Chapter 64: The Mastermind
Chapter 64: The Mastermind
What should have been an evenly matched clash instead ended with the blade light striking down and crushing the claw shadow like dry twigs and rotten wood.
The domineering Blade Qi carried biting, icy winds, surging like the Yangtze and Yellow River in full flood as it rolled in from every direction.
"Ah—!"
The old man let out a miserable scream as the Blade Qi struck him, cleaving half his body straight into minced flesh.
The remaining half of his body fell from the sky and slammed heavily into the ground with a smack, blood splattering across the cold stone slabs.
"You... you..."
The old man's eyes bulged as he glared fixedly at Bai Yan. Strange wheezing noises came from his throat, as though he still wanted to say something, but the vitality in his eyes rapidly faded like the ebbing tide.
His head lolled to one side, and he breathed his last.
When the blade left its sheath, it split soul and shattered spirit; one slash ended three lifetimes of entanglement!
"I thought you had some real ability. Turns out you're just trash."
"All flash and no substance. You couldn't withstand a single blow!"
Bai Yan stood with his blade sheathed. Looking at the old man's half-corpse, he curled his lip in disdain.
Then Bai Yan somewhat ruefully patted his forehead.
"Wait, I used too much force and accidentally killed him."
"If I'd known, I would have left him half alive. At the very least, I could have interrogated the mastermind."
Bai Yan hurried over and searched the half-corpse from head to toe.
In the end, he found only a few silver notes and three tattered books.
Two of them were martial arts manuals.
As for the last one, Bai Yan