Ex-Wife is a Big Villainess
Chapter 406 - 222: Jiang Yi’s Invitation_2

Whoosh!

Accompanied by the bursting out of mighty murderous aura, the dragon shattered directly.

Jiang Shouzhong was blasted away.

He forcibly swallowed the blood, displayed the Swift Wind Steps, rushed toward the woman, and in one fluid motion, he brandished the Dragon-slaying Flying Sword.

The Dragon Slaying Sword, tempered at Famous Sword Villa with the refining of a thousand hammers, traced a golden arc through the air, like a meteor piercing the sky, and stabbed straight at Qin Shier, its might startling.

Wherever the radiance reached, the air seemed to split in two, with a piercing sound that shook the ears.

Qin Shier did not expect her opponent to counterattack so swiftly, a trace of panic flashed between her brows, and then the sound of her lute suddenly turned, the melody became melodious, forming a barrier of sound in front of her, intending to dissolve the ferocity of the blade’s edge.

But the next moment, she realized something was wrong.

The brandished Dragon Slaying Sword was limp, having no actual killing power.

Whoosh!

Above her head, a jade hairpin flying sword, having arrived stealthily at some point, plunged down.

Qin Shier hurriedly dodged, but Jiang Shouzhong seemed to have anticipated the direction she would avoid to and threw the long blade of the Seven Kills Blade in his hand.

The distance between the two had closed to less than ten meters.

"Die!"

Qin Shier swiped away the long blade thrown at her, bit her silver teeth, and took a desperate bet, snapping the remaining two strings. The sound of the lute strings reverberated like the roar of a dragon and the shriek of a phoenix.

"Position Shift!"

Jiang Shouzhong stamped fiercely on the ground, and his figure suddenly vanished.

What!?

Qin Shier’s face changed.

She did not expect her opponent to know the Position Shift technique of Wanshou Mountains and Rivers. Sensing a killing intent behind her, the woman quickly turned around.

But behind her was just the jade hairpin flying sword, constantly harassing her without directly engaging the enemy.

She was tricked!

Qin Shier was shocked.

Previously, when Steward Gu displayed the Position Shift technique, Jiang Shouzhong studied it seriously and even specifically asked Leng Jing for advice on the Eight Trigrams technique, but he only managed to mimic the surface and couldn’t learn the essence.

He just used Swift Wind Steps for a shoddy imitation.

And indeed, he had tricked his opponent.

Jiang Shouzhong pulled out the Spirit Water Sword, wind blades flew everywhere, all destroyed by the sword light, smashed to pieces.

The two were less than half a meter apart.

Jiang Shouzhong exerted all his strength, drew the Seven Kills short blade once more, and even forcibly absorbed some of the demonic power from the Zodiac Map, transforming it into inner strength.

Pfft—

Even though Qin Shier managed to block in time, her response was a moment too late, her strength insufficient. The stringless lute in her hands shattered, sending wood splinters flying.

Accompanied by the remnants of the broken lute, the woman was flung backward, crashing through the wall and leaving behind a terrifying crack.

The wall collapsed with a rumble, dust filled the sky.

Not waiting for the woman to get up, Jiang Shouzhong pounced on her, unleashing the Eight Extremes Sky-Burning Fist!

Punch after punch landed on her soft and delicate body, and soon the woman lay like a corpse on top of him, only breathing out, not in.

"Farewell."

Jiang Shouzhong placed the Seven Kills short blade on the woman’s neck, sighed, and said, "I hope in the next life I can become your parents of rebirth."

The woman’s lips moved, as if to say something, but Jiang Shouzhong was not interested in listening, and he slashed across her throat.

Blood spread out, and the woman’s last trace of life was extinguished.

Jiang Shouzhong staggered to his feet, leaning against the half-destroyed wall, gasping for air, blood soaking his clothes, his situation not much better.

Looking at the body on the ground, Jiang Shouzhong suddenly felt a sense of unreality.

Three months ago, before her, he was as weak as a chick, nearly excreted from the beating, completely powerless to fight back. But now, he had personally killed this extremely formidable master.

The progress in his strength was nothing short of miraculous.

Jiang Shouzhong dared not think further.

In another three months, he could probably take down masters like Ru Mengniang.

In six months, even his master, the Sword Demon, could only look up to him, tearfully admiring a student surpassing the teacher.

In nine months, masters like Li Guanshi would be of little consequence.

In one year, don’t ask, the answer is invincible.

Jiang Shouzhong’s confidence surged, and after regaining some strength, he approached Qin Shier’s body again. Looking at the woman’s graceful body, his eyes couldn’t help but heat up.

Jiang Shouzhong touched the woman’s body... it still had some warmth.

Thus, he undid her clothes—not to take advantage of the heat—but to search the woman for items.

The implication was clear: looting.

Soon, Jiang Shouzhong found a secret manual on the woman’s body, titled "Refining Qi Skill."

Refining Qi?

Jiang Shouzhong flipped through a few pages, understanding dawned on him.

It was a technique for externalizing inner strength, condensing the qi within the Dantian into a lethal weapon for ranged attacks.

"Good stuff."

Recalling Qin Shier’s fierce moves using sound waves to kill, Jiang Shouzhong licked his lips, put away the secret manual, and planned to try it out after returning to see if he could develop something like the Six Meridian Divine Sword.

Just as Jiang Shouzhong was considering how to deal with the body, a cold breeze suddenly brushed his neck.

He rolled forward in response, blade drawn.

He saw a handful of dark yellow powder scattered through the air, carrying a pungent medicinal scent.

Jiang Shouzhong felt a sudden alarm, quickly covered his mouth and nose with his sleeve, and retreated swiftly.

He caught a glimpse of a figure flashing by.

The powder dispersed with the wind and in an instant, the surroundings were veiled in a hazy tint, like a dense autumn mist, yet the figure he had caught a moment ago was nowhere to be seen.

Jiang Shouzhong leaned against the wall, holding his breath, remaining vigilant of his surroundings.

However, after a while, there was no further anomaly, and it seemed that the person who had thrown the powder had already left.

Jiang Shouzhong thought the powder was poisonous, but his body showed no adverse effects. Puzzled, he wondered who had tried to ambush him.

After waiting a long while and finally certain that the mysterious person would not appear again, Jiang Shouzhong’s tense nerves relaxed slightly.