Chapter 108 : Ascending to Heaven with One Finger
Chapter 108: Ascending to Heaven with One Finger
“Greetings, Grandmaster Lanhai!”
More than thirty figures from the Jianghu all bowed toward the blue-robed figure.
Their tone and attitude were extremely respectful. “Thank you, Grandmaster Lanhai, for seeking justice for our dead disciples.”
“Lanhai? A Profound Realm Grandmaster, and he has a grudge against Master?”
Hearing their voices, Li Yunqing also felt a trace of urgency rise in her heart.
She had never expected that a Profound Realm Grandmaster would not dare trouble the Sword Saint of Cangshan, yet would shamelessly come to trouble her, a junior.
“So it’s Lanhai. When did he break through to the Profound Realm?”
Qi Feihong was likewise alarmed. In an unprecedentedly grave tone, he said, “Three years ago, Lanhai went to the Great Azure Mountain to eliminate demons. He deliberately made things difficult for a woman and tried to take her by force, but the Sword Saint defeated him with a single sword strike.”
“From that time on, Lanhai began to hate the Sword Saint of Cangshan, but he never again dared set foot in the Great Azure Mountain.”
“He shouted fiercely with his mouth, but never dared face the Sword Saint.”
“At that time, Lanhai was still at Qi Realm Perfection… no! Even half a month ago, he was still only at Qi Realm Perfection. He must have just broken through to the Profound Realm before coming here to make trouble.”
“Ha ha ha…”
As if he had heard Qi Feihong’s words, Lanhai laughed, full of smug satisfaction. “What? The Sword Saint of Cangshan is allowed to break through to the Profound Realm, but I, Lanhai, am not?”
“There are so many opportunities in this world. He is not the only one!”
His tone was filled with pride, and even carried a trace of wild arrogance. “Three years ago, the Sword Saint wounded me with one sword strike. Today I will take his little disciple. One repayment for another!”
“Isn’t that how the affairs of this world work?”
As he spoke, Lanhai’s gaze turned once more to Li Yunqing, lingering wantonly over her chest, waist, and legs.
“As expected of the Number One Beauty of Qingzhou—big breasts, round hips, clearly made for bearing children.”
“The key is that she is a peerless beauty of the mortal world, and her temperament is extraordinary.”
“I’ve traveled across several provinces and never seen such a beauty. Good, very good!”
Lanhai did not seem in a hurry to act, as if he had not yet shown off enough.
His eyes brazenly swept over Li Yunqing.
“If you know what’s good for you, then serve me properly. If I’m in a good mood, I might even spare these guards and maids of yours!”
“Hmph! You shameless old bastard!”
Before Li Yunqing could respond, Qi Feihong struck out boldly.
“Clang!”
The moment the blade cry rang out, a streak of blade light had already slashed toward Lanhai’s neck.
It seemed that in the next instant, Lanhai’s head would be separated from his body.
But at that very moment, a vast ocean suddenly appeared around Lanhai. The instant the blade light approached, it was blocked by the ocean and could not advance another inch.
The Momentum of Heaven and Earth of the vast sea was like an unbreakable force of heaven and earth—this was the Momentum of Heaven and Earth.
Before it, even an extremely fast blade light could not break through.
“The Flying Blade is nothing more than this!”
Looking at that streak of blade light, Lanhai’s expression was disdainful. He raised a hand and wiped across it, water flowing in his palm.
In almost an instant, he erased that streak of blade radiance, then casually waved his hand.
“Bang!”
Qi Feihong had no time to react before he was sent flying.
It was as if he had been struck by a giant wave. He rolled five or six zhang across the ground before crashing violently into a tree as thick as a man’s waist.
“Crack!”
The tree shook, cracks instantly spreading across the trunk before it snapped and fell straight to the ground.
Qi Feihong coughed up blood in great mouthfuls. He seemed unable to stand at all, only able to prop himself up with his horizontal blade, yet he still raised his head stubbornly and glared at Lanhai.
