Chapter 698 - 698 Updated 51 Wind Cutting Realm
698: Updated: Chapter 51 Wind Cutting Realm 698: Updated: Chapter 51 Wind Cutting Realm The wind blows and the sword qi gradually subsides.
Xiao Qi lowered her head, looking complexly at the long sword embedded in her chest…
A Qi-controlling Realm cultivator actually wounded her?
The tip of the sword pierced through her chest from below and protruded from her back.
Scalding blood flowed along the blade, blown away by the wind, forming full, round droplets that did not fall to the ground but rather hovered in the air.
This was the Grotto Heaven of Xiao Qi’s Tao Realm, named “Wind Cutting.” This world, woven from silk threads, was called the “Wind Cutting Realm.”
This place was supposed to be filled with raging winds, but the withered branch plunged into the ground anchored the eye of the storm.
Now, the true ruler of this world was not on the ground, but in the sky.
Whether there was wind, Xiao Qi did not decide.
A black-clad young Sword Cultivator, suspended in the air, softly conveyed, “It’s done.”
Yuan Yi immediately withdrew her sword and retreated without any desire to continue the fight.
Xiao Qi made no counterattack.
She coughed lightly, staring down at the patch of crimson on her chest.
When the Reed Sword’s blade was withdrawn, the injury did not spread.
Winds from all directions gathered towards Xiao Qi, the blood droplets dancing with the wind before re-entering her body.
“…?”
Yuan Yi looked on in puzzled disbelief at this scene.
She knew her realm was low, and her strike was not deadly.
Even under Xie Zhen’s guidance, its effects were limited.
Yet the scene before her defied logic.
The blood reversing its flow—was this a unique divine skill of the South Border?
“Don’t be too surprised, because…”
The flying sword in the sky slowly descended.
Xie Xuanyi stood beside Yuan Yi, slightly leaning forward.
“She is not human.”
The wind of the entire world was subdued by this black-clad figure.
Not human?
Yuan Yi’s expression turned peculiar, recalling a rumor she had heard today.
It was said that Lu Yuzhen’s meticulously cultivated “Pure Ones” of the Paperman Sect were all able to achieve Enlightenment Transformation…
Could this woman be one of them?
“Heh…”
Xiao Qi extended her hand to wipe the blood from her lips, taking a deep breath and straightening her back.
In just a few breaths, the wound had healed, leaving only a stain on her clothes.
The strike just now might have been minor in terms of harm, but extremely insulting.
She was well aware.
The Green Vine Chapter of Baihua Valley was nothing special.
The truly remarkable thing was the withered branch planted in the ground.
Her Tao Realm’s power had not even had a chance to manifest before being cut off by the sword intent on the branch—
“Annihilation Dao Realm…”
Squinting for a moment, Xiao Qi murmured, “No wonder Dao Master favors you…
It’s the first time I’ve seen someone who just ascended to Yin God with such combat power.
No wonder Dao Jiu suffered so much.”
“Annihilation Dao Realm…”
It wasn’t the first time Yuan Yi had heard this term.
She knew.
Back when Xuan Yi Sword Immortal of Da Sui Sword Palace traversed the world, it was with the power of the Destruction Sword Intent.
Annihilation Dao Realm was a dream of many.
In Chen Mansion.
She had witnessed Xie Zhen performing this realm.
Yet, practice was entirely different from reality.
At Chen Mansion, Xie Zhen called out the Martial Arts Divine Embryo to simulate the Annihilation Dao Realm, merely for Yuan Yi to comprehend.
But just now…
The Annihilation Dao Realm displayed by the withered branch was meant to “kill.”
Xiao Qi’s words resonated in this Grotto Heaven.
But Xie Xuanyi didn’t respond at all.
He hadn’t even spared the woman a look.
“After the Qi-controlling Realm, you can condense your Grotto Heaven and comprehend the Power of Dao.”
He said softly, “Even mortals can comprehend the Great Dao…
The Tao Realm that protected you earlier, and the one in Chen Mansion, are the same.
If you can comprehend the Power of ‘Annihilation,’ even without advancing to Yin God, that sword just now could have harmed her.”
Yuan Yi listened intently, nodding vigorously.
On the other side.
Xiao Qi’s face turned ashen again…
What did this mean?
Ignoring her?
Not treating her as a human?
The winds in this world surged anew.
“Regarding the meaning of ‘Annihilation’…
I’ve taught you.”
Xie Xuanyi continued without a care, gently saying, “The result you learned last time is excellent…
This realm can ‘sever’ many things, sever leaves, sever flesh, sever souls…”
Yuan Yi blinked.
Although she hadn’t seen clearly, she vaguely felt the intent of ‘Annihilation’…
As she thrust her sword just now, Xiao Qi’s Tao Realm was shattered by this annihilating intent.
“Mr.
Xiao Xie…”
Listening earnestly to Xie Xuanyi’s teachings, Yuan Yi couldn’t help but ask, “Can the Annihilation Dao Realm sever everything?”
Just after asking, she regretted it.
Although her expression remained calm.
Internally, she was quite nervous, her eyes fixed on Xiao Qi not far away.
A moment ago, the wind pressure seemed to change, becoming even more oppressive, and even someone at her level of Qi Control could sense the overwhelming killing intent rising like a tsunami.
Yuan Yi wanted to warn him.
The next moment.
Xiao Qi vanished from her original spot, moving at a speed far beyond Yuan Yi’s imagination.
This Grotto Heaven world, covered by the silk thread treasure artifact and formed by “Wind Cutting Realm,” was not entirely suppressible by sword qi.
