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Chapter 167 "Jueying" and "Swearing"

"Sister Texas, where is White Dove?" Croissant propped himself up and was pulled up by Texas.

"He should be finishing up, he's probably okay." Rupert reached out and grabbed Exiah again, putting her hand on his shoulder, supporting her and preparing to find medical staff.

"Bai Ge... this time it's all thanks to him..." The Archangel grinned, and another movement caused him to grimace in pain from the wound.

"...Sister Texas, did Bai Ge just now--" Croissant hesitated for a moment. She saw the change that happened at that moment.

Texas raised his hand to signal her not to tell anyone. The situation of the infected people...maybe it can't be kept secret for long, but it's best not to expose it accidentally.

"Let's go... I'll take you to the medical station, and then I'll go pick him up—"

What interrupted Texas' words was a sword chant that resounded through the sky.

Texas' pupils shrank, and the three of them turned around to look in the direction outside the hall that they could not see. Their intuition told them that this was probably related to the white pigeons.

But...something doesn't seem right...

In a dark alley in the city, Mo Wei, who was cleaning up the mess after dealing with a potential threat, suddenly looked up: "This is... Duke Wei's sword?!"

"Duke Wei has drawn his sword!"

"Solve the problem at hand immediately!" Mo Wei wiped out the remaining enemies with lightning speed and rushed to the Time Exhibition Hall immediately.

Outside the Dragon Gate Center, the scene ended with the last bolt of lightning striking the giant wolf unconscious. The blonde Qilin panted slightly and suddenly felt something unusual. She looked up and saw the sword light passing through the clouds, followed by the sound of the sword. A muffled sound like spring thunder exploded, and the dark clouds slowly dispersed.

"The rain...is getting lighter?!" Jingzhe felt unbelievable.

She was shocked for a while, and suddenly remembered her master's instructions to her before she left:

"When you meet Duke Wei, you must be polite and not lose your sense of propriety beyond your duties."

"Qing Yan understands that Duke Wei is Duke Wei after all."

"No, it's more than that."

"Duke Wei's sword... astounded the entire capital at the time."

Jingzhe felt as if he had seen the tip of the iceberg.

At the Longmen Garrison, Lin Gerui suddenly noticed the change and saw the sword light in the sky. He felt something was wrong: "Wei Yanwu moved his sword?!"

"What's the situation outside Longmen?"

"The infected and bounty hunters are still there... but there's some commotion."

"Dad, I'll go take a look." Lin Yuxia, who was slightly injured, felt something was wrong and had a bad premonition.

"…Remember, stay calm." The Rat King hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement, "Keep in touch at all times. Do you need to send the Gray Shadow troops along?"

"No need." Lin Yuxia shook her head. "They still have to clean up the mess. I'll go. It's okay."

"I'm leaving first, Dad..." Lin Yuxia herself did not realize that her expression was a little flustered. Governor Wei's sword movement should have nothing to do with Ling Dengxian, but she just felt uncomfortable.

"Ling Dengxian..." Before Lin Yuxia got on the motorcycle, she looked at herself in the rearview mirror. Many images flashed through her mind. She pursed her lips, and then was attacked by disgust. She bit her lips with her silver teeth, almost biting them until they bled.

"No... No matter what, we have to find him first!" The motorcycle started and roared into the remaining rain. The Zarak girl was suddenly startled by the cold rain in the wind and rain, and her eyes brightened a lot.

In the Longmen slums, Anasa, who was sitting exhaustedly on the corpses of two giant wolves and gasping for breath, looked up and saw the sword light. His tired body jumped up reflexively. According to his inference, well, he didn't infer at all, he just instinctively felt that this must be a big job that Ling Dengxian could do, and this sword light was obviously not something he could wield at this stage, so it was very likely that the idiot had to take this sword!

"This *nomadic slang* is killing me!" Wu kept pushing his tired body to run. This kid really made him worry...

Wu knew that his opinion of Ling Dengxian had changed. His task was only to make sure that Ling Dengxian used the dual swords correctly. As for his life or death, it was not important.

Maybe it was the silly and cute things this guy did in the slums that reminded him of his past.

