The shadow of death loomed overhead!
A fierce glint flashed through Lin Feng's eyes.
His consciousness sank into his mind.
Current Slaughter Points: 5
The "Wind Breaking Saber Technique" option gleamed brilliantly.
Consume 5 Slaughter Points and undergo transformation! Lin Feng roared inwardly.
Slaughter Points -5. The "Wind Breaking Saber Technique" began to transform...
A surging torrent of profound insights poured into his consciousness! The true meaning of the saber technique and the application of strength were crazily reorganized and sublimated!
But the transformation required only an instant, and the sharp claws were already upon him!
At the razor's edge between life and death, time seemed to freeze.
His insights regarding "wind" suddenly shattered, reassembled, and rose to an entirely new level!
It was no longer about stirring air or controlling raging winds, but... tearing them apart!
The shackles of the "Wind Breaking Saber Technique" shattered with a thunderous crash, and a brand-new profundity surged forth like stars exploding—"Sky-Rending Star-Shattering Saber"!
"Shhk—!"
It was as if some barrier within Lin Feng's body had been broken. The speed and quality of his surging qi instantly skyrocketed!
Under the dual impact of the pressure of life and death and the transformation of his saber technique, the barrier of the perfected Ninth Rank shattered with a crisp crack!
Early Eighth Rank!
Power! An unprecedented sense of strength filled every limb and bone!
His churning vital energy instantly calmed, and the stuffiness in his chest vanished without a trace!
The claw Zhao Tianhao had been certain would claim victory had already brushed Lin Feng's hair. A cruel smile even appeared on his face.
Yet in the next moment, what he saw was a pair of cold eyes, sharp as stars frozen for ten thousand years.
Lin Feng moved.
The long saber in his hand no longer pursued afterimages born from speed. Instead, it rose along a mysterious trajectory, seemingly slow yet swift.
Wherever the blade passed, the air let out a "screech" as if unable to bear the strain, as though fabric were being forcibly torn apart!
That was not wind, but space's wail!
"What?!" Zhao Tianhao's pupils contracted sharply. The deadly sense of crisis made his scalp go numb, but it was already too late to change his move.
"Sky-Rending Star-Shattering Saber"—First Form, Shattering Wind!
A flash of saber light!
There was no earth-shaking collision.
Zhao Tianhao's fierce claw, condensed from a lifetime of power, met that faint black saber ray.
The instant they touched, it was silently cut apart like rotten wood! Finger
Bones and palm bones shattered in an instant!
"Argh—!" A shrill scream rang out.
The saber's momentum had not yet run its course. It traveled up his arm, mangling his flesh and ripping apart his meridians!
Zhao Tianhao's entire right arm instantly turned into a cloud of blood mist. His whole body was struck like a cannonball, flying backward and crashing heavily into the courtyard wall as cracks spread across its surface like a spiderweb.
He collapsed limply on the ground, his face as white as paper and his aura weakened to the extreme.
This was only the beginning.
After destroying Zhao Tianhao's arm, that saber qi did not dissipate. Instead, it ravaged forward in a fan-shaped arc!
"Puff, puff, puff, puff—!"
The seven or eight trusted guards and clansmen of the Zhao Family standing behind Zhao Tianhao had no time to react before they were swept into the invisible tearing force.
Their protective qi was as flimsy as paper. Their bodies were effortlessly torn apart, severed limbs and blood splashing in all directions. They died in an instant!
The courtyard fell deathly silent.
The commoners who had been noisily watching were like ducks seized by the throat. Every voice stopped dead, leaving only boundless terror.
Lin Feng stood with his saber in hand, his aura biting cold as deep winter.
A prompt appeared in his mind: Killed Zhao Family guards ×4 and Zhao Family clansmen ×3. Obtained Slaughter Points: 5
Current Slaughter Points: 5
Lin Feng strode over to the grievously wounded Zhao Tianhao and stopped before him, the tip of his saber pointed at him.
"Speak. How much more classified information did the Wang Family leak to the Northern Barbarians through you? And who else are their pawns in the military?"
