Splat.
Blood sprayed from beneath Lin Xin's sword. He drew his longsword back and shot out at an angle, forcibly bursting through the encirclement of more than ten people.
Droplets of blood scattered. More than ten Noodle People broke at the waist like wheat beneath a sickle and collapsed to the ground.
On the slope beneath the setting sun, Lin Xin slowly sheathed his sword and turned to look at the trail of corpses behind him.
"I always feel like something isn't flowing smoothly." He recalled every detail of the fight just now.
Pine Forest Swordplay emphasized thrusting, yet what he used most were slashes and taps.
Swish.
The longsword left its sheath again, casting several crimson shadows through the air before returning to its sheath.
"This is the opening stance of Pine Forest Swordplay."
Splat!
Sword-light flashed, and a crimson shadow vanished in an instant. It was a little faster.
"This is the basic sword form." He frowned slightly.
An invisible, scorching current of air began to coil around the blade.
The sword shadow shot out with a whoosh, then withdrew.
This time, however, it was the slowest—far slower than the previous two.
"This is Flame-less Swordplay..."
His brow furrowed tightly.
"Flame-less Swordplay surrounds the blade with a hot current. It is equivalent to carrying a stream of Inner Qi along when drawing the sword, so greater resistance is only natural. Pine Forest Swordplay requires too many variations in Inner Qi, and the buffering preparation is too long... so it is slow as well. It is even worse than simply circulating qi and drawing my sword directly."
He recalled the Life-Slaughtering Sword Dao he had acquired and practiced a little some days ago.
"The characteristic of Life-Slaughtering Sword Dao is borrowing force. Without a Yang Extremity Pill, I cannot