Chapter 665: The Price of Choice
As Lin Feng had hoped, his gaze fell directly on Ling Xiao. From the moment Ling Xiao had bullied Tang Youyou, this battle had become inevitable.
Ling Xiao, in order to prove himself and confess his feelings, had used Tang Youyou as a stepping stone, as a foil. His excuse was that he had defeated Yu Xiaoxiao and then speculated that Tang Youyou was Lin Feng's woman. How could Lin Feng not fight!
This battle was unavoidable. This battle was imperative.
"Do I still need to name you?" Looking at Ling Xiao, Lin Feng spoke directly. Ling Xiao stepped forward as well, walking onto the battle platform.
"Even if you didn't seek me out, I would have come for you." Ling Xiao's face was cold. His sword was drawn once more, seven-colored light blooming, the Sword Dao Will of the Seven Emotions surging wildly.
"A battle between swordsmen. Let's see if your Blood Sword is stronger or my Seven Emotions Sword is sharper." The Seven Emotions Sword, seven kinds of emotion, all seemed to be embodied within these seven swords. The third-layer Seven Emotions Sword Dao Will caused the space to howl, forming the momentum of ten thousand swords launching together.
In a battle of swordsmen, sword techniques could take lives. Having cultivated Sword Dao Will, one could control swords in the air, manifesting swords from nothingness, transforming them from air currents. If Sword Dao Will reached its peak, everything in the world could become a sword. Although Ling Xiao had not yet reached this level, controlling a sword to take a life from thousands of meters away was still effortless. The question was, whose life would be taken.
At Ling Xiao's level, killing no longer required holding the sword in hand. The attacks of a sword cultivator were just this fierce and terrifying.
Watching the howling Seven Emotions Sword, Lin Feng's gaze was calm. With a soft hum, as if blood light bloomed, the trembling Blood Drinking Sword was drawn, leaping into the void, emitting a buzzing howl.
The Blood Drinking Sword seemed to possess life. Sensing the sharpness of the Seven Emotions Sword, it pointed toward it. Terrifying sword intent bloomed, and a blood-colored sword light shot into the sky.
The Blood Drinking Sword wanted to fight!
"Formidable swords!" The crowd's eyes all slightly froze. Both the Seven Emotions Sword and the Blood Drinking Sword seemed to possess their own lives, pointing at each other, their sword intent reaching the heavens. They were both living swords.
Ling Xiao was so arrogant and dismissive of everything, not only because of his powerful Seven Emotions Sword Dao Will, but also because of those seven swords. Like the Blood Drinking Sword, these seven swords were also precious swords, swords with will.
"Your sword is not bad, and you also possess third-layer Sword Dao Will. As fellow sword cultivators, I'll show you respect. One sword strike, and this battle will end." Behind Ling Xiao, his martial soul appeared. The sword light grew fiercer, the sword intent stronger. Ling Xiao was a pure sword cultivator, possessing a Sword Martial Soul.
However, Lin Feng did not release his martial soul. There was only the Blood Sword, only the boundless blood-colored sword light. Within that blood-colored sword light, a terrifying killing intent began to spread. This overwhelming killing intent once again appeared on Lin Feng, the killing intent that had been absent for so long.
The crowd stared at the battle stage. Terrifying, too terrifying. It was all sword intent. That sword intent seemed to tear open the heavens and pierce through space. The battle stage had already become a world of swords, a space of swords. There was only the sword, nothing else.
"Time to clash."
The crowd's eyes were fixed on the endless sword lights in the void. Whose sword would be sharper?
"That's right. This is what a man's battle should be. I will use this victory to once again tell the world that in today's Snow Domain Grand Competition, the sword dao reigns supreme. I will also use this victory to tell Xiaoyu that I, Ling Xiao, can forever be like my sword—invincible."
Ling Xiao was filled with heroic spirit. In this battle, it was as if he had already won. Lin Feng was destined to lose.
"Your feelings are not wrong, and your boldness is not wrong. The mistake is that you, Ling Xiao, chose the wrong person to step on."
Lin Feng was equally confident, coldly spitting out a voice.
"Is that so? Then let me see how your single Blood Sword can withstand my Seven Emotions Sword." Ling Xiao took a step forward, and instantly, endless sword dao rampaged through heaven and earth, wildly domineering, as if to annihilate everything.
"Swish, swish, swish..." Endless sword qi shot out. Nothing could stop this boundless sword light anymore.
