Chapter 986: Chapter 983: Showdown with Dao Luohen!
Where Li Chen walked, the mountain mist automatically parted, forming a path. Eerie and unpredictable, it looked from afar like a ladder leading to the Nine Heavens.
At the top of the mountain, there was a waterfall. It was like the Nine Heavens Galaxy, crashing down.
Underneath the waterfall stood a middle-aged man, with deep-set eyes and a weathered face, showing no emotion.
In his hand was a dark Mystic Iron scimitar, with sparks of fla flickering on it.
The waterfall cascaded down violently, hitting the black blade like waves.
Yet not only did the waves fail to extinguish the flas on the black blade, but they also fueled them, making the fire burn more fiercely, until the entire waterfall, the whole mountain ridge, and even the entire Mist Ghost Forest were dyed a glaring orange-red.
“Burning Wood God Sword!”
The middle-aged man shouted explosively into the air, swinging the black blade like a raging Fire Dragon toward the cliff.
“Boom!”
In an instant, the whole mountain ridge shook violently, as if struck by a super earthquake.
When the dust settled, there was a knife mark half a foot deep under the cliff.
Even Li Chen, upon seeing this knife mark, was involuntarily surprised.
To know, on this cliff face, there was a very strong forbidden barrier. Even a Nascent Soul Great Power, with a full-force strike, could only leave a slight scratch, like a fingernail imprint.
But Dao Luohen’s strike left a mark that was half a foot deep. His mastery in sword skill was evident.
“Impressive sword skill!”
Li Chen clapped his hands and sincerely praised.
As Li Chen approached, Dao Luohen put away the black blade and scrutinized him carefully.
Li Chen’s youth and calmness amazed him greatly.
When his gaze fell on the Little Demon Immortal, his expression tightened. His usually calm eyes seed to flicker with light.
“You’re the daughter of Potian, the Little Demon Immortal, right?”
When Dao Luohen imdiately inquired about her background, the Little Demon Immortal couldn’t help but be startled.
She instinctively glanced at Li Chen, nodded, and replied, “Yes, I am the Little Demon Immortal!”
Dao Luohen stared at the Little Demon Immortal and said, almost incoherently, “So alike, really alike, especially those eyes, they’re exactly the sa!”
Hearing Dao Luohen’s incoherent words, the Little Demon Immortal was baffled, unable to understand whom he was comparing her to, whose eyes hers were exactly like.
Dao Luohen realized he had been a bit out of line and quickly retracted his gaze from her, returning it to Li Chen.
“You must be that human clan prodigy, Li Chen, right?”
Li Chen nodded and replied, “Yes, I am Li Chen. I suppose you are the master here, Sword Emperor Dao Luohen. That strike just now was truly extraordinary, possessing the unfathomable power of a ghost god!”
Dao Luohen smiled with interest, thoroughly examining Li Chen, and said, “Since you know I am Dao Luohen, why dare to co to this Sword Emperor Ridge? Aren’t you afraid of dying under my blade?”
Having said that, he stared intensely into Li Chen’s eyes with a gaze sharper than his sword, hoping to find unease or fear in them.
Li Chen, unwilling to be outdone, directly t Dao Luohen’s aggressive gaze and responded forcefully, “Your blade can kill. Does that an my sword cannot also drink blood?”
Upon hearing Li Chen’s words, Dao Luohen was initially stunned, then burst into hearty laughter.
“Haha, what courage. You are the first person to dare speak to like this in all these years!”
Li Chen’s expression was neither worried nor joyful, rely watching Dao Luohen calmly.
Dao Luohen pointed towards the direction of the waterfall and said, “In that case, let test how capable you, human clan prodigy, truly are!”
Before he finished speaking, the True Yuan within him surged abruptly, and even the black blade in his hand buzzed, radiating an ancient and mysterious glow.
Li Chen was naturally not going to show weakness; he flicked his wrist and stood with his sword poised.
“Since the Sword Emperor is so inclined, I shall oblige!”
“Chen!”
Hearing that Li Chen was going to confront Dao Luohen, the three girls, Lian Hongshang, Little Demon Immortal, and Xin Qingxue, all looked worried.
Li Chen turned back to glance at them, displaying a mysteriously confident smile, and said, “Don’t worry, I’m fine, wait for here!”
Seeing Li Chen’s confidence, Lian Hongshang and Xin Qingxue nodded vigorously like pecking chicks.
The Little Demon Immortal’s eyes shimred. She gazed at Li Chen, wanting to say sothing, but in the end, didn’t utter a word.
“Mr. Li is indeed a charming young man, earning my admiration!”
Though Dao Luohen spoke politely, Li Chen keenly detected a hint of wrath in his tone.
Strangely, why would his charm concern Dao Luohen, and why would it provoke such anger?
As Li Chen pondered this, a white petal drifted down, landing right on his arm.
Is this a cherry blossom?
Li Chen looked up, seeing a cherry blossom tree growing atop the mountain cliff.
There wasn’t a Sakura Forest nearby, so evidently, this cherry blossom tree was transplanted from elsewhere.
This Sword Emperor Ridge is Dao Luohen’s territory. Could he have transplanted it here?
No, this should be a tree planted by a woman.
To plant a cherry blossom in this Sword Emperor Ridge, it’s apparent her relationship with Dao Luohen was quite intimate.
Linking this with his earlier remarks of being a charming young man with a hint of anger, it’s not hard to guess that this illustrious Sword Emperor had an intense love story that likely ended in tragedy.
Thinking this, a fleeting smile appeared on Li Chen’s lips.
Soon after, he perford an elegant gesture, blowing the cherry blossom petal from his palm.
The white cherry blossom, like an immaculate white butterfly, danced gracefully between Li Chen and Dao Luohen.
“This cherry blossom is truly beautiful; I never imagined the Sword Emperor had such refined tastes, truly admirable!”
Before Li Chen’s words could land, Dao Luohen’s sunken pupils appeared pricked, revealing a trace of pain.
Although it vanished in an instant, Li Chen caught it clearly.
Indeed, it seems my guess was correct earlier.
Dao Luohen was wounded by love!
“Stop the nonsense, let us battle!”
Dao Luohen suppressed the tornt in his heart, abruptly raising the black blade, and like a Jiao Long erging from the sea, slashed it toward Li Chen.
Li Chen spun mid-air, narrowly avoiding the deadly strike.
“Boom!”
Though Li Chen avoided it unscathed, the massive boulder behind him shattered into fine powder, kicking up a cloud of dust.
Li Chen glanced back, his brow furrowing tightly.
To think Dao Luohen would be this indignant, using a fatal move right off the bat.
However, this also confird to Li Chen that the Sword Emperor was deeply wounded by love.
Furthermore, that wound had never healed.
“Impressive movent technique, take another slash!”
Dao Luohen roared in the air, his True Yuan blooming like sesa flowers, rising continuously. The black blade in his hand trembled violently, like a hidden dragon breaking free, tearing through the void, and slashed at Li Chen…
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Let’s have a little interaction:
You can guess which woman wounded Dao Luohen?
A friendly tip: She hasn’t appeared before but has been ntioned several tis already.
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