Striving to Be a Normal Teenager

The woodcutter's "heart" escaped his lips. Su Yun retracted the foot he'd kicked backward and simultaneously thrust his right hand forward to meet the sword of another goat-horned monster.

His five fingers danced in the air, as if transforming into Flood Dragons.

Each of his right fingers moved and struck within the small space, truly lifelike. He continuously struck the spine of the other goat-horned monster's sword, producing a series of crisp critical hit sounds.

Dragon Fights in the Field!

If this move were fully executed, it would require the entire body to be incredibly coordinated, like two Flood Dragons battling in the wilderness. It was the move with the most offensive techniques among the six moves of Flood Dragon's Chant.

Su Yun had refined thirty-six Unbound Moves from Flood Dragon's Chant and transformed Flood Dragon's Chant into the even more powerful Flood Dragon's Chant. Each of his fingers was actually executing an Unorthodox Move from Dragon Fights in the Field!

Unbound Moves did not require the execution of a complete move or the mobilization of all muscles, thus they were faster to execute!

Five consecutive Unbound Moves struck the goat-horned monster's sword, causing it to fly out of its hand.

The precious sword landed with a clang on the cliff face, half of its blade buried in the rock. The sword hilt vibrated ceaselessly.

With his sword gone, the goat-horned monster's hand burst open. He lowered his head and charged with his horns.

Su Yun grabbed his horns with both hands and, almost without thinking, leaped into the air to execute Flood Dragon's Roll!

Flood Dragon's Roll was even more perilous than Crocodile Dragon's Roll, with a faster and more ferocious rotation. The goat-horned monster's feet were on the ground, but his body spun uncontrollably with it. By the third rotation, all seven cervical vertebrae in his neck had been dislocated. By the time Su Yun landed, his neck was already broken!

Unbound Moves were unpredictable, but complete moves possessed greater power!

Su Yun's feet landed steadily on the narrow stone bridge. Behind him, the woodcutter swept away the firewood Su Yun had kicked flying with his long saber. Seeing what had just happened before his eyes, his heart turned cold.

In this brief moment, as swift as a rabbit darting and a falcon stooping, his two brothers were now one dead and one injured. One had his arm twisted and broken, his saber falling to the ground. The other had his neck twisted, his body already sliding off the bridge.

Finally, the goat-horned monster's corpse fell powerlessly into the abyss.

The woodcutter's eyes split with rage. He let out a fierce roar, fully activating his Blood Essence. A crimson gleam appeared on the surface of his long saber – it was his Blood Essence overflowing from his body, adding a layer of Blood Essence Blade to his weapon!

When added to a saber, it was called Blade Aura; when added to a sword, it was called Sword Aura!

Those who could achieve this were people who had cultivated the third type of achievement: Blood Essence Materialization!

Just as he had elevated his Blood Essence to its peak, Su Yun strode forward to attack. In just a few steps, it gave the illusion of Flood Dragons coiling around the stone bridge, spinning their bodies as they lunged at him!

Blood Essence flowed from Su Yun's legs and feet, transforming into Dragon Claws. The Dragon Claws dug into the stone bridge with his steps, allowing him to move unimpeded!

The reason the woodcutter had the illusion of Su Yun transforming into a Flood Dragon coiling around the stone bridge was precisely because Su Yun was not advancing in a straight line towards him. Instead, he would sometimes walk on the left side of the bridge, his body parallel to the ground, sometimes on the right side, and sometimes even upside down beneath the bridge!

This bizarre and unpredictable movement technique left him unsure from which direction Su Yun would attack, forcing him to retreat again and again with his saber.

Just then, Su Yun retreated from beneath the bridge and appeared behind the goat-horned monster with the broken arm.

"Careful!"

As soon as the woodcutter uttered these words, the goat-horned monster with the broken arm had his other arm severed by two Unbound Moves of Flood Dragon's Chant from Su Yun, and was thrown off the bridge.

A long scream echoed from below the stone bridge. After a moment, the sound of a heavy object hitting the ground could be heard.

Su Yun bent down and picked up the long saber from the bridge's surface. He flicked his finger at it, and the saber rang out clearly.

This saber was the one from the goat-horned monster with the broken arm, which he had knocked to the ground. The saber had been twisted into a spiral by his Flood Dragon's Roll.

But as Su Yun flicked his finger, his strength flowed through the saber, and the twisted metal instantly straightened with a swish, returning to its original state.

