Chapter 28: Dragon Extinction
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Whoosh!
Su Xin charged forward without pause, rushing toward Darkwater Alley in the eastern district at full speed.
His heart burned with anxiety.
The Second Elder…
That hot-tempered elder who regarded the family’s honor as everything.
That “stubborn old fool” who had once said that the younger generation of the Su Family would not be allowed to throw themselves into the fray until every one of the old men had died.
This elder had led the charge in the Su Family’s retaliation against the Pang Family.
If anything happened to him, it would be a devastating blow to the entire Su Family.
“I have to make it in time!”
Su Xin roared inwardly.
…
Eastern District, Darkwater Alley.
The fierce battle had already continued for quite some time.
Several houses in the alley had collapsed beneath the bombardment, while some walls had been blasted to pieces.
At that moment, atop the eaves of one of the houses, Second Elder Su Tietong gripped a green stone staff with both hands, struggling desperately against the combined assault of three peak Sea Transformation experts.
Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth. His robes were torn, and two wounds marred his body.
One was at his left waist, a knife slash that was not especially deep, yet continued to bleed.
The other was on his right calf, where a spear had pierced a bloody hole clean through.
In terms of strength alone, Su Tietong was unquestionably one of the strongest among peak Sea Transformation experts. In a one-on-one fight, he could kill an ordinary peak Sea Transformation expert head-on. Even against two such opponents joining forces, he could still hold his own.
But now, he was surrounded by three peak Sea Transformation experts—and he had been ambushed from the very beginning. The wound in his calf had been inflicted during that ambush.
That injury had not only severely weakened his combat strength, but had also robbed him of any chance to flee.
All he could do was block the three men’s attacks as best he could and delay for time, hoping that reinforcements from the Su Family would arrive.
“Haha! Su Tietong, stop struggling. Do you really think you can survive the three of us?”
The three people surrounding Su Tietong consisted of two men and one woman. One of the men, dressed in purple, was an elder of the Pang Family. The other man, an old brown-haired wielder of a long spear, and the middle-aged woman wielding twin swords, were both retainers of the Pang Family.
Having unleashed their full strength, the three had already sensed that Su Tietong was nearing his limit.
Even so, they still found him exceedingly troublesome.
“As expected of the Su Family’s Second Elder. His strength must have reached the absolute peak of the Sea Transformation realm. He probably isn’t far from breaking through the first level of the Dragon-Seeking Tower. The three of us joined forces, and we even injured him with a sneak attack at the outset, yet we still haven’t been able to bring him down in such a short time.”
“His staff techniques are formidable as well.”
Though they found Su Tietong difficult to deal with, the three were not worried.
The Pang Family had made thorough preparations for today’s assassination.
From the moment they lured Su Tietong into Darkwater Alley, everything had been calculated.
Even if someone had immediately rushed out to send word, they would still have to reach the nearest Su Family stronghold, summon reinforcements, and return here. That would take a considerable amount of time—more than enough for the three of them to kill Su Tietong.
“Hmph. You’ve killed more than a dozen Sea Transformation experts from my Pang Family in succession, and even slain one at the peak of the realm. Su Tietong, you deserve to die!” the Pang Family elder snorted coldly.
In truth, when faced with the Su Family’s retaliation, the Pang Family had initially intended to endure it.
The two great families had been enemies for years, constantly clashing and slaughtering one another. Moreover, the Pang Family had been the one to provoke this particular conflict by sending assassins after the Su Family’s young master—only for the attempt to fail.
It was only natural for the enraged Su Family to retaliate fiercely, and the Pang Family had prepared several emergency measures in response.
But no one had expected the Su Family’s retaliation to be so ruthless. Su Tietong, the Second Elder, had personally taken the field and killed numerous Sea Transformation experts from the Pang Family. Especially the day before yesterday, when he had slain one of their peak Sea Transformation elders.
That had finally made it impossible for the Pang Family to sit still.
