Chapter 127: The Nine Yin Soul Severing Sword
After all, if you can’t win, are you afraid you can’t run away?
Ahem...
Having made up his mind, Su Jingxing immediately shut down his computer, preparing to rush over overnight.
But at the very moment the computer powered off, an idea struck him.
He didn’t just stop shutting down; instead, he reopened the website of the Martial Control Bureau and sent an email to their official inbox.
The email detailed that warriors from the “Stone Extermination Alliance” — including Yi Yunru, Cai Gongxian, and Ye Jiuzhong — had been captured by the Shi family and were being held on a mountain peak in the northeast of the Qingyun Mountain Range. He even attached a map showing the route.
He made no mention of heart rate trackers or anything of the sort.
The Martial Control Bureau had already purged the Shi family members, and those who remained were from other major forces.
Yes, by exposing this information, Su Jingxing wasn’t merely informing Li Linzhou; he also hoped that other factions spying on the Shi family would join in.
A secret base is called secret because no one knows its location.
Now, Su Jingxing had revealed its precise whereabouts.
He didn’t doubt that the powerful families of Qinghe City, like the Li, Zhou, and Qi clans, wouldn’t be tempted to investigate upon receiving the map and the news about the “Stone Extermination Alliance” members’ capture.
Su Jingxing was certain that when they saw the final destination marked on the map, they would realize it was a secret base of the Shi family.
And once they arrived, they would inevitably take action.
Su Jingxing could not guess how many fourth-rank powerhouses the Shi family still had.
But drawing in experts from the Li, Zhou, Qi, and other influential families would undoubtedly increase the odds of success.
As for ensuring they would take action, Su Jingxing planned to arrive ahead of them.
The small courtyard at the foot of the mountain was less than sixty kilometers in a straight line from the secret base located on the northeastern edge of the Qingyun Mountains.
At Su Jingxing’s speed, it would only take him a matter of minutes.
He would arrive first, force his way in, and unleash a massacre.
When Li Linzhou and the forces from the Li, Zhou, and Qi families arrived, Su Jingxing did not believe they would refrain from acting and seizing valuable spoils amid the chaos.
There was no way the Shi family’s century-old reserves were all kept within the city.
Some portion was certainly hidden in this secret base outside the city.
Whether or not they found any treasures in the end was no longer Su Jingxing’s concern.
Nor was he particularly worried about the safety of Yi Yunru, Cai Gongxian, Ye Jiuzhong, and the others.
They were not Gu Duoduo; it was already a favor that Su Jingxing could rescue them incidentally.
If, by any chance, they ended up dead, it would be their misfortune.
Indeed, to maximize the chaos, it would be best if the forces from the Li, Qi, Zhou, and other families arrived just before or just after Su Jingxing.
If the timing was off by too much, unexpected outcomes might arise.
Such outcomes could mean Su Jingxing having to flee or the Shi family escaping.
But with the participation of powerful experts from the Li, Qi, and Zhou clans, such surprises were almost eliminated.
With these thoughts, after sending the email and shutting down his computer, Su Jingxing quickly changed his appearance, donned a cloak and mask.
Then, he left the mountain courtyard and waited atop a building beside the city’s main road leading out.
He waited for half an hour before cars began to appear at the city’s exit, their headlights cutting through the darkness as they sped toward the Qingyun Mountain Range.
Su Jingxing did not rush but remained on the rooftop.
Sure enough, before long, a second convoy appeared.
After a while, a third followed.
In total, six convoys appeared at the checkpoint.
Only then did Su Jingxing launch himself into the air.
He unleashed the “Eight-Step Ascending Dragon” technique, cutting through the night breeze, flying swiftly toward the northeastern Qingyun Mountains.
His speed was steady, neither rushed nor slow.
After all, the cars would wind along the mountain paths, taking at least an hour to reach the spot marked on the map.
If Su Jingxing arrived too early, the chance of accidents would be high.
He calculated the timing carefully so that arrivals would be within ten minutes of each other, creating a perfect “alliance.”
Yes, an alliance—a temporary partnership to demolish the Shi family’s secret base and expose their conspiracy!
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The night wind howled softly, the world around silent.
Su Jingxing flew straight through the air, taking over twenty minutes to reach his destination.
He then employed the “Ghost Python Concealment Technique,” suppressing his aura to zero, and located the entrance to the Shi family’s secret base.
After waiting about ten minutes, he gathered six decades’ worth of true energy and struck with a single slash.
“Boom!”
A tremendous explosion shattered the mountain’s stillness as the mountain wall sealing the entrance was violently torn apart.
Amidst swirling dust and smoke, Su Jingxing charged inside, blade in hand.
“Who’s there?”
“Enemy invasion! Enemy invasion!”
“Where are they? Ah, where are they?”
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Even before Su Jingxing stepped fully inside, chaos erupted within the base.
Guards, abruptly awakened from sleep, scrambled in panic, clutching their weapons and running about.
In response—
Swish! Swish! Swish!
Su Jingxing unleashed a flurry of slashes.
“Reverse Wind Slash!”
“River-Clearing Thousand-Army Slash!”
“Dominant Dragon Overlord Slash!”
Whoosh—whoosh—whoosh!
Blade light flashed, the edge screamed.
“Ah!” “Ah!” “Ah!”
One anguished scream after another echoed, resonating through the silent mountains.
The first convoy, just arriving at the foot of the mountain, heard the commotion.
Those who stepped from their vehicles swiftly drew their weapons and sprinted uphill.
“Boom!” “Boom!”
Su Jingxing, wielding his treasured blade, cut down the Shi family’s base guards and death warriors while destroying some facilities, causing explosions that intensified the noise.
Until a tall, gaunt-faced elder with a shadowed gaze, wielding a long sword shimmering with ghostly light, blocked his path.
“Stone Exterminator, we haven’t come for you yet, and here you are daring to show up!”
The elder’s eyes blazed with killing intent as his aura surged.
At once, his sword swung wildly, transforming into a venomous serpent exhaling chilling true energy, dashing toward Su Jingxing.
Whoosh!
Su Jingxing met the attack head-on with a downward slash.
“Boom!”
The clash of blade and sword energy dissipated mutually.
The shockwave battered the corridor walls and floor, leaving deep gouges.
A fourth-rank powerhouse!
A master’s skill is revealed in a single move.
The fluctuations of nearly sixty years of true energy could not be faked.
Though Su Jingxing did not recognize the old man, he knew him to be a fourth-rank expert employing the Shi family’s secret sword technique—
The “Nine Yin Soul Severing Sword”!
This sword style was cunning, ruthless, and fiercely sharp, chilling to the bone.
Once its energy entered the body, only vigorous, fiery true energy internal skills could counteract it.
Although Su Jingxing managed to repel the attack, the surrounding cold, sinister aura lingered.
“Hoo!”
The shockwave swept over.
Su Jingxing controlled his protective true energy, pushing away the encroaching chill.
At the same time, he infused his treasured blade with “Heaven-Stepping True Energy,” preparing a second strike.
But as he swung it down, he abruptly turned his head and released energy behind him.
Swish!
Whoosh!
“Boom!”
Blade and sword energies howled through the air, clashing and canceling out in an explosion.
The shockwave swept through the corridor, stirring dust and debris.
Su Jingxing stood sideways in place.
Behind him, an elderly woman with half-black, half-white hair, also wielding a treasured long sword, gazed coldly at him.
One elder before, one behind.
Two fourth-rank masters blocked Su Jingxing in the corridor’s center!