Swordsmanship Coach: Kill with One Slash

Chapter 216: Chapter 154: Beginning of the Great War

Su Xing clenched his fists.

He could feel the layer of white light granting him extremely formidable Defense Power and attack power, but beyond that, Su Xing couldn’t yet sense if it had any other functions.

With a bit of control,

the faint white light seemed to retreat into his body, vanishing before his eyes.

’This upgrade...’

’I’m pretty sure my strength has increased by more than just ten percent.’

Su Xing murmured to himself.

He knew exactly how much stronger he had become.

If Su Xing were to face that Bishop again, the fight certainly wouldn’t be a life-or-death struggle like last time.

Now,

after just a few exchanges,

Su Xing’s power would transform into an unstoppable, terrifying advantage, engulfing and overwhelming his opponent like a natural disaster.

"Phew."

Su Xing let out a long breath.

These days, every upgrade took him several days.

It was far more troublesome than in the beginning,

when he could complete a breakthrough in a single night.

Perhaps this was the price of growth.

On the table, as usual, was a note from Lu Anning. This time, however, it was a little different, because it contained three stark words:

"There’s trouble, Coach."

"Hm?"

’There’s trouble?’

Su Xing froze for a moment.

He immediately grabbed his clothes from the nearby cabinet, picked up the phone from the table, and headed for the door.

As Su Xing picked up his phone,

he was startled to see dozens of missed calls, all from Su Yu. Whatever it was, it seemed truly urgent.

But he had been in the middle of a breakthrough,

so Lu Anning and Su Yu probably hadn’t dared to wake him directly.

Su Xing pulled on his shirt and hurried to the Sword Hall’s training hall, only to find it empty. Lu Anning, Xiao Yu, Su Yu, his uncle—they were all gone.

"Hello."

Seeing this, Su Xing quickly dialed his younger brother’s number. After a brief yet seemingly endless wait through the ringing tone, Su Xing spoke slowly.

The long breakthrough had left his voice a bit hoarse, but Su Yu didn’t care about that at all. He answered as soon as he saw it was his brother calling and said:

"Brother, there’s trouble!"

Su Xing didn’t say anything, and Su Yu continued without pause:

"The Martial God Hall sent people."

"They claim they need to fight the calamity and protect all of humanity, so they’re demanding we hand over the mirror we got from killing the Spirit Realm being."

"The mirror?"

"Yeah, Brother."

"Those people from the Martial God Hall believe the Special Organization has the mirror. If we don’t hand it over, they said they don’t mind going to war."

...

Su Xing was silent for a moment.

He never would have imagined the Martial God Hall would go to war with the Special Organization for such a reason.

As for their claim about saving humanity,

Su Xing was skeptical. The Martial God Hall might indeed know something, but starting a war with the Special Organization right before a disaster was about to strike had nothing to do with saving humanity.

It could only mean that the arrival of the Celestial Human Tomb

was disadvantageous for the Martial God Hall as well.

’But...’

’what use is the mirror to the Celestial Human Tomb?’

Su Xing didn’t quite understand. He took the broken mirror, crisscrossed with several cracks, out from his clothes and examined it for a long while, but he couldn’t see any novel use for it.

Then again, it made sense. Su Xing was a Martial Artist, after all. His fighting style was direct and straightforward; researching items like this was never his forte.

"Brother?"

"Hm... It’s nothing."

Su Xing broke the silence. "What about Lu Anning, Xiao Yu, and my uncle?"

"I moved Lu Anning and Xiao Yu to a safe place. If a war really breaks out, I was afraid the Sword Hall would be too conspicuous caught between the three factions, and you still hadn’t woken up, Brother. As for Uncle, he’s right here next to me."

As soon as he finished speaking,

his uncle’s somewhat gruff voice came through the phone.

"Xing, I’m here with Su Yu."

"The two of us are at the old house now. If you want to find us, you can come here."

"Brother, you told me before..."

"Shh."

Su Xing said softly, "The item is indeed with me."

"But..."

"I’m worried that even if I hand it over, they’ll still go to war with the Special Organization. Or rather..."

"The mirror."

"It might not be their only reason for war."

Su Xing said worriedly.

"What do you mean?"

Su Yu asked, puzzled.

"Does the Special Organization have something else they want?"

"Su Yu, do you know why the Martial God Hall went to war with the Special Organization in the first place?"

Su Xing asked.

"I know a little."

"The higher-ups once said that the people in the Martial God Hall wanted to control the world’s order of Extraordinary Beings themselves."

"They claimed that only if they were in control could the world possibly avoid the coming catastrophe and disaster. How could anyone agree to that? On top of that, friction between the two sides kept escalating until it finally erupted into open war."

...

Su Xing was silent for a moment.

Based on what Su Yu said, the Martial God Hall had known about the Celestial Human Tomb for far longer than he had imagined.

In that case, during the long period the Martial God Hall was gone,

even if they were just treading water, they must have researched the Celestial Human Tomb extensively. An organization like that wouldn’t suddenly do something for no reason.

’Demanding this mirror from the Special Organization either means the mirror is truly important, or their true intentions lie elsewhere, and there’s something even more important they want to get from the Special Organization.’

’If it’s the first case, why would the Martial God Hall send someone as mediocre as Cao Qing to snatch the mirror?’

’Both the Special Organization and the Spirit Realm have publicly known eighth-rank Extraordinary Beings. To be safe, they should have sent at least a seventh-rank, or even an eighth-rank, agent. That would be the logical thing to do.’

"So..."

Su Xing muttered.

’Perhaps the mirror is of some use to them, but it’s more likely that the Special Organization possesses something even more useful than the mirror. That’s the only thing that would make the Martial God Hall willing to go to such lengths.’

’But if that’s really the case, a war between the Special Organization and the Martial God Hall is completely unavoidable, unless the Special Organization is willing to back down—which is almost impossible.’

’Most importantly... what exactly does the Special Organization have?’

Thinking this,

Su Xing suddenly understood why Li Longxuan had been so insistent on attacking the Spirit Realm.

Because if they didn’t attack,

they wouldn’t have stood a chance.

The Special Organization would have been besieged by two other powers.

Although the Martial God Hall and the Spirit Realm have different goals and ideals—the Spirit Realm even leans towards letting the Celestial Human Tomb descend—

the Martial God Hall doesn’t see the Spirit Realm, with only two people left, as a threat. They would definitely prioritize allying with the Spirit Realm to annihilate the Special Organization, or at least to get what they want.

As for the Spirit Realm,

they certainly wouldn’t pass up such an opportunity.

Only by eliminating the Special Organization would they get a chance to breathe. How to deal with the Martial God Hall afterward would be a problem for later. Who knows, maybe the beings from the Celestial Human Tomb would arrive ahead of schedule.

"So, what?"

Su Yu asked, confused.

Su Xing thought long and hard. He had nearly come to the conclusion that this battle was inevitable. But if war broke out, the death toll could very well surpass that of the great war before.

’What if the Martial God Hall... really only wants this mirror?’

Su Xing was no saint, but he didn’t want to see such utter devastation either. The people who would die could very well be people he once knew—ordinary people with no power at all.

"Hah..."

Su Xing let out a soft breath.

He fiddled with his phone and said quietly,

"The mirror is indeed with me. It’s not much use to me, so I don’t mind giving it to you, but..."

"But?"

Su Yu pressed.

"I need you to first find out the Special Organization’s stance on this war. It’s possible the Organization has something they want, too."

Su Xing said calmly.

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