Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 96: Battle Against Lin Qingyu
"You... Who are you?!"
Her strike had been casually blocked, and her opponent’s hand hadn’t even bled. This brought a grave expression to Lin Qingyu’s pretty face.
"My name is ’Dugu Tian.’ I’m an exceptionally talented Loose Cultivator."
Ye Tianling replied nonchalantly.
Then, his smile vanished. He stared coldly at Lin Qingyu and asked, "You want to kill me?"
Lin Qingyu carefully sized up Ye Tianling, once again releasing her Sword Soul Power to sense his Cultivation.
After a careful Sensing, Lin Qingyu relaxed slightly.
"So you’re just a low-class, worthless Loose Cultivator wearing a suit of Earth Tier Lower Grade Battle Armor. Decent Defense Power. It seems I underestimated you before and only used twenty percent of my strength. I was too lenient."
As Lin Qingyu spoke, the killing intent on her face grew more distinct, more intense.
Before, she had only used ’twenty percent’ of her Sword Soul Power.
Now, she was clearly preparing to go all out.
"Wait."
Ye Tianling’s voice was cool as he spoke up.
"What? Want to beg for mercy? From the moment you saw what you shouldn’t have, you were marked for death!"
Lin Qingyu sneered.
"I didn’t mean to look. Besides, since I saw you, I can let you see me. Wouldn’t that make us even? Why the need to be so ruthless?"
Ye Tianling said with a grin, though his voice carried a hint of regret.
"Heh, truly despicable and shameless. Facing death, yet you still dream of defiling this Fairy."
Lin Qingyu’s tone was exceptionally arrogant.
As she spoke, Lin Qingyu had already released her Bright Moon Sword Soul.
The Sword Soul manifested completely, appearing as an azure moon.
The azure moon’s Manifestation solidified into a tangible Sword Soul. It suddenly shot forward like a blast of cold light, its phantom-like speed piercing the heart and shaking the Soul.
Even with Ye Tianling’s mental fortitude, he was momentarily stunned. In that instant, a chilling aura invaded his body, and he felt every hair on his body stand on end!
A sense of crisis!
Ye Tianling’s heart went cold. He didn’t dare be careless, instantly activating both the Golden Bell Shield and Iron Cloth Shirt techniques.
At the same time, with a flick of his wrist, the Profound Ice Cold Iron Heavy Sword materialized in his hand.
Dugu Sword Intent!
Dragon Soul Sword Spirit!
Suddenly, Ye Tianling charged forward to meet the attack.
Though it wasn’t his full Battle Power, he was already using seventy percent of his strength.
BOOM—
CRACK—
Ye Tianling’s attack and the Bright Moon Sword Soul clashed violently.
The Void trembled. Then, an annihilating, Chaotic Force Qi erupted, the violent blast sending Ye Tianling stumbling back seven or eight meters.
Lin Qingyu, however, was sent flying back a full ten-plus meters.
’The First Heaven of Sword Soul is already this powerful? The difference in Battle Power between a Sword Spirit and a Sword Soul is like heaven and earth!’
Ye Tianling felt a chill in his heart. He finally understood why, over ten days ago, he would have been crushed by a Sword Soul no matter what heaven-defying trump cards he played.
The gap between the Sword Spirit Third Heaven, Half-step Sword Soul, and the true Sword Soul Realm was simply too vast!
So vast it was almost unimaginable!
Ye Tianling steadied himself, as did Lin Qingyu.
Ye Tianling’s expression turned a little more serious, while Lin Qingyu couldn’t help but gasp in surprise, clearly taken aback.
"You actually blocked my Bright Moon Sword Soul? Let’s see how many times you can do that!"
After her initial shock and suspicion, Lin Qingyu barked a cold command. Several streams of Sword Soul Killing Intent condensed, locking onto Ye Tianling’s aura before viciously striking out at him.
One Sword Soul attack after another, each capable of locking onto his aura—even Ye Tianling was a bit shocked.
’I’ve underestimated the strength of a Cultivator at the First Heaven of Sword Soul!’
Comparing her Battle Power to his own, Ye Tianling gained a much clearer understanding of his own strength.
