Chapter929:YunQueandYunHai

ThepoweroftheDragonSoulwasimmense,andeventheprinceoftheGreatXiainhistyrannicalstateposedathreattoYunXi.

Ontheotherhand,usingthispowerwithahero-rankedbodycamewithagreatcost.

Theprincipleofequivalentexchangeistruemostofthetime.

Inthisshowdown,evenbeforetheDragonSoulMomentreacheditsfive-minutelimit,XiaJiecollapsedduetohisbodybeingwornout.Hehadseizuresandfoamedatthemouth.

"I...Irefuse..."

"I...canstillfight!"

Whiletwitching,XiaJiekeptstaringatYunXi,whowasslowlyputtingawayhisMistGhostSword.Hehadanunwaveringdetermination.

TheBlackCavalrysoldiersnexttothemeffortlesslyliftedtheirprince,coordinatingwitheachothersilently,andleftthearena.

"Don’t...Icanstillfight!Icantakeontenofthemwiththiskindofsissyattitude!"DespiteXiaJie’sprotests,theBlackCavalrysoldiersstillcarriedhimaway.

There’ssomethingoffaboutthesepeople.

YunXifinallyreleasedhisgripontheMistGhostSwordandsheatheditbehindhisback,onlyafteralltheBlackCavalrysoldiershadretreated.

Fromthebeginningtotheend,evenwhenXiaJieenteredthemodeofatyrant,YunXinevertrulyusedallhispower.Thereasonforthisliesinthesesilentandreservedblackknights.

TheintangiblepressuretheygivetoYunXiisstrongerthanthatoftheGreatXiaprince,whowearstheBlackFlameDragonArmor.

ComparedtoXiaJie,whobecomesfuriousbecauseofhissister,thesesilentknightsmakeYunXievenmorevigilant.

PerhapstheirequipmentisnotasgoodasXiaJie’sGodWeaponset,buttheiraura,asiftheyhaveemergedfromabattlefieldfullofdeath,farsurpassesXiaJiewhoreliesonthepoweroftheGodWeapon.

"Congratulations...Youhavedefeatedmybrother,"XiaLingcuriouslylookedattheincomparablybeautifulyoungmanbeforeher,whoseemedalmostinhuman.

Withanappearancethattranscendsgender,achillyanddistantdemeanorthatkeepspeopleatadistance,andtheindifferentgazeuniquetotheGhostSwordDomain.

Howcouldsuchanextraordinaryswordgeniusbeunknowntotheworld?

And,shewasalmostcertainthattheswordwasdefinitelyoneofthepartsofthelegendary"SkySword",alsoknownasthe"HundredGhostsSword".

Theswordsmanwhopossessedthe"HundredGhostsSword"intheGhostSwordDomainhadastatusequivalenttothetrueheiroftheSkySwordandoneofthefuturesuccessorsoftheGhostSwordDomain!

Itwasincrediblyunbelievablethatshehadneverheardofsuchapersoninthepast.

"Inthatcase...youarequalified..."Inordertoavoidgivingherselfaway,YunXicouldonlypretendtobeascoldasice.

BeingfromtheGhostSwordDomainbackgroundturnedouttobeadvantageousatthismoment.

"Yes,welcometotheteamoftheGreatXiaSwordDomain."

"Trustme,youwon’tbedisappointed."XiaLingwastwohundredpercentsatisfiedwithYunXirightinfrontofher.

Genius,itwassomethingonlygeniusescouldunderstand.

FromYunXi’seyes,shesawashadowthatresembledherself.

Besidesthesword,nothingelsemattered.

Inpursuitoftheultimatewayofthesword,hewaswillingtosacrificeeverything.

Itwasonlywithsuchobsessionthatonecouldsurpasstheboundariesbetweenheroesandlegendsandopenthedoortotheultimatepower.

Throughouthistory,allthosestrongatthelegendrankwere,tosomeextent,peculiar.

"SinceyouhavealsoheardthecalloftheWhiteLotusSecretTreasure,let’strytogetherandseewhowillultimatelybefavoredbytheWhiteLotusSecretTreasure."

