Chapter 183 – Curtain of a Darkness Swordman (1)
Translated by: Ting
Edited by: TranslationNations, Leo and De Andre
Tang Tian instantly charged out, as fast as lightning.
His eyes were fixed on the person hiding in the cave. His intuition was indeed right, but suddenly the bolting Tang Tian’s pupils constricted.
The white mask revealed a pair of cold eyes, the hands wielded a thin sword, and seemed oblivious to the oncoming Tang Tian.
Tang Tian could never forget this mask.
Qi Ya!
Curtain of Darkness Swordsman Qi Ya!
Tang Tian’s battle will was instantly raised to the maximum. To battle with Qi Ya was one of his wishes. He was initially regretful that he could not battle with Qi Ya before leaving Humble Forest Planet. To think that he actually met Qi Ya here, Tang Tian’s eyes reddened.
“Peacock!”
The silver light covered his body at a shocking speed, the gorgeous and exquisite Peacock Armor wrapped around his entire body. The silver eyes of the peacock revealed a killing instinct, for it too, recognised Qi Ya.
Peacock bore grudges.
Qi Ya, in the cave, was like a statue, motionless.
Tang Tian’s speed now, was fast as lightning. Along with his blurry fake moves, he charged to about 1 metre before the cave entrance, and his right foot stepped on the ground. The power of this step was astounding, the place where his foot landed cracked like a spider web, Tang Tian’s speed increased sharply, like a cannonball being fired, and charged menacingly to Qi Ya in the cave.
Tang Tian, in mid air, channelled his True Power, the Big Monument Palm ready to attack in his right hand!
Qi Ya rapidly grew in size in Tang Tian’s vision, but he was still motionless, as though he did not see Tang Tian’s existence.
Could it be a fake?
Tang Tian felt strange, but by now the arrow was already on the bow, there was no time to hesitate. Even if it was a fake, he must shatter it!
The moment Tang Tian charged into the cave, the silver light behind him dimmed and vanished, Tang Tian was thrown into darkness.
Suddenly, a black sword grazed through the darkness, like a silent, venomous snake aimed straight for Tang Tian’s waist.
Oh no, ambushed!
Tang Tian’s heart skipped a beat, his expression changed. His reaction was extremely fast, at almost the same instant the opposition attacked, he had noticed it. Without thinking, Tang Tian, in mid air, forcefully bent his body, the right palm turned into a fist, and threw it backwards along with the momentum, like a raised iron hammer.
Poof!
On Tang Tian’s waist was a splatter of blood!
Although Tang Tian bent his body, he did not manage to dodge it fully. The thin sword body shook very agilely, a few pieces of feathers dropped, and Tang Tian’s waist had a cut.
Luckily, the cut was not deep.
Tang Tian’s fist fell through, the instant the opposition attacked, he changed his direction.
Specks of cold aura reflected off from the ground, the cold and dangerous edge aimed straight for Tang Tian’s face. The sword aura was pitch-black, and could not be captured by the naked eye.
However, Tang Tian has never relied on his eyes during battles, and his 18 multiplier of intuition made Tang Tian extremely agile. Once the fist fell through, he twisted his body, and his power suddenly erupted, his left leg bounced up, and drew a light blade at lightning speed.
Tang Tui blades!
The cold light blades brought dim light to the surroundings.
Ding!
Tan Tui blade and thin sword collided head-on.
“Eh!”
Tang Tian’s heart skipped a beat, Qi Ya’s light “eh” in the dark seemed to ring just in his ear, and all hairs on him stood up. Although his intuition was remarkable, Qi Ya’s breathing seemed to be perfectly assimilated into the darkness, given Tang Tian’s intuition, even he could hardly locate Qi Ya’s location accurately.
But the dim brightness allowed Tang Tian to see that the statue-like fake Qi Ya was charging towards him as well.
That was… … spirit general!
Tang Tian instantly realised that Qi Ya had long noticed them, and specially set up this trap. The one that he spotted was Qi Ya’s spirit general, who was wearing Qi Ya’s mask, and purposely stayed there to attract attention, and lure them to charge in to attack. While Qi Ya would stay in ambush beside the entrance, looking for an opportunity to sneak an attack.
Qi Ya’s plans were foolhardy. He knew clearly that the previous battle had left Tang Tian an unforgettable memory. With just some decoy, Tang Tian, such a hot-blooded fellow, would definitely charge over.
But what he did not expect, was that Tang Tian’s intuition has actually reached such an amazing state.
Suddenly Qi Ya recalled that he almost killed Gu Xue previously, but was saved by Tang Tian. Back then, he felt that it was due to pure luck, mostly luck. But this time, he finally understood, the reason Tang Tian could let both of them escape his sneak attack back then, was not just explained by purely luck. The trap he set up today was even a move he had used often without fail, to think that, Tang Tian actually sensed it!
Indeed, he has a beast-like intuition!
Although Qi Ya was surprised, his hand movements did not slow down. He shook his thin sword, an eerie sharp hiss entered straight into the ear, but his thin sword noiselessly attacked from the opposite direction.
Tang Tian was almost misled by the sharp hiss, but very soon, a strong sense of danger, appeared on the other side of his body. Without thinking, Tang Tian bellowed, “Peacock!”
Clang!
Specks of silver light suddenly shot out, the target was actually the direction where he sensed danger.
Between a matter of life and death, he chose to believe in his intuition.
The thin sword shook slightly in the dark, the silver light seemed to be enveloped by the curtain of darkness, like fallen on barren ground, vanished without a trace.
“Eh!”
