"You..." Feng Liancikai's eyes split open, blood seeping out as he stared hatefully at Qian Jin. All the years he had spent cultivating his son, even telling him that when the day came that his son personally killed a thousand men, he would pass the position on to him. "Dad, I killed three by myself today!
Those mercenaries were so scared they wet their pants." "Dad, I killed five today, and a woman too." "Dad, I killed two children, both only two or three years old. If we count them together, doesn't that make one person?" "Dad, as of today, I have killed a full three hundred people." In Feng Liancikai's mind, the joyful sight of his son reporting his kill count of three hundred people earlier that year, and less than a month ago, flashed by. First published by Baidu Shenbang Bar, hand-typed by Fisherman.
Now, seeing his son's face again, the eyes were forever fixed on that last moment of surprise before death, the eyes already devoid of spirit still deeply etched with shock, extreme astonishment, and surprise. What shocking sight did he see before dying? Feng Liancikai couldn't concern himself with that now.
The Golden Dou Heart within his body spun at high speed, Dou Qi instantly covering his body's surface: "You dare kill my son? Today, I will slaughter you all!" "You still have several hundred subordinates alive." Qian Jin quietly watched the ferocious Feng Liancikai: "Attack me, and whether I live or die, your several hundred subordinates are doomed!" "Die? Then let them die!" Feng Liancikai couldn't care about anything else; his painstakingly cultivated son was dead, and all hope was gone!
Did he still care about the lives of those few hundred subordinates? If it weren't for his son, why would he have allied with Black Wind? Why would he have defected to the Demon Race?
Possessing fertile fiefdoms, his son could receive a better education and study at the Demon Race's high-level war academy. The future of the Cikai family was boundless. Now, all of this, everything, had turned into smoke with the appearance of his son's head.
"Today, whoever blocks me..." Feng Liancikai drew the war saber from his waist, pointing it at the crowd: "They are an enemy of Cikai! Black Wind, wait until I kill this person, and I will personally lead the Death Squad to break through that defense and give you an accounting! These three...
must not be spared!" Yi slowly raised his arm and shrugged dismissively, signaling the others to collectively retreat: "Since they are horse bandits' assassins, let us see if they are qualified to cooperate with us." Qian Jin reached out and pulled the Jidu Horse Slaying Saber from his Dou Realm, tearing away the black cloth covering it again with Dou Qi. The gleaming saber unleashed a fierce visual impact. A Horse Slaying Saber?
Everyone present was momentarily stunned. This type of weapon was mostly used by ordinary soldiers when fighting large armies to attack the opponent's cavalry formations. They never expected someone would use such a seemingly clumsy weapon as their primary weapon.
Mu Ne Zhence flipped his wrist and, for the first time, dragged out his own weapon from the Dou Realm—a fan! However, this fan was slightly larger than a typical fan, a massive metal-ribbed folding fan as tall as a person! Qian Jin glanced at the Dou Soldier-grade fan.
Its weight couldn't be lighter than the Horse Slaying Saber. He truly hadn't realized this person possessed considerable brute strength. Tie Nan stood quietly aside.
His Highness, the Sixth Prince, was not only very intelligent but also naturally powerful! Cultivating the Royal Zhence Great Strength Dou Qi Secret Tome, his strength was comparable to that of the Barbarian tribe's warriors. Feng Liancikai's split eye socket twitched continuously, his hatred intensifying in his pupils.
A Dou Realm! Both of these people possessed a Dou Realm! It was precisely because he lacked a Dou Realm that he had to let his son guard the main camp, only to be killed by these two.
Threads of Dou Qi surged through Feng Liancikai's body into the war saber. The brilliant saber instantly caused the surrounding temperature to drop sharply, yet the Dou Qi flickering on the blade, like surging flames, was filled with strangeness! Attribute Dou Qi!
Feng Liancikai stomped his foot, and the surrounding green grass instantly formed ice shards. In the next instant, the ice-like grass actually ignited! In a mere flash, as Feng Liancikai charged towards Qian Jin by pushing off his legs, the grass that had turned into ice shards became a pile of ash!
Only after truly burning in fierce fire could grass turn into black ash! Now, the grass frozen into ice shards just a moment before had turned into a pile of black ash! Ice Flame Dou Qi!
