The Heavenly Saber Novel - Chapter 270

Chapter 270 Bloody Night

“Didn’t this fellow say burning life? Why isn’t he dead yet?” Someone muttered and looked at Li Qing with suspicion.

“Perhaps he only burned a portion of his life. Didn’t you see that he is getting older and older now? His vitality is being lost.” Someone gave a rather far-fetched explanation.

Many people didn’t dare to act recklessly. They felt a burst of fear in their hearts. Fortunately, they didn’t make a move. Otherwise, they would end up like these mysterious characters.

Who knew that this fellow would be so deceiving? He had already said that he didn’t have any strength, yet he was able to kill the invading enemy every time. What exactly was going on?

When a resident of Jiangyuan City heard this, he angrily said, “Why do you still suspect Li Qing? Didn’t you see him burning his life? He’s about to die, so you can’t sympathize with this tragic hero of his?”

“That’s right, Li Qing is about to die. It’s really heartless of you to suspect him like this!”

“These outsiders have ill intentions and evil moods. They all want to kill Li Qing to achieve fame. Pity our Jiang Yuan City’s heroes…”

With tears in their eyes, everyone criticized these people for their ruthlessness.

The few people who were scolded felt that the situation was not good and seemed to have offended the crowd. They immediately put on a look of shame and covered their faces. If he stayed there, he might be beaten up by the angry people.

Li Qing pretended to be sitting in a wheelchair and weakly asked, “Is there anyone else… coming up?”

Most people were hesitating and felt that the risk was too great. If this fellow could still burn his life in exchange for strength, then he would be courting death.

After waiting for a long time, Li Qing saw that no one had any reaction. He waved his hand and said, “If there is no one, then let’s disperse today.”

Tonight’s harvest was already big enough. He had killed so many Xiantian experts and created a prestigious reputation. He had to stop at a moderate pace. Otherwise, he would be seen to be flawed by others.

Just as everyone was about to disperse, someone suddenly exclaimed, “I seem to know this person!”

He was referring to the corpse of a Xiantian fifth layer mysterious expert lying on the ground. Before, the faces of these people had been hidden in the mist, but now that they had died, they slowly revealed their true faces.

“Oh? Who is this person?”

“This person is the clan leader of a large clan in Xin’an City, the Wu Clan! He has always followed the lead of the Lu Clan in Xin’an City and obeyed their orders!”

“What? People from Xin’an City!” Everyone cried out in alarm. No wonder they were hiding their faces and didn’t dare to reveal their true colors. It turned out that they were actually experts sent by Xin’an City. This clearly meant that he wanted to destroy the increasingly powerful Jiangyuan City.

Everything was clear. It turned out that the Lu Clan in Xin’an City was playing tricks on them.

Li Qing said, “Take these corpses back. Study them properly and find out their true identities.”

“Yes!” The Su Family guards stepped forward to drag the corpse away.

The onlookers were excited. These Xiantian 5th layer experts must be extremely wealthy. The corpses could be dragged away, but the property on the corpses was too tempting. They had to stay behind!

Moreover, these corpses were lying in the middle of the crowd, extremely close, almost within reach of their tentacles. How could he let go of this good opportunity?

Just as everyone was about to move but didn’t dare to make a move, a streak of light suddenly rushed out and flew towards a corpse. After quickly taking out the spatial ring on its hand, it immediately escaped and rushed into the crowd.

This speed was too fast. It had already been completed in the blink of an eye. Before many people could react, they instantly disappeared.

Meanwhile, Li Qing sat there quietly and watched all of this happen. Of course, he had the ability to stop it, but he did not make a move because there was no need for this. This little bit of wealth was not in his eyes.

Seemingly triggering a chain reaction, two more streaks of light rushed out and took away two more spatial rings. Then, they quickly escaped and disappeared into the crowd.

“Eh? Li Qing really didn’t make a move. He watched helplessly as he escaped. Could it be that he really didn’t have any strength left?” Someone was whispering.

If the first time was when he was caught off guard and didn’t react, then the rest should be able to stop him in time, right? However, he did not make a move. Could it be that he was really powerless to stop it?

