Chapter 282: Chapter 127: Dual Mastery of Saber and Palm, Vajra Indestructible, Feign Weakness, Attack by Surprise, Die

This Evil Qi didn’t just corrode an enemy’s meridians and vital energy; it also silently assaulted their mind, causing continuous damage and interference until they fell into disarray without even realizing it!

Lin Luoxue was currently enveloped by this omnipresent Evil Qi. With Cold Qi also rampaging through her body, she felt agitated and irritable. The flow of her vital energy grew increasingly sluggish, and even her reactions were half a beat slower than usual. She had nearly been cut by the blade’s edge several times!

’I can’t let this go on! If this drags out, I’ll die for sure!’

Lin Luoxue’s thoughts raced, and a ruthless, determined glint flashed in her eyes.

She suddenly feinted, using the force from blocking with her sword to violently push away a saber strike. Then, her figure spun around. She was no longer engaging Chu Fan. Instead, she pushed off with her feet and dashed toward the Black-robed Envoy, who was locked in a fierce battle with the Cyan Snake not far away!

Her intention couldn’t have been more obvious...

If he pursued her, she would lead him to the Black-robed Envoy and use the Divine Power Realm expert to eliminate this pest.

If he didn’t pursue her, she could escape with her life. Afterward, she would team up with the Black-robed Envoy, first to eliminate that troublesome Cyan Snake, and then to come back and settle the score with him!

However...

SWOOSH!

A cold figure flashed out from the side like a phantom. The blade’s light was as pure as a bolt of white silk, carrying a bone-piercing chill as it slashed straight for the space beneath Lin Luoxue’s right ribs!

Catching a glimpse of the newcomer in her peripheral vision, Lin Luoxue’s heart seized!

It was Li Qingxue—the same Li Qingxue who had been gravely injured moments ago, her breathing so faint she needed help just to sit up!

"What?!"

Lin Luoxue’s pupils contracted. She simply couldn’t believe her eyes!

’Just moments ago, Li Qingxue’s face was as pale as paper, her breath so weak it seemed it could stop at any moment. She was clearly a spent force.’

’How could she, after eating just half a stick of wild mountain ginseng, be able to raise her saber and fight again in such a short time? And with such ferocious Saber Momentum?’

’Was the medicinal effect of that wild mountain ginseng really that terrifying?!’

In her haste, Lin Luoxue had no choice but to wrench her sword around, changing its Sword Momentum to block Li Qingxue’s unexpected strike.

In that split second, as her focus was drawn to Li Qingxue and the force of her previous move dissipated...

A vicious gust of wind rose behind her!

Chu Fan had already closed in silently, now a mere three steps away!

He didn’t strike with his saber. Instead, he did something Lin Luoxue never would have expected...

He actually threw the Long Saber in his hand, launching it like a javelin. The blade whistled sharply through the air, aimed straight for the vital point in the center of Lin Luoxue’s back!

Sensing the deadly sharpness approaching from behind, Lin Luoxue’s scalp tingled, and her back was instantly drenched in cold sweat.

Relying on the extraordinary Perception Power of a late-stage Spirit Awakening Realm cultivator, she jerked her head and twisted her body at the last possible second, barely avoiding the vital point!

SLICE!

The Long Saber flew past her ear, its sharp Saber Qi severing a few strands of her jet-black hair.

As the severed strands of hair scattered in the wind, the Long Saber shrieked onward, flying straight toward Li Qingxue.

But Li Qingxue had already seen Chu Fan’s move. With a flick of her wrist, she caught the Long Saber securely in her hand!

And at that moment, Chu Fan, now without his Long Saber, thrust both palms forward. His hands became a blur, creating a dazzling flurry of Residual Images, like a thousand-armed deity. They blanketed the major acupoints all over Lin Luoxue’s body, every strike filled with lethal intent!

The palms moved so fast that even with her late-stage Spirit Awakening Realm perception, Lin Luoxue found it impossible to track their true trajectory. All she could see was a blur of afterimages!

There wasn’t a moment’s respite!

Lin Luoxue’s pupils contracted. The overwhelming storm of palm strikes had sealed off all her escape routes.

The fierce pressure from the palm strikes nearly suffocated her, and a faint, stabbing pain pricked at the major acupoints across her body.

Just as Chu Fan’s true palm strike was about to land on her Chest Acupoint, Lin Luoxue managed to violently contort her body, barely avoiding the vital point.

At the same time, she neither dodged nor retreated. A point of bone-chilling Spiritual Light condensed at the tip of her sword, and she thrust it straight toward the center of Chu Fan’s palm!

Trading injury for injury, attacking a point he was forced to defend!

’This woman was actually aiming for mutual destruction!’

For the first time, a flicker of surprise crossed Chu Fan’s eyes. He flicked a finger, knocking the sword aside, and with a slight release of Palm Momentum, struck Lin Luoxue’s shoulder.

Pfft!

Lin Luoxue grunted, an excruciating, bone-shattering pain erupting from her shoulder. She used the force of the blow to drift backward, a trickle of fresh blood seeping from the corner of her mouth.

’Now’s my chance!’

Fighting through the intense pain, Lin Luoxue swiped her left hand across her waist before she even hit the ground.

FWOOSH! FWOOSH! FWOOSH!

Three streaks of black light shot out silently in a triangular pattern, aimed at Chu Fan’s face and neck!

It was her long-hidden weapon: Bone-piercing Nails!

At such close range, from such a devious angle...

However, Chu Fan’s combat experience was far greater than she could have imagined. He mimicked the way the Black-robed Envoy had dealt with his arrows, flicking his left sleeve and catching all three Bone-piercing Nails within its folds.

Then he closed the distance like a phantom and sent a palm striking toward Lin Luoxue’s head!

"How is that possible!"

Lin Luoxue shrieked.

In the instant she was reeling from this miscalculation, her defense faltering, Chu Fan’s right palm—a blur of Residual Images—had already pierced through her Sword Net and was driving toward her chest!

In that life-or-death moment, Lin Luoxue only had time to raise her left palm. She hastily gathered the last of the Primordial Qi in her body and used all her might to block the fatal strike!

The two palms met!

BAM!

A muffled boom sounded as Lin Luoxue felt an overwhelming power surge toward her, accompanied by a piercing, bone-deep Cold Force that shot straight through her palm!

How could her hastily gathered Palm Force ever hope to withstand Chu Fan’s fully charged Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand?

Chu Fan suddenly unleashed the force in his right palm, pressing forward violently!

PFFT!

Driven by the tremendous force, Lin Luoxue’s left palm slammed violently into her own chest.

She sprayed a mouthful of fresh blood, which was shockingly mixed with flecks of ice!