Black Wind stared greedily at Feng Liancikai's retreating back. This was the legendary Ice Flame Dou Qi! A special attribute Dou Qi!
The Dou Qi was extremely cold, capable of freezing an opponent's Dou Qi, while simultaneously possessing the burning ability of fire to incinerate the opponent's Dou Qi, Dou Veins, and body! The legendary Saint-Grade Dou Qi Secret Tome! Black Wind swallowed, having heard that Feng Liancikai had obtained an incomplete set of the Ice Flame Dou Qi Secret Tome.
What a pity! It greatly diminished the value of the Dou Qi Secret Tome, otherwise, he would have used every means necessary to seize it! When Feng Liancikai executed this strike, the blade seemed straight yet wasn't, appearing curved yet wasn't—like the ripple effect caused by a stone tossed into a lake.
It looked simple but concealed the profound secrets of rotational saber techniques honed through years of killing. Baidu Shenbang Bar first release, Fisherman hand-typed. Golden Dou Heart!
Nine Extinguishing Demon Strikes! Feng Liancikai unleashed a strike, the saber Qi locking onto Qian Jin's glabella at less than an inch away. The rapidly vibrating blade emitted a continuous series of humming sounds, like a musician playing strings in a theater, carrying a metallic killing intent.
Qian Jin rotated his wrist connecting to his elbow, vertically raising the Horse Slaying Saber held across his chest, and flicked it sideways! It struck the descending war saber—clang, clang, clang... The moment the blades met, a continuous ringing of metal collision echoed, like hundreds of people slashing simultaneously.
The rhythm shifted from the initial quick and crisp sound to a final grating dissonance, like hundreds of broken gongs struck at once, or the sound of saw teeth grinding against each other. Dou Qi splashed, sparks flew. The edge of the Jidu Horse Slaying Saber instantly covered itself with a layer of frost visible to the naked eye.
Feng Liancikai tried to press his saber down, but he felt a slight groan from the blade. The edge of the saber, capable of breaking metal, actually showed a nick! This was the result of a material disparity at the moment the two sabers collided!
How could this be? Feng Liancikai gritted his teeth. The Ice Flame Dou Qi barely entered the edge of the Horse Slaying Saber before being mostly blocked; hardly any Dou Qi could be transmitted to the wielder!
What kind of saber was this? Continue to press down with the saber? Forcefully use Dou Qi to break through the opponent's Dou Soldier?
Or change the attack trajectory? Continuing the struggle meant gambling on Dou Qi and luck! Gambling that his Dou Qi could breach the obstruction patterns of the opponent's Dou Soldier, freeze Qian Jin's Dou Qi, reduce his movement speed, and then strike to kill him!
Changing the trajectory meant reorganizing the attack, and the initial advantage gained would have to be fought for again. In an instant, Feng Liancikai's warrior instinct dictated the most correct course of action. The war saber rotated with his wrist, no longer pressing down, but slashing out diagonally, attempting to graze Qian Jin's saber and cut across.
Clang! The blade moved like a poisonous snake climbing a tree trunk, swiftly slicing towards Qian Jin's arm. Where the saber passed, the white frost was sliced away, resembling the frost of early winter.
What a vicious strike! Qian Jin's eyes lit up. If he were in that position, he would make the same reaction.
The disparity in their Dou Soldiers was too great; that war saber was merely a Grade Two Dou Soldier. If it weren't for the strength of the Nine Extinguishing Demon Strikes, which balanced the power levels, he could shatter the weak point of this Grade Two inferior Dou Soldier with one strike! Feng Liancikai's saber technique changed; it lost some of its initial ferocity, gaining more of a snake's venomous quality.
It moved rapidly, riding along the edge of the Horse Slaying Saber. If that incredibly sharp edge touched Qian Jin's arm, even the Wind Cloud Golden Body couldn't stop that terrifying strike! Qian Jin suddenly rotated his wrist, and his saber mimicked Feng Liancikai's graze, slicing across the opponent's saber as well!
This turned into a natural slash toward the opponent's center line! In this aerial strike, Feng Liancikai's eyes blurred. It seemed like what flew down wasn't a Horse Slaying Saber, but the long river suspended high among the stars, countless stars converging on the saber, flowing turbulently, instilling an irresistible feeling in his heart!