Ye Tianling circulated his Innate True Qi, executed the Kunpeng Carefree Travel Body Technique, and used the Turtle Breath Technique to conceal his aura. His figure became dream-like and elusive, flickering in and out of sight as he directly dodged the Sword Soul attacks.
At the same time, Ye Tianling’s Dragon Soul Sword Heart lashed out, channeling the Lion’s Roar in a concussive blast that shot directly toward Lin Qingyu.
TCH-TCH-TCH—
As her Sword Soul attacks missed one after another, Lin Qingyu’s expression grew grim.
Meanwhile, every time Ye Tianling’s Dragon Soul Sword Heart, combined with the Lion’s Roar, sent out a Sound Wave Soul-Suppressing attack, a faint halo of bright moonlight would emanate from between Lin Qingyu’s brows.
This halo of bright moonlight completely blocked the soul-shaking attacks from Ye Tianling’s Dragon Soul Sword Heart.
’She’s not falling for it? Is this Lin Qingyu a genius?’
Ye Tianling couldn’t help but draw a sharp breath. He had no choice but to release his Dugu Sword Intent.
WHOOSH—
The Dugu Sword Intent, now imbued with Lonely Sword Intent, shot out from his Dragon Soul Sword Heart. Ye Tianling had unleashed one hundred percent of his Battle Power.
VMMMM—
With this attack, Ye Tianling used his Kunpeng Carefree Travel Body Technique to once again evade two Sword Soul attacks, simultaneously directing his own strike toward Lin Qingyu.
Lin Qingyu’s entire body trembled. This time, no halo of light appeared between her brows; instead, she froze, her expression clearly dazed.
Ye Tianling’s figure blurred into an afterimage, lunging toward Lin Qingyu as he instantly unleashed the Energy of the Life and Death Talisman.
PUFF! PUFF!
A green light suddenly radiated from Lin Qingyu’s light-green gauze dress, actually repelling the Ice Innate True Qi Power of Ye Tianling’s Life and Death Talisman.
At the same time, the tremendous impact snapped Lin Qingyu back to her senses.
Her eyes flashed like lightning. She immediately looked at Ye Tianling, her azure longsword slashing directly at him.
Ye Tianling charged forward, his hand shooting out to grab Lin Qingyu’s neck.
CLANG—
Lin Qingyu’s longsword struck Ye Tianling’s neck, but it only produced a shower of sparks. He had completely withstood her killing strike.
Lin Qingyu froze again, but this time, Ye Tianling’s hand had already closed around her snow-white neck.
Ye Tianling charged forward, pushing Lin Qingyu back by her throat.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
He slammed her through one thick-trunked tree after another, each as wide as a washbasin.
Lin Qingyu smashed through tree after ancient tree. The immense force of the impact and the brutal grip on her neck caused a trickle of bright red blood to run from the corner of her mouth.
Despite Ye Tianling’s ferocious assault, Lin Qingyu’s body showed no major injuries.
Ye Tianling deduced that the light-green gauze dress she wore was a Battle Armor of a considerably high grade.
Ye Tianling sneered. While continuing to brutally slam Lin Qingyu’s body against the massive ancient trees of the jungle, he snaked his other hand out in a surprise attack.
"Ah—"
Suddenly ’attacked,’ Lin Qingyu immediately began to struggle violently.
But Ye Tianling’s hand on her neck continuously infused her with his Innate True Qi, which transformed into Ice Power. He intended to use the power of the Life and Death Talisman to bring Lin Qingyu completely under his Control.
He had originally intended to kill Lin Qingyu, but through this battle, Ye Tianling had realized she must have a Death Guardian. If he were to push her to the brink of death, that Death Guardian would activate, and it would surely be fatal to him!
Besides, with his current methods, he truly couldn’t kill her in a short amount of time—Lin Qingyu was a genius.
Though she was only at the realm of the First Heaven of Sword Soul, even someone like Ye Cangqian probably couldn’t kill her easily!
At this point, Ye Tianling could finally determine that it wasn’t that he had overestimated his own strength; it was that Lin Qingyu’s Battle Power was also heaven-defyingly high!
