Chapter 73

A strong wind rose, and the clouds swirled.

Feng Feng had already made up his mind and was about to take off into the air without hesitation.

However, the tree in front of him was shaken by the wind, and after swaying twice, something fell out.

"Clang!"

Feng Feng glanced at it indifferently, but his whole body suddenly stiffened, and he fell from the air.

A broken sword?

No, this is...

Shao Yi's sword!

His pupils constricted sharply, and his whole body trembled. Although he had long known that Shao Yi was dead, seeing his remaining relics still sent shockwaves through his heart like surging waves.

"Xu Xiaoshou!"

A voice, torn and strained, escaped through his teeth. Overwhelmed with grief, Feng Feng involuntarily moved toward the broken sword but was suddenly jolted awake.

How did Shao Yi's sword end up here?

Could it be that he had escaped the courtyard, run to Goose Lake, and was still forcefully slain here by Xu Xiaoshou?

If so...

Where is Xu Xiaoshou now?

Feng Feng was filled with shock and doubt. He had just deduced that Xu Xiaoshou was in the small forest, but this scene gave him a tremendous shock.

"Buzz!"

Before he could think further, the broken sword on the ground suddenly trembled. Feng Feng sensed something was wrong and leaped back.

Too late!

The broken sword exploded, and an invisible wave instantly spread out.

"Thud!"

Feng Feng was immediately affected. His heart trembled as he discovered that his physical body was being burned by an invisible flame.

The pain was unbearable!

He instinctively used his spiritual energy to protect himself, but the spiritual energy was also instantly burned.

"What the hell is this..."

Feng Feng was completely stunned. He had never seen such an invisible flame before, but it didn't stop him from confirming one thing...

Xu Xiaoshou is here!

But how is that possible?

The scene before him was wide open; where could Xu Xiaoshou be hiding?

If he was far away, how could he control the broken sword from a distance?

"No!"

He suddenly trembled, his eyes wide with disbelief as he looked at the lake.

Xu Xiaoshou...

Is he at the bottom of the lake???

As if to confirm his thoughts, a series of bubbles burst on the surface of the lake, and the water churned, sending a column of water into the air, from which a black shadow emerged.

Feng Feng had no time to turn around. His body had just stabilized, and he was in a state where his old strength had just left and new strength had not yet been generated. He could only barely slash out with one hand.

Blood-Handed Feng Feng, angrily slashing at the black shadow.

"Swish!"

A sound like slicing through vegetables rang in his ears. The black shadow split in two, and only then did Feng Feng truly see what had attacked him.

A head!

Shao Yi's head!

"Ah—"

Feng Feng was completely shaken. He had...

Cut his teammate's head in two?

"Xu, Xiao, Shou!"

"I'll kill you!!!"

Anger clouded his mind, and the calmness he usually maintained was lost. Feng Feng's blood-red hands slashed out, two streaks of blood light cutting toward the position where the head had flown.

"I, I'm over here."

A trembling voice came from the other side of the lake. Xu Xiaoshou had already changed his position when he threw the head.

Feng Feng looked over and saw Xu Xiaoshou shivering, his eyes white, standing on the railing nearby with his feet in an inward position, as if he was about to slip at any moment.

However, his right hand was on the scabbard at his left waist, and the astonishing sword intent contained within made his scalp tingle.

"Innate Sword Intent?"

Feng Feng was dazed. What level of innate sword intent is this?

How much terrifying energy is compressed in the scabbard? If this sword intent is released, even a higher spiritual realm might not be able to withstand it!

Feng Feng suddenly understood how Shao Yi had died.

A dense aura of death instantly enveloped his body, and a chill ran up his spine. Without hesitation, he retreated.

"Too, too late..."

Xu Xiaoshou's lips trembled. Having swallowed ten spirit-refining pills and compressed the innate sword intent for over a moment at the bottom of the lake, how could this guy avoid it?

Even if Feng Feng was standing in the small forest, he might not be able to dodge it.

Xu Xiaoshou's body sank slightly, his waist slightly bent.

"Draw the Sword!"

Without the sword being seen, the leaves swirled.

The lake surface was stirred up by waves several yards high, and the willows were instantly cut in half; the rain in the forest path turned the sky red with blood.

"Ah—"

Feng Feng had no way to avoid it, and a heart-wrenching scream echoed in all directions.

When he saw the white sword light, half of his body, along with an ear, had already been cut off. The intense pain almost made him faint on the spot!

"Devil!"

"This is a devil!"

Feng Feng's eyes were filled with terror, and he had completely lost the will to fight.

Xu Xiaoshou's combat power had nothing to do with his cultivation. Just this one sword was enough to challenge a higher spiritual realm, and even match the Thirty-Three of the Inner Court.

The question is...

Why did he only act now?

Why did he behave that way in the courtyard?

Feng Feng was already stunned by the killing. He hurriedly used his spiritual energy to stop the bleeding. If he hadn't instinctively tilted his head at the critical moment, he would have been split open!

...

"Off target..."

On the other side, Xu Xiaoshou's lips twitched, and he almost cried when he saw half of Feng Feng's body cut off.

He had trembled at the last moment due to the thrill, otherwise, it wouldn't have been half a body, but a complete split!

Even so, he was amazed by his own sword.

How could it be so strong?

It shouldn't be!

That day, even Mo Mo could block a sword with his bare hands and swallow another, and although he didn't have the support of ten spirit-refining pills, the difference in power shouldn't be so great!

Without much thought, with spiritual energy still remaining in his body, Xu Xiaoshou unsheathed his sword again.

The waves by the lake did not subside but rose again; the water in the forest path had not returned but was drained again.

Feng Feng's weakened body, relying on instinct, avoided one sword light, but before he could react, the second sword light had already cut through.

"Swish!"

Another arm flew into the sky.

The rain-soaked night was silent, and blood splattered the sky.

Feng Feng's eyes were filled with only ashes. He never thought that one moment of carelessness would lead to a complete loss.

Just because he miscalculated Xu Xiaoshou's ambush location, just because he was one step behind, he had not even been able to launch an effective attack and was about to die.

He stood there in despair, giving up the struggle.

Always hunting, finally hunted.

At this moment, he had already foreseen it when he stepped onto the path of an assassin, but he never thought he would die at the hands of such a person.

"Unwilling..."

Blood gushed from Feng Feng, his body thin like a pillar, his eyes empty as he looked at Xu Xiaoshou...

Hmm?

He's not attacking, no spiritual energy?

Looking around, Xu Xiaoshou had already released his hand from the sword, seemingly deciding to let him go?

Feng Feng was overjoyed, suddenly turned around, and was about to leave.

"Whoosh!"

A green light flashed in his eyes and instantly pierced through his head.

This...

What the hell is this?

Feng Feng fell to the ground with a thud, still puzzled until the last moment of his life. It was only as his life slipped away that he seemed to realize.

Shao Yi... the sword?

No one could answer him anymore.

In the glow of the fire, there was no trace left.

"I thought you were strong, but I was wrong..."

"When you split the head and didn't notice this sword, you had already lost, even if you could avoid my 'Draw the Sword'..."

"Let alone, you couldn't even avoid the 'Draw the Sword'."

Xu Xiaoshou walked over, picked up the sword from the ground, and turned to look at Goose Lake.

"So weak..."