Chapter 72: An Unexpected Blow

  "Is it that chaotic sword style again? Although there is a saying in martial arts about using four ounces of force to move a thousand pounds, don't forget the principle of breaking cleverness with brute force." Xing Yuebo sneered.

  This is the conclusion he came up with after some thought: as long as his strength reaches a certain level, even if Zhang Shan can borrow power from the gravitational force, it's not necessarily that he can withstand many moves.

  Zhang Shan's face remained calm and composed, unmoved, but in his heart he couldn't help but acknowledge that his opponent's strategy was extremely correct.

  The biggest problem is that there's a huge gap between the two sides, and skill alone can't make up for the difference in levels.

  When he changed his move to a chaotic yin-yang head-on confrontation, facing Xing Yuebo's full-force attack, he really couldn't withstand several moves.

  However, after a battle with Kurogane no Yaiba, his mastery of the Yin-Yang Chaotic Sword Style took a step forward.

  More importantly, in the Sea of Devilish Fungi, Monument Spirit manipulated his body, using the chaotic situation among the three people to create a favorable situation and successfully killing Feng Pingyuan, allowing him to have a deeper understanding of this move's sword intent.

  Zhang Shan was now defending with all his might, using the chaotic movements of yin and yang to distract his opponent's sword moves, barely holding off Xing Yuebo's fierce attack, but also finding it extremely exhausting.

  "The Monument Spirit happened to fall asleep at this time, otherwise, if it controlled the body, destroying Xing Yuebo wouldn't be a difficult task."

  Zhang Shan thought gloomily in his heart: "Now I can only grit my teeth and hold him back, let's see if there is an opportunity on Shifu's side."

  He was bearing Xing Yuebo's fierce and violent attack while splitting off a bit of his consciousness to pay attention to the battle situation on Ling Yuwei's side.

  As long as Ling Yuwei can hold off Suo Changtian, then let him find an opportunity to launch a surprise attack and kill or seriously injure the opponent. After that, the two of them working together will have no problem dealing with Xing Yuebo.

  "Hah!"

  Zhang Shan grunted and dodged too late, allowing Xing Yuebo to land a hit, leaving a very deep sword scar on his chest that exposed bone.

  "Haha, Zhang Shidi, why do I feel that you've weakened a lot? It seems like you're not as fierce as that night anymore, I wonder how much longer you can hold on."

  Xing Yuebo saw Zhang Shan finally suffer a serious injury under his own attack and couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Ling Wei heard that Zhang Shan was injured and lost focus for a moment, almost getting hurt by Suo Changtian's whip.

  "Little brother, are you okay?"

  The curved knife danced out a flash of light, forcing Suo Langtian back slightly. She asked urgently in a loud voice.

  "I'm fine, just a minor injury, don't worry about me. Don't you have faith in me? This trash is nothing but a superficially strong good-for-nothing, even if his level is higher than mine." Zhang Shan laughed loudly.

  Xing Yuebo's eyes twitched, and he said fiercely: "No one has ever dared to call me a waste, especially not you, this kind of low-level trash. I'll let you see who the real waste is."

  At this moment, he let out a series of furious roars, his sword aura growing even more vigorous. Obviously, Zhang Shan's words had completely enraged him.

  Several connected moves were unleashed, and Zhang Shan's body added a few more wounds.

  Suddenly, Xing Yuebo's gaze condensed and discovered that Zhang Shan's chest wound was healing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

  "This kid must have a Body Refining Cultivation Technique. Looking at his recovery speed, it's still a high-level technique." He secretly came to this conclusion in his heart.

  "Green Lotus Realm!"

  Seeing Zhang Shan continuously injured, Ling Yuwei finally couldn't help but activate her auxiliary domain.

  A faint cyan light expanded in all directions, enveloping Zhang Shan within it. Under the dual effects of the Five Elements Indestructible Body and the Qinglian Domain, the sword wounds on Zhang Shan's body were recovering at an accelerated rate.

  Xing Yuebo shouted: "So Changtian, push her back for me!"

  Ling Yuwei's Qinglian Fa Domain was effective within a diameter of three zhang, and Xing Yuebo naturally wouldn't let her give Zhang Shan such a state.

  Suō Cháng Tiān responded with a sound, the flames on the Lìè Yàn whip grew more intense, and the heavy whip shadows rushed towards Líng Yú Wēi like giant waves, forcing her to retreat constantly, eventually moving far away from Zhāng Shān.