They had immediately resolved to kill this reckless Second Elder of the Su Family, the hotheaded man leading the charge at the front.
And so, this scene had come to pass.
Squelch!
Taking advantage of a gap in the exchange, the brown-haired old man flicked his spear upward. Su Tietong was too slow to defend, and the weapon once again pierced through his shoulder, leaving behind a bloody hole.
The injury instantly affected the strength in Su Tietong’s arm. Facing the three-way assault, he found himself even less able to resist.
Clang! Clang!
The middle-aged woman’s twin swords slashed down one after another, knocking the stone staff from Su Tietong’s hands.
His weapon had been sent flying…
“It’s over!”
A trace of despair flashed through Su Tietong’s eyes, but it was immediately replaced by a madness more intense than anything he had ever felt.
“If I’m going to die, I’ll take one of you with me!”
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A ruthless glint appeared in Su Tietong’s eyes. Seeing the long spear stabbing toward his throat, he made no instinctive attempt to evade. Instead, he moved forward to meet it.
At the same time, power gathered at the fingertips of his right hand. He intended to unleash that force and pierce through the enemy’s skull at the very instant the spear pierced his throat.
But just as the spear was about to reach him, a sword suddenly swept in.
The sword moved like a spirit serpent, tracing a graceful arc through the air.
Not only did it deftly deflect the spear, it also blocked the attacks of the other two assailants one after another.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
The three people surrounding Su Tietong immediately retreated to the side.
“A reinforcer?”
“Su Family reinforcements? They arrived this quickly?”
The three men’s expressions darkened.
According to the Pang Family’s calculations, Su Family reinforcements should not have been able to arrive so soon.
But now…
“Reinforcements?”
Su Tietong was also delighted. He hurriedly looked toward the figure that had appeared before him.
But when he saw who it was…
“Su Xin?”
Su Tietong’s expression changed again at once. “What are you doing here? Who told you to come?”
“I happened to be nearby. When Ye Luo went to summon reinforcements, he ran into me, so I came straight here,” Su Xin replied.
At that moment, Su Xin also let out a silent sigh of relief.
Fortunately, he had made it in time.
If he had been even a moment slower, the Second Elder would probably not have survived.
“You fool!”
Su Tietong grew frantic. “Su Xin, have you forgotten what I told you before? Who told you to come here and throw your life away?”
“Go! I’ll find a way to hold them off. Escape while you can!”
Su Tietong was truly desperate.
Even if he died, even if two or three men like him died, the Su Family could still bear the loss.
But a peerless genius like Su Xin, who carried the future of the Su Family on his shoulders—the Su Family truly could not afford to lose him!
“Second Elder, don’t worry. These people before us aren’t capable of killing me.”
Su Xin smiled confidently. His eyes, however, were icy and chilling as he stared at the three men ahead. A monstrous killing intent slowly began to gather around him.
Those three men had very nearly…
No, they had come within the narrowest margin of killing the Second Elder.
“You three—have you decided how you want to die?”
A thunderous shout suddenly rang out.
…
The instant Su Xin arrived, the three peak Sea Transformation experts from the Pang Family had been utterly astonished. But they quickly sensed the spiritual aura emanating from him.
“Early Sea Transformation?”
“He’s only at the early Sea Transformation stage? Yet he just blocked all three of our attacks and rescued Su Tietong from certain death?”
The three men stared in disbelief. Then, their shock turned into wild delight.
“It’s Su Xin!”
“He’s Su Xin!”
“The young master of the Su Family?”
The three were ecstatic.
This was practically a windfall from heaven.
It was like sitting down to eat an ordinary meal, only to discover a huge, plump rice dumpling inside—and one made entirely of pure gold.
Compared with Su Xin, what did Su Tietong amount to?
He was merely a somewhat stronger peak Sea Transformation expert. His potential had already been exhausted, and he might never break through to the Void Breaking realm in his entire life.
But Su Xin…
He had been able to contend with perfected Sea Transformation experts while still in the True Martial realm. He was a genuine peerless genius, an existence that kept the Pang Family awake at night.
