The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 236 - 48: Attacked by the Lake

Chapter 236: Chapter 48: Attacked by the Lake

"The origin of the suddenly increased Primordial Energy is right here!"

Centering around Cuige Town, Qing Yu searched in circles and finally located the source of the suddenly increased Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi— at the end of the Cuige River.

This place was not far from the small town, where the Cuige River came to its end and formed a large lake.

"Such a massive amount of Primordial Qi is quite terrifying."

The Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi had already formed a mist on the surface of the lake. Qing Yu looked around, surrounded by misty Primordial Energy, which blurred even the visibility, indicating the immense concentration of it.

This location was the endpoint of the Cuige River, which logically made this lake part of the river. The massive overflow of Primordial Energy at this time, if said to be unrelated to the Heavenly Calculation Inheritance, Qing Yu would absolutely not believe it.

However, if everyone’s information was correct, this inheritance site should still be ten or so days from opening. Even if it were to start early, it wouldn’t be this soon.

Keep in mind, Monk Shiyi from the Great Zen Temple and Zhang Yangde from Dragon Tiger Mountain had just arrived today. If they were delayed by a day or two, they wouldn’t make it in time for the opening of the inheritance. They wouldn’t have arrived today unless they were certain the inheritance was set to open in ten days.

"Hmm? Killing intent!"

Suddenly, Qing Yu slightly shifted his body, his sword box accurately blocking a hidden attack. The attacker’s sword thrust hit the metal sword box, creating a "ding" sound.

"Nice move!"

Qing Yu counterattacked with a move called ’Divine Dragon Tail’, pushing back the assailant with a palm.

Before this attacker made a move, there was no release of killing intent or sound, not even a fluctuation of True Qi was emitted. However, since he was intent on killing Qing Yu, he inevitably harbored killing intent. And this was naturally detected by the ’Turtle Mirror’.

With a press of a mechanism, ’Eternal Brightness’ slid out of the sword box and into Qing Yu’s hand, "Wind and Cloud Change Color and Fill the Sky!"

’Eternal Brightness’ suddenly split into two swords, as fast as lightning and thunder, instantly striking the attacker’s neck and lower abdomen, ending his life.

Just then, water splashed in the lake, and a dark figure shot out, stabbing a sword toward Qing Yu, who was turned away from the lake.

At this time, Qing Yu’s swords were still lodged in the first attacker’s body.

"Such a boring trick!"

Qing Yu sneered softly, ’Innate Gang Qi’ appeared immediately, blocking the sword of the second attacker two feet away with Protective Gang Qi. Then, the rebound force burst forth, breaking the assailant’s long sword in one go.

Sacrificing one person’s life to provide an opportunity for another to assassinate was a specialty of the Azure Dragon Association, and as the Dragon Chief of the Azure Dragon Association, Qing Yu of course knew of this tactic and was already on guard.

Drawing his dual swords, Qing Yu suddenly turned around, the swords circling to form Taiji, dividing Yin and Yang, stirring Qi Force, making it difficult for the attacker who failed his strike and wanted to flee, to escape from this predicament.

It was precisely "All Tricks Washed Away, Wanxiang Hunyuan is the Ultimate Truth," a signature move of the Taiyi Splitting Light Sword.

"Who are you?" Qing Yu shouted loudly.

These two black-clothed men were clearly together, and since both aimed to kill Qing Yu instantly, it was evident they wanted to prevent the anomaly here from being exposed. In other words, these two were certainly related to the overflowing Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

"Clang—"

A sword cry, a killing Sword Qi born from the mist-entwined water, streaked across the sky.

"There’s a third one!"

The third attacker was far stronger than the previous two and hid nothing, with his Sword Qi full of intense killing intent, brimming with the aura of an absolute kill.

Sword Qi raced as fast as thunder, and in an instant, it reached Qing Yu, breaking through the True Qi Field created by his "Taiyi Splitting Light Sword" and pierced the body of the second attacker trapped within it, heading straight for Qing Yu.

However, although the Sword Qi was fast and decisive, it was too distant, and it still needed to penetrate the True Qi Field and one body. If this were to hit Qing Yu, he might as well drown himself in the lake.

Qing Yu did not waste time to block the Sword Qi forcibly. He leapt up, dodging the deadly Sword Qi, and pursued the third man on the lake.

Seeing Qing Yu’s swift movement technique, the man immediately abandoned the boat he was on and fled using his Qinggong, extremely fast, though not as fast as Qing Yu. Still, with such distance, escaping was worry-free.

"Stay behind."

At that moment, someone walked on water, attacking with a motion like the Heaven and Earth Net, capturing the third attacker and preventing him from fleeing.

"Die!"

Qing Yu merged his Dual Swords, and "Eternal Brightness" circulated Sword Qi, emitting a white glow.

From the behavior of these three, it was evident that they, like the assassins under Qing Yu’s command in the Azure Dragon Association, feared neither death nor capture. Such assassins would definitely choose suicide before capture.

So, go die.

A sword came from the west, Outer Heaven Flying Immortal.

In the night, suddenly a white rainbow that resembled a trainer appeared, a sword like a white rainbow piercing the sun, carrying cold, pure, and yet extremely brilliant Sword Qi, piercing the heart of the restrained attacker.

Perfectly precise, completely silent.

Withdrawing his sword, Qing Yu lightly tapped on the lake surface with his right foot for leverage and flew onto the abandoned boat.

The person who assisted also leapt onto the boat, clapping his hands and praising, "Excellent swordsmanship!"

Qing Yu glanced at the boots of his helper, also praising, "Impressive power!"

The distance from the shore where Qing Yu had been to this point was not far, but if this helping person intended to intercept the attacker, he would not have been close to Qing Yu; the distance surely was significant.

Such a distance, walking on water without wetting his shoes, seemed a bit inconsistent with the power of the Innate Seventh Layer.

Indeed, this person was none other than the sixth of the Dragon and Phoenix List known for showing off the Innate Seventh Realm—Qiao Baixuan.

Qiao Baixuan was a clever man and naturally deduced the implication from Qing Yu’s words. He shook his head, not responding directly, and shifted the topic, "It seems Brother Zhao came here due to the peculiar phenomenon as well."

"Yes," Qing Yu nodded in agreement, "Does Brother Qiao know the cause of this phenomenon?"

If not mistaken, the phenomenon should relate to the Heavenly Calculation Inheritance. Given that Qiao Baixuan was the disciple of Elder Shiming, who was as renowned as Elder Suantian, and a master in Heavenly Mechanism Divination Skill himself, he should know the source of this Primordial Qi mist.

"I’m afraid I might disappoint Brother Zhao, but I don’t know what caused it," Qiao Baixuan said with a shake of his head and a smile.

"However, I do know that this anomaly in the Primordial Qi is related to the Heavenly Calculation Inheritance. And I even know who is behind it."

"Oh, could you share with me?" Qing Yu asked.

"Does Brother Zhao know who these three people attacking you are?"

"These three regard life as insignificant, using their companion’s life to seize the opportunity to kill me. Their actions and style greatly resemble the Death Soldiers nurtured by the major families and assassins from the worldly society," Qing Yu said.

"Exactly," agreed Qiao Baixuan, "Brother Zhao’s words are accurate. If my guess is not wrong, these three are assassins from the Doomed Hall."

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