Invincible Dad-Chapter 548 548: The Dark Clouds Disperse, Qingfeng Ceases_1
"Fool."
Xu Yiyi complained, but her eyes were smiling. Of course she hadn't left.
The life-or-death crisis had passed. She picked up a withered branch from the ground and stared blankly, as if she had entered a meditative trance.
Seeing his daughter's sweet smile, Xu Lai inwardly cursed. This is bad. He wasn't worried about his daughter's meditative state, but that rotten kid Qian Xiao had obviously caught her eye. Xu Lai's teeth itched with irritation. How had he forgotten about this? Isn't this just helping that rotten kid Qian Xiao pursue my own daughter?!
The Heavenly Dao sensed the sudden surge of frustration from The Supreme Emperor and quietly took a step back. Feeling that wasn't enough, it retreated several more steps to maintain a safe distance, terrified of becoming The Supreme Emperor's punching bag.
* * *
"This kid is somewhat strange." The girl riding the seahorse frowned slightly. She looked at Qian Xiao, whose massive body emanated a pressure equal to their own, and said coldly, "Kill him first."
"Kill!"
Without any hesitation, the twelve Great Demons attacked at once. They struck in perfect harmony from twelve different angles, leaving Qian Xiao no way to defend or resist!
SQUELCH—
In that instant, Qian Xiao suffered the combined peak strike from twelve Great Demons. He had taken the path of the Primordial Giant's body forging and even had a rough grasp of the Blood Ignition secret technique. Even so, he now cried out in agony. Numerous dense wounds appeared on his limbs and body as blood flowed continuously, soaking the already blood-red sand.
"Ahhhhhh!"
The screams echoed across the island, startling the birds hiding in the treetops and alarming Haitang and Deng Shu.
By now, out of the twenty-one prodigies who had entered the island for the trial, only five remained uncaptured. Apart from Xu Yiyi and Qian Xiao, there was the lone wolf Deng Shu, Bai Yuan with her Godspeed Talisman, and the girl she had saved.
Deng Shu, Bai Yuan, and the others were being pursued relentlessly. Though they had fled separately, they all knew they needed to gather their strength to escape the island. Unaware that Xu Yiyi and Qian Xiao were being besieged by the Great Demons, they all rushed toward the source of the screams.
But when they got close, they saw Qian Xiao. His body was a massive ten feet tall, yet he was being besieged by twelve Sea Demons that emitted a terrifying pressure. Bai Yuan, who had previously held a grudge against him, felt a flicker of nervousness. Without any hesitation, she sent her last remaining Godspeed Talisman flying toward Qian Xiao. "Quick, catch the Godspeed Talisman and run!"
Qian Xiao was beaten so badly his bones were visible, putting him on the brink of death. His dimming eyes suddenly widened. He swung his fist with all his might, sending the Great Demon that had just severed one of his arms flying. With his remaining right arm, he reached out to grab the Godspeed Talisman.
With this talisman, Big Sis Yiyi can leave this place!
With his life force almost completely depleted, Qian Xiao held onto this single thought, allowing his body to crumble under the attacks of the other eleven Great Demons.
Just as he was about to touch the talisman, a dark shadow suddenly leaped up and snatched the golden-glowing talisman from the air.
In that fleeting glance, Qian Xiao saw a familiar face. It was Deng Shu!
"Give me back my talisman!" Qian Xiao shrieked, his voice on the verge of tears.
Big Sis Yiyi has been standing behind me in a daze this whole time. I don't know what's wrong with her. Without the talisman, how can she leave? How will she escape the pursuit of these twelve terrifying monsters?
"Heh." Deng Shu sneered as he affixed the talisman to himself. Then, he stomped his foot toward Qian Xiao's face. "The Godspeed Talisman was refined by the Dao Sect's own Sect Master. It's extremely precious. Are you worthy of using it? Just die here with that little wench!"
BOOM!
His foot descended on Qian Xiao like a colossal mountain. Despair filled Qian Xiao's heart. With the Godspeed Talisman used, the last glimmer of hope for survival was extinguished.
The twelve Great Demons paused in unison, their gazes filled with mockery as they watched the sudden drama unfold. The self-destructive Human Race was particularly laughable.
While the Great Demons were thinking this, Xu Yiyi, still in her meditative state, opened her eyes. They were as calm as still water. She glanced at Qian Xiao, then she looked at Deng Shu and closed her eyes again.
SWOOSH—
With the withered branch in her hand, Xu Yiyi made a very simple forward slash. The entirety of Gudu Island was peaceful. This sword strike, made with a withered branch, seemed like a joke.
"A sword technique?" Deng Shu sneered, about to bring his foot down faster on Qian Xiao's head.
A gentle breeze began to stir. Dark clouds rolled in. In that instant, Deng Shu suddenly felt a coolness on his forehead. He subconsciously touched it. Something warm and wet was flowing.
What is that? Is it raining?
Deng Shu's body suddenly went limp and began to fall. He saw that half a corpse was falling along with him. It had been cleaved straight down from the top of the head, the body split perfectly in two!
That person looks like me, but it can't be me… With this thought, Deng Shu saw that the sword strike from Xu Yiyi's withered branch had torn the sky asunder.
The bodies of the twelve surrounding monsters were silently split in two. The mockery on their faces was frozen in place, making them look particularly ridiculous.
What a powerful sword. What a powerful intent. What a powerful strike!
Deng Shu's heart was filled with shock, and then... there was nothing. His bisected corpse fell to the ground, his organs and blood spilling out. He had truly been split in half.
"..."
Haitang and the talented young girl she had rescued were completely dumbfounded. Although they had just arrived, they could vaguely sense that the twelve dead Sea Demons possessed an aura even more tyrannical than their own masters. Did Xu Yiyi's silent sword strike really just kill twelve Ninth Grade Great Martial Sect members?!
The Faceless Spider was just as astonished.
However, Xu Wandao of the Blade Sect, who like Qian Xiao was near death, let out a harsh laugh. "Heh, heh-heh… Of course. She is Senior Xu's daughter. That single sword strike alone would give the Penglai Sword Pavilion enough to study for three hundred years."
"Shut up!" the Faceless Spider roared in fury. "Kill her! Kill her for me!"
The hundreds of thousands of Sea Demons surrounding the island swarmed toward Xu Yiyi at its very center. As they swept past a gigantic turtle shell, the captured young prodigies shivered in fear, holding their breath, terrified of being discovered.
Xu Yiyi's eyes remained closed. She leaped lightly into the air, catching the enormous, yet now half-mutilated, body of Qian Xiao in her arms.
"B-Big Sis Yiyi…" Qian Xiao managed to speak. He didn't know why, but the Big Sis before him felt slightly unfamiliar. But she was so cool. So cool that he suddenly wanted to live a little longer. Even just a little while—just long enough to look at her a couple more times.
Xu Yiyi didn't speak. In silence, with her eyes still closed, she unleashed her second sword strike.
RUMBLE!
This strike was no longer a silent breeze. Guided by her Sword Intent, countless bolts of lightning descended from the churning thunderclouds, crashing down into the horde of Sea Demons. In a single instant, over ten thousand were killed or injured.
But the Sea Demons, as if unafraid of death, continued their crazed surge forward with bloodshot eyes.
And so, Xu Yiyi swung her sword for a third time.
With this strike, the dark clouds scattered. The breeze stopped. Bright moonlight pierced through the night, showering its glow upon the island.
Chapter 548 548: The Dark Clouds Disperse, Qingfeng Ceases_1
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