The Demon Swordsman 2
Ch. 272 - Crib
A beam of light from the side made Yuhao's head turn, finding the middle explosion pointed at his place. The Spirit Killing Spell instantly wiped his hands, making Yuhao startled and retreat for a moment. Having a group of people come boldly, one stood at the forefront without fear.
"Who are you?!" Yuhao screeched, his eyes looking annoyed instead of playing.
The figure who had just come was wearing pink clothes with beautiful flower decorations, but did not see her face even a speck because it was wrapped by a cloth that covered her beautiful face. The age of the woman may still be so young, but her hand skills could be balanced with those of a senior swordsman.
Yuhao heard no answer other than the group's increasingly chaotic movements, unbeknownst to him, that day a mysterious group that had long stalked YuangXe appeared to be after him.
Yuhao's teeth rang as his self-created spell became his master's eating weapon for him. The girl mastered all the techniques and her manager, unable to dodge any more, Yuhao nearly ran out of steps.
Yet even though he was cooped up by dozens of warriors, Yuhao was still able to unleash a counterattack. Killing two people at once who were at the closest distance to him.
Xin Chen had just been detached from Yuhao's influence, he had no idea why that group of people could attack Yuhao and even look at their fight. He tried to stare towards the girl, there was a familiar feeling as he looked at the sapphire eyes that were covered by a thin white cloth on his face.
The girl turned to him but said nothing but to keep pushing Yuhao off.
"Why did you save me?" he asked when the girl was only two meters away from him.
"You saved me twice."
Xin Chen was in disbelief by her guesses, he had not had time to say anything until finally Yuhao and the group below the girl were fighting elsewhere. Xin Chen was about to catch up but the strange voice appeared again, this time from behind.
Xin Chen used the sword to fend off the incoming attack, but the figure actually twisted his body and attacked from a different side, precisely below his left foot.
His extremely fast and unpredictable movements exposed Xin Chen to a single strike, the weapon in that person's hands had the same power as the Demon Queen's. Able to penetrate the spirit body.
"Heh. You seem to be the one Grandma was after less work? Unremarkable. Waiting for years, hahaha."
"Who—"
"The Ghost of YuangXe. You must have heard my story from an old man, right? Unfortunately the person who leaked my story will die. That's the curse."
"You killed him?"
"Not me, but his own mouth."
Xin Chen looked suspiciously at the man in front of him, he was crouching like a frog about to attack. His hands were protected by iron armor and his clothes were unlike those of the Shang Empire and YuangXe. He's more like a bum who never took care of himself. His mustache and beard covered more than half of his face. And also the color of his dark skin makes it harder for people to recognize his face.
"Hm? Why silent? You surprised? All right, I let you be blown away but only for one second."
The ghost from YuangXe was getting more and more confident, Xin Chen clutching tightly onto the sword in his hand. Look at the man vigilantly. The attack could come from anywhere. At times like this, it could be that the man is shifting his focus and looking for a gap to his advantage.
"I'm not your brother, after all what you've hidden here to invite hundreds of—to thousands of warriors. This land belongs to the Shang Empire, inviting a disaster like war only harms our side. I thought you didn't forget whose land you were on."
"Oh, is that how you treat us?"
The originally witty-looking man changed his tone, secretly a gloomy aura began to be seen from him. An unusual murderous Eve came after him, The ghost from YuangXe slowly moved behind the tree.
Xin Chen recalled the old grandfather's words, that the Ghosts from YuangXe can fuse with the shadows.
"You were offended when I told you the truth? Your heart is too sensitive, old man."
The man laughed contrivedly, "Oh I like that style of speech. Eloquent like the people of the Shang Empire, and pretentious elitist like a new official ascended the throne! Ahhaha!"
"I'd rather you don't talk."
"Finding trouble, yeah. I admit this is not our place, but the Emperor has lent this land until that day comes. And before that happens we'll keep what's left to us."
"stuck?"
The man did not respond any further because he knew the direction of the conversation would only lead him to uncover the secrets guarded by the residents of YuangXe.
"Julah. Let me show you the real martial arts on our land."
The challenging face was not like an ordinary swordsman, he said calmly. His regular breaths sounded clearly in Xin Chen's ears. For a moment they looked at each other until finally the Ghost from YuangXe pulled out three more swords. The sword was clamped down on several parts of the body, with the sword eyes heading towards Xin Chen.
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The plot of the fight became even more complicated as the Ghost from YuangXe played all four of his swords at once, he attacked on four different sides. In just one move the direction of his attacks that frequently swarmed came from the blind spot successfully fooled Xin Chen. He grew even more agitated as the tempo of the fight grew faster, his light wind-like steps and also his ability to disappear whenever a fatal attack nearly split his stomach infuriated Xin Chen.
He could not rely on the Blood Ghost Mask at all. This man's dexterity and agility was not comparable to his speed of changing form, if only this person was a little slower then Xin Chen was sure he had a gap.
But the Ghost of YuangXe did not care about fair or cheating fights, he often tricked and used dirty tricks. Xin Chen snorted, chasing the gloomy man into the increasingly dense forest. Dampen anything around it to shorten the distance.
As he expected after learning the Ghost fighting technique from YuangXe, the man would definitely turn around to attack him from the front. Xin Chen was already prepared but the smoke bomb instantly messed things up.
"This title is not just a name that is pinned for killing hundreds of lives, young man."
Subconsciously, the four spirit sword eyes lifted behind his shoulders. Be prepared to stab Xin Chen that second as well.
As the blow of the attack came, Xin Chen suddenly turned around and slashed slanting towards the opponent. One sword was cut off, but the Ghost from YuangXe seemed unshaken by it. He threw it away like trash.