335 Beheading Fengchen, Burning Yusei

The pitch-black Devil's Underworld Essence Blade seemed to have transformed into a black hole that was funneling an icy blast towards Tokugawa and his two bodyguards!

This time, Ling Yun used a different approach; he used Qi to resist the enemy instead of physical strength like during his fight with Shangguan Jue and his group previously!

The enemy was the East Asians, and in the vast depths of the Shennongjia forest, Ling Yun felt obliged to be courteous to them. He dealt with them using full force!

In Ling Yun's energy center, there was a Dark Yin Qi that was circulating in his Ren meridian and filled his right arm. Through his right arm, the Dark Yin Qi was transferred into his blade and caused it to turn surprisingly frigid. The blade tip had also turned black!

Tokugawa and his two bodyguards were terrified when they saw the extent of Ling Yun's powers. In their terror, they didn't dare to resist him and retreated in flight once more!

At that time, Dugu Mo took the opportunity to turn his longsword and strike an East Asian person beside Tokugawa!

That person quickly raised his narrow, long blade in defense. Nonetheless, his clothes were torn by Dugu Mo's slash.

"Yusei, are you alright?" Tokugawa and his two bodyguards retreated by another ten meters and managed to dodge a strike from Ling Yun's magnificent blade. Tokugawa quickly enquired after the East Asian expert with the torn clothing.

"Idiot!" Yusei cursed Dugu Mo after realizing that he could have been injured. His small eyes widened as they glared at him and conveyed fury.

As Ling Yun and Dugu Mo stood alongside each other, they sent telepathic signals to warn each other of the formidability of those three East Asians and to be cautious during their fight.

The trio on Tokugawa's side launched a sudden attack. In the thick of battle, they dodged the strikes from Ling Yun's secret weapon as well as a fatal blow from Dugu Mo. They managed to retreat to safety and were indeed top-notch experts!

"Friends, you don't seem to be from the Huaxia special forces. Why did you attack us? Aren't you afraid of damaging the friendly relations between our countries?"

Ling Yun's swift actions had caught his enemies off guard. He had managed to kill six of them, four of whom were East Asian archaeologists, paleontology experts, and geneticists. The other two were ordinary experts from Tokugawa's clan. Tokugawa was outraged by the situation!

While Tokugawa was glaring at Ling Yun and Dugu Mo, he discovered that the duo were dressed bizarrely in tattered clothing — it was apparent that they weren't experts from the Huaxia special forces. Immediately, he regained his composure and planned to probe on the matter before arriving at a conclusion.

Ling Yun stood with the blade in hand, he laughed coldly. "Friend? Who's your friend? There are so many of you people, what are you all doing in the depths of the Shennongjia primary forest with so many weapons?"

Tokugawa squinted and curled the corners of his mouth. "We're a scientific expedition team from East Asia who've come to Shennongjia to research the mystery of the savages here. This is so we can contribute to the scientific progress of the world and the Huaxia race! Moreover, we have already obtained permission from your Huaxia authorities to do this!"

Ling Yun laughed aloud. "What a load of crap! If you're here for a field trip, why did you bring so many highly skilled martial arts experts with you? Why are they all wielding weapons? In addition, is your indiscriminate killing of rare creatures in this area for the sake of scientific research?"

Tokugawa was still defensive. "We're here to explore the deep regions of Shennongjia. The weapons brought by us are for our self-protection, and the animals have been captured solely to facilitate our paleontological research…"

Dugu Mo swore at him. "Research? As if! You were just about to consume the golden monkey's raw brain, or was that also in the name of paleontological research?"

When Tokugawa knew that they had overheard him previously, his expression finally changed. Casting sidelong glances, he smiled sardonically and retorted, "What's the problem with eating golden monkey's brain? There wasn't anyone else who witnessed it anyway. Judging by your tattered clothing, who are you?"

Ling Yun moved a step forward and laughed. "I am Shennongjia's left guardian!" He pointed at Dugu Mo. "He is, of course, the right guardian of Shennongjia!"

The left and right guardians of Shennongjia? Tokugawa and his two bodyguards stared speechlessly at each other. Then, a stupefied Tokugawa said, "I've never heard of Shennongjia's guardians…"

Ling Yun laughed and remarked disdainfully, "That's because you're ill-informed. Though you know about it now, it's still too late!"

Both parties were already in a situation of fighting to their last breath. Although they were engaged in a war of words, it was actually Tokugawa's way of verifying Ling Yun and Dugu Mo's version of events. At the same time, Ling Yun was trying to fish out more information from Tokugawa.

Ling Yun had cultivated the Yin-Yang harmony balance, and after he had attained Physique Tempering Stage Four, he had cultivated an amazing energy center. By now, it was very difficult for other people — including Tokugawa — to ascertain the extent of Ling Yun's powers.

