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nTranslator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

nA storm was brewing, and clouds were gathering.

nFeng Kong had made up his mind. Thus, without hesitation, off he went with the wind.

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nHowever, he didn’t expect the tree before him to shake and drop an object after being blown by the wind.

nKlink Klank!

nFeng Kong glanced at it indifferently, but when he saw it, he was shocked and almost fell from the sky.

n“A broken sword?” he thought.

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n“No, this is…

n“Shao Yi’s sword!”

nFeng Kong was trembling all over, and his pupils contracted. Although he already knew that Shao Yi had died, seeing the remains of his relics still made him feel tremendously shocked, as if he’d been hit by a tsunami.

n“Xu Xiaoshou!”

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nFeng Kong squeezed through his teeth, deeply aggrieved. He couldn’t help but walk towards the sword, but then something suddenly dawned on him.

nHow could Shao Yi’s sword have dropped here?

nCould it be that he’d already escaped the courtyard and had run to Goose Lake but still ended up getting aggressively slashed by that Xu Xiaoshou here?

nIf that was the case…

nXu Xiaoshou, where art thou?

nFeng Kong started to become suspicious, as he’d just deduced that Xu Xiaoshou was in the woods, and the scene before him had deeply affected him.

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nRing!

nBefore he could think further, the broken sword on the ground started to vibrate. Feng Kong thought that this was bad and immediately retreated backward.

nIt was too late!

nThe broken sword exploded suddenly, and a wave of invisible aura instantly spread out.

n“Fire!”

nFeng Kong was affected in a blink of an eye. Even though his mind was paralyzed from shock, he saw that his body was being burned by an invisible flame.

nIt was an extreme pain!

nHe subconsciously used his spiritual source to guard his body, but his spiritual source also ended up getting burned.

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n“What the h*ll is this…”

nFeng Kong was completely dumbfounded, as he’d never seen invisible flames like this before, but this didn’t stop him from confirming one fact!

nXu Xiaoshou was right here at this location!

nBut how was this possible?

nThe area before him was wide and open. Where was Xu Xiaoshou hiding?

nIf he was somewhere in the distance, then how was he able to control this broken sword from afar?

n“He must be here!” Feng Kong was knocked back to the white jade railing by the explosion, and he suddenly realized something when he landed on his feet on the ground.

n“If he’s not in front of me…” he thought.

n“Then could it be that he’s behind me?

n“But I flew by Goose Lake. How is it possible that I didn’t discover him?

n“That’s not right!”

nHe trembled again all of a sudden and looked over to the surface of the lake with a look of disbelief.

nXu Xiaoshou…

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nWas at the bottom of the lake???

nIt seemed that his suspicion was right, as there were bubbles coming off the lake surface, creating splashes. A black shadow then emerged from a water pillar.

nFeng Kong didn’t have time to turn around, as he’d just come to a halt. He was feeling stiff from switching force, and could only slash at the shadow without thinking.

nFeng Kong’s bloody hand mercilessly slashed at the black shadow.

n“Slice!”

nA crisp sound was immediately heard, and the black shadow was cut in half. At this time, Feng Kong finally saw what the item really was.

nIt was a head!

nShao Yi’s head!

n“Ah ah ah!”

nFeng Kong was sent into hysterics. He…

nCut his teammate’s head in half?

n“Xu! Xiao! Shou!”

n“I will kill you!!!”

nFeng Kong was consumed by the flame of anger and completely lost his composure. He slashed with his bloody red arms again and threw out two crimson slashes right at the location the head had flown out from.

n“I, I am here,” a shaky voice came from the other end of the lake. Xu Xiaoshou had shifted his position the moment he threw out the head.

nFeng Kong looked over suddenly and saw that Xu Xiaoshou was shivering and that his eyes were all white. His legs were bending inward, and, standing on the railing not far away, he looked so frail that he might fall at any moment.

nHowever, his right hand was resting on the sword sheath on his left hip. It contained such a jaw-dropping amount of sword will that he went numb looking at him.

n“Innate Sword Will?”

nFeng Kong felt his head ache. He was shocked at the incredible level of Innate Sword Will Xu Xiaoshou had.

nHow much energy had he compressed into the sword sheath? If he were to release everything, even an upper spiritual level wouldn’t be able to stop it.

nFeng Kong suddenly understood how Shao Yi had died.

