Chapter Eighty: The Blood Sword Leaves Its Scabbard

  Chu Cheng slowly turned around and saw a familiar person.

  About seventeen years old, wearing a strong suit, with a fierce complexion and sharp eyes, like an eagle.

  Xiang Jia, Xiang Tianling's second son, the late Xiang Zixuan's second brother, Xiang Zijian.

  Toward the three sons and one daughter of Tianling, the three sons toward Zixuan were favored and pampered, spoiled brats. However, this time Zi Xian was not a spoiled brat at all, but a ruthless and venomous character.

  He was sent to Wangdu at a young age and entered the door of Chen Daojian, the guest minister of Chu State, and followed Chen Daojian to practice swordsmanship.

  At the age of seventeen, Xiang Zijian has already condensed a few drops of blood essence and his qi and blood are stable. It is clear that he has taken solid steps in his cultivation without any pretence.

  He now appears at a location on the stairs, apparently through twenty-six floors and four hundred sixty-eight steps, one step at a time.

  Such a person, let alone towards Zixuan, even if it were Sun Yanzhao of the Sun family in Jinyao City, might not be as good as him!

  At this time, towards Zijian slowly drew out the treasured sword hanging from his waist, the sword tip directly pointing at Chucheng, his voice icy and cold:

  "Chu City, you ambushed and assassinated my third brother Xiang Zixuan. The matter has already been exposed. Today, I will avenge my third brother and behead you with my sword! Fire Big Brother, forgive me for the rudeness!"

  Before his voice had fallen, he was like a ghostly figure, suddenly appearing in front of him. His treasured sword moved slightly, creating a dazzling illusion, and stabbed towards the seven major vital points on Chu Cheng's body!

  This person's swordsmanship is indeed superior to Sun Yan's!

  However, Chu Cheng had been pondering swordsmanship since he was in his mother's womb. In terms of time alone, he was not inferior to Xiang Zijian, let alone the fact that if one were to talk about comprehension, he was actually above Xiang Zijian.

  The corners of his mouth slightly curled up, Chu Cheng grasped the long spear with one hand, and with a sudden lift, the spearhead pointed straight at Zi Jian's throat. He actually didn't care about Zi Jian's sword light, and was willing to exchange lives, determined to kill him!

  Every inch of growth is an inch of strength gained.

  Guns are longer than swords, which means the effective killing range is above that of swords. So Chu Cheng's seemingly irrational behavior was actually the most effective way to fight.

  Zi Jian's expression didn't change, and he let out a cold hum. Then, with a turn of his sword, he actually used the tip of his sword to block the tip of the spear, stopping Jing Guang's long spear. The sword light that had just split off, however, didn't change at all, continuing to shoot towards Chu Cheng.

  Chu Cheng was slightly surprised.

  Zi Jian unexpectedly reached the level where he could transform his Xuanli into sword light, and even achieve a one-to-seven transformation. His strength is not simple at all.

  But what's the difference?

  Chu City didn't dodge or evade, stretched out his right hand, and drew a circle in front of him. A thick Xuan force followed the trajectory of Chu City's fingers, drawing a circular Xuan force shield in mid-air, blocking the sword light.

  Then, Chu Cheng's fingers moved rapidly, and he actually used his Xuanli as ink, his fingers as a brush, and the void as paper to draw out a Seven Kill Heaven Symbol. From within the Heaven Symbol, an invisible treasure sword quickly emerged, shooting towards Zi Jian.

  This is his deeper understanding of the Seven Killings Heaven Symbol, and without exhausting his vital energy, he can mobilize 30% of the power of the Seven Killings Heaven Symbol.

  With 100% power, he can kill Sun Yan and heavily injure Red William. Then with 30% power, he can also force back Xiang Zijian.

  As expected, towards Zi Jian's face changed slightly, he suddenly retreated three steps, then swung his sword to block the attack. He blocked ten consecutive times before finally neutralizing the power of Chu Cheng's Seven Kills Heaven Symbol.