However, Tokugawa could easily see through Dugu Mo's powers. After waiting for a long while, he had realized that the other party was solely comprised of two people. Moreover, there wouldn't be any reinforcements for them. All at once, he had a great peace of mind.

Tokugawa pointed at Ling Yun. "Fengchen, Yusei, you both deal with the young man wielding the bizarre black blade. All you need to do is to help me hold him off while I kill the right guardian with the sword. After which, I will come over to help you both!"

Tokugawa glanced at Mr. Chen's hiding place. Cursing him silently, he decided to settle the scores with Mr. Chen in a while.

Fengchen and Yusei agreed simultaneously. Raising their shiny long blades, the trio diverged and came upon Ling Yun and Dugu Mo from different directions!

Both Ling Yun and Dugu Mo had already discussed their strategy in secret, and their enemies were playing into their hands by dashing at them!

Ling Yun ordered Dugu Mo not to put up a desperate fight with Tokugawa. On the contrary, he was to capitalize on the dense vegetation to prolong his battle with Tokugawa using his Qinggong technique. As long as Tokugawa was held up in the duel, Ling Yun would be able to slaughter the two fellows, Fengchen and Yusei. After which, Ling Yun would join Dugu Mo in the fight against Tokugawa, who would certainly die!

Fengchen Xionger and Yusei Saburo raised their weapons and dashed towards Ling Yun. Their movements were amazingly fast!

Ling Yun laughed coldly and stood at the same spot without changing his focus. He waited until the duo were delivering a strike to his head before activating his Qi and raising his blade!

With a sound, the Devil's Underworld Essence Blade severed the long blades of his two opponents. Following which, Ling Yun embarked on a relentless attack on his opponents. With a turn of his wrist, the blade arced into the air and aimed for their chests!

It was swift and merciless!

Fengchen Xionger and Yusei Saburo could never have expected that their long blades — crafted from high-grade steel — would be severed by a single strike from Ling Yun's blade. They were stunned, and the duo hastily raised the remnants of their severed blade before retreating to a hiding place. Ling Yun's black blade swung towards their chests!

"It's too late to think about escaping now!" Ling Yun bellowed. With movement that was as fast as the wind, he appeared in front of Fengchen Xionger using his Dragon Fish Phantom Ability!

"Ah!" Fengchen Xionger could only manage to let out a cry as Ling Yun appeared before him unexpectedly fast.

Ling Yun smiled faintly. Wielding the black blade in his right hand, he lightly brushed it against Fengchen Xionger's neck!

Fengchen Xionger immediately stopped his cries. A sliver of red ran across his neck and was growing rapidly. He pointed at Ling Yun's blade and was just about to stutter when he finally fell into the thicket! Fresh blood was furiously spurting out of his neck and soon dyed the entire thicket red.

Fengchen Xionger was killed in two moves!

After Ling Yun had eliminated Fengchen Xionger, he didn't stop his attack and used the Dragon Fish Phantom Ability to appear before Yusei Saburo in a repeat of his moves!

Yusei Saburo knew that Ling Yun was a formidable opponent and didn't dare to be near him. He seemed to be shouting a reminder at Tokugawa while leaping amongst the dense trees to escape Ling Yun's pursuit of him!

Ling Yun was unable to catch up to Yusei Saburo after seven to eight attempts. While in hot pursuit, he took hold of a bunch of long steel nails and aimed in the direction of Yusei Saburo's escape route instead of targeting the person himself!

Yusei Saburo was so shaken that he halted in his tracks, and he was about to run in another direction when he caught sight of Ling Yun blocking his path!

"Accept your death, obediently!" Once again, Ling Yun used his Dragon Fish Phantom Ability to appear beside Yusei Saburo, and he raised his blade to strike him!

At that time, Tokugawa was unable to catch up to Dugu Mo despite his utmost efforts. In a flash, he arrived behind Ling Yun and raised both his hands to deliver a forceful blow on him!

This was the famous East Asian blade technique, "welcoming the wind with a blow". Tokugawa's tactic was the typical "relieving the State of Zhao by besieging the State of Wei", and his speed of movement was comparable to Ling Yun's Dragon Fish Phantom Ability!

Ling Yun knew that it was definitely impossible to end Yusei Saburo's life at this moment. Without thinking further, he moved sideways and simultaneously lifted his blade with both hands to block the blow!

Severing Tokugawa's long blade was his top priority!

With a sound, Ling Yun's blade clashed vehemently with Tokugawa's long, shiny blade. The force from the clash caused Ling Yun to retreat nine steps until his body hit a huge tree!

Ling Yun could feel his blood churning. When he took a deep breath and focused his gaze, he noticed that Tokugawa's one-and-a-half-meter blade hadn't been severed — there was only an indentation on the surface of the blade.

Great blade! Ling Yun silently praised it. Not only was Tokugawa's blade good, but Ling Yun knew that it had been protected from him by Tokugawa's activated Xiantian Qi.

