Splitting the Heavens

Chapter 289: And Another One

Chapter 289: And Another One

Shan Dao’s crazed attack actually allowed him to grasp the greatest opportunity to deal damage to Shang Xia!

With him jumping into action at that moment, Shang Xia would be suppressed by his maniacal attacks. He couldn’t ignore Senior Brother Lin who was also an expert at the grand completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm!

Under Shan Dao’s frenzied attacks, Shang Xia had to take two steps back to steady himself. By the time he found his footing, Senior Brother Lin joined in the battle, forcing Shang Xia into a dangerous situation.

They might have forced him into a corner, but not a trace of panic could be seen in his eyes. Facing Senior Brother Lin’s first strike, Shang Xia retreated while dragging his spear through the ground. He created a huge space between himself and the cultivators of the Azure Spiritual World.

Even though that gave Shan Dao more time and space to gather his inner qi, Shang Xia gained the same opportunity! He retrieved two completed talismans from his Embroidered Cloud Case and tossed them at the two.

One shouldn’t forget that Shang Xia was an actual rank two talisman master!

Even though talismans only contained a certain amount of power, Shang Xia created them with his special martial intent! They were sword talismans that had never been seen before!

Even though the power contained in them was far from a rank three talisman, they contained Shang Xia’s unique sword intents.

In mid air, one of the talismans transformed into a rain of sword light that fell on Senior Brother Lin. That was his Cloud Drizzle Sword Talisman!

The other was a little more special. It was something Shang Xia created after fusing fire and ice qi with softness and strength qi. The power contained in the talisman could be said to have reached the peak of any rank two talismans.

“Hmph, petty tricks!” Senior Brother Lin yelled and he drew a circle around himself with his sword. A blood-red line appeared and it expanded slowly around him. The rain of sword light fell into the bloody ring that was growing bigger and bigger and they eventually disappeared.

Compared to Senior Brother Lin who used some sort of special technique to nullify Shang Xia’s sword talisman, Shan Dao’s approach was a lot more tyrannical.

With a loud grunt, his blade slashed downwards, cleaving the sword intent that emerged from the jade talisman in two. He didn’t even care about the remnant energy battering against him as he charged straight at Shang Xia. He didn’t wish to give Shang Xia an opportunity to catch his breath.

Shang Xia expected such an ending. His sword talismans were strong, but the two of them were freakishly powerful cultivators at the Martial Intent Realm. Shan Dao was at the grand completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm and there was nothing much to say about him, and Senior Brother Lin completed three divine sense transformations and was a step away from the grand completion stage! Those puny talismans weren’t going to stop them! However, Shang Xia’s main goal was to waste their energy and time by distracting them with talismans.

Raising his Scarlet Star Spear, Shang Xia's attitude changed. A serious look returned to his face and facing Shan Dao who had entered his attack range, his spear stabbed out ruthlessly.

Shang Xia growled once as a deep wound that reached down to his bones appeared under his left rib cage. Blood flowed down his body and stained his clothes a deep crimson.

Shan Dao, who had just arrived before Shang Xia, widened his eyes in shock and fear.

In the instant Shang Xia stabbed his spear forward, fear filled Shan Dao’s heart. He felt as though the world was collapsing on him.

The giant phantom of a praying mantis behind Shan Dao was supposed to fuse with his blade. However, it started to act differently at that moment. It lunged in the opposite direction of Shan Dao.

Feeling a wave of irritation rising in his heart at that moment, Shan Dao nearly spat out a mouthful of blood. His blade almost made contact with something, but it eventually missed its target.

Before he could reflect on what happened, a sharp pain shot up the left side of his body. A bloodied hole appeared in his shoulder as blood sprayed out like a fountain. Even though he was wounded, he didn’t notice how it happened!

Of course, it had something to do with Shang Xia. But from the looks of it, his spear hadn’t even connected!

Luckily for him, the evasion of the praying mantis behind him earlier acted like some sort of warning. Due to the abnormal reaction of the giant phantom he created, he shifted his trajectory slightly. If he went through with his original attack, the wound that was slightly above his heart at that moment would have gone straight through it!

Facing two experts at their level, Shang Xia didn’t dare to be careless. He had been making strategic retreats in order to recover enough energy to unleash his attack. Finally gathering enough inner qi, he released the fifth strike he comprehended, the Woundless Spear!

Even though it was called the woundless spear, the hole in Shan Dao’s shoulder was self-explanatory. It was terrifyingly strong!

