Chapter 725: One Woman, One Saber

Chapter 725: One Woman, One Saber

Inside the basin, a surge of killing intent suddenly engulfed a few attackers and ground them into paste before they could react.

“Shit! Retreat!”

A man panicked and tried to back away to safety, but the second he moved, earthly qi combined into an invisible earth dragon and swallowed him whole.

That wasn’t all. The attackers quickly realized that their surroundings were overflowing with yin qi before they knew it. The wind howled like blades, the rain fell like swords, and killing intent was everywhere. It was as if they had suddenly crossed into the underworld, and the living was not welcome here. The bloodcurdling screams appearing throughout the area were proof of it.

“Huh? Earth-bound traps? Is a fengshui master helping the challenger?”

Zhang Lingyang exclaimed in surprise but shook his head right after. “It’s too bad the fengshui master’s craft is average at best, and his fengshui array isn’t perfect due to the lack of time. It’s good enough to scare the hyenas a little, but to actually stop them? It’s not enough.”

A warrior who was adept in the art of fengshui was called a fengshui master. An average fengshui master could only observe qi, probe waters, research the earth, and identify fortune or misfortune. However, a powerful fengshui master—generally known as a geomancer—could not only do everything a fengshui master could do, but also shift mountains, change fates, and slaughter their enemies without a trace using earth veins and earthly qi.

If a geomancer had enough time to set up a fengshui array, they could even kill champions who were above their cultivation level. They were the kind of friends you want to have, and enemies you wish to avoid as much as possible.

Unfortunately, the fengshui master who set up the fengshui array was no geomancer. While his fengshui array was good enough to stop or intimidate the average warrior, it was completely useless against a true elite.

As expected, Zhang Lingyang hadn’t even finished speaking when a cold hmph came from the basin, “You think you can stop me with this level of fengshui array?”

The next moment, a fiery saber force accompanied by the crisp cry of a phoenix descended from above. A fiery phoenix extended its wings and engulfed the fengshui array in a blaze of fire.

Of course, the jianghu warriors trapped within the fengshui array were killed as well.

After the fengshui array was destroyed, a brawny man carrying a massive red saber on his shoulder stepped out of the sea of flames. He wore a long robe with fiery red patterns, and he had long hair that covered his shoulders. He carried himself in a bold and unrestrained manner.

“Why so angry, Feng San[1]? Why kill innocents when you could pierce the array without?”

An old, blind Taoist chided the brawny man while stepping out of the sea of flames as well. He was supporting himself and extinguishing the flames around himself using a bamboo staff.

“Hah! As if leaving them alive would help their chances of claiming the Profound Yellow Mother Qi! They couldn’t even survive me!”

The brawny man named Feng San scoffed loudly. “Also, you should’ve just died instead of blocking my attack. Now, I’m going to kill you.”

“Tsk tsk... can you believe this guy? If I didn’t know better, I would think that you already have the Profound Yellow Mother Qi in your pockets!”

The man was dressed ostentatiously and wearing make-up like a woman. The woman was also dressed just as flamboyantly as the man, though her aura was dark and creepy. Neither looked like a person of virtue.

“You think you can stop us alone, Shangguan Hongjin?”

The seductive woman said with an ugly expression, “Get out of our way if you know what’s good for you! Otherwise, we will make you wish you were dead!”

“Guess what? I do think I can stop all of you alone!” Shangguan Hongjin tightened her grip over her sabers and let out a bold laugh. “You want the Profound Yellow Mother Qi that badly? Sure! You just have to pass through me first!”

“Why the hell are you wasting your breath on her? Can’t you tell she’s trying to buy time? Kill her already!”

It was at this moment Feng San roared and swung his saber at Shangguan Hongjin from range. A fiery phoenix screeched, and a sea of flames engulfed the world.

In response, Shangguan Hongjin unsheathed her second saber and swung upward like she was cutting the sky. The sea of flames were instantly split in half.

Not done yet, Shangguan Hongjin chased, no, surpassed her saber beam and appeared in front of Feng San. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth. She brought her saber down with the intention of cutting the man in half.

Feng San did not expect Shangguan Hongjin to move this quickly. He just barely managed to cross his saber before his chest before their sabers clashed.

Clang!

There was a metallic clang, and a muffled groan escaped Feng San’s lips. Blood poured down his hand as he staggered away from her.

Shangguan Hongjin pressed forward. This time, she turned her saber against the blind Taoist.

The blind Taoist tapped the ground with his bamboo staff and summoned three armored, sword-wielding generals about three meters tall in an attempt to stop her charge. Fearless, Shangguan Hongjin swung nine times in a row, firing three saber forces each at the earthen generals. Thick as a cyclone, the saber forces easily blasted the earthen generals into smithereens.

Right before Shangguan Hongjin’s momentum was spent, a bamboo staff suddenly burst through the dust cloud and struck Shangguan Hongjin in the chest. It pierced right through like her flesh was paper.

“Got you, you blind bastard.”

Shangguan Hongjin smiled despite receiving a serious wound, however. Not only that, she pressed forward—the bamboo staff sliding even deeper into her chest as a result of this—and swung her saber at the blind Taoist’s head.

1. The literal translation is Phoenix Three. Also fengsan would sound like fan to a Chinese. Lol. ☜