The Demon Swordsman 2
Ch. 93 - Stealing Steel Phoenix
The somewhat desolate path made Xin Chen clearly visible to the demon, he frowned his two eyebrows looking at the demon like he was eyeing it. Before long also the owner began to realize something was wrong and glanced at the direction of the eye toward the monastery.
“Wait, why your stealth ..”
The serpent demon opened its mouth to display rows of sharp teeth, a mysterious power coming out of its body with the increasingly dense demon air.
Xin Chen realized there was something strange about this behavior and he tried to figure out where his mistake was. Upon seeing the direction the demon's gaze was aimed at the Steel Phoenix Sword one guess appeared in his head.
“It looks like my pet detected a power from the Sky Heirloom weapon?”
Xin Chen was speechless, there was no way this man would know about it. This Phoenix Steel Weapon was just like the Blood Ghost Mask he currently stored on the space ring. They have the ability to hide their original powers when they are not used by their owners.
“ Wait... You seem to be wrong?”
“Hm? Obviously this demon pointed at you. I've been circling all over this village and have no clue as to the whereabouts of the War God Armor. Just so you know, this demon has the advantage of detecting the unusual power he feels."
"Every Sky Heirloom has a strong power energy even though it can hide that power very well, but.with this demon there is not a single heirloom passed by him.”.
Xin Chen thought to his point, if it was true that he had already circled this entire village and found nothing while his Phoenix Steel was detected, it meant that the War God Armor was indeed not here.
A deadly strike came towards him abruptly, Xin Chen responded quickly by fending off the tail slash with the Steel Phoenix Sword. The unexpected thing happened, the snake demon wrapped around the Steel Phoenix sword and pulled it forcefully.
The owner of the demon let out a gleeful laugh, he was happy to see that he was very aggressive and reliable in the fight. How many dragon snakes have taken stealth heads and killed humans to steal their heirlooms. His intelligence could not be doubted, even after successfully stealing the Steel Phoenix Sword he instantly eliminated himself.
“In addition to being able to detect the power, he can also disappear and creep as fast as lightning. Huhahah! You must have come here the first time you saw her? Then goodbye. Don't expect to get that sword back-“
“Restore!”
The young man's cheeks were scratched and bleeding, he wiped them with his fingertips while laughing at Xin Chen who had just unleashed an attack towards his face. He immediately ran fast.
Xin chen chased after him very quickly, but suddenly the man took out a firecracker to call his comrades while he himself fled from the place.
Xin chen's steps were restrained when she saw four people coming to rescue the young man, they were all in the same uniform.
In that second one of the residents peeked at what was happening from behind the curtain of his window after hearing the sound of a sword stalk, which was, one thing he found in the dusty alley of the village road was a little boy and four people from the Four Surveillance Units were about to fight.
“Poor child, his head will be cut off just like that by them.” His words shook his head in pity, he saw Xin Chen grumbling his teeth. How could he not have realized that the snake was about to snatch his Phoenix Steel earlier.
“Hais, the boy should have just retreated before the iron-handed people killed him,” he snorted lazily after closing the window curtain. I don't know how many times he's seen this kind of situation and it always ends with the demise of the Shang Empire's warriors.
Back where xin chen was fighting, he could feel for himself how powerful the people from the Four Surveillance Units were.
“Hm? It seems I saw you near the village gate. The people here call him the second Young Master Xin.” One of them cursed, making the other think to remember for a moment until finally disputing.
“The son of the Demon Sword turns out to have the Sky Heirloom as well? I'm not sure his father would carelessly give away those two legendary swords. If this kid finds the weapon alone, he most likely has a clue over another celestial heirloom.”
“True. We need information from him, you better not make him die. At least make it paralyzed so that it cannot rebel.”
Xin Chen's position began to be threatened, four incoming attack slashes grabbed his body just like that. Xin Chen did not want to repeat the same mistake as earlier and chose to fight without using the Blood Ghost Mask.
Just a few seconds later, the four men were too agile in the fight. Every single wound they inflicted left his body severely injured.
The female fighter from the four scouting units galloped up and made her friend's spear to jump and slash her long sword down almost splitting Xin Chen's head.
Their compactness within the fight could not be doubted, not a minute had Xin Chen been knocked back so far, he realized the strength level of these 4 people was the same as against 3 people like Zhang Ziyi.
And also he could not focus on fighting considering that the Phoenix Steel had been taken over, if he was not quick to chase the sword could-can be misused like another piece of Phoenix Steel.
For a while Xin Chen chose to retreat, as he did not have a sword to defend himself Xin Chen could only raise his hands parallel to the top. He caused a fire mixed with lightning in his hand and made the four people look at each other.
“Everything, get ready for defensive formation!” shouted one of them, when Xin Chen attacked their front formation the female fighter thwarted his attack and instead unleashed a counterattack.
He landed onto the ground after successfully kicking Xin Chen's chest. At least the force he exuded earlier was enough to make his opponent fall unconscious for one day.
Xin Chen who had already been dragged backwards in a bent position coughed up a small cough, blood flowing slowly from the corner of his lips. Seeing this completely different and unpredictable fighting style of the Qing Empire's people made Xin Chen almost desperate.
He felt that his training of one month during the runaway Village was futile if in this fight were defeated. He had failed to protect the Steel Phoenix and had also failed to keep his promise to the heirloom guardian spirit.
“Hm? You seem to be exhausted? Not thinking of surrendering in a peaceful manner? That way you don't have to feel pain like this.”
The only woman in the four surveillance units added, “We can guarantee you can come back alive to your home without having to sustain a heavy injury.”
Xin Chen propped up his hands on his knees in order to stand up while raising his brave face, he grieved in annoyance, “I can't go back home yet if people like you are still hanging around.”
“Tch, I admit your courage. Well if you want a rough way, don't blame us if one of your limbs is missing. I'll make sure you're disabled or better off dead, Young Master Xin Second.”