“Ah! You look quite messy like this.” It was at this moment that Xu Xuan noticed that the Red-Dress Beauty had appeared again, sitting on the eaves of a house in the alley, watching him.
“Who on earth are you?!” Xu Xuan exclaimed as he simultaneously jumped onto the roof and ran towards the exit of the town. While he was running on the rooftop, the beautiful woman floated beside him.
“It seems your brain isn’t very good! A normal person would have guessed it long ago, right? I am the sword in your hand. Or rather, I am the spirit of the Chiyou Sword you hold.”
“You say you’re the spirit of the Chiyou Sword? That’s perfect, let’s discuss whether you can get the iron chain out of my arm.” Hearing her words, Xu Xuan was not too surprised.
“Not possible! After all, that’s proof of the contract we signed.”
“When did I sign a contract with you? Moreover, there were plenty of senior brothers who escaped with me and had stronger talents than I did, right? Especially Master Moye, who is said to be a rare genius. Why did you choose me?” Xu Xuan said, jumping down from the roof and running towards the outskirts of the small town.
“Weren’t you the one who pursued me? And you chased for three days and nights. I was truly moved by your sincerity!” Hearing Xu Xuan’s words, the Chiyou Sword Spirit showed a look of grievance: “What, now that you’ve just obtained my body, you want to abandon me?”
“Ah, I’m sorry, I didn’t expect to be this charming. Speaking of which, there were nine sword lights at that time, and I really did just follow one.”
“Of course, there’s a second reason. That’s because your sword is broken.”
“Eh? What does that have to do with my broken sword?”
“After all, I really dislike sharing a master with other weapons.”
“That’s not right! Isn’t the ancient battle god Chiyou able to use multiple weapons at the same time?”
“Precisely because of that kind of experience can one appreciate the value of being unique, right? So now I hate sharing a master with other weapons!” Floating beside Xu Xuan, the woman in red spoke with an almost enchanting smile.
At this moment, Xu Xuan had reached close to the entrance of the small town, but to his surprise, the densely packed Headless Crowd was already waiting for him here. Behind him, a large number of headless people were surrounding him. Seeing this scene, cold sweat began to drip down Xu Xuan’s forehead. Yet for some reason, a smile once again appeared at the corners of his mouth, a smile he wasn’t even aware of.
“This scene is truly spectacular. Is everyone in the town here to welcome me? Wait, isn’t this my death sentence?” Xu Xuan couldn’t help but say while looking at the townsfolk surrounding him completely.
“Do you want to use my power? Using my power can easily solve the crisis you’re in right now!” The Chiyou Sword Spirit spoke with an almost seductive tone.
“What is the price?”
“No matter what the cost, it’s at least better than being killed by these headless townsfolk, right? Don’t forget, even if these guys’ bodies are cut apart, it seems they can still regenerate. Using me will require a certain cost, but only once, and it won’t affect you at all! And you have no options left, do you?”
“…Alright, tell me how to use your power?” As the crowd drew nearer, Xu Xuan couldn’t help but ask.
“As long as you agree, that’s all it takes.” At Xu Xuan’s words, the Chiyou Sword Spirit revealed a hint of a cruel smile.
The moment Xu Xuan’s inner self acknowledged using the Chiyou Sword Spirit’s power in this battle, he felt as if something had entered his body.
“This feeling… it seems I could even poke a hole in the sky.” Feeling the changes in his body, Xu Xuan said unconsciously. At the same time, he felt an inexplicable desire within him, a desire to fight, regardless of who or what it was.
At this moment, the external world saw Xu Xuan’s body begin to display numerous crimson patterns. The long sword in his hand began to emit a dark red glow.
Simultaneously, all the residents of the town began to surge toward Xu Xuan’s position, forming a mass of people at the town gate. It was known that there were at least over two thousand residents in this town.
The moon gradually began to rise in the sky, and with the illumination of the moonlight, the bodies of the headless individuals started to twist simultaneously. Some even split open, revealing a massive mouth from half of their bodies. The appearance of these monsters was remarkably similar to those that Xu Xuan had encountered in the Mist Realm, which required two to three senior brothers to deal with. Clearly, on their journey through the Mist Realm, they must have passed through this small town.
It was a certain special existence in the Mist Realm that had transformed this town into such a state.
Faced with nearly two thousand of these twisted monsters, Xu Xuan in the past could hardly defeat even one in a one-on-one confrontation, but now he felt as if these monsters were not enough to fight him. Almost instantly, the Chiyou Sword in his hand flew out. A blood-red sword light instantly pierced through the sea of monsters in front of the town.
