Taiyuan Courier Station …
A major battle was on the verge of breaking out. The Imperial Army was fighting against Xuan Ye and the other Turkic spies on the eastern side of the courier station. The Imperial Army, under Dugu Xin's command, had already assumed the shape of a goose. As the strongest of the Imperial Army, Dugu Xin naturally stood at the very center of the formation. His direct opponent was the strongest of the enemy, Xuan Ye!
In terms of martial arts, both Dugu Xin and Xuan Ye were at the initial stage of the Grandmaster realm. Dugu Xin's advantage lay in his exquisite swordsmanship. In terms of swordsmanship, there were no more than ten people in the world who could defeat him. On the other hand, Xuan Ye's advantage lay in his bizarre movement techniques and his innumerable sneak attacks!
This morning, Dugu Xin had fought with Xuan Ye in the southern part of the city. But at the time, Xuan Ye's side had outnumbered him, and they had even used hidden weapons, poisons, and all sorts of underhanded sneak attacks. Only then had Dugu Xin been defeated and heavily injured!
In a direct confrontation, Xuan Ye might not have been a match for Dugu Xin!
But there were no ifs in this world. In a confrontation between two armies, the most important thing was the final outcome, not the methods used in the process. The winner was king, and the loser was a bandit. For Dugu Xin and Xuan Ye, this was a battle where one of them would die! Only the victor could survive!
However, Dugu Xin had yet to recover from his injuries, and he could only use fifty percent of his strength at most. As a result, his chances of victory were extremely slim!
Clang ~!
Dugu Xin raised the sword in his hand and poured his True Qi into it. The sword hummed with a clang! This sword had a spirit, and the Dugu Clan had invited the master swordsmith Zhang Crow to forge it. Although it was not as famous as the Crow Nine Swords, it was still extremely sharp!
Ever since Dugu Xin had made some small achievements in martial arts, this sword had always been by his side. The sword had no name, but the experts who had fallen to it were all top-notch experts who had long been famous! At this moment, this sword seemed to be able to sense the resolve in its master's heart. As the sword hummed, it began to tremble. This was excitement, or perhaps anxiety!
Because he had been recovering from his injuries, Dugu Xin was not wearing armor, only a white robe and a black cloak. At this moment, Dugu Xin's long hair and cloak fluttered despite the lack of wind. A moment ago, he had looked like a weak and wounded soldier, but now, as he raised his sword and poured True Qi into it, his aura quickly reached its peak. In terms of aura, he was no weaker than when he was at his peak!
Sensing Dugu Xin's rapidly rising aura, Xuan Ye could not help but be shocked. Has Dugu Xin really recovered his full strength? This didn't make any sense! Even if all the poison he had left in Dugu Xin's body had been cured by Gong Sun Liang, Dugu Xin could not have recovered to his peak state so quickly, unless he was a Celestial Immortal who was impervious to all poisons!
"Solitary Wind Swordsmanship!"
Xuan Ye's mood was very complicated at this moment. He found it hard to believe, but Dugu Xin did not give him the chance to continue thinking. Dugu Xin stomped on the ground and soared into the air. His left hand formed a sword seal, and his right hand held the sword as he executed a series of complex sword moves. His speed in the air skyrocketed again, and he and his sword were like a stream of light in the night sky, stabbing straight at Xuan Ye!
This was the Dugu Clan's sword technique, the Solitary Wind Swordsmanship. In terms of sword moves, the Solitary Wind Swordsmanship was not as exquisite as the Dugu Nine Swords, but Dugu Xin had been practicing this sword technique for more than ten years and had long reached the point of mastery. There was no absolute good or bad sword technique in this world. Once a sword technique reached the point of mastery, its power could not be underestimated. The main reason Dugu Xin had been able to use the first seven moves of the Solitary Wind Swordsmanship in such a short time was that this sword technique had already been deeply ingrained in his bones. He could create sword moves with just a wave of his hand.
Secondly, when Li Zexuan had deduced the sword moves of the Dugu Nine Swords and taught them to Dugu Xin, Dugu Xin had discovered that his Solitary Wind Swordsmanship had some similarities with the Dugu Nine Swords. The two complemented each other, and the Solitary Wind Swordsmanship that Dugu Xin was using had been improved, and its power was far greater than before!
Fast!
Dugu Xin was originally only about sixty meters away from Xuan Ye, but he had become one with his sword. Under the stimulation of his sword move, he and his sword were as fast as flowing light. The distance of sixty meters was covered in an instant. Before Xuan Ye could recover from the shock on his face, Dugu Xin's sword had already arrived!
Dugu Xin, who had yet to recover from his heavy injuries and had lost much of his strength, had chosen to take the initiative and attack. Moreover, his first attack was a sure-kill strike without any fancy moves. Before this, who could have imagined that Dugu Xin would attack in such a domineering and powerful manner?
The Imperial Army soldiers were dumbfounded!
