Complete Victory

The two turned their heads and met Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an's piercing gaze, then silently turned back around.

The man carrying a sword spoke first.

"Come on, let's go in and stop them first! Otherwise, Lijing Pavilion might not even be left standing."

Shen Sanniang looked at the sword-bearing man as though he were an idiot.

"Duan Renchang, have you killed so many people that you're tired of living yourself?"

Just standing here and sensing the terrifying aura inside, Shen Sanniang already knew that the two of them could not control today's situation.

You may not be afraid of dying, but I am!

Duan Renchang was in the Late Ascension Realm, so he might be fine. But what about her? She was only in the Early Ascension Realm, while there were two Peak Ascension Realm experts inside.

And he still wanted to stop them. Easy for him to say.

Seeing the fighting spirit in Duan Renchang's eyes, Shen Sanniang could only curse inwardly. Damn sword fanatic!

She did not need to think to know that he was here for Yue Shan. A sword cultivator in the Mid Ascension Realm was no weakling either.

The moment Yue Shan made his move, the moment Duan Renchang sensed that heavy sword intent capable of suppressing everything, he had become restless.

There was nothing in his eyes but swords.

Hearing Shen Sanniang's form of address, Chu Xuanao looked curiously at the sword-bearing man.

Chu Xuanao only knew that his second brother had four great swordsmen under his command.

He had heard their names, but had never seen them in person.

The man before him was the killing swordsman Duan Renchang, famed for sealing throats with one sword—under his azure blade, ten thousand souls wailed.

Duan Renchang's cold voice rang out.

"Then what do you suggest? Just stand here and watch Lijing Pavilion collapse?"

The moment he finished speaking, a thunderous crash rang out as the Lijing Pavilion on the left suddenly collapsed.

Shen Sanniang's mouth twitched. His words really had come true.

Just as Lijing Pavilion collapsed, a figure shot into the sky from the dust-filled ruins, carrying shattered walls and broken beams that scattered in every direction. The person seemed ready to fly straight into the heavens.

The sight was like the Great Sage bursting out from beneath Five Finger Mountain.

Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an cried out.

"Gens!"

The person flying through the air was indeed Gens, though he did not seem to be in good shape.

Looking at Gens in the sky, Chu Xuanao was puzzled. Hadn't this fellow been using a straight sword?

Yet now, the sword in his hand had nearly been bent into a right angle.

"Watch out!"

Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an roared.

A black shadow appeared beside Gens in midair. It was Ghost Servant.

Ghost Servant raised his right foot above his head, dark true qi spreading across his leg as he chopped downward.

As the leg came down from above, Gale Force howled around it in violent gusts.

Gens struggled, but there was nothing he could do. Ghost Servant had kicked him into the air, leaving him without anything to push off from. He could not dodge at all. He was only in the Ascension Realm, not the Heavenly Realm. He was not that formidable.

He could only circulate true qi to protect himself as best he could.

With a loud bang, Gens's chest took a heavy blow, and his whole body smashed rapidly toward the ground, leaving trails of blood in the air.

With another deafening crash, he struck the ground and kicked up a cloud of dust. Ghost Servant also descended toward where Gens had landed.

As Ghost Servant entered the dust cloud, a figure was soon kicked out like a ball, crashing straight down before Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an. Dust flew everywhere, and a huge pit appeared.

Ghost Servant drifted past like the wind. With the howl of rushing air, he was already standing behind Chu Xuanao.

Turning back, Chu Xuanao saw that Ghost Servant's right sleeve had vanished, while the left sleeve was riddled with tears.

A sleeve was only a sleeve, ordinary clothing. Even reinforced with true qi, it still could not compare to a weapon when facing someone of the same realm.

Chu Xuanao made up his mind that once he returned, he would find Ghost Servant a high-grade treasure garment. To suit Ghost Servant, it had to be at least a Famous Weapon-grade treasure.

Seeing the many tears in Ghost Servant's clothing, Chu Xuanao asked,

"How is it? Are you injured?"

Ghost Servant shook his head slightly.

