Chapter 60: The Ice Demon's Attack (Third Update, Seeking Bookmarks)

  But this night seemed longer than ever before.

  It was around the time of transition from You to Yin, when normal people were in deep sleep, that a fierce and murderous gust of wind suddenly swept across the mountain peak where they were.

  The pines and cypresses were swaying in the strong wind, making a rustling sound, while Shen Du suddenly heard a rapid footsteps.

  The sound grew faster and closer, and soon a group of blue-clad youths, holding icy swords, surrounded their wooden hut.

  Shen Du slowly opened his eyes, and the Sword King's extraordinary five senses allowed him to vaguely see the appearance of the approaching group in the dark night.

  "Visiting at midnight, what is your intention?" Shen Du raised his long sword and stood up calmly.

  It's also unknown whether the group of people understood Shen Dou's language, only to see several older men in their midst making strange cries of "yi li wa la", a language that was neither bird nor beast, and even Shen Dou couldn't understand it.

  "Sorry, I don't understand what you're saying."

  They heard Shen Du's words and whispered something again in private, but it was still a language that Shen Du couldn't understand.

  Shen Du saw the situation and finally decided to ignore him, starting to sit cross-legged again, but secretly deploying his sword energy around his body, ready to quickly take action at any slight movement.

  At this moment, a slightly younger man with a hint of elegance in his eyebrows stepped forward and walked to Shen Dou's side, speaking to him in the Lingzhou dialect.

  "Excuse me, sir, have you seen a snake around here recently?"

  Shen Du heard this and suddenly realized that his long beard was indeed a bit old-fashioned, but he only raised an eyebrow, with a pair of firm eyes, pretending to be deep and looking up at the young man asking: "Snake, what kind of snake?"

  "A long snake with black fish-like spots, when she opens her mouth, what you see is like a tiger's mouth, especially those two shiny fangs. Even if she doesn't release venom, as soon as you're bitten by her, you'll die of poisoning immediately." the young man said.

  Shen Du naturally knew that the snake in his mouth was the one he saw at the Extreme Dao Gate during the day, but he said lightly: "I haven't seen that snake, you'd better go find it somewhere else."

  However, the young man took a few more steps forward, his toes almost touching the long sword Shen Du had placed on the ground. He slowly squatted down and said with a smile: "If sir insists on covering up or hiding something, I'm afraid it will be sir who regrets it later."

  "Regret, why should I regret."

  "Or you don't know the power of that snake, with its ability, it can swallow the sky, and she was injured by the snow demon a few days ago, has lost more than half of her power. As long as you don't interfere, we can catch him now. First time update." The young man seemed to have discovered something, but also seemed to be filled with some fear towards Shen Du.

  "Sorry, I don't know what you're talking about."

  "Heh heh, sir is the Sword King of Lingzhou. In our world, you can be considered a top-notch strongman. We don't want to fight with you, sir, but if you insist..."

  "Sorry, I've made it clear that I haven't seen that snake." Shen Du's left hand rested lightly on the hilt of his sword.

  The young man still had a smile on his face, and said lightly: "Then I'll just tell you straight out. That snake can transform into a human, her name is Xiao Qing."

  "Oh, Xiao Qing."

  "I know she's in this house, and we can track her down because of the faint, strange fragrance emanating from her body. This scent is something that no other snake species, no other living being, could possibly possess." The man said with extreme certainty, waiting expectantly for Shen Du's response.

  But Shen Dou coldly laughed and said: "No matter what, I am not possible to hand her over to you all, unless, you first step over my corpse!" As he spoke, his single palm waved, a red sword energy directly pressed towards the young woman's face.

  That young man reacted extremely quickly, retreating three zhang away in an instant. His tone was icy as he said: "Since you refuse to accept our toast and instead drink the penalty wine, we don't need to be polite to you anymore. However, I still want to remind you that snakes are cold-blooded animals; in their world, those who don't understand what it means to be grateful will...".

  "Hehe, can an ice cube even understand gratitude?"

  When the young man approached Shendu, Shendu had already sensed the strange coldness emanating from the man's body, even more so than Bi Luo's, and immediately understood that they were indeed the Ice Demons mentioned by Bi Luo.

  "In that case, draw your sword!" The young man, although youthful in years, seemed to be the leader of this group. He retreated behind the crowd and waved his hand.

  Everyone raised their hands and brandished the ice swords they were holding.

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  Darted swiftly towards Shen Du who was sitting on the ground.

  Shen Du saw the situation and smiled coldly, calmly drawing out the long sword in his hand. A orange sword aura burst forth, tearing through the dark night, and dozens of ice demons that had rushed forward were cut in half at the waist.