When he was a child, he had hoped that someone could dig a well for the Anasa tribe in an area that was not often visited by natural disasters. They had received countless wealthy merchants passing by, some of whom were kind, some were greedy, and some were smooth, but without exception, they just shook their heads:

"A meaningless well is worthless and does no good to you or me."

Ling Dengxian acted recklessly without considering his own financial strength and feasibility. He just relied on his determination and luck to build a shaky pipeline with no future.

"...Don't die." Wu cut off the thought and sped up.

The square outside the Times Exhibition Hall.

Chen, Xingxiong and others were so shocked by Wei Yanwu's sword that they were speechless. He was not joking. Although it was only one sword, he really put in some real effort.

"Chi Xiao? Cloud Lie." Wei Yanwu slowly put away his sword, but his eyes could not remain calm anymore, the emotions in his eyes became more and more intense.

"Captain Wei, Commander Wei! Bai Ge... " Chen broke free from the shock of his Yun Lie sword, which was currently stuck in a bottleneck. The most important thing now was to save people!

A sword like that... She couldn't imagine how Ling Dengxian would be able to take it.

When the cloud-breaking sword light slashed towards the thin young man, everyone saw a surging stream of white light converging and rolling towards the sword light without avoiding or giving way, and then being pierced through.

In the end, they only saw Ling Dengxian raising the sword, and then their vision was obscured by the smoke and dust caused by the aftermath of the sword.

"Medical staff—"

"He hasn't fallen yet!" Wei Yanwu stared at the dust, and Yun Lie drew his sword from the bottom to the top, and he should stand up when he should. However, the trajectory of this sword was not what he expected!

The smoke and dust raised by the sword slowly dissipated, and the figure still maintained the posture of swinging the sword, his left hand holding his right wrist, his body center of gravity pressed extremely low, his knees in a bow stance almost touching the ground, blood gushing out of his body, and his breath weak.

“...Jue...Ying..." Ling Dengxian said hoarsely, struggling to raise his head. His eyes were hazy, and he was supported entirely by his will.

"Crack!" It cracked with a sound.

A crack suddenly appeared on the sword of Shi Nie, then two, three... Shi Nie trembled for a moment, and finally collapsed into pieces.

"Puff." A soft sound.

A bloodstain slowly appeared on Ling Dengxian's chest, and then blood splattered out with a "splash". His whole body was trembling. He took a step back and stood still, taking a breath. It was difficult to suppress the pain, and fainting was inevitable.

He did not use the power of the devil. Since Wei Yanwu wanted him to prove it, he would risk his life to accompany him in this madness!

"You took it...as for the result." Wei Yanwu said in a low voice.

Ling Dengxian wanted to grin, but he just spat out a mouthful of blood and fell backwards on his back.

The evil-devouring creature was actually shattered.

He felt sorry, but had no regrets.

"Jueying... this is impossible!" Chen blurted out. She could hardly believe that he had just used Jueying of the Chixiao Sword Technique! Ling Dengxian had never received systematic training at all!

"Chen... look carefully, that is not Jueying." Wei Yanwu put Chi Xiao back into Chen's hands and said in a low voice, "That is his own 'Jueying', born from Chi Xiao? Jueying."

“…He’s a genius?”

"…Maybe there are so-called 'geniuses' who are born with it, but…I don't think he is one of them."

Wei Yanwu turned to the crowd. Gathered in the square were not only members of the Royal Guards, but also citizens who had survived the disaster. The guests on the second and third floors of the exhibition hall behind him were also looking at him.

At this moment, Wei Yanwu slowly raised his hand, a sharp light flashed at his fingertips, and the next moment, a red dragon horn fell to the ground, bounced up and fell to the ground along with everyone's shock.

"I, Wei Yanwu, would like to apologize to all the citizens of Longmen who died in this Longmen disaster!!"

Along with his voice, he also knelt down on one knee.

"I failed to give due trust to the citizens of both the Upper and Lower Towns, and the responsibility lies with me. This catastrophe also warns us of our biggest problem: the deformed structure of Longmen, which needs to be changed!"

"Longmen should never have been called the 'lower city'. Today, I stand before you and swear an oath!"

"Longmen will never abandon any Longmen people!"

At this moment, there is drizzle in Longmen.