Eternal Saber-Chapter 301 - 25: Slaughter

Faced with the assassination by numerous Hermits, the situation was chaotic and unclear. Even Chen Tang couldn’t grasp the movements of all the Hermits.

He had to use the environment as much as possible to avoid being surrounded by enemies from all directions.

These Hermits were not like the garrison in the Qian Country Commandery.

The cultivation of those city guards was at most Ninth Grade. Even if Chen Tang were trapped, he could break out with his sword skill.

But the Hermits around were no ordinary people!

Some were even Fourth Grade Martial Artists, with cultivation above Chen Tang’s.

Once trapped, escaping unharmed would be as hard as climbing to the heavens.

Therefore, Chen Tang killed five people and without lingering in battle, directly plunged into the nearest alley.

The alley was narrow, allowing at most two or three people to walk side by side.

Though the Hermits were many, their attack angles were limited by this, and Chen Tang only needed to guard against the Hermits rushing from the front and behind to resolve most of the danger.

As soon as Chen Tang reached the back of the alley, two Hermits were waiting up ahead.

With their hidden sabers drawn, the two charged at Chen Tang from both sides, their sword skills fierce and angles crafty, leaving him defenseless!

The sword skills cultivated by the Hermits were quite strange, often attacking from unconventional angles.

Under normal circumstances, Chen Tang would have liked to spar with the Hermits to learn about their swordsmanship.

But at this moment, he couldn’t afford any delay.

Who knows how many Hermits were hidden around, danger lurking in all directions! 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Swish!

The blade flashed.

Chen Tang raised the hidden saber in his hand, and in the Divine Illumination State, slashed twice!

As fast as lightning!

Directly cleaving the two Fourth Grade Hermits to death!

Chen Tang didn’t attempt to nullify the opponent’s sword skill.

If a person is dead, the sword skill poses no threat.

The two remained in their previous stances, standing stiffly in place.

Many Hermits hadn’t even seen what happened.

Some didn’t even see Chen Tang make a move, but the two Middle Concealment blocking his way seemed to be under a Body Immobilization spell, completely motionless.

Upon reaching closer, they discovered a bloodstain emerging in the middle of the two men’s faces, becoming more distinct!

"What a fast blade!"

Many Hermits frowned secretly.

Having lived life on the edge, accustomed to life and death at the edge of a blade.

But in just a few breaths, several Hermits lay dead on the ground, making many more wary.

This target is far more dangerous than the information provided by the Shadow Tower!

Some Hermits followed Chen Tang into the alley.

Some hesitated a bit, detouring around.

Others slipped into the houses on either side of the alley, spreading out, their figures fading into the shadows.

Just moments ago, there were over a hundred Hermits outside the Shadow Tower, but they vanished in an instant, leaving only a few lonely corpses.

A few gray-robed people emerged from the darkness, silently dragging away some of the bodies.

Someone was clearing the battlefield.

The front of Shadow Tower soon returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.

In the alley.

The killing continued!

Once realizing it was a Fourth Grade Middle Concealment making a move, Chen Tang didn’t linger in entanglement, directly executing the Divine Light Slash, killing them!

Drifting on the East Sea for three months, though without a weapon, Chen Tang practiced the Burning Wood Saber with a fish bone, never slacking.

The realm of the Burning Wood Saber had reached the Fifth Layer, able to strike forty-five times in a breath!

This meant Chen Tang’s sword skill was even faster.

Some Fourth Grade Middle Concealment enhanced their senses, managing to withstand Chen Tang’s fast saber.

But if Chen Tang executed the Divine Light Slash, the speed reached another level, beyond the reaction of these Middle Concealment!

If encountering a Fifth Grade Middle Concealment or Lower Concealment, Chen Tang would exit the Divine Illumination State, combining sword skill with fist and foot to kill the enemy.

The time in the Divine Illumination was still only one breath.

He had to conserve it.

The Divine Illumination was the projection of the Divine Soul, reflecting the power of the Divine Soul.

Neither Bone Transformation nor Yijin involved cultivation of the physique.

Even cultivating Inner Qi doesn’t reach the level of the Divine Soul.

Only stepping into the First Grade Divine Illumination Realm allows cultivation of the Divine Soul.

So, the time in Divine Illumination was hard to increase.

But as Chen Tang’s cultivation realm improved, his reaction speed and physical limits grew, enabling more sword strikes in a single breath.

Pfft! Pfft!

Two Fourth Grade Middle Concealment had just climbed onto the walls on both sides, before they could make a move, as if a cold light flashed before their eyes.

Soon after, their throats felt cold.

The next moment, two bodies fell from the wall.

Someone was blocking the path ahead, while pursuers trailed from behind.

Wielding the hidden saber, Chen Tang rushed forward, swinging a slash that effortlessly broke through the defense of a Hermit ahead, slicing him away.

Using this force, Chen Tang quickly retreated, dodging two blades ahead while flipping back, slashing three times!

These three strikes were even more ferocious, the sword skill incredibly fierce and unrivaled, like a thousand horses charging on the battlefield, brutally intense!

South and North Wars in Chen Tang’s hands were extremely proficient, smoothly executed.

The Hermits’ attack techniques were often concealed and tricky, striking from the flank.

But Chen Tang’s sword skill, aside from the occasional burst of Divine Light Slash, was open and bold, honed through countless life-and-death situations, fierce and unstoppable!

This sword skill perfectly restrained the Hermits’ sinister swordsmanship.

Especially in the alley, Chen Tang’s blade cut forward, the brutal energy almost suffocating, with no room to evade!

But if challenging Chen Tang’s long blade head-on, even a Fifth Grade Hermit couldn’t withstand it.

Only the Fourth Grade Hermits could put up a fight with Chen Tang.

But as soon as they clashed, Chen Tang tested the opponent’s cultivation, and the blade instantly transformed.

Switching to a sword skill of extreme speed!

This sword skill seemed somewhat similar to the sword drawing style from the Celestial Cauldron Continent.

This transformation was difficult for the Fourth Grade Hermit to withstand, leading to injury or death.

Some Fourth Grade Hermits used various terrains and body technique escape techniques to escape severely injured from Chen Tang’s blade, which was rare.

Before long, the alley was already filled with corpses!

The Hermits’ attack momentum gradually slowed.

But the assassinations didn’t stop.

In the mind of the Hermits, Chen Tang was, after all, flesh and blood, human strength would eventually be exhausted.

As time went on, his physical strength, energy, and spirit would greatly decline, inevitably revealing a flaw.

However, after a while, Chen Tang was still in the alley slashing left and right, dashing back and forth, with abundant energy, his strength seemed bottomless and limitless!

The Hermits didn’t realize that Chen Tang practiced boxing under the sea of the East Sea, combined with the Giant Demon Breathing Technique, with incredible internal strength and breath, far beyond what the Fourth Grade Martial Artists could match!

To exhaust Chen Tang with these two hundred or so Hermits was wishful thinking.

Dust fell from the stone walls on both sides.

This was only natural amidst the chaotic battle.

But beneath this dust, from behind the stone wall on the left, a hidden saber came slicing horizontally at his waist, while a long spear thrust from the right.

In the cover of night, the attacks of these two were extremely subtle, almost unnoticeable.

At the same time, under Chen Tang’s feet, the dirt suddenly cracked, and a Fourth Grade Hermit emerged from underground!

At both ends of the alley, two Hermits each struck!

The sky above Chen Tang darkened, as if a shadow passed over, killing intent bursting forth, chilling to the bone!

The Hermits’ assassination came from all directions!