Immortal Sword Master

Chapter 424: Chapter 420: A Life-and-Death Crisis

What is invincibility?

At this very moment, Ning Jiang was overpowering the seven great prodigies all by himself, forcing them into a steady retreat. This was invincibility!

”Young Master Ning really isn’t holding back...”

In the void, Yan Qingxue spat out a mouthful of blood as she was sent reeling, staining the front of her robes a shocking crimson.

She was tall and slender, her features peerlessly beautiful. A pair of snow-white, gem-like eyes made her seem incomparably sacred. Across the Six Eastern Provinces, her admirers were countless; who knew how many men had been utterly captivated by her, even willing to die for her.

Yet now, Ning Jiang attacked with utter viciousness, as if a peerless beauty like her were nothing more than a pile of dry bones in his eyes.

”You may be a peerless beauty, but don’t think too highly of yourself in my presence. Whether a genius or a peerless beauty, if you are not of use to me, you are insignificant. In my eyes, you are no different from the teeming masses. If you block my path, what does it matter if you’re a genius? What does it matter if you’re a peerless beauty? I will kill you all the same, without mercy!”

Ning Jiang uttered these words in a slow, deliberate manner. His tone was deceptively calm, yet the words themselves overflowed with a domineering aura that looked down upon the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, promising iron-willed slaughter.

As he spoke the final sentence, Yan Qingxue could have sworn she smelled blood.

Her heart trembled. ’What kind of monster is Ning Jiang?’

”Everyone from the Seven Great Super Sects, heed my command! Kill him together!”

Just then, a piercing cry rang out. Jian Jiuge had taken another of Ning Jiang’s attacks, and a sword gash across his chest had nearly torn him in two.

At this point, he finally understood that it was impossible for the seven of them to take down Ning Jiang on their own.

If this dragged on, all seven of them would likely die at Ning Jiang’s hands.

”Attack together.”

The spectating prodigies all saw how ferocious Ning Jiang was. His combat strength was simply unbelievable.

SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!

Dozens of figures shot into the sky, surrounding Ning Jiang from all sides. Powerful auras erupted from their bodies, and as they merged, the pressure became utterly suffocating.

”Ning Jiang, for you to warrant the same treatment as an Earth Martial Realm Middle Stage expert with your mere Immortal Realm cultivation... even if you fall today, you have more than enough to be proud of.”

Jian Jiuge spat out a mouthful of bloody foam.

The last time they had joined forces like this was to kill an Earth Martial Realm Middle Stage expert from the Yan Tribe. They never imagined someone even younger than them would force them into such a corner.

Faced with such a lineup, a grave look appeared in Ning Jiang’s eyes.

Individually, none of them were as strong as the seven great prodigies, but each was an expert ranked in the top ten of their respective Sects.

Some of them were even ranked second or third, making them only a step below the seven great prodigies.

If the seven great prodigies themselves were to face a siege by so many people, they too would face certain death.

”Enough ants can kill an elephant...”

Ning Jiang murmured. Besides, these people were no ants; each one was a tiger or a wolf. No matter how strong he was, his life was in danger under such a siege.

”Ning Jiang, you have one last way out. Cooperate with us and hand over your Cultivation Technique, and we won’t kill you. Otherwise, a combined attack from this many people will completely annihilate your Primordial Spirit.”

Jian Jiuge said, still fixated on getting his hands on Ning Jiang’s Cultivation Technique.

The others harbored the same thought; all of them wanted to obtain Ning Jiang’s Cultivation Technique.

Jing Fanzheng of Wuliang Palace, meanwhile, had a storm of thoughts: ’I can’t believe this pawn the Sect Leader found is so powerful. I doubt even the Sect Leader expected this. If he manages to survive and actually helps Wuliang Palace obtain the Celestial Pill, we must kill him afterward. A man like him absolutely cannot be allowed to live!’

Ning Jiang’s power made Jing Fanzheng feel immensely threatened.

With Ning Jiang’s potential, it was impossible to imagine what heights he might reach if left to grow. Since Wuliang Palace had already become his enemy, they could not possibly let the tiger return to its mountain!

Of course, there was an element of jealousy in his feelings. He wasn’t jealous of Ling Tianxu, because as someone with a Sword King Body, Ling Tianxu’s power was to be expected.

But Ning Jiang? What right did he have? On what basis could he stand superior to him?

”Hahaha! You underestimate me. I’ve faced situations ten, even a hundred times more dangerous than this.”

Ning Jiang burst into laughter, his voice filled with an air of disdain for the entire world. ”Enough talk. Let’s fight! Today, my hands are destined to be stained with your blood!”

”Incorrigible.”

”Courting death.”

”Let’s hope he doesn’t die too completely. As long as we can leave behind some fragments of his Primordial Spirit, we can give them to a Celestial Martial Realm King and extract all of his secrets!”

Killing intent flashed in everyone’s eyes.

”Everyone, attack!”

With a command from the seven great prodigies, everyone attacked at once. Each expert unleashed their strongest strike, and the brilliant light completely engulfed the space where Ning Jiang stood.

Trapped in the center, he bore the brunt of the ferocious assault.

A siege of this scale would likely never be seen again in history!

”Great Mixed Cave Technique!”

RUMBLE.

The void trembled as a massive black hole manifested behind Ning Jiang.

This time, however, the Great Mixed Cave Technique did not exhibit its previous Devouring Power. Every technique has its limits, and it was impossible for the Great Mixed Cave Technique to swallow the attacks of so many people.

”Let’s see how you handle your own attacks!”

The massive black hole suddenly shuddered, and seven attacks erupted from within it.

”What?”

The faces of the seven great prodigies drained of color. Those seven attacks were the very same techniques they had just used against Ning Jiang. They never imagined that after being devoured, the attacks could be released again.

He was turning their own techniques back on them!

At the same time, Ning Jiang exerted all his strength, unleashing his Myriad Swords Technique to explode outward alongside the seven returned attacks.

BOOM!

In the next instant, the attacks collided. The area was instantly swallowed by endless light, and a massive mushroom cloud rose into the sky.

Although the seven attacks Ning Jiang had absorbed were formidable, they were ultimately no match for the combined assault of so many experts.

SPURT!

His body convulsed as a tearing pain ripped through him. The immense pressure had snapped more than half of his bones. He violently spewed a mouthful of blood, which even contained fragments of his internal organs!

”Break out!”

Forcing himself to ignore his injuries, Ning Jiang knew that in this situation, his only path to survival was to break through in one direction.

His gaze shifted, and his eyes locked onto one direction—the one occupied by the cultivators of Wuliang Palace!

”Kill!”

He completely abandoned his defenses to the back and sides, transforming into a Heaven-Reaching Sword Light as he charged toward them to break through.

’For the sake of the Celestial Pill, I should let him go for now,’ Jing Fanzheng thought, a glint flashing in his eyes.

But in the next instant, he felt a piercing killing intent.

”The Infinite King dared to capture Sister An and plot against me. A debt of hatred like this can only be repaid in blood, and I’ll start by collecting from you!”