Breakthrough to Seventh Rank Great Training! Jiang Bei Goes Berserk!

Jiang Bei's eyes had turned scarlet. With towering fury and boundless killing intent, he forcibly carved a bloody path through the encirclement of Barbarians and charged straight toward the top of the slope!

The Mystic Cloud Saber in his hand slashed out again and again.

It seemed to have come alive. Every swing carried the force to cleave apart mountains!

The blood and qi throughout his body surged madly. Combined with the formidable defense of the Mysterious Iron Dragon Scale Body, he was like a killing machine, unstoppable!

No one had expected this to happen.

The ferocious grin on Klie Yuan's face instantly froze, turning into shock. "How is that possible?! Where did this expert come from?!"

The Barbarians' charging formation was completely thrown into disarray by this sudden assault from behind. Their rear ranks fell into chaos, and even the momentum of the vanguard's charge stalled!

At the top of the slope, the soldiers of the Third Battalion, who had originally despaired and awaited death, suddenly opened their eyes at the sound. They stared in shock as that figure, like a divine soldier descending from heaven, slaughtered his way through the encirclement and charged up the slope!

"Jiang... Jiang Bei?!"

Someone cried out in disbelief.

"It's Lord Jiang!!"

The soldiers were overwhelmed with excitement. The wild joy of surviving a catastrophe instantly swept through them.

Jiang Bei, however, immediately locked onto Xu Qi beside the boulder. He smashed through the last few Barbarians blocking his path and reached Xu Qi's side in just a few strides.

"Battalion Commander!"

The moment Jiang Bei looked at Xu Qi, his eyes reddened, and his fists clenched tightly.

Xu Qi's body had become frighteningly cold. His lips were bluish-purple, his breath so weak it was nearly extinguished, and blood still flowed from his wounds, though it had already darkened almost completely.

Yet upon hearing that familiar voice, his eyes slowly opened. With immense difficulty, he shifted them slightly before they finally settled on the familiar figure before him.

"Jiang... Bei..."

Xu Qi's voice was incredibly faint as it slowly left his lips. The resolve he had shown before powerful enemies was gone, leaving only deep relief. "It's... good... that you're... all right..."

Jiang Bei's heart clenched. He dropped to one knee in the mud, gripping Xu Qi's slipping body tightly with one hand, his voice trembling uncontrollably. "Battalion Commander, I'm here! Leave this place to me. Please, hold on!"

Xu Qi shook his head ever so slightly, though even that movement seemed incomparably difficult.

His gaze passed over Jiang Bei's shoulder and fell upon the gray sky, as though searching for something. There was also endless calm and release in his eyes.

"I... I can't... go on..."

He spoke in a threadlike voice, every word seeming to be painfully squeezed from his chest. "...I... I have... one thing... to ask of you..."

"Tell me, Battalion Commander! I'm listening! I'll definitely do it!"

Jiang Bei hurriedly bent down and brought his ear close to Xu Qi's lips.

"My... my tent... the third cabinet..."

Xu Qi's eyes began to lose focus, and his consciousness seemed to be drifting away. Yet sheer obsession forced him to retain his last shred of clarity. "A dark red... box... inside are the ashes of my wife and child... Take me... and... and bury me with them..."

Thud!!

In the end, he could not finish the sentence. The hand gripping Jiang Bei's arm suddenly lost all strength and fell limply.

His head tilted to one side, and he made no sound again.

"Battalion Commander—!"

Jiang Bei's entire body shook as he let out a grief-stricken roar. His eyes instantly filled with bloodshot veins, and his hands would not stop trembling.

Though he had not known Xu Qi for long, he would never forget the kindness the man had shown him.

The Mystic Cloud Saber in his hand and the Mysterious Iron Dragon Scale Body on his person had both been given to him by Xu Qi.

He still remembered how, back in East Camp City, Xu Qi had learned that Xie Kaiyue had come looking for trouble and immediately raced thousands of miles without stopping to come to his aid.

Even here at Yellow Wind Ridge, with enemies surrounding them on all sides, Xu Qi had still worried for his safety and specifically sent Zhang Feng to Five Sects Mountain to intercept him, fearing that he would fall into danger.

And now, they were separated by life and death...

"I promise you, Battalion Commander. What you asked of me... I will definitely accomplish it, even if it costs me my life!"

Jiang Bei gritted his teeth and spoke almost word by word.

"Battalion Commander!!"

When the other soldiers saw Xu Qi die, they too cried out in grief. They crowded around him, hearts torn with pain and sorrow.

Jiang Bei abruptly raised his head, his blood-red eyes locking onto Klie Yuan, who stood frozen at the foot of the slope in shock.

The next moment, he abruptly opened the panel.

You killed Ling Si, who had committed countless evil deeds. Merit Points +35

You killed... True Man Huoyun. Merit Points +42

You killed... True Man Luoyun. Merit Points +44

You killed... True Man Huanglong. Merit Points +48

You killed... Tuoba Ye. Merit Points +50

Martial Arts: Xing Tian Gong (Mastery), Blood Wolf Saber Technique (Fourth Layer+), Cloud Shadow Steps (Second Layer+), Dragon Elephant Subduing Demon Skill (First Layer+), Mysterious Iron Dragon Scale Body (First Layer+)

Realm: Seventh Rank Lesser Training

Merit Points: 450

Talent: Thousand Illusions True Eye

Discovered martial art: Dragon Elephant Subduing Demon Skill. Can be upgraded. Requires 240 Merit Points. Upgrade?

Discovered martial art: Mysterious Iron Dragon Scale Body. Can be upgraded. Requires 120 Merit Points. Upgrade?

Discovered martial art: Blood Wolf Saber Technique. Can be upgraded. Requires 160 Merit Points. Upgrade?

