Chapter 928: Chivalry (III)
He focused on the youth’s exposed neck, raised his sword, channeled mana into it, and swung with all his might, striking the youth’s throat.
Sparks flew through the air as the longsword got stuck at the throat. His hands trembled as it took him three tries to pull it out. He struck twice more before finally severing the youth’s head.
The sullen old man’s legs trembled as he stared blankly. The burly man surnamed Rui let out a breath of relief. When he was just about to put away his sword, he saw the severed head shift downward an inch on its own and reattach seamlessly to the body. The skin was smooth and flawless, showing no trace of a cut.
"Ah!"
A cold chill surged through his body. His legs gave way, and he collapsed onto the ground. His teeth chattered uncontrollably as the world spun around him. His eyes couldn’t leave the neck.
All color drained from the old man’s face, leaving him pale as a corpse. When he heard Rui’s teeth chatter, he stammered, "What... what is... going on?!"
"How... How would I know?!" Rui snarled. The old man inched away, his hand outside his robe shaking violently, lips trembling. Rui faltered, "I... I’ve never killed a Foundation Establishment Realm cultivator before..."
But seeing that the youth had not awakened, the burly man gradually regained some courage and muttered, "What’s done is done... what’s done is done..."
He actually picked up the longsword again, measured the position, changed to a vertical grip, and struck the center of the brows three times until he split the head in two with a sharp clang.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed?!" The old man’s paper-white face regained a hint of color. Already hunched over, he leaped up like a startled toad and cried out in alarm, "You’re going to die! You’re going to die!"
The old man immediately rode the wind and sped northward, his escaping light tinged with streaks of red. He had clearly used a blood escape technique, as if something terrifying were chasing him.
His light bobbed erratically through the sky, accompanied by howling cries echoing through the heavens, "You’re going to die!"