Weapons in the martial world were also divided into grades.
Weapons forged by ordinary blacksmiths were Mortal Weapons. They had only styles, no exclusive names.
More ordinary Mortal Weapons were forged from Fine Iron, while higher-grade ones used Hundred Refinements Fine Steel.
Above Mortal Weapons were Profound Weapons. Those capable of forging Profound Weapons could no longer be considered ordinary blacksmiths, but Weapon Forgers.
Every Profound Weapon was one of a kind and possessed its own exclusive name. Because their forging materials and methods differed, so too did their powers.
It could be said that not even every martial artist of the Xiantian Mortal Transformation Realm possessed a Profound Weapon.
Some were not skilled at using weapons, but most simply could not afford one and had no means of acquiring one.
For Pang Heihu to purchase this Ink Saber Killing Tiger from the Refining Blade Forge, who knew how much silver he had spent and how many connections he had pulled to obtain a Profound Weapon.
With this Profound Weapon, Pang Heihu's personal strength was practically the greatest among the three gangs of Black Stone County.
At that moment, Pang Heihu let out a furious roar. Inner force surged through the Ink Saber Killing Tiger in his hand, its brilliant edge gleaming even in the darkness.
That broad and sweeping saber momentum came straight for Han Zheng. In an instant, a tiger's roar shook the ears, its momentum startling the heavens.
Since Jiang Tai had chosen to join forces with Han Zheng, he would not waver between two sides or hold back at a time like this.
He swung his Tempered Copper Short Staff straight at Pang Heihu. Han Zheng followed close behind, driving the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to its limit as vitality burst from the Wild Goose Feather Saber in his hand, slashing directly at Pang Heihu.
Bang!
A violent clang of metal rang out. Han Zheng instantly felt an unmatched, tremendous force strike him, and the tiger's mouths of both his hands split open.
Even the Wild Goose Feather Saber in his hand shattered under Pang Heihu's blow, sending his entire body flying.
Jiang Tai fared no better.
The Tempered Copper Short Staff in his hand was sent flying, nearly slipping from his grasp.
A deep saber mark had been carved into the wrist-thick Tempered Copper Short Staff. He staggered back three steps before barely steadying himself.
Throwing aside his broken saber, Han Zheng's eyes grew solemn.
His Wild Goose Feather Saber had been issued by the Martial Arts Academy. Its quality was not poor, but neither was it particularly good.
At most, it had been forged from Fine Iron. It was definitely not Hundred Refinements Fine Steel.
Thus, under Pang Heihu's full-force strike, coupled with Han Zheng's own tremendous strength, the Wild Goose Feather Saber could no longer endure and broke completely.
"I'll kill you!"
Pang Heihu's eyes had turned completely bloodshot, his eye sockets splitting open. He ignored Jiang Tai entirely and focused only on slaughtering Han Zheng.
The Black Tiger Gang and Three Harmonies Gang members around them had already descended into battle, shouts of killing filling the entire long street.
Han Zheng moved, leaping several times like a white ape in the forest before plunging into the crowd.
The White Ape Through-Arm Fist was not merely a fist technique; part of it was also a movement technique.
Thus, though both were in the Innate Realm, and Pang Heihu was two minor realms above him, Han Zheng held the advantage in movement.
Pang Heihu did not hesitate. He leaped directly into the crowd and began hacking madly.
The Tiger Roar Saber he wielded was even more fierce and violent than He Sheng's, carrying a trace of madness.
Whether they belonged to the Three Harmonies Gang or the Black Tiger Gang, several people were cut down by Pang Heihu in the blink of an eye. Severed limbs and broken arms instantly danced through the air.
From behind him, Jiang Tai thrust out with his staff, stabbing toward Pang Heihu's back like a spear.
Pang Heihu turned and slashed down. Jiang Tai's vitality and inner force erupted as he shouted lowly, bringing the Tempered Copper Short Staff crashing down onto the Ink Saber Killing Tiger.
His force suddenly exploded, and Jiang Tai forcibly pinned the Ink Saber Killing Tiger to the ground.
Behind them, Han Zheng formed a fist seal, his figure seeming to ride upon dragons and elephants, his power unmatched.
Empowered by dragon-elephant strength, the Vajra Demon Subduing Seal came crashing down!
Pang Heihu struck back with his palm. It was black as ink, baleful intent spreading across it.
Under the Black Fiend Palm, Han Zheng immediately felt a heaven-shaking force. His own force was shattered in an instant, while his inner force was suppressed by the other man's baleful intent.
That immense force even sent Han Zheng tumbling away. Though he felt no pain, after the Xiantian Mortal Transformation body tempering, Han Zheng could already look inward and strictly control every strand of flesh and blood.
After that palm strike, fine cracks had even appeared in the bones of both his palms.
Even Bronze Skin Iron Bones could not withstand such a bombardment of force. If it happened several more times, his palms would surely shatter.
Yet Jiang Tai seized this opportunity from behind. He directly abandoned his Tempered Copper Short Staff, and his Positive Sun Palm erupted with vast inner force, blasting straight toward Pang Heihu.
Pang Heihu had not held back in the slightest with that Black Fiend Palm just now.
Against Han Zheng, he had practically attacked without defending, unleashing all his strength with every strike.
Therefore, he had no time to dodge. Jiang Tai's Positive Sun Palm struck him squarely in the back.
The vast force of the palm exploded instantly, and Pang Heihu violently spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Seeking death!"
