Chapter 168: Evasion Kill, Official Organizations

After being instantly killed by Graceful Dream Butterfly, Haoshou Qiongjing finally realized that there was always someone better. It wasn’t that players not on the Heavenly Ranking couldn’t deal with him. Yanyu Jiangnan later showed him some of his strength, making him understand that the top ten super experts on the Heavenly Ranking had the power to kill him instantly. His attitude became much more restrained, and he no longer looked down on heroes.

But before today, if someone had told him, “I can suppress you with just a sword beam without using any flying swords or magical treasures,” Haoshou Qiongjing would never have believed it. That was complete nonsense.

Even if Graceful Dream Butterfly and the top ten on the Heavenly Ranking could kill him instantly, it was because their flying swords, magical treasures, and Dao Spells were far stronger than his, not because their skills were inferior.

Yet Yijian Kurong had done exactly that, using a not-so-strong sword beam to make him feel overwhelmed and miserable.

At first, he thought he could rely on his Haoran Barrier to protect himself, ignore the sword beam, and kill Yijian Kurong first. But unexpectedly, the sword beam suddenly ignored the Haoran Barrier, pierced right through, and nearly penetrated his body.

This made Haoshou Qiongjing no longer dare to be careless. He had to take this Chongxu Sword Qi seriously and couldn’t afford any more negligence.

“This person’s sword skills are so terrifying! Even if Xiaolou came out, he might not be able to push me to this point with just a single sword light!”

Large drops of sweat rolled down Haoshou Qiongjing’s forehead. As angry as he was, he had to admit that Yijian Kurong’s sword skills were extraordinary, almost divine.

“Damn it! Thousands of people are watching, and someone must be using a Recording Sprite to film this fight and upload it to the forum!”

The thought of his reputation being damaged and the surrounding players possibly mocking him made Haoshou Qiongjing explode with rage. With a furious roar, a blindingly bright white light rose from within him, bursting out suddenly, accompanied by a clear sword chime.

“Yijian Kurong, even if you die ten times, it won’t make up for my loss!”

The white light in Haoshou Qiongjing’s hand gradually stabilized, revealing a slender flying sword. A milky white radiance drifted and fluttered along the blade, constantly emitting an aura of majesty, grandeur, righteousness, light, and harmony.

But his face was now twisted with a vicious, poisonous expression, as if he wanted to devour Ye Rong. There was no trace of gentleness or scholarly grace left.

The treasure of Lingnan Academy, the Master’s Sword!

This Master’s Sword had been sealed inside Haoshou Qiongjing’s body by the dean of Lingnan Academy using a secret method. Over time, when it emerged, it would be fully unsealed, allowing him to use this Ninth-Grade Flying Sword regardless of his level.

However, the process of nurturing the sword within his body lasted three months. Taking it out now meant all his previous efforts were wasted.

Moreover, he could only use it for ten breaths. After that, it would be resealed, and he wouldn’t even be able to restart the secret method of nurturing the sword within his body.

So, this time, to kill Yijian Kurong, he paid a huge price and suffered a heavy loss.

“Although it’s only a Seventh-Rank Master’s Sword, it’s more than enough to send you on your way!”

Haoshou Qiongjing softly chanted, reciting profound scriptures between his lips. He was activating the spell attached to the Master’s Sword.

The spell attached to a Seventh-Rank Master’s Sword was clearly earth-shattering, possessing unimaginable power. Terrifying white clouds gathered and churned around him, as if forming some gigantic beast.

“Not good!”

Ye Rong immediately sensed the threat—the threat of death, brought by that slender flying sword.

No more playing around!

He had to kill that pale-faced guy before the spell was activated, or he would be the one to die.

He had been too absorbed in practicing the newly acquired Chongxu Sword Qi. The feeling of toying with his opponent using a ghostly sword beam, making him run around exhausted, was too delightful. It was something he couldn’t experience when using a normal flying sword.

“Void Spirit Evasion!”

He gathered the Chongxu Sword Qi into a single beam and blasted it out, while simultaneously activating the newly acquired Void Spirit Evasion.

Luckily, he hadn’t been curious enough to test this evasion skill on the way. Otherwise, he would have been without this trump card now.

Whoosh!

Ye Rong vanished from his spot and reappeared behind Haoshou Qiongjing, holding two real flying swords in his hands.

Like frost-cast snow and an ink-black phoenix, the two Fifth-Rank Flying Swords pierced through his body without any resistance. With a swish, two bloody holes appeared on his chest, and the spell attached to the Master’s Sword, halfway activated, naturally stopped.

Swish! Swish! Swish! Swish!

Ye Rong really disliked this pretty-faced guy, so he slashed two more times, cutting him into four pieces, leaving him in a gruesome state.

He was dead beyond dead. Haoshou Qiongjing’s body shattered into glowing points, and he honorably returned to the Resurrection Point. His face still wore that twisted expression, as if he hadn’t even realized what happened.

