Chapter 854

Above the watchtower, Tuoba Tao suddenly slapped the railing, leaving a clear bloodstain, half a palm print branded on the railing.

It turned out that he had been too engrossed in watching the battle, and his fingernails had pierced his palms when he clenched his fists tightly!

Black Otter beside him clicked his tongue and said: "Good heavens, what kind of people are these! I'm afraid they wouldn't even need a second strike to pinch us to death..."

Pu Liu Ru also nodded desperately behind him; he had a secret that even his big brother, Yuwen Black Otter, did not know.

That was that during a fortuitous encounter, the Kaihuang Sword obtained from the future Buddhist kingdom sent by that mysterious monk had already been derived into a sword technique by him.

But that sword technique, compared to Cao Xuanwei's spear strike of heaven and earth and the combined attack of the Tongren Mingyi,

compared to Li Zhong's saber strike that cut off water but the water flowed on, the first saber of the Bai Hu Seven Kill,

was simply as immature as a child's game...

Tuoba Tao was even more dejected, a sense of frustration filling his heart.

He knew Li Zhong; in fact, for those with intentions in the Liuzhen, this down-and-out soldier who might have come from the Longxi Li clan was no secret.

But in his heart, Li Zhong was nothing more than a scion of a noble family abandoned by his clan, nothing more than a self-exile; even if he might harbor secrets, this person was nothing but an ant.

But now, the ant had bitten a True Dragon to death in front of him.

Cao Xuanwei was his goal, a natural chasm difficult to reach in front of him.

Tuoba Tao's lifelong dream was to kill this person, replace Cao with Tuoba, and complete his own heavenly mandate.

For this, he cultivated crazily, not hesitating to abandon his long lifespan to enter the military path, which was first in killing and most capable of overturning everything and opening up a new dynasty.

He planned to lead the great army of the Liuzhen south one day and trample Chang'an under his horses!

But Cao Xuanwei came!

And then, with a long spear, he fiercely smashed and pierced his ambition!

The Copper Sparrow Spear was graceful, the Qimen Dunjia was mysterious, and the "Zhouyi Cantong Qi" was one of the most profound and powerful scriptures in the world.

Taking heaven and earth as hexagrams, transforming oneself into a hexagram, the two hexagrams intersecting, heaven and man as one, deriving the sixty-four hexagrams of the Zhouyi—each hexagram was comparable to a great divine ability!

Heaven Fire Tongren!

Earth Fire Mingyi!

Heaven and man intersecting, that spear—the Heaven and Earth Great Unity style—fiercely pierced his heart; even leading those three thousand elite cavalry, it was difficult to block Cao Xuanwei's spear strike.

But what about Li Zhong, whom he viewed as an ant?

The first saber of the Bai Hu Seven Kill cut off time, the Daxia Longque swung out the inscriptions branded between heaven and earth by Helian Bobo, and the second saber of the Bai Hu Seven Kill derived life and death, severing the Copper Sparrow Spear.

The third style, however, merged the Bai Hu Seven Kill Saber, swinging out a saber strike where everyone present could only see the ferocity within, but knew not a shred of the mystery.

Bai Hu Carrying a Corpse!

It slashed through dozens of layers of Buddhist law blessings, like breaking through dozens of cities.

He Badu stood on the dilapidated platform for appointing generals, looking in the direction of the two young men, his face devoid of any emotion.

Dozens of layers of seals and the platform for appointing generals built of ten-thousand-year ironwood heart almost became ruins under the spear and saber, yet they could not cover the sharpness of the two young men in the center.

The soldiers of the four camps below were silent; their faces were full of blisters scorched by the burning wind, but not a single person cried out.

Even if their expressions were twisted with pain, they all stared at the two people on the platform.

One was the Crown Prince of Great Wei, one of the most outstanding young men in the Divine Land, Cao Xuanwei, known as the Qilin Crown Prince.