  Ling Yuwei was in a great hurry in her heart, but for the time being, she had no choice but to have nothing to say to Suo Changtian.

  Her martial soul excels at assisting, and her martial skills are also strong in defense. However, she lacks attacking methods, and after charging several times, she couldn't get close to Zhang Shan, instead getting further and further away.

  "You really are surprising me, you even have a body-refining technique, however, without the extra boost from her Qinglian domain, let's see how long you can last, but it'll just make things more troublesome for me, you're dead for sure."

  Xing Yuebo smiled slyly, wielding his long sword, one move fiercer than the last.

  "Five zhang away and with his back to me, just right..."

  Zhang Shan's divine consciousness swept over another battlefield, and he began to calculate in his heart.

  "You're going down, old man!"

  Zhang Shan let out a loud roar, his true yuan suddenly surging violently, as an unparalleled sword intent of death and destruction shot up into the sky.

  He took a step forward, his eyes fixed on Xing Yuebo with a resolute gaze, as if they were going to perish together.

  "This is bad, this kid is going to use his ultimate move, first avoid its edge, wait until he releases the sword, when his true energy is exhausted, it will be like meat on a chopping board."

  Xing Yuebo's mind flashed with a sudden thought, and his body hastily retreated backwards without any hesitation.

  Zhang Shan's face revealed a mocking expression as he turned his body and flew towards the battle group five zhang away.

  "Damn it, this kid has been fooled."

  Xing Yuebo immediately reacted and felt a surge of furious anger at being deceived. He loudly shouted: "So Changtian, beware of your back!"

  A sense of mortal crisis rose from Suo Changtian's heart, and then he heard Xing Yuebo's warning.

  The instinct to survive ignited his full potential, and with a loud roar, he forcibly stopped his attack on Ling Yuwei. He turned around, and the Flame Whip in front of him spun rapidly like a top, enveloping his entire body inside.

  "Annihilation Slash!" Zhang Shan's voice seemed to come from the Nine Underworlds.

  A flash of sword light entered Su Changtian's eyes, followed by a deafening crash like thunder. The whip shadow was cut off by the sword light, and the sword momentum did not stop, sweeping across his left shoulder, then his thigh.

  He let out a mournful howl, fell to the ground, rolled over several times, and then cried out in a shrill voice: "Ah! My hands, my feet..."

  All that was seen at this time was Suo Changtian, his left arm cut off at the shoulder and his left leg severed from his thigh, with blood spraying out wildly.

  Enduring the heart-wrenching pain, he rolled out a few more feet before looking back and seeing that Zhang Shan wasn't chasing after him, then hastily tended to his own wounds.

  Xing Yuebo didn't arrive until then, but it was already too late.

  Zhang Shan came to Ling Yuwei's side, standing with his sword in hand, a triumphant expression on his face.

  Suō Cháng Tiān has already lost the power to fight again, now there is only Xíng Yuè Bō left, and he can no longer pose a threat.

  Looking at the young man beside her, Ling Yuwei's eyes flashed with an inexplicable light. This younger junior brother, whose cultivation was lower than hers, always managed to surprise people.

  "Alright, alright, I didn't expect to be outmaneuvered by you." Xing Yuebo took a deep breath, suppressing the anger in his heart, and spoke word by word.

  "Xing Yuebo, you can't kill us now. Once we return to the sect, I'll report your evil deeds to the Law Enforcement Hall, and you'll be waiting for the sect's severe punishment." Ling Yuwei said coldly.

  "If you're willing to return to the sect and surrender yourself, perhaps your punishment can be reduced." Zhang Shan chuckled.

  Xing Yuebo's face was alternately bright and dark, his eyes flashing with excitement. Finally, he threw back his head and laughed maniacally: "Go back to confess? Even if I don't die, at best I'll be stripped of my cultivation and expelled from the sect, or at worst I'll be exiled to Death Abyss, where even if I'm alive, I might as well be dead."

  "So you're determined to fight us to the death? Then come on, let's see who'll be the one to die." Zhang Shan said coldly.

  Xing Yuebo burst out laughing for a while, and finally turned into a strange expression on his face: "You're right, who killed the deer is still an unknown number."

  As soon as his voice fell, he flashed and appeared in front of Suo Changtian. The sword light flashed, and Suo Changtian's head flew into the air, with an incredulous expression still on his face.

  "I will be waiting for you respectfully within the sect."

  After throwing out this sentence, he retreated into the passage with a few ups and downs, leaving behind a cold and eerie laugh.

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