"Tellme,whatisyourname?"

Afteramomentofsilence,YunXifinallychoseanamethatwoulddeeplyresonatewithhim.

Thatlonelyfigure,perhapstheywouldnevermeetagain.

"MynameisYunQue."

Meanwhile,atthecampofGhostSwordDomain.

Aredcloakflutteredinthewind,carryingahintofholinessandthescentofdeath.

AcrossfromhimstoodZiYuan,thefutureheirofGhostSwordDomain.

ShehadanothernameattheWhiteLotusSwordPalace-YinSu,oneofthetopthreeskilledheroesandtheholderofthe"HundredGhostsSword".

VeryfewpeopleknewthatYinSuwasnotahuman,butacloneofZiYuan,oneofseveralsimilarclones.Thesecloneswerecreatedasaresultofthespecialabilitiesgrantedtotheholderofthe"HundredGhostsSword".Inexchange,theytransformedcompletelyintospirits,devoidofanyhumanvulnerabilitiesandthelimitationsofahumanbody.

TheGhostSwordDomain,aforbiddentechniqueoftheGhostSwordDomain,canonlybemasteredbythosewhopossessthe"HundredGhostsSword".

Tosummonshadowyspirits,onemustalsotransformintoaspiritthemselves.ThisistheforbiddenpowerinheritedbythepreviousholdersoftheHundredGhostsSwordthroughouthistory.

AttheWhiteLotusSwordPalace,YinSu,whocompetedwiththeprincessoftheGreatXia,XiaLing,wasjustoneofZiYuan’sfourspiritclones.

Andnow,intheWhiteLotusSwordDomain,theoneparticipatinginthecompetitionfortheWhiteLotusSecretTreasureisthetrueformofthecurrentleaderoftheHundredGhostsSword,whohasgatheredalloftheirclones.

Shesimplysattherequietly,naturallyemanatingacoldaurathatmadethesurroundinglifewither.Thegazeshefixeduponthered-clothedarcherwascalmandundisturbed.

(TranslatedbyGravityTales妫ｅ啯袗)

Itseemedasthoughnothingintheworldcouldstiranyemotionwithinher.

Whereshestood,alargeamountofghostlyenergyspreadout,keepinghumansaway.

"Iwilljoinyourteam,"saidthered-clothedarcher,theirbloodyauragrowingstrongerafterexperiencingthelife-and-deathtrialsoftheBloodEssence.

Theirdeterminationintheireyesbecameevenmoresteadfast,abeliefthattheywouldnevergiveupnomatterthesetbacks,evenifitmeantpayinganypricetoachievetheirgoal.

"TheTenLeafAlliance...Whyhavetheychosenme?"murmuredZiYuan,asshelightlytwistedherhairaroundherfingertips,catchingthescentofdeathemittedbytheassassinbeforeher,ascentsurpassingthatofoverahundredthousandpeople.

Howmuchkillingtookplacefortheretobesuchbloodshed?

Howmanybattlefieldswerecrossedtoforgesuchasteelwill,shininglikeglass?

"Becauseyouarethestrongest...mypartner,"hechosethiscampforaverysimplereason.

AmongalltheseekersoftheWhiteLotusSecretTreasure,agirlnamed"ZiYuan"hidesthemostterrifyingpower,theabilityclosesttovictory.

Oncethathiddencardisrevealed,theentireWhiteLotusSwordDomainwilllikelybeturnedupsidedown.

Ifhehadn’tpushedhimselftothelimitintheprevioustrial,combinedwithhisinnatetalentasadarkfairy,heprobablywouldnothavediscoveredthetruth.

"It’spossible...aslongasyou’renotafraidofdeath,"ZiYuanchuckledlightly.

Suchaninterestingfairy,hehadneverencounteredonelikeherbefore.

Eventhoughshewascoveredinbloodyclothes,wearingwrappingsthatreekedofcorpses,didshereallythinkshecouldhidefromtheghostsoftheunderworld?

"Tellme,whatisyourname?"

Thearcherintheredclothesfrownedandfinallysaidaname.

"YunHai."