Chapter 1016 - 278: A Brilliant Ruse Lures the Enemy, Feiyang’s Blade Shatters the Foe

Shi Feiyang said urgently, "Miss Xue, let me carry you. Otherwise, you’ll be attacked by those demons."

As soon as he finished speaking, Xue Qiuchun clasped him like a drowning person holding onto a life-saving driftwood. Her heart full of fear and anxiety instantly transformed into overwhelming dependence. Her deer-like eyes shimmered with an almost fanatical hope and trust. Her delicate body trembled slightly, and her voice carried a sobbing tone as she choked, "Young Master Shi, please save my father... I... I can’t be without him!"

Her voice, like a babbling mountain stream, carried endless fragility and earnestness straight into Shi Feiyang’s heart.

Before he could respond, Xue Qiuchun abandoned all her reserve and shyness, as if she was a nimble butterfly, decisively leaping onto Shi Feiyang’s back. She tightly wrapped her arms around Shi Feiyang’s neck, exerting force as if to merge herself with him.

Her cheek gently pressed against Shi Feiyang’s broad back, feeling his warm body heat through the clothes, a sense of unprecedented peace and sweetness rushed over her heart like a tide.

At this moment, Xue Qiuchun greedily breathed in Shi Feiyang’s unique scent, silently whispering in her heart, "Young Master Shi, as long as you’re here, even if there are mountains of knives and seas of flames ahead, I’m not afraid anymore. You are the beam of light in my dark world, illuminating every step I take forward. I am willing to always snuggle up to you like this, for an eternity, never to part..."

Shi Feiyang steadily carried Xue Qiuchun, and in an instant, the aura around him changed suddenly, like calm seas stirring up stormy waves. The True Qi of Bright Jade Technique within him surged through his meridians like a river that never stopped flowing.

He displayed the wondrous Lightweight Technique of "Deep Concealment of Body and Name," his form flickered like a dazzling white light tearing through the dark night sky.

Xue Qiuchun snuggled close against Shi Feiyang’s back, experiencing the wind howling past her ears, her hair flying wildly.

She could clearly feel Shi Feiyang’s every steady pace, every powerful breath, which made her heart sink deeper.

She buried her face even deeper, softly saying, "Young Master Shi, did you know? With you by my side, I feel like the happiest person in the world. No matter what happens, I trust you and rely on you..."

Her voice gently floated on the wind, full of deep affection, sweet as honey.

Where did Shi Feiyang have the leisure to talk about love with Xue Qiuchun?

But seeing his eyebrows as sharp as swords, tightly knit with a murderous aura, he swiftly displayed the wondrous Lightweight Technique of "Deep Concealment of Body and Name," his form flickered like a dazzling white light tearing through the dark night sky, the wind stirred by his trailing garment forming a three-zhang long silver streak behind him. It truly seemed like a meteor chasing the moon, leaving only a faintly visible afterimage behind. Even experts present could only catch a fleeting glimpse of a white shadow.

Xue Qiuchun tightly snuggled on Shi Feiyang’s back, feeling the waves of True Qi from Bright Jade Technique radiating from Shi Feiyang’s body forming misty white clouds that shielded them from the sharp, slicing winds. The jewels and ornaments in her hair jingled loudly, yet remained undamaged.

She glanced at the mountains rapidly receding beneath her feet, her heart clenched with worry for her father’s safety while marveling at Shi Feiyang’s astounding lightweight technique.

At this moment, she only felt like she was stepping on clouds chasing the moon, and in this Jianghu filled with blades and swords, only on Shi Feiyang’s back, this small world, could she find a bit of peace. In the blink of an eye, the two had reached the front of Xue Hong Mountain.

Shi Feiyang immediately gripped the Celestial Frost Blade with an iron-claw-like grip, took a deep breath, his chest swelled high, as if roaring dragons and tigers at his Dantian. A loud shout resounded through the sky like a thunderous explosion, shaking stones and sand around.

Within ten zhang around, the grass and trees were snapped by the reverberating roar.

Holding the blade, he unleashed "Coiling Dragon’s Claw," a powerful attack from the Hundred Victories Saber Technique, a masterful move balancing offense and defense. The blade seemed like a golden dragon awakened from the Nine Netherworld, its scales flashing cold light, its whiskers dancing wildly with the blade’s momentum, carrying the majestic force of creation itself. It carved a brilliant arc in the air, fiercely attacking the Blood Venerable. As the blade light passed by, it seemed to tear through the void, vaguely emitting dragon roars echoing through the clouds, hurting the ears of everyone present, and even the stars and moon in the sky seemed dimmed.

Blood Venerable, seeing Shi Feiyang suddenly attack, shrank his pupils, though surprised, his face was full of sinister and fierce look.

He snorted coldly, the sound seemingly coming from the depths of Nine Nether Hell, exuding an endless chill and ferocity, like millennium-old Profound Ice breaking, making people shiver. At that moment, he summoned all his power, using the "Blood Shadow Divine Technique," instantly enveloping himself in a dense and unrefined blood shadow, the increasingly pungent smell of blood pervading the air, making people nauseous.

One could see him turning into a blood-red light, like a cannonball shot out of a barrel, leaving the ground collapsing where he passed, leaving a series of foot imprints deep a chi, the surrounding air was further corroded by the blood aura into twisted shapes, even condensing innumerable ferocious faces in the void, emitting sharp and tragic screams, as if the Gate of Hell had opened, countless wronged souls roaring out.

Their attacks collided in an instant, a thunderous explosion deafeningly echoed, like sky thunder exploding overhead, making the whole mountain tremble violently. The powerful shockwave centered on the two, like a surging tsunami spreading outwards, sweeping up sand and stones, grass and trees, causing them to whirl and collide in the air with crackling explosive noise.