This was Xie Xuanyi’s intentional extreme disregard.
He did not strip his opponent of the right to strike, but graciously gave opportunities.
“Boom!”
When the wind reached extreme intensity, it actually produced a thunderous roar.
With the thunderclap, Xiao Qi’s figure appeared three feet behind Xie Xuanyi.
Raising her hand, the area centered on her coalesced thousands of milky white streams into long blades, which joined her arm.
“Of course.”
In the instant of silence.
Staring into Yuan Yi’s eyes, Xie Xuanyi said calmly, “It can sever everything.”
Before his voice faded.
The arm raised high, gathered with all the power of the Tao Realm, was cut off, flying away.
“???”
Xiao Qi’s pupils trembled.
Yuan Yi was full of amazement.
Nobody saw how Xie Xuanyi struck, or where the sword qi came from or went.
This time.
The spurting blood did not form blood beads and float but scattered directly on the ground, soaking in.
This sword qi was worlds apart from Yuan Yi’s recent one.
Hit by Xie Xuanyi’s Annihilation Dao Realm, it could not return to the main body.
The severed part would remain fragmented and could not be reattached…
because the Annihilation Dao Realm severed destiny itself.
The withered branch embedded in the earth shot up into Xie Xuanyi’s grasp.
He held it lightly, twirled it in a casual sword flourish, then slowly turned around.
The Wind World was no longer suppressed by sword qi, so countless wild winds whirled freely, lifting Xie Xuanyi’s black robe.
At his back loomed a majestic golden divine fetus, gazing down at the world and its ruler.
Xiao Qi, one arm severed, face pale, fell to the ground.
She tried to retrieve the severed arm.
But she failed.
This world was now completely out of her control…
Xiao Qi’s Tao Realm power began to chaotic.
Her Heart Lake was in more disarray.
Xie Xuanyi flicked the withered branch.
The severed arm flew over, catching it without interest in the limb itself, but the “long blade” formed by countless wild winds intrigued him.
Even after the arm broke, it didn’t dissipate.
“You are different from Dao Jiu, far weaker than him.”
Xie Xuanyi observed the woman before him, slowly saying, “If I am not mistaken, your rank in Pure White Mountain should be very low…
Is this your lifebound artifact?”
The long blade enveloped by countless wild winds.
Xie Xuanyi brushed over it with two fingers, eradicating the winds with Annihilation Dao Realm, revealing a slender, proportionate body…
It was neither blade nor sword, but a long flute.
No wonder this woman’s Tao Realm was related to wind.
“…”
Xiao Qi bit her lip and said nothing.
“This is a bit strange.”
Gazing down at Xiao Qi, Xie Xuanyi said expressionlessly, “The news of Dao Jiu’s defeat should have reached Pure White Mountain.
Without Fifteenth Realm of Yin God cultivation, how dare you provoke me?
Did you set this trap just to die…”
“Hah!”
Xiao Qi simply sneered, silent.
Xie Xuanyi recalled the previous night, after slaying an unknown assassin, when Chu Man came with a message urging him to retreat.
He had intended to kill Chu Man too.
But after the sword fell.
Countless white papers fluttered, but Chu Man’s body didn’t fall.
“Looks like you won’t die.”
Xie Xuanyi lowered his gaze, slowly saying, “Among your treasures, someone can fabricate avatars and use the Death Replacement Technique?”
“…?”
Though Xiao Qi didn’t answer, her fleeting surprise was caught by Xie Xuanyi.
It seemed he guessed correctly.
Xiao Qi must have invaded Baihua Valley to steal the “Flame Flower Style” for the Dao Master…
“Flame Flower Style” was precious indeed.
But the probability of stealing it was slim, requiring years, even decades of lurking, with no guaranteed result.
After all, Xiao Qi wielded Yin God combat power.
Lu Yuzhen must have always been prepared to abandon her…
Thus, for this night’s scheme, Xiao Qi acted so recklessly, even if likely to lose, still provoking the fight.
“The old man’s aim isn’t the wine he enjoys?”
Xie Xuanyi suddenly furrowed his brows, his eyes turning cold.
He reached out, grabbed Xiao Qi by the neck, and lifted her.
Xiao Qi laughed indifferently.
At this moment, a foreboding shrouded Xie Xuanyi’s Heart Lake, though it should have surfaced earlier.
But entering this independent Grotto Heaven with such composure had caused this foreboding to be “fashionably late.”
A thread of Annihilation Dao Realm swept out.
The small Grotto Heaven of howling winds couldn’t bear the severing force and began to crack from the heavenly dome, like a willingly shattered eggshell.
Yet after the heavens cleared, Xie Xuanyi found the surroundings changed drastically.
Before entering the Wind Cutting Realm, it was only a hundred yards from Round Turtle Mountain, surrounded by shrubbery and dense forests.
Now it was different.
The roaring wind from outside entered the realm, countless white papers fluttered like snowflakes, surrounding trees rapidly flowed backward.
During the earlier confrontation, fighting, and talking…
every moment, this “small world” was moving rapidly.
This was Xiao Qi’s true goal.
Inviting someone into the trap, or entering the trap herself.
Either way, the purpose was to move the big trap next.
At this moment, Xie Xuanyi finally understood the smile on the woman’s face…
From the start, Xiao Qi knew she would be inevitably defeated in this battle, but the outcome of the fight never mattered.
She could lose, die, and be cut into pieces.
The battle’s final result was irrelevant.
The only goal was to move the Wind Cutting Realm out of Round Turtle Mountain successfully.
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(Continuing tonight.
Don’t stay up waiting.)