He had actually imbued the saber strike with the essence of the stars? Feng Liancikai heard the saber whistle like a roaring river, making his scalp tingle. His Dou Heart level was far superior to Qian Jin's, but now, due to the huge gap in their Dou Soldiers, his Dou Qi couldn't suppress the opponent!
If they fought hand-to-hand, he only needed a few punches to knock the man down! Come to Shenbang Bar and play together. Hahaha.
But now... now... Feng Liancikai heard the surging airflow generated by the long saber near his ears, the imagery of a river descending from the heavens made his heart leap.
He knew that trying to meet this strike head-on with his war saber would result in the saber being destroyed even if he blocked it! In a flash of lightning and flint, Feng Liancikai unleashed the power of an established master of the Nine Extinguishing Demon Strikes. He dug his toes into the ground and pulled hard to the right, his body moving as if forcibly shifted two feet sideways, narrowly evading the strike of the surging river.
At the same time! Qian Jin narrowed his eyes into a thin slit. Every single air current on the battlefield seemed to be fully grasped in its movement.
The cultivation results he had exchanged his life for in the Ancient Desolate Sand Sea were now truly erupting to their fullest extent. His senses reached an unprecedented height; he could clearly feel the rolling of every grain of sand beside him in the Sand Sea. As Feng Liancikai dug his toes in and exerted force, Qian Jin had already sensed everything.
His knees trembled slightly, and the incomplete Myriad Shadow technique—far from complete—shot forward. The downward slash of the Jidu Saber abruptly retracted, the surging airflow instantly ceased, and the dazzling saber light seemed to freeze at that moment! The starlight vanished!
The moonlight froze! Qian Jin's retraction of the Horse Slaying Saber was like the river of stars pouring down from the sky suddenly being frozen! Solidified!
The roaring sound of the surging great river, the boundless slashing power—all became still! Even the saber light was like light in a painting, crystallized! Such a phenomenon could only occur when the speed of the strike was perfectly fused with the technique!
With the saber drawn back, his ankles vibrated, pushing the variant Myriad Shadow forward! The stagnant saber light on the Jidu Horse Slaying Saber erupted again, changing from explosive to silent, and then from extreme stillness to explosion. The Horse Slaying Saber was like the capricious Ancient Desolate Sand Sea; the saber light and Dou Qi burst forth, spears of Dou Qi enveloping Feng Liancikai like ten thousand swords and ten thousand blades, filling every crack.
Saint-Grade Dou Skill: Earth-Shattering Slash! This retraction and explosive strike changed Qian Jin's entire aura compared to before. The arduous practice in the Ancient Desolate Sand Sea had led to a true breakthrough under the pressure of Feng Liancikai's saber!
This was not a breakthrough in strength, but an artistic breakthrough in combat. The strike was no longer a simple forward motion; the saber edge subtly contained an indescribable momentum, carrying the ferocity and coldness of the Ancient Desolate Sand Sea, along with a trace of the vast mystery of the stars. All of these converged into the momentum of advance, making one feel as if they were facing a breaching great river alone—so minuscule in comparison.
The Horse Slaying Saber's Dou Qi vibrated, its sound carrying the resonance of war drums. The sky filled with saber light, blocking every gap. The massive saber seemed no longer a weapon but a painter's brush in the hands of an art master, writing the mysterious starry sky above.
The saber... was like the stars! Following Uncle Black and the others in the study of the Endless World...
Qian Jin's perspective had long changed imperceptibly. Years of accumulated depth exploded at this moment, to an extent that even Qian Jin found surprising. Tie Nan's imposing suppression hadn't erupted, nor had the Dou Soul-level sneak attack from the Lei Family Head, but it erupted here, unexpectedly.
Multiple layers of accumulation only needed a tiny trigger to burst forth. Feng Liancikai's move had finally found that trigger point. Huh?
Yi's eyebrows shot up high. The artistic conception of this strike was definitely not at the level a Demon Exterminating Warrior could achieve, yet it was executed! Feeling the overwhelming saber momentum and might pressing down, Feng Liancikai's expression truly turned grave.
His body felt like it was thrashing and struggling in the river of stars; evasion was now impossible! In a short span, Qian Jin had seized back the initiative and advantage using his saber. With the saber Qi centered around him, Feng Liancikai's heart leaped wildly.
Evasion? Luck would still mean injury! This saber, this damned saber!