He spun around and struck out with his palm. Jiang Tai sent out two palms in succession, only to be blasted several steps back by the power of the Black Fiend Palm.
Seeing this, Han Zheng directly picked up a long saber dropped by another gang member. Killing Intent rose around him, and even the long saber in his hand glimmered with a trace of scarlet blood-red.
The saber condensed blood fiend, the body became an asura!
Han Zheng's killing intent shot into the sky, almost condensing into substance.
With one slash, the brilliant crimson saber edge resembled a red moon, arriving before Pang Heihu in an instant!
The Ink Saber Killing Tiger in Pang Heihu's hand swept upward from below. Amid the clang of metal, the roar of a vicious tiger could faintly be heard.
But this time, Han Zheng was not sent flying.
Blood fiend killing intent seeped into every one of Han Zheng's meridians and acupoints, and this power stimulated the strength throughout his body until it nearly increased severalfold.
Drawing blood fiend into the body overdrew one's strength and could even damage the meridians over time.
But the Blood Fiend Asura Saber was this extreme: attacking without defending, using killing to halt killing.
With the Blood Fiend Power bolstering it, the long saber in Han Zheng's hand was cut with a nick but did not shatter.
His body hung in midair as the blood saber fell.
Han Zheng infused the fist momentum of the White Ape Through-Arm Fist into the Blood Fiend Asura Saber. Twisting and leaping, he slashed down again and again, suppressing Pang Heihu so thoroughly that he could not raise his head for a time.
Pang Heihu's heart meridians had been injured by Jiang Tai's palm strike, and two of his meridians had even been shattered, preventing him from unleashing his peak strength.
But when he saw Han Zheng, the enemy who had killed his daughter, pressing him down and attacking him, he instantly forgot everything else. He forcibly drove through his meridians to gather inner force, reversing the Tiger Roar Saber momentum in an upward slash, its sharpness piercing the heavens!
The black and red saber edges collided. Accompanied by a violent clang of metal, the long saber in Han Zheng's hand broke once more.
However, the cold and biting Blood Fiend Power within the Blood Fiend Asura Saber seeped through the blade and into Pang Heihu's meridians, instantly shredding the meridians in his right hand!
Pang Heihu spat out blood in great mouthfuls. Forcibly driving through his meridians to gather inner force had only worsened his injuries.
Jiang Tai charged in from behind, the Tempered Copper Short Staff in his hand thrusting down like a spear.
His force exploded abruptly, and the staff technique actually contained the force of the Positive Sun Palm.
In his haste, Pang Heihu extended his left hand with the Black Fiend Palm, but Jiang Tai's staff directly shattered that hand. Blood splashed everywhere, exposing stark white bone.
Han Zheng seized the momentum and rushed in. The White Ape Through-Arm Fist descended like an Iron Whip, smashing into Pang Heihu's arm.
The meridians in his right hand had been injured by the Blood Fiend Power, leaving him unable even to grip his saber. The Ink Saber Killing Tiger was blasted directly from his hand.
Pang Heihu let out a furious roar, gathering the last shred of his strength and blasting a palm toward Han Zheng.
But Han Zheng neither dodged nor retreated. Dragon Elephant Strength filled his body as he formed a fist seal, subduing evil and exterminating demons!
With one seal, Pang Heihu's arms instantly bent backward, and blood gushed from his mouth.
Without losing momentum, the second seal descended, smashing directly onto Pang Heihu's crown.
With a crisp crack, Pang Heihu's skull was smashed into a huge depression by the fist seal. Blood flowed from his seven orifices as he collapsed to the ground.
Slain a martial artist at the Late Xiantian Mortal Transformation Realm. Obtained 300 Vitality Essence. Detected that the weapon Ink Saber Killing Tiger can be used for sacrifice. Please pick it up.
Han Zheng let out a long breath, both his arms trembling slightly.
Though he had killed Pang Heihu, the man had still been two minor realms above him. His strength was far beyond Han Zheng's.
Han Zheng's arms appeared unharmed at the moment, but his bones were already covered in cracks. If he exchanged another Vajra Demon Subduing Seal blow, his arms would be ruined.
Moreover, he had previously activated the Blood Fiend Asura Saber and condensed blood fiend around his body. While his strength had surged severalfold, now that the Blood Fiend Power had receded, he felt completely drained, his inner force utterly exhausted.
"Pang Heihu was actually killed by you!?"
Jiang Tai walked over, staring at Pang Heihu's corpse in disbelief.
Although he knew Han Zheng was not weak, he had never expected him to be this strong.
Whether it was that saber technique that condensed Killing Intent and sent killing intent soaring to the heavens, or the Buddhist sect seal technique, both were incomparably formidable.
Even in his view, Han Zheng's White Ape Through-Arm Fist was no weaker than Li Jingzhong's.
Han Zheng narrowed his eyes. "It was a narrow and dangerous victory, but Pang Heihu brought this upon himself.
If he had fought the two of us normally, killing him would never have been so easy.
But Pang Heihu insisted on focusing on killing me, leaving himself no room at all. That was simply seeking his own death."
Under normal circumstances, Pang Heihu's choice had not been wrong.
He should have killed Han Zheng, the weaker one, first, then dealt with Jiang Tai.
But the problem was that his heart had been filled with hatred. He left no room for restraint when he attacked, and Han Zheng's strength had also exceeded his expectations.
As a result, Han Zheng was not killed. Instead, Pang Heihu was injured by Jiang Tai, giving Han Zheng the chance to deliver the killing blow.