Chapter 128

Previously, he hadn't taken her down because she was someone Jue Tian wanted, so he hadn't gone all out, merely holding her back.

But now, Jue Tian is dead.

Of course, he would no longer hold back.

And to guard against Liu Sheng Xueji using dirty tricks to drag him to mutual destruction, the swordsman directly brought out his ultimate move.

It was to utterly kill Liu Sheng Xueji!

However, in the next instant, his expression changed.

Because the feeling was wrong!

Before he could figure out what was happening, goosebumps suddenly rose on his neck, a deep chill penetrated his bones, making his whole body ice cold.

The swordsman, without thinking, swung his blade backward to block!

Unfortunately, because his confident killing move was broken, the swordsman's mind wavered, his response was hasty, he only blocked half, and a long bloody gash was slashed across his back.

Severe pain surged, and the swordsman hissed cold air through his teeth.

And it was precisely this strike that made him fully snap out of it, leaving no time to ponder why Liu Sheng Xueji was unharmed, as he turned to fight desperately.

Just then, another blade qi erupted from the side, enveloping the swordsman's entire body!

The swordsman hurriedly blocked and parried, casting a hurried glance, his pupils contracting sharply.

"It's you! You're not dead!"

The attacker was none other than Liu Sheng Piaoxu.

After using a thunder bomb to kill Jue Tian, she took advantage of the flying dirt to slip away and hide.

Due to the dim sky, her wearing of night-clothes, and everyone's habitual thinking, they all assumed she had perished alongside Jue Tian.

And the corpse fragments on the ground were too scattered; amidst panic and fear, the crowd had no time to carefully identify whose corpses there were.

Liu Sheng Piaoxu managed to "shed her cicada shell," and then tricked the swordsman again.

"Is it a ninja technique to escape?"

A thought flashed through his mind like lightning; the swordsman, caught off guard, found countless tiny wounds appearing all over his body.

But his realm was ultimately far superior; even though Heavily wounded, under his angry counterattack, he forced the Liu Sheng sisters to retreat continuously.

Liu Sheng Xueji and Liu Sheng Piaoxu exchanged a glance, Unleash Lightness Skill and fled.

Jue Tian is dead, the goal of this mission has been achieved; delay brings change, they did not want to delay any longer.

The swordsman wanted to pursue, but just as he took a step, his internal blood gushed uncontrollably from the wounds, leaving him completely powerless...

He gritted his teeth and roared angrily: "Kill them!"

Without him needing to say it, the surrounding palace guards had already rushed forward.

Unfortunately, lacking the restraint of a master, they could not stop the Liu Sheng sisters at all.

Just as the two women were about to break free from the entanglement, a voice rang out like thunder—

"Daring to act violently in my Godless Absolute Palace, and still dreaming of escape? Stay here for me!"

Like the Heavenly Lord's thunderous command, words spoken become law, and this small world moved accordingly.

In the mysterious void, it seemed an invisible giant hand was crushing down upon the Liu Sheng sisters.

Borrowing the power of heaven and earth for oneself, the unity of man and heaven.

A Realm of the Heavenly Man has acted!

The Liu Sheng sisters exchanged a glance; though startled, they were not disordered, waiting for the "Kunji Seal" to break the situation.

Just then, a sharp sword intent fiercely entered the field, with the momentum of splitting bamboo, cleaving that "invisible giant hand" in two.

In an instant, the terrifying pressure permeating the air vanished, and that thick sense of suffocation turned to nothingness.

Another Realm of the Heavenly Man!

And one opposing the Godless Absolute Palace!

The Liu Sheng sisters suddenly turned their heads and saw a man with white eyebrows and Bai Fa standing behind them.

The man held a blade in his left hand, his expression indifferent, but the most prominent feature was his pair of ruthlessly cold eyes.

His gaze was wild, vicious, and domineering; when you met his eyes, you would even feel he intended to eat people!

"Uncle!"

The Liu Sheng sisters instinctively cried out, their eyes filled with shock.

The person before them was none other than the elder brother of Liu Sheng Danmashou, and also the number one expert of the Liu Sheng family—Liu Sheng Yijian!

Liu Sheng Yijian turned his gaze to the Liu Sheng sisters, nodded to them, then looked opposite and said coldly: "Come out."

"Liu Sheng Yijian? You are not dead, and have actually entered the Realm of the Heavenly Man."

In the darkness, figures flickered; an old man with grey hair and a long beard, carrying a blade and a sword on his back, jumped out.

