"Luzhuxian! You are doomed!"
Luu Qingyun looked coldly at Luzhuxian, who was dodging and retreating, her eyes full of killing intent.
"It seems that today, I won't die."
Sensing the change in Luu Qingyun's tone, Luzhuxian's heart relaxed.
A Shadow Stabber of the True Refinement Realm Six, only Lu Qingyun herself could detect and intercept it.
Compared to herself, in Lu Qingyun's mind, the life of Lu Qinghe would ultimately be much more important.
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"Young Master Lu, be careful!"
"Steady the formation."
"Don't let the Shadow Stabber approach during the chaos!"
Snow Eagle Swordsmen and other disciples were in a panic for a moment.
They not only had to be careful of the covert attacks of the Shadow Stabber, but also had to face the besiege led by Longyue and the Dragon Eagle swordsmen. The situation was extremely dangerous.
One of the Snow Eagle swordsmen was even pierced by a sword; if she hadn't evaded at a critical moment, that sword would have taken her life.
"Damn it, there's actually a Shadow Stabber present! The Shadow Stabber is a natural assassin! Qiu Long, an inner disciple, how could he nurture a Shadow Stabber!? The blood and crystal nucleus of the Shadow Demon, are not something an inner disciple can buy! The resources needed to cultivate a Shadow Stabber are enough to help him open up a new realm and step into the Elemental Unity!"
Caiyun watched the Snow Eagle swordsmen in a dire situation, feeling extremely anxious.
"Shadow Stabber!"
Lu Qinghe had heard rumors about the Shadow Stabber.
It was a wanderer in the darkness, a natural assassin.
It's a kind of half-human, half-demon monster formed through fusing itself and the Shadow Demon using the Shadow Stabbing technique.
Not only can a Shadow Stabber completely blend with the environment, but some powerful ones can make their aura completely disappear. They could be standing right in front of you, but you wouldn't be able to sense them at all.
Legend has it that the pinnacle-level Shadow Stabber can refine their own realm into a shadow realm and merge into the opponent's shadow. Such a terrifying Shadow Stabber is enough to move even an immortal.
The one in front of him had only reached True Refinement Realm Six, still a far cry from the pinnacle Shadow Stabber.
Even his concealment required a certain amount of time.
"Integration with the environment, similar to the ability of a chameleon, but even more terrifying than a chameleon..."
Lu Qinghe looked around, his mind flashing with the Qingping sword, his expression neither sad nor happy.
"Kill!"
At this moment, the confrontation between the Snow Eagle swordsmen and the Dragon Eagle swordsmen seemed to produce waves.
Following the shout from Long Ren, a follower of Lu Zhuxian, he tore open the chest of one of the Snow Eagle swordsmen, killing him in a brutal manner.
Having broken through the defense of the Snow Eagle swordsman, the first person he targeted was Lu Qinghe.
"Die!"
"Young Master Lu, be careful!"
Watching Long Ren approaching, Caiyun hurriedly shouted.
"Swish!"
At the moment when Long Ren approached him, he suddenly moved.
The sword edge clashed violently with the iron claws worn on his hands, and his true energy surged. His figure couldn't help but retreat repeatedly.
However...
By retreating, he managed to escape the encirclement of Long Ren.
"Damn it!"
Failing to hit his target wasted a precious opportunity. Long Ren cursed in anger and was about to pursue, but at this moment, a cold light appeared out of nowhere.
Shadow Stabber.
Long Heng, who had cultivated the Shadow Stabbing technique, finally made a move at this moment.
Seizing the critical moment when Lu Qinghe narrowly avoided Long Ren's strike, he struck decisively, aiming for a killing blow.
"No!"
"Young Master Lu!"
"Qinghe!"
This scene shocked Caiyun, the Snow Eagle swordsmen, and even Lu Qingyun, who had given up on pursuing Lu Zhuxian.
"Swish!"
A crucial moment!
Right when the Shadow Stabber Long Heng was about to complete that fatal blow, Lu Qinghe, who had retreated, suddenly shifted his position.
In the void, his figure flickered, as if it had turned into three figures.
One sword, three purifications.
The sword of Long Heng passed through one of the figures, but the other two figures suddenly converged behind him.
In that illusion, the two sword shadows suddenly condensed, piercing through Long Heng in an instant, to the astonishment in his eyes.
"You've seen through my actions..."
Long Heng widened his eyes, staring at Lu Qinghe.
Only he, only this shadow assassin can understand that every move of his has been completely seen through by Lu Qinghe, and everything is under the control of the other party.
Just now, being forced back by Dragon Blade, it was not a complete exposure of his weaknesses, but a trap...
A trap to lure him out, a trap to strike him down with a single blow!
"Hiding in front of me..."
Lu Qinghe chuckled lightly.
Contemplating the Qingping Sword, seeing through all aspects, no one can hide around him.
Is the shadow assassin terrifying?
But Lu Qinghe's special ability is precisely the nemesis of the shadow assassin.
"Chi!"
Blood light flashed.
Lu Qinghe's sword that pierced through Dragon Soul's forehead quickly retracted, then the sword edge swiftly turned, like a flow of light, generating three sword shadows in the process, confronting head-on the attack coming at him by Dragon Blade.
The Thirteen Flowing Sword - Small Killing Move, Three Light Sword Shadows!
"Bang!"
Flashes of fire.
Lu Qinghe's strike, long-planned and ready, while Dragon Blade, eager to pursue, had not fully mustered its peak strength.
Even though there was a huge gap in true energy between the two, the outcome of this clash still did not change in the slightest.
Dragon Blade's sharp iron claws were shaken away by Lu Qinghe's sword, and the straight-driving Moon Chilled Sword even severed his entire arm at the wrist.
Dragon Blade's eyes widened in anger.