How did a fifty-year-old man dare open his mouth and tell a young girl of peerless talent and beauty to serve him?
“Protect them!”
Li Yunqing spoke softly to Wunian. Her expression was extremely calm, and her long sword was already in hand, humming without cease.
At the same moment, the Yin Spirit in her Sea of Consciousness at her brow rapidly formed hand seals.
“Protective Technique! Swift Movement Technique! Lightness Technique! Levitation Technique…”
In almost an instant, all the basic spells she had learned were cast upon herself and the long sword in her hand.
At that moment, she felt as if her body no longer had any weight, able to move swiftly and freely through the air.
Even her reaction speed had increased by several degrees under the enhancement of those spells.
“Ha ha ha… Little girl, you do not know the immensity of heaven and earth, yet you dare draw your sword against a Grandmaster!”
Lanhai laughed loudly. Transparent streams of water flowed around him, as if those currents were pushing him forward. He closed in on Li Yunqing almost instantly.
“The more you resist, the better!”
“If it’s too easy to make you submit, there’s no fun in it!”
As his voice fell, Lanhai’s hand reached directly for Li Yunqing’s neck.
“Buzz!”
Li Yunqing’s body trembled slightly, and four cloud-mist afterimages suddenly appeared.
At the instant Lanhai’s hand was about to touch her neck, her figure vanished from where she stood and appeared behind Lanhai.
At that moment, frost and snow drifted, cold qi spreading wildly, all of it surging into the long sword in Li Yunqing’s hand.
“Pacify the World!”
The long sword turned and swept out horizontally.
The instant the sword light burst forth, the void itself seemed to freeze.
But against Lanhai, who was protected by the Momentum of Heaven and Earth, it was of no use.
“Chi…”
Yet the sword light did not stop. In an instant it drew near Lanhai and struck directly toward his back.
“Crash, crash…”
The currents around Lanhai flowed and collided rapidly, actually blocking the sword light.
But the force within that sword light still drove Lanhai back five or six steps against his will.
“Interesting!”
Lanhai’s face instantly darkened. He had never expected that he would almost be forced back by a single sword strike from a young girl.
Had it not been for the Momentum of Heaven and Earth protecting him, that strike really could have injured him.
“But that is all!”
Lanhai raised a hand, water currents bursting forth and directly erasing that streak of sword light. He stepped forward again and rushed at Li Yunqing.
A distance of several zhang was crossed in a single step. In almost an instant, he closed in on Li Yunqing once more.
“Buzz!”
Four cloud-mist afterimages appeared around Li Yunqing.
In the next moment, her figure swiftly retreated into the distance, her expression remaining calm and utterly unchanged.
It was almost exactly as she had guessed. Without the protection of the Momentum of Heaven and Earth, Lanhai likely would not have been able to block even one of her sword strikes.
But this Momentum of Heaven and Earth was unsolvable.
Even the Formless Tribulation Finger likely only had a chance of breaking it if used in a surprise strike.
“If only there were one more day. My True Intent of the Five Elements would reach Minor Completion!”
Li Yunqing sighed inwardly. Her luck was somewhat poor.
If it had been delayed by one more day, she might truly have accomplished the feat of killing someone in the Profound Realm while still in the Qi Realm.
“Your speed is not bad!”
Looking at Li Yunqing’s movement technique, Lanhai frowned.
He had never expected that with his might as a Profound Realm Grandmaster, he would still be unable to subdue a young girl for the moment.
In fact, when it came to speed, he, a Profound Realm Grandmaster enhanced by the great momentum of heaven and earth, had actually fallen behind, and the difference was obvious.
This was simply beyond expectation.
Even the Jianghu figures not far away wore expressions of shock.
Should a Profound Realm Grandmaster not be able to seize someone in the Qi Realm with a mere lift of the hand?
