Chapter 2212: Confrontation of Sword Dao

In the dark, someone broke into laughter, “Who would have thought that Caini, who is so obsessed with the dao of the sword that she never cares about worldly affairs, would voluntarily come out…”

“But it now depends on whether the kid can defeat Caini. Alas, even if he loses, I’ll try to keep him even if I have to forsake this old face of mine.”

At the same time, Xuan Jiunyin couldn’t help but say, “Auntie, isn’t this bullying?”

Xuan Caini frowned, “In a confrontation of sword dao, winning or losing is trivial and nothing to be feared. You haven't become an Emperor yet, so you don't understand.”

The remark nearly choked Xuan Jiunyin to death. Sure, he hadn’t yet become an Emperor, but…how did this affect his understanding of bullying?

Clang!

A sword had suddenly appeared in Xuan Caini’s hand. At the same time, her snow-white hair straightened and then fluttered with uniformity like a hanging waterfall. She exuded a palpitating, bloodthirsty sword intent.

Her sword was a little over three feet in length and was two fingers wide. The blade was thick and blunt, and the tip was branded with dark-red, mottled spots of blood, like blood-stained plum blossoms.

Its presence immediately came with an aura that tore out long rifts in the void, producing ear-piercing bursts of noise as it did.

A very powerful sword!

This was the impression of everyone present.

In the grip of Xuan Caini's delicate hand, the sword seemed to be alive. It inhaled and exhaled sword qi as if it could not wait to drink the enemy's blood.

“Emperor Sword: Blood Drinker!” Xuan Jiuyin's pupils shrunk, not expecting Xuan Caini to draw her famous life-bound Emperor weapon before the fight had even started!

This Emperor-grade sword, dyed in blood, could be described as a peerless ferocious weapon. The crimson mottled blood on the blade represented all the Sword Emperors who had died to it!

As for those below the Emperor Stage, they were simply not qualified to leave a mark on Blood Drinker!

Even Lin Xun was alarmed at the sight of such a savage weapon who had drunk the blood of many Emperors. The sense of danger Xuan Caini gave him kept growing stronger.

“Where is your sword?” asked Xuan Caini.

“I don't have a life-bound Emperor sword yet,” said Lin Xun nonchalantly. “Of course, if you want to compete with treasures, there's nothing wrong with that.”

Some of the Xuan Clan elders in the shadows laughed.

To say such a thing to the face of a sixth realm Sword Emperor who was proficient in killing like Xuan Caini, he was either ignorant and fearless or possessed ample tricks and treasures in his arsenal.

In their opinion, Lin Xun was ignorant and fearless.

“It’s actually a good thing that Caini came forward. She’s stronger than everyone we’ve arranged,” one of them commented.

“She is our Xuan Clan's once-in-a-million-year supreme sword talent, who is born with an exquisite sword heart. How can the average expert compare to her?”

“But it isn’t quite reasonable for a sixth realm Emperor Realm to go against a first realm supreme Emperor. If this gets out…”

As those Xuan Clan elders discussed among themselves, Xuan Caini furrowed her brows and with a clang, she put away the Blood Drinker.

She looked straight at Lin Xun and said, “I won't be a bully. Since you have no sword, I will fight you using only my sword dao.”

Saying that, her entirety abruptly transformed into a colorful streak. Like an aurora cutting through the void, she explosively shot toward Lin Xun with a frosty tail of light.

They had originally been ten thousand feet away from each other, but the moment she had moved, this distance became a piece of fabric, which was ruthlessly ripped by a sharp tip that aimed straight at Lin Xun. It all happened in a split second.

Deployed faster than her was a sword strike executed by a chop of her finger!

It was too fast!

Anyone else would have failed to react in time and gotten torn apart by this strike. It was as fierce as lightning and as fast as a teleportation.

“This girl is quite formidable…” Even Big Yellow was stirred. The sword strike was infused with her entire strength and spirit. Thus, the energy it released appeared extremely terrifying.

In the face of this sword, Lin Xun was unfazed. He tapped a finger in the air.

Swish!

A sword qi also whistled out like a cold arc suddenly drawn by a brush. It accurately poked at the sword strike that was quickly approaching him, as if it had predicted the latter’s trajectory.

Bang!

The two collided, erupting with an explosion that tore the eardrums. A destructive air current visible to the naked eye violently spread out from the two sword qi. The void in its wake shattered in large areas, forming an appalling vacuum zone.

Lin Xun successfully blocked the acute and deadly sword strike!

“Not bad. So that’s the sword dao of Sword Exalt Zhukong.” Xuan Caini’s beautiful eyes squinted as her voice revealed a hint of surprise and even zest.

The next moment, the two fighters tacitly separated from each other before they charged forward again into a series of intense exchanges.

This was a duel of Emperor sword daos.

Strangely, despite the fact that the strikes had only gotten even more powerful and extremely sharp, these exchanges never created another audible clash. However, the killing intent in them made everyone’s heart jump.

Swish swish swish…

From time to time, shrill whistles of sword qi resounded. Backed by the eerily silent atmosphere, they seemed to remind the crowd how dreadful this fight was.

It was also these air-ripping sounds that painted their noiseless and collisionless confrontation with the color of horror.

Perhaps, the moment when their attacks truly clashed would be the moment that decided the winner and loser.