  His face was also slightly flushed, obviously his vital energy was surging, and he had just barely managed to cope with the Seven Kills Heaven Symbol of Chu City.

  Chu Cheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he had a good grasp of Xiangzi Jian's true strength. He moved his fingers again, and another Seven Kills Heaven Symbol was drawn out, but this time it was a short gun that was pulled out.

  Then, Chucheng continued to take action, a seven-killing club, a seven-killing wolf-toothed rod, and finally a seven-killing arrow, surrounded and attacked towards Zijian.

  "Chu City!"

  He let out a loud roar towards Zijian, stretched out his arms, and a pair of illusory eagle wings appeared on his back. He flapped them slowly, lifting off the ground and flying into the sky.

  Right after that, the fly's wings quickly differentiated into twenty-three arrow-like feathers, shooting towards Chu City. Among them, sixteen were used to counter the four Seven-Killing Weapons, while the other seven targeted the seven major weaknesses of Chu City.

  Chu Cheng smiled, his hands moved swiftly, a symbol was drawn, and a silver-armored soldier emerged, holding up a silver shield to block all seven feathered arrows.

  This is the Silver Armor Heaven Soldier's Snow Symbol, summoning out a Snow Heaven Soldier. Its strength is only three-tenths of that of a true Snow Heaven Soldier, but it can still block one blow, which is enough.

  The next moment, Xue Tianbing threw the silver shield with force, and it flew towards Zi Jian. His true body immediately dissipated and disappeared.

  This was a blow that used all of his strength, exhausting all of Zhōu Xuě Tiān Bīng's power, causing his body to disappear.

  The precious sword in Zi Jian's hand chopped down in front of his chest, cutting off the silver shield, but his body flew backward for five or six meters, almost crashing into the wall of Wenyu Building.

  Zi Jian was shocked and furious.

  He had no idea that Chu Cheng, who was originally just an ordinary person, had grown to this extent in such a short period of time! Moreover, what's even more frightening is that this person's profound strength is clearly not as deep as his own, and their realm is obviously lower than his. However, their vital energy seems to be even stronger than his own, and their combat methods are also more brilliant than his!

  "Chu City, surrender now!"

  He let out a loud roar at Zi Jian, pouring all his dark energy into the sword in his hand. The sword flew out of his hand and shot towards Chu Cheng.

  At the same time, he turned his palms into claws, with both paws glowing bright red, and a faint fiery light flashing, apparently having already merged the Blood Essence and Blood Fire into his paws.

  This is the Eagle Claw technique of the Heaven Eagle Fist, an extremely vicious and deadly move. One claw can tear apart the opponent's body, taking their life in an instant.

  Although Xiang Jian followed Chen Daojian to learn swordsmanship, his foundation was still the Tianying Formula!

  Chu Cheng let out a cold hum and swept his long spear, sending that treasured sword flying, but his face was also grave.

  Zi Jian's skills were indeed powerful, and the Tianying Kui was also quite formidable. He had already sensed the scent of blood and gore from those sharp claws, and it seemed as if there were vengeful spirits and ghosts wailing in the darkness. If he wasn't mistaken, the number of people who had died at the hands of these eagle-like claws was not less than 800 or 900.

  This is the real killer move against Zijian!

  But what is Chu City afraid of!

  A brilliant golden light flashed by, and the Golden Holy Robe of Cancer appeared on his body. On Chu Cheng's hands were those golden lobster fist guards, emitting a mysterious and obscure Geng Jin killing aura.

  Chu Cheng clenched his fist and then opened it, turning his fist into a claw. He wanted to compare with Xiang Zijian to see whose claws were stronger.

  Chu Cheng had never cultivated any Xuan Gong in terms of fist and claw, but his divine fetus was much stronger than that of the same level, so in terms of physical quality, he was not at all inferior to Zixin, and might even be above him. So, he had every confidence to go up against him.

  Bang!

  A golden voice rang out, Chu City and Xiang Zijian's two claws intersected, then immediately separated.

