Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 692 - 691: The Strength of Du Bingxin

"The Yin Sha Blood Fruit is mine," Pan Zhen said with a ferocious expression.

At this moment, he was less than a hundred meters away from the Yin Sha Fruit Tree—a distance that was instantaneous for a Tenth Rank Expert.

"No, the Yin Sha Blood Fruit is mine," Tong Jianjun retorted with a face full of anger.

A battle saber appeared in his hand and he swung it directly at Pan Zhen.

"You will not snatch my Yin Sha Blood Fruit; I’ll kill you!" Pan Zhen also roared in rage, charging towards Tong Jianjun.

The two clashed instantly, and the battle came together.

However, Pan Zhen was no match for Tong Jianjun—after just three exchanges, he was sent flying.

"Pfft!" Pan Zhen crashed to the ground, creating a roaring noise and spitting out a mouthful of blood.

"I will kill you, and then the Yin Sha Blood Fruit will be mine," Tong Jianjun coldly shouted.

The next moment, he attacked Pan Zhen again, the battle saber in his hand slashing down with the Power of Dao Principles of the Tenth Rank Seventh Layer Realm, instantly endowing the saber with a terrifying aura.

This strike was so vicious that Pan Zhen had almost no chance to survive.

Seemingly spurred by the threat of death, Pan Zhen snapped back to reality, his face turning pale as he looked at the oncoming Tong Jianjun.

"Stop!"

Just as Tong Jianjun’s blade was about to strike Pan Zhen,

a beautiful figure appeared in front of Pan Zhen.

With a swing of her Sharp Sword, she shattered Tong Jianjun’s blade light.

Tong Jianjun was also sent flying by the powerful aura that burst forth from Du Bingxin.

"What… what have I done?" Tong Jianjun spat out a mouthful of blood as he flew backward, finally regaining his senses.

"You were bewitched by the sinister power of the Yin Sha Fruit Tree," explained Du Bingxin.

"Ah, I almost killed Pan Zhen? Are you okay, Pan Zhen?" Tong Jianjun said, still scared by what had almost happened.

He had nearly killed his own fellow apprentice.

"I’m fine; if Du Junior Sister had been just a bit slower, there would have been trouble," said Pan Zhen, unable to help feeling helpless.

"That Yin Sha Fruit Tree is terrifying. Just the scent of the fruit led us into a frenzy, truly strange and eerie," Tong Jianjun said, eyeing the Yin Sha Fruit Tree not far away with a hint of dread.

Pan Zhen was also filled with lingering fear, his eyes full of apprehension.

It wasn’t just them; even Du Bingxin’s gaze turned extremely serious.

Yet, they had not noticed that the blood they had spat out had now seeped into the ground and vanished without a trace.

"The Yin Sha Fruit Tree has seen blood; I’m afraid it’s starting its slaughter," Yin Xue remarked, noticing this and conveying the message to Xu Ping’an.

On hearing this, Xu Ping’an’s gaze also grew heavy.

The surrounding Yin Sha force seemed to be converging towards the Yin Sha Fruit Tree.

"Boom!"

Indeed, just then, the ground under Du Bingxin and the others suddenly exploded.

Three blood-red branches, like three giant serpents, burst from beneath the ground, aiming to strike Du Bingxin and the others.

The tips of the branches were extremely sharp, more than capable of easily piercing through even an Intermediate Grade Immortal Artifact Shield.

With such force bearing down, the impact was immensely powerful.

"Be careful," Du Bingxin’s eyes were fierce.

Her Immortal Sword swiftly struck out, sending out two cuts of exceedingly sharp Sword Radiance.

Yet, these sword strikes, upon hitting the branches, failed to cut them off and only managed to stall their assault momentarily.

On the other side, both Pan Zhen and Tong Jianjun’s attacks had a similar effect.

Their attacks upon the branches did not cause substantial damage.

Soon, the branches attacked again, aimed at Du Bingxin and the others.

"Damn it, how can these branches be so tough; they’re almost like a Superior Grade Immortal Artifact," Pan Zhen cursed, unable to hold back.

He immediately maneuvered to dodge the branches’ attack.

But the branches were relentless, turning a corner and attacking them again.

Tong Jianjun and Du Bingxin also found themselves in trouble, their figures continuously turned into phantoms, dodging the relentless attacks of the branches.

"Bang bang!"

