Chapter 42: Breaking Through Sword King

  Shen Du was just thinking of this and obtained the permission from Yan Mo, then he drew out his long sword with more precision.

  "This time, you won't have any chance to hurt me at all." Shen Du stared at Xiu Cheng with a confident face.

  The city wall stood quietly there all along, its green long gown fluttering "plop plop" in the cool morning breeze.

  "Hmph, big words aren't shameful, five years ago I could have taken half your life, today, I can still do the same." A faint murderous intent flashed in Xiu Cheng's deep blue eyes.

  The two people stared at each other, both with extremely angry emotions.

  "Beware of his hair and saliva." Yan Xiao reminded Shen Dou in a low voice.

  Shen Du heard this and took a closer look, only to see that the long sleeves of the city-repairing workers had grown numerous body hairs that were even longer than their hair, looking extremely terrifying. His face tightened, his long sword held horizontally across his chest, he silently chanted "Kuang Jian Jue".

  Only to see that the orange long sword instantly released a dazzling orange light, and his body also released a strong swordsman's sword energy, and a fierce gale suddenly rose outside the cave.

  The withered leaves and broken branches danced wildly in the air, but couldn't get close to the city walls.

  The city of Xiucheng was surrounded by a faint green glow, forming a solid defensive shield.

  "Hmph, is that all?" Xiu Cheng's face revealed a scornful smile, and with a wave of his large hand, the sky was filled with dark clouds, followed by a thunderclap that shook the heavens.

  "Rumble!"

  Dark clouds filled the sky, blocking out all sunlight.

  The birds in the forest chirped and cried out strangely.

  "Run quickly, Xiucheng has started killing people again."

  Flocks of birds flapped their wings and flew away from the branches, only to see hundreds of lightning bolts appear in the sky, striking down at the birds.

  A flock of birds was struck by lightning and instantly turned into a heap of dead bodies.

  "Awesome!" Shen secretly exclaimed in his heart, what kind of skill was this that could control the wind, clouds and thunder with just a wave of his hand.

  "Hmph!" Xiu Cheng let out a disdainful snort from his nostrils, coldly saying: "I know that if you insist on taking Yan Mo away, she will definitely follow you. Now I only need one word from you. As long as you say you won't take Yan Mo away, I'll let you leave Mushroom Mountain and we'll wipe the slate clean of all past grievances between us."

  A strong gust of wind blew towards Shendu, that one head of flowing cloud-like hair was blown straight back, even the face was blown to a stinging pain, just like the biting cold wind on a winter day.

  "Hey, it's nothing!" Shen Du didn't show any fear, and in his heart, he had already made up his mind that even if he died, he wouldn't let go of Yan Mo. His left hand reached back and grasped Yan Mo's icy small hand, saying in a deep voice, "Hold my hand tightly!"

  Yanmuo didn't understand Shendu's plan, but she trusted him and held his hand tightly, with a firm expression on her face.

  "What time is it now, and you still can't wake up?" Seeing this scene, Xiuzheng's blue eyes were filled with anger, his face was ferocious, and he gnashed his teeth and roared.

  "Hey!" Shen Du heard this, with a sly smile on his face, and made up his mind that no matter how strong his opponent was, as long as he gave him a concentrated blow, first controlling his three souls and seven spirits, and then using the mighty sword energy of the Shenmen Fifteen Swords to destroy his body. In this way, even if his magic was extremely powerful, it would be useless.

  "What's wrong, are you afraid of fighting?" Xiu Cheng still gritted his teeth tightly, clenched his fists, and the usual sweat on his arms gradually turned deep green in the strong wind.

  Although Shen Dou had never seen such an ugly and terrifying opponent, he just focused on staring at the opponent's movements, trying his best to find a chance to succeed in one move.

  The city seemed to be waiting for something, standing still and motionless, the dark clouds grew thicker, the earth suddenly became pitch black, the thunder "roared" incessantly, and then a few flashes of lightning cut through the sky.

  "Not good!" Shen Du silently cried out, his body moving swiftly as he pulled Yan Mu into his arms and flashed to the top of a farther tree, landing lightly on the leaves.

  And that lightning bolt seemed to be under the control of Xiucheng's will, chasing Shen Dou at the speed of light.

  Shen Du was shocked by the sight and immediately flew up with a swift speed, flying back and forth in the forest.

  A few flashes of lightning struck a giant ancient tree, but unexpectedly, more lightning formed a long dragon and chased after.