If it weren't for this saber... "Explode!" A trace of ruthlessness flashed in Feng Liancikai's eyes. First, get rid of this saber!
With a furious roar, countless visible cyan-blue streams of Dou Qi sprayed out from his war saber! The air instantly cooled repeatedly, the temperature around the blade dropping below true zero! Not just below zero!
The moisture in the air was instantly solidified, and then this solidified moisture bizarrely ignited... Dou Sequence Shattering! Feng Liancikai roared furiously; the breath he expelled froze the air, instantly attempting to freeze Qian Jin's surging, river-like saber momentum.
Simultaneously! Feng Liancikai's war saber transformed into a white line of light, slashing against the Jidu Saber, creating a resonant boom. The Grade Two Dou Soldier instantly fractured into hundreds of metal shards flying everywhere.
The powerful impact of the Dou Qi was not meant to penetrate the Dou Soldier but to generate a forceful impact... to shock the saber out of Qian Jin's hand! Minus thirty degrees Celsius!
Feng Liancikai exploded his exclusive Dou Skill's Dou Sequence—minus thirty degrees! The pain made every muscle in his body ache! Ice Flame Dou Qi's exclusive Dou Skill: Zero Degrees!
Minus Ten Degrees! Minus Thirty Degrees! Minus One Hundred Degrees!
Great Advancement, True Zero! Ultimate Advancement, Absolute Zero! Shenbang Bar is my favorite, hehe.
Over the years, Feng Liancikai had finally condensed the third Dou Sequence—minus thirty degrees. By shattering his strongest Dou Skill, the chilling Dou Qi no longer just impacted along the Horse Slaying Saber; the air near the saber and the Dou Qi itself became its transmission bridge! In the blink of an eye, Qian Jin's arms were directly frozen!
The impact force from the ferocious Dou Sequence explosion, although unable to pass through the Dou Soldier to form the strongest impact inside Qian Jin's body, the impact from the savage, pure speed burst of the Dou Qi was enough to make Qian Jin feel his Dou Soldier was about to fly out of his grip. The great river-like saber attack stopped! The shockwave from Feng Liancikai's shattered saber numbed Qian Jin's arms.
He had already broken through more than half the gap between the blades and sped close, his fist crackling with the Ice Flame Dou Qi's second sequence, minus ten degrees, slamming viciously towards Qian Jin's head! The numbness appeared quickly but vanished just as fast. The minus thirty-degree temperature had absolutely no effect on Qian Jin, and the momentarily paused saber momentum stirred again!
How is this possible? Feng Liancikai felt the surrounding saber Qi, his pupils contracting repeatedly. Although his Ice Flame Dou Qi couldn't enter Qian Jin's body, freezing the surrounding air—the minus thirty-degree temperature should have been enough to freeze Qian Jin immobile!
The saber was shattered! The Dou Sequence was exploded! Feng Liancikai had no way to retreat.
His shoulders sank abruptly, twisting! He charged towards Qian Jin's chest with an unstoppable momentum! Minus ten degrees, shatter for me too!
Seize! Seize time, seize space! Seize the upper hand!
In an instant, Feng Liancikai's speed increased slightly. The Horse Slaying Saber was drawn back, slashed, and chopped down with a clatter. The frost-covered blade sank into Feng Liancikai's shoulder.
The Earth-Shattering Slash attached to the blade surged into his body—a power capable of splitting the earth directly entered him, causing blood to flash into ice shards in the air. Feng Liancikai violently twisted his body to the side! The Horse Slaying Saber followed the momentum downward, severing his left shoulder and arm.
Blood spurted from the wound, while his right fist slammed towards Qian Jin's chest, the exploded minus ten-degree Dou Sequence fiercely erupting from the fist. Qian Jin's expression was calm, mysterious like the stars, making him impossible to fathom. His body felt the rolling of every grain of sand around him.
His legs vibrated rapidly below the knees, forcefully shifting his body sideways to dodge. A visible flow of icy freezing Qi sprayed out simultaneously from Feng Liancikai's fist! Two hundred thousand...
three hundred thousand... four hundred thousand... five hundred thousand...
Seven hundred thousand revolutions! The Horse Slaying Saber's strike had inflicted heavy damage, reducing the explosion power of the Dou Qi. The second Dou Sequence explosion, mixed with the special nature of Ice Flame Dou Qi, once again erupted with power surpassing Qian Jin's limit.
