After being chased after my engagement was broken off, my Iron Shirt skill instantly reached max lev

Chapter 28 Sword Qi

As soon as Shen Jiyue turned around, she met those cold eyes.

The city guard commander standing next to her had his neck pierced directly by the blood-soaked sword.

Immediately afterwards, the longsword was sheathed.

"Pfft..."

Blood gushed out from the pierced neck. The man quickly covered his neck, his eyes wide with terror as he tried to turn around to look, but it was too late.

His body fell to the ground with a "thud".

"You bastard, I'll fight you to the death!"

"don't want……"

Shen Jiyue, who had just taken two steps back, heard the angry roar and immediately spoke up.

But almost as soon as she opened her mouth, she saw a sword tip pierce through the back of the leader who had just raised his long sword, and crimson blood gushed to the ground with the tip.

Sheathing his sword, Li Xiuyuan reached out and grabbed the neck of the still-alive city guard leader.

Soon, a surge of pure internal energy entered Li Xiuyuan's body, replenishing what he had just consumed.

As the city guard leader's body quickly went limp, Li Xiuyuan suddenly exerted force with his palm.

With a "crack," his neck snapped instantly.

He tossed the corpse aside, then slowly raised his sword, pointing it at Shen Jiyue, who stood there with a gloomy expression, and coldly spoke:

"Next, it's your turn!"

Looking at the two corpses on the ground, Shen Jiyue couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

"I must say, Li Xiuyuan, I underestimated you."

"How about this, I'll make a deal with you."

Li Xiuyuan stopped wasting words, moved his feet, and his long sword moved like a raging wind, reaching Shen Jiyue in the blink of an eye.

It was at this moment that Li Xiuyuan's reply finally rang out:

"Not interested!"

Now I'm thinking, either I kill you today, or you kill me today!

"Buzz"...

Shen Jiyue enveloped her palm with internal energy, directly shattering Li Xiuyuan's sword strike.

"Very well, Li Xiuyuan, very well indeed. Since that's the case, then today I will truly show you the difference between an eighth-rank and a seventh-rank!"

Sensing Li Xiuyuan's frenzied fighting spirit and killing intent, Shen Jiyue no longer hesitated.

With a sudden palm strike, he forcefully pushed Li Xiuyuan away, retreated, and casually grabbed a long sword from the ground.

With the long sword in hand, Shen Jiyue's aura changed instantly.

"Although you have reached the eighth rank by absorbing the internal energy of others, your understanding and cultivation of internal energy and blood energy are far from sufficient. You also do not know how powerful the release of internal energy is."

I'll see if you can withstand this sword strike!

As she spoke, Shen Jiyue swung her sword at Li Xiuyuan, who was rapidly approaching with his sword drawn.

Suddenly, a sword aura tore through the void before him and slashed down towards Li Xiuyuan!

"Thud..."

Li Xiuyuan was suddenly jolted back several steps before he regained his footing.

Looking at the deep sword wound on his arm, blood was seeping out.

I couldn't help but feel a sudden shock.

Sword energy!

It's actually just a way to attach internal energy to the sword and release it outwards, thus injuring people from a distance.

Li Xiuyuan already knew this after he reached the maximum level of "Sudden Rain Sword Technique" and "Raging Wind Swift Sword". The reason why he could not unleash sword energy and truly exert the perfect level of the two sword techniques was that he had not yet truly reached the realm of releasing internal energy externally.

Even if he poured all his internal energy into the longsword before, he could only make the longsword in his hand extremely sharp, and unleash a wanton sword light when he swung it!

Just now, when Li Xiuyuan was preparing to make a move against Shen Jiyue, he was also weighing the pros and cons in his mind.

At that time, Li Xiuyuan was wondering what kind of weapon Shen Jiyue, the seventh-rank city lord of Yuanguang City, was using.

Regardless of whether the opponent uses a knife or a sword, Li Xiuyuan knows that his greatest reliance is his maxed-out Iron Shirt skill.

But at this moment, feeling the conspicuous sword wound on his arm, Li Xiuyuan still felt that he had overestimated himself. Fortunately, he had used the Absorption Technique to absorb the internal energy of more than a hundred people.

His dantian and meridians are much stronger and more powerful than those of an ordinary eighth-rank martial artist, which allows him to maintain the Iron Shirt technique continuously.

"Um?"

Seeing that her sword strike had failed to sever Li Xiuyuan's arm, Shen Jiyue was shocked.

Could it be that this Li Xiuyuan, within three days, has not only mastered swordsmanship and that mysterious internal energy absorption technique, but has also cultivated Iron Shirt to a high level, or even perfected it?

Otherwise, how could he have blocked his own fierce sword strike!

Thinking of this, Shen Jiyue had a bad feeling.

Shen Jiyue's eyes narrowed immediately, and without further hesitation, she decided to strike first!

Regardless, let's first cripple and subdue this somewhat strange Li Xiuyuan.

Taking a deep breath, Li Xiuyuan quickly activated his Iron Shirt technique, and the sword wound on his arm instantly stopped bleeding. Although the wound was still conspicuous, at this moment, while Li Xiuyuan was using Iron Shirt to his fullest extent, he also locked his eyes on Shen Jiyue, who was flashing towards him with a sword strike.

This sword strike carried an even fiercer and more domineering sword aura than before.

Li Xiuyuan knew that Shen Jiyue was determined to win him over quickly.

Thinking back, after I killed dozens of city guards, she still said she wanted to make a deal with me. It was because I had just grabbed her wrist and used the Absorption Technique to make her wary and hesitate.

But right now, the first move he made was the most lethal one, clearly aimed at crippling him.

It seems that even as the city lord of Yuanguang City, he still desires the "Absorption Technique" left behind by his mother.

Moreover, from Shen Jiyue's words just now, Li Xiuyuan felt that she also knew a lot about his mother and this cultivation technique.

Now, facing a serious Shen Jiyue, he wants to turn the tide and even kill her.

It would be necessary to exchange injuries for injuries.

We cannot retreat even a step. If we retreat and dodge the sword energy, we will immediately fall into an extremely passive situation.

And only by getting close can one possibly kill Shen Jiyue.

After a quick brainstorming session, Li Xiuyuan gritted his teeth and made a decision.

Faced with the sword slashing down from mid-air, Li Xiuyuan advanced instead of retreating.

He pushed his movement technique to its limit, his eyes fixed on Shen Jiyue's fair and jade-like neck, his gaze fixed on only one point.

That's the other person's throat!

The two clashed in a flash, and the sword energy slashed directly at Li Xiuyuan's left shoulder, causing blood to splatter instantly.

Li Xiuyuan's sword had already reached Shen Jiyue's throat, and the sharp blade had already sliced ​​open her throat.

However, at the critical moment, Shen Jiyue trembled, turned her head to dodge Li Xiuyuan's fatal sword, and at the same time, she pushed off the ground with all her might, her body retreating rapidly. She even drew a deep trench in the ground because of the tension and force.

Shen Jiyue hurriedly covered her bleeding white neck, and in the short time it took to step back, blood had already stained her chest.

Although Shen Jiyue had just dodged the sword that pierced her throat by turning her head, the sword still sliced ​​half of her neck because of the close distance.

"you……"

Li Xiuyuan only glanced at the conspicuous wound on his left shoulder before spitting out a mouthful of blood.

But he didn't stop at all. He brandished his longsword and once again flashed towards Shen Jiyue...