Chapter 1262: Jade Power Condenses Cold to Punish Intruders, Hundred Blades of Frost Guard the Nine Provinces (Part 3)

The golden blade light flashed past, and his three Japanese sabers shattered inch by inch, splitting his body in half, staining a vast area of seawater with blood.

The remaining Japanese pirates, seeing this, were terrified and panicked, each attempting to flee.

Would Shi Feiyang allow their escape? He employed the vortex suction of the Bright Jade Technique, and within a hundred feet radius, the seawater suddenly formed a gigantic vortex, pulling the Japanese pirate ships into it. Shi Feiyang waved his hands repeatedly, unleashing the nine strikes and thirty-six forms of the Hundred Victories Saber Technique in succession. The golden Sword Qi intertwined and crisscrossed, slicing the pirates in half or turning them into minced flesh wherever it landed, with severed limbs and bodies floating on the sea.

The bloody battle raged on for an entire night. When the dawn cracked the horizon, the surface of the sea was filled with floating bodies of Japanese pirates and the wreckage of their ships.

Shi Feiyang stood at the bow of the ship, the chill around him gradually dissipating. Despite his dark combat suit being soaked in blood, he remained as upright and firm as a pine tree.

He gazed at the sky in the east, which was turning light, his eyes as unwavering as iron. Leading his men back to the Ryukyu Royal Family, Prince Shangfeng held a victory banquet for him.

However, after the third round of drinks, the flickering gold-plated candlelight wavered in the sea breeze. Prince Shangfeng’s hand, holding the luminous cup, suddenly trembled violently, and the sparkling liquid splashed onto the sharkskin tablecloth, creating strange, dark red patterns.

“Brother-in-law…” He murmured indistinctly, falling backward like a kite with a broken string, the black blood seeping from the corner of his mouth staining the brocade satin with a hideous mandala pattern, the aroma mingling with the scent of blood permeating the entire banquet hall in an instant.

Shi Feiyang jolted up, circulating the Bright Jade Technique to the “Supreme Forgetting Emotions Ice Soul Cold Prison,” and his skin beneath the dark attire glowed with a glazing luster.

He swept his gaze over the scattered jade plates and gold bowls on the table, his pupils shrinking dramatically—each rim of the wine cups was engraved with a tiny sakura totem. “Bai Zhi, be careful! This is the Japanese ‘Sakura Blood Blade’ poison!”

Before his words faded away, the walls of the banquet hall exploded loudly, and thirty-six masked ninjas emerged using bizarre footwork. The moonlight streamed through the shattered windows, reflecting the ghostly blue cold light on their ninja sabers.

The leading female ninja, Fuma Xiaoyezi, wore a scarlet ninja robe, a short blade at her waist condensed with light pink ice crystals, akin to a Death God’s smile.

“How dare a Central Plains Martial Artist act recklessly in Ryukyu? Here, you’re nothing but trash!” She laughed coquettishly, forming seals with her hands. “Falling Sakura Illusion Technique!” Instantly, sakura petals filled the hall; each petal transformed into a sharp blade, the shrill sound of air being sliced making one’s scalp tingle.

Bai Zhi’s jade hands moved deftly, a silver web formed by Miaojiang Gu insects spread open in front of her.

The golden silken threads from the golden silkworm Gu shimmered, but as the petals touched the web, they dissolved, seeping out a corrosive poison. “Not good! It’s Bone-corroding Powder!”

She retreated three steps quickly, the silver bell in her hair jingling abruptly, summoning the Hundred Poison Spider King.

The Spider King’s eight legs flailed, spraying black poison mist, colliding violently with the sakura blades, producing piercing explosive sounds.

Shi Xiong clenched the White Rainbow Treasure Sword, the dragon patterns on it emitting cold light. He executed the Thirteen Life-taking Swords, the sword light like a ribbon protecting Shi Feiyang’s back. The move “Green Peak Cuts the Face” was launched when a ninja suddenly transformed into green smoke and vanished, only to reappear and regroup three feet behind Shi Xiong.

Shi Xiong’s pupils contracted sharply, and he turned his sword to enact the move “Returning Wind Seizing the Moon,” and Sword Qi collided with the ninja saber, sparks flying.

Shan Zhi’s plum blossom darts shot like meteors towards the enemy formation, yet saw the ninjas using the Shadow Escape Technique, moving back and forth between moonlight and shadow.

A dart just brushed past Fuma Xiaoyezi’s ear, and instead of being angry, she laughed even more enticingly: “Central Plains hidden weapons are nothing more! Mere children’s play!” Then she reversed her hands, throwing three Poisoned Shurikens, which split into nine cold lights in mid-air.

The heroes of the Heroic Sakura Association Ryukyu Sub-Branch, “Azure Dragon Saber” Lu Chengfeng and “Wind Thunder Sword” Li Ji, had already bloodied their eyes.

Lu Chengfeng’s great saber split three ninjas, the back of the blade striking a Japanese’s skull, brains splattering, while another ninja’s kunai was already stabbing towards his ribs.

At the last moment, Li Ji’s Wind Thunder Sword arrived in time, the sword wind repelling the kunai, but leaving a scorched black scorch mark on the blade—it turned out all the Japanese weapons were laced with a deadly poison.

Shi Feiyang channeled cyan-blue True Qi into vortices, absorbing all the sakura blades aimed at Bai Zhi.

He thrust out his palms with the “Red Dust Slash” of the Hundred Victories Saber Technique, nine golden blade lights crisscrossing, ripping into the ninjas’ clothing inch by inch wherever it reached.

However, Fuma Xiaoyezi seized the opportunity to advance, the ice crystals on her short blade suddenly swelling, directly targeting Shi Feiyang’s throat.

“Bring it on!” Shi Feiyang didn’t retreat but advanced, using the vortex suction of the Bright Jade Technique to neutralize the opponent’s offensive entirely.

His palms struck out the ultimate killing move of the Hundred Victories Saber Technique, “Sun and Moon Shine Together,” and two massive golden blade shadows soared like the sun and moon.

Fuma Xiaoyezi’s face changed dramatically, forming seals to perform “Ice Escape: Cherry Blossom Avalanche,” with sakura and ice crystals forming a barrier.

But under Shi Feiyang’s Sword Qi, the barrier shattered with a bang, the ice crystal and petal fragments shooting around like torrential rain.

Inside the banquet hall, the stench of blood grew even stronger. Shi Xiong’s White Rainbow Sword had already become jagged, and three wounds on his body oozed black blood; Bai Zhi’s silver web was badly damaged, and even the Hundred Poison Spider King was mortally corroded; Lu Chengfeng’s Azure Dragon Saber had cut through seven ninja sabers, yet his arm swelled purple from poison.

Nevertheless, the resolve in their eyes showed no weakening. They formed a battle formation, protecting the poisoned and unconscious Prince Shangfeng in the center.

Fuma Xiaoyezi wiped away the blood from the corner of her mouth, a hint of apprehension flashing through her eyes.

She suddenly blew a bone whistle, and the thirty-six ninjas instantly formed the “Eight-Flag Killing Array,” where the killing intent within the array materialized as dark fog.