“It’s hard to say. Anyway, I don’t dare to take risks. I always feel that this guy is too cheating.” Someone curled his lips.

“Let’s wait and see what happens.”

As they were discussing, another figure suddenly rushed out from the crowd and transformed into a streak of light. However, contrary to everyone’s expectations, this person actually did not rush towards the corpse on the ground, but directly rushed towards Li Qing!

Assassination!

In the blink of an eye, this person stabbed out with his sword, as if a meteor had pierced through the horizon. This speed was simply too fast. In the blink of an eye, it reached directly between Li Qing’s eyebrows.

Li Qing turned his head and quietly looked at the stunning sword strike. His gaze did not fluctuate and was still sickly. It seemed that his reaction was somewhat slow.

“Die!” A cruel smile appeared on the assassin’s face. He felt that this sword strike could succeed.

Just as the tip of the sword was about to pierce between his eyebrows, Li Qing stretched out two fingers like lightning. They were as hard as iron and firmly gripped the sword.

“What?” The assassin’s expression changed drastically, wanting to retreat.

Li Qing’s finger lightly trembled and the tip of the sword was broken into two. Then, he pointed out and pierced through the space between the assassin’s eyebrows.

“Sure enough, there is still strength!” Everyone sucked in a breath of cold air. Wasn’t this guy too cheating? In the blink of an eye, another assassin had been cheated to death.

However, where did this power come from? It can’t be burning life, right?

Just as everyone was about to ask, a few miserable screams suddenly came from behind the crowd. Everyone turned around and saw that the three people who had seized the spatial ring on the corpse’s hand had been grabbed by the three old men and dragged back.

“Who are they?” Everyone was shocked. They only felt that the three old men were unfathomable. They had actually dragged the three Xiantian experts back with their bare hands.

“Is it that easy to get the things from Xin’an City?” An old man said softly.

Kacha!

Three clear and crisp voices rang out in succession. The three old men twisted their necks forcefully at the same time and broke their necks.

Everyone was so frightened that they took a few steps back.

“Looks like you are the masterminds behind so many mysterious figures tonight. May I ask, are you the old fools of the Lu Clan?” Li Qing’s expression became a little grave. He said in a deep voice, “It seems that you are the masterminds behind so many mysterious figures tonight.”

“Oh? You recognize us?”

Li Qing shook his head, “I don’t recognize him, but I can guess. He claims to be a person from Xin’an City, and his strength is at the sixth level of Xiantian. Who else can he be other than the three old fellows from the Lu Clan?”

The old man looked at Li Qing with interest and casually asked, “Aren’t you afraid?”

“Haha, I’m a dying person, what’s there to be afraid of?” Li Qing shook his head and laughed, “Jiang Yuan City’s influence is expanding day by day. One day, it will face Xin An City, but I didn’t expect it to come so quickly! Even you three old fogeys have moved out.”

The other old man’s face was filled with disdain, “Cut the crap! Didn’t you say that your strength has been exhausted? Even your life has been burned. I wonder how you can deal with us now?”

“Sigh, my vitality is too strong. I just burned my life in exchange for too much power. I haven’t used all of it yet. Now, I can still fight.” Li Qing sighed.

Again! Everyone was speechless. Why was there no use of all their strength? Save it for who?

Unfortunately, Li Qing could always find all sorts of strange reasons to perfunctory, making them wonder if they should believe him or not.

“Looks like you’re not too honest.” The old man chuckled. “I’m almost certain that you’re disguising yourself, but the three of us still dare to stand out. Do you know why?”

Li Qing rolled his eyes and said, “You three Xiantian sixth layer experts, what’s so strange about you daring to stand out?”

“Haha, looks like you’re very smart. Now, we three Xiantian sixth layer experts, I wonder if you can still kill us like before?” An old man sneered.

Of course, disguising himself like this was to lure others into taking the bait, but this time, he had attracted three big sharks. Perhaps, he had even swallowed himself up instead.

“Three can’t be killed, but I think we can still fight to the death and die together.”

