Send Them All to Hell

The scene fell silent once more.

No one had expected this man to be a bona fide Great Grandmaster!

A Great Grandmaster—among ten thousand people, there might not be even one, yet they had actually encountered one today!

Every member of the Mad Saber Sect stood frozen, as though they had seen a ghost, covering their mouths with eyes wide and tongues tied!

As for the villagers, whether middle-aged women or the somewhat worldly village chief, all stood rigidly in place, unable to think, forgetting even to breathe!

Too powerful! A Great Grandmaster! Too powerful!

None of them could believe this scene was real. Some villagers even pinched their own arms; only when they felt pain did they dare believe it, though their bodies still trembled uncontrollably.

Then they looked down and saw that a Grandmaster-level expert had actually died right before their eyes!

For people like them, who had never seen such a great figure before, it was simply unimaginable!

In their eyes, a Grandmaster-level expert was like a god.

Yet now, such a god had been cut down by a Great Grandmaster's single sword strike, unable to stir even a ripple!

The shock this brought them was undoubtedly terrifying beyond measure!

Whoosh!

Just as everyone was thinking this, a streak of sword light suddenly shot forth.

Chen Xiaofan made his move again.

This time, the blade pointed straight at the remaining scum of the Mad Saber Sect.

Crack!

Two Mad Saber Sect members did not even have time to react before their necks were cut through!

Two heads flew stiffly into the air, blood pouring like a fountain!

Thud!

The heads crashed heavily onto the ground, and the pungent stench of blood spread in every direction.

Shock still lingered in the pupils of the bloody severed heads.

One sword killed two!

Chen Xiaofan stood with his hands behind his back, as though he had merely slaughtered two chicks.

The remaining men finally came to their senses. They shuddered violently and hurriedly clasped their fists. "Senior, please wait! We were in the wrong today, and we are willing to offer compensation!"

As he spoke, the man hurriedly searched himself, took out a small cloth pouch, and respectfully offered it over.

"Senior, please inspect it."

Chen Xiaofan did not even glance at it and directly slashed out with his sword.

Paying to avert disaster?

Did they really think he was that easy to talk to?

They had been strutting about in such a show of strength just moments ago, yet now they were acting so obediently. Did they think he was someone they could bully?

Whoosh!

The sword light was like thunder, sweeping across with overwhelming force.

The man's expression changed drastically. He drew a sharp breath, turned, and fled.

He did not have the courage to take such a sword strike head-on.

Even their Grandmaster-level captain had been casually cut down. How many lives did they have to dare receive this strike head-on?

Yet though he ran fast, the sword light was faster, like a bolt of lightning. In an instant, it slashed across his back.

Crack! Crack!

His clothes exploded on the spot, revealing a layer of golden-thread armor beneath. Yet before the sword light, that armor shattered in an instant. It could not hold for even a breath before splitting in two. Then, before the utterly shocked and horrified eyes of everyone present, the sword strike passed straight through his body.

Splat!

Blood flooded the ground.

That Mad Saber Sect remnant who had begged to pay his way out of disaster was cut cleanly in half at the waist.

The two crimson halves of his body fell to the ground like slabs of pork, still gushing blood without end.

The entire scene was stunned once more, eyes wide and tongues tied.

"Wait!"

"I don't want to die..."

"I'm willing to offer a huge compensation, I beg...!"

The other remaining men all cried out miserably.

Splat!

Another sword strike, and the Mad Saber Sect member shouting the loudest was cleaved in two.

The scene instantly fell silent. Everyone's scalps went numb, and no one dared look directly at it.

Then Chen Xiaofan slashed out sword strike after sword strike, each one unerringly taking a life. By the end, mangled corpses covered the ground, forming a pool of blood.

At last, Chen Xiaofan flicked his sword in a graceful flourish and sheathed it.

He did not care about anything else. These people had intended to slaughter the entire village and kill him as well. They absolutely could not be forgiven.

They had to all be slain, leaving not a single one alive!

He said lightly, "Clean this up."

At once, all the villagers snapped out of their shock. A feeling as though they had lived through another lifetime surged through them, but before they could marvel any further, they hurriedly began clearing away the corpses.

The Mad Saber Sect members had died here. If it were discovered, the villagers would certainly not escape implication. But if they buried the bodies early, it would not be much of a problem.

The villagers moved quickly. Before long, every corpse had been buried in a manure ditch. This way, even if the Mad Saber Sect came with dogs, they would not be able to smell them out.

At the same time, they covered the bloodstains all over the ground with pig manure and cow dung, creating a giant dung heap.

The village raised many pigs and cattle, so they never lacked such things.

Once everything was finished, Chen Xiaofan was treated as an honored guest in a warm house, while the villagers throughout the village thanked him again and again.

"Benefactor, please accept this old man's bow!"

The village chief solemnly bowed to Chen Xiaofan.

Had Chen Xiaofan not been here tonight, this undeserved calamity would have left them with only one road: death.

This man who had suddenly appeared had saved so many of them.

Chen Xiaofan smiled lightly. "It was a small matter. Don't dwell on it."

It might have been a small matter to him, but to these villagers, it had been a catastrophe capable of wiping them out.

The village chief pointed to a pile of bottles and jars beside them and said respectfully, "Senior, these are the items found on those corpses. They have already been counted. Please inspect them."

Chen Xiaofan glanced over them, delight rising in his heart.

What a haul!