Killers, Sword Intent

The Skinny Boss gestured to the others. One of them immediately understood, grabbed a broadsword, and kicked the door open! But after entering the room, he found no one on the bed! Before he could react, a Silver Light flashed. The burly man with a face full of flesh suddenly dropped his sword, both hands clamped tightly over his throat. Yet blood still streamed relentlessly through the gaps between his fingers!

His eyes instantly filled with blood vessels, and with a smack, he collapsed onto the floor!

The people beside him finally reacted as well. The Skinny Boss roared furiously, "Kid, you dared to kill my Second Brother! I'll chop you to pieces! Brothers, get him!"

Xiao Heng flicked the nonexistent blood from his sword and let out a mocking laugh. "How ridiculous!"

He then raised both swords and fought several people at once! The Skinny Shopkeeper wielded a sword, using Dou Qi Transforms into Gauze, and clashed with Xiao Heng blow for blow. Several others were attacking him from the side as well, but Xiao Heng did not care! Ants could kill an elephant, but these ants... were still too few!

Every few times Xiao Heng swung his swords, someone fell. Yet not a single wound appeared on his own body!

"What kind of monster is this? How old is he? How can he already possess such cultivation?"

The Skinny Boss grew more terrified the longer they fought! He had been in this line of work for over a decade. With his cultivation at Three-star Dou Master, he had never failed before. But this time, he had to admit that he had been defeated. Even with more than a dozen people surrounding Xiao Heng, they had not gained the slightest advantage. His men continued to die, and even more frighteningly, he could not stop Xiao Heng!

Every one of Xiao Heng's strikes was so fast and powerful. And those two swords—his men's weapons could barely withstand a single blow before being cleaved apart by the second, killing their wielders!

Finally, after all his men had died, he could hold on no longer!

He blocked one sword with all his strength. Then, with a smack, he fell to his knees and shouted, "Spare me!"

"Oh? Give me a reason!" Xiao Heng's sword stopped above his head!

"I—I—I—I'm willing to give you everything I have and acknowledge you as my master! I'll serve you loyally forever!" He was afraid of death. He did not want to die!

"Interesting! People like you can feel fear too?" Xiao Heng revealed a hint of amusement.

When the Skinny Shopkeeper heard Xiao Heng speak, he also relaxed slightly and was just about to say something. But in the next second, he no longer had the chance to speak!

"If I kill you, these things will still be mine! Besides, you don't want to die, but the people you harmed in the past probably thought the same way!" These men clearly were not good people. They deserved to die.

Xiao Heng slowly returned his sword to its scabbard, then removed the Storage Ring from the Skinny Shopkeeper's hand and took a look inside. Oh, there was nothing good. Two unregistered cards, some Gold Coins, and a few medicinal ingredients and pills, though none were of a high grade. There was also a Yellow-tier Cultivation Technique and two Dou Techniques. Xiao Heng glanced at them, and they all turned into Skill Points!

Skill Points: 389

"Not bad. That increased my Skill Points by sixty!"

Holding his sword, Xiao Heng walked out of the inn!

"Urgh!" The contents of his stomach immediately came spilling out. His hands began to tremble slightly as well. This was his first time killing someone, but it definitely would not be his last! After taking a mouthful of water, Xiao Heng slung his sword over his back and walked into the distance!

After finding a tree, Xiao Heng braced one hand against its trunk and closed his eyes. He recalled everything that had happened that night. He had vomited, his hands had trembled nonstop, and he had felt sick. But this was a world where people killed!

Opening his eyes, he looked at the sword in his hand. He drew it and lightly swung it at a stone beside him. The stone immediately split into two.

Returning the sword to its scabbard, Xiao Heng murmured, "Is this Sword Intent? A sword is a murderous weapon. See one's own heart, then swing the sword? Is that the meaning of the word 'heart'? When I left Wutan City, I felt freedom, and together with the sword swings tonight, it became Sword Intent?"

Xiao Heng loved freedom, both in his Past and Present Lives. From now on, he would use the sword in his hand to carve out freedom! Clutching his sword tightly, Xiao Heng began practicing swordsmanship. He wanted to carefully experience this feeling and become proficient in Sword Intent!

Sword Intent was an extremely mysterious thing. No one could clearly explain what it was or why it appeared, but it existed all the same! Xiao Heng's Sword Intent was still very weak, so he had to work harder!

After finding a cave, he needed to stay there for several days and become proficient in Sword Intent! Caves were not easy to find, but Xiao Heng had Dou Qi! Thinking of it that way, wasn't it much easier to find one?

...Scene Break...

At the summit of Misty Cloud Sect Back Mountain, clouds and mist swirled around, making it resemble a celestial wonderland.

On a protruding Black Rock at the Cliff Edge, a woman dressed in a Moon White Skirt Robe formed Cultivation Hand Seals with both hands and practiced with her eyes closed. With every breath she took, a perfect cycle formed. During each exchange between cycles, faint Green Airflow emerged from the dense energy in the surrounding air. The airflow swirled around the woman before being continuously drawn into her body, refined, and absorbed.

After the final strand of Green Airflow was drawn into her body, the Girl slowly opened her eyes. A faint green radiance swept across her pupils, while her shoulder-length green hair suddenly fluttered without any wind.

"Senior Sister Nalan, the Sect Master has returned. She said to have you go see her."

"Has Master returned? Quickly, take me to her!" Nalan Yanran stopped cultivating and excitedly headed toward the Misty Cloud Sect Main Hall!

Inside the Main Hall, a woman was waiting for her. She wore a Green Skirt, her long hair reaching her waist, and everything about her figure and face was flawless. Without applying any makeup, she was already breathtakingly beautiful. This person was the Sect Master of Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun!