Defeated!
Defeated!
He, a True Refinement expert at the sixth level, was actually defeated in a direct confrontation by a small fry at the fourth level of True Refinement, someone who, in his opinion, could easily be slaughtered.
He understood very well that in such a life-or-death duel, a small mistake, a little negligence, meant something...
"Wang Wei, maybe considered an opponent, but you... are far from it."
Lu Qinghe's expression remained calm, the Moon Chilled Sword steady to the extreme, not showing any fluctuation because of killing a True Refinement expert at the sixth level with his cultivation at the fourth level.
The sword edge flashed.
The Moon Chilled Sword, which severed Dragon Blade's wrist, pierced straight into his throat.
The change in his move was faster than expected.
Fourth-level True Refinement!
His Dragon Blade, seasoned in countless battles, died at the hands of just a few True Refinement sixth-level experts, but ultimately died at the hands of a practitioner at the fourth level of True Refinement...
With this kind of irony, disbelief, Dragon Blade's thoughts quickly extinguished, sinking into eternal darkness...
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Reversal!
Astounding reversal!
Lu Qinghe was forced back by Dragon Blade, facing the assassination of the shadow assassin Dragon Soul, and then suddenly displaying exquisite swordsmanship, killing Dragon Soul, and then slaying the pursuing Dragon Blade. This scene can be described as happening in an instant.
Every moment could only be described as awe-inspiring and unbelievable.
But...
It happened after all!
In a short moment, the situation had undergone an earth-shattering reversal because of Lu Qinghe!
The shadow assassin Dragon Soul, who posed a great threat to them, was dead!
Dragon Soul, the second strongest below Dragon Moon, was dead!
And these two terrifying experts had both died at the hands of one person.
Lu Qinghe!
In their eyes, the weakest person, with only a cultivation of the fourth level of True Refinement, needed to be protected in the very center!
"Lu Qinghe!?"
"Qinghe!"
"Young Master Lu?"
This result left everyone somewhat dumbfounded.
Caiyun, the Snow Eagle Swordsmaster, and others saw Lu Qinghe's figure in the mountain cave and found it strange—the speed attribute was not befitting of a True Refinement fourth-level cultivator.
And not long ago, in the crisis with Caiyun, Lu Qinghe came out of nowhere to save him with a sword, only that the crisis then was too urgent for her to ponder it.
But now...
"It's really you! Eagle Eye, it was you who killed him!"
Longyue let out a roar of anger, the sword swiftly spun, temporarily forcing Caiyun to retreat.
"Eagle Eye!?"
Caiyun and the Snow Eagle swordsmen thought of the accusation made by the Dragon Eagle swordsmen when they had just met Lü Qinghe. At that moment, they finally understood.
Especially Caiyun, a voice seemed to thunder in her mind.
"He wasn't lying! He really wasn't lying! Eagle Eye, the vice-captain of the Dragon Eagle Swordsmen's Thirteenth Squad, was killed in self-defense by him because he wanted to kill him!"
Excited, her swordsmanship seemed extraordinary, and for a moment, she even gained the upper hand over Longyue, with whom she had been evenly matched all along!
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"Haha! Good! Qinghe, excellent swordsmanship!"
The sudden change in events was most thrilling to Lü Qingyun.
She didn't expect Lü Qinghe to exhibit such amazing swordsmanship at this crucial moment, not only killing the Shadow Assassin Dragon Soul but also defeating the battle-tested peak-level cultivator Long Blade!
This kind of cultivation, if placed in the outer sect, would definitely be considered a true genius able to enter the top peak.
Once he breaks through to the peak-level cultivation of the Sixth Stage, he would be easily ranked in the top ten contenders for the peak.
Her older brother, Lü Qinghe, possessing such swordsmanship, how could it not fill her with astonishment!?
"Lü Qinghe... he's only at the Fourth Stage of the refining realm, how could he possibly kill the Dragon Blade who had fought his way out of life and death..."
Lü Zhuxian's eyes also widened in surprise.
Lü Qingyun, her talents could already be described as abnormal. In half a year, she had broken through from the Seventh Stage of the refining realm to the Ninth Stage!
But now...
Why was Lü Qinghe's talent not inferior to that of Lü Qingyun?
"That's enough!"
With the distraction of the Shadow Assassins gone, Lü Qingyun's entire focus was now on Lü Zhuxian. As she brandished her sword, before the sword could reach, a chill permeated the air.
"Uh-oh."
Lü Zhuxian was greatly alarmed, and he turned and fled, "Qingyun, we are of the same blood, why rush to kill each other?"
What awaited him was the ultimate move derived from the scattering and transformation of the shadow swordsmanship.
Shadow of Death.
"No! Stop! Don't..."
"Chk!"
Blood splattered.
This Lü Zhuxian, the thirteenth son of the Snow Sword Villa, who was theoretically considered the elder brother of Lü Qingyun, was directly cut down by a single sword.
"Those days are forever in the past. On the day I entered the Immortal Exhortation Sect, I swore to myself that I would be in control of my own destiny. No one will ever oppress the two of us again!"
Lü Qingyun looked at the lifeless body of Lü Zhuxian with a calm gaze, then slowly drew out her sword.
Then, without a single pause, she turned around and plunged back into the massacre of the Dragon Eagle Swordsmen.
The number of Snow Eagle Swordsmen was already greater than that of the Dragon Eagle Swordsmen, and with the arrival of Lü Qinghe, who was second only to Longyue in strength, they had completely overwhelmed the Dragon Eagle Swordsmen, while the arrival of Lü Qingyun had utterly crushed them.
In the end, all the powerful beings brought by Zilily, Lü Zhuxian, and Qiu Long were wiped out by Lü Qingyun's sword, not leaving a single person.
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