Sword Slays Zhang Youzhi

Xiao Chen turned his head for a glance, his brows knitting slightly.

Zhang Youzhi?

What was that bastard doing here too?

Zhang Youzhi was the young master of the Zhang Family, one of Barren North City's five great families. Because he admired Ye Qingxuan, he had always been at odds with Xiao Chen. During the period after Xiao Chen's dantian had been shattered, Zhang Youzhi would bring people to mock him every few days, nearly driving him into depression.

Later, when he returned to Barren North City, Zhang Youzhi was the first to come looking for trouble again, threatening him repeatedly to break off his engagement with Ye Qingxuan. When the threats failed, he had even slapped him.

Ordinarily, with his status as the Young Lord of Zhenbei King Manor, dealing with a Zhang Youzhi should have been as easy as crushing an ant. Unfortunately, Xiao Zhentian and Wen Wanrong had set all their hearts on Xiao Lingtian and had no time to care whether he lived or died. This only made Zhang Youzhi more and more arrogant, until he became utterly lawless.

To run into Zhang Youzhi here today—Heaven was giving him the chance to wash away his past humiliation!

"Looking for death? Zhang Youzhi, do you think I'm trash like you?"

Xiao Chen looked at Zhang Youzhi and sneered coldly.

Seeing Xiao Chen, who had been weak and easy to bully not long ago, who had always been meek and subservient before him, actually dare to resist now, Zhang Youzhi flew into a rage. "You worthless trash, you dare fight back? I'll kill you today!"

He could not understand why Xiao Chen, now nothing more than a cripple abandoned by his parents and cursed by the Heavenly Dao, still had the nerve to speak to him, the young master of the Zhang Family, like this!

However, just as he reached for the curved blade at his waist, Xiao Chen pointed a finger. A Qi Sword pressed against Zhang Youzhi's brow. Sensing its razor-sharp aura, Zhang Youzhi was instantly terrified. He stared at Xiao Chen in disbelief, his entire body trembling uncontrollably.

"Sw... Sword Qi! You've actually become a sword cultivator?"

Zhang Youzhi stared fixedly at Xiao Chen, hardly able to believe what he was seeing was real.

A sword cultivator!

Xiao Chen, this Heaven-Jealous One, had actually comprehended the Sword Dao and become a sword cultivator in such a short time!

This was simply inconceivable!

How long had Xiao Chen even been at Sword Immortal Academy? Probably not even an hour, right?

He had entered the Dao in one hour?

Had there ever been anyone in Great Xia's history who entered the Sword Dao so quickly?

This was a Heaven-Jealous One? More like someone with cheats enabled!

The other people from Zhenkun Academy present were equally dumbfounded by the scene before them!

Hadn't they said Xiao Chen was cursed by the Heavenly Dao and innately rejected by the Dao?

How could he have entered the Dao so quickly—and the Sword Dao at that, the hardest of all Great Daos to cultivate?

Could the Martial Spirit Mirror have made a mistake?

"Xiao Chen, h-how did you do it?"

Ye Qingxuan stared blankly at Xiao Chen as well.

Though she did not know much about sword cultivators, she knew what entering the Sword Dao in an hour meant!

That was an unprecedented monster, a monster among monsters!

At that moment, a trace of doubt arose in her heart!

She did not know whether breaking off her engagement with Xiao Chen had truly been right or wrong.

Sword cultivators were simply too rare, too powerful. Though they had long since declined, no one could forget how terrifying sword cultivators had been a thousand years ago, when the Sword Dao flourished!

Even now, it was merely extremely difficult to enter the Sword Dao. Sword cultivators still possessed peerless killing power!

Now that Xiao Chen had become a sword cultivator, could he possibly soar into the heavens in the future?

But the moment that thought surfaced, she rejected it!

Sword cultivators were powerful, but before the Heavenly Dao, human strength was ultimately limited. No one could truly defy Heaven!

"Ye Qingxuan, what does how I did it have to do with you?"

Xiao Chen sneered.

This woman looked pure and sweet on the outside, but she was actually a scheming woman blinded by profit. The moment she saw that he had become a sword cultivator, she started prying again!

"Xiao Chen, how dare you treat Qingxuan like—"

"Shut up! Kneel immediately and kowtow to me three times. Apologize for your past offenses against me, or I'll kill you!"

Just as Zhang Youzhi was about to rebuke him, the Qi Sword pressed against his brow pushed forward slightly, directly piercing his skin. Blood began to stream down.

Feeling the pain in his brow, Zhang Youzhi was stunned. He looked at Xiao Chen in utter disbelief.

He did not want to believe that Xiao Chen actually dared hurt him. No matter how he had bullied Xiao Chen in the past, Xiao Chen had only covered his head with both hands and let himself be beaten, never daring to fight back.

Yet only a few days had passed, and Xiao Chen had become this ruthless?

One had to know that the entire Zhang Family stood behind him. What right did Xiao Chen, an abandoned child of the King Manor, have to confront him head-on?

"Xiao Chen, do you know what you're saying? I am the young master of the Zhang Family of Barren North City. My Zhang Family is a powerful clan with Martial General experts in residence, while you are merely an abandoned son of Zhenbei King Manor, a pitiful Heaven-Jealous One. If my Zhang Family wants to deal with you, it will be as easy as crushing an ant. Are you sure you can bear the wrath of my Zhang Family?"

Zhang Youzhi's face darkened.

Upon hearing this, several Zhenkun Academy students present immediately looked at Xiao Chen with pity.

