Qi.

That was all thanks to having switched to cultivating the Duan Tianhe Art.

With the previous Blue Origin Single Qi Art, his true Qi would have run out long before half the special arrows were fired.

At this moment.

Facing Xu Yibai's assault, the remaining half of his Duan Tianhe true Qi was likewise draining fast.

Fortunately, the Duan Tianhe Art was far more powerful—consuming and recovering at the same time!

It was just that the recovery speed could not keep up with the consumption speed.

Xu Yibai's true Qi reserves, at least Fourth Stage Innate, were undoubtedly far greater than Chen Mu's.

In swordsmanship, Chen Mu's realm was higher.

The weapons they used were all low-grade spirit weapons.

In lightness skill and movement technique, the difference was negligible.

Without unleashing his full power, Xu Yibai could do nothing to Chen Mu in a short time.

This startled Xu Yibai. As Chen Mu's figure flickered, he made a decision.

Hum~!

Not waiting for Xu Yibai to erupt his true Qi, Chen Mu focused his spirit and executed the ultimate move of "Reverse Fate Blade," using his spirit as the blade!

At close range, he released an invisible, colorless, formless spiritual attack!

"Ah~~"

Completely unguarded, Xu Yibai let out a miserable shriek on the spot. As his figure swayed, he blasted backward.

Whoosh~!

As Xu Yibai retreated, the long-prepared Chen Mu likewise swayed his figure and pursued.

The Zhan Sha Blade in his hand carried an icy cold light, shrouding Xu Yibai.

"Clang~~!"

Xu Yibai, whose head ached violently, instinctively swung his sword to block.

Blade and sword collided, sending a shower of sparks flying.

The edge of the Zhan Sha Blade overpowered the sword's gleam. The tremendous force it carried—Xu Yibai failed to receive it!

The pure physical strength of his horizontally-tempered One-Tripod Body, wrapped around the Zhan Sha Blade, directly chopped off Xu Yibai's sword-wielding right hand!

"Puh~~~"

Crimson fresh blood, along with the arm, flew high into the air.

"Ah!"

Xu Yibai screamed again. As his figure retreated, his left hand shot out a palm strike.

Bang!

At close range, Chen Mu took the palm strike head-on.

Whoosh~

His figure staggered back three steps. The churning blood rushed straight to his throat, and with a "puh" he spat it out directly.

In the next instant, Chen Mu's figure swayed, and with the Zhan Sha Blade in hand he charged back to Xu Yibai's front.

Clatter~!

A row of fine, dense rhombus-shaped flying darts flew out from Xu Yibai's left hand, heading straight for Chen Mu.

Swish swish~

Chen Mu swung the Zhan Sha Blade and knocked down the flying darts.

Taking advantage of this opening, Xu Yibai's figure retreated. Clenching his teeth, enduring the intense pain, he fled in a sorry yet extremely rapid manner toward the distance.

That's right—Xu Yibai was afraid!

Wei Dongliang had told him to give Sun Jindong a hand at the critical moment.

However, Sun Jindong was already dead!

Chen Mu's cultivation was several levels lower than his, yet the true Qi fluctuation on his body was deep and Solemn—clearly the cultivation method he practiced was stronger.

Besides this, swordsmanship was also where Chen Mu prevailed, faintly carrying a blade momentum.

In the eruption of physical strength, Xu Yibai found that he had lost as well.

Most critically, Chen Mu actually knew spiritual Wu Gong!

And it was a spiritual blade for offense!

With that strike just now, Xu Yibai felt as if his brain had been split open, his whole body trembling in pain. This was the first time he had ever tasted such agony—his skull, his body, his mind, all in pain.

As if the searing pain came from his very soul, combined with the agony of his severed arm, it left him without a single thought of counterattack.

At this moment, Xu Yibai had only one thought.

Run!

The farther the better!

Unfortunately…

Whoosh!

Chen Mu caught up to Xu Yibai in one step, two steps, three steps!

Swish~

The Zhan Sha Blade carried an icy light, shrouding Xu Yibai's entire body.

Running, Xu Yibai's whole body tensed up, cold sweat sliding down his forehead, his heart pounding like a drum.

"Get lost~!"

Xu Yibai roared loudly, his figure swaying as he tried to dodge.

Swish swish swish~

Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!

The blade light descended, the blade Qi slicing into Xu Yibai.

Puchi~ puchi~ puchi!

A succession of blade lights flashed past, and Xu Yibai, who had lost his will to fight, had his limbs sliced into chunks!

【Corpse discovered. Pick up?】