Chapter 1283 - 328: Secrets Hidden in the Phoenix Palace, Cold Blades Stir Shadows and Shake Heroes’ Souls (Part 2)

Mu Tong’s saber technique is exceptionally exquisite, with every move displaying her profound inner power and extraordinary martial skill.

Her noble aura was fully revealed at that moment.

When Shi Feiyang and the others hurried over, they saw Mu Tong facing twelve opponents with ease.

Her saber technique combined the sharpness of the Japanese Saber with the ferocity of the Miao Saber, each slash bearing the momentum of mountain-splitting rock-breaking.

"Xiaoyezi! Take this!" Shi Feiyang laughed heartily, channeling the Bright Jade Technique to "Supreme Forgetting Emotions Ice Soul Cold Prison," his palm launching "Heaven’s Edge" from the Hundred Victories Saber Technique. The golden saber qi, carrying a chilling aura, instantly scattered the sword array.

The battle turned in an instant.

Wu Zhong’s thunderous firearm suppressed the sword maid’s retreat, while Xiang Kun’s iron flute emitted sound wave technique to disturb their minds, and Shi Xiong’s White Rainbow Sword specifically attacked the lower body. Seeing the unfavorable situation, the twelve sword maids bit the tips of their tongues simultaneously, the blood mist they sprayed forming a sinister Eastern Depot emblem in the air.

"Not good! It’s the ’Blood Fiend Twelve Extremes’!" Mu Tong’s expression changed drastically, yet Shi Feiyang’s body was suddenly enveloped in a dazzling glaze. The swirling force of the Bright Jade Technique sucked the blood mist into his palm. By the time the last sword maid fell, Xiao Lingling was already weakly leaning against the cliff wall.

She looked at Mu Tong with eyes full of gratitude yet caution: "Thank you for saving my life..."

Shi Feiyang stepped forward, gazing at Mu Tong’s blood-stained scarlet cloak, suddenly smiled, "Xiaoyezi, we must be fated."

Mu Tong’s hand trembled slightly, recalling the past when she framed Shi Feiyang on Ryukyu Island, her heart filled with bitterness.

She turned away, speaking coldly, "Grand Squad Leader Shi has mistaken me for someone else." With that, she sheathed the bloody ninja saber and turned to leave.

Watching her retreating figure, Shi Feiyang’s gaze deepened, "If Commandery Princess Mu is in trouble, the Heroic Sakura Association stands ready to assist at any time!"

Mu Tong’s form paused but ultimately did not look back, leaving only her scarlet cloak fluttering in the autumn wind, gradually disappearing at the misty end of the mountain path.

On the mountain path, dead sword maids from the Eastern Depot lay intermingled with the disguised Jinyi Guard members of the Heroic Sakura Association.

The blood-red sunset on the Shu Road tainted the glaze light surrounding Shi Feiyang into a dark red hue.

Suddenly, a disciple from the Heroic Sakura Association stumbled forward, a blood trail from an arrow wound on his waist tracing a winding path on the stone slabs of the path: "Grand Squad Leader! General Guo Dunyi of Bozhou colluded with the Iron Saber Association, launching a surprise attack on our Bozhou Sub-Branch! The Sub-Branch Leader is fighting to the death, facing dire peril!"

The blood-stained letter fluttered noisily in the wind, the writing blurred by bloodstains. Shi Feiyang’s gaze turned cold as ice, casually waving his palm, the residual power of the Hundred Victories Saber Technique splintering the three-foot-thick stone slab beneath into web-like cracks.

As the Bright Jade Technique circulated, an icy blue mist rose around him, dimming the twilight sky: "Does the Imperial Court intend to use Jianghu to eliminate dissidents?"

He turned to the leaders of each Incense Hall, golden light flickering in his eyes, "Today let them know, the blades of the Heroic Sakura Association can cut through petty villains and cleave apart layers of conspiracy!"

Liao Pei’s Long Arm Fist bracers rang crisply, shaking loose pebbles from the cliff wall: "Grand Squad Leader, I am willing to lead the Vanguard Camp to flatten the Iron Saber Association!"

Lie Quan’s Heaven and Earth Saber unsheathed half an inch, the clanging of the saber ring like war drums pounding: "Bozhou is a strategic point in the Southwest, we cannot let the Imperial Court succeed!"

Wu Zhong meticulously inspected the thunderous firearms on his iron prosthetic limb, the sound of lead bullets loading crisp as pearls falling onto a jade plate: "This time, we must let that traitor Guo Dunyi taste the power of firearms!"

Shi Feiyang smiled, "Brother Xie Wen, kindly investigate the Iron Saber Association’s headquarters. Once we wipe out the Iron Saber Association, let’s seize some funds and provisions to reward our brothers from the Bozhou Sub-Branch. Let the male disciples marry wives, and the female disciples have dowries."

"Hahaha!" The heroes burst into laughter.

Xie Wen cupped his fists, bowing in response, then utilized the "Feixu Qingyan Technique" and departed.

Three days later, the sounds of battle thundered outside Bozhou City.

The Iron Saber Association’s "Earth Split Array" completely encircled the Bozhou Sub-Branch, and the shouts of the members were mixed with the war drums of the Ming Army.

Guo Dunyi stood on the lookout tower of the Ming Army Camp, his hand holding a "victory report," its ink not yet dry, his lips curled into a sinister smile: "The Heroic Sakura Association is but fish and meat on the Imperial Court’s cutting board..." Before his words were finished, nine golden saber lights suddenly rose on the distant horizon, like divine thunder from the nine heavens striking the earth.

Shi Feiyang’s toes tapped upon the rain of arrows, manipulating the Bright Jade Technique to "Supreme Forgetting Emotions Ice Soul Cold Prison," with crystalline frost around him refracting into vibrant lights under the sun. He launched "Red Dust Slash" from the Hundred Victories Saber Technique with both palms, and the nine blades of chilling saber qi fanned out, cutting everything in their path. The weapons of the Iron Saber Association’s disciples snapped, their bodies scattering like broken kites.

"Such trifles dare to show off before an expert!" His voice, like a great bell, trembled even the command flags of the Ming Army Camp.

Shi Xiong’s White Rainbow Sword turned into a silver dragon, charging back and forth within the enemy lines. The "Green Peak Face Slice" of the Thirteen Life-taking Swords was unleashed, and amidst the crisscrossing sword qi, the heads of the Iron Saber Association’s hall masters rolled like watermelons.

Shan Zhi’s plum blossom darts formed a rain of darts targeting the throats and dantians of the enemies; Xiao Lingling’s Mandarin Duck Saber danced into a snowy curtain, the clear sounds of blade clashing harmonizing with the sound wave technique emitted from Xiang Kun’s iron flute, forming a combined attack.

Guo Dunyi’s face changed drastically, drawing the sword at his waist: "Fire arrows! Fire flaming arrows!" Instantly, ten thousand arrows shot forth, blazing towards Shi Feiyang.

However, Shi Feiyang, with a single absorbent palm movement, transformed the swirling suction of the Bright Jade Technique into an invisible giant mouth, devouring all the flaming arrows.

Radiating brilliant light, he executed the ultimate move of the Hundred Victories Saber Technique, "Heaven and Earth Slash," a golden saber light that pierced through heaven and earth, crashing down. The arrow tower of the Ming Army collapsed under the saber qi, bricks, and wood chips raining down like raindrops.