When Shang Xia unleashed the strike, he would injure himself before the enemy.

He only used it once in the past. As such, he hadn’t been able to deepen his understanding of the strike and improve on it.

The reason he chose to use his fifth strike was because of the effect it had when he used it on Youshang when he was being followed the previous time. It was able to force Youshang, a Martial Extermination Realm expert back, it would definitely be able to cause considerable damage to a Martial Intent Realm cultivator.

Of course, Shang Xia understood that his fifth strike wasn’t exactly omnipotent. When he unleashed it on Youshang previously, he suffered more damage than the Martial Extermination Realm expert.

Shan Dao, who was his target this time, managed to avoid it slightly with his battle instincts.

Circulating his inner qi, Shang Xia closed the wound on his body. He experienced it before and he knew that sealing his wound would only provide a temporary solution. Recovering would depend on how strong his physique was.

Of course, the same applied to Shan Dao.

Shang Xia saw how Shan Dao was tapping on various points on his body while tossing medicine into his mouth like they were candy. No matter what he tried, he would only be able to stop the bleeding at best. The injuries would heal unless he took some time off to rest. Naturally, there was no time to rest in such an intense battle.

Even though Shan Dao was injured, Senior Brother Lin wasn’t! He took Shan Dao’s place and started to attack Shang Xia.

With Shan Dao’s injuries, Senior Brother Lin could tell that if Shang Xia struck at that moment, his comrade would be done for. He had to do something and he drew a blurry arc in front of him with his sword. A gray sword light forced Shang Xia to retreat.

Advancing towards Shang Xia, Senior Brother Lin quickly placed himself between his opponent and the already injured Shan Dao. He unleashed his sword technique, causing a wave of frost to rush towards Shang Xia.

The sword technique he was using was called the Avalanche Sword Art, and it was part of an inheritance he received from the Changbai Holy Land. It possessed tyrannical might.

Shang Xia’s expenditure of inner qi couldn’t be said to be negligible after killing two Martial Intent Realm cultivators and heavily injuring Shan Dao. With Senior Brother Lin pressing down with his sword art and his divine sense, Shang Xia felt a sense of pressure like never before. Helpless, he could only choose to retreat once again.

Watching his opponent retreat, Senior Brother Lin didn’t let up. He even started pushing his divine sense to the extreme as the heaven and earth qi around him fluctuated wildly. Joy filled his heart as he felt his cultivation slowly increase. Shang Xia was like a stepping stone he could use to push himself to the peak of the Martial Intent Realm before forming his extermination origin!

Even though his opponent killed two of his comrades and heavily injured another one, everything would be alright if he managed to turn the situation around.

The more he thought about it, the stronger his attacks became. The feeling of breaking through grew stronger! Was he really going to experience a breakthrough?

Examining himself, Senior Brother Lin felt a wave of comfort washing through his mind. His thoughts cleared up and the world before him seemed to have turned a little brighter as he submerged himself into his thoughts.

If he managed to use the opportunity to comprehend his martial intent, he would step through the gates and enter the grand completion stage of the Martial Intent Realm!

It was a shame the situation at hand didn’t allow him to do so. He was trying to suppress his enemy, the sinner who killed two of his comrades and heavily injured another!

Who would have thought that Shang Xia would give up on their fight at that moment? Senior Brother Lin wanted to use the battle to comprehend his martial intent, but Shang Xia turned to flee.

What the fuck?! He ran?!

Senior Brother Lin was right at the edge of his comprehension. Just a little more and he would have succeeded. Who would have thought that Shang Xia would take the opportunity when he was slightly distracted earlier to run?

The feeling Senior Brother Lin got was probably comparable to a man on his wedding night who was about to reach his climax when the bed collapsed. Senior Brother Lin roared with rage. “Stop right there, get back here!”

Just as he was about to give chase, he realized that he wasn’t as fast as the kid. Even if he had the ability to catch up, he wouldn’t dare to chase. He could only release his enraged cry, but all he received in return was a stare from Shang Xia like was looking at a dumbass.

“You… You’re going too far! No, wait!” Senior Brother Lin seemed to have recalled something and he quickly turned to look behind.

“Oh no, Brother Shan Dao!”

When he turned to look at Shan Dao, he was greeted with a reluctant gaze from his fellow comrade. Not a shred of vitality was left in his body and a small flying knife could be seen sticking out from his neck.

That was a low-grade weapon, the Fleeing Wind Dagger he obtained when he killed the members of the Rose Party in the Mountain and Sea Fantasy Spiritual World.