Chapter 1266 - 325: Vanquishing Pirates in the Eight Trigrams Mist, Safeguarding the Land with Mighty Palms

Shi Feiyang let out a cold snort; the Bright Jade Technique Divine Skill "Shock Eye Tribulation" arose with his thought, and a biting chill spread at a speed visible to the naked eye. Li Fengxiao was instantly covered in frost, his whole body shattering inch by inch like Liuli, turning into a ground full of icy shards.

Fuma Xiaoyezi’s pupils shrank abruptly; she had never seen such an overbearing Martial Arts. Shi Feiyang swept his gaze around; ice-blue True Qi condensed into a vortex in his palm: "Today, I’ll let you understand—those who offend the Central Plains, no matter how far, shall be slain!"

His voice echoed in the mist, as if carrying the momentum of thousands of troops and horses, shaking everyone’s eardrums till they ached. That innate confidence and domineering air was like a sharp sword, thrust straight into the hearts of the petty villains.

Fuma Xiaoyezi’s scarlet fingernails traced a bizarre arc in the twilight; in the instant twelve Ninja seals were formed, the mist suddenly boiled.

Ten thousand poisoned cherry blossoms shot out from the void, the pink-white petals’ edges gleaming with bluish-black toxic patterns; wherever they passed, the reefs actually sizzled with white smoke.

Bai Zhi’s jade-like face changed abruptly; the Miaojiang silver bells rang out a clear, piercing note, and the Nine-headed Serpent Gu raised its ferocious heads high, spraying curtains of blood-reeking venom.

The moment the two currents of poison collided, a radius of ten zhang turned into a poison-smothered Xiuluo Scene, the air erupting with one explosion after another.

"An ant shaking a tree!" Shi Feiyang’s whole body flared with Liuli-like luster; the Bright Jade Technique circulated to the "Supreme Forgetting Emotions Ice Soul Cold Prison," three feet of cold air congealing into substance. The Nine-Ring Saber of Giant Whale Gang’s Gang Leader Gao Dacheng hacked down with a Mountain-Splitting Rock-Breaking force, the clanging of the saber rings sending seagulls scattering in fright.

Shi Feiyang’s twin palms pushed out like Mountain-Cracking Giant Axes, unleashing the "Golden Dragon Coiling Claws" of the Hundred Victories Saber Technique; gold and white interwoven Saber Qi collided head-on with the great saber.

In an instant, shards of ice and sparks flew; Gao Dacheng’s tiger’s mouth split open from the shock, and the Nine-Ring Saber was jolted into a bow-like bend, seven copper rings falling into the sea, stirring up waves a zhang high.

Cao Bang Gang Leader Kang Hui saw this and sent his soft whip coiling toward Shi Feiyang’s throat like a Spiritual Snake.

The barbed tip of the whip glimmered with a ghostly blue poison-light; it was precisely the "Blood-Touch Sealing" that made the Jianghu pale in fear.

Shi Xiong’s White Rainbow Sword hummed as it left its scabbard; the sword moved like a roaming dragon as he executed "Green Peak Slicing Face" from the Thirteen Life-taking Swords, the cold gleam and whip-shadow twisting into a Silver Thread serpent in midair.

Shan Zhi hid within the mist; three plum-blossom darts shot out in a pin-shaped formation, the Heroic Cherry Blossom Totem engraved on the dart bodies faintly visible within the poisonous fog.

Kang Hui was forced to turn to defense, his soft whip whirling into an impenetrable shield, yet Shi Xiong seized the chance to close in, the sword tip flicking off three strands of his hair.

Fuma Xiaoyezi saw this, a mad killing intent flashing in her eyes.

She bit through the tip of her tongue, spraying a mouthful of essence blood onto the short blade; the knife’s body immediately shone with a demonic crimson light: "Today I’ll bury you all in the cherry blossom Hell!"

With her shrill shout, the entire island was shrouded in pink poisonous mist, within which came the faint wails of ten thousand wronged souls.