Tokugawa now knew that his arrangement had been flawed. Having witnessed Fengchen Xionger's death by Ling Yun's blade, he had undeniably regretted his decision. The blade technique displayed by him during the encounter with Ling Yun was already his best performance, but little did he expect that Ling Yun would be able to fend it off.

"Ling Yun, are you okay?" Dugu Mo had been forced to hide from Tokugawa during the latter's pursuit of him. Fortunately, Dugu Mo had managed to hide behind the huge trees in his surroundings thanks to his agile and swift movements. He knew that Tokugawa was a formidable opponent and had enquired after Ling Yun out of concern.

Ling Yun silently activated the Yin-Yang harmony balance and quickly calmed the churning blood within him. The corners of his mouth curled into a relaxed smile, which indicated to Dugu Mo that he was alright.

Ling Yun appeared beside Dugu Mo in an instant. As he passed by him, Ling Yun stuffed seven to eight Fire Talismans into Dugu Mo's left hand and instructed him of its usage through a telepathic signal. Then, he said, "I will block Tokugawa while you kill Yusei!"

Dugu Mo was jubilant. He replied via telepathy, "Whoa, why didn't you take out such a great treasure earlier? I could have used it to burn that Tokugawa fellow!"

"He won't be burnt that easily, Tokugawa has Xiantian Qi for self-protection. Before the talismans have landed on him, he would have killed you with a swipe of his blade!"

After Ling Yun ended his conversation with Dugu Mo, his eyebrows shot up, and he flew beside Tokugawa to engage him in combat!

Relying on his Xiantian Qi for self-protection, Tokugawa remained at the same spot and brandished his long, shiny blade to create an impermeable barrier. A cacophony ensued from the exchanging of blows!

By now, Yusei Saburo had already discarded his blade. Having been unspeakably terrorized by Tokugawa's hot pursuit of him previously, Dugu Mo was certainly merciless towards Yusei Saburo and immediately flashed out his renowned heirloom, the Dugu Nine Sword!

"Breaking blade stance! Breaking sword stance! Breaking gun stance!"

A series of six swords forced Yusei Saburo to go into hiding. However, the moves displayed by Dugu Mo were only an illusion and had cut Yusei Saburo off from vital hiding places, thereby restricting his movement to a confined area.

At the same time, seizing the opportunity while Yusei Saburo was dodging his longsword, Dugu Mo stuck the Fire Talismans on him in quick succession.

Meanwhile, Tokugawa and Ling Yun were in the midst of a furious battle. Despite using his Devil's Underworld Essence Blade, as well as the Yin-Yang harmony balance, Ling Yun was only able to enter a stand-off with Tokugawa. Though he was unable to inflict any damage on Ling Yun, Tokugawa was constantly observing the situation on Yusei Saburo's side!

"Yusei, what are those things that are stuck on your body?" The more Tokugawa looked at them, the more he sensed that something was amiss; he quickly cautioned Yusei Saburo in their East Asian tongue.

Dugu Mo was still trying to paste two talismans on him when he heard Tokugawa's shout in the East Asian tongue. Guessing that it was a cautionary reminder to Yusei Saburo, Dugu Mo didn't give the latter any time to react and immediately bellowed, "Come!"

With a series of loud booms, five to six fireballs, which were the size of basketballs, began to ignite Yusei Saburo's body simultaneously. In an instant, he was being set alight!

"Ah… F*ck!" Yusei Saburo's flesh crackled as it was being burnt. He was unable to steady himself any longer and immediately fell down in an attempt to extinguish the inferno!

"Haha, this really comes in handy!" Dugu Mo watched Yusei Saburo being burnt, and while he was stunned initially, he soon began to shout in excitement. He was completely unaware that many of the Fire Talismans had been prepared by Ling Yun.

With such a good opportunity at hand, Ling Yun fended off Tokugawa and shot a bunch of steel nails at Yusei, who was lying prone on the ground!

After Yusei Saburo had fallen to the ground and was busy rolling his body to extinguish the inferno, he virtually had no chance to dodge Ling Yun's steel nails. Seven to eight steel nails pierced his body, and fresh blood was spurting from his wounds!

Dugu Mo flew upwards and lightly pierced his longsword at Yusei's throat, impaling it. Diverting his gaze from the lifeless Yusei, he somersaulted through the air and appeared behind a shocked and infuriated Tokugawa.

Seven to eight minutes had passed from the time of Ling Yun and Dugu Mo's sudden appearance, and Tokugawa's group of East Asian people had been annihilated except for him!

It was two against one! Tokugawa knew that the tides had turned, and he was slightly panicky. He had already thought of escaping.

"Mr. Chen, if anything untoward happens to me while I'm in your Huaxia territory, I'm afraid that your Chen Family won't be able to give an account to my Tokugawa Clan!"

Knowing that Mr. Chen hadn't yet departed from the area, Tokugawa threatened him verbally.

Ling Yun laughed. "Mr. Tokugawa, do you think that you still have a chance to escape?"