The other was just a down-and-out, unknown comrade seen on ordinary days, rumored to be from the Longxi Li clan; it was heard from Cao Xuanwei that his elder brother was once an extraordinary talent who had caused a great disturbance in the Southern Dynasty's capital, Jiankang.

But now, no longer needing any elder brother's name, he could become famous throughout the world, worthy of being called the Bai Hu Divine Saber—Li Zhong!

He Badu looked at these two excessively young people and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "It seems we are indeed old!"

Only then did he discover that, at some unknown time, his temples had already turned gray.

The nightmare of military path cultivators is always that their lifespan has an end, dying of old age on a sickbed... Many people would rather choose the last time, dying in battle on the field, to avoid this ending.

The handsome Dugu Xin opened his mouth wide without any demeanor, looking at Li Zhong in disbelief.

It seemed he wanted to identify—was that really the person he had seen earlier that day?

On the drill ground, dozens of magic mirrors illuminated the place brightly; the fire clouds above rolled away, and the place where the saber momentum slashed through split open, a long and narrow saber mark piercing through hundreds of miles and several miles wide.

Below the platform, Wuchuan garrison general Lu Yan was expressionless, staring fixedly at the two.

At the peak of Dragon City, Little Murong Chui stood with his hands behind his back, gazing in the direction of Wuchuanzhen.

That spear—a bit interesting; as a general, it was too indecisive, lacking a sharpness, but it had the demeanor of an emperor; it was a spear of the Kingly Way.

That saber, the first saber was just a common soldier, just a life-and-death struggle, only counting as having touched a bit of the edge of the old thief Sima.

The second saber was barely worth looking at.

Merging the saber marks of Helian Bobo, the demonic saber that had perished in his own hands, and splitting open a saber strike slightly carrying the aura of a general, it was a saber strike from soldier to general, finally entering the gate of military strategy.

But the third saber!

The third saber was a demonic saber...

This saber swung toward the sky, inevitably wanting to dye the heavens with blood; swinging toward the earth, it was bound to take away the earth's vitality—a thousand-mile saber mark, not even cow hair would grow!

Swinging toward people, it was even more about severing everything.

Cruel to others, even more cruel to oneself.

"There is such a demonic saber in the world again; who exactly swung this saber?"

Little Murong Chui's expression was slightly solemn; this person's demonic nature was not below his own!

At this moment, the killing intent surging inside and outside Wuchuanzhen seemed to have been seized by that saber strike, and the rolling fortune was suppressed by that spear strike; before the great tribulation arrived, it was rarely quiet.

The entire Wuchuanzhen fell into tranquility.

The entire northern border defense line stagnated for a moment...

And Qian Chen was still at the top of the high tower, gazing at everything projected by the Dao Dust Pearl in his hand.

When Li Zhong used the Five Viscera Divine Treasury to break through the dust prison, the Four Spirits physique seized all the creation of heaven and earth, and swung the first style of the Four Spirits hidden in the saber—Bai Hu Carrying a Corpse—Qian Chen's expression was very calm, only when he finally forcibly controlled Bai Hu Carrying a Corpse and withdrew the saber.

Only then did Qian Chen nod slightly; as Li Zhong swung this saber, blocked by obstacles, specks of dust seemed to fall upon his body, slightly thickening the thin layer of dust that had originally sealed the Five Viscera Divine Treasury and the Four Spirits physique.

That earth-shattering creation was stained with more and more dust; the next time he stirred the Five Viscera Divine Treasury to break through the obstacles and let the Four Spirits body bloom with divine radiance and creation, it became even more difficult.

In Wuchuanzhen, the nine-story high tower still stood tall.

But seeing that after Cao Xuanwei admitted defeat, the long spear in his hand casually drew a circle around him, the fluttering red tassels transformed into a vast curtain, isolating the two from the surroundings.

"It seems I don't need to go find your brother Li Er!" Cao Xuanwei sighed: "How do you compare to your brother?"