Discovered martial art: Cloud Shadow Steps. Can be upgraded. Requires 40 Merit Points. Upgrade?

"Upgrade the Dragon Elephant Subduing Demon Skill!"

The trip to Five Sects Mountain had undoubtedly been immensely rewarding, yielding a full 450 Merit Points.

Jiang Bei did not hesitate. He immediately spent the points to break through!

"Boom!!"

His body instantly shuddered violently as a scorching current surged endlessly through him, and the force around his entire body trembled without pause.

Streams of Dragon Elephant Qi swept forth savagely.

At the same time, the blood qi within his body suddenly boiled, transforming into a plume of wolf smoke!

Blood Qi Wolf Smoke!

Seventh Rank Great Training, achieved!

"Who the hell cares who you are? Every one of you mangy dogs here is going to die today! I'll chop you all into mincemeat!"

At that moment, Klie Yuan's roar suddenly resounded from the top of the slope, shaking the curtain of rain. He carried his massive axe on his shoulder, his gaze fixed firmly on Jiang Bei.

Then, he abruptly pointed his huge axe at Jiang Bei and the remaining soldiers atop the slope. "See that? Your last hope is nothing but a pathetic wretch who looks like his parents just died! Kill them! Chop them into meat paste and feed them to the wolves!"

"Kill!!"

The Barbarians launched another charge. Their bloodthirsty battle intent, reignited by Klie Yuan's words, drove them to howl strangely as they surged toward the top of the slope with even greater ferocity.

Yet just as the overwhelming tide of Barbarians was about to swallow the slope—

"Bastard! Shut your mouth!"

A furious shout exploded like thunder from clear skies, tearing through the wind and rain and echoing across all of Broken Spear Slope.

It not only stunned every Barbarian, but even the few remaining soldiers were shaken to the core.

The next moment, Jiang Bei moved!

He did not walk. He did not leap. He truly... pounced to kill!

Like a primordial beast that had lain in wait for ages, breaking free of every shackle, he carried soaring baleful aura and boiling killing intent as his entire body transformed into a blood-red afterimage that ripped through the air, plunging violently down from the top of the slope!

His target was Klie Yuan below, still shouting arrogantly!

He was so fast that the naked eye could barely track him!

He gripped the Mystic Cloud Saber tightly in his hand as Dragon Elephant Qi raged through his body, making the entire blade hum.

"Pshht! Pshht! Pshht!"

Wherever the blade light passed, a rain of blood filled the sky!

No matter who they were, the Barbarians standing in Jiang Bei's path were like solidified grease beneath a hot knife.

Where the blade swept, heavy leather armor, tough muscles, and hard bones all became as fragile as paper and clay before the Mystic Cloud Saber and Jiang Bei's crushing strength!

Severed limbs, mutilated bodies, spurting organs, and heads flew high into the air before crashing heavily down amid despairing screams, blade light, and bloody rain!

Jiang Bei's figure was completely shrouded in blood mist and rain. Everywhere he passed, he left only a shocking crimson path paved with Barbarian corpses!

The dense charging formation formed by dozens of Barbarians was, in their very first clash, forcibly pierced through and torn apart by one man and one saber!

The Barbarian formation that had earlier smashed Xu and the others' charge to pieces was now as fragile as a dike collapsing beneath a flood!

At the sight of this, The smile on Klie Yuan's face instantly froze, and his pupils abruptly contracted!

He was neither blind to true skill nor some fool who only knew how to roar.

The terrifying strength and speed Jiang Bei displayed now were several times—dozens of times—greater than when he had charged up the slope!

Only at this moment did he finally realize that he had kicked an iron plate—no, he had crashed into an erupting volcano!

But even so, the Barbarian ferocity in his blood kept surging forth, telling him that he could not retreat. Power churned around his body, his muscles bulged and knotted, and the beast-hide armor on him seemed on the verge of bursting apart!

The massive axe in his grip carried a gale of force capable of splitting mountains and cleaving earth as he aimed at Jiang Bei's charge and brought it down with all his strength!

"Die for me—!!!"

The huge axe whistled as it tore through the rain curtain. Its power was so immense that even the air let out a shriek of unbearable strain!

At the same time, Jiang Bei's eyes narrowed, killing intent flooding his gaze. The Mystic Cloud Saber in his hand slashed out explosively, Dragon Elephant Qi surging over its blade like a torrent!

"Clang—!!!"

An earth-shaking metallic boom echoed across Broken Spear Slope!

The Mystic Cloud Saber and the massive axe collided head-on, without the slightest flourish!

A visible shockwave erupted violently from the point of impact!

The turbulent blast swept in every direction. Countless raindrops were shaken into mist, while more than a dozen nearby Barbarians coughed blood and were sent flying!

The ground shuddered violently, and the muddy earth beneath their feet instantly caved in and cracked apart!

"Crack!"

But in the next instant, a crisp sound rang out.

The savage, triumphant expression on Klie Yuan's face twisted completely at the moment of impact! Terror replaced every trace of emotion!

The heavy battle axe that had followed him through countless battles had actually... shattered!

Jiang Bei's Mystic Cloud Saber was indestructible, bolstered by absolute strength. With the force of a Seventh Rank Great Training raging through it, how could Klie Yuan possibly withstand it?

Klie Yuan's massive axe was like fragile porcelain. The instant it made contact, it let out a piercing groan; the axe face exploded, its blade shattered and flew apart, breaking inch by inch!

The saber blade tore through the axe's shadow, unstoppable as it advanced!

"No—!!!"

Klie Yuan let out a heart-rending howl. In his eyes, there remained only the blood-red blade light that had shattered his weapon and was now slashing toward his head without slowing in the slightest!

At that moment, he clearly felt just how close death was!