"Su Changqing, you broke through to Body Refinement Stage Eight too?"
"Long time no see." Su Changqing looked at him and smiled lightly.
"I never expected you to become an Imperial Guard too. Truly..." Li Kongxiang drew a deep breath, slightly startled.
But Su Changqing had no time to pay him any attention. Instead, he looked toward everyone as one attribute panel after another appeared before his eyes.
His gaze swept over them, searching for any opportunities they might possess.
Name: Wang Mo Cultivation: Body Refinement Stage Eight Fate: East Factory Mole (Blue) Wuxia Script: "Number One Under Heaven" Minor Villain Favorability: 5 Recent Turning Point: None
Name: Zhang Chusheng Cultivation: Body Refinement Stage Eight Fate: Saber Dao Comprehension (Blue) Wuxia Script: "Number One Under Heaven" Minor Villain Favorability: -95 Recent Turning Point: None
Name: Zhang Chongguang Cultivation: Body Refinement Ninth Layer Fate: Leg Technique Talent (Green) Destiny: None Wuxia Script: "Evil God Descends" Minor Villain Favorability: -95 Recent Turning Point: None
Everyone who caught his eye was at least at Body Refinement Stage Eight!
Several of them were even East Factory Moles planted within the Imperial Guard, making Su Changqing frown.
Suddenly, he sensed a gaze coming from below the arena.
Below the stage, Chen Mo stared coldly at him, his eyes icy and his teeth clenched.
That brat had made him run to the menial disciples' quarters several times, yet he had still failed to find him!
His two subordinates, Zhang Chongguang and Zhang Chusheng, wore cold expressions. From the moment the arena match began, they had kept their eyes fixed on Su Changqing.
This time, they would surely kill him here!
You don't even have a protagonist's fate. We're both wanderers at the ends of the world, so why target a minor villain like me? Su Changqing looked at Chen Mo and sighed inwardly.
Name: Chen Mo Cultivation: True Qi Stage One Fate: Saber Body (Green) Destiny: None Wuxia Script: "Martial Shattering Void" Minor Villain Favorability: -95 Recent Turning Point: Three months later, after offending Ji Xingyue at the Emperor's birthday banquet, he would be killed by her maternal uncle. His meridians would be severed, and he would be torn apart by Five Horses Splitting the Body, dying miserably to establish Ji Xingyue's prestige.
Su Changqing fell silent for a moment, watching him without saying a word.
Chen Mo had only recently risen from the rank of Hundred-Household Officer and broken through to True Qi Stage One. His strength was considered formidable.
He was also fated to be a villain, yet three months later, he would die at Ji Xingyue's uncle's hands.
The lives of minor villains were simply that worthless.
Su Changqing did not want to die like that, at someone else's hands.
Becoming an Imperial Guard would be his first step into the martial world!
The Imperial Guard possessed imperial authority and the privilege to execute first and report afterward!
Everyone took pride in joining the Imperial Guard. Not only could they wear a Spring Embroidered Saber at their waist, they could also venture out and wage war in the martial world.
"Begin. Everyone is here."
Jin Yichuan sheathed the Frost Snow Saber, glanced around at everyone, and spoke calmly.
The hundred-meter-wide arena instantly changed in atmosphere.
The next moment, someone struck without warning.
The hundred-man melee had fully erupted!
The Imperial Guard cultivated martial arts from every major sect, and all of them were outstanding among their peers.
After all, no other force possessed martial arts manuals filling an entire five-story tower!
Zhang Chongguang crossed through the crowd, his footwork fierce and domineering. With cold eyes, he kicked toward Su Changqing, his leg like a steel whip and the force of his kick tyrannical.
He and Zhang Chusheng were both Chen Mo's subordinates.
Chen Mo had long since become a Hundred-Household Officer, and they had come here for Su Changqing!
Su Changqing flashed aside and rapidly retreated, landing at the edge of the arena. He looked at Zhang Chongguang, his eyes narrowing slightly.
The entire arena began to run red with blood.
