LGHTNOVELBOOK 13: Using Him as a Punching Bag?!
Qin Xixue couldn’t figure it out. Seeing the three looking fresh and tidy while her group was travel-worn, with many disciples injured and battered, and even she herself had nearly fallen victim to the man-eating vine just now, she felt extremely unbalanced.
What good was luck? In the cultivation world, the strong were respected, and strength was everything.
Treasures belonged to the capable.
Qin Xixue bit her lip, her slender fingers tightly clenched in her sleeve. She must obtain the Heart Essence Ethereal Grass, otherwise her spirit root…
Qiu Xiude had long harbored resentment against the three. He didn’t even bother with false negotiations, gripping his sword and attacking, “If you don’t know what’s good for you, then we’ll deal with you first!”
Tantai Ming moved, meeting him with his sword.
Among the three, Tantai Ming had the highest cultivation at mid-stage Foundation Establishment. Although mid-stage and late-stage Foundation Establishment sounded like a small difference, there could still be a huge gap in strength between the two.
The moment the two long swords clashed, there was a sharp, ear-piercing sound, and faint sparks could even be seen.
A stray bit of sword qi grazed Tantai Ming’s left cheek, leaving a bloody gash. A streak of bright red blood trickled down his face, a shocking sight.
Qiu Xiude grinned maliciously, gathering all his spiritual energy into his right hand. His force suddenly increased, pressing down the sword blade and once again approaching Tantai Ming!
“Boom—”
Invisible sword qi exploded with the two at the center, sweeping through half the forest.
The two were blown back tens of meters. Tantai Ming was more severely injured, with a trickle of blood at the corner of his lips, which he casually wiped away with the back of his hand. Instead, a hint of wildness appeared in his eyes.
Qiu Xiude’s form moved like a ghost, flashing behind him and swinging his sword heavily towards Tantai Ming’s back!
When his full-force strike landed on the back, it was deflected by an invisible energy barrier—
A Diamond Talisman?!
In that moment of Qiu Xiude’s surprise, Tantai Ming seized the opportunity. His wrist flicked, sending a golden sword qi slashing through the air!
The shattered spiritual energy scattered into thousands of golden, almost tangible sword blades. Qiu Xiude retreated several steps, hurriedly dodging most of the attacks, but still took several hits from the sword qi. The sword qi was exceptionally domineering and sharp, even tearing several gashes in his defensive magic robe, with flesh and blood churning beneath the skin.
His face twisted in anger, not expecting this brat to have such ability.
At first, Qiu Xiude could maintain the upper hand, pressing Tantai Ming. But gradually, he found himself more and more overwhelmed.
Instead, Tantai Ming grew more vigorous with each setback, and the battle situation even showed a slight tendency to tilt in his favor.
Qiu Xiude became furious. He realized with dread that this brat… seemed to be using him for sword practice??!
And somehow, this brat had used some method to make all the surrounding spiritual energy converge only into his body. In contrast, Qiu Xiude was like a fish unable to get even a drop of water, with the spiritual energy in his dantian dropping rapidly, unable to get any replenishment.
On the other hand, Tantai Ming’s sword techniques became increasingly smooth, his sword qi growing more profound and domineering, showing its sharp edge, making it difficult to parry.
A sword qi slashed horizontally towards Qiu Xiude’s chest, just one step away from his heart!
“Boom!”
Unable to dodge in time, he was sent flying, crashing into a tree. Clutching his chest, he spat out a large mouthful of blood, staining a large area of his clothes.
“Senior Brother!”
The other disciples also realized that Qiu Xiude was about to collapse and were about to go help.
Chu Sang threw out more than a dozen Explosive Talismans, blasting their path flat.
She flicked the talisman paper, “I’m your opponent.”
“With me here, you won’t take a single step forward.”
Seventh Senior Brother always found chances to slack off and not practice his sword. Now that a punching bag had voluntarily presented itself for practice, how could she let others interfere?
“You alone want to stop all of us?” Another disciple stepped forward, sneering.
The weakest among them was at early-stage Foundation Establishment, while she, also at early-stage Foundation Establishment, wanted to stop so many of them? It was simply a fool’s dream!