  This sudden blow caused Zijian's face to turn very unsightly in an instant, while looking at Chucheng, a hint of a smile appeared on his face.

  Toward Zijian's physical body, it is inferior to Chucheng!

  At this time, Chu City was one drop of blood essence less than when it had fought a life-and-death battle with Sun Yang's platform, but its divine fetus was even stronger, and its actual combat strength had also risen to another level.

  So towards Zi Jian although stronger than Sun Yan, still has to be suppressed by him, can't gain even a slight advantage.

  "Alright, alright! Chucheng, today I will definitely settle the score with you!"

  He glared at Zijian, gritting his teeth, then suddenly stretched out his hand and beckoned, recalling the treasure sword. He held the sword in his right hand, crossing it over his chest, with his left hand pressed against his heart, muttering to himself:

  "My master is above, I am unworthy as a disciple. Having encountered a sworn enemy, I was unable to defeat him. Today, I have no choice but to use forbidden techniques to slay the powerful foe! Afterwards, I will definitely come knocking on your door to apologize and accept my punishment!"

  He turned his left palm into a finger, pinched up the sword tip, and on it was a thick blood light, as if it had condensed not just one drop of blood essence.

  Then, towards Zijian Sword, point at the treasure sword and wipe it off along the hilt direction towards the sword tip.

  Above the sword, a stream of blood light flowed and entered the treasure sword. Then the treasure sword's blood light surged, a terrifying pressure slowly emerged.

  "Dripping Blood Sword Points, Treasure Sword Unveils! Blood Sword Emerges!"

  Then, the tip of Zi Jian's sword pointed to the tip, and his five fingers tightly grasped the hilt, allowing the sword to cut through his palm. Blood gushed out, flowing from the tip to the hilt, and wherever it passed, a blood-colored scabbard appeared in mid-air.

  The scabbard of this sword has strange patterns engraved on it, and it's obviously not ordinary.

  "Bloody Sword Palm, Treasure Sword Returns to Scabbard, Scabbard Emerges!"

  Then, he slowly drew his treasured sword in front of Zi Jian with a solemn expression.

  The treasure sword was drawn out inch by inch from the scabbard, and every time an inch was drawn out, the scabbard would disappear by an inch. The blood that had transformed into a scabbard transformed into a wisp of bloody air and slipped into the treasure sword.

  Finally, when the treasure sword was completely unsheathed, its powerful pressure caused many strong masters of the Ninth Drop Blood Essence to frown and circulate their mystical energy to stabilize the surging blood in their bodies.

  "This is... Chen Daojian's Blood Sword Unsheathe Technique. Once unsheathed, it must kill a person, or else it will kill itself! If it can't kill the opponent, the blood sword will continue to drink blood, drinking the opponent's vital energy and its own vital energy, increasing the treasure sword's power, continuing to slaughter enemies!" Someone exclaimed in amazement.

  "It seems that the grudge against Chucheng has reached a life-and-death point. With this forbidden technique, Chucheng will undoubtedly die!" someone else said.

  "No surprise, Chen Daojian is just an ordinary guest, not even ranked in the Chu State Guest Team, but with his Blood Sword and Huanxue Shendao techniques, few people dare to provoke him. Chu City, it's doomed."

  ……

  Upon hearing these people's discussions, Ling Die'er suddenly became anxious and looked at Huo Fangfei beside her, urging: "Huo Big Brother, quickly save Chu City, hurry!"

  Huofeng Yu smiled slightly: "Die'er, have you taken a liking to that young man? You've always had high standards, yet you're actually interested in someone else? However, that young man is quite good, and he also has an extraordinary father who keeps a low profile, as well as an astonishingly talented older brother..."

  Ling Die'er's face turned red with shame: "Fire Big Brother, what are you saying! Hurry up and save Chu Cheng ah, he's going to be killed!"

  Huāng Yǔ smiled slightly and shook her head: "The son of Chǔ Tiān Gē, the younger brother of Chǔ Yǎn, how could he be killed so easily? Don't worry, that Chǔ City is not simple!"