Chapter 1623 - 186: The Butcher and the Meat

Chapter 1623: Chapter 186: The Butcher and the Meat

Nalan Xuance looked at the young Sword Immortal with fluttering sleeves before him.

His expression was ashen, regret surging from the depths of his heart.

Just a few years ago, he had more than one opportunity to snuff out the young successor of Da Sui Sword Palace right here.

What a pity...

He missed them all.

Now the tables have turned.

"I can take my own life."

Nalan Xuance slumped to the ground, raised his head, and looked at the young man in front of him: "Only... I have one condition."

"Speak."

Xie Xuanyi’s expression was indifferent.

He didn’t agree immediately, but let Nalan Xuance speak.

"After I end my own life, the Ninth Prince must not execute the Crown Prince... Whatever happens to those Southern State nobles, I don’t care, but the Crown Prince is my most valued student."

Nalan Xuance cracked a smile: "I hope he lives."

"I cannot agree to that condition."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "I said before, I won’t interfere in Li Kingdom’s power struggles. I’m only here to kill you... How the Ninth Prince deals with the Crown Prince is none of my concern."

Actually, back in the South Border.

Xie Xuanyi and the Crown Prince had a grudge as well.

However, the two are now on different levels, and Xie Xuanyi couldn’t be bothered to seek revenge...

Even if the Crown Prince ascended the throne to officially become the Li Country’s Monarch, Xie Xuanyi would not regard him highly at all.

"You..."

Anger flashed in Nalan Xuance’s eyes.

In his view.

This was already a humiliating compromise.

Does someone of his status not even deserve the right to negotiate?

"Of course. Even if the Ninth Prince wants to spare the Crown Prince, I must inspect him first."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "If he is also tainted with the same ’filth’ as you, sorry, no one can save him."

Upon hearing this.

Nalan Xuance’s expression changed dramatically.

"Boom!"

He suddenly raised his hands and blasted a palm strike at Xie Xuanyi from an extremely close range, as surging Powerful Energy erupted forth.

The Iron Curtain threads shot up from the ground instantly.

"So, you’re going to resist?"

Xie Xuanyi watched this scene coldly, shaking his head: "Truly... a dog cannot change its habit of eating shit."

He had expected this to happen.

Xie Xuanyi stepped forward.

The Iron Curtain threads rising from the ground were instantly torn apart by Sword Qi, the Life and Death Dao Domain instantly enveloped the entire Luoyu Mountain. With a casual palm from the golden Martial Arts Holy Body Dharma Aspect, the fierce wind stirred by Nalan Xuance was shattered. Xie Xuanyi maintained his posture with hands behind his back, merely using the force of the Dao Domain to press forward, causing Nalan Xuance to be sent flying back once again.

"Xie Xuanyi! I’ll fight you to the death!"

This time.

Nalan Xuance no longer retreated; he let out a fierce and desperate shout, his feet firmly planted on the ground, fingers like hooks, and his eyes turned completely jet-black.

This scene was quite terrifying.

The once dignified National Master of Li Kingdom, now resembling a resentful ghost.

"Fight?"

Xie Xuanyi sneered: "What do you have to fight me with?"

Smack!

Xie Xuanyi strode forward.

A slap was delivered.

Nalan Xuance’s [Iron Curtain] had just formed, only to be shattered again. This slap was infused with powerful energy, and after shattering the [Iron Curtain], it did not lose momentum, and with overwhelming force, landed directly on Nalan Xuance’s cheek.

Smack!

Nalan Xuance staggered, unable to remain stable after the first slap, and before he could react, the second slap came right after.

Smack!

The Iron Curtain couldn’t stop Xie Xuanyi, so he forcibly gathered his energy, wanting to counter with the Dao Domain.

In the face of absolute power.

There was no difference between the Dao Domain and the Iron Curtain.

All were shattered with one slap.

Smack!

Nalan Xuance hurriedly used the Xuanwei Technique, intending to invoke abnormality to counterattack, but Xie Xuanyi’s speed was too fast. Before the wind and fire rose, before the thunder roared, the third slap landed solidly on his face... This third slap was heavier than the previous ones, sending him flying like a spinning top, spinning dozens of times before crashing heavily into a mountainside.

"Ah..."

This hit was too heavy.

Nalan Xuance’s limbs were embedded into the rocks; he roared in fury, looked up and howled, struggling to break free, raising a cloud of dust.

At this moment, the National Master of Li Kingdom, with his clothes in tatters, hair disheveled, and body covered in blood, looked no different from a terrifying ghost.

In theory.

Having absorbed a tainted origin, the recovery speed of his flesh and bones far exceeded that of a Same Realm Cultivator.

But after taking a palm from Xie Xuanyi.

The wounds to his flesh and bones were healing with great slowness.

The mere Taoist Intent of Destruction couldn’t cause such an effect...

Luo Lie serves as a good example.

The Sect Master of One-Slash Sect, he too comprehended the pure "Path of Destruction," but the injuries he inflicted couldn’t harm the tainted origin, and after several encounters, Nalan Xuance didn’t pay any price. If Xie Xuanyi hadn’t shown up, the likely outcome for Luo Lie would have been to be gradually ground down to death.

Luoyu Mountain was deathly silent.

Xie Xuanyi walked forward slowly.

This time.

Fear appeared in Nalan Xuance’s eyes. He didn’t attack again but retreated.

"Why aren’t you fighting anymore?"

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "Brother Nalan, earlier I offered you some dignity... You chose to refuse it."

"Swoosh!"

Nalan Xuance attacked again, but this time was different from before.

He suddenly lunged forward.

At the same time, a mass of Black Evil broke free from his body and drifted backward.

"Hmm?"

Xie Xuanyi squinted his eyes.

Although this scene was somewhat unexpected, in an instant, he understood the situation—

Nether Sea and Shadow are two souls in one body!

Now, Nalan Xuance was clearly the same...

Within his body.

There was a soul of his own and a soul specifically containing the tainted origin.

At this moment.

Facing him, the soul that contained the tainted origin chose to flee.

Trying to sacrifice a pawn to save the king?

Xie Xuanyi didn’t hesitate at all, raised his hand, and a finger slashed.

A golden sword light streaked across.

The flesh body of Nalan Xuance’s "true self" being tossed by the Shadow was directly sliced in half!

The once-mighty National Master.

Today met a tragic end, severed from life.

In truth.

The moment he fused with the Shadow, Nalan Xuance’s fate was already sealed...

In Xie Xuanyi’s view, whoever takes this step is destined for a dead end.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

At this moment.

Within the deathly silent Luoyu Mountain, a streak of black light skimmed across the ground, its speed akin to the worldly extreme speed of the Vermilion Bird Demon.

"Escape!"

"Quickly escape!"

In Shadow’s heart at this moment, there was only one thought: to hurry and flee from Luoyu Mountain, as far away as possible.

Originally, he planned to rely on the Xuanwei Technique and fight Xie Xuanyi...

But after taking three slaps.

He immediately realized his folly.

What moment of madness had he to think of fighting desperately against Xie Xuanyi?

After being beaten.

Shadow had never been so sober in his life.

He knew very well.

If he didn’t escape while using the opportunity of discarding the true body, he truly wouldn’t have a chance.

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(PS: That’s all for today, feeling somewhat melancholic. Unknowingly turning twenty-nine... Next year, reaching the age where being called ’uncle’ would be undeniable, I wish I could always stay a twenty-year-old boy...)