It’s just talismans, they had those too. Let’s see who runs out of talismans first.
Half an hour later.
This disciple’s now empty hands were trembling slightly.
Was this woman a demon?
Why?
Why had she thrown hundreds of talismans and could still take out countless more?
Was that storage bag at her waist a bottomless pit?
How many talismans did she have in there??!
An early-stage Foundation Establishment female cultivator actually making them unable to take a single step forward—it would be a huge joke if word got out.
But that was the reality.
Everyone’s faces were extremely ugly, yet they were helpless. As she had said, they couldn’t take a single step forward.
Qin Xixue’s small face was as white as paper. She had never known when Chu Sang had become so rich, actually able to buy so many talismans?
Were they given by her two senior brothers?
She couldn’t help but feel jealous in her heart. Why did Chu Sang get all the advantages in the world!
It was she who had relied on Master since childhood, but she was hidden away in the mortal realm like a rat that couldn’t be seen, while Chu Sang could openly be accepted into the sect, becoming Master’s personal disciple, enjoying the sect’s resources and others’ envious gazes.
Even Brother Qingchen, such an outstanding heavenly genius, was bound by an engagement to Chu Sang, this waste. It really made her jealous to the core.
She had thought that after expelling Chu Sang from the sect, everything would return to its normal track, and she could get what should have belonged to her. But now… Qin Xixue’s thoughts whirled. Her jade-like hand behind her back secretly took out a jade-white seal and threw it into the air.
The seal grew with the wind, becoming as large as a small mountain.
“Second Senior Sister, I’m sorry, but I must get this Heart Essence Ethereal Grass.”
She smiled gently.
But she was not at all polite.
She controlled the mountain-like huge seal, pressing it directly down towards the three.
In the cultivation world, weapons and magical treasures were ranked in order as — Precious Tools, Magic Tools, Spirit Tools, Immortal Tools, Divine Tools.
Each quality of weapon was further divided into upper, middle, and lower grades.
Among these, Divine Tools had almost disappeared from the Spirit Abyss Continent. Immortal Tools could only possibly be owned by sect leaders of major sects and Dao Ancestors who had lived for thousands of years. Ordinary people couldn’t even dare to think about them.
So in most cultivators’ understanding, Spirit Tools were about the most top-tier weapons. Many cultivators couldn’t obtain a single Spirit Tool in their entire lives.
Qin Xixue’s first move was with an upper-grade Spirit Tool — the Immortal-Falling Seal.
Without a doubt, it was given by Chang Yu, able to store three attacks from a Nascent Soul stage cultivator.
Although with Qin Xixue’s current cultivation level she could only exert less than a tenth of its power, it was equivalent to a full-force attack from a Golden Core cultivator, more than enough to deal with the three of them.
Chu Sang took out two Golden Armor Talismans. So far, all attacks below Golden Core level she had encountered could be directly negated by Golden Armor Talismans. She wondered how much of a Golden Core or higher attack a Diamond Talisman could negate?
She licked her lips. The Immortal-Falling Seal was descending at a speed difficult for the naked eye to capture, but she didn’t feel panicked. Instead, there was a hint of eagerness in her heart… At this moment, Chu Sang’s gaze fell on a nearby bush. A dark color flashed in her eyes, and she quickly stuffed the two Golden Armor Talismans back into her storage bag.
An appropriate look of panic appeared on the young girl’s small face as she turned to shout at her two senior brothers,
“Senior Brothers, run quickly!”
“Run?” Tantai Ming was in the heat of battle, run at a time like this?
Then the girl’s clear voice transmitted into their minds. Hearing this, the two men’s expressions also changed drastically. Without another word, they turned and ran.
When the dust settled, the three had long since run far away, not even their shadows could be caught up to.
“They actually ran away, huh, and I thought they had some backbone! Turns out they’re just cowards.”
Qiu Xiude withdrew his sword and circulated his energy to recover a bit, then looked at Qin Xixue with a smile, “Junior Sister truly lives up to her reputation as the sect’s new generation genius.”
Qin Xixue blushed and smiled, neither confirming nor denying, and was about to step forward to pick the spirit herbs.
Suddenly, an unexpected change occurred. The ground shook and split open, and a huge shadow enveloped the group.