"Master! You're back! I missed you so much!" As soon as Nalan Yanran saw Yun Yun, she ran over and threw herself into her arms, even rubbing against her ample chest a few times. Yun Yun's face flushed slightly from it!

Yun Yun patted Nalan Yanran's head and said, "All right, let go. I already know everything!"

Only then did Nalan Yanran release Yun Yun. "Yes! Master, they bullied me!"

Yun Yun smiled gently and comforted her. "All right, didn't you go to break off the engagement yourself?... Right, that Xiao Heng really caught your sword?"

Yun Yun knew her disciple's strength very well. It was not difficult for someone to catch her sword, but if what Ge Ye had said was true—if someone of the same age had caught her sword in that manner—then that person's talent was extremely high!

"Master, I... I was just careless at the time! Next time! Next time, I'll...!" Hearing Yun Yun's question, Nalan Yanran stammered, her face flushing. She looked as if she was determined to stab Xiao Heng to death with a single sword the next time!

Seeing her disciple stammer like this, Yun Yun roughly understood. What Ge Ye had said was probably true, meaning this person's talent was extraordinary. Should I bring him to Misty Cloud Sect? She looked at her disciple and immediately abandoned the thought. Forget it. He was merely a somewhat talented Kid. In a remote place like Wutan City, his future would probably amount to little. As for Xiao Yan, she had heard that his talent had recovered! Yun Yun frowned.

"Yan Ran, are you confident about the Three-Year Pact?"

"Master, even you don't believe in me!" It seemed that quite a few people already knew about this matter. They had also said plenty of unpleasant things!

Yun Yun believed in her disciple, but she still felt a faint trace of worry. The matter had developed to this point and was no longer just between two people! Besides, even if Xiao Yan could not defeat Yan Ran, what if Xiao Heng intervened? They were both of the same age. Could the mighty Misty Cloud Sect really avoid the battle? Once they lost, Misty Cloud Sect's reputation would be ruined.

Therefore, Yan Ran had to possess the strength to defeat Xiao Heng! It seemed Gu He's method would have to be brought forward! Yun Yun thought.

"How could Master not believe in you? All right, Master has something to discuss with Elder Gu He. I need to go there, so you should return first."

Nalan Yanran pouted unhappily. "You're leaving again? You've only just returned!"

Yun Yun rubbed the little girl's head and said, "All right, Master really does have something to do. I'll accompany you next time!"

"Oh, all right!"

In Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun was both the Sect Master and a woman, so she had practically no one by her side. After taking Nalan Yanran as her disciple, she spoiled her excessively! As a result, the two of them were more like sisters than master and disciple.

Yun Yun shook her head and stopped paying attention to her before heading toward Pill King Gu He...

Three days later...!

A tiger Over Three Meters Tall stood opposite Xiao Heng!

"Second-order Magical Beast! Striped Tiger!"

Xiao Heng gripped both swords, Milky White Dou Qi coiling around their blades! Without a high-grade cultivation technique or Dou Technique, Magical Beasts had greater combat strength than humans of the same rank. There was nothing that could be done about it. After all, Magical Beasts possessed bodies far stronger than human bodies!

If an ordinary low-level Dou Master encountered this Magical Beast, he would probably die beneath its claws! Unfortunately, Xiao Heng was no ordinary person! Even though he had yet to break through to Dou Master!

"Come on, beast!"

Xiao Heng was honing his Sword Intent, and these thick-skinned, heavily built Magical Beasts were undoubtedly very suitable targets. He had killed quite a few Magical Beasts over the past two days, obtaining only three Magic Cores. They were all Second-order Magical Beasts. He could not be bothered to kill First-order Magical Beasts. There was no point!

The Magical Beast opposite him also flew into a rage. It wanted to kill this human who dared provoke it, then eat him! Human flesh was also quite beneficial to it!

The tiger lunged fiercely at Xiao Heng, its pair of claws aimed straight at his heart!

Xiao Heng swung both swords, viciously hacking into the tiger's claws. The two sides collided, producing a piercing sound!

"I didn't cut them off? You're pretty tough, little kitty!"

After the failed strike, the tiger immediately leaped far away. The exchange had merely been a mutual test. Now that they had roughly gauged each other's strength, the real battle could begin!

The tiger suddenly pounced at Xiao Heng again. Xiao Heng leaped to the left, dodging to the side, and as he did so, he swung his sword hard, leaving two deep wounds across the tiger's back!

After being wounded, the tiger grew even more savage. It attacked Xiao Heng again and again, but Xiao Heng was not a sitting duck! He tried his best to avoid confronting the beast head-on, relying on his agility to inflict wound after wound on it. Only when he truly could not dodge did he meet it head-on for two exchanges!

Moving his slightly trembling fingers, Xiao Heng said, "Beast, it's time to end this!"

Xiao Heng circulated his Dou Qi, guiding it along special meridians toward the White Sword in his left hand. When the Dou Qi reached the sword, it transformed into a White Dragon coiling around the blade. Then the White Dragon roared past and pierced through the tiger's head! Blood gushed out!

After returning his sword to its scabbard, Xiao Heng took out a dagger and skillfully extracted a Magic Core from the tiger's skull. This was his fourth Magic Core!

He cut off a Tiger Leg for dinner. Tomorrow, he would continue toward Qingshan Town!

As he roasted the Tiger Leg, Xiao Heng looked at the pale moon in the sky and smiled faintly. "Sorry, Xiao Yan, but Purple Cloud Wings are mine!"