NOVEL WEB Chapter 388 Who Won?
Lin Xiao's face was icy cold, like a callous killing machine.
He walked straight up to Xiao Yi.
The longsword in his hand gleamed with a chilling, icy light. With a deadpan expression, he looked at Xiao Yi like he was merely an ant, "My Silent Arrow is coated with a deadly poison that seals the throat upon contact with blood. Even masters of the Dharma Manifestation Realm will meet their death if they're hit, you..."
Before he could finish,
Lin Xiao felt a blur before his eyes.
Xiao Yi, who had been lying motionless on the ground, suddenly disappeared from sight.
"Not good!"
Lin Xiao's face instantly changed.
Having always followed at Sun Yao's side and having experienced many battles, he had a strong instinctual sense of danger.
Almost at the same time,
Lin Xiao dodged to one side.
But Xiao Yi's cold sneer reached his ears, "It's already too late!"
Buzz!
Xiao Yi's palm suddenly loomed large in his pupils, grabbing Lin Xiao's face and with a fierce surge of strength, he slammed Lin Xiao's entire body toward the ground.
Boom!
Lin Xiao let out a muffled groan as his head struck the ground.
With one hand pressing on Lin Xiao's face, Xiao Yi charged forward, dragging Lin Xiao's head across the ground like a shovel tearing up the earth.
Dust flew up, and rocks scattered in all directions.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A vicious trail was left dozens of meters behind Xiao Yi.
A silvery light flowed within the palm of his hand, as surging Qi converged there, transforming into a silver ball of energy. With a dull buzzing sound, the ball expanded and finally exploded with a loud boom.
The energy ball completely enveloped Lin Xiao's body.
Boom!
The terrible energy surrounded Lin Xiao, as if countless palms were ripping apart his body from every direction, tearing it to shreds.
His body disintegrated into a shower of blood and flesh.
A prominent general at the peak of the Tao Tribulation Realm was utterly erased from this world!
All this happened in the blink of an eye.
Even Sun Yao could not react in time.
By the time he came to his senses,
Lin Xiao was already dead at Xiao Yi's hands. Sun Yao's pupils shrank in disbelief as he looked at Xiao Yi, "This is impossible... Weren't you hit by the Silent Arrow? Lin Xiao's Silent Arrow has never missed its target, you..."
Xiao Yi slowly came to his senses.
He cracked a smile.
Between his teeth was a black arrow.
In that critical moment...
Xiao Yi caught the Silent Arrow, capable of assassinating Dharma Manifestation Realm masters, with his teeth.
Hiss!
Sun Yao drew in a sharp breath.
The Silent Arrow was their military's secret weapon, fatal upon drawing blood, never known to fail.
Against all odds, without any defense, Xiao Yi managed to catch the arrow with his teeth, something utterly inconceivable.
Phew!
Xiao Yi spat out the Silent Arrow with a flick of his mouth, and with a swoosh, it struck Sun Yao's mount, a Fifth Layer Advanced Magical Beast Flying Dragon Colt. With a pitiful neigh, the colt collapsed to the side.
The deadly poison on the Silent Arrow sealed the throat upon contact with blood.
Even the Flying Dragon Colt, comparable to the peak of the Tao Tribulation Realm, succumbed to the poison and died instantly.
Hiss!
Everyone watched in horror at the scene.
When Sun Yao used the Silent Arrow to launch a sneak attack earlier, people felt he was despicable, and when faced with Nalan Qianqiu's questioning, Sun Yao justified it saying that in war, deceit is not uncommon, making everyone think of him as shameless.
But now...
People's impression of Sun Yao had turned exceedingly vile.
How could mere despicable and shameless describe him?
He was a ruthless, treacherous villain!
"Who would have thought Sun Yao was such a person?"
"He is still the head of Shanhe Martial Arts Academy. What future can the academy have under the leadership of such a person?"
"I heard that the Unparalleled War King's Mansion is the backer of Xue Yilou, which is full of assassins who lurk in the shadows, assassinating with treacherous means. It's no surprise Sun Yao would employ such methods!"
Listening to the discussions of the people, Sun Yao's face turned shades of green and white.
If his sneak attack had killed Xiao Yi,
it would have been a case of the victor being the king and the defeated the bandit.
No one would have dared to blame him one bit.
But now...
His sneak attack had not been successful. Instead, his favorite underling had been killed by Xiao Yi, the poisoning on the Silent Arrow had been exposed, and it was a failed surprise attack from the shadows.
In such a situation,
the image of Sun Yao in the eyes of the public had become synonymous with a sly and shameless villain.
Whoosh!
With a gloomy gaze, Sun Yao looked at Xiao Yi and said ominously, "Xiao Yi, knowing full well that the Nangong Family has submitted to my Unparalleled War King's Mansion, you still dared to publicly kill Nangong Shengtian. Now, you've even killed my beloved subordinate. This is nothing short of contempt and provocation towards my War King's Mansion. Today, even if I kill you in the street, no one can say a bad word against me!"
"Kill me? That will depend on whether you have the ability!" Xiao Yi said with a cold laugh.
Back in the imperial garden,
Sun Yao had provoked him time and time again.
Today,
he even wanted to put him to death.
How could Xiao Yi tolerate this?
"Seeking death!"
Sun Yao leaped into the air, rising instantly into the sky.
The black aura around him rose and sank, and in his hands, a silver longspear stood across the sky, its icy edge flickering at the tip like a cold venomous snake, baring its sharp fangs.
Hiss!
The longspear suddenly swept up, turning into a silver gleam that shot forth.
In the blink of an eye, it was in front of Xiao Yi.
The silver spear light obscured the surroundings, casting layers upon layers of silver light and shadow, surging unceasingly and turning into a massive silver wave. The wave, dozens of feet high, rushed towards him with overwhelming momentum, making the numerous buildings below tremble violently,
as if they could be shattered at any moment.
Xiao Yi stood proudly on the ground.
He looked up slightly,
watching the overwhelming spear shadows approaching, with a slight upward curve of his lips, he extended his right hand towards the void and beckoned, "Sword come!"
Swish!
Countless auras condensed into his palm.
The wind roared, and lightning flashed with thunderous might.
A longsword, formed from the cyan wind and purple-gold thunder, landed in his hand. This longsword was conjured by Xiao Yi using the force of heaven and earth along with his aura.
Holding the longsword in one hand, he slashed forward, "Parting the White Egret Islets with Indifferent Waters!"
Hum!
Multiple sword shadows flew out from the longsword.
As the endless sword shadows overlapped and merged with each other, they formed a tremendous sword shadow dozens of feet in length.
Boom!
Wind and thunder enveloped the sword shadow.
The howling wind and shaking thunder cracked the sky.
With one stroke of the sword,
the sky full of spear shadows was cleaved in half, the terrible noise deafening, roaring continuously. A dazzling white light forced the crowd of onlookers to instinctively close their eyes.
"It's so blinding... can someone tell me what just happened?"
"Who won? Who's the victor?"
In a chorus of astonished cries,
one could only hear a thunderous noise from the heavens, followed by the pervasive blinding light disappearing in an instant. Amongst the whistling sound of something slicing through the air, a figure was flung backward out of the vast whiteness.
As they regained their sight, everyone hurriedly looked towards the shadow...
"Who won?"