Chapter 360: The Divine Marquis of Jun Mountain (1)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The pitter-pattering autumn rain turned the world into a misty blackish-blue color.
Waves hit the edge of the io,ooo-square-foot stone platform again and again. Hundreds of ships rose and fell with the waves, and the entire lake fell into a deathly silence.
Under the gaze of ten thousand people, a white-haired old man wearing an armored skirt with a naked and muscular upper body walked to the towering wordless stele step by step like a mountain. His expression was neither happy nor angry, but the ferocious qilin at his waist looked like a giant beast that had devoured his stomach as it stared at the thousands of ants below the stage.
The people who came to Jun Mountain Terrace to watch the excitement were not only the Jianghu people at the bottom. Due to Qiu Tianhe’s reputation, almost all the Jianghu heroes in Ze Province and the surrounding areas had come.
On the nearest large ferries were Tu Province’s Thousand Crane Villa, Jiang Province’s Xiao Mountain Fortress, and even the heroes of the Heavenly South’s Jianghu. If not for the fact that Wu Province had just encountered chaos and couldn’t even protect itself, half of the twelve sect masters of Wu Province would have come.
When Xuanyuan Chao, who had been sitting in the position of Saber Chief for nearly 50 years, appeared, everyone walked out of the deckhouses and greeted him.
“Hero Xuanyuan…”
“Divine Marquis, we haven’t seen each other for a few years, but you’re still as elegant as ever…”
Xuanyuan Chao’s long hair fluttered in the wind. He didn’t respond to the Jianghu juniors he knew or didn’t know. He just stared at the small black boat between the gaps with his hawk-like eyes.
On the black boat, Qiu Tianhe ignored the shocked gazes of the brats and stood calmly at the bow. “Xuanyuan Chao, last year, your son bribed disciples of the Pacifying Heaven Cult to inform the Imperial Court and got me sent to the Black Office’s dungeon. Have you ever thought that I would benefit from the disaster, regain my freedom, and stand here openly?”
Clang!
Xuanyuan Chao stabbed his Jun Mountain Saber into the stone brick beside him and raised his head slightly in the rain. “Sabermen speak with their sabers. If you want to reason with my unfilial son, you can go down and talk to him in person later.”
Buzz!
The hundreds of famous figures in Jianghu not far away were in an uproar when they heard this. They understood the news that just spread from Wu Province’s Jianghu was true. Xuanyuan Hongzhi should really be dead.
When Xuanyuan Chao said this, he no longer planned to spar. He had made it clear in advance that he wanted to kill. If Qiu Tianhe went on stage, he couldn’t blame Xuanyuan Chao, who had just lost his son, for being too heavy-handed.
Qiu Tianhe knew himself. He looked down on Xuanyuan Chao’s character, but he had never underestimated Xuanyuan Chao’s saber skills. He knew better than everyone present whether he could defeat him or not.
But he was already being targeted. Xuanyuan Chao obviously wouldn’t agree to let him leave. What lay in front of him was nothing more than a spectacular death befitting a saberman or fleeing in embarrassment before dying.
A fierce battle was inevitable. Qiu Tianhe didn’t say anything else. With a tap of his foot, he flew up from the blue waves and landed on the edge of the io,ooo-square-foot stone platform.
Both sides had new and old grudges. They stood on the arena that determined life and death and didn’t say anything.
Rustle, rustle, rustle!
Under the drizzle, the originally noisy lake became completely quiet.
Qiu Tianhe stood quietly in the rain and stared at the burly figure who was a head taller than him.
Xuanyuan Chao’s long hair fluttered in the wind. After glancing at Qiu Tianhe with his sharp eyes, he seemed to have lost interest. He turned to look at the ships on the lake, as if he were looking for someone.
This casual attitude in the life-and-death arena was undoubtedly a form of contempt.
Qiu Tianhe gripped the saber in his hand and stepped forward. “Why don’t you put your saber on your back first?”
The essence of the Dragon Slaying Decree was the ‘One-Step Retreat, Bowing Saber Spring’. Just like the Eight-Steps Frenzied Blade, the position where the saber rested was fixed. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to start the attack at the fastest speed.
The surrounding martial artists were a little puzzled when they saw this scene.
Xuanyuan Chao didn’t look at Qiu Tianhe and replied calmly, “In the past, fighting in the arena was a spar. It was a competition to see whose moves were better. Today, I’m going to kill, so 1 won’t follow your routine.”
