Swordsmanship Coach: Kill with One Slash

Chapter 249: Chapter 170: Night, Part 2

"Hmm..."

Su Xing picked up the beast core from the deep pit.

Suddenly,

he noticed something different.

Previously,

perhaps because he had acquired such a large quantity at once,

or because the spirit beasts he killed were all of similar strength, with few clear differences in power, Su Xing had never noticed this self-evident fact.

Namely,

each spirit beast provided a different amount of Sword Dao Points.

Indeed,

that was how it should be.

It was just the peculiarity of his system. Every time Su Xing gained Sword Dao Points, it would enter a tallying state, and he was completely unable to discern the specific number of Sword Dao Points in each beast core.

However,

that didn’t really matter.

The more beast cores, the more Sword Dao Points. There was no need to consider such unnecessary questions.

’Now...’

’I have to get out of here first.’

Su Xing thought to himself.

In order to ambush the three vanguards, Su Xing had lured them to a narrow place. But now, their corpses were blocking the entrance so thoroughly that he found himself somewhat stuck.

"..."

Su Xing glanced at the wooden house behind him and the pile of corpses in front. Logically, since they were dead, it should be easier to move them apart,

but it was a gory mess of flesh and blood. If he could avoid touching it, Su Xing would naturally prefer to find another way out.

Thus,

Su Xing immediately drew his sword and faced the rear.

VMM! KRAK!

The entire wooden house paused for an instant, then exploded in a tragic scene of total collapse. Weathered planks of wood, bearing the marks of time, rained down, completely burying the site of the one-sided slaughter.

’The sky seems to have gone dark.’

Su Xing thought, gazing at the heavens.

When he first entered, the sky had been somewhat dark, but it was more like the transition from dusk to night. Now, it had become completely dark.

Although,

Su Xing came from an era where Spiritual Qi was depleted,

he knew full well that nighttime was when beasts were most active. This was likely true for spirit beasts as well. Moving around at night meant he would probably encounter more of them.

If it were anyone else,

they would have found a place to rest.

But Su Xing couldn’t suppress the anticipation in his heart and continued onward.

...

「Deep within the Spirit Realm.」

The female centaur was still sitting alone.

Only,

her face now clearly showed rage.

As the queen of her race, she could naturally feel the pain of her offspring’s death. It was no different from losing a daughter.

"Heh heh..."

"It seems a bold one has appeared in the Spirit Realm after centuries of quiet. Since you want to play with me, you had better hope I don’t catch you!"

An icy voice,

echoed ceaselessly here.

At the same time,

countless centaurs outside,

emitted sounds similar to their queen’s.

Clearly,

Su Xing had made a serious enemy this time.

Of course,

Su Xing knew none of this.

And even if he did, he wouldn’t have cared about such trivial matters.

Because,

he would just kill them as they came.

If worrying could solve problems, what would be the point of having strength?

"Hmph."

Hearing the cries of her offspring outside, the female centaur’s mood improved somewhat. But then, as if she had thought of something, her gaze shifted in a certain direction, and she murmured,

"It’s been over a hundred years. None of the other spirit beasts dare to provoke me, and those fellows from the Spirit Sect are basically asleep all day. Could it be that an outsider has come in?"

Indeed,

she was no fool, after all.

Having calmed down, she immediately realized that an outsider might have arrived.

But,

besides Su Xing,

the other four outsiders had yet to do anything. They were just quietly exploring a dense, snow-covered forest.

...

The snow forest,

was, in fact, just a forest covered in snow.

Rustling sounds continued, as clumps of snow fell from above. Lin Yiming, standing at the very front, glanced at the darkening sky and suddenly remembered something recorded in ancient texts.

Night,

was when danger appeared.

His long experience in a special organization had conditioned him to be cautious. He instinctively scanned the surrounding woods, his heart in his throat as he braced for any unpredictable accidents.

"Everyone, be careful."

Although Lin Yiming hadn’t detected any imminent danger, he still spoke with great seriousness.

After all,

this was the Spirit Realm,

not the familiar Xia Country.

"Goddamn it."

A man’s low voice swore.

Lin Yiming frowned, subconsciously thinking the man was being rebellious and was about to talk back to him. But when he turned his head to look at the man, his own frown deepened.

Because,

he saw the skeleton of a spirit beast.

right beneath a snow-covered tree.

"How could this be?"

"In a godforsaken place like this, why would a spirit beast die here?"

Lin Yiming said, puzzled.

Their group had been walking here for a very long time, but along the way, besides the trees, this corpse was the first thing they had seen that had any connection to life.

Death,

meant danger.

The four of them were all from the organization and had experienced countless dangers. Naturally, they wouldn’t overlook such an obvious hint.

The expressions on all four of their faces,

had clearly grown much more serious.

Just then, the light dimmed at a visible rate. It was as if someone had flipped a switch for the entire world, instantly turning the dimness into complete, pitch-black darkness.

"Everyone, take out your flashlights."

On this trip, they had prepared almost everything, unlike Su Xing, who was alone and had prepared nothing.

But,

just as his words fell,

a blue moon suddenly appeared in the sky.

The blue moonlight,

fell upon everyone,

making the forest much brighter.

It wasn’t clear if it was an illusion, but the spirit beast skeleton lying there seemed to twitch. To be precise, it didn’t just twitch; it was more like something had floated out of it.

"What is that?"

"What is that thing!"

One of the members was the first to spot it, but he didn’t react immediately. By the time he did, it was already too late.

In an instant,

the thing that had floated out of the skeleton pounced on him like a ghost.

"Fuck!"

"Help me!"

The man had no intention of acting tough. He immediately activated his ’sequence’ and yelled for his three teammates, who were still observing, to quickly help him out of his predicament.

The Spirit Realm,

a place that devours people, bones and all.

If you died here, not only would your body be used, but your very soul would become a resource for others.

The other three reacted quickly, attacking together and instantly blasting the ghost in front of the man into thin air.

The ghost’s strength wasn’t high,

or rather,

this ghost’s strength wasn’t high.

The four of them easily dealt with the ghost’s harassment.

But,

when the four of them looked up at the sky,

they discovered...

an innumerable, dense swarm of ghosts.

These things were like hunters roaming in search of food. And these ghosts, though dead, were once spirit beasts.

Spirit beasts,

naturally loved to eat humans.

At this thought, goosebumps rose on all four of them. One of them quickly pulled the other three down into a crouch, hiding beneath a huge tree.

If,

if the four of them were discovered,

forget about investigating the Spirit Sect’s location; they probably wouldn’t even survive the night.

After all, an Extraordinary Being wasn’t a superman. When faced with a massive number of enemies, victory was impossible unless there was a huge disparity in power, or unless the Extraordinary Being was a Martial Artist possessing an extremely powerful physical body.

All four of them realized this.

But,

they couldn’t just stay here forever.

They had to,

cautiously and slowly move forward,

trying their best not to be discovered by these things.

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