The Imperial Guard never held back. Their attacks were vicious beyond measure, Blade Aura flaring everywhere. Some had their arms severed alive, blood spraying in all directions.
Others fell from the arena with their chests caved in, beaten to death alive without another sound.
Zhang Chusheng arrived from afar and joined Zhang Chongguang.
The two joined forces, one at Body Refinement Stage Eight and the other at Body Refinement Ninth Layer. They were practically tyrants of the arena.
"Kill him!" Chen Mo shouted coldly from below the stage.
The two were blood brothers and understood each other perfectly. Their figures crossed as they rushed forward with ghostly speed.
The distance of several dozen steps vanished in an instant, and they were nearly upon Su Changqing.
Zhang Chusheng immediately dropped to one knee.
Zhang Chongguang stepped onto his shoulder and leaped high into the air, his eyes sharp.
He was at Body Refinement Ninth Layer, and his leg force was even fiercer and more domineering. The piercing sound of it tearing through the air rang out as he descended upon Su Changqing.
His legs could shatter massive stones. A single kick was enough to blow Su Changqing's head apart.
Su Changqing watched the two of them, suddenly drew his saber, and leaned backward. He used the Four Seasons Cloud Falling Steps, moving with his back nearly against the ground as he retreated over a meter.
He barely avoided the strike, then abruptly flung the long saber in his hand.
The saber tore through the air, spinning low overhead and carrying layer upon layer of Tyrant Saber intent.
The Imperial Guards within several meters who saw the saber were all shocked and rapidly retreated.
Zhang Chongguang's expression changed midair. With nowhere to borrow force from, he could only descend, and both his legs were instantly severed, blood splattering everywhere.
"You're actually this ruthless!" Zhang Chongguang roared in heart-rending agony.
Su Changqing said nothing. His eyes narrowed as he walked forward step by step, then kicked toward Zhang Chongguang's head.
His nose shattered instantly, his face mangled beyond recognition. He flew several meters backward and fell from the arena.
This scene shocked the entire crowd.
Li Kongxiang was fighting someone desperately, one of his arms already broken. Seeing this, he nearly suffocated in terror and shock.
He had once even made Su Changqing clean the main hall for him.
If this man held a grudge against him, he was finished.
"Do you want revenge?" Su Changqing ignored everyone else and looked at Zhang Chusheng as he asked calmly.
Zhang Chusheng looked at Su Changqing in fear, then turned and fled. He leaped down from the edge of the arena.
"If my brother dies, I'll take your life!"
Zhang Chusheng's eyes were bloodshot as he shouted.
Su Changqing picked up the bloodstained long saber from the ground.
Tyrant Saber!
He flung the saber out, sending it slicing through the sky as the Blade Aura rang with a sharp hum.
That strike directly pierced through Zhang Chusheng in midair, blood spraying everywhere.
He turned his head toward Chen Mo, who stood beside the arena. His eyes held unwillingness and regret as he fell together with Zhang Chongguang.
Chen Mo stared blankly at the lifeless, wide-open eyes of the two brothers.
Then he looked toward Su Changqing on the arena, unable to accept it.
Since the hundred-man melee began, there had never been such a tyrannical scene.
Intercepting with a saber in midair and directly cutting down a Body Refinement Stage Eight cultivator!
Everyone's eyes narrowed as they began closing in on Su Changqing.
He had no saber in hand, had expended considerable internal energy fighting others, and his combat strength had greatly diminished.
Someone's eyes flashed as his hand curled into an eagle claw. Vicious and sinister, it reached for the back of Su Changqing's neck.
Su Changqing abruptly turned and countered with an eagle claw of his own. Blood splashed as he seized the man's hand.
The man howled in pain as all five of his fingers were crushed by Su Changqing.
Su Changqing's eyes hardened. He spun and kicked the man in the chest.
The kick was swift and brutal. With a bang, the man's breastbone caved in, his ribs all shattered, and blood spurted from his mouth.
Su Changqing threw him off the arena and calmly swept his gaze over everyone.
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