"Rest assured, Your Highness. I am unharmed. Only my clothes were damaged."

At the same time, Ghost Servant raised his left sleeve and handed something over, placing it in Chu Xuanao's palm.

Chu Xuanao could feel that it was shaped like a cross, about the size of his palm.

A voice transmission entered his ear.

"Your Highness, this item is extraordinary. Gens used it to destroy my sleeve. It is a fine weapon."

Chu Xuanao nodded slightly and tucked the item into his sleeve.

Gens, who had been kicked by Ghost Servant to Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an's side, was also lifted out of the pit by the guards of Prince An's Mansion.

Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an stepped forward and immediately saw the conspicuous shoeprint on Gens's left cheek.

Gens slowly pushed himself up and sat on the ground. He lowered his head and spat out another mouthful of old blood, his face twisted viciously.

"How are your injuries? Take a Spirit Replenishing Pill first."

After swallowing the pill, Gens circulated his qi through a full cycle and refined its medicinal power. Only then did he bend over and rise to his feet with Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an's support.

He spoke to Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an.

"Rest assured, Your Highness. I can still hold on, but Black Chicken is probably finished."

Hearing Gens's words, Fourth Prince Chu Xuan'an flew into a rage. Yet there was nothing he could do, and he could only glare viciously at the Sixth Prince.

Gens glanced at Ghost Servant, his expression complicated.

Then he lowered his head and looked at the footprints on his body. He did not even need to check to know that the kick to his face had left a mark.

Why did I have to show off with a sword for no reason? Gens even felt a little resentful toward himself.

Otherwise, would he have taken such a savage beating from the start?

If he had brought out the Holy Cross from the beginning, would things have turned out like this?

Thinking of the Holy Cross, Gens's heart ached even more.

He simply could not withstand Ghost Servant's relentless attacks. That movement technique was too fast for his divine sense to lock onto. Even when his divine sense detected Ghost Servant, his body could not react in time before a foot had already struck him.

His mind noticed, but his hands could not keep up.

Relying on that speed advantage, Ghost Servant's attacks gave him no room to breathe. A single moment of carelessness had resulted in the kick on his face.

After Ghost Servant had kicked even his sword into a right angle, he had no choice but to take out the Holy Cross.

At first, because Ghost Servant did not understand the cross-shaped object, Ghost Servant suffered a small loss after several exchanges.

But Gens did not regain the advantage because of the Holy Cross. In the end, even the Holy Cross had been snatched away.

He had lost both the woman and the army.

At that moment, half a body was blasted into the air. The upper half drifted through the sky while the lower half was nowhere to be seen, and a rain of blood filled the air as bone fragments and chunks of flesh scattered in every direction.

It was as though half a person's body had been smashed to pulp and scattered through the air.

Quite a few onlookers did not notice the bits of bone, flesh, and blood falling onto their bodies and faces.

Ghost Servant flicked his remaining left sleeve, and the rain of blood drifting this way scattered elsewhere.

With a sharp clang, Spicy Pickled Chicken Claws stabbed into the ground before Chu Xuanao, its talons pointing high into the sky.

Black Chicken's chicken claw.

It landed two meters in front of Chu Xuanao. It was a chicken-claw weapon seemingly forged from white jade. It looked like jade, but how could ordinary white jade withstand Menban's sword? It was clearly made from exceptional materials.

The forging technique was excellent as well.

If the chicken claw's shape were changed into a jade fan, then judging by the quality of the jade alone, it would make a decent prop for showing off.

The fact that it had withstood several strikes from Menban's sword, a weapon wielded by an Ascension Realm expert, meant that it was undoubtedly a rare treasure. It was valuable.

"Sledgehammer."

Chu Xuanao pointed at Spicy Pickled Chicken Claws. Sledgehammer understood immediately, gathered true qi around the chicken claw, and drew it into his hand.

Seeing his fourth brother walking over, Chu Xuanao hurriedly had Sledgehammer hide the chicken claw.

The chicken claw was already in Chu Xuanao's hands. Looking again at the half corpse on the ground and sensing Black Chicken's aura all around, Gens's fate was self-evident.