Shi Feiyang felt his breath suddenly stall, a chill shooting from his Dantian straight to his crown; even the circulation of the Bright Jade Technique became sluggish.

"Huaxia Martial Arts—how could they suffer your defilement!" Shi Feiyang roared, his twin palms blasting out the ultimate killing move of the Hundred Victories Saber Technique, "Heaven-Earth Severing." The gold-white Saber Qi turned into a furious sea of billows; wherever it reached, the poison mist vanished like boiling water poured over snow.

The Ice Soul cold air fused with the Saber Qi, forcibly cleaving open a ten-zhang passage within the fog.

In the instant Fuma Xiaoyezi’s moves were exhausted, Shi Feiyang’s figure darted in like a ghost, the vortex suction of the Bright Jade Technique erupting with a boom.

"Ah!" Fuma Xiaoyezi let out a shrill scream, her body hurtling uncontrollably toward Shi Feiyang.

She struggled to swing out one last slash, only to see Shi Feiyang’s left hand clamp onto her pulse gate like an iron vise.

In that instant, a terrifying chill spread along her meridians; frost rapidly formed over her pupils, her limbs freezing solid at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Speak! What other schemes are there?" Shi Feiyang’s voice was as cold as if it had come from the netherworld.

Black blood seeped from the corner of Fuma Xiaoyezi’s lips, yet she still grinned ferociously: "Fusang’s Amaterasu... will make you... pay blood for blood..." Before her words finished, her whole body, under the aid of the Fog Concealment Technique, suddenly scattered away with the wind.

The remaining enemies were scared out of their wits and turned to flee.

Giant Whale Gang Gang Leader Gao Dacheng abandoned his broken saber and leapt into the sea; Cao Bang Gang Leader Kang Hui flung out three poison-smoke bombs, using the heavy mist as cover to slip away.

Shi Feiyang’s eyes hardened, ice-blue True Qi condensing into a vortex in his palm: "You think you can leave?" Tapping his toes on the ground, his figure shot up like an eagle breaking through the sky, both palms pushing out the "Red Dust Slash" of the Hundred Victories Saber Technique.

Nine streaks of golden Saber Qi fanned out across the sea’s surface; Gao Dacheng, who had been swimming, screamed as he was cleaved in half at the waist, blood staining a wide expanse of ocean red.

Shan Zhi’s plum-blossom darts streaked like meteors chasing the moon, nailing into the back of Cao Bang Gang Leader. Kang Hui staggered and rolled into a thicket of reefs, only to see Bai Zhi’s jade flute lift lightly; the Hundred Poison Spider King spat out Silver Thread, binding him tight. The spider venom spread rapidly, his skin rotting at a speed visible to the naked eye, melting into a puddle of foul blood.

Shi Xiong pointed the White Rainbow Sword at the heavens; the Sword Qi drew down heavenly thunder, which blasted the Fusang rabble trying to flee by boat into charred husks.

The mist gradually dispersed, and on the reefs of Zhuge Eight Diagram Island, corpses lay strewn everywhere.

Shi Feiyang stood at the highest point, his dark battle garb soaked in fresh blood, yet making his heroic bearing all the more striking.

He gazed at the sky whitening in the east, ice-blue True Qi circulating around his body, shaking off all the tainted blood.

The sea wind lifted his robes, like a battle flag snapping in the gale, proclaiming the iron backbone of Huaxia Martial Artists in this blood-reeking storm of the Jianghu. As Shi Feiyang’s Bright Jade Technique flowed, the chill in his palms could not dispel the doubts in his heart.

How could these surviving Fusang raiders set an ambush on Eight Diagram Island with such precision? Could there be an even deeper traitor within the Central Plains Martial Arts?

Just as he was pondering, dozens of sharp whistles suddenly sounded from within the dense fog; thirty-six Ninjas in ink-black battle garb formed the Beidou formation, treading the wave crests as they closed in. "Young master, be careful!" Shi Xiong gripped the White Rainbow treasure sword tightly, the blade humming as it quivered with Inner Strength.