parentshiftbook Chapter 66 Questioning the Dao Heart, Showing Mercy Under the Sword
Chapter 66 Questioning the Dao Heart, Showing Mercy Under the Sword
The wolf girl's words pierced Lu Ming's heart once again.
He watched those figures disappear quickly into the wind and snow, and regret and anger surged within him.
But his sword-wielding hand was still pointing at the wolf girl.
What they do is their business.
Lu Ming's voice was firm, "But now that I've drawn my sword, I won't give up halfway. If you want to hunt them down, you'll have to ask me first!"
"Stubborn to the end! Then you may perish here with them, and in your next life, don't be a fool who tries to stick his neck out!"
The wolf girl was completely enraged. Her eyes shone with a bright green light, and her demonic aura rose into the sky like smoke from a wolf, dyeing the surrounding snowflakes with a layer of silver light.
Her hands grew into sharp claws, exuding a terrifying aura that seemed to tear everything apart, and she pounced on Lu Ming once more!
This time, she was faster and stronger; her claws whistled as they sliced through the air!
"Let's fight!" Lu Ming's heart swelled with pride. He had long wanted to test his true combat strength in the outside world.
His dark golden Dao foundation trembled slightly, and his profound true energy surged and poured into the sword.
"Black Tortoise Sword Technique - Startling Waves!"
Lu Ming's swordsmanship was like a raging sea! His sword light surged like the tide, one layer after another, seemingly without end!
Each wave of sword energy forced the wolf girl to take it head-on!
"Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!"
A dense, metallic clang, like raindrops pattering on banana leaves, resounded through the valley! Sparks flew everywhere! The snow in the valley turned into mist, swirling endlessly.
The wolf girl grew increasingly alarmed as the fight progressed; her opponent's power seemed inexhaustible, and his swordsmanship was exquisite.
Within that sword aura, there was also a hidden, invisible sharpness that stung her very soul.
Her speed and claws, which she was so proud of, were completely ineffective against the opponent's incredibly profound footwork and impenetrable sword energy!
On the contrary, due to repeatedly clashing with that extremely condensed sword energy, his arms were already in excruciating pain, and his blood and qi were churning violently.
Lu Ming fought with increasing ferocity, as if he had returned to the days when he fought against the mirror image. He was single-minded, with only the sword in his hand and the enemy in front of him!
"break!"
A flash of azure-gold light appeared in Lu Ming's eyes, and Yun Jianxue let out a long, impassioned cry!
Lu Ming followed the sword's movement, delivering a simple straight thrust, but the overwhelming sword force blocked all the wolf girl's space to dodge, piercing straight into her chest!
The wolf girl's pupils constricted as she sensed an unprecedented threat of death!
She screamed and concentrated all her demonic energy into her claws, crossing them in front of her to try and block the fatal blow!
"boom!"
The moment the sword tip collided with the claw, a violent roar erupted!
The wolf girl felt an immense force, like a mountain collapsing and rocks splitting. Her condensed demonic energy instantly dissipated, and her claws were in excruciating pain, as if they were about to break apart!
Her body flew backward uncontrollably, crashing heavily onto the snow-covered mountain wall behind her, shaking off countless snowflakes.
She struggled to get up, but felt as if her bones were about to crack and her demonic energy was dissipating; she was at her last gasp.
The next moment, a cool touch pressed against her pale throat.
Lu Ming's figure had appeared in front of her without her noticing. Yun Jianxue's sword tip was firmly planted there; one more step forward and she would be dead.
Lu Ming stood with his sword in hand, his breathing still steady, showing no signs of having fought a great battle, clearly indicating that he still had plenty of energy left.
The wolf girl looked at the tip of the sword in front of her neck, then looked up at Lu Ming's resolute and youthful face. A trace of unwillingness and humiliation flashed in her dark green eyes, but it eventually turned into a deathly silence.
She closed her eyes, looking as if she were about to be executed.
"Do it." Her voice was hoarse and tired, but there was no pleading in it.
As the Howling Moon Wolf, she has her pride.
The valley was silent, save for the howling of the wind and snow.
Seeing their leader subdued, the remaining wolf demons desperately charged forward, but were cut off by the sword energy drawn by Lu Ming's sword aura, preventing them from advancing.
The wolf demons were covered in dense bloodstains, but they still charged forward fearlessly.
Looking at the wolf girl who was ready to die, and the fearless wolf pack around her, Lu Ming recalled her previous accusations about "killing demons to obtain cores," as well as the human cultivators who abandoned him without hesitation. He felt a mix of emotions.
When will this cycle of hatred and slaughter end?
He remained silent for a moment, then his wrist trembled slightly.
"laugh"
The sword's edge grazed the wolf girl's neck, severing a few strands of her silver hair, but it did not harm her in the slightest.
The wolf girl suddenly opened her eyes and looked at Lu Ming in disbelief.
"You..." She couldn't understand the behavior of this human cultivator at all.
The demon core, bones, and claws of a great demon in the Transformation stage are quite precious among humans, and humans have long regarded killing demons to obtain their cores as a matter of course.
"You may leave." Lu Ming sheathed his sword, and the sword aura around him also subsided.
Lu Ming turned his back to her, his voice calm, "Take your people and leave this place. Enough has been done today."
He paused, then added, "You're right. From your perspective, killing demons to obtain their cores is indeed a deep-seated hatred."
"But as a human, I have my own stance."
"While I cannot judge right or wrong, at least today, I do not want this snow to be stained with any more blood."
"If we become enemies again in the future, my sword will show no mercy."
After saying that, he ignored the wolf girl, moved, transformed into a streak of light, and continued flying towards the Divine Land, soon disappearing into the vast snowstorm.
The wolf girl stared blankly at the strands of hair on her neck that had been severed by the sword energy, her eyes filled with a complex and unfathomable expression as she watched the disappearing figure.
This human cultivator was powerful and strange, yet...
She shook her head, clearing her mind of distractions, and forced herself to stand up. With a low whistle, she rallied the remaining members of her tribe, and they retreated in disarray to the north.
In the valley, only traces of the fierce battle and crimson bloodstains remained, standing out starkly against the pure white snow, only to be quickly covered by new snowfall.