Zhao Tianhao was wracked with unbearable pain, but when he heard this, he raised his head. His face twisted with agony and extreme venom as he spat out a mouthful of blood. "Ptooey! Lin Feng... you... you won't die a good death! The Wang Family's power... far exceeds your imagination... They won't let you off! You will never... shake the Wang Family in the slightest!"
Lin Feng's gaze turned even colder.
Just then, another prompt from the Slaughter System appeared:
Execute Zhao Family Head Zhao Tianhao to obtain 10 Slaughter Points
A cold glint flashed through Lin Feng's eyes. His killing intent was decided.
Ten Slaughter Points would be enough to advance his strength once more!
He raised his long saber and aimed it at Zhao Tianhao's neck.
"Stop!"
A furious shout came from outside the residence gates.
The crowd was forcibly parted. A gloomy-looking middle-aged man dressed in an Imperial Brocade Guard Battalion Commander's uniform strode in with a squad of elite strongmen.
He was none other than one of the Wang Family's lackeys—Commander Wang!
Commander Wang swept his eyes over the carnage in the courtyard. His gaze paused for an instant on Zhao Tianhao's severed arm, and a trace of shock and fury flashed through his eyes. He then barked harshly at Lin Feng:
"Lin Feng! How dare you! Without your superior's permission, you mobilized troops on your own, trespassed into a private residence, and slaughtered innocents!
Put away your saber at once, and take your men back to the Northern Garrison Command to await punishment!"
Lin Feng lowered his saber but did not sheath it. He looked coldly at Commander Wang.
"Commander Wang, the Zhao Family committed treason and colluded with the enemy. The evidence is conclusive! I apprehended them according to the law. How was I mobilizing troops on my own or slaughtering innocents?"
He pointed the tip of his saber at Zhao Tianhao again. "This man is an important criminal. He must be taken back for interrogation immediately!"
"Evidence?" Commander Wang sneered, his face full of disdain. "Who knows whether your so-called evidence is real or fake? Even if you have evidence, it must be reported through the proper channels and decided by the Garrison Command!
How dare you run wild here and wipe out an entire household? I order you to withdraw your men immediately!"
He paused, then his tone grew stern. He circulated his qi to its fullest, and his voice shook the entire courtyard.
"Battalion Commander Lin Feng is arrogant and unruly, has repeatedly offended his superiors, and has now disobeyed a military order!
I hereby announce that, effective immediately, you are dismissed from the position of Battalion Commander and stripped of your status! Men, seize his saber!"
Several trusted strongmen Commander Wang had brought with him stepped forward at his command and moved to arrest Lin Feng.
Seeing this, Zhao Tianhao, sprawled on the ground, began to laugh hoarsely and wildly. "Ha... hahaha! Lin Feng! Do you see it now? This is what happens when you oppose the Wang Family! You're finished! You cur of a stray dog, you're finished!"
Facing the advancing strongmen, Commander Wang's sinister gaze, and Zhao Tianhao's frenzied mockery, Lin Feng suddenly laughed as well.
The laughter held undisguised scorn and grim resolve.
"Dismissed?" he murmured. Then his voice suddenly rose, like a blade scraping across iron and stone. "So what if I take off this official uniform?"
He ignored the strongmen approaching him entirely. His gaze passed over Commander Wang and locked firmly onto Zhao Tianhao.
"A traitor to the nation such as this deserves to be executed by everyone!"
Before his words had even ended, Lin Feng moved!
His figure flashed like lightning, and the long saber in his hand rose once more!
Its target was Zhao Tianhao's head!
The biting saber intent of the "Sky-Rending Star-Shattering Saber" instantly enveloped the entire courtyard!
Commander Wang's furious, shocked roar and Zhao Tianhao's abruptly halted wild laughter blended together—
"Lin Feng! How dare you!"
The saber light had already fallen!
This strike was not as swift as lightning. Instead, it carried a heavy majesty like a judgment.
The biting saber intent of the "Sky-Rending Star-Shattering Saber" tore through the air with a shrill whistle. The cold killing intent became almost tangible, completely freezing Zhao Tianhao where he lay limp on the ground.
In his widening pupils, nothing remained but that ever-expanding trajectory of death, as if it could cleave the stars apart.
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