But just as the endless sword light shot out, the crowd saw Lin Feng move as well. He reached out his hand, and the Blood Drinking Sword directly trembled into his palm. His hands slightly rotated, the Blood Drinking Sword poised to slash and kill at any moment. Lin Feng's step moved forward.
Lin Feng was actually stepping toward that endless sword light!
"Crazy!" The crowd's eyes trembled. Lin Feng, unlike Ling Xiao who controlled his sword to kill from a thousand meters away, was charging his physical body into the opponent's endless sword light. Was he seeking death?
The blood-colored sword light floating in the void also moved with Lin Feng's body, charging forward together.
Then, just as everyone thought Lin Feng had gone mad, his step paused, firmly rooting himself on the ground. His hands traced a brilliant arc, and the Blood Drinking Sword slashed out with one strike.
"Boom!"
A rainbow-like blood-colored sword light flashed and vanished, so dazzling, so brilliant, as if it would stain the heavens with blood.
The endless blood-colored sword light above Lin Feng grew stronger and fiercer, emitting a terrifying howling sound.
"Chi, chi..." That fleeting sword light annihilated everything. The endless sword light instantly dissipated before this blood-colored radiance. The blood-colored sword light directly pierced through everything, slashing straight toward Ling Xiao.
This sword did not confront the endless sword intent released by Ling Xiao. This sword broke through the countless howling swords and slashed at Ling Xiao.
The Sword Dao Will possessed by this sword surpassed the third layer. The Sword Dao Will it held was fourth-layer Sword Dao Will.
The crowd felt their minds buzz with a trembling sound. Many people once again clenched their fists in excitement, their palms sweating.
Fourth layer. The Sword Dao Will Lin Feng possessed was the fourth layer. Heavens, Lin Feng, in his battles with Ku Mu and Yu Mo, had still been hiding his strength. He could still be stronger.
Between the fourth layer of Sword Dao Will and the third layer, it seemed like just one more layer. But this one layer of Sword Dao Will represented a huge gap. Comprehending Sword Dao Will was incredibly difficult. Each layer comprehended, climbing higher was a breakthrough, an extremely difficult breakthrough, possibly even harder than a breakthrough in martial cultivation realm. And the gap between them was irreparable.
Just like Lin Feng's sword strike now, it directly slashed through everything, one sword breaking ten thousand techniques.
This sword was so similar to the one that had killed Yu Mo. Yet even if this destructive sword was similar, what did it matter? The ultimate sword, with unparalleled speed, was unstoppable.
"Ah..." A scream rang out. That blood-colored sword light finally annihilated and vanished. Then, the endless sword intent on Lin Feng clashed with the millions of sword lights shooting toward him, emitting a piercing howl, as if to bury that scream.
But by now, the crowd had forgotten this clash of endless sword lights. They only looked toward the place where the scream had originated. The Seven Emotions Sword, Ling Xiao, was not dead. However, one of Ling Xiao's arms had fallen to the ground. The swift blood-colored sword strike just now had not taken his life. Ling Xiao's body had shifted slightly, but his arm had been severed by the sword light.
Space seemed to freeze. The crowd's breath seemed to stop. Time and space seemed to suffocate. When everything returned to calm and the ten thousand swords annihilated, Lin Feng still stood quietly, holding the Blood Sword. But Ling Xiao, using his other hand to press against his severed arm, had blood continuously staining his palm red. Ling Xiao's face was full of pain and ferocity. Where was the proud and arrogant spirit from before?
In an instant, he was a completely different person. Ling Xiao had fallen from heaven to hell.
What a pity. Another genius. With Ling Xiao's arm severed, his reputation as a genius would likely fall as well.
Yu Xiaoxiao's gaze froze. The masters of both Ling Xiao and Yu Xiaoxiao had their long hair flying. The Ling Xiao who had excited them just moments ago was now so miserable, his arm severed by Lin Feng.
This was already the second genius to fall by Lin Feng's hand. The first was Yu Mo, one of the Eight Great Geniuses. The second was also one of the Eight Great Geniuses, the Seven Emotions Sword, Ling Xiao!
Seventh battle, Lin Feng won again. It seemed that Lin Feng could already secure a spot in the top five.
Looking at Ling Xiao, Lin Feng's gaze still held no emotion. He said calmly, "Your feelings are not wrong, but your choice was wrong!"
Ling Xiao had made a thousand mistakes, but the greatest was choosing him and Tang Youyou as foils, as stepping stones for his confession and rise!