Wind Cloud Golden Body! Bang! It sounded like a wooden stick hitting a sack full of straw, exploding in the center of the battlefield.
The Jidu Horse Slaying Saber flew high, spinning continuously before sticking into the ground at the feet of Mu Ne Zhence. Qian Jin shifted his body three feet to the side, his feet changing steps continuously. The ground where each step landed was instantly frozen and then immediately burned away.
The clothes on his right shoulder had long since turned to black ash. He didn't dodge! He was a fraction of a second too slow!
The top-tier power of the Golden Dou Heart was simply too great. Even a punch released from a distance, forfeiting the physical body as a medium, still possessed enough power to instantly kill a Demon Exterminating Warrior! The bronze skin on his right shoulder sizzled like meat encountering fire, white frost adhering to Qian Jin's shoulder, seemingly burrowing into his body like countless small insects.
Yi's eyebrows jumped repeatedly. He wasn't killed? How could this kid's body be this tough?
Although the punch was released remotely, losing the support of the physical body greatly reduced its power, yet it was the power of a top-tier Golden Dou Heart warrior, and he had clearly shattered a formidable Dou Skill. It wouldn't be surprising if this punch had blown away half of Qian Jin's shoulder, but it only resulted in a burn-like wound. How tough was this person's physique?
Not dead? How is that possible! Feng Liancikai clutched his severed arm, his body swaying, nearly fainting from the pain, yet he saw Qian Jin’s face contorted in pain as he moved his shoulder—the shoulder that should have been pulverized into nothingness, bones and flesh gone, by that single punch.
Damn that saber wound! Feng Liancikai's eyes lit up despite the pain. I struck him first...
My body is heavily wounded and unable to exert full strength; otherwise, even a remote punch could shatter this man's body. "Since you're not dead!" Feng Liancikai's knees bent sharply. Ignoring the blood gushing from his severed arm, he lunged at Qian Jin like a wild beast.
His free hand slapped his own wound, the high-speed freezing and burning instantly stopping the bleeding. His wrist flipped in the air, striking towards Qian Jin's head from above! Without a Dou Soldier, Feng Liancikai was confident that in hand-to-hand combat, even with his severe injuries and rapidly decreasing strength, he was more than enough to kill Qian Jin!
Where his open palm passed, four trails of air condensed into ice shards in the sky, accompanied by the crackling sound of breaking ice everywhere. A large hand enveloped Qian Jin's head. Pain!
Qian Jin's internal Dou Veins felt icy cold, yet simultaneously like he was in a burning sea of fire. However, this flame was not hot but cold, burning his Dou Qi, scorching his Dou Veins, and even attacking his Dou Apertures one by one. Sixty thousand revolutions...
Fifty-five thousand revolutions... Fifty thousand revolutions... In a flash of lightning and flint, Feng Liancikai's body was severely wounded, his Dou Veins in one arm completely gone, becoming fragmented.
The speed of his Dou Qi rapidly decreased. The forty thousand revolutions Dou Qi struck down like a Titan swinging a stone pillar—a full-power blow. Dodge?
It was too late! The exploded minus ten-degree Dou Skill within Qian Jin's body, guided by the Ice Flame Dou Qi, darted around everywhere, like a band of rioters breaking into a peaceful town to hack and burn indiscriminately. In his haste, the only thing Qian Jin could do was sink his waist, bend his knees, and sit down as if on a stone stool.
His stance resembled a large bell. His arm lifted upward, not like drawing a saber, nor like a punch—it was more like raising a heavy hammer, preparing to forge iron. He met the incoming palm, choosing the simplest method: a direct clash.
The Eighteenth Hammer of Ascending Peaks, the third strike! The Qian Jin (Primal Force) manifested its ultimate rigidity at this moment, like a colossal elephant rearing its head. A seemingly unremarkable fist, enveloped by swirling Dou Qi (Battle Aura), saw its three Dou Hearts (Aura Cores) ignite simultaneously, unleashing an extreme rotation rate of three hundred thousand revolutions per minute. It moved like a Behemoth swinging a massive hammer upwards, whipping the surrounding air into a howling gale.
This head-on collision left observers unable to discern whether the Behemoth exhibited superior ferocity or the Titan possessed unmatched might.