Unstoppable

That gray afterimage darted into the Black Wind Iron Cavalry like a phantom!

Blade light flashed,

Lightning-like brilliance burst forth!

The Bearded Man in heavy armor at the front had not yet lost the savage grin on his face when dazzling blade light tore through the air, reached him, and slashed through the gap in the armor around his neck. Before he could cry out, his neck was severed. Blood sprayed like a fountain, and his body tumbled from the horse!

That afterimage seemed to become an illusion, weaving through the surging flood of the Black Wind Iron Cavalry, slipping between the gaps of their charge. At the same time, the blade in his hand drew a crimson line, cutting through one Black Wind Iron Cavalry rider after another, whipping up gusts of fierce force that swept in every direction!

Then,

Amid shrieking horses and screