Chapter 894: Twin Swords
Only one meikai-rank shinkan remained, so he could not hold up the collapsing structure.
It was only then that the jokai-rank shinkan standing upon the altar realized something was wrong. The two meikai-rank shinkan had fallen far too quickly.
These two meikai were at the Wuliang stage, like Qi Xuansu and Zhang Yuelu. They even had 12 samurai assisting and hundreds more shinkan providing reinforcements. Even if they could not achieve victory in offense, their defense should have been impenetrable against 2 Wuliang stage Daoists. Even if their defense was not impenetrable, they should, at the very least, be able to stall for time.
Yet the result was a complete collapse upon first contact. In the blink of an eye, 12 samurai and one meikai-rank shinkan had perished. The defense could no longer be maintained.
Moreover, this young couple had come straight from previous fights and had faced enemies twice their number, yet they had still emerged victorious.
If these two could be slain here, it might be worth more than destroying 10,000 Daoist troops.
In an instant, the jokai-rank shinkan made up his mind. He stopped controlling the altar and turned his power directly against the two young Daoists.
Yet once again, before he could even make his move, he was stunned by a mad man charging at him.
It was Qi Xuansu, fully unleashing the Demonic Blade without the slightest restraint. His eyes were filled only with crimson bloodlust, and he was radiating a savage, murderous aura. Yet each of his movements was precise and cold, the stark contrast striking fear into the opponent’s heart.
With no meikai-rank shinkan left to hinder him, Qi Xuansu crossed the 300-meter gap in a single bound. In the blink of an eye, his hands transformed into dragon claws, striking down toward the jokai-rank shinkan’s head.
In the Demonic Blade state, Qi Xuansu discarded all stray thoughts, forgot about life and death, and struck purely by instinct. In a sense, it produced an effect similar to Heavenly Calculation. Both the Demonic Blade and the Heavenly Blade were two paths leading to the same destination.
Yet the two were only outwardly alike. Their essence was vastly different. Heavenly Blade could deduce the possible paths of the future, whereas the Demonic Blade could “see” the flow of qi within an opponent’s body, exposing the opponent’s vital flaws. Some of these weaknesses even lay outside the body.