Li Zhong said lightly: "A difference of heaven and earth!"

Cao Xuanwei closed his eyes slightly, a thought flashing through his mind, and he suddenly said: "Li Er is that Supreme Louguan Dao protector Qian Chen!"

Li Zhong was slightly surprised, not knowing why he would think so.

"Because your performance today is far worse than I expected, and the last saber strike was not from your hand!"

Cao Xuanwei said firmly: "When we first started fighting, my spiritual sense detected that your cultivation and combat power far exceeded my expectations. So at the beginning, I went all out; the first saber of the Bai Hu Seven Kill, Flowing Water, was indeed from your hand—I could feel it. The second saber mostly relied on the inscriptions Helian Bobo left in the saber, encompassing the saber marks he left between heaven and earth that did not dissipate! It was also derived by your own hand."

"But the third saber, ferociously incomparable, was simply not your saber; you couldn't even fully control that saber strike!"

"If the person who left this saber strike is truly Li Er, then his cultivation far exceeds my expectations."

Cao Xuanwei asked back: "If Li Er has already attained the Primordial Spirit, then he who beheaded the Dragon King overseas, executed the Buddhist Bodhisattva, and fought four Primordial Spirits in one battle—why couldn't it be him?"

But after a while, Cao Xuanwei frowned again, somewhat puzzled: "But my grand-uncle's attitude is a bit strange!"

"He is clearly the person who has spent the longest time with the Supreme Louguan Dao protector Qian Chen, but he is very certain that he is an old monster and has never thought of Li Er at all."

Li Zhong heard this and just smiled bitterly: "It should be like a wild goose stepping on snow mud..."

Cao Xuanwei was speechless.

Both knew that this was talking about Li Er's third saber.

Li Zhong was not answering, but it was also an answer.

Cao Xuanwei took a deep breath and sighed: "It seems the Longxi Li clan's calculations were completely wrong! From that saber strike, I can feel that Li Er has no scruples and doesn't care about anything! If there were even a hint of hesitation, there wouldn't be such a forward-moving saber that severs everything."

"This saber is extremely ruthless!"

Li Zhong shook his head: "My brother is not a ruthless person, it's just that he is too lofty, has few ties, and is unconstrained, so that saber is like a wild goose, falling into my hand, just like a wild goose's claw print on snow mud..."

Cao Xuanwei looked at Li Zhong and suddenly realized: "Also, if he didn't care about anything, he wouldn't have specially passed this saber and the Daxia Longque to you..."

Li Zhong's face turned black.

He couldn't help but retort: "The Daxia Longque was obtained by myself; of course, it had been covered in dust for a long time when I obtained it, and the god within the saber had already died; it was my brother who sharpened it again for me."

Cao Xuanwei nodded and said: "So that's how it is; that is also natural. After all, Helian Bobo fought Little Murong Chui for the name of Great Heavenly Demon back then and was killed by him. With Little Murong Chui's strength and Helian Bobo's ruthlessness, it would be strange if the god within the Daxia Longque didn't die."

"Being able to make dead saber radiance shine again is even more skillful than accidentally obtaining this saber."

His tone was profound: "Li Er is even more terrifying than I imagined..."

Li Zhong finally couldn't help but glare at him.

This person had clearly been defeated by his own hand, but he couldn't go three sentences without mentioning his brother, obviously unconvinced, saying he was defeated!

In reality, he thought he had only lost to Li Er and didn't put him in his eyes at all.

"If I hadn't stopped that saber strike, you would already be dead!" Li Zhong couldn't help but say.

Cao Xuanwei looked at him strangely and said: "If you hadn't stopped that saber strike, you would already have lost."

"Why did I lose if you died?" Li Zhong frowned.

Cao Xuanwei's tone was very natural: "Because that saber strike did not come from your true heart, just like I would never kill you even if I fought to the end! You couldn't have killed me, because you and I are both people in this mundane world."