62: Chapter 62 Fierce Battle and Probing

After a brief, deathly silence, the leading Scar-faced Man finally recovered from the immense shock of seeing his companion killed in a single strike.

His expression became unprecedentedly grave.

Within his round eyes, once filled with lewdness and cruelty, only deep wariness remained.

He knew that this time, he had likely... kicked an iron plate!

To be able to so casually and effortlessly kill a Qi Refining Stage 7 Cultivator, the opponent's strength was absolutely not as simple as it appeared on the surface!

"Who exactly are you, Your Excellency?"

The Scar-faced Man was no longer as arrogant as before; instead, he slowly drew a menacing, thick-backed ghost-head blade from his back, his voice turning hoarse and low.

"I am an outer Sect deacon of the Black Fiend Sect, ordered to capture a traitor here! If you are sensible, Your Excellency, leave immediately, and I can pretend today's events never happened!"

He brandished the "Black Fiend Sect" name, attempting to use the prestige of his Sect to force the opponent to retreat.

Black Fiend Sect?

Gu Yan's eyebrows imperceptibly arched.

He seemed to have heard this name somewhere before...

Oh, right.

The Black Wind Stronghold bandit Chief, whom he had nailed to the Gu Mansion plaque, seemed to have clamored before his death that he had a younger brother who was a Disciple in the Black Fiend Sect.

It seems that... enemies really do cross paths.

"Black Fiend Sect?" A playful smile appeared on Gu Yan's face. "Never heard of it."

His gaze drifted past the Scar-faced Man and landed on the woman in white behind him, who was looking at him in shock, and he spoke slowly.

"I am just a... passerby who couldn't ignore an injustice."

"Arrogant!"

The Scar-faced Man was thoroughly enraged by his nonchalant attitude, which completely disregarded the Black Fiend Sect!

He knew that today's matter could not be resolved peacefully!

"Since you insist on courting death, do not blame me for being ruthless with my blade!"

He roared and held nothing back; within his Dantian, the thick True Qi of a Qi Refining Stage 9 Great Perfection erupted!

A gloomy, blood-reeking black current of Qi instantly coiled around his ghost-head blade!

"All of you, scatter!"

He shouted sternly at his three subordinates behind him, who were already terrified.

Immediately, he stomped his foot, and his entire body shot forward like an arrow from a bow. The ghost-head blade in his hand carved a strange arc in the air, whipping up a wave of foul wind as it slashed down at Gu Yan!

He wanted to personally test the true caliber of this mysterious young man!

Facing this aggressive blade, which was far more powerful than any of the previous ones.

Gu Yan finally put away his playful expression.

Replaced by a... seriousness, as if facing a worthy opponent.

The ordinary iron in his hand emitted a crisp hum.

A scorching, domineering crimson True Qi poured madly from his palm into it!

The originally unremarkable iron sword body, driven by the True Qi of the Blazing Fire Art, rapidly turned red at a visible speed, as if it were a branding iron just taken from a furnace!

The air even made a "sizzling" sound due to this high temperature!

Clang!!!!!!

An incomparably harsh, sharp sound of metal clashing suddenly exploded in the valley!

The black ghost-head blade and the red-hot ordinary iron sword collided violently in mid-air!

One black and one red, two completely different True Qi, madly eroded and annihilated each other!

A visible shockwave of Qi centered on the two of them suddenly expanded outwards!

Blowing the sand, rocks, and vegetation on the ground into the sky!

Thud! Thud! Thud!

The Scar-faced Man's figure stalled in mid-air, and then, uncontrollably, he retreated three steps, each step leaving a deep footprint on the hard ground!

He only felt a scorching, extremely domineering True Qi flowing along the blade and madly surging into his Meridians!

It felt as if magma was flowing in his blood vessels!

The gloomy Black Fiend True Qi within his body, the moment it touched this crimson True Qi, was like ice and snow meeting the scorching sun, rapidly melting and evaporating!

Cultivation Technique suppression!

And it was an absolute, crushing level of suppression!

"This... how is this possible?!"

A stormy sea surged in the Scar-faced Man's heart!

This "Black Fiend Blade Technique" of his was a closely guarded secret of the Black Fiend Sect, the most sinister and vicious!

And the opponent...

What kind of Cultivation Technique was the opponent practicing?!

How could it be this domineering?!

What horrified him even more was that the ghost-head blade in his hand was a genuine Low Grade Magical Artifact! It could cut hair and slice through iron like mud!

And in the opponent's hand...

He looked down and saw that the red-hot iron sword, after clashing head-on with his Magical Artifact, was actually...

Unscathed!

Only the crimson light on the sword body became even more brilliant and dazzling!

"Come again!"

Battle Intent rose in Gu Yan's eyes!

His footwork changed; he no longer defended passively but actively launched an attack!

The iron sword in his hand did not display any exquisite sword Moves.

Just simple straight thrusts, diagonal slashes, upward swipes...

All of them were the most basic sword Moves!

But with the addition of his thick True Qi of Qi Refining Stage 9 Great Perfection and his terrifying combat wisdom from his past life.

These simplest of Moves transformed into the most lethal killing blows!

Every sword strike precisely pierced the weakest, most uncomfortable point in the opponent's blade technique!

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

For a time, the sound of metal clashing was endless within the valley!

Sparks flew everywhere!

The Scar-faced Man was completely suppressed!

He felt as if he had fallen into an invisible net!

No matter how he activated his blade technique or how he charged left and right, he could not escape the opponent's sword light, which followed him like a shadow yet remained elusive!

Every one of his attacks was easily resolved by the opponent in the most effortless and ingenious way!

And every counterattack from the opponent was extremely tricky and vicious, forcing him to defend with all his might, leaving him in a panic!

The web between his thumb and index finger had already been shaken until it was dripping with blood!

The True Qi in his body was also being consumed massively!

Frustrating!

Unprecedentedly frustrating!

He was like a strong man with infinite strength, but he was being toyed with by a child with superb skills using a small wooden stick, spinning him around; he had strength, but nowhere to use it!

Leng Yuechan, who was watching from the side, already had her beautiful eyes filled with brilliance.

She was also someone who knew her stuff.

She could naturally tell that what Gu Yan was using were only unranked basic sword Moves.

But these simplest of Moves, in his hands, exerted a terrifying power that turned decay into magic!

The Dao is simple!

This...

This is the true Great Master of combat!

The Dao of his sword attainment had actually reached such a high level?!

"Enough!"

After another head-on clash, the Scar-faced Man used the recoil to leap several zhang backward, opening up distance from Gu Yan.

His chest heaved violently, and the look in his eyes when he looked at Gu Yan no longer had the previous fierceness, leaving only deep... horror!

He knew that he was absolutely not the opponent of the man in front of him!

If he continued to fight, the one who would die would definitely be him!

"Your Excellency... impressive skills!"

He gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words from between them.

"Today's matter, we were blind and didn't recognize Mount Tai! We... admit defeat!"

"This person, she is yours!"

He actually pointed to Leng Yuechan not far away in a very straightforward manner and chose to... yield!

After speaking, he shouted sternly at his several subordinates behind him who were already scared silly:

"We... let's go!"

He actually wanted to... escape!