“Wow, Void Spirit Evasion! Such a powerful Void Spirit Evasion! It’s like a one-hit kill move. With this evasion skill, I can move like a ghost. As long as players aren’t prepared, who can block my sword? They can’t possibly keep their Defensive Magical Treasures active all day, right?”

Ye Rong was also amazed by the stunning effect of Void Spirit Evasion. Merging into the void was truly like that. When he activated it, he felt that within the 300-zhang range of his vision, he could appear anywhere he wanted, just by thinking it.

Even if someone tried to gang up on him, as long as he had this evasion skill, he could easily escape, unless the opponent’s flying speed was much faster than his.

The two skills brought by the Chongxu True Scripture, which was integrated with the matching Dao Scrolls, had shown remarkable utility. They could definitely become Ye Rong’s killer moves in the future.

“Too bad that Master’s Sword didn’t drop. Otherwise, I would’ve really hit the jackpot!”

After Haoshou Qiongjing died, not a single piece of equipment dropped. Ye Rong thought for a moment and understood: players of that level must carry items like the Body Substitute Talisman, which could avoid the Death Penalty and prevent any equipment from dropping.

“Damn Kung Fu Panda, next time I go back to my Sect, I must remember to exchange for a couple and keep them on me. Otherwise, wandering the jiangnan without one makes my heart tremble—it’s too unsafe!”

Indeed, under normal circumstances, players of Ye Rong’s strength would definitely have a Body Substitute Talisman. Otherwise, dying once would mean too great a loss.

No matter how many Sect Contribution Points it cost to exchange for one, they had to save up and get this life-saving item as soon as possible.

Haoshou Qiongjing’s death served as a warning to him. After all, the Sect Contribution Points he had saved up were enough to exchange for the advanced sword art Wuzhen Sword Art and still have enough for a Body Substitute Talisman.

“Pale-faced guy, look how valuable your death was! You helped me discover such a big loophole in my setup!”

With no spoils to collect, Ye Rong swiftly flew away on his sword, taking advantage of the fact that the other members of Misty Rain Tower were still in shock.

There were more than ten members of Misty Rain Tower, each quite strong. Ye Rong wasn’t arrogant enough to think he could take on ten of them alone and wipe them all out.

The so-called “one sword against ten” or “one sword against a hundred” only worked when killing players who were far weaker than him. Only then would it be as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

“He actually killed Lord Haoshou!”

“Quick, chase him! Get revenge!”

By the time the Misty Rain Tower members snapped out of their daze, Ye Rong had already dashed a hundred zhang away. There was no catching him now.

“Am I seeing things? The third-in-command of Misty Rain Tower was actually killed?”

“That’s right, killed with one sword! His body was cut into four pieces!”

“What was his name again? He’s definitely going to become famous!”

“Of course! If his previous achievements aren’t bad, and after verification by Jiuyu Pavilion, he’ll definitely be added to the next Heavenly Ranking. And Haoshou Qiongjing’s rank will surely drop a lot. He won’t be able to keep his current 77th position!”

The players who had been watching the excitement all started chattering. Those who came to Qiao Mountain were all fairly skilled players with good judgment.

They could naturally see that Yijian Kurong had an almost overwhelming advantage over Haoshou Qiongjing. Once he got serious, it was a complete domination.

His earlier probing and familiarization with the Chongxu Sword Qi were seen by others as intentional teasing, a way to showcase his exceptional sword skills.

…

“The second official Player Organization on the Far Shore, Herbal Hall, is now established! Founder: Gancaozi! Announced to the vast world of Hongmeng and all beings of the Far Shore!”

“The third official Player Organization on the Far Shore, Wanyao Palace, is now established! Founder: Lie Tian! Announced to the vast world of Hongmeng and all beings of the Far Shore!”

As soon as Ye Rong found a quiet spot and landed his sword light to rest, he heard two System announcements, one after the other, almost at the same time, with only a few seconds between them.

“I didn’t expect Herbal Hall to take the lead! Kunlun’s strength should not be underestimated!”

Blood Colored Poppy obtained the Barren God Giant and returned. It was unclear how much that helped Herbal Hall successfully establish their Faction. As for Wanyao Palace, it was a Faction for Demon Race Players, consisting entirely of members from the Demon Race. Its founder was Lie Tian, ranked second on the Heavenly Ranking.

They were only a few seconds apart, becoming the third official Player Organization and being overshadowed by someone else. Ye Rong imagined Lie Tian must be very annoyed right now.

But the System benefits for these two Factions were already not as good as those for the Shushan Sword Alliance. Probably, Factions established later wouldn’t even get a full System announcement. This privilege belonged only to the top three official Player Organizations.

“More turmoil. Who knows how many more players will die inside the Yellow Emperor’s Tomb now!”

Ye Rong sighed deeply. Herbal Hall’s successful establishment meant they could deploy all their Strength to Qiao Mountain and the Yellow Emperor’s Tomb.

The direct confrontation between these two major Factions would surely make the already chaotic situation even worse.