Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 93: The Secret of One’s Own Physique

"Ping’an Junior Brother, this Blade Mantis seems to have set its sights on you," Tang Qingheng said to Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an was also surprised as he looked towards the Blade Mantis.

Indeed, the Blade Mantis showed a lot of interest in him, seemingly more attracted to him than to the Fourth Rank Seventh Layer Realm Yu Xin.

This puzzled Xu Ping’an as well.

The Blade Mantis wasn’t of the Thunder Attribute; it was clearly of the Metal Attribute.

What about himself could be attracting it?

"Hiss!"

The Blade Mantis emitted a low hissing sound.

Its reddish-gold wings vibrated once before it burst towards Xu Ping’an with explosive speed.

Xu Ping’an’s face changed color—the speed of the Blade Mantis was faster than he had imagined.

"Clang!"

A reddish blade swiftly slashed towards Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an immediately swung the Xuanwu Shield to defend.

"Clang!"

Even though Xu Ping’an deflected most of the force,

the power that transferred to Xu Ping’an’s body was still terrifyingly immense.

"Boom!"

Xu Ping’an’s form flew backward, crashing into a massive rock in the distance.

The boulder directly shattered.

Xu Ping’an felt as though his internal organs were about to be shaken out.

"What terrifying power."

This one strike from the Blade Mantis possessed at least twenty thousand jin of force.

Even if Xu Ping’an had deflected seventy percent of the force, the attack still transmitted six thousand jin of power onto his body.

Six thousand jin of force was also an unbearable amount for Xu Ping’an.

"Ping’an Junior Brother!"

Just then, Li Qingyi suddenly shouted in alarm and shot out at extreme speed.

Xu Ping’an also came to from his dazed state, his eyes instantly sharpening.

The Blade Mantis was charging at him again, now less than ten meters away.

For the Blade Mantis, such a short distance was practically instantaneous.

Li Qingyi wanted to stop it, but she was too far away from Xu Ping’an to catch up.

"Clang!"

Fortunately, Yu Xin arrived just in time.

She parried the attack from the Blade Mantis with a sword strike.

"Run!"

Yu Xin strained to fend off the Blade Mantis’s attack and roared to Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an looked at Yu Xin, struggling to cope with the Blade Mantis’s assault, and frowned.

With Yu Xin’s strength, there was no way she could last half an incense stick’s time against the mutated Blade Mantis.

If they left, Yu Xin would surely die.

Because the speed of the Blade Mantis was even more frightening, Yu Xin had no chance to escape.

"Sister Yu, you go, I’ll draw it away. It’s interested in me and will definitely chase me," Xu Ping’an immediately said.

"That’s not possible!" Yu Xin and Li Qingyi said at the same time.

"Don’t worry, I won’t die. When it comes to survival skills, I’m much stronger than you both," Xu Ping’an said with a smile.

In the next moment, without hesitation, he threw a punch directly at the Blade Mantis.

"Roar!"

The Blade Mantis let out a roar, then instantly turned its attention to Xu Ping’an, abandoning Yu Xin to rush toward him.

"Hmph!"

Xu Ping’an snorted coldly, and his eyes suddenly became piercingly fierce.

He executed the Blood Escape Technique.

His form turned into a red afterimage as he rushed at extreme speed towards the interior of the island.

"Ping’an Junior Brother!"

"Xu Ping’an!"

Li Qingyi and Yu Xin immediately called out.

"Don’t worry, I won’t die. I’ll find you after I shake off this guy," said Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an’s voice came from deep within the jungle.

In the blink of an eye, both Xu Ping’an and the Blade Mantis had vanished without a trace.

Li Qingyi wanted to pursue them but was stopped by Yu Xin.

"No need to chase, we won’t catch up. We can only trust Xu Ping’an now," Yu Xin persuaded.

Li Qingyi fell silent, gazing in the direction where Xu Ping’an had disappeared, her slender fingers tightly clenched until her fingertips turned white.

"Let’s go, Xu Ping’an will be fine," Huang An also came over, his face expressing helplessness.

Facing the Fifth Rank Blade Mantis, they were utterly unable to lend a hand.

Tang Qingheng, Long Yan, and Zhao Kai also felt a tremendous sense of powerlessness.

Although they were all geniuses of the Beichen Sword Sect, now facing a demon beast, they had no power to fight back.

This blow kindled a fierce fighting spirit within them.

Li Qingyi no longer pursued, but a strong desire to grow stronger arose in her heart.

She knew that Xu Ping’an was destined to be extraordinary.

If she couldn’t become stronger, she would gradually lose the qualification to stand beside Xu Ping’an.

"Let’s continue looking for Heavenly Star Stones. If we can’t find them, we’ll leave the island and return to the Fire Dragon Boat," Yu Xin said.

Everyone nodded and continued their search for Heavenly Star Stones.

...

Meanwhile, Xu Ping’an was using the Blood Escape Technique by burning his own Qi-Blood.

With the Blood Escape Technique, his speed was incomparably fast.

A hundred meters, in just the blink of an eye.

The burning of his Qi-Blood within transformed into a formidable force that continuously surged into his legs.

His figure rapidly weaved through the jungle.

However, the Blade Mantis was stubbornly following right behind him at a distance of less than twenty meters.

And this distance was still decreasing.

Along the way, Xu Ping’an tried to use demon beasts he passed by to restrain the Blade Mantis and slow down its speed.

But these demon beasts were completely no match for a single strike of the Blade Mantis, not posing the slightest hindrance.

Even a Fourth Rank mutated Demon-Patterned Tiger was split in half under a single strike of the Blade Mantis.

"Damn it, why is this Blade Mantis relentlessly pursuing me, what about me is attracting it?" Xu Ping’an was filled with doubts.

If it was merely seeking to absorb blood, the Qi-Blood of that Fourth Rank Demon-Patterned Tiger was far richer than his own.

Yet the Blade Mantis didn’t even spare a glance at that tiger.

Does this mean it is pursuing me for another reason?

"Could it be because of the Thunder Devouring Sword?" Xu Ping’an wondered.

He then harnessed a wisp of Thunder Sword Qi and directed it toward the Blade Mantis.

The Blade Mantis roared and slashed the Sword Qi to pieces with one strike.

From its actions, it was evident that it felt a strong aversion to this Thunder Sword Qi.

"Could it not be the Thunder Devouring Sword, then what could it be?" Xu Ping’an continued to puzzle over it.

The Blade Mantis was a Metal Attribute demon beast.

Something that could attract it so must be related to the Metal Attribute.

But it doesn’t seem like I possess anything of the Metal Attribute, do I?

"No, that’s wrong, I do have a Metal Attribute! Before I awakened the Chaotic Thunder Tyrant Body, my constitution should have been of the Metal Attribute," Xu Ping’an thought of his past physique.

Innate Mysterious Veins!

To be precise, he should have the Innate Mysterious Gold Vein!

But as Zhou Mengyue extracted his bloodline, his Metal Attribute constitution disappeared.

So Xu Ping’an overlooked this point.

"But even if my constitution is of the Metal Attribute, is it enough to attract this Blade Mantis?" Xu Ping’an mused to himself.

Could there be something special about my Metal Attribute constitution?

While running at high speed, Xu Ping’an pondered this possibility.

The more he thought about it, the more plausible it seemed.

Perhaps there was some untapped potential in his constitution.

But at this moment, he didn’t have the luxury of time to think further.

As his Qi-Blood continued to burn, he became weaker.

He feared that if he couldn’t shake off the Blade Mantis within the time it took an incense stick to burn, he would eventually die as his Qi-Blood was exhausted.