"Arrogant to the extreme. Then let this old man see how a mere old eunuch intends to kill me in six palms!"
Kill him within six palms? Rage immediately surged in the saber-backed old man's eyes. He was at the mid-stage Celestial Phenomenon Realm, only one minor realm below this eunuch.
He, too, had once been a prodigy who stirred the winds and clouds of the Martial World. He had seen countless powerful prodigies of his generation. Among those of the same realm, who dared claim they could kill him in six palms?
The old man shook his right hand. The rust fell from the saber in his grasp, revealing a cold gleam. Boundless saber intent erupted at that moment, deep as a sea abyss, impossible to fathom.
Crash!
With a single slash, raging waves became towering billows, drawing up the waters of the Cang River. Waves hundreds of zhang high flashed with countless tiny saber gleams, sweeping over like a heavenly curtain.
At that moment, the water level of the Cang River dropped dramatically. A whirlpool dozens of zhang across appeared at its center, like a devouring beast opening its bloody maw and swallowing the river water in an instant.
"First palm!"
Zhuo Qing's emotionless voice emerged from within the crashing waves.
Zhuo Qing raised his right hand, gathering true qi in his palm. A purple-black mass of energy stretched a hundred zhang behind him, sketching a scene like hell itself. A single glance was enough to make one shudder.
A terrifying palm imprint, like the claw of an evil ghost, shot from Zhuo Qing's hand. With one strike, it shattered the saber-intent water curtain.
The old man's expression changed as he stood atop the river. Even though he had struck first, even though saber qi had swept everywhere,