Chapter 650: Encountering Monsters at Chaohu Lake, the Sword Immortal Appears!

"Hmm... what exactly is this Sword Immortal that girl keeps mentioning..."

"Could it be... those people who can control and fly on swords?"

"She seems to be looking for a Sword Immortal all this time..."

"She said a true Sword Immortal can control a sword with their qi and travel a thousand miles in an instant! That sounds amazing..."

"If it were me, I’d want to find a Sword Immortal like that too," Sera said with some excitement. "Flying while standing on a sword, it must feel incredible!"

"It seems this Yun Tianhe's parents... were Sword Immortals?"

"Ah—! Then will this Yun Tianhe also become a Sword Immortal in the future?!"

The elves, knights, and mercenaries chatted merrily and discussed with great interest as they played.

Of course, there were also those who were uninterested in these matters, such as Commander Evan: "Our Golden Gryphons are our lifelong battle companions. Although it sounds cool, knightly honor naturally forbids us from abandoning the partners we fight alongside. I think we should check out something else first."

"Haha! This Yun Tianhe is really too foolish! I don't even know how his father raised him..."

"'You might as well learn some strength-building swordsmanship to kill wild boars'... giggle, that is too amusing."

Recalling the previous scene where Han Lingsha was mistaken for a boar demon, Irina also laughed in amusement: "Haha, I feel like this man is going to be tangled up with boar demons for the rest of his life. All he knows about are wild boars and boar demons."

"This Lingsha is always talking about exploring legends and treasures. Could she be a treasure hunter?!" several elves asked curiously.

"It looks a bit like it..."

"Hahaha! I like this kid Yun Tianhe," Haxing also laughed heartily. "Having to fend off wild beasts and survive on his own since childhood—that's called being honest, not stupid."

Watching these scenes, much of their prior worries seemed to vanish into thin air.

The enemies they would have to face next were simply too powerful. One could guess without even thinking that they must have laid an inescapable net. If they truly wished to rescue their former compatriots, what awaited them would undoubtedly be a dragon's den and a tiger's lair.

Only at times like this could the heavy pressure, bearing down on them like a great mountain, be alleviated a little.

"Let's watch a bit longer, then we will go to the virtual training mode to practice first."

"Wow... I didn't expect this burial chamber to be so beautiful..." Inside the tomb of the Shichenxi Cave, thick mysterious ice had condensed. In Yun Tianhe's hand, the Wangshu Sword glowed with a faint luminescence, and specks of starlight scattered from within the tomb, gathering upon the blade.

"So beautiful...!" To admire the splendid scenery of the burial chamber, the elves quickly played up to this point as well.

Clearly, nothing could stop the sightseers.

Even Elder Xiwei watched with rising interest: "I never expected such a beautiful sight to exist here."

"To think these people could be buried in such a beautiful place even after death," Sera said enviously. "To rest eternally in a place like this is a kind of romance in itself..."

Yun Tianhe gave a casual sweep of his hand.

Wherever the sword light passed, the mysterious ice and the walls of the burial chamber—everything it touched—were sliced cleanly in two.

Immediately following was the roaring boom of the earth shaking and the mountains trembling.

"Wa-ah-ah—! The tomb is collapsing! Run, run, run!" A group of elven sightseers transformed into Western reporters, running faster than rabbits.

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The players at the old shop were clearly already having a great time on their machines at this hour, while those who arrived late and found no available seats gathered in groups to watch from behind.

Or, they opened their communication jade to catch a live stream first.

For the players of the old shop, "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 4" remained an unfamiliar setting. The span of time had leaped directly back to the ancient era before the period of the first game, and relevant clues could only be found within a few ancient texts of the Shushan Sect.

Yet, even these tiny clues were absolutely worth looking forward to for them.

In the era of "The Legend of Sword and Fairy 1," the fall of Qionghua was absolutely an unsolved mystery left from ancient times.

And now, they would follow the footsteps of those "ancient people" from the first game to personally explore this unsolved mystery.

"Why does it feel like there is no connection to the Qionghua Sect right now...?"

"Could Yun Tianhe's parents be related to the Qionghua Sect...?"

In Su Tianji's live stream room, various inquisitive bullet messages drifted across the screen.

"Eh...?" Su Tianji made a choice at this moment, then spoke up, "Have you noticed! I can actually choose to control Han Lingsha!"

In the game, if it concerned certain events and plotlines that were not as crucial as learning spells, they could be entirely altered through one's own actions, and the alterations would more or less influence the subsequent story.

If one wished to know what the perfect plotline was like, they could choose Yun Tianhe to observe Han Lingsha's behavior, or likewise, choose Han Lingsha to see how Yun Tianhe made his decisions each time.

Of course, memories and habits would also exist in the mind; if one's intuition was sharp, they could sense what ought to be done.

"It seems we are supposed to go to somewhere called... Chaohu now," Su Tianji explained while controlling Han Lingsha. "The Legend of Sword and Fairy series usually has monsters in the wilderness. It feels like we won't arrive until dark. I wonder if we'll encounter any danger..."

On the bullet screen:

Song Qingfeng: "Encountering danger is simple enough—just a single Flying Sword Technique."

Lin Shao: "Why even use the Flying Sword Technique? One shot of the Su Tianji Cannon, and the lake would be gone."

Dong Qingli: "With so many people on the bullet screen, if I secretly carry Elder Su away, no one will notice, right?"