As for the iron chain connecting Xu Xuan and the Chiyou Sword, it continuously grew from his body due to his usage. At this moment, Xu Xuan’s swordsmanship, which could only cover a distance of fifteen steps, surprisingly surpassed one hundred steps effortlessly, achieving the true flying sword of a hundred steps.
Wherever the sword light passed, it was as if a blade was cutting through dry grass; no monster could withstand this blood-red sword light. Monsters along a straight line from Xu Xuan were all completely sliced apart by this blood-red sword light!!
And with Xu Xuan’s guidance, the iron chains and the long sword swirled around him like whips, sweeping a circle around him. Like a whip, wherever the iron chains passed, countless headless monsters were bisected. For a moment, there was not a single standing entity within a radius of a hundred steps from Xu Xuan.
“This isn’t enough; this isn’t enough fun.” Unconsciously, Xu Xuan muttered words he would normally never say.
Then Xu Xuan retracted the Chiyou Sword in his hand and charged into the crowd of monsters ahead. At this moment, where Xu Xuan passed, it was filled with severed limbs and flesh. Countless shredded pieces of meat flew into the sky.
“Interesting, indeed it’s battle. Amazing!”
Accompanied by the smile that involuntarily appeared at the corner of Xu Xuan’s mouth, a large number of monsters were once again swept away and slaughtered around him.
However, these monsters had long lost their senses and will, simply attacking Xu Xuan instinctively. Then they were continuously sliced apart by the Chiyou Sword in Xu Xuan’s hand.
Different from any swordsmanship Xu Xuan had used in the past, while gripping the Chiyou Sword, Xu Xuan’s intention was to be simple and brutal, cutting down in the most effective way. No monster in front of him could truly block his sword.
As time passed, the ground beneath Xu Xuan’s feet was increasingly filled with shattered flesh. He thus fought his way to the moon hanging high in the sky, and then to the moon’s descent. Ultimately, with the rise of the morning sun, there were no more monsters left for Xu Xuan to kill, and beneath his feet lay a small mountain made up of countless shredded pieces of meat.
“Is this it? It’s not very satisfying.” Looking around, Xu Xuan muttered to himself. But soon, his gaze fell upon a figure on the official road behind him. A person wearing a conical hat and dressed in black and white clothing stood on the official road, looking at him: “Oh? There’s still one I can cut.”
At this moment, Xu Xuan knew very well that the person was not an enemy, but he found he couldn’t control his body and the desire within his heart. His body moved again, charging towards the person.
Just at that moment, Xu Xuan was shocked to find that two more figures wearing conical hats had inexplicably appeared around him, and these two figures had four arms each. However, in Xu Xuan’s heightened perception, he only sensed the presence of one person.
Without giving Xu Xuan a chance to react, the two figures with eight arms simultaneously reached for his body.
What followed was a pitch-black sword aura that appeared before Xu Xuan, seemingly painted with a brush on white paper. Of course, that was the last thing Xu Xuan saw before his consciousness plunged into darkness.
When his consciousness returned, he found himself once again atop the writhing metal mountain. He was still bound to a giant sword. Before him sat the Red-Dress Beauty, elegantly positioned on the peak of the metal mountain.
“What is this place? What happened to my master?” Looking at Master Ou, who was pinned to the metal mountain by a sword and only had half a body, Xu Xuan’s expression turned grave.
“The price of using all of my power is only this. As to why there’s only half? Because that thing in the Mist Realm forcibly took half of him away. Quite a loss of a deal, to be honest.”
“……” Hearing her words, Xu Xuan glanced at the people on the peak who were screaming. He couldn’t help but ask, “Is it too late to cancel the contract now? The user experience is a bad review.”
“Of course not! I’m really looking forward to the day you join in!!”
“Damn!!!” With a curse, Xu Xuan abruptly sat up, and at that moment, he noticed he was lying on a stretcher, and two people were leisurely carrying him along the official road.
“Excuse me, who are you? Where are we?” Looking at the backs of the stretcher carriers, Xu Xuan couldn’t help but ask.
Just as his question had just been posed, he was shocked to see the person with their back to him turn their head 180 degrees, twisting it directly to look at him coldly. Seeing this scene, Xu Xuan jumped down from the stretcher. “Damn! Strange things just keep coming one after another!!!” With a sigh, Xu Xuan simultaneously reached for the long sword behind him. It seemed because the sword was connected by the iron chain to his arm, it hadn’t been taken away.
“You’re awake. Don’t worry, I have no ill intentions.” A gentle female voice rang in Xu Xuan’s ear.
At this moment, Xu Xuan noticed that at the very front of the group was another person, a figure wearing a conical hat and black and white coarse cloth clothes, carrying a huge burden on their back. Yet this loose clothing could hardly conceal the impressive stature of the person.