  "Hey, that's all you've got?" Shen stood up with a disdainful expression, his sword pointing directly at the young man.

  But the young man did not feel any fear, slowly pulling out the ice sword in his hand, only to feel that the atmosphere around him suddenly became extremely cold, even the dense raindrops in the sky instantly turned into icicles, straight and deep into the ground.

  "What a powerful sword aura." Even Shen felt his whole body tremble, this was an unprecedentedly strange and cold sword aura that he had never seen before, and he immediately became serious, secretly using his own sword aura to counteract the chill.

  "Haha, it's useless. The ice attribute sword energy can directly penetrate a person's heart and lungs. If you insist on forcibly resisting with physical strength, even if you are a strong Sword King, I'm afraid there won't be much sword energy left in your body to resist my ice attribute sword energy." The young man said with extreme confidence, as if he was very confident in his own sword energy.

  Shen Du indeed felt that after using his sword energy to resist the chill, the sword energy in his body was rapidly consumed, even more than when he had used all his strength to execute a single move of the Crazy Firm Decision.

  His heart suddenly became somewhat tense, determined to kill this person with one move, but he began to hesitate, whether to use the fierce and decisive sword energy of the Overlord Sword to subdue this person, or to use the Nine Netherworld Slumbering Sword Technique to control his three souls and seven spirits, and then easily behead him.

  It was at this moment of hesitation that a sudden cracking sound came from the rooftop behind.

  "Crack!"

  He knew it was the young man's Rain Slashing Sword that had destroyed the roof.

  It's unclear whether Bi Lüo and Xiao Qing were still fast asleep, but Yan Mo had already fumbled his way out.

  "What happened." Her voice was still gentle, but slightly tense.

  "It's alright, you go back and rest first." As he spoke, Shen Du waved his hand grandly, a golden yellow sword aura covering the rooftop, successfully defending against the ice swords falling from the sky.

  But in doing so, the sword energy within him was consumed even more rapidly, as if the sand he held in his hand was suddenly swept away by a strong gust of wind.

  "What's wrong, why haven't you made a move yet?" The young man stood at a distance of three zhang away from Shendu.

  This is a distance that is extremely difficult for evenly matched opponents to kill each other with one move, and also an extremely intelligent distance.

  Shen Dou couldn't help but secretly admire his cleverness. Earlier, when he retreated swiftly, he ordered his subordinates to charge forward, which was merely an opportunity for him to gauge Shen Dou's swordsmanship and power.

  Shen Du killed dozens of ice demons with one sword, and he didn't dare to move forward rashly anymore, but kept this safest distance.

  "There's a stain in your heart, and it seems like you're afraid to draw your sword against me." The young man continued to provoke Shen Du.

  Shen Du glanced at the remaining light, and Jian Yan had already retreated to the back of the door. He took out the jade bottle that Fei Lu gave him from his bosom, swallowed two Dan pills, and instantly doubled his power. His strength suddenly soared to the peak of Sword King, bordering on the barrier of Sword Emperor.

  At this moment, a golden yellow sword energy burst out from Shen Dou's orange long sword, but Shen Dou did not act rashly. Only the sound of "humming" was heard from his hand, and the sword body emitted a dazzling golden light that illuminated the entire night sky.

  That young man was shocked by the sight and retreated more than three zhang again.

  Shen Du's face, however, was tinged with a sly smile as he said in a low voice, "Opening up distance? That's a tactic that only works for opponents of equal strength. Now, our strengths are on two completely different levels, and this distance is utterly useless." Before his words had even faded away, Shen Du's figure suddenly vanished.

  A golden light flashed behind the young man.

  "Ah!" The young man dodged at lightning speed, but still couldn't escape unscathed. His left arm was severed by Shen Dou's long sword, and his eyes gleamed with a fierce and terrifying light. "You, this feud will not be settled until I have my revenge! You wait, I will make you know my power!" With that, his figure moved and he vanished into the dark night.

  Looking in the direction that young man had left, Shen Du sheathed his sword, but his face was filled with worry. He walked slowly to the eaves of the house and found that the ice demons he had just killed had all turned into snow water.

  "They were originally transformed from ice and snow, I really don't know how many years of cultivation it would take to cultivate a human form, but now they have become nothing in an instant."

  *sigh*

  With a heavy sigh, Yan Mo, Xiao Qing and Bi Lao almost simultaneously walked out of the room.

  But all were speechless.

  After all, they have always been somewhat repelled by Xiao Qing...