“Arrogant!” An old man was furious. “Originally, we only wanted to see if you were crippled. If you were crippled, I might still be able to let you go. But now, I believe that you are not crippled at all. All of this is disguised! Leaving you in this world is a huge threat that should be removed as soon as possible.”

“Cough cough … Look at me like this, does it look like I’m disguised?” Li Qing began to perform again.

“Hmph, in front of us, there’s no need to pretend anymore. We’ve already come out, and there’s no mastermind behind the scenes. There’s no point in pretending anymore.”

“Eh? That makes sense!” Li Qing pondered for a while and said, “Alright, then I won’t pretend. That’s right, I’m not crippled. My body is still fine.”

After he finished speaking, he stood up from his wheelchair. His old face returned to its original state. His white hair turned black, and he looked energetic. He looked extraordinary and heroic.

Seeing this scene, everyone’s eyes almost popped out.

“Really? It was actually disguised! Oh my God, how could there be such a sinister person in the world!” A man was beating his chest and stamping his feet.

“I saw him burn his life, and I was moved to tears. I didn’t expect that he was lying to me! It’s too hateful!” Another person roared towards the sky.

“I almost shed tears. I thought he was a tragic hero.”

There was an uproar in the surroundings.

Even the Su Clan’s guards looked at Li Qing with strange gazes. This fellow even lied to his own people.

At this moment, Li Qing went from a tragic hero to a big liar who deceived everyone’s feelings. Countless people complained and condemned him.

Li Qing was a little embarrassed. He didn’t expect the crowd to react so strongly. The performance just now was really too much, mainly to try to be realistic and deceive everyone.

However, although everyone’s reaction was very big and irritated, there were also people who were happy in their hearts. Especially the people from the Su Clan. They knew that Li Qing was fine and the guardian god of Jiangyuan City had returned, so how could they not be happy?

However, what happened next was a little troublesome. These three old men were all Xiantian sixth layer experts. If they joined forces, other than Xiantian seventh layer characters, they would basically be invincible. Could Li Qing beat them back?

In particular, these three old men had been stuck in the Xiantian sixth layer for many years, much more powerful than ordinary Xiantian sixth layer.

Speaking of which, these three old fellows were still unable to comprehend the true meaning of martial arts at such an old age. It was basically impossible for them to break through to the seventh level of the Xiantian realm. However, it did not mean that their combat strength was not strong. After all, they had lived to such an old age that even a pig could be refined.

Li Qing also frowned. Although he wasn’t afraid of the three old ghosts, it was difficult to kill them because he couldn’t use the Yin Yang Grinding Wheel. Otherwise, he would expose his secrets.

With so many trump cards, it was impossible to kill these three with just a pair of fists.

“I know you’re very powerful. I’ve seen your battle just now. I’m afraid you’re even more powerful than an ordinary Xiantian sixth layer. You have such combat power at such a young age. I have to say, you’re truly a heavenly genius.”

“With your strength, the top ten of the Dragon-Phoenix Rankings can compete. This time, we won’t be as careless as the people in front of us. You can take advantage of us.”

These three were all old foxes. They had rich combat experience and good eyesight. They could tell at a glance that Li Qing’s strength was extraordinary. They would not fight alone for the sake of face. At that time, they would rush forward and attack Li Qing.

“If you can’t fight, you’ll know after a try.” At this moment, Li Qing could only take one step at a time and act according to the situation.

Everyone moved far away. They didn’t dare to get too close to the battle between the sixth level of the Xiantian realm. Otherwise, they would be injured if they were affected.

“Set up a sword formation!” With a loud shout, the three old men moved and stood in three mysterious positions. There was a faint mysterious connection between them, and they quickly formed a sword formation!

“This is the Three Talents Sword Formation!” Someone cried out in alarm.

The origin of this Three Talents Sword Formation is not trivial. It can be traced back to the Three Talents Palace of the Ancient Dao Sect!

The Three Talents Palace was one of the Dao Sect’s branch palaces. The so-called Three Talents were Heaven, Earth, and Man. There was a mysterious connection between the three. Man and nature were perfectly fused together, representing a supreme state of harmony.

