A Smile From the Villain [BL]

ASV Chapter 31: The Sword Forest Changes

Translator: Chrysanthemum Bud

Tang Shayun was not entirely at peace with her own decision to bring Yan Buxuan into the Sword Forest. She carried the Kuisha on her body and was naturally not afraid that any harm would befall her, but the disciples of the Lingshan Sect behind Yan Buxuan were different. The moment they entered the Sword Forest, they etched their bloody fate in stone.

Qin Kaiyi's hand was still attached to the black brick, and the demonic energy in his body surged along his arm towards it. However, he currently didn't pay attention to that, instead turning his head to gaze at the wall which displayed Tang Shayun and the team.

Not knowing that someone was spying on her, Tang Shayun showed a frightening, chilly sneer after entering the Sword Forest. She said towards Yan Buxuan: "Yang Gongzi, I am very grateful that you helped me before, but I also have repaid you. Since you have already entered the inside of the secret realm, then let us rely on our own skills from now on. How about we take different roads and ride forth our horses (T/N: idiom meaning "part ways"), what do you think?"

Not expecting Tang Shayun to make this kind of statement, Yan Buxuan frowned, showing an expression of disapproval: "Why does Miss Tang say this?"

"Well, of course, if you don't die here, I don't mind continuing to walk with you." Tang Shayun's smiling countenance was like a flower, but that smile on her beautiful face was vicious: "Then Yan gongzi, after this, you should be careful in this Sword Forest."

After finishing her speech, she raised her hand and flicked at the sword closest to her that was suspended in midair, triggering the Sword Forest's formation.

Qin Kaiyi felt shocked at the scene in front of him even when he was just watching a projection. The Sword Forest, which was originally still, had been triggered by Tang Shayun's motions. Undulating layers of swords came together to strike, filling the air with crisp, ringing sounds. Those countless swords overflowing with killing intent and strikingly sharp sword qi could easily slice apart regular blades, killing those who had mistakenly entered forbidden grounds.

Qin Kaiyi couldn't see that sword qi through the wall, but he could clearly see the people killed by that qi. Just like ling chi (T/N: ancient Chinese execution method where one dies by a thousand cuts), skin and flesh peeled off bit by bit, muscles and bone ground away, until finally blood drenched and dripped as if from a skinned rabbit. The sword forest burst out with innumerable sword qis, and easily broke Yan Buxuan's team apart.

Qin Kaiyi looked at the already scattered team and sighed slightly. From the moment Tang Shayun led these people into the Sword Forest, he should have understood that no one could escape alive... These sword qis were just the beginning.

Sure enough, when the fierce sword qi exhausted the spiritual energy of those present, the next mechanism activated. Those swords that were originally suspended in the air and had no life, like evil wolves that smelled blood, swarmed toward those who were not yet fatally wounded by sword qi.

Thousands of swords pierced hearts. Seeing countless sharp blades piercing the bones and flesh of the dying cultivators, Qin Kaiyi's hands shook slightly. He had never seen such a bloody scene before, and to accept it peacefully was too difficult. Looking at those bodies become indistinct red messes of flesh, he fiercely resisted the urge to vomit.

"Can't take it anymore?" Yan Gu's face was full of smiles in his sea of knowledge: "Is it pretty? This scene?"

"..." Qin Kaiyi gritted his teeth, ignoring Yan Gu's ridicule. He turned his head to look at Shen Feixiao standing beside him, and found that the twelve-year-old kid didn't react in any way.

Sure enough, he was the protagonist... With a long sigh in his heart, Qin Kaiyi hung a bitter smile on his mouth. If he could, he really wanted to leave here immediately and return to his original world.