Swordsmanship Coach: Kill with One Slash

Chapter 313: Chapter 202: Surprise

It seemed like an ordinary sword strike, but veins began to throb on Tong An’s forehead. A powerful, overwhelming intuition seized his heart, screaming frantic warnings.

But Su Xing’s speed was simply too fast.

His body moved fast enough to leave afterimages, but his arm was even faster, and with the enhancement from "Ruin," the distance between them closed in an instant.

Although Tong An was a Tier Eight,

he had never seen anyone move this fast.

He hadn’t just never seen it; he’d never even heard of anyone capable of such speed. All he could do was watch helplessly as the blade struck him.

Though Tong An was wracked with guilt, when faced with certain death, instinct took over. He fought back with all his might, desperate to survive.

The Sequential Energy unique to a Tier Eight Transcendent instantly condensed into a field to block Su Xing’s all-out attack. However, the field offered no resistance whatsoever; it couldn’t even slow Su Xing’s movements for a fraction of a second.

The terrifying force of Su Xing’s sword instantly pierced through Tong An’s field of Sequential Energy.

BOOM!!!

A tremendous roar echoed between heaven and earth. A massive crater appeared in the ground, and the already deep pit sank even further.

With Tong An at the epicenter, the ground for a kilometer in every direction caved in, forming a shape like two large bowls stacked one inside the other.

BOOM!!!

Dust and smoke billowed into the air.

The cloud of debris obscured everything, making it impossible to see what had happened within.

Su Xing, however, was unaffected by the flying dust. The space beneath his feet solidified, allowing him to stand in midair and gaze down at the severely wounded Tong An in the pit below.

Under the effects of "Ruin,"

Su Xing’s realm was now completely indistinguishable from that of a Tier Seven. This granted him the power to fight a Tier Eight and also gave him a much stronger ability to manipulate space, allowing him to perform feats like floating in midair.

"Cough..."

Amid the swirling dust, Tong An violently coughed up a mouthful of blood. A crimson trickle ran from the corner of his mouth.

"..."

The light in Tong An’s eyes had dimmed; his life was clearly at its end. But he was a Tier Eight Extraordinary Being, and he would never kneel and beg for mercy. A sharp, murderous aura began to coalesce around him once more as he tried to rise for one last, desperate battle against Su Xing.

But Su Xing was no gentleman.

He had no intention of waiting for his opponent to get back on his feet for a "fair fight." What greeted Tong An was the Sparrow Sword, which had shot back from a distance. It had clearly completed its mission of escorting the members of that special organization to safety.

As the saying goes,

Strike him while he’s down and finish him off.

The Sparrow Sword shot through Tong An’s head in an instant. An ear-splitting scream rang out. For an ordinary Extraordinary Being, such a wound would have been instantly fatal, impossible to survive by any means.

But a Tier Eight was different.

The vitality of a Tier Eight Transcendent was always astonishing. Su Xing had been able to obliterate the Death Monarch so easily only because the Monarch’s existence was highly unusual. Tong An, however, was a true Tier Eight who had reached his level through sheer cultivation. It would take more than these two blows to kill him.

He would need at least one more strike.

"..."

Tong An collapsed to the ground. Shoving aside the rubble, he saw the sword coming for him again and let out a furious roar.

"AHHHH!!!!"

The instant he roared, an aura of Sequential Energy flared to life at Su Xing’s side. One after another, weapons forged from pure light energy materialized around him.

Ten of them.

Ten weapons in total.

Each one radiated a primeval aura. Clearly, the original weapons were no mundane artifacts, and even these replicas of pure light couldn’t be far behind in power.

The moment they materialized, all ten weapons slashed at Su Xing from every direction. It was an all-encompassing assault, leaving him no room to dodge.

Strictly speaking, this was Tong An’s first real attack on Su Xing. It was a classic desperate gambit—using offense as defense to force a trade and create an opening.

’Unless...’

’Unless Su Xing is a madman too, someone willing to take my full-force blow just to finish me off. Otherwise, he has to dodge. As long as he doesn’t just tank the hit, I’ll have a brief window to catch my breath.’

It was a fleeting chance,

but a chance nonetheless.

It would be just enough time for Tong An to figure out how to survive this desperate plight.

And indeed, under normal circumstances, Su Xing would have dodged. Even in his "Ruin" state, taking a direct hit from an attack like this would be taxing, and he might even be severely wounded.

But,

Tong An had miscalculated one thing.

Su Xing had never feared injury.

Minor wounds, serious wounds, even injuries that left him with just a single breath—it was all the same to Su Xing. As long as he was still alive, he could fully recover in a matter of hours, or a few days at most.

Therefore,

could Tong An kill Su Xing in a single blow?

The answer was obvious: he absolutely could not. So what could Tong An possibly do to him?

Why would Su Xing even need to dodge?

SCHLICK!!!

The sound of blades sinking into flesh rang out.

Su Xing felt a sharp, raw pain, but it was far from a serious injury. A look of utter terror filled Tong An’s eyes. He had never imagined Su Xing could be so vicious!

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