The Sect Leader frowned, thrusting his long spear forward. It broke through Shen Bai’s Bright Jade Evil Body and left a gash on him.
But in the next instant, a horrifying gash from a sword appeared across his torso.
Injured.
Both of them were injured.
Although the Sect Leader had only just stepped into the ridian Realm, he possessed two special abilities. Even a typical expert in the ridian Realm would be no match for him.
Now, he was wounded.
Shen Bai was also wounded.
Just when the Sect Leader thought Shen Bai was fighting with reckless abandon, sothing strange occurred.
A green light flashed, and the wound on Shen Bai’s body healed completely.
The Sect Leader understood instantly.
’So, he isn’t mad. He’s using the clearest possible logic to execute the safest strategy for himself!’
’In a battle this intense, how do you manage to stay so calm?’
The Sect Leader couldn’t help but ask.
"Calm?"
Shen Bai chuckled. "That’s another one of my abilities. But it doesn’t matter, because you’re about to die."
As Shen Bai finished speaking, Cold Moon fell once more.
The fists of the Vajra Dharma Aspect rained down.
The sheer number of attacks was overwhelming.
Faced with this assault, the Sect Leader also gritted his teeth.
’Today, we fight to the death!’
Shen Bai’s fearlessness in the face of injury also ignited the Sect Leader’s own fighting spirit.
Both sides abandoned all pretense of technique, resorting to the simplest, most brutal style of combat.
Within the water mist, ti seed to fly by.
Rumbling sounds constantly erupted from within the mist.
The sun was setting, and dusk slowly crept across the sky.
Only when a bright moon began to erge in the sky did the two figures abruptly freeze.
The water mist gradually dispersed, and the light rain tapered off.
Shen Bai stood with his longsword in hand, its tip plunged into the Sect Leader’s chest.
The Sect Leader’s chest was covered in a dense network of wounds, each one exceedingly deep.
The Sect Leader looked down at Cold Moon, still in Shen Bai’s grip, and gave a bitter smile. "I’ve lost?"
Shen Bai nodded. "It seems so."
The Sect Leader watched as the green light around Shen Bai faded, revealing his completely unhard body. He sighed. "I really don’t know how you train."
At this mont, the Sect Leader’s life force was steadily fading away.
"I never thought... after a lifeti of scheming and painstakingly establishing the Upper Evil Sect, it would be destroyed by you alone."
Shen Bai shook his head. "If you hadn’t co after , it wouldn’t have ended like this."
The Sect Leader’s expression was complicated. "What’s done is done. There’s no point in saying that now."
Even on the verge of death, the Sect Leader remained completely calm.
Before he ca here, the Sect Leader had already considered the possibility. Death was simply the easiest outco.
There was no chance of dying peacefully for soone in his line of work.
"After death, it’s ashes to ashes, dust to dust."
A look of ease appeared in the Sect Leader’s eyes. "Shen Bai, since I’m about to die, we’re no longer enemies. Though I’ll be gone, the Wild Taoist Sect and the Wild Buddha Sect in Fenglin State will remain. You offended the Wild Taoist Sect in Shengyun County, and you made an enemy of the Wild Buddha Sect at Xuanxin Temple. I hope you can stay alive."
Shen Bai slowly withdrew Cold Moon, sending a spray of blood into the air. "It doesn’t matter. Anyone who provokes will be down there keeping you company soon."
The Sect Leader roared with laughter. After a mont, he rembered sothing. "Right, there’s also the Peach Opera Garden. They’ll arrive in Fenglin State soon. They... are no simple matter."
At this, Shen Bai remained silent, having already pulled out four-fifths of Cold Moon.
The Sect Leader could feel his life force weakening to its absolute limit.
"Tell , was I wrong?" The Sect Leader’s eyes grew dull. "In this miserable world, I just wanted to live a better life."
Shen Bai’s movents paused for a fraction of a second. "Who’s to say?"
The Sect Leader turned his head. "Yes... who’s to say? Hahaha!"
Shen Bai pulled Cold Moon out completely, then wiped the blood from the blade on the Sect Leader’s clothes.
The Sect Leader was now just a corpse.
Shen Bai looked at the corpse before him and said impassively, "Amber, it’s ti to go."
Nearby, Amber snapped out of its shock, let out a "ow," and jumped onto Shen Bai’s shoulder.
A mont later, the lake grew quiet, as if a great battle had never occurred there.
...
「Fenglin State, The Observatory.」
At this mont, nurous mbers of the Observatory were waiting in the courtyard.
Elder Mu, Long Yan, and the other high-ranking officials of the Fenglin State Observatory, including Liu Wufeng, were all waiting.
All the Observatory mbers present knew that today, Shen Bai had gone to Lamp Lake alone to face a battle where the odds were heavily stacked against him.
They were all waiting for the outco.
A special recruit to the Observatory, a prodigy risen from the common ranks, the rising star of Fenglin State.
All these labels were attached to Shen Bai, and everyone was anxiously awaiting the conclusion of his battle.
Qin Shuang asked worriedly, "Teacher, will sothing happen to Shen Bai?"
Liu Wufeng remained silent.
Long Yan moved closer to Qin Shuang, taking her arm. "Don’t worry," she said. "Look at Landlord Mu. He hasn’t stirred."
"Landlord Mu’s Sword Token is linked to his consciousness. Although he can’t sense Shen Bai’s location with it, as long as Shen Bai hasn’t used the token, there shouldn’t be a problem."
Qin Shuang nodded, but the worry in her eyes didn’t diminish in the slightest.
Huang Guang and Kong Fang exchanged a look.
They had been completely confident in Shen Bai, but the tense atmosphere was starting to make them second-guess themselves.
Elder Mu gazed at the entrance and said slowly, "That Sword Token is more than enough for Shen Bai to escape with. There is no need to panic, everyone. Shen Bai should be fine."
With Elder Mu’s reassurance, the tense atmosphere eased slightly.
Liu Wufeng clasped his hands behind his back, still remaining silent.
Long Yan asked, "Lord Liu, you seem very worried?"
Liu Wufeng looked back at her. "You’ve all seen the latest intelligence report that arrived after Shen Bai left. I never, ever imagined that fellow would turn out to be from the Peach Opera Garden."
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