Dugu Xin had been ambushed in the southern part of the city in the morning. He had been poisoned and severely injured, and he had almost died. Almost all the Imperial Army soldiers knew about this. In their view, after a day of recuperation, Dugu Xin had at most recovered a portion of his strength. There was no way he could have returned to his peak condition! But what was the situation now? The chilling sword aura that was wreaking havoc around Dugu Xin did not seem like something that a heavily injured person should be able to exude!
The Turkic spies behind Xuan Ye were also dumbfounded!
Before they came to the posthouse, hadn't Zhao Deyan and Xuan Ye said that Dugu Xin had been heavily injured and was an arrow at the end of its flight? But the strength that Dugu Xin was displaying now did not seem like an arrow at the end of its flight at all!
Roar ~!
Although Dugu Xin's attack was very fast and caught him off guard, Xuan Ye was a Grandmaster expert, after all. After a brief moment of shock, Xuan Ye roared under the powerful threat of death. He did not draw his sword to block Dugu Xin's attack. Instead, he chose to retreat with all his might!
Dugu Xin had gathered all his strength in this attack, and his sword momentum had already reached Great Mastery. Xuan Ye did not dare to meet this attack head-on in a hurry. Moreover, he was best at assassination and hidden weapons, not head-on combat. Therefore, his only choice now was to retreat and avoid the attack for the time being. When Dugu Xin's attack failed and he switched to another move, he would strike again and deal the fatal blow!
Xuan Ye's lightness technique was superior to Dugu Xin's in the first place. Even though he had launched his attack after Dugu Xin's, he still managed to narrowly avoid Dugu Xin's sure-kill strike! However, even though he managed to dodge, the other Turkic spies standing beside and behind him were not so lucky!
Dugu Xin's attack was ferocious and indomitable. The surging sword aura around the sword was like a tangible blade, slashing directly at the people standing near Xuan Ye. Almost all the Turkic spies who did not manage to escape in time were injured by Dugu Xin's sword aura. In the blink of an eye, all 12 Turkic spies were injured and lying on the ground!
"What a pity …"
Dugu Xin shook his head slightly as he looked at the result of his attack. He could not help but feel disappointed!
Theoretically speaking, it was impossible for him to use that attack in his current state. However, the unprecedented desperate situation had stimulated his body's huge potential. In addition, he had mobilized almost all the True Qi in his body to use the first seven moves of the Lonely Wind Sword Technique. That was why the power of that attack was so terrifying!
Dugu Xin was well aware of his own situation. He knew that in his current state, he had no chance of defeating Xuan Ye if he attacked normally. He could not afford to waste his True Qi!
Dugu Xin had planned to take advantage of the fact that Xuan Ye was not fully prepared to deal him a powerful attack. If this attack could seriously injure Xuan Ye, then the rest of the Imperial Army would be dealt with by themselves. There would be no need for him to do anything at all!
However, Xuan Ye had actually managed to dodge his sure-kill attack. That made things even more troublesome!
On one hand, Xuan Ye would definitely be on guard after that attack. Even if he used the same move again, he would not be able to injure Xuan Ye in the slightest. On the other hand, that attack had used up most of his True Qi. It would be very difficult for him to use another attack of the same power!
Swish swish swish swish swish ~
Xuan Ye, who had dodged Dugu Xin's sure-kill attack, could not help but be shocked and enraged when he saw this scene. One had to know that he and Sky Eagle had brought people to ambush the posthouse, and they were already at a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Now that Dugu Xin had directly injured more than ten of them, they were even more disadvantaged in terms of numbers!
If Dugu Xin swung his sword a few more times, wouldn't all of his men be cut down to the ground? In the end, he would be the only 'commander without an army' left on the battlefield!
He could not allow Dugu Xin to slaughter his men wantonly!
Shocked and enraged, Xuan Ye did not stop after stabilizing himself. With a flick of his sleeves, five thin needles shimmering with cold light flew toward different parts of Dugu Xin's body.
The speed of the needles flying through the air was even faster than when Dugu Xin had become one with his sword! Using offense as defense, he wanted to restrain Dugu Xin with a sharp attack so that the martial artists on his side who were below the Grandmaster realm would not be killed by Dugu Xin, a Grandmaster expert!
Dugu Xin, who had already 'suffered' in the south of the city in the morning, knew that Xuan Ye's five needles must have been smeared with poison. Naturally, he did not dare to take them head-on. However, the five needles that Xuan Ye had thrown out were coming from different directions, almost sealing off all his escape routes. It was impossible for him to rely on his body movement to dodge these five poisoned needles!
"Nine Strategies of the Dugu Sword — Arrow Breaking Style!"
Dugu Xin did not hesitate in the face of these five needles. He swung his sword and used the Arrow Breaking Style of the Nine Strategies of the Dugu Sword, which was specially designed to deal with hidden weapons. There was a flash of sword light in the air, and the five needles that came from different directions were all hit by Dugu Xin. Ding, ding, ding! The needles fell to the limestone floor with crisp sounds!
Xuan Ye's sneak attack had also failed!
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