The woodcutter roared and charged forward, brandishing his saber. He shouted, "When paths cross, the brave prevail! On this narrow bridge, in this small space, only one of us can leave alive!"

His momentum was fierce, and his Blood Essence formed the shape of a charging firebird behind him.

This aura of life-and-death combat could be described as tragic!

Su Yun stood silently at the head of the bridge, holding his saber. The vision of the Immortal Sword flying toward him couldn't help but resurface in his mind.

He shook the long saber in his hand, using it as a sword, and thrust it out.

This sword pierced straight through the woodcutter's dense saber strikes without encountering any resistance. With a swish, it pierced the woodcutter's throat.

The woodcutter's saber techniques were exquisite, but not a single one had touched his sword. As his throat was pierced, confusion appeared in his eyes.

Thump.

His corpse fell, and the stone bridge vibrated slightly, landing on the opposite bank.

From sinking toward the opposite bank to landing on it, the stone bridge took only a few breaths of time. In this short period, swords clashed on the bridge, and life and death were decided.

From Su Yun's step to lure the three into actively attacking and revealing themselves, to the subsequent deaths of all three, it all happened in the brief time the bridge rose and fell.

"Still, no one can withstand this sword..."

Su Yun's expression turned somber. He sighed and turned, pulling out his long saber and forcefully thrusting it downward.

The long saber was plunged into the ground next to the feet of the last goat-horned monster on the opposite bank, its hilt vibrating.

The goat-horned monster dared not move.

Su Yun stepped off the stone bridge and walked up to him, separated by the long saber.

The young man raised his right hand and sniffed beneath his nose, frowning slightly. He smelled a hint of blood, indicating that some had splattered onto his hand.

It was a single drop of blood, crystalline, the color of a ruby, that had landed on the back of his hand.

Su Yun reached out, grabbed the goat-horned monster's collar, and pulled him closer.

The goat-horned man's face was filled with panic, and he dared not move.

Su Yun wiped his hands hard on the goat-horned man's clothes, smearing away the bloodstains, before finally releasing him.

"I'm blind. I don't want the townspeople to see blood on me when I get back; they'll worry."

Su Yun said unhurriedly, "I'm still a child. I've always worked hard to be a normal teenager, at the very least, a normal teenager in the eyes of others. Are you from the city?"

Cold sweat covered the goat-horned man's forehead, and he quickly nodded.

He suddenly realized Su Yun couldn't see and quickly said, "Yes! We're from Shuofang City. Actually, we're originally from Tianshiyuan. We went to the city to make a living a few years ago. We started by studying in the official academy and learned a few skills..."

"No wonder."

Su Yun suddenly understood, "Your cultivation techniques and combat moves are very rudimentary. It's obvious you dropped out too early and didn't receive guidance from a master. You don't know the intricacies of applying cultivation and techniques. Was it someone from the Tong Family who hired you to kill me?"

The goat-horned man forced a smile and said, "It was from the Tong Family."

"How much did they pay you?" Su Yun asked.

"One hundred and fifty Zhu coins, as a deposit. They'll give us another two hundred after the job is done."

"Hand it over."

The goat-horned man took out a money pouch, and Su Yun took it and counted the coins.

"There's too much."

He took out over a dozen Five Zhu Coins and returned them to the goat-horned man. "The Tong Family used this money to buy you to kill me. The money is mine now. This is justice; it's not me robbing you. I don't want the extra money. As for the remaining two hundred and fifty Zhu coins, I'll visit the Tong Family myself to collect them."

He put away the money pouch and walked in the direction of Tianmen Town.

The goat-horned man stared blankly, clutching the Five Zhu Coins in his palm. He suddenly shouted, "How did you see through us?"

Su Yun's footsteps didn't stop, and his voice drifted back, "There's no Li Family Village east of Tianping Bridge, nor anyone surnamed Li. I've been to this bridge many times and know how many people it takes to weigh down the bridgehead. When I walked to the center of the bridge, I knew there were more than two people on it."

His voice grew distant, "More importantly, I don't need eyes to see things. Your concealment was good, but your Blood Essence was still flowing, and you were practicing the same cultivation technique, which is why I could sense you and see through you. You had too many flaws."

"Too many flaws?"

The goat-horned man muttered, "We've never failed before. Now, we've lost three skilled fighters in such a short time... Is this little blind boy really blind? He's still a child... A monster! He's a monster!"

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