Swordsmanship Coach: Kill with One Slash

Chapter 310: Chapter 200: The Sword Shattered

"Heh heh."

"It seems I was blind."

"To think we’ve fought this long, and I only now realize you haven’t come here in your true body."

The Death Monarch looked at Li Longxuan with some surprise.

He was, to some extent, astonished. He never imagined this era would produce such a prodigy, someone so powerful they could fight him to this extent without even being their true self. If his main body were here, he’d likely have been slaughtered long ago.

Although, he wasn’t at his full strength either.

After all, he was a product condensed from the Secret Realm’s energy, possessing only about eighty or ninety percent of his power. Still, he was by no means weak. By that measure, Li Longxuan’s strength was simply outrageous.

"Not his true body?"

When Tong An heard this, the complicated expression on his face eased considerably. It seemed that with the realization he wouldn’t actually kill Li Longxuan, his inner conflict came to an end.

"Good eyes."

Li Longxuan chuckled and reached for the glowing needle at his waist. His right hand erupted with force, and with a sharp CRACK, the needle shattered into two pieces that shot away.

A single attack,

of course, was not enough to finish Li Longxuan.

Li Longxuan was, after all, an exceptional existence among Tier Eight Powerhouses. Even a direct attack from another Tier Eight Powerhouse would find it incredibly difficult to kill him.

However,

that needle had disrupted Li Longxuan’s combat rhythm, creating a flaw in his previously perfect bladework. Once that flaw appeared, Li Longxuan was naturally at a disadvantage in his struggle against the Death Monarch.

Clearly,

this was a golden opportunity,

and the Death Monarch had no intention of letting it slip by. He shed his previous composure, a hint of excitement creeping into his demeanor.

"Hahaha."

"I told you before, I was going to give you a grand gift. Are you satisfied with it?"

As his voice fell, he shot toward Li Longxuan. In an instant, his twin blades transformed into tens of thousands of slashes, hacking down on his opponent.

The moment Li Longxuan tried to strike as he had before, he could feel the sequence energy in his lower abdomen, causing him to frown slightly. As a result, the ferocity of his bladework inevitably weakened by a fraction.

One grew weaker, the other stronger.

The gap between the two was instantly highlighted.

Immediately after, the Death Monarch spun, his short blade stabbing toward Li Longxuan from a bizarre angle. The attack was like a ferocious tiger descending a mountain, a white tiger’s roar, its murderous aura carrying a savage force that landed squarely on Li Longxuan.

BOOM!!!

An explosion of blade light erupted in the air. Li Longxuan’s body was sent flying, turning significantly more transparent. He had clearly been severely injured in this exchange.

Rampant killing intent surged within him, making his already difficult situation even more precarious. He tried to launch a slash similar to his previous ones, but the impact of that last blow was too great.

Li Longxuan could no longer solidify the space beneath his feet. His entire body plummeted from the sky, smashed into the ground below by the old man, creating a massive, deep crater.

By this point, the people below had long since evacuated.

Under Liu Ming’s arrangements, the injured members of the special organization had already left the main battlefield. Li Yu, however, had been watching intently. When he saw Li Longxuan crash to the ground, his whole body trembled.

But he remained hidden in a concealed spot, not revealing even a hint of his presence, his eyes fixed on the scene outside.

The Death Monarch stared down from above, his eyes eerie and his expression ferocious.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the battlefield, Su Xing sent the Sick Monarch flying with a kick.

"Hahahaha."

"In a situation like this, even if you kill me now, what can you do? Do you really think a mere Tier Six can change the course of this battle?"

The Sick Monarch laughed with wild arrogance.

"..."

He noticed Li Longxuan. He naturally also noticed that the situation for Li Longxuan and Li Yu was not looking good. This ignited an unprecedentedly strong killing intent in him toward the Sick Monarch.

"Then I’ll just have to... kill you, won’t I?"

"Hahahahaha!"

