This!!!
Ning Shanhai's hair stood on end in an instant, and that feeling of having everything under his control vanished without a trace.
Anyone who saw Lin Shuguang turned into an ice sculpture would have assumed that he had no chance of resisting, but in the blink of an eye, the powerful blood energy erupting from Lin Shuguang shattered the ice.
So much so that even Ning Shanhai's charging figure was slightly halted by a powerful aura of true qi.
Lin Shuguang grabbed downward with one palm. His savage momentum descended like a mountain, towering and magnificent, directly unleashing a rumbling boom that reverberated throughout the entire Side Hall.
In the next instant, the long sword Ning Shanhai had thrust down was seized in Lin Shuguang's hand.
As if clamped in steel, Lin Shuguang was not only completely unharmed, but had also erupted with an extraordinarily immense force.
Ning Shanhai's expression shifted slightly. His left leg bent, and he instantly completed the motion of crouching and springing up. His entire body shot out like an arrow fired from a ballista, howling through the air as the sword spun, seemingly intent on shredding Lin Shuguang's arm.
Lin Shuguang let out a fierce shout. At the instant Ning Shanhai attempted to counterattack, he gripped the sword tightly. The force erupting from him coiled throughout his body. For a moment, it seemed as though his physical frame had grown considerably taller, while the muscles in both arms bulged high, displaying a terrifying, inhuman form.
Then, immense strength burst forth. He seized the long sword and violently yanked it backward.
Ning Shanhai had only just risen and tried to rotate in midair when his body abruptly froze. His face was filled with disbelief!
Naturally, Ning Shanhai did not know that during the time he had been exploring, Lin Shuguang had used the Cold Jade filling the hall to raise his attributes to an utterly terrifying level.
Moreover, Ning Shanhai had been caught off guard. Lin Shuguang had struck later but arrived first, seized the advantage, and was now pressing him relentlessly, without the slightest hesitation. He looked completely intent on beating him to death.
Ning Shanhai took a punch to the shoulder and was sent flying with a muffled groan. In midair, he used the sword scraping against the ground to barely steady himself after landing.
"Who would have thought this old man would fall into your trap! Such deep schemes for someone so young—"
Before he could finish, Lin Shuguang's icy voice interrupted him on the spot. "You old bastard, stop with the nonsense. If you've still got the strength, let's see how many of my blades you can withstand!"
As he spoke, he reached out and grabbed.
The Slaughter Blade suddenly erupted with a savage aura of true qi, sweeping in all directions.
Ning Shanhai was consumed by fury and shouted angrily, "If I hadn't already been injured, you would have been beaten to ashes by now! How dare you act so arrogantly! The fact that I'm not killing you is a blessing you earned in your previous life..."
"Such stupid chatter!" Lin Shuguang's face was expressionless as he seized the blade and instantly closed in on Ning Shanhai.
The Slaughter Blade in his hand carved a scarlet arc through the air and slashed down with brutal force!
Ning Shanhai's face was full of shock and fury. His sword flashed.
Sparks flew in all directions, and the ear-piercing clang of metal striking metal rang simultaneously beside both their ears.
After sensing the power of Lin Shuguang's blade, Ning Shanhai's heart sank slightly.
This brat's strength had actually increased so much compared to when they were outside!
Damn it, what treasure had he obtained here?
Back when they had been in the Tianyan Mountain Range, Lin Shuguang's blade could injure him, but it had not been enough to make his heart pound with fear.
But now, he had already sensed that strange feeling!
If that blade had truly struck him just now, then even though he was a Great Grandmaster of martial arts, his body would never have been able to withstand it—he had never cultivated Hardening Kung Fu.
Though Ning Shanhai blocked the blade in shock and fury, Lin Shuguang's strength was astonishingly great. He forcibly drove the slash into Ning Shanhai's shoulder and continued chopping downward with unstoppable momentum.
At that moment, Ning Shanhai's shoulder suddenly sank. The sword bent treacherously, like a venomous snake coiled around Lin Shuguang's blade, swiftly changing angles...
The instant Ning Shanhai slipped free and redirected the force, he suddenly surged forward. The light flashing from his sword tip was vicious beyond compare, and it was already about to pierce Lin Shuguang's throat.
