68 Severing an Arm and a Wrist ll

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Huh, Huh, Huh…

Tao Jian, Jia Niu, and Cui De we're gasping to breath as they stared at Long Shin a few tens of meters ahead of them like they were looking at some monster.

Well from what they had experienced, they couldn't be blamed for that.

They had been fighting him for thirty minutes now, in each of their exchanges they had suffered harshly.

By now they had already lost all of the disciples they had brought with them here, they were all killed by Long Shin while they were heavily injured nearly escaped death.

The formation they prided their selves in was crushed by the other party without any difficulties.

Meanwhile Long Shin stood in front of them, and even now he remained unscathed.

Let alone being injured he looked as though he didn't even sweat ones in their exchange.

Whenever they felt as though their attack will injure him, his sword will block their blades while also attacking them ruthlessly forcing them to defend.

"How can a brat who isn't even twenty years old be so strong!?" Jia Niu muttered in a bitter tone, it was unknown of he was asking to himself or to his companions.

"even though we fought for so long, we failed to land even a single hit" Cui De lamented, he was wondering if he had wasted all of his life cultivating the wrong way that now even a brat could defeat him easily.

 'Damn it if this continues ill die, this brat has murderous intent while looking at us he won't let us go, damn I was careless, I never thought of the possibility of him surviving our full-on attack even while we formed Minor Attack Formation, let alone thinking that he will kill all of those trashes and even injure us three so severely' Tao Jian grumbled inwardly.

At first Long Shin's movements were a little clumsy which in turn got their attacks to land a little closer to him, but with time as though he was adapting by each passing second their attacks couldn't even touch his shadow anymore let alone injure him.

"Jia Niu attack him head-on. I'll try to sneak up on him" Cui De whispered to Jia Niu in a low voice.

"Alright!!" Jia Niu steadied himself as he began to attack Long Shin again, Cui De on the other hand vanished from his prior position like a ghost.

Zen!

The mana began to gather around the blade of his sword.

"Nine Demon Slashes, first move. Wind Demon Slash!!!"

He circulated his cultivation technique gathering as much mana as he possible could, even his mana veins showed signs of erupting but he didn't care.

The Wind Demon Slash move was cast as he poured every bit of his mana in this move.

The wind started to dance around his glowing blade, guided by the wind the speed and sharpness of the sword increased.

The sword swayed with the wind, as Jia Niu got closer to Long Shin, the former held his sword with both of his hands and slashed at the latter.

"Hump, boring haven't you learned any other technique, you've been using this one from the start"

"You think you can defeat me with just this, think again" the Magic Sword also began to gather mana in it's blade.

Long Shin circulated the ‹PDS› cultivation technique, his blood-red mana covered his blade.

He hadn't used any flashy sword moves from the very beginning of the battle purely covering his weapon with his mana he met with the incoming sword head-on.

Clang!

Both of the swords met each other as an eerie sound of the swords brushing against each other resounded, be it Long Shin or Jia Niu both refused to step back, trying to force their weapons on each other.

It was a pity that Jia Niu's sword was in the end a Half-Magic weapon while Long Shin's Magic Sword was a full fledged ‹BRONZE› rank Magic Weapon.

CRACK!

CRACK!

Suddenly fine cracks appeared on Jia Niu's sword, looking like it won't stay intact for long.

'Not good, I need to retreat!' even before he could retreat though…

CACHE!!!

With an ear piercing sound the blade of the sword broke apart, the momentum of the Magic Sword don't decrease in the least as it slashed towards Jia Niu.

'RUN!!!' in the critical time Jia Niu avoided the fatal strike, but while escaping Long Shin took one of his arms.

SWOOSH!

The sword was waved and his arm was severed like hot butter without any resistance as it fell on the ground.

THUG!

Jia Niu looked at where his arm should've been only to see blood pouring out of the severed part.

*Gulp*

He quickly used his mana to stop the bleeding, but this was only temporary solution.

"Huh, you avoided that, but will you be able to do the same twice one armed old man" Long Shin asked mocking him.

"Basterd" Jia Niu felt his blood boil when he heard Long Shin calling him 'One armed old man' he had never expected that he a demonic magister who fought for many years in the Underworld and survived will lose an arm while fighting a brat.

The pain of losing his arm was momentarily shrouded by the humiliation he felt.

 Just as Long Shin said that he felt a breeze behind him.

"Yes!!!" both Jia Niu and Tao Jian shouted loudly when they saw Cui De's dagger only a few millimeters away from Long Shin's neck.