The Three Talents Sword Formation was the most famous sword formation in the Ancient Three Talents Palace. It was also one of the few things that still existed in the Ancient Palace. Using the perfect and harmonious relationship between heaven, earth and human beings, the three experts in the formation could be perfectly fused together.

The Three Talents Sword Formation set up by the three old men in front of them was naturally not a complete version of the sword formation, but rather incomplete. It was said that the complete Three Talents Sword Formation had not been passed down and had long since been lost. The current Three Talents Sword Formation was also formed after a period of perfection by the descendants, and it was far from being formed in the Ancient Era.

However, even so, the power of this sword array was extremely powerful. This sword array was focused on coordination, representing a perfect state of harmony, capable of fully unleashing the strength of these three people. Relying on this Three Talents Sword Formation, these three old men were able to fight against a Xiantian Seventh Stage expert. It was naturally easy to deal with a young man like Li Qing.

From this, it could be seen how cautious the three of them were. Although their combined strength was clearly higher than the other party’s, they still had to set up a sword formation and go all out to kill their opponents. As expected, they were three old foxes.

The Three Talents Sword Formation set up by the three old men had a very large area, and in the blink of an eye, they surrounded Li Qing.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Standing in the center, Li Qing could only feel sword spikes coming from all directions, one after another, endless. Moreover, the power of these sword lights was extremely great. They could not be underestimated and had to be resisted with all their might.

“Drink!”

He stood in the middle of the sword formation, constantly waving his fists, fighting alone in all directions, resisting the endless sword light, like a reef in an endless tide, standing firm.

Dang! Dang! Dang!

These swords landed on Li Qing’s fist, producing the sound of metal striking. This caused the three old men to be very surprised. What they were holding in their hands were all top-grade true artifacts! Someone could actually use a pair of flesh fists to forcefully shake the Ultimate Mouth True Artifact? This was simply too scary.

Originally, the evaluation of Li Qing’s strength was already very high, but now, it seemed that his strength was even more terrifying than he had imagined.

Was this really just a young man? They could even compete with the experts of the older generation!

However, no matter how powerful Li Qing’s physical body was, it was impossible for him to endure these top-grade True Artifacts indefinitely. Faint bloodstains continuously appeared on his fists. Although they healed quickly, the surrounding sword lights appeared too quickly. With the joint efforts of the three old men, they were densely packed and covered every corner like a gentle breeze and drizzle.

Very quickly, Li Qing couldn’t hold on any longer. Not only his fist, but also his clothes had many cracks.

Fortunately, his Ten Thousand Devil True Body was strong enough, and his True Essence was unparalleled. Only then could he survive. If it was an ordinary Xiantian Sixth Layer, it would have been torn into pieces by countless sword lights.

He also wanted to attempt to charge out of the Three Talents Sword Formation, but helplessly, these sword lights were extremely powerful and numerous. They were like a giant spider web, always blocking his path and trapping him in the center.

“It’s not a way to continue like this!” A trace of anxiety gradually arose in Li Qing’s heart. The divine ability of the Yin Yang Grinding Wheel could not be revealed in front of others. The methods he could use were truly limited. Not to mention killing these three old men, he was afraid that he would be consumed to death by them here.

“Three Talents Sword Realm!”

Right at this moment, the three old men shouted loudly. The true essence on their bodies exploded. The speed at which they brandished their swords increased abruptly. Countless sword qi burst forth, densely packed and intertwined. They actually enveloped everything within a radius of several tens of meters, forming a sword world that could not see clearly what was happening inside.

“Good opportunity!” A cold light flashed in Li Qing’s eyes. Taking advantage of the time when everyone’s gazes were blocked by the Three Talents Sword Realm, he took out his Heavenly Saber from his spatial ring!

“Make a clean break with!”

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

Li Qing slashed out three times in a row. The speed of each slash was extremely fast. Three purple saber lights flashed past, breaking through the boundless barrier of sword qi around them and slashing onto the three old men.

“Ah–”

The three old men were all sliced at the waist and cut into two, letting out a miserable scream.