Chapter 1624 - 187: Rout Like a Collapsing Mountain

Chapter 1624: Chapter 187: Rout Like a Collapsing Mountain

A strand of Tunneling Light swiftly glided through Luoyu Mountain.

"Trying to escape?"

Xie Xuanyi ascended on his sword, looking down indifferently.

The entire Luoyu Mountain was within the coverage of the Life and Death Dao Domain, every plant and tree was under his control.

That black stream of light was seen fleeing toward the center of Luoyu Mountain, where the Southern State Iron Cavalry was encamped. Even though tonight was an all-out attack, the armored soldiers responsible for guarding the supplies remained there.

Xie Xuanyi narrowed his eyes.

He knew what the Shadow was thinking.

The contaminated Origin could rapidly corrode a Divine Soul, completing a "Seize" in just a breath.

Once it slipped into the supplies camp, it would be like a fish returning to water; the Shadow could quickly seize a body and continuously switch shells... To kill it, Xie Xuanyi would need to wipe out all the armored soldiers in the supplies camp. That wouldn’t be enough; if it reached the external world of Luoyu Mountain, it could switch bodies on the battlefield of Yanbai City.

In this way.

Xie Xuanyi would be "dragged" into the fray, forced to intervene in the Qi Fortune of Li Kingdom.

"Kill!"

"Kill!!"

At this moment.

A muffled rumble of iron cavalry echoed outside Luoyu Mountain.

Xie Xuanyi frowned slightly, looking toward the sound’s origin; it turned out to be the commander of the Mysterious Armor Heavy Cavalry, Jian Qingqiu, who had joined forces with Yun Ruohai. They advanced from the west side, charging directly into the heart of the stronghold, aiming to destroy the supplies camp of the Southern State Iron Cavalry.

"Almost... just a little more..."

The Shadow, hearing the sounds, felt a surge of joy.

He traversed the dense forest.

In front of him, a faint light flickered, and through the Lin Ye, the patrolling armor soldiers of the supplies camp were vaguely visible. Due to the assault of the Mysterious Armor Heavy Cavalry, the entire Luoyu Mountain descended into chaos, the soldiers were frantically resisting, some even deserting... Once he mixed in, there would be a chance of survival.

"Swish!"

Just as the Shadow dashed out of the dense forest, lunging toward the armored soldiers of the supplies camp in an instant.

A thick Sword Qi descended from the sky, pinning him directly to the ground.

"Ah..."

The faces of the armor soldiers turned pale, frightened by the ghostly figure, they stumbled and scrambled away in a panic.

Sizzling!

A sword pierced through the heart, and a mass of black smoke seeped from the wound, the Shadow’s expression was pained as he turned to see, atop that wisp of Sword Qi, a figure standing lightly.

"I told you, you can’t escape."

Xie Xuanyi stood at the tip of the Sword Qi, speaking softly: "I will send you on your way now."

Though he no longer had the Bronze Sword and the Inscription from Great Ape Mountain.

But Xie Xuanyi had the Undying Spring and Life and Death Dao Intent...

These two things were extremely lethal to the contaminated Origin.

He raised two fingers in silent invocation, the void collapsed, hundreds and thousands of Harmonization Sword Qi swiftly converged, gathering at his fingertips, finally forming a thin Flying Sword no larger than a knuckle. The Flying Sword slowly descended, piercing the skull like a nail, billowing Black Evil Qi diffused, the Shadow initially tried to resist, then to plead, but under the suppression of the Sword Qi... he was unable to move or speak, gradually turning inch by inch into flying ash.

The entire process did not last long.

Just dozens of breaths.

Everything was over.

Xie Xuanyi flicked his sleeves, dispersing the Dao Intent, and turned slightly, seeing a silhouette standing silently not far from the supplies camp.

The armored soldiers scattered in flight.

Nalan Qiutong did not stop them.

She simply stood calmly in place, silently watching the scene... though her Divine Thought could not penetrate Xie Xuanyi’s Life and Death Dao Domain, she had a vague understanding of what transpired.