"Boy take this stab and die, be respectful to your elders in your next life" while saying that Cui De who had appeared behind him suddenly stabbed his neck, or at least he tried to…

'Ooh, I was a little careless there, only focusing on one enemy while the other one managed to sneak up behind me' he calmly thought, there wasn't even a hint of fear in his mesmerizing blood-red eyes.

Zen!!

‹Wind Steps›

The wind element mana surged towards him, using his skill Wind Steps as he stepped out of the trajectory of the dagger.  

"…??" both Tao Jian and Jia Niu who were rejoicing just now felt as thought they had eaten a poisonous mosquito.

The sound of wind being sliced apart came, Cui De who was stunned felt extreme danger.

"You aren't the only one with movement skills here mongrel" Long Shin's cold voice sounded in his ears.

Cui De tried to dough, but because of not having enough time, his wrist was sliced apart.

'Uhg' he held back his scream he wanted to let out as he returned to his two companions in sorry state.

Long Shin didn't seem to mind the fact that he dough, he only waved his sword to wipe off the remaining blood on the sword.

What he didn't know was that this simple action of his had nearly sent chills down the trio's spine.

"Now then which one of you will be next?" his arrogant voice sounded showing how much he looked down upon them.

Suddenly as though he had noticed something, his lips curled up.

…

A few moments earlier…

'Damn it, if they don't do anything these two idiots will also loose'

When he saw Cui De successfully sneak up on Long Shin his lips curled up into a smirk.

'Yea, good Cui De was able to sneak up on the basterd, kill him immediately' he smirked while muttering inwardly as he looked at Long Shin who's neck was about to be stabbed.

'Good, Good, Good, kill him!!!' just as he was getting crazy from joy, reality slapped him hard.

Long Shin was able to dough the strike when it was but a mere few millimeters away from his skin.

'Noooo!!'

'Trash can't even kill a brat who was within your grasp!!!' he forgot that he too was unable to do anything to Long Shin, not to mention that he didn't even date to speak loudly right now could only grumble inwardly.

With elegant movements Long Shin evaded the daggers and in the next in instant with a wave of his sword he slashed off Cui De's wrist.

'Damn this trash can't even squash a brat'

'What use is there to be near you two wastrels?!'  

He cried inwardly while looking at both Jia Niu and Cui De with cold gaze.

"Who will be next?" as soon as he heard Long Shin's nonchalant question, his hairs stood at their ends.

"No, I can't die here. Not in a place like this, not when I finally got my hands on a method to improve my potential, not when I finally got to see some hope of a breakthrough' in the most critical time Tao Jian's survival instincts kicked-in.

The instinct that said 'You must survive by any means necessary'

It doesn't matter if he harms others or himself as long as he could survive today them he will be able to do something, survival is the priority.

'Survive, yes I must survive, and in order to survive I must kill this little basterd. I must kill him for forcing me to such extent' gradually his mind was being filled with thoughts of survival and revenge.

'I must use 'That' even if the cost is profound, I have to use 'That' if I don't I will surely die here'

'But in order for 'That' to work I need sacrifices, and those three brats ate indeed his watch I don't have a hint of doubt that he will move with the intention to kill me as soon as I take a step towards them' Tao Jian contemplated while bitterly looking at Shao Zihao and Ding brothers.

His eyes were filled with hesitation when they landed on his two injured companions.

'Ha, Ha, Ha, how foolish of me, why do I bother getting those boys for sacrifices when perfect sacrifices are right in front of me, even though their talent is very much lacking their cultivation will be able to make up for that' he laughed inwardly as he looked at his two 'companions', his eyes some how contained his killing intent not letting it be detected by others.

'Hump you can only blame yourself for being too weak, and not being able to defeat that brat, if you had killed him then I wouldn't be forced to do what I'm about to do, anyway instead of being together its best if one of us survives, and you brat once I'm e with these two I will kill you with the most merciless way possible' with hatred on his eyes he gave Long Shin a quick leek from the corners of his eyes then a vertex his gaze hearing that latter might sense him.

Long Shon bad indeed sensed his gaze but behaved as though he didn't.

Tao Joan's eyes were now resolute as he walk behind Jia Niu and Cui De.

"Tao Jian cover us while we recover some of our strength"

"After we recover we will attack again together, either we die or he die's'

Both of them said as they felt Tao Jian getting close to them.

"Die? Why should I die, it's you all basterds who deserve to die, all of you should indeed just die!!!" Tao Jian's cold yet maniac-like voice sent chills behind Cui De and Jia Niu's spines.

"You Wha-" even before they could turn to scold him.

"Ughrgh!?" Tao Jian's hands drilled onside their bodies as he reached their hearts.

"You-"

"Basterd what are yo-"

Both of them tried saying something, but couldn't complete their sentence as the light in their respective pupils dimed until it vanished.

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