This old man was obviously the Realm of the Heavenly Man who had just suppressed the Liu Sheng sisters.

Liu Sheng Yijian, expressionless, said: "People of my Liu Sheng family are not so easily killed."

The blade and sword on the old man's back trembled; he was not to be outdone: "The Godless Absolute Palace is not something just any Realm of the Heavenly Man can provoke."

The auras of both sides collided, and the atmospheric pressure on the scene dropped sharply.

Everyone's heart felt as if a large stone had been placed upon it, breathing became difficult, and their chests felt blocked and distressed.

Liu Sheng Xueji gave Liu Sheng Piaoxu a look.

The latter understood; the two, without making a sound, took advantage of everyone's attention being on the two Realms of the Heavenly Man to quietly depart.

142 Fatherly Love and Filial Piety, the Challenge Letter of the Eastern Japan Dominating Blade

The two women did not stop along the way until they escaped to the riverside, boarded a boat prepared long ago, and only then breathed a sigh of relief.

The plan went smoothly; killing Jue Tian, the "source of the disaster," avenged their father and brothers, yet neither of them felt happy.

After all, people are dead; killing the main culprit can only vent one's anger.

Thinking of the cause of her father and brother's death, Liu Sheng Xueji couldn't help but glance at Liu Sheng Piaoxu, sighing inwardly.

When she had decided to flee with her younger sister, she had foreseen that her father and brother would be implicated, but between her father and brother and her sister, she had chosen the latter.

And after learning the function of the "Kunji Seal," they had hurried back without a moment's rest, only to find they were still one step too late.

Jue Tian's brutality exceeded their imagination — he couldn't even wait a single day, and had killed them on the spot!

This left Liu Sheng Xueji heartache and guilt, but also a measure of relief.

If she and her sister had married such a man, the rest of their lives would truly have been worse than death.

Liu Sheng Piaoxu seemed to know what she was thinking, and to spare Liu Sheng Xueji further sorrow, spoke up to change the subject: "Sister, Uncle actually reached the Heavenly Man realm? And why would he help us?"

Hearing this, Liu Sheng Xueji couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Liu Sheng Yijian, the foremost master of the Liu Sheng clan, had already been a late-stage Grand Master twenty years ago.

Not only was his swordsmanship peerless, he was also well-versed in ninjutsu; the two combined made him a foe hard to find beneath the Heavenly Man realm.

After completing his training, he had traveled across the Eastern Seas, consecutively challenging eleven Grand Masters of the sword.

Even the strongest among them had lasted only thirty-two moves against him.

For the Liu Sheng clan to produce such a genius should have been a cause for joy, but the misfortune was that Liu Sheng Yijian walked the path of the Heartless Sword Dao!

For the sake of the sword, he had personally killed his own wife and son.

From then on, utterly alone, with no attachments, his heart and will were given wholly to the sword.

Therefore, although Liu Sheng Yijian was a member of the clan, Liu Sheng Tajima was deeply wary of — even fearful of — this brother who disowned all kin.

Later, seeking the path to the Heavenly Man realm, Liu Sheng Yijian crossed the distant seas, heading for the Central Domain where the martial Dao flourished most.

In less than half a year, he returned.

He had lost.

Not to a Heavenly Man, but to another Grand Master of the Passionate Sword Dao — Yan Yan Beifei.

If it had merely been a single defeat, it would not have mattered; what struck Liu Sheng Yijian hardest was the manner in which his opponent had beaten him.

Yan Yan Beifei learned on the spot, and used Liu Sheng Yijian's own techniques to defeat Liu Sheng Yijian!

This made Liu Sheng Yijian, for a time, question his very existence.

"I vaguely remember that when I was young, Father said that ever since that defeat, Uncle began to doubt his own path. Perhaps…"

Liu Sheng Xueji ventured boldly: "He has already abandoned the Heartless Sword Dao."

"Abandoned the Heartless Sword Dao?" Liu Sheng Piaoxu was startled. "Then what does he cultivate? Surely not the Passionate Sword Dao?"

Liu Sheng Xueji had thought the same at first, but suddenly she recalled Liu Sheng Yijian's earlier gaze.

The eyes are the windows of the soul.

Although Liu Sheng Yijian had earlier stepped in to "save" them, and had even nodded in greeting, Liu Sheng Xueji had not detected even the slightest trace of affection or warmth in his eyes.

If this were the Passionate Sword Dao, she would not believe it.