Ye Songtao, Sect Master of the Cloud Sea Sect: "You can perform a leap of faith into the lake for a swim; it's fine even if you land face-first."

"...Hey, you all!!" Su Tianji practically wanted to leap up and beat them.

"I've noted down everyone who just talked nonsense."

"Humph!" Even Han Lingsha in the game, under Su Tianji's control, showed a display of grinding teeth. "Don't let me catch you."

"If you have the ability, don't run after log-off."

These people, really! So infuriating!

If she had known this day would come, she shouldn't have streamed "Assassin's Creed" that day!

By this time, night had already fallen.

The lake water drifted gently, the reeds swayed softly, and building a bonfire amidst the head-high reeds to sleep under the lakeside moonlight was not without its joys in life.

Over at the new shop, a group of elven sightseers stood by the lakeside, watching the sunset gradually sink into the west until the bright moon hung high.

Of course, if Yun Tianhe hadn't started mimicking the cry of a female wild boar in the dead of night because his stomach was rumbling, hoping to lure a male wild boar... perhaps everything would have remained peaceful.

"Oh! So there's actually this kind of trick to hunting?" A group of elves were clearly very interested in this. After all, having also grown up in the forest, hunting was their forte.

While contemplating whether to go back and try it out, they kept their eyes glued to the movements within the reeds.

"Not good, there's a murderous aura!" Elves were perceptive, and Yun Tianhe, having grown up in the mountains since childhood, was clearly also extremely sensitive to danger.

In a flash, he rolled to the side.

A dark shadow lunged out from the deep reeds, its extreme speed even bringing forth a gust of sharp wind.

"It's a monster!" Han Lingsha cried out in alarm.

Only now could they see clearly that it was several tigers standing upright like humans.

"Lightning Spell!" Helen had clearly reached this part as well, and a brilliant blue lightning immediately bloomed upon her sword.

"Flying Feather Arrow!" Almost at the exact same instant, the elven captain Lanthir also controlled Yun Tianhe to dodge the attack, drawing his bow to a full moon.

The Flying Feather Arrow was an archery skill Yun Tianhe had comprehended on his own. Though his style was a bit wild, given Yun Tianhe's birth, his talent was exceptionally great; hunting in the mountains for a dozen years had clearly given him much insight into the bow and arrow.

Similarly, the same was true for these elves. Captain Lanthir had clearly integrated some of the exquisite archery techniques of the elven race into it.

The Wangshu Sword shot out like a sweeping rainbow.

Whoosh!

The monster moved like a flash of swift lightning.

"Did I miss the vitals?!" Lancer gasped in surprise. "These monsters are terrifying!"

Fortunately, though he did not yet know how to wield Wangshu, it flew back to his hand of its own accord.

Gripping Wangshu, he nocked another "arrow," just as he used to hunt demonic beasts in the forest. "How interesting."

Over there, Helen and several other knights charged at the demons, longswords in hand.

Blades flashed and flew.

"We just have to kill these demons, right?" Su Tianji said, now holding Wangshu in her hand. She had clearly switched to Han Lingsha and was beginning to control Yun Tianhe. "That incident in 'Assassin's Creed' was just a fluke, okay! Now I'll show you what real skill looks like!"

A fierce wind whipped her face as a demon roared and lunged forward.

With a lift of her sword, Su Tianji charged.

Sword and claws clashed in an instant with a piercing screech. The sharp talons slid harmlessly along the tilted blade, and immediately after, a spray of blood erupted.

A deep, bloody gash had appeared on the demon's neck.

"How about that parry-counter into a Swift Sword from the West?" Su Tianji said proudly. "Who dares call my stream a dead fish now?!"

"Awesome!"

"That actually had some flavor of the Swift Sword from the West."

"Still worse than Old Master Nalan."

"It's fine, it's fine. The old master specifically studies the sword, you can't compare."

Soon, the second demon was also dealt with.

The live chat was instantly flooded with praises.

"Hahaha!" Su Tianji laughed triumphantly, looking down at the two or three demons lying on the ground. "Small fries like these, I could take on thirty or forty more without a problem."

"Roar!"

With a deafening roar, thirty or forty demons suddenly surged out from the reed marshes.

Su Tianji stared at the scene, utterly dumbfounded.

Holy crap, don't do this to me! I'm streaming here!

"Anxious to see Elder Su solo thirty or forty demons!"

"Elder Su's swordplay is unparalleled!"

"Elder Su: Small fries like these, I could take on thirty or forty more without a problem."

"!!!" Su Tianji nearly jumped out of her seat.

What the hell! Can I please just stream in peace?!

In fact, many players had already reached this scene, and those who hadn't were watching others play through it.

Han Lingsha had been injured during their escape, and Yun Tianhe stood protectively in front of her, clearly having abandoned all thoughts of running away just as they found themselves cornered.

"Oh my god..."

"What do we do now?"

"Where did so many come from..."

Merlin slapped his thigh and said, "I refuse to believe there's a way out this time!"

Suddenly, across the sky, sword-light flashed like falling stars.

"Look, what is that?!"

A sword array formed a cage as countless flying swords, shimmering with incandescent spiritual light, materialized in the sky, completely surrounding the horde of demons!

"Is that a sword immortal?!" Sera and the other elves cried out in astonishment.

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Friendly reminder: Students playing DNF, remember to wear your suits for the raid today.

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