Chapter 15: How Do You Know How to Use Everything
The blind fish in St. Tur's hand was very simple. The blade was bright white, the handle was wooden, and aside from two rivets on the grip, the entire knife had nothing that could be called decoration.
Black aura gradually spread from within St. Tur's body, and his pale, blind eye seemed to slowly turn pitch black.
Su Xiao took a deep breath. He sensed that St. Tur was not easy to deal with, and St. Tur likewise detected Su Xiao's overwhelming blood aura and sharp presence.
The two had no real enmity between them. As for calling a truce now, it was utterly impossible. St. Tur had not encountered a blade-wielder capable of matching him in a long time. When one hones swordsmanship to the Grandmaster level, how many are not battle-hungry?
At this moment, the feeling of Su Xiao and St. Tur facing off was like when he once fought Lumberjack Buck—that pure, murderous intent without purpose made such enemies extremely dangerous.
Su Xiao and St. Tur both crouched their bodies almost simultaneously. Before the two could clash, Lilith had already stamped on the stone slab beneath her feet and leaped backward.
Clang.
Su Xiao and St. Tur vanished at the same time, followed by a crisp sound of a slash.
Ding, ding, ding...
Several sparks burst in midair as Dragon-Slaying Flash and Blind Fish pressed against each other, their edges grinding. After exchanging blows, Su Xiao realized that the enemy's weapon was not inferior in quality to Dragon-Slaying Flash. In terms of sharpness, Dragon-Slaying Flash was superior, but in speed, the blade named Blind Fish was faster.
Crack, crack, crack...
The blades scraped against each other, producing an extremely harsh sound. The ground beneath Su Xiao's feet gradually cracked, and the same happened under St. Tur. In just the first exchange, whoever retreated would die! Yes, it was that straightforward.
If both combatants used blades and their swordsmanship levels were similar, the battle would never last long—at most half an hour, at least a dozen seconds. After all, blades were too efficient at killing; one decapitating strike, and the fight was over.
Feeling the force slowly pressing down from Dragon-Slaying Flash, Su Xiao exerted slight force in his left leg. With a thunderous boom, a large chunk of the ground beneath him shattered, causing his stance to waver slightly.
The two long blades naturally parted. St. Tur no longer showed any signs of age; he leaped backward repeatedly. What seemed like an opportunity to kill Su Xiao was actually a trap Su Xiao had set.
Ding~
Sparks flared in midair. Lilith, watching from a distance, couldn't help but twitch her eyes—the old man's speed was too fast, as swift as a ghost.
Blade aura crisscrossed. In an instant, the surrounding ground was covered in slash marks. Su Xiao stood still, his gaze darting left and right while his Instinct ability was fully activated.
Whoosh~
A ghostly figure swept past him from behind. St. Tur's speed was incredible; within a few meters, his movement rivaled the speed of Dragon Shadow Flash, needing only an instant.
Pfft!
A slash appeared on Su Xiao's shoulder. Even though he raised Dragon-Slaying Flash horizontally, he couldn't fully block the strike.
The sharp blade had barely sunk into the flesh of Su Xiao's shoulder when he felt a chill—not from the blade's temperature, but from a black energy invading his body. It was that extremely murky Nen.
At this moment, Su Xiao held his blade in his right hand, Dragon-Slaying Flash just pressing against Blind Fish. St. Tur's speed was too fast; such opportunities were rare.
Dragon-Slaying Flash tilted, cutting downward along Blind Fish's edge. St. Tur's experience was exceptionally seasoned. His blind eye narrowed as he twisted his wrist, changing from a forward grip to a reverse grip.
Ding!
Blind Fish was held horizontally in front of St. Tur, perfectly blocking the incoming Dragon-Slaying Flash. But it only blocked Dragon-Slaying Flash.
Although St. Tur could not see, he could hardly be called blind. This old man could even distinguish colors—heaven knows how he perceived things.
St. Tur's expression froze for a moment, because only Dragon-Slaying Flash remained in front of him.
Now Su Xiao had appeared behind St. Tur, one leg bent. Wood Spirit clung to his right leg. A side kick was too late, so he drove a straight kick toward St. Tur's spine.
With a crisp crack, St. Tur was sent flying. This blind Saint Blade couldn't understand why a blade-wielder of similar skill would abandon his weapon in battle.
Bang! St. Tur crashed into a strange rock. The rock shattered like tofu, his upper body embedded in it, looking somewhat comical.
"Shameless," Lilith muttered softly.
"Despicable," the little girl on the ox's back also commented.
However, Su Xiao paid them no attention. Shameless? Despicable? Who said that two blade-wielders must settle life and death with their swords? That old man had been itching to kick Su Xiao's head off, just never got the chance.
Su Xiao hooked his hand, and Dragon-Slaying Flash flew rapidly toward him, landing in his palm with a slap.
Boom, boom~
The strange rock St. Tur had crashed into collapsed. He was cracking his neck; that kick from Su Xiao had nearly snapped his entire spine.
"Kid, not bad," St. Tur said with a fierce grin, showing his teeth. At this level of fighting, the old man was clearly getting into it, gradually revealing his true nature.
Su Xiao said nothing. Fighting an enemy like St. Tur meant that a single moment of error led to utter ruin. If there weren't so many strong beings in the Black Abyss, he might have considered activating Demon Hunting Hour.
After landing that vicious kick on St. Tur's spine, Su Xiao had undoubtedly seized the initiative. He began to slowly approach St. Tur. Strangely, St. Tur did not retreat—not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't. If he dared to take a step back, Su Xiao would appear before him in the next instant. Even if he blocked that strike, he couldn't block the next one after Dragon Shadow Flash's movement. Facts proved that a blade master with spatial abilities was nearly unstoppable.
After taking a few steps forward, Su Xiao stopped, because going further would be practically suicidal. The situation deadlocked.
Behind the two, Lilith and the little girl watched intently. Fortunately, Bubu Wang wasn't around; if that guy were here, these two girls might already be munching on overpriced popcorn and cola.
The stalemate continued. At that moment, Su Xiao's left hand reached into the clothing at his lower back and pulled out D·Assassination.
Bang, bang, bang, bang...
Su Xiao unloaded a full magazine at St. Tur. Old man St. Tur clearly hadn't expected Su Xiao to be proficient with such a weapon, and the bullets caught him off guard.
Ding, ding...
Sparks flew. All twelve bullets were deflected by St. Tur. In the next instant, a blade aura appeared before him.
Pfft!
Blood splattered. Half an arm holding a blade flew into the air. As Su Xiao and St. Tur passed each other, Su Xiao nearly collapsed. A slash stretched across his chest. If Azure Steel Shadow hadn't transformed into a crystal layer at the critical moment to block the force of that strike, Su Xiao might have been disemboweled.
St. Tur raised his severed right arm, the wrinkles on his face deepening into a smile.
With a swish, a cold gleam crossed St. Tur's throat. All his strength lay in his blade; without it, he was as good as dead.
Dragon-Slaying Flash swept through the air, trailing a wisp of blood. Su Xiao flicked the blood off the blade, grabbed the corpse on the ground and the wooden box, then turned and left. He appeared to have won effortlessly, but in reality, it was far from easy. He had nearly died several times at the hands of this old man called the Blind Saint Blade.
The good news was that this old man was very famous. Killing him would surely spread the name of Assassin·White Night. By then, once Bubu Wang got word, he would rush to meet up with Su Xiao as soon as possible.