Chapter 2776: Xiao Meng
"Marshal Jian" Xiao Meng was a recently red-hot figure in the martial world.
Loyal and righteous, he had escorted Marshal Lu Guan all the way to the capital.
He had risen to fame by killing Sword General with a single move and seizing the latter's broad, door-sized sword.
His swordsmanship was broad and forceful, unbound by convention.
Countless skilled martial artists had met bitter ends beneath "Marshal Jian" Xiao Meng's sword along the way.
Thanks to the sheer size of the broad sword, more than ten renowned fighters had been cleaved in two—or even flattened into meat paste.
These battlefield-style, iron-blooded sword techniques, together with his famed battle of killing Sword General, earned him the title "Marshal Jian" from the martial world as a mark of respect.
Judging by his record, "Marshal Jian" Xiao Meng likely possessed combat strength close to, or even equal to, that of a Grandmaster.
When Meng Qi was taking Lu Guan across the final river, he also encountered the Evil Lord, who had already sent word that he would be coming to "pay a visit."
The Evil Lord was a top-tier master second only to several Grandmasters. He cultivated the Undying Seal Method and Illusion Demon Body Technique left behind by Reincarnators who had died in this world.
He had escaped from the hands of the Demon Sect Grandmaster, the "Demon Queen," several times and feared no group battle.
This time, after exchanging several moves with Meng Qi using the Undying Seal Method, he drifted away without a victor being decided. Neither side gained any advantage.
In terms of cultivation realm, although the "Evil Lord" was inferior to a Grandmaster, he could still be regarded as being at the Nine Apertures Celestial Being Resonance stage. His practical combat ability was roughly