  "Hahaha!"

  Xiu Cheng transmitted a deafening maniacal laughter.

  "Shendu, you can't escape."

  Taking advantage of the lightning's glow, Shendu finally saw clearly that the lightning was being controlled by a pair of large hands repairing the city. Every time it guided a thread of lightning to destroy an ancient tree, a strand of green fur on the arm would also burn.

  "Hey, I get it now!" Shen Du finally understood how to use the demonic spell to repair the city. He smiled to himself and grasped Xun Yao's left hand with a bit more force, then whispered in his ear: "Hold on tight."

  Yan Yan listened intently, tightly wrapping her arms around Shen Dou's waist, with a relaxed expression, as if she was full of confidence in him.

  At this moment, Shen Du turned around and faced the countless lightning bolts that were chasing him. Just as the thunder was about to strike his body, Shen Du suddenly flashed like a ghost and instantly appeared behind Xiu Cheng's back.

  A multitude of thunderbolts struck the dense earth at the same time, producing a deafening crash, sending sand and rocks flying, and causing the entire world to tremble and quiver in the fierce wind.

  The dark clouds quickly dispersed, and Xiucheng just stared blankly at the place where the thunder had disappeared, without noticing that Shendu had already appeared behind him, letting out a sigh: "Alas, is it over?"

  "Yes, it's over." Shen Du whispered in Xiucheng's ear, his long sword slowly piercing through Xiucheng's heart.

  Xiu Cheng stared at the orange sword tip that had pierced through his chest, his face filled with shock and incredulity, and said in terror: "How...how could this be!"

  "This sword is for Qian Mo." As he spoke, Shen Du slowly pulled out the long sword from Xiu Cheng's chest and quickly stabbed again, piercing through Xiu Cheng's abdomen.

  "This sword is for myself."

  Xiucheng stood there stiffly, as if still unable to believe everything in front of him, muttering: "Why, Tianya, why."

  "Xiu Cheng, I've made it clear to you already. I don't like you. The one I like is Long Yan. Do you think that by driving Long Yan away, you can have me? How ridiculous. Even if Long Yan and I are separated forever, the one I love will always be Long Yan, absolutely not you." Jian Mo said coldly, stretching out her hand to grab Shen Dou's long sword and twisting the hilt with force.

  The long sword was stained with the flesh and blood of Xiucheng, but Xiucheng seemed to be unaffected, instead using all his strength to break free, turn around and stare at Yan Mu's icy face.

  "You hate me so much that you want me to die?!" Chuan Cheng's blue eyes dropped two lines of green tears, his voice weakly said.

  Yan Mu didn't understand martial arts, but following the sound, his long sword probed and stabbed directly into Xiucheng's brow, the sharp sword piercing through Xiucheng's brain.

  Xiu Cheng's mouth corners immediately flowed out bright red blood, and finally weakly said: "Sorry, Yan Mo, it was my fault." Slowly closing his eyes, the entire sky welcomed the warm morning light, and the fresh flowers on the mountain emitted a faint fragrance in the gentle breeze.

  But then she also shed two glittering tears and said in a trembling voice: "Sorry, you forced me."

  Just as Shen Dou was about to set off with Yan Mo towards Jiuyou City, a strange thing happened. In the body of Xiu Cheng, there was actually a demon pellet the size of a lingzhi stone, emitting a faint yellow glow.

  He took a sip, picked it up and looked at it, his eyes widening with surprise.

  "It's actually the Sword King Spirit Stone."

  He had originally felt that the sword energy in his body was extremely full, as if he could break through the Sword King's barrier at any moment, but due to the lack of a Sword King Spirit Stone, even with an abundance of sword energy in his body, he couldn't break through. If it accumulated too much, there was even a possibility of self-destruction.

  Without hesitation, he swallowed the Sword King's Spirit Stone and felt the accumulated sword energy in his body instantly condense into a comfortable flow of air that flowed into his dantian.

  Shen Du knew what would happen next, released Tian Mo's body, slowly rose into the air, and let out a strange cry in mid-air.

  "Hooray!"

  A burst of strong golden sword energy erupted from within itself and spread out in all directions.

  A strong wind suddenly rose, and even the white clouds in the sky were shaken away and disappeared.

  Unable to avoid hurting Qian Mo, Shen Du swiftly flashed over and appeared beside Qian Mo, embracing her slender waist, and flew towards the snowy mountain...