Chapter 305: Chapter 146: Battling Elder Mu, Besieged by Demons

As the Blood Red Sword Qi bloomed upon Shen Bai’s Cold Moon, his aura visibly surged, climbing higher at a breathtaking rate.

If Elder Mu’s aura was a sharp sword capable of sundering all things, then Shen Bai was like the all-encompassing sea. No matter how turbulent the attack, it would vanish without a trace upon entering his depths.

The auras of the two men overlapped and clashed, vying for dominance. Neither would yield to the other.

Sensing Shen Bai’s powerful aura, Elder Mu narrowed his eyes and said faintly, "Very impressive. You’ve only just stepped into the Meridian Realm, yet you already possess such a potent aura. The phrase ’Overcoming Adversity and Attacking Upward’ truly seems tailor-made for you."

Shen Bai raised Cold Moon, leveling it at his shoulder. The Blood Red Sword Qi on its blade pulsed rhythmically. "Elder Mu, please receive my sword strike."

Elder Mu nodded. "Come."

Without another word, Shen Bai slowly thrust Cold Moon forward.

In the eyes of the many Observatory members, Shen Bai’s thrust was extremely slow. It was so slow they felt as if they were watching a trembling old man swing his cane.

But that was only their perception.

For as Shen Bai’s sword moved, the Blood Red Sword Qi transformed into an elusive, cold glint of light, streaking in a straight line toward Elder Mu.

Within that Sword Qi, a thousand faint rays of light shimmered, and the coalesced energy let out a piercing shriek.

Seeing this, the Observatory members all wiped the cold sweat from their brows.

They realized that if they were the ones standing before Shen Bai, his aura alone would have overwhelmed them before he even attacked, let alone facing a direct assault from the Blood Red Sword Qi.

A sense of impending doom filled each of their hearts.

And this was only because Shen Bai’s strike wasn’t aimed at them. Had it been, those with weaker cultivation would have been scared out of their wits.

Ouyang Sword stood in the crowd, watching Shen Bai unleash the Blood Red Sword Qi. He clenched his fists tightly, a trace of excitement in his eyes.

’I knew I wasn’t mistaken. His Swordsmanship has reached an incredibly high level. He wasn’t using his full strength when he fought me.’

Only those who truly understood Swordsmanship could tell that Shen Bai’s seemingly simple strike contained countless variations.

Each variation was a life-or-death crisis.

Dodge one strike, and the terror that followed would be overwhelming.

Ouyang Sword grew more certain, and he knew that he had probably made the right decision in coming here.

After being accepted by his master, his exceptional talent for Swordsmanship allowed him to rise to the top of the younger generation in Huaxing State, becoming a figure others looked up to.

At that time, he had even begun to feel a sense of loneliness.

He discovered that no one in the younger generation of Huaxing State could last more than a few moves against him.

When an expert reaches the pinnacle, loneliness naturally follows.

But on this trip to Fenglin State, Ouyang Sword discovered that the old adage, "there is always someone better out there," was vividly embodied by Shen Bai.

But his heart had long been forged to be as sharp and indomitable as a Treasure Sword.

Even seeing Shen Bai’s transcendent Swordsmanship, he wasn’t the least bit discouraged.

’I will surpass him, and even defeat him,’ Ouyang Sword encouraged himself in his heart.

Everyone had different thoughts.

Elder Mu was the one directly facing Shen Bai’s attack.

When he saw the Longsword thrust from Shen Bai’s hand and the Blood Red Sword Qi shooting toward him, he also made his move.

Elder Mu felt as if he had been targeted by a ferocious beast.

But even in this state, he brought his Longsword down in a slash.

The strike was incomparably exquisite. It appeared to be just an ordinary horizontal slash, but countless streams of pure Sword Qi swirled around Elder Mu’s body.

Each stream of Sword Qi was a unique form of Swordsmanship, and each form of Swordsmanship was filled with incomparably brilliant Sword Techniques.

BOOM!

Their Sword Qi collided, creating a terrifying roar.

Shen Bai’s Blood Red Sword Qi dissipated, and Elder Mu’s pure Sword Qi likewise vanished without a trace.

Elder Mu shook his head. "Shen Bai, use all of your techniques. While that strike could easily slay anyone in the Meridian Realm, it’s still far from enough to challenge me."

Shen Bai nodded. "In that case, you’d best be careful."

He had indeed not used his full power just now.

That strike was merely to see what level he could reach by purely using the Anti-Demon Blood Sword Dance.

Elder Mu had also been direct; while the strike was powerful against those in the Meridian Realm, its effectiveness was limited to opponents of that level.

With that single strike, Shen Bai could directly slay a Meridian Realm cultivator, but for Elder Mu, it still fell a bit short.

But that wasn’t a major problem.

After Shen Bai spoke, he summoned the Blood Red Sword Qi once again.

This time, the Sword Qi on Cold Moon was different.

The characters of the Chaotic Heart Spell floated around Shen Bai’s body.

With a flick of Shen Bai’s finger, countless characters merged into the Blood Red Sword Qi, adding a hint of a sacred aura to it.

But Shen Bai didn’t stop there. A piece of the shadow at his feet separated and melted into the void.

The Blood Red Sword Qi already possessed a paradoxically majestic and righteous feel. With the addition of the Chaotic Heart Spell, it gained an ethereal, otherworldly aura.

But with the infusion of the shadow, an eerie, sinister presence also appeared upon the Blood Red Sword Qi.

Shen Bai looked at this Sword Qi, then with a slight shift of his feet, he activated the Explosive Speed Attribute of Divine Thousand Miles.