If You Want to Fight, I'll Fight You!

If You Want to Fight, I'll Fight You!

Upon hearing Tie Haitang say that she was the daughter of the Demon Slayer Alliance's leader, Lin Bai was overjoyed.

"Really?" Lin Bai asked.

Tie Haitang smiled. "As genuine as they come!"

"That's wonderful, miss. Could you show me the way and get me into the Demon Slayer Alliance?"

If Tie Haitang led the way, Lin Bai might save himself a great deal of trouble getting into the Demon Slayer Alliance.

"Of course! With such profound martial cultivation and such unfathomable swordsmanship, you could enter the Demon Slayer Alliance and go straight into the ranks of the core martial artists!" Tie Haitang said delightedly.

"Our Demon Slayer Alliance needs righteous men like you!"

Tie Haitang smiled from the bottom of her heart.

Lin Bai waved a hand. "Haha, I'm no righteous hero, and I don't want to be any Core Disciple. I only want a map of the Azure Spirit Mountain Range and the locations of all the demon beasts."

"That can naturally be arranged, but the map is the lifeblood of our Demon Slayer Alliance. Those who are not core martial artists are not permitted to view it," Tie Haitang said.

"I see. Very well, then I'll leave it all to you, miss." Lin Bai nodded.

"Good. We'll return to the Demon Slayer Alliance shortly, but first, I need to deal with this bunch of trash!" Tie Haitang flashed a bright smile.

"Trash?"

Lin Bai spoke in confusion.

Looking up, he saw that the Soaring Heavens Alliance martial artists from before had heard the sounds of fighting in the forest and rushed back at full speed.

The moment they returned, they saw Qin Xiang's corpse lying on the ground!

"Young Alliance Leader, what happened to you?"

"Ah! The Young Alliance Leader is dead!"

The Soaring Heavens Alliance martial artists were terrified, drenched in sweat.

"Qin Xiang is dead. You lackeys can go to hell and keep being his lackeys there!" Tie Haitang flicked her wrist, and a Blazing Spear over three meters long appeared in her hand.

Her spear swept out, directly killing several Soaring Heavens Alliance martial artists!

"Where did she pull that weapon out from?"

Lin Bai was startled. "Could it be... Storage Space!"

Lin Bai joined the battle as well. Together with Tie Haitang, he swiftly slaughtered all the Soaring Heavens Alliance martial artists.

Tie Haitang walked over to Qin Xiang, removed a silver ring from his wrist, and tossed it to Lin Bai. "This is Qin Xiang's Storage Ring. You were the one who killed him, so this ring should be yours. Sink your consciousness into it, and you'll be able to open the Storage Ring."

"Thank you." Lin Bai could not put the silver ring down, turning it over and over in his hands.

Lin Bai had long heard that there were extraordinary people in this world who could carve out space and forge places to store things.

And after seeing Storage Space in Tie Haitang's hand earlier, his heart had burned with desire. He had secretly sworn to himself that he had to get one to play with somehow. Never had he expected to obtain one so soon.

"So this is Storage Space. I thought it was just an ordinary decorative ring." Lin Bai gave a foolish grin. When he had killed Qin Xiang earlier, he truly had not noticed anything remarkable about the ring. It looked utterly plain, and he had assumed it was merely for decoration. Who would have thought it was Storage Space?

"Come on, I'll take you back to the Demon Slayer Alliance!"

"Alright."

Laughing and chatting along the way, Lin Bai and Tie Haitang headed toward the Demon Slayer Alliance.

Within the Azure Spirit Mountain Range stood a massive mountain range that divided the area into south and east.

To the south lay the Demon Slayer Alliance's territory, while the east belonged to the Soaring Heavens Alliance. Neither side crossed into the other's domain.

Yet the Soaring Heavens Alliance's desire to destroy the Demon Slayer Alliance was already known to every passerby. Over the past few years, the Soaring Heavens Alliance and the Demon Slayer Alliance had been locked in an irreconcilable feud.

In the southern mountains was a vast natural gorge. Its stone walls had been hollowed out by people, forming one Cave Mansion after another.

This was where the Demon Slayer Alliance's mountain gate stood.

"The young miss is back!"

"Young miss, who's this pretty boy? Don't tell me he's some man you've been keeping outside?"

"Keep spouting nonsense, and this auntie will tear your mouth apart!" Tie Haitang glared fiercely at the man teasing her.