Yet the situation before them had truly gone beyond all expectations.
“If you dare flee again, I will kill everyone here!”
Lanhai shouted coldly. The currents around him instantly surged, pouring in all directions like towering waves, intending to drown everything around them.
“Pfft…”
At that instant, all the guards—including Qi Feihong, Wunian, and even Xiaolan—coughed up blood together.
Before the Momentum of Heaven and Earth, people were as fragile as infants.
It was like the gap between ants and an elephant.
This was the Momentum of Heaven and Earth. The gap in realm was nearly impossible to make up for.
“Despicable to the extreme!”
Wunian roared angrily. A dignified Grandmaster was actually using threats.
And in his heart he cursed furiously: “You bald old monk, if you still don’t come, your precious disciple is going to die.”
“It seems I can’t keep it hidden anymore!”
“So be it. Afterward, I’ll just kill all the enemies here. Let it stay hidden for as long as it can!”
Li Yunqing frowned slightly. Just as she was about to use Immortal-Martial Power to cast a spell and invoke the great momentum of heaven and earth to confront Lanhai, a cold shout descended from the sky.
“You old bastard, how dare you bully my younger sister!”
The instant the voice fell, Yuan Qing’s figure appeared directly in the air. Dressed in white, like an immortal maiden, she stepped through the sky as she arrived.
The Yin Spirit Body could not be perceived by others, but the Yang Spirit could appear and turn invisible at will, all according to one’s thoughts.
“Who are you?”
Lanhai’s expression changed drastically as he looked at Yuan Qing in disbelief.
Even everyone around them changed expression at once.
Walking through the air was the mark of a Grandmaster. This white-robed woman, who looked only a few years older than Li Yunqing, was actually a Grandmaster.
Meanwhile, Xiaolan and all the guards revealed looks of delight.
They clearly remembered that back in the ruined temple, it had been this immortal-like figure who descended from the sky and wiped out a group of villains.
So this fairy-like woman actually knew Miss, and even called her younger sister.
“You are not worthy of knowing!”
Yuan Qing glanced at Li Yunqing and said no more. A brilliant blaze of flames suddenly ignited around her.
Those flames were pale white, like the radiance of a blazing sun, so bright that no one dared look directly at them.
“Elder Sister!”
Seeing this scene, Li Yunqing’s heart jolted.
The Yang Spirit had no magical power and could not display its full might. If it was to be forced into action, the Yang Spirit itself had to be burned.
Clearly, Yuan Qing was burning the power of her Yang Spirit. Once it burned away completely and the Yang Spirit scattered, it would mean total destruction of body and soul.
But Yuan Qing said nothing. At the moment the Yang Spirit’s power ignited, she lightly tapped a finger into the void.
“Buzz!”
It was as if heaven and earth itself trembled slightly, disturbed by an invisible power.
At that instant, the wind vanished, and falling leaves froze in the air.
Everyone was bound by an invisible force. Only fear flowed within their eyes.
Even Lanhai’s body was similarly bound. His movements became as slow as a turtle’s, his eyes bulging wide with utter disbelief.
“What kind of power is this?”
Lanhai was horrified to the core.
Looking at the sight of Yuan Qing burning the power of her Yang Spirit, the calm and limpid lake within Li Yunqing’s heart suddenly surged with fury.
And in that instant, she understood the meaning behind Yuan Qing’s glance just now.
She was creating an opportunity for her.
An opportunity to kill Lanhai in a single strike.
As long as she could kill Lanhai with one strike, Elder Sister could recover.
She had to do it with this strike. Otherwise, Elder Sister would not be able to endure for long.
She abruptly raised her right hand. Five-colored radiance flickered, flowing rapidly like a vortex, until it all gathered at her fingertip.
The intent of destruction surged within her heart.
In the next moment, she thrust out her finger without the slightest hesitation.
“Ascending to Heaven with One Finger!”