Fine Rain Sword Technique?
These four words felt familiar to Jiang Lingyue.
Compared to the unconventional Finger Technique, more people practice Swordsmanship.
The Fine Rain Sword Technique is said to have been created by a Female Sword Immortal a thousand years ago.
Due to its characteristics, it's very suitable for women to practice, hence, most who practice this Sword Technique are women.
But the person in front of her, judging by the silhouette, was clearly a man.
At this thought, Jiang Lingyue's heart trembled slightly.
She... had given this Sword Technique to a man!
Moreover, why would an unknown black-clad stranger suddenly come to her rescue?
Gazing intently at the masked man in the distance, Jiang Lingyue felt like she had uncovered some truth.
The masked man picked up a common long sword from the ground with a slight sigh.
Had I known, I would have learned another Sword Technique, it would have taken just a few more days to reach Perfection.
Now that Zhang Hu had exposed the Fine Rain Sword Technique, someone must already be suspicious.
After all... Jiang Lingyue is not a fool.
Zhang Hu shook the Three-Ring Saber, half advising and half threatening.
"Since you have cultivated to the Postnatal Eighth Layer, you must not be a nobody. Tonight's affair is a matter for us at Chaotic Wind Mountain. I hope you give us face and leave, and I promise a generous reward later."
"But if you persist, falling here makes your decades of hard cultivation not worth it!"
Liu Zhen quickly swallowed a Hemostatic Pill to heal while paying attention to the commotion.
Hearing Zhang Hu trying to dissuade the masked man, Liu Zhen's heart tightened a bit.
Though they didn't know who he was, it seemed he was an ally for now.
Moreover, the fact that Zhang Hu didn't outright kill him but instead tried to dissuade him indicated that his strength was formidable!
Not inferior to Zhang Hu.
If he backed down, tonight's affair... the Jiang Family might indeed face total defeat.
The masked man could not care to speak, launching a sword strike aimed straight for Zhang Hu's heart.
"Such audacity!" In extreme anger turned to laughter, Zhang Hu's momentum surged to its peak, and he said fiercely, "Let's see what skills someone like you, who oversteps bounds, actually possesses!"
A moment later...
Staring at the masked man who effortlessly suppressed him, Zhang Hu exclaimed, "A Fine Rain Sword Technique in the Perfection Realm?! Such a strange body technique... who exactly are you?!"
A Profound Tier Lower Grade Sword Technique in Perfection can practically boost power by twenty percent!
More frightening is the body technique used by the masked man, one Zhang Hu had never seen before.
But... at the very least, Great Success Realm is needed to attack and defend so freely.
Having practiced the Fierce Tiger Saber Technique, known for immense strength, Zhang Hu found himself without even a chance to retaliate.
The entire time, he's been fending off the masked man's assaults.
The masked man remained silent, attacking non-stop.
Swish, swish, swish!
The long sword emitted beams of sword light, and Zhang Hu, weary from defense, couldn't block them at all. Wounds immediately appeared on his body.
The most despairing for Zhang Hu was that amid his struggle.
The masked man even found the effort to fire another long sword, swiftly piercing through a bandit attempting to take advantage of Jiang Lingyue's exhaustion for a swift kill.
Multitasking! He definitely still reserves strength!
A chill washed over Zhang Hu's heart, knowing that if his defense slipped, he would likely be killed on the spot.
Immediately, Zhang Hu gritted his teeth, pulled out a signal flare, and launched it.
"Since you're obsessed, tonight, all of you... will die!" Zhang Hu's body oozed with bleeding wounds, looking hideous and terrifying, and he spoke manically, evidently very confident in the signal flare.
A sudden sense of danger surged in the masked man's heart.
Far stronger than when Zhang Hu initially appeared.
From the distant forest, dozens of people emerged again, all with red sleeves bound to their arms, distinguishing their identities.
Yet they too were masked in black to conceal their figures.
A murderous aura expanded with the groups' emergence, filling the entire battlefield.
The leader of the masked group did not hide his aura, and surprisingly it was... Postnatal Ninth Layer!
Just one step away from ascending to the Innate Realm, becoming an top martial artist in the Postnatal Realm!
Such imposing power left almost everyone present speechless.
In an instant, the previously fierce battlefield peculiarly stalled.
"I've been waiting for you so long, you're finally here."
A gentle, soft female voice suddenly came from the escort agency's convoy.
Jiang Lingyue, in the midst of rapidly recovering her inner strength, was stunned. That voice...
Wasn't that the woman who stayed with her all afternoon, claiming she didn't practice Martial Dao?!
Gazing at the beautiful young woman emerging from the carriage, the leader of the masked men spoke calmly: "So it's the prodigy of the Luohua Chen Family, Miss Chen Lingxiang."
These words astounded everyone.
Luohua City, several thousand miles away, is another Human Race inhabited city.
In the city resides only one Innate Clan, the Chen Family!
Thus, the Chen Family in Luohua City is also known as... Luohua Chen!
As for Chen Lingxiang, she is a reputed genius girl from the Chen Family.
In less than thirty years, she achieved the Innate Realm!
She is well-renowned throughout the entire Northern Xuanzhou.
Originally, it was thought that Zhang Hu had summoned a new Postnatal Ninth Layer, overpowering the entire field.
Unexpectedly, a Chen Family genius was hidden within the convoy too!
The situation reversed repeatedly, leaving many already bewildered.
Chen Lingxiang's voice was gentle, and from the surface, it was difficult to imagine that she was actually in the Innate Realm!
Her voice was calm: "I guessed long ago that if the Chaotic Wind Mountain Bandits had no support, they wouldn't dare to raid the Jiang Family Escort Agency."
"Since the Chaotic Wind Mountain Bandits have the audacity, merely the Postnatal Ninth Layer isn't enough... invite your Innate Realm out."
In the sky over the forest, a masked shadow appeared stealthily, stepping across the void: "Indeed, Miss Lingxiang, the renowned genius of the Chen Family, is astute."
Everyone stared at the masked shadow floating in mid-air, full of shock.
Soaring Void Crossing... Innate Powerhouse!
At this moment, no one paid attention to Zhang Hu or the masked man he fought.
Compared to the Innate masked man who appeared later, the first one was the weakest.
Seeing that most people's attention had shifted, Lu Ye, opposite Zhang Hu, breathed a sigh of relief instead.
In truth, he had felt something off about the soft-voiced woman during the day.
But lacking a specific probing Cultivation Technique, he didn't know she was actually in the Innate Realm.
Seeing Chen Lingxiang with her flawless, confident demeanor, Lu Ye remained... skeptical of her.
Because, in Lu Ye's perception, the one floating in the forest sky was stronger than Chen Lingxiang by far!
"Let me see what means you, the backer behind Chaotic Wind Mountain, have." Chen Lingxiang said casually.
Innate True Qi exploded, spanning across the night sky.
Chen Lingxiang flipped her hand, releasing a sword light, like a continuous fine rain!
Soon after, she glanced at the black-clad figure facing Zhang Hu, with a playful expression.
Opposite Zhang Hu, Lu Ye seemed to have a thoughtful look.
Chen Lingxiang... was also using the Fine Rain Sword Technique!