"Boom!"
Lin Shuguang exerted force through his feet, and the ground suddenly trembled.
Ning Shanhai's sword inevitably shifted off course.
At that exact moment, Lin Shuguang came sweeping forward like a mountain, carrying thunderous Saber Light and crushing ahead with overwhelming momentum.
Ning Shanhai was struck against the shoulder, as if hit by a massive train speeding past. His viscera churned violently.
If he had not been a Viscera Refining Grandmaster, having tempered his internal organs countless times, then any mid- or high-level Viscera Refining martial artist would have exploded from head to toe by now, dying without an intact corpse!
"What vicious schemes!"
Ning Shanhai cried out in shock and fury, looking utterly disheveled.
Lin Shuguang sneered at his angry rebuke. "You're scared."
Those three words struck Ning Shanhai's heart like three giant hammers.
Before he could say anything else, Lin Shuguang's blade pressed its advantage without mercy. One slash followed another, so dense that they left no room to breathe.
Ning Shanhai's old internal injuries split open again, and he spat out a mouthful of aged blood. Facing Lin Shuguang's savage fighting style, fear began to rise in his heart.
If this dragged on, he would truly end up dead without an intact corpse!
The farther away, the better!
With a feint of his sword, Ning Shanhai turned and fled.
What did it matter if the dignity of a Great Grandmaster could not be insulted? Between dignity and his life, which was more important? Though he was old, he was not foolish.
But no sooner had he fled than Lin Shuguang's blade, carrying the force to pull mountains, came crashing down and forcibly cut off his retreat.
"Stop pressing me so relentlessly! I don't want the treasures here anymore. Don't bring about your own ruin!" Ning Shanhai roared in shock and fury.
He did not know why, but when fighting the Lin Shuguang before him, he felt an increasingly ominous premonition... It was as though this fellow's strength was improving with every passing moment.
He did not dare imagine how powerful this brat would become if they continued fighting.
He did not want to die... Or rather, he truly feared death!
But how could Lin Shuguang ever let a tiger return to the mountains?
"Today, you and I—only one of us will walk away alive..."
A blade descended!
Sparks burst in all directions.
Ning Shanhai's figure staggered back a step.
Lin Shuguang's second sentence followed once more. "You die, I live!"
He brought down another blade!
Screech!
The sleeve around Ning Shanhai's sword arm completely exploded, shredding into a mass of scraps. His face was filled with terror as Lin Shuguang's blade sent him flying, smashing him violently into the wall.
It was as though a great bell had been struck. The trembling sound of Buddhist chants rang out through the Side Hall, rapidly spreading until it reached the entire space of the Ancient Tomb.
In the distance, Silver Seraph, who had still been searching the stone chambers, abruptly stopped. "The sound of a bell...?"
He turned back suspiciously. The direction he looked toward was precisely where Lin Shuguang was.
"Something happened!"
He turned around, spread his wings, and flew at top speed toward the place where he and Lin Shuguang had parted.
At the same time, the doors of the Side Hall closed completely. The surrounding walls twisted incessantly as terrifying Demon Ghost Faces emerged one after another, silently snarling. They were particularly horrifying, as though they were crawling out.
Ning Shanhai spat blood from his mouth. Looking at the scene before him, he suddenly burst into a malicious laugh. "Hahahaha! You triggered the mechanism. If this old man can't survive, neither can you. If I were you, I'd choose to join forces right now..."
But as soon as he finished speaking, Lin Shuguang completely ignored the Evil Demon Faces that had suddenly appeared on the walls and slashed at Ning Shanhai, who lay on the ground still cursing loudly.
That reckless ferocity, heedless of all consequences, made Ning Shanhai's eyes widen. "You're insane!!!"
The Side Hall shook, and the demon awoke, but Lin Shuguang paid it no heed and brought his blade down.
This was just how I was!
If you dared to provoke me, then even if doomsday descended, I would still slaughter you!
The blade descended with savage force, directly knocking away the long sword Ning Shanhai had hurriedly raised to block it, followed immediately by another slash.
Blood ran rampant, a scene too horrible to behold!
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