After the Dao Domain dispersed.

She saw Xie Xuanyi, and also the pitch-black flying ash upon the ground.

"Is this... Master?"

A breeze blew by.

The fragmented ash was carried away into the void, utterly obliterated.

Nalan Qiutong struggled to speak.

"Yes."

Xie Xuanyi said calmly: "Your master is already dead."

After Harmonization.

Xie Xuanyi no longer cared about most disputes in this world.

In earlier years.

He might have harbored the thought of killing, annihilating Nalan Qiutong along with her... but now he truly didn’t care, even if Nalan Qiutong one day Condensed Dao, in his eyes, it wasn’t much different from the mundane.

Of course.

If Nalan Qiutong wished to seek revenge for her master, to fight him to the death.

Xie Xuanyi wouldn’t mind sending this disciple of Xuanwei Island on her way.

"..."

Nalan Qiutong fell into silence.

She didn’t do anything reckless.

Nor did she feel anger.

She just stood quietly in place, with sorrow surfacing in her eyes.

The flying ash drifted everywhere.

By rights, seeing her master’s remains should drive her to grief, but the ashes burned by Sword Qi... only repelled Nalan Qiutong...

These two years.

Her master’s personality changed drastically.

Outsiders didn’t know the reason, but she knew a thing or two.

Nalan Qiutong knew, her master had returned to Xuanwei Island, and after that, something was wrong.

Now.

Seeing her master "die," the Divine Soul turned to ashes and returned to the void.

For some reason, she felt a slight sense of relief and resignation in her heart.

...

...

Xie Xuanyi silently watched the scattering ash.

He vaguely guessed some truths.

Earlier, Nalan Xuance begged for mercy, asking him to spare the Crown Prince, it was merely a ruse.

What he truly cared for, was not the Crown Prince.

But... Nalan Qiutong.

When Xie Xuanyi first arrived at Yanbai City, he released his Divine Thought, enveloping the area for ten miles around.

At that time, he did not find any trace of Nalan Qiutong.

In this crucial life-and-death showdown, Nalan Xuance sent the Flower Master and the Seven Marquis to follow him into battle, let the Crown Prince and the Ninth Prince duel, and yet, he left Nalan Qiutong to oversee the camp at Luoyu Mountain, away from the conflict.

Perhaps...

It was due to a moment of clarity.

He foresaw the end of his fate, choosing to leave a lifeline for the "seed" he truly cared for.

If they won this battle.

Nalan Qiutong would naturally be unharmed.

If they lost.

Southern State Iron Cavalry, those soldiers fighting on the battlefield, almost none would be spared... Conversely, the armored soldiers of the supplies camp, the rare few lucky ones in Luoyu Mountain, had the chance to escape alive, to survive.

"You’re not escaping?"

As the ash dispersed, Xie Xuanyi looked at Nalan Qiutong.

In the distance, the clamoring of war cries filled the air.

Jian Qingqiu, Yun Ruohai, were already charging over.

In just a moment, they would engage directly.

The tide of defeat was unstoppable.

This battle bore no suspense, not to mention this was just a supplies camp, even if it was Southern State’s most elite Iron Cavalry stationed here, they would struggle to withstand the charge of the Mysterious Armor Heavy Cavalry...

"Escape? To where?"

Nalan Qiutong chuckled lightly.

She looked not far ahead, the figures of the Mysterious Armor Heavy Cavalry were faintly visible, yet her expression remained unchanged as she gazed at them.

Jian Qingqiu, Yun Ruohai, were nothing to be feared.

Even against Commander Han Li.

She held no fear.

However, standing before her now, was the youngest Sword Palace Master of Da Sui Sword Palace in a millennium.

If Xie Xuanyi wished.

He could single-handedly annihilate the Southern State Iron Cavalry across the entire Luoyu Mountain.

Yin God, Grotto Heaven, were no more than ants before him.

"Xie Xuanyi, Master Xie."

Nalan Qiutong spread her arms, closed her eyes, and accepted her fate with a light brush: "You... can make your move now..."