Whether it was Xia Zhi, Big Yellow, Xuan Jiuyin, or the Xuan Clan elders watching in the dark, they were all watching with bated breath. Their eyes were tightly fixed on the battlefield lest they miss any details.

Xuan Caini possessed the cultivation of the sixth realm. Her sword dao carried a touch of petrifying and bloodthirsty killing aura. She obviously walked a path of pure killing, and her skills had obviously been honed through a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood.

Her entire person seemed to have become a peerlessly ferocious sword. Every movement was sharp, swift, and fierce, sending out sword qi that ripped the high sky. She was so powerful that it struck fear straight into one’s heart.

Even with Big Yellow's experience, it had to admit that Xuan Caini was extraordinary. Normal sixth level Emperors could by no means compare to her.

The biggest surprise for Big Yellow, however, was Lin Xun.

His entirety was glowing splendidly. His every pore was spewing wisps of sharp sword qi. He and Xuan Caini followed two completely different sword paths, and their auras also bore no similarity.

His sword attacks were simple to the extreme, drawing out, chopping out, and swinging flexibly. From them, one could vaguely see the principle of all sword strikes returning to one, and this one was so powerful that it could break ten thousand arts.

Meanwhile, Xuan Caini’s sword dao was killing, sharp and purely offensive.

Their battle currently looked nothing akin to earth-shattering or impressive, but it displayed a power that sent chills down people’s spines!

It was a battle between two supreme sword daos who had reached peak mastery. Such a competition harbored nothing but great perils.

What was demonstrated also alarmed the Xuan Clan elders. They deployed strands of their spirits to probe at the details and quietly discussed among themselves.

“Three Inches of Eternal Silence, Six Inches of Eternal Death, Nine Inches of Eternal Destruction… This person is the heir to Sword Exalt Zhukong whose traces had vanished in the primeval era!”

“The supreme Emperor path is truly heaven-defying. This young man is actually fighting neck and neck with Caini. No wonder such a character could become a disciple of Fangchun Mountain.”

“Everyone, don't forget that he is wanted by Heavenly Emperor Shi!”

“So what? What’s special about a Heavenly Emperor Shi? If our clan mobilizes everything to put up a fight, what’s there to fear about some Luo Clan old fogey from the other side of the cosmos?”

“Why should our Xuan Clan go and openly make an enemy out of Heavenly Emperor Shi for an outsider?”

“This man carries on his person the Eternal Supremacy heritage, and he is also a disciple of Fangchun Mountain. Isn’t this enough value?”

“Enough! There's no point in arguing! All opinions are meaningless until he passes this test!”

Immediately, the telepathic discussion was shut down. Everyone continued watching the battle.

“Not bad, not bad at all. You have already fathomed the essence of drawing the sword! Your sword dao has even opened my eyes. Nonetheless, this level of power cannot defeat me. What about the way of controlling the sword and the way of the sword heart? Why aren’t you using them?”

Xuan Caini licked her lips. Apart from that bloodthirsty aura of killing, her comely face was also showing a bit of surprise.

The duel had reached the most intense degree. There had been no real collisions, but the danger and murderous intent in the strikes pulled the crowd’s hearts to their throats.

Yet, Xuan Caini's remark implied that she was actually using this battle to peep into the mysteries of Lin Xun’s sword dao!

“I haven’t got the time to start practicing those two ways yet,” replied Lin Xun.

The legacy of Sword Exalt Zhukong was divided into three parts: drawing the sword, controlling the sword, and sword heart.

Lin Xun indeed hadn’t gotten to the last two.

Xuan Caini frowned, seemingly puzzled. It was easily understood from Lin Xun's words that he had the power to cultivate them but had not started to do so.

“You really aren't a pure sword cultivator, how can you be so half-hearted in the sword dao?!” Her frown deepened, her eyes revealing disappointment. “If that's the case, then you will stop here.”

Swish!

She slashed out a matchless sword qi filled with killing intent. It reached beyond the skies and enveloped the eight directions.

“Not necessarily,” said Lin Xun as his aura abruptly changed.

Countless radiant Taixuan sword qi erupted from his various acupoints, as dense as an ocean while spreading all over the void. The blazing sword light was practically omnipresent and spared not a speck of space!

Rumble~

In an instant, Xuan Caini's strike was worn down by many sword arrays and dissipated.

“Taixuan Sword Scripture!” Xuan Caini was delighted instead of shocked, her eyes rippling with a strange color. “I didn't think you’d also possess the legacy of Sword Emperor Taixuan!”

This was simply unimaginable. In the early primeval era, Sword Emperor Taixuan had been regarded as the number one Sword Emperor in the nebula, while Sword Emperor Zhukong as the number one Sword Exalt in the Underworld.

These two peerless Sword Emperors had scheduled a duel that had attracted the attention of all worlds, but the sudden arrival of the first Calamity of Ruin had foiled it.

Who could have imagined that both their sword legacies would appear on a single person!

For Xuan Caini, who was obsessed with cultivating the sword, this felt like discovering a priceless treasure. It flooded her heart with excitement.

Meanwhile, those Xuan Clan elders watching from the shadows were also stunned.

Sword Emperor Taixuan… He was a dazzling, unparalleled Sword Emperor at the beginning of the primeval era!

How did his legacy fall into the hands of Lin Daoyuan?