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Chapter 393: Chapter 243 Intimidation (Extra for fans of reading good books)

Li Yuanba’s aura was as sharp and matchless as his Sword Intent; at this moment, he was a true Sword Cultivator, with a longsword in hand, who could compete with him?

He relished battle, which was like a furnace, constantly tempering his Sword Intent that grew rapidly through actual combat.

The Supreme Yang Power within his Sword Intent, derived from the Innate Purple Qi, nearly restrained all Yin and evil energies, showing its terrifying suppressive effect in battles against Devil Cultivators.

Yu Piao was the fastest, his figure shifting swiftly to a distance where he could launch an attack on Li Yuanba, and twelve thin needles flew out, shooting towards Li Yuanba.

Although the needles were small, their material had reached Third Grade, meaning these Spiritual Artifacts required very little material, which allowed him to possess Third Grade material Spiritual Artifacts that exceeded their level.

This was also the foundation of his standing among the True Disciples; seeing Li Yuanba’s terrifying combat prowess, he didn’t dare to hold back and immediately used his strongest attack.

Li Yuanba’s Divine Thought continually lingered around his body, and when the twelve needles were fired, he sensed something wrong; these needles gave him a similar feeling to a Third Grade Sword Base.

Cold light flashed in his eyes, and he extended his right hand, summoning a Third Grade Sword Base into it.

Although he had not specialized in the method of distracting the mind, he could use the Spirit application methods learned from his original body in this incarnation, especially because he now possessed Divine Thought. Aside from being unable to use Divine Thought for Alchemy, there was almost no difference in spirit applications between the incarnation and the original body.

He split his focus, with half on controlling the flying sword and the other half on the Third Grade Sword Base in his hand.

At this moment, Li Yuanba was the fusion of two types of Sword Cultivators: the long-range flying sword style and the close-range longsword style. At least during the Foundation Establishment stage, the ‘Sword Demon Secret Manual’ could still compete with the long-range flying sword style.

Seeing Li Yuanba wield a longsword, Yu Piao felt anger towards his arrogance and desired to teach Li Yuanba a profound lesson with his twelve needle Spiritual Artifacts.

In the instant that the twelve needles closed in, Li Yuanba’s Third Grade Sword Base thrust, swept, flicked, and slashed one after another.

The twelve needle Spiritual Artifacts couldn’t get close to him and were blocked by the Third Grade Sword Base.

After the Third Grade Sword Base blocked the first strike from the twelve needle Spiritual Artifacts, the Sword Intent had already affected the interior of the needles, significantly reducing their might and slowing them down.

So when Yu Piao tried to recall the twelve needle Spiritual Artifacts, the second wave of attacks from the Third Grade Sword Base arrived. This time, the needles, no longer under Yu Piao’s control, were swept over by Li Yuanba’s Divine Thought and taken into possession.

“Pfft!” Yu Piao spat out a mouthful of blood, looking at Li Yuanba in shock and fear.

To be honest, the needle Spiritual Artifacts should not have been used as a primary method of combat; their effect would be much stronger in a surprise attack.

He had dared to use the twelve needle Spiritual Artifacts to attack Li Yuanba because he had seen Li Yuanba, the Sword Cultivator, attacking Du Ke with his flying sword, taking the opportunity to strike Li Yuanba who was without his flying sword.

How could he have imagined that Li Yuanba would still have another sword, a close-combat longsword, at that?

Even more unimaginable for him was that Li Yuanba, by relying on a close-combat longsword, managed to disrupt the spiritual imprints within his twelve needle Spiritual Artifacts with Sword Intent.

The fight between Yu Piao and Li Yuanba lasted only two breaths’ time, and Du Ke, who was under attack by Li Yuanba’s flying sword, had his defensive Spiritual Artifact broken; he took out a talisman, ready to flee.

A slender filament shot out from the flying sword before the talisman could be fully activated, slicing through Du Ke’s body first.

It wasn’t that Du Ke was slow to react. Under the Sword Intent infused with Supreme Yang Power, the movement of his Spiritual Power was slower than usual, even though the Cultivation Technique he practiced was one of the more benign types among the Demon Cultivation Techniques.

The change in invoking Spiritual Power caused a fatal error in Du Ke’s timing when activating the talisman.

As the talisman was activated, the upper half of Du Ke’s body turned into a beam of light that attempted to flee.

Using Sword Intent like a thread, Li Yuanba cut the defenseless Du Ke in two. The activated talisman only managed to take away the half of the body connected to the hand.

This bizarre scene sent a chill through the hearts of the many Devil Cultivators who were gathering to attack Li Yuanba.

Du Ke was a True Disciple, and each True Disciple was the strongest among their peers; whether in terms of resources, Cultivation Techniques, or Magic Artifacts, they far surpassed ordinary sect disciples.

Normally, a group of ordinary disciples would follow a True Disciple, eager for the scraps that fell from the True Disciple’s table.

Even these scraps were precious to the ordinary disciples.

It could be said that True Disciples and ordinary disciples were two different kinds of Cultivators, and this rule applied in any sect.

The ease with which Li Yuanba had cut down Du Ke, a True Disciple, without giving him a chance to use life-saving measures or escape, dealt a huge blow to the hearts of many Devil Cultivators.

Li Yuanba, however, paid no heed to their thoughts, his flying sword’s might fully unleashed, subdividing sword lights combined with Sword Intent like silk; the flying sword was like a dazzling sun, darting among the six Devil Cultivators on the left. Three breaths after half of Du Ke’s body had fled, all six Devil Cultivators were slain.

Meanwhile, Lin Ping and the Devil Cultivators led by Yu Piao had all closed in to striking range.

But the encirclement they had prepared crumbled before it was fully formed due to Li Yuanba’s rapid and shocking tactics, breaking open on one side before it could take effect.