"Don’t tell me you think—!!!"

The Sick Monarch’s laughter hadn’t even finished when Su Xing appeared before him at an unbelievable speed. At the same time, his "Aura" enveloped his arm. His fist, like a sword, instantly pierced through the other’s head. Blood gushed from the Sick Monarch like a fountain as he stood there, stunned, like a wooden dummy.

Su Xing gave the Sick Monarch a cold glance.

’The Secret Realm hasn’t disappeared,’

’which is to be expected.’

Although the Sick Monarch was indeed the master of the Secret Realm, the fact that he could appear so brazenly in a place like this meant he must have had an escape plan to save his own life.

To survive,

everyone would do everything in their power.

The Sick Monarch was no fool, and Su Xing had never treated him as one. Su Xing never thought that simply killing him would end it, but he knew with absolute clarity that Li Longxuan needed his help right now.

Even though he was just a projection,

if Li Longxuan was defeated,

almost no one here, besides himself, would be able to escape safely.

That was absolutely not an outcome Su Xing wanted to see.

...

「Somewhere else in the Secret Realm.」

The Sick Monarch’s eyes snapped open, his forehead drenched in cold sweat. He never imagined that Su Xing could unleash such terrifying, suffocating power.

’He actually...’

’I actually couldn’t react at all. Yes, not even the slightest reaction before I was killed on the spot.’

The disparity was so significant that even for someone like the Sick Monarch, a figure from a thousand years ago, this resurrection left him momentarily stunned.

He knew perfectly well,

that although he had a backup plan and hadn’t truly died,

if the main battle was lost, he couldn’t hide here forever. He would be discovered sooner or later, and at that point, he would truly have no chance of survival.

’But...’

’will the main battle really be lost?’

Thinking of his arrangements for the main battle, the Sick Monarch couldn’t help but admire his own prudence. He had actually arranged for two Tier Eights. It would be incredibly difficult for Li Longxuan to stop them on his own.

’As for that damn brat...’

The Sick Monarch thought of Su Xing’s face, and naturally, his power and methods.

But he was only a Tier Six. Even if he could kill him, it only proved he had the power of a Tier Seven. The difference between Tier Seven and Tier Eight was like the difference between heaven and earth. Even if he could kill his current self, it didn’t necessarily mean he could have any effect in a battle between Tier Eights.

What’s more, there were two Tier Eights.

Even if he could hold off one of them, it would just be a two-on-two fight. The outcome would still be uncertain.

Thinking of this,

the Sick Monarch nodded in satisfaction.

As long as they could win this battle, his chances of resurrection would increase dramatically—it would be a near certainty. This also meant he would revive and return to the mortal world far sooner than his compatriots who had entered the Celestial Human Tomb.

"Heh heh... I will repay the grudges from back then, one by one."

the Sick Monarch murmured.

...

「On the other side.」

Su Xing glanced at the Sick Monarch’s corpse, which had gone completely limp, then shifted his gaze back toward Li Longxuan in the distance. In the deep crater, Li Longxuan’s significantly faded body gripped the edge with one hand. Then, a head of disheveled hair slowly rose into Su Xing’s line of sight.

"..."

’The situation is really bad.’

Su Xing’s eyes flickered. He instantly realized the two Tier Eight Powerhouses were standing by.

That Tier Eight Sequencer clearly had no intention of pressing the advantage, but the Celestial Being who called himself the Death Monarch had no such reservations. To him, exploiting an enemy’s weakness was not just an option, but a necessity.

As the saying goes,

kick a man while he’s down.

The Death Monarch descended from the sky, a man-eating cruelty surfacing in his pitch-black pupils. Blood dripped, drop by drop, from the long saber in his hand.

Now was the time to completely disperse Li Longxuan’s projection. If a powerhouse like Li Longxuan was given a moment to catch his breath, there was no telling what kind of unpredictable reversal might occur.

CRACK. The sword shattered.

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