Then, blushing, she glanced at Lin Bai. "Don't mind them. These martial artists are only joking."

"I know. Besides, if you don't care about a young lady's reputation, why should I?" Lin Bai said with a hearty laugh.

"My father's Cave Mansion is up ahead. I'll go report the matter of the Soaring Heavens Alliance to him first."

"The Soaring Heavens Alliance is getting more and more outrageous. I absolutely will not let this matter end here!"

Tie Haitang gritted her teeth, her eyes blazing with fire.

"Alright, then I'll wait for you here," Lin Bai said with a smile.

"Okay."

Tie Haitang answered and entered the Cave Mansion.

Standing in the gorge, Lin Bai looked around. In the Cave Mansions lining the stone walls on both sides of the gorge, martial artists constantly came and went.

The place buzzed with voices. Warriors with time on their hands roughhoused with one another, yet without hurting the harmony between them.

Every warrior here seemed like family.

"Most of these warriors aren't from wealthy homes, nor are they disciples of great clans. They spend their lives licking blood off the edge of a blade, with no family and no kin. They can only huddle together here for warmth. This place has given them a brand-new home."

Lin Bai spoke with a trace of envy.

Ever since the Lin family's Martial Soul Awakening, although Lin Bai had never said he wanted to leave the Lin family, he no longer felt any sense of belonging there.

When it came down to it, aside from the sword in his hand and his father, whose whereabouts were unknown, Lin Bai was alone in the world.

"Brother Qi Sheng is back!"

Just as Lin Bai was lost in thought, warriors at the entrance to the valley suddenly gathered around someone.

Lin Bai saw that the warrior had bright eyes like an eagle's, sword-like brows and starry eyes, red lips and white teeth—yet there was a trace of cunning in his features. He did not look like a good man.

"Brother Qi Sheng's harvest this time is so plentiful! A fifth-level Martial Dao Blazing Tiger, a fourth-level Martial Dao Nether Panther, and even a sixth-level Martial Dao Skysoaring Sparrow!"

"Wow!"

"Brother Qi Sheng even killed a sixth-level Martial Dao Skysoaring Sparrow?"

"Since Brother Qi Sheng killed a sixth-level Martial Dao Skysoaring Sparrow, it looks like he qualifies to join the ranks of the core warriors!"

"Now that Brother Qi Sheng has returned, he's probably going to apply to join the core warriors, right?"

Amid the envious gazes of the Demon Slayer Alliance warriors, Qi Sheng strode all the way to the entrance of the alliance leader's cave dwelling. When he saw Lin Bai standing there, his expression remained calm.

Seeing Qi Sheng approach, Lin Bai smiled faintly and greeted him politely.

Yet apparently, in Qi Sheng's eyes, Lin Bai's failure to look at him with the same admiration as the other warriors made him particularly displeased. He asked coldly, "Who are you? Why are you lingering here?"

The moment Lin Bai heard him speak, he could tell Qi Sheng's words were barbed.

But Lin Bai had just arrived and did not wish to cause unnecessary trouble, so he answered calmly, "I am Miss Tie Haitang's friend. I came here to join the Demon Slayer Alliance and become a Core Disciple!"

"Haha, ridiculous! I think you're a spy sent by the Soaring Heavens Alliance. Villain, take my fist!" Without bothering to distinguish right from wrong, Qi Sheng hurled a few icy remarks before driving a savage fist straight at Lin Bai's chest.

The punch came with ferocious force. If it landed on Lin Bai, it would surely make him cough up blood!

"Hm?" Rage flared in Lin Bai's heart. He sidestepped the blow, and with a clang, the Spirit Severing Sword left its sheath. A blood-red slash swept forth from his backhand.

The strike sliced apart the clothes on Qi Sheng's shoulder.

You don't like the sight of me? Well, I don't like the sight of you either. Lin Bai was utterly furious at Qi Sheng's sudden attack.

"Good, brat! You dare injure me? Today, I'll kill you, you spy!" Qi Sheng roared again and again as a towering aura erupted from his body, seemingly intent on crushing Lin Bai in one stroke through sheer presence!

"This is going too far! Do you think I'm easy to bully just because I've only just arrived? If you want to fight, then I'll fight you!"

Lin Bai was a hot-blooded man himself. How could he endure such humiliation?

He immediately drew his sword to face him!

Just as a fierce battle was about to erupt, a deep, powerful voice came from within the cave dwelling: "Stop!"

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