Several more loud noises echoed as numerous branches surged up from the ground, launching towards the trio.

For a moment, more than a dozen branches all attacked Du Bingxin and her companions.

Pan Zhen and Tong Jianjun narrowly avoided being pierced by the branches, but one still slashed a bloody mark across Pan Zhen’s shoulder.

The blood was directly absorbed by the branches of the Yin Sha Fruit Tree.

After absorbing the blood, the Yin Sha Fruit Tree actually emitted a sound similar to a cry of excitement.

This kind of cry made one’s scalp tingle.

Xu Ping’an saw this scene and his eyes also showed a trace of seriousness.

"This Yin Sha Fruit Tree is no simple matter, it seems to have transformed into a demon, and the influence of the Yin Sha power here is still very great," Xu Ping’an said through a voice transmission.

"Hmm, these Yin Sha powers must all be coming from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, which I fear is even more terrifying," Yin Xue also said with great apprehension.

"Du Bingxin is going to use Karmic Fire," Xu Ping’an said.

Sure enough, after Xu Ping’an’s words fell, a powerful fluctuation of Dao Laws erupted from Du Bingxin.

Some patterns of Dao Laws emerged in the void behind her.

"Buzz! Buzz!"

One after another, fire-colored Fire Lotuses appeared in the void.

These Fire Lotuses instantly collided with the branches, quickly setting the entire branches ablaze.

The fearsome flames spread like bone-piercing maggots.

"Aah!"

The Yin Sha Fruit Tree let out a painful scream.

The burning of this kind of Fire Lotus Karmic Fire was almost fatal to it, a being of evil.

The Yin Sha Fruit Tree directly severed these branches, and then its massive body actually shot up from the ground.

Its root tendrils transformed into two long legs, and it began to run swiftly toward the inner part of the valley.

"Quick, don’t let them get away, you two, hurry up and activate the formation flags, block its path," Du Bingxin urgently ordered.

Upon hearing this, Xu Ping’an and Yin Xue also immediately activated the formation flags.

As Xu Ping’an and the others poured their Immortal Elemental energy into the formation flags, a terrifying fluctuation burst forth from above the flags.

"Swoosh!" The formation flags flew out at high speed, breaking through the air instantly.

They appeared in front of the Yin Sha Fruit Tree, embedding into the mountain wall ahead.

A powerful fluctuation erupted from the formation flags.

A terrifying blaze rose, forming a gigantic wall of fire.

The surging wall of flames stopped the Yin Sha Fruit Tree in its tracks.

"Roar!"

A face resembling a human’s appeared on the trunk of the Yin Sha Fruit Tree, emitting an extremely angry roar.

"Hmph, I’ll see where you can run to, judgement by Karmic Fire," Du Bingxin said coldly.

She raised the Immortal Sword in her hand high.

A strong power of Karmic Fire Dao Laws burst out from her, as terrifying Karmic Fire surged, condensing a nearly hundred-zhang tall Blazing Sword of Karma in the void.

The appearance of this Blazing Sword of Karma instantly gave one a tingling feeling on their scalp.

Especially those creatures of evil, who were trembling even more intensely.

Xu Ping’an was also surprised, this power of Karmic Fire Dao Laws was indeed the bane of these evil beings.

Although the cultivation of this Yin Sha fruit had already reached the level of the Eleventh Rank, under Du Bingxin’s terrifying Karmic Fire Dao Laws, it remained panic-stricken.

"Roar!" The Yin Sha Fruit Tree let out an angry roar.

The next moment, it charged toward the wall of fire formed by Xu Ping’an’s activation of the Formation.

Clearly, it wanted to forcefully break through the Formation’s wall of fire.

"Quick, stop it," Du Bingxin urgently shouted.

At this moment, Xu Ping’an and the others had already arrived at the position of the formation flags, and poured their Immortal Elemental energy into them.

The wall of fire erupted with even more terrifying flames instantaneously.

Although the Pure Yang Fire was not as strong as the Fire Lotus Karmic Fire, it still caused great damage to the evil beings.

As the Yin Sha Fruit Tree collided with the wall of fire, it was blasted away by the terrifying fire energy.

Its branches and twigs also caught fire, causing it serious injury.

"Slice!"

At that moment, Du Bingxin finally condensed her Sword Move.

With one slash, she viciously struck towards the Yin Sha Fruit Tree.