Qi Ya’s light “eh” was filled with surprise. For someone to be able to avoid his killer moves continuously was a first for him. Besides, he was also amazed at Tang Tian’s improvements. Previously, Tang Tian only barely managed to dodge, but this time, even though he was caught in a trap, Tang Tian did not lose his ground.
Such improvements were really shocking.
However, no matter how surprised Qi Ya was, his hand movements did not slow down at all. Poof poof poof! The thin sword continuously shook and stabbed, turning darkness into light. Tang Tian roared angrily, his palms clasped together, [Siberian Crane Vortex]!
The sharp vortex air mass gushed out from Tang Tian’s clasped palms.
The tiny space made this move even more formidable.
Qi Ya instantly showcased the true powers of a powerful swordsman. The shaky thin sword, accurately stabbed all the vortex air masses, piak piak piak!
Every sword was accompanied by the sound of explosion when the vortex air masses were stabbed. Unusually fast, but extremely clear, numerous vortex air masses were all countered.
Indeed the Curtain of Darkness Swordsman!
Not only did Tang Tian not have any fear, his battle will rose instead, burning wild. With an angry roar, Tang Tian turned into a rampant monkey. His hands flashed a monument print, with an eye-catching word “boulder”.
The killing technique of Big Monument Palm, [Boulder Monument Palm]!
The gigantic boulder palm print was already menacing enough, coupled with Tang Tian’s horrendous strength, the low whizzing sound deterred everyone, and the entire cave passageway was trembling slightly.
Qi Ya’s body shook, and suddenly retreated.
A figure replaced Qi Ya’s position, it was that spirit general which posed as Qi Ya. The spirit general wore a white mask, the thin sword in his hands was straight as a gun, and his following movements even made Tang Tian shocked.
Tang Tian and Ling Xu had mingled for a long time, thus he has had much better understanding of spear techniques, and the spirit general’s movements were that of a perfect Striding Spear!
Using a thin sword to execute spear techniques?
This question flashed in his mind, but Tang Tian’s attention was still focused on the enemy in front. His eyes flashed menacingly, I have to first get rid of Qi Ya’s spirit general!
The palm pose did not change, and was smacked menacingly over!
As the thin sword and Boulder Palm Print collided head-on, Tang Tian felt a surge of sharp True Power, drill into his palm. His body trembled, but his True Power soon expended this True Power, the unstoppable palm print rolled forward, and the thin sword was crushed inch by inch.
At this moment, a cold, killer aura quietly aimed for Tang Tian’s ribs.
So devious!
Tang Tian’s heart went cold, but his reaction was as fast, the blue feather ribbon that has been flowing behind him suddenly rewinded, the tip of the feather ribbon was straight as a sword.
Dang!
A strong power travelled from the thin sword, and the feather ribbon was instantly rebounded, the silver feathers at the tip had cracks appearing.
But Qi Ya’s aspiring sword was finally blocked by Tang Tian.
The two battled for only a short while, but the others had rushed to the cave entrance by now. Qi Ya knew that things were impossible, laughed eerily, and vanished before Tang Tian, along with his spirit general.
When Ling Xu and the rest arrived, Qi Ya’s eerie laughters was still echoing in the pitch-black cave.
Everyone’s faces were grim, Tang Tian even called out his Peacock armor, yet he failed to retain the other party, which was rather alarming for them. One must know, Tang Tian had the highest capabilities among them, if even he could not retain the other party, it must mean that the opposition was really formidable.
“It’s Qi Ya!” Tang Tian grunted, his hands stroked the cracked tip of the feather ribbon amour, stunned. If not for the Peacock, Qi Ya’s attack would have highly been unavoidable.
Qi Ya’s abilities were much more formidable than Tang Tian thought, and he was adept at using his surroundings. His attack methods were also very devious, and often caught one unguarded.
Among the many people that Tang Tian dealt with, Qi Ya was the toughest and most dangerous one of all.
When “Qi Ya” came out, everyone’s expression changed, even the little girl looked somewhat grim.
“Why was he here?” Gu Xue asked, her voice with a tinge of faltering, for Qi Ya had previously given her too deep an impression.
Tang Tian shook his head, he was wondering about that as well.
The little girl took a deep breath, and said grimly, “Everyone must be careful. Father once said, Qi Ya was the only Heaven’s Road level martial artist in the entire Humble Forest Planet!”
Everyone could not help but gasp.
Heaven’s Road level martial artist, the reason Wu Hou government could unify such planets, was because the Wu Hou government had two Heaven’s Road level martial artists. And one of them, was Wu Hou himself!
A strong contender for Wu Hou… … Di Heng Zhan and Qing Luan’s faces went white.
But Tang Tian thought of Wu Guang, the only Heaven’s Road level martial artist that he has met previously. Wu Guang’s Heaven Shower Blades, were extremely memorable to Tang Tian.
Ling Xu was a little lost, “No way, Qi Ya’s ranking is only number 5, if he was a Heaven’s Road level martial artist, then what about the other four?”
The little girl looked solemn, “I don’t know, but this was what Father told me personally. Father had once spent much power trying to solicit Qi Ya. If Wu Hou government could possess 3 Heaven’s Road level martial artists, then Father could stand out among the 13 governments.”
Tang Tian now realized how strong Wu Hou government was. 2 Heaven’s Road level martial artists… … such scary power!
Thinking back on their reckless behaviour back then, he could not help but break into cold sweat, luckily luckily… …
However, Tang Tian instantly had a doubt. Although Qi Ya was formidable, he felt that Qi Ya was still lacking compared to Wu Guang.
“What happened after that?” He could not help but ask.