CHAPTER 317  CH 317 - YINO!!!?

With Yunmei and Yuyan watching, Yino really had no time to reason with a sword.

He had just refined two pure Phoenix Crystals yesterday, and now was the final opportunity to muster all his strength to pull out the holy sword.

RUMBLE!!!

Relying on the bloodline dominance his innate Sword Dao Holy Physique had over the sword spirit, Yino finally used brute force to pull out the holy sword.

But Yino's joy lasted less than three seconds. As the light dispersed, the Holy Maiden cried out in shock—

"No! This is wrong!"

"You are not the destined one we've been waiting for! Who are you—?!"

At these words, not only did Yino freeze, but two seconds later he also sensed an extremely cold sword intent sweeping toward him from behind like a tidal wave.

Yino was all too familiar with this ice-attribute sword intent.

A few days ago, on Ranmo Peak, he had been thoroughly drained by this sword intent's owner riding on top of him...

"Wait, I pulled out the sword, how could I not be the destined one?"

Seeing the situation deteriorating, Yino hastily retreated two steps and displayed the black demon blade in his hand.

But the more he revealed the eerie patterns on the blade, the more grave the expressions of Yunmei and Yuyan's become.

SHING—!

Meeting Yino's panicked gaze, Yuyan was the first to draw her sword.

The Frost Chant sword trembled slightly in midair. After spending several days together in the Azure Forest, Yino had actually developed a decent relationship with the Frost Chant sword.

Now facing Yino, its trembling blade was clearly showing some resistance.

However... The Frost Chant sword wasn't the holy sword in Yino's hand. Although it had developed self-awareness as a spirit, its mental strength wasn't sufficient to communicate with humans.

"Nonsense!"

"The holy sword is wailing! I sense the aura of the Demon Abyss on you. I hear the holy sword's extreme anguish! You're an evil cultivator—you're not the true destined one the holy sword has been waiting for!"

As hostilities escalated, the Holy Maiden's tone completely transformed from her initial gentleness to furious humiliation.

This emotionally unstable Holy Maiden was something Yino had never seen in the game, even in his previous life.

In the game, the Holy Maiden was truly kind-hearted and beautiful. Even when facing traitors in Western Province City, she would just shake her head in disappointment, never becoming angry and accusatory as she was now with Yino.

However... Yino could understand. Even at this moment, though he had pulled out the holy sword, the little sword spirit was still cursing non-stop in his consciousness sea, saying Yino had defiled her purity and blaming him for transforming her into such a terrible shape.

While lost in thought, Yuyan seemed to have assessed the situation from the Holy Maiden's tone.

The Holy Maiden herself had no combat capabilities.

But she controlled all the barrier permissions of the entire holy church, and now had the righteous path's sword immortal Yuyan stationed there—

"Evil thief, put down the holy sword!"

Yuyan reacted quickly. Just as Yino jumped onto the roof, she was already stepping through the air, sword in hand, pursuing to kill.

At the critical moment, Yino's figure suddenly transformed into an afterimage.

RUMBLE—!!!

The glacial sword intent swept down but cut through nothing but air.

In midair, Yuyan lightly landed on a corner of the eaves. She frowned slightly, looking around, but couldn't find any trace of the young man's aura or whereabouts.

SHING—!

Suddenly, Yuyan sensed a gloomy yet somewhat familiar sword intent coming from behind.

She widened her eyes and quickly turned to counter with her sword.

But this time, Yuyan widened her beautiful eyes even more, because the sword intent wasn't aimed at her but directly pierced through the aerial barrier of the entire holy church—

BOOM!!!

The black-clothed youth, wielding the blackened holy sword, struck the protective barrier of the holy church with full force, creating violent spiritual energy fluctuations that exploded above Yuyan's head.

"Not good..."

Yuyan gripped the Frost Chant sword tightly. The terrifying energy fluctuations were like an explosive heat wave, the wild wind making her hair chaotic and the white light making it increasingly difficult to keep her eyes open.

Even so, Yuyan formed a seal in front of her chest and channeled her sword intent—

"Frost Chant sword, stop him!"

As her words fell, the slender silver sword hovering beside her spun gracefully like a guided missile receiving commands, then transformed into a streak of white light shooting toward the youth in midair.

In an instant, the Holy Maiden below the eaves also focused intently, widening her eyes.

But under the dual focus of Yuyan and Yunmei, the Frost Chant sword hesitated in the final second before it would have struck the boy—

RUMBLE—!!!

Moments later, the barrier protecting the holy church was pierced by the boy's sword and shattered with a resounding crack.

At the same time, another terrifying wave of spiritual energy erupted, sweeping over them like a violent storm.

Despite this, Yuyan gritted her teeth secretly. She raised her hand to create an invisible shield in front of her to defend against the explosion's aftermath, while simultaneously channeling more sword intent to strengthen her control over the Frost Chant sword—

"Don't let this evil thief escape!"

Facing such a troublesome evil cultivator, Yuyan's patience was gradually exhausted. Seeing that the opponent was truly about to escape, she spoke through gritted teeth.

As her words fell, more powerful sword intent poured forth, and the Frost Chant sword, which had hesitated amid the spiritual energy turbulence, shot forward again.

"—?!"

As the silver sword approached, Yino, bathed in the spiritual energy turbulence in midair, felt alarm bells ringing in his mind.

Catching glimpse of the silver sword from the corner of his eye, his innate Sword Dao Holy Physique instinctively made him dodge sideways. But he was helpless, suspended in midair and immersed in the spiritual energy waves from the shattered barrier.

Now, Yino's body couldn't touch the ground, making it impossible to execute an evasive maneuver even with his innate Sword Dao Holy Physique's predictive abilities.

In this critical moment, the Frost Chant sword was only millimeters away from Yino's neck.

"As expected of senior sister, you're really ruthless!"

Yino gritted his teeth silently, his heart beginning to beat more violently than ever before, like a fully activated pump, each pulse injecting the hidden Phoenix bloodline throughout his body.

Eerie demonic energy surrounded his entire body. In an instant, black totemic patterns spread across Yino's skin beneath his black robe.

He had no choice. Yuyan's cultivation was more than a level above his own—her full-power strike was something he absolutely couldn't withstand. So now he could only reveal the bloodline trump card he had been hiding all along.

With no time to dodge, Yino could only concentrate all his demonic energy to block the Frost Chant sword.

But in his terrifying peripheral vision, the Frost Chant sword still cut through Yino's defenses as if slicing through iron—

CLANG!!!

"What—?!"

Before everyone's eyes, the Frost Chant sword didn't pierce the youth's throat as expected, but instead precisely cut the cord of the black mask on his face.

The cord broke and the mask slowly fell.

At the same time, Yino was slightly stunned. The Frost Chant sword had whistled past, missing him by a hair's breadth, and he didn't dare move.

But as the mask fell halfway, Yino seemed to suddenly realize something. His lips twitched and his eyes widened.

For a moment, he glanced back and made eye contact with Yuyan standing on the eaves below. But before she could recover from seeing the youth's handsome and familiar face, he quickly grabbed the broken mask and put it back on his face. Then, taking advantage of her shock, he leaped down from midair and instantly disappeared into the crowd in the back streets of the holy church—

"Yino..."

"Wait... Yino?!!!"

Yuyan widened her eyes, as if finally realizing what had happened. Without waiting for Yunmei behind her to say anything more, she leaped off, transforming into a white light as she rushed after Yino's retreating figure.