Though they felt that Zhang Youzhi was throwing his weight around, they had to admit that he was right!

Without the Zhenbei King's protection, Xiao Chen truly could not possibly stand against a colossal force like the Zhang Family!

"Xiao Chen, release Senior Brother Zhang at once! Without the Zhenbei King's protection, the Zhang Family's wrath is not something you can bear!"

Seeing the situation gradually spiraling out of control, Ye Qingxuan spoke up as well.

Yet the moment her words fell, with a puff, the Qi Sword pressed against Zhang Youzhi's brow pierced straight through his skull, leaving behind a bloody hole that continuously streamed with blood.

Zhang Youzhi's body went limp, and he collapsed straight to the ground, devoid of any breath.

His eyes were wide open. Even in death, he could not understand why Xiao Chen had truly dared to kill him!

Was he not afraid of the Zhang Family's wrath?

The people present were all frightened senseless at the sight. Several covered their mouths, their entire bodies trembling as they stared at Zhang Youzhi's corpse on the ground, unable to speak for a long while!

Xiao Chen had really dared to kill Zhang Youzhi?

Had he gone mad?

Lin Qingxian's beautiful eyes were fixed tightly on Xiao Chen as well. She had never expected that Xiao Chen, who looked so harmless to man and beast, would be so ruthless once he acted!

Ye Qingxuan stared blankly at Xiao Chen. "How could you dare do this? Aren't you afraid the Zhang Family will seek revenge against you?"

"Revenge? I have Lin Jiansan of the Sword Immortal Academy protecting me. Who would dare seek revenge against me? Tell the Zhang Family for me: if they want revenge, they can come to the Sword Immortal Academy and find Lin Jiansan!"

Xiao Chen withdrew his Sword Qi and spoke without a care.

Others might not know how formidable Lin Jiansan was, but he certainly did. That was a ferocious man even fiercer than Chou Wantian, a genuine Sword King!

A mere Zhang Family did not even amount to a hair before Old Man Lin!

Lin Jiansan had said it himself before: if anyone dared bully him, he was to invoke the old man's name.

Whoever dared come knocking, he'd smash their heads open!

"Who is Lin Jiansan? A tutor from the Sword Immortal Academy? Can that Lin Jiansan possibly be a match for the Zhang Family?"

"Has water gotten into Xiao Chen's brain? The Zhang Family's patriarch is a Martial General Realm expert. What use is some Lin Jiansan?"

"I heard the Sword Immortal Academy only has one person who can fight, Chou Wantian, but he has hidden injuries and cannot easily fight others. What use is Lin Jiansan?"

Quite a few Zhenkun Academy students who were on good terms with Zhang Youzhi spoke up one after another.

Lin Qingxian's face, meanwhile, darkened as she looked at Xiao Chen with an unfriendly expression, faint flames of anger flickering in her eyes!

This bastard—he killed someone himself, yet he was invoking her grandfather's name.

Her grandfather had secluded himself in the Slaying Heaven Courtyard and had not made a move for many years!

Yet Xiao Chen was actually bringing trouble upon her grandfather!

Roar!

At that moment, the bloody scent on Zhang Youzhi's body stirred the Ironclad Demon Wolves' ferocity. Two demon wolves with vicious gleams in their eyes suddenly pounced at the crowd.

Lin Qingxian's gaze sharpened, and she immediately swung her sword at the two demon wolves.

A dazzling icy-blue sword light flashed past. The two demon wolves let out mournful howls, two neither shallow nor deep bloody wounds appearing on their bodies. They were sent flying back and crashed heavily onto the ground.

"S-So powerful... Is this a sword cultivator?"

"Sword cultivators are way too fierce!"

Ye Qingxuan and the others were all stunned by the sight.

The power of that girl's sword strike was simply too great. The demon wolves' scales, which they had been unable to break through no matter how they attacked earlier, had actually been sliced open by a single strike from the girl?

The girl's cultivation was clearly only at the eighth level of Sword Disciple, yet her attack power was so much stronger than theirs!

The offensive power of sword cultivators was truly terrifying!

Yet Lin Qingxian's expression was not very good at the moment. She had already used eighty percent of her strength in that strike. An ordinary demon beast at the Demon Apprentice Eighth Heaven should have been cleaved in two beneath that sword, yet these demon wolves had only suffered minor injuries. Their defense was far too monstrous!

Today, they were likely in for trouble!

Among these people, only she had the ability to break through the demon wolves' defenses. Yet even after nearly exerting her full strength, she could hardly inflict serious wounds upon them. That meant it would be difficult for them to retreat unscathed later. At least more than half of them would die here!

"Xiao Chen, you leave first later. I'll hold these beasts back!"

Lin Qingxian walked to Xiao Chen's side and spoke softly.

"No. There are too many demon wolves. You can't hold them back. If you insist on it, you'll die!"

Xiao Chen shook his head.

"Don't worry about that. When I tell you to leave, leave. You're a rookie who just joined; staying here will only drag me down!"

Lin Qingxian rebuked coldly.

"Don't forget, I'm a sword cultivator too!"

Xiao Chen pointed at the Dragon Slayer Sword on his back.

"But you've only been here for less than half an hour. How much fighting power could you possibly have? Listen to me and hurry up!"

Lin Qingxian was so furious her lungs were about to explode!

Xiao Chen was far too overconfident!

He actually wanted to help her? He was a fledgling who had been here for less than half an hour—what could he possibly use to help?

Did he really think he was the reincarnation of the Sword God?