nA thick cloud of deadly aura enshrouded him, and he felt a chill go up him from his feet all the way to his head. Without any hesitation, he retreated backward again.

n“It’s, it’s too late…”

nXu Xiaoshou’s mouth and teeth were still trembling and chattering, as he had swallowed ten Spiritual Cultivation Pills and compressed the Innate Sword Aura under the lake for more than a quarter of an hour. There was no way this guy could dodge it so easily.

nEven if Feng Kong were standing in the woods, let alone in close proximity, he still might not be able to dodge it.

nXu Xiaoshou bent over slightly, positioning himself lower.

n“Blade-draw Technique!”

nHe didn’t draw the sword, but the leaves flew all the same.

nThe willow trees by the lake were completely chopped in half, and a few huge waves were created on the lake. Rain was falling in the woods, and blood was spilling in the sky.

n“Ah!”

nFeng Kong had nowhere to run as he roared in pain.

nWhen he caught a glimpse of the white sword aura, half of his body and an ear was blown away, and the extreme pain almost instantly knocked him out!

n“Demon!”

n“This is a demon!”

nFeng Kong’s eyes were full of fear, and he completely lost the will to fight.

nXu Xiaoshou’s fighting strength had nothing to do with his cultivation level. He could fight an upper spiritual level with this sword and maybe even the thirty-three people from the inner yard.

nThe problem was…

nWhy had he waited until now to strike?

nWhy didn’t he do this in the courtyard?

nFeng Kong was knocked out of his mind, and he started to use his spiritual source to heal himself. If he hadn’t subconsciously tilted his head at the critical moment, it would’ve been cracked open!

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n“I missed…”

nOn the other side, Xu Xiaoshou’s lips twitched as he stared at the half of Feng Kong’s body that had been cut away, feeling helpless.

nHe had actually screwed up at the final moment due to the pleasant sensation. If not for that, he would have slashed Feng Kong in half, not just a big portion of his body!

nEven so, he was surprised by his sword.

nHow could it be that strong?

nIt shouldn’t be the case!

nEven Mo Mo had been able to take the sword barehanded on that day and swallow one more slash. Although he’d done that without the enhancement from ten Spiritual Cultivation Pills, the power between those slashes and this one shouldn’t have been that different.

nWithout much thought, Xu Xiaoshou withdrew his sword again, as he still had some remaining spiritual source.

nThe giant waves on the lake never once subsided, and they actually started raging upward again. The water in the woods was sent into the sky before flowing back to the lake.

nFeng Kong’s injured body had instincitvely evaded a ray of sword aura, but a second wave of sword aura arrived before he could react.

n“Slice!”

nAnother arm was sent flying to the sky.

nThe rainy night was silent as death, and blood was spilled all over the blue sky.

nThe light in Feng Kong’s eyes had gone out. He’d never expected to lose so completely just because of his momentary carelessness.

nJust because he had wrongly estimated where Xu Xiaoshou’s ambush was it, he’d lost the opportunity to strike first. And now he wouldn’t even be able to use any of his skills before perishing.

nHe stood in the same spot in despair and gave up struggling.

nHe was used to hunting, but now he had become the prey.

nHe had already expected this outcome when he’d chosen to be a killer. The only thing that hadn’t cross his mind was that he would die at the hands of the like of Xu Xiaoshou.

n“I can’t believe this…”

nFeng Kong was spurting blood. As gaunt as a pillar, he stood still, staring at Xu Xiaoshou with his empty eyes…

n“Hmm?” he thought.

n“He’s not gonna execute me? Is he out of spiritual source?”

nHe saw that Xu Xiaoshou had let go of his sword. Had he decided to let him go alive?

nFeng Kong was wild with joy, and he turned to leave.

n“Swoosh!”

nA blue light flashed before him and instantly impaled his head.

nUgh…

nWhat the f*ck was that?

nFeng Kong collapsed. He was still confused as his consciousness slowly dissipated. It wasn’t until the very final moment of his life that he then realized:

nShao Yi’s… sword?

nBut nobody would answer him anymore.

nUnder the sunlight, there wasn’t even a single bone left.

n“I thought you were good, but I was wrong…

n“When you slashed the head in half, still not realizing the existence of the sword, that was when you lost. Even if you had dodged my “Blade-drawing Technique” later on…

n“But you couldn’t even dodge Blade-drawing Technique.

nXu Xiaoshou walked by slowly and picked up the sword, then turned to Goose Lake.

n“You were so bad…”

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