Qiu Tianhe frowned and slowed down.
After all, Xuanyuan Chao’s words were not arrogant, but he was prepared to take action seriously.
The Jun Mountain Saber was too heavy. Only by bending over and springing the saber with the back could people start the attack quickly. For this reason, all the saber users were studying how to break this starting stance so that they could press the Dragon Slaying Decree to death in one move.
In the past, when Xuanyuan Chao accepted challenges on Jun Mountain Terrace, he had never made other moves. He would just use the ‘Bowing Saber Spring’ and let others try to break it.
Xuanyuan Chao fought using the moves of the Dragon Slaying Decree. As long as a saber user had some foundation, they could withstand one or two moves without dying. After all, the moves were clear. If they couldn’t fight, they could dodge.
If Xuanyuan Chao didn’t use this approach, people wouldn’t be able to guess how he would attack. They could only rely on their explosive power, eyesight, reaction speed, saber attainments, and other comprehensive strengths. If they were slightly weaker, Xuanyuan Chao would be able to determine their life and death with a single strike.
Qiu Tianhe’s gaze focused slightly, and he ignored all the sounds outside the arena. He focused all his attention on observing Xuanyuan Chao’s stance, aura, and even gaze, wanting to figure out his opponent’s tactics first.
Unfortunately, Xuanyuan Chao was as stable as a boulder. Everyone knew that they would die if he hit them, but they just couldn’t figure out how this boulder would hit them.
The two of them were hundreds of feet apart, but Qiu Tianhe walked for a long time. His speed became slower and slower, and he didn’t make a move even when the rain became heavier.
The surrounding Jianghu people held their breaths. Many of their faces turned red, but no one urged the two people on the arena.
When the distance between them was 100 feet, Qiu Tianhe had already finished thinking of all the possible moves of Xuanyuan Chao’s saber. He didn’t hesitate any more and held his saber hilt with his right hand.
Clang!
A white light suddenly appeared on the stone platform!
Qiu Tianhe’s figure exploded. In the blink of an eye, he had already disappeared from everyone’s sight. When they saw him clearly again, the snow-white saber was stabbing toward Xuanyuan Chao’s spine from the left side..
Chapter 360: The Divine Marquis of Jun Mountain (1)
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
The pitter-pattering autumn rain turned the world into a misty blackish-blue color.
Waves hit the edge of the io,ooo-square-foot stone platform again and again. Hundreds of ships rose and fell with the waves, and the entire lake fell into a deathly silence.
Under the gaze of ten thousand people, a white-haired old man wearing an armored skirt with a naked and muscular upper body walked to the towering wordless stele step by step like a mountain. His expression was neither happy nor angry, but the ferocious qilin at his waist looked like a giant beast that had devoured his stomach as it stared at the thousands of ants below the stage.
The people who came to Jun Mountain Terrace to watch the excitement were not only the Jianghu people at the bottom. Due to Qiu Tianhe’s reputation, almost all the Jianghu heroes in Ze Province and the surrounding areas had come.
On the nearest large ferries were Tu Province’s Thousand Crane Villa, Jiang Province’s Xiao Mountain Fortress, and even the heroes of the Heavenly South’s Jianghu. If not for the fact that Wu Province had just encountered chaos and couldn’t even protect itself, half of the twelve sect masters of Wu Province would have come.
When Xuanyuan Chao, who had been sitting in the position of Saber Chief for nearly 50 years, appeared, everyone walked out of the deckhouses and greeted him.
“Hero Xuanyuan…”
“Divine Marquis, we haven’t seen each other for a few years, but you’re still as elegant as ever…”
Xuanyuan Chao’s long hair fluttered in the wind. He didn’t respond to the Jianghu juniors he knew or didn’t know. He just stared at the small black boat between the gaps with his hawk-like eyes.
On the black boat, Qiu Tianhe ignored the shocked gazes of the brats and stood calmly at the bow. “Xuanyuan Chao, last year, your son bribed disciples of the Pacifying Heaven Cult to inform the Imperial Court and got me sent to the Black Office’s dungeon. Have you ever thought that I would benefit from the disaster, regain my freedom, and stand here openly?”
Clang!
Xuanyuan Chao stabbed his Jun Mountain Saber into the stone brick beside him and raised his head slightly in the rain. “Sabermen speak with their sabers. If you want to reason with my unfilial son, you can go down and talk to him in person later.”
Buzz!
The hundreds of famous figures in Jianghu not far away were in an uproar when they heard this. They understood the news that just spread from Wu Province’s Jianghu was true. Xuanyuan Hongzhi should really be dead.
When Xuanyuan Chao said this, he no longer planned to spar. He had made it clear in advance that he wanted to kill. If Qiu Tianhe went on stage, he couldn’t blame Xuanyuan Chao, who had just lost his son, for being too heavy-handed.
Qiu Tianhe knew himself. He looked down on Xuanyuan Chao’s character, but he had never underestimated Xuanyuan Chao’s saber skills. He knew better than everyone present whether he could defeat him or not.
But he was already being targeted. Xuanyuan Chao obviously wouldn’t agree to let him leave. What lay in front of him was nothing more than a spectacular death befitting a saberman or fleeing in embarrassment before dying.
A fierce battle was inevitable. Qiu Tianhe didn’t say anything else. With a tap of his foot, he flew up from the blue waves and landed on the edge of the io,ooo-square-foot stone platform.
Both sides had new and old grudges. They stood on the arena that determined life and death and didn’t say anything.
Rustle, rustle, rustle!
Under the drizzle, the originally noisy lake became completely quiet.
Qiu Tianhe stood quietly in the rain and stared at the burly figure who was a head taller than him.
Xuanyuan Chao’s long hair fluttered in the wind. After glancing at Qiu Tianhe with his sharp eyes, he seemed to have lost interest. He turned to look at the ships on the lake, as if he were looking for someone.
This casual attitude in the life-and-death arena was undoubtedly a form of contempt.
Qiu Tianhe gripped the saber in his hand and stepped forward. “Why don’t you put your saber on your back first?”
The essence of the Dragon Slaying Decree was the ‘One-Step Retreat, Bowing Saber Spring’. Just like the Eight-Steps Frenzied Blade, the position where the saber rested was fixed. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to start the attack at the fastest speed.
The surrounding martial artists were a little puzzled when they saw this scene.
Xuanyuan Chao didn’t look at Qiu Tianhe and replied calmly, “In the past, fighting in the arena was a spar. It was a competition to see whose moves were better. Today, I’m going to kill, so 1 won’t follow your routine.”
Qiu Tianhe frowned and slowed down.
After all, Xuanyuan Chao’s words were not arrogant, but he was prepared to take action seriously.
The Jun Mountain Saber was too heavy. Only by bending over and springing the saber with the back could people start the attack quickly. For this reason, all the saber users were studying how to break this starting stance so that they could press the Dragon Slaying Decree to death in one move.
In the past, when Xuanyuan Chao accepted challenges on Jun Mountain Terrace, he had never made other moves. He would just use the ‘Bowing Saber Spring’ and let others try to break it.
Xuanyuan Chao fought using the moves of the Dragon Slaying Decree. As long as a saber user had some foundation, they could withstand one or two moves without dying. After all, the moves were clear. If they couldn’t fight, they could dodge.
If Xuanyuan Chao didn’t use this approach, people wouldn’t be able to guess how he would attack. They could only rely on their explosive power, eyesight, reaction speed, saber attainments, and other comprehensive strengths. If they were slightly weaker, Xuanyuan Chao would be able to determine their life and death with a single strike.
Qiu Tianhe’s gaze focused slightly, and he ignored all the sounds outside the arena. He focused all his attention on observing Xuanyuan Chao’s stance, aura, and even gaze, wanting to figure out his opponent’s tactics first.
Unfortunately, Xuanyuan Chao was as stable as a boulder. Everyone knew that they would die if he hit them, but they just couldn’t figure out how this boulder would hit them.
The two of them were hundreds of feet apart, but Qiu Tianhe walked for a long time. His speed became slower and slower, and he didn’t make a move even when the rain became heavier.
The surrounding Jianghu people held their breaths. Many of their faces turned red, but no one urged the two people on the arena.
When the distance between them was 100 feet, Qiu Tianhe had already finished thinking of all the possible moves of Xuanyuan Chao’s saber. He didn’t hesitate any more and held his saber hilt with his right hand.
Clang!
A white light suddenly appeared on the stone platform!
Qiu Tianhe’s figure exploded. In the blink of an eye, he had already disappeared from everyone’s sight. When they saw him clearly again, the snow-white saber was stabbing toward Xuanyuan Chao’s spine from the left side..