The Pang Family had previously paid any price necessary to invite the “Phantom Shadow” of White Mountain Island for the sole purpose of strangling Su Xin’s talent before he could mature. Even the recent war between the Su and Pang Families had begun because of him.
They had been worrying over the fact that even “Phantom Shadow” had failed to kill Su Xin, wondering how they could eliminate this genius in the future.
Yet now, this peerless genius of the Su Family had delivered himself straight to them while trying to save Su Tietong?
“Kill him!”
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“No matter the price, we must kill him!”
Killing intent surged from the three men.
At that moment…
“You three—have you decided how you want to die?”
Su Xin’s thunderous shout rang out once more.
“This brat thinks he can kill us?”
“He’s courting death!”
The three men exchanged glances. In the next instant—
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
All three moved at once.
Just as they had done when surrounding Su Tietong, the three unleashed their full strength, intending to kill Su Xin as quickly as possible.
“Su Xin!”
Su Tietong looked tense. He had already retrieved his weapon and was about to rush forward.
But Su Xin was far faster.
In an instant, he met the three men head-on, and the sword in his hand had already swept outward.
Su Xin immediately activated fifty percent of his bloodline power, erupting with might comparable to that of a perfected Sea Transformation expert.
Yet what was truly terrifying was his swordsmanship.
It was merciless, like searing flames; yet it was also like thunder, violent, frenzied, and deafening.
The two forces merged, forming an overwhelming momentum.
The Thunderfire Scroll descended with wave upon wave of sword intent.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Every sword strike was violent to the extreme.
Every sword strike seemed to embody the wrath of heaven and earth.
“This… this…”
The three men, who had intended to surround and kill Su Xin, were immediately stunned the moment they truly crossed swords with him.
In that instant, they sensed the terrifying, irresistible force contained within Su Xin’s sword, as well as the boundless majesty behind every strike.
The pressure came in wave after wave. Forget killing Su Xin—they could only scramble to defend themselves, and even then, they needed all three of them working together just to barely withstand him.
As one sword after another crashed down, the three were forced back step by step.
“The three of us have already unleashed our full strength, yet we’re being completely suppressed by someone only at the early Sea Transformation stage?”
The three peak Sea Transformation experts of the Pang Family felt as though their minds had gone blank.
They knew that Su Xin possessed extraordinary talent. That was precisely why the Pang Family had been determined to kill him at any cost.
They also knew that Su Xin had been able to contend with perfected Sea Transformation experts while still in the True Martial realm.
But now…
They were three peak Sea Transformation experts, joined together against a single opponent.
Their realms were two or three levels higher than Su Xin’s, and yet the three of them were being suppressed head-on?
Su Tietong, who had been preparing to rush forward and assist Su Xin, was also left staring in stunned disbelief.
“Su Xin, he…”
But Su Xin paid no attention to any of this. At that moment, his entire being seemed to have become a blazing flame.
“The Pang Family—the mortal enemy of my Su Family!”
“Over the years, who knows how many Sea Transformation experts of my Su Family the Pang Family has secretly killed, along with countless young disciples who showed even the slightest trace of talent!”
“The moment I revealed a little of my own talent, the Pang Family eagerly hired a peak Sea Transformation assassin to murder me!”
“And now, the Pang Family has come to surround and kill the Second Elder…”
“The Pang Family deserves death! It must be destroyed!”
“Kill! Kill!”
As that violent swordsmanship was unleashed again and again, the killing intent and fury within his heart accumulated to their absolute limit.
Under the flood of boundless rage and murderous intent, his entire mind and body sank into his swordsmanship. A trace of enlightenment emerged naturally within his mind.
Suddenly, while the three men were already being forced back step by step beneath his sword, Su Xin raised his head.
“Secret Art of the Thunderfire Profound Meaning!”
“Stars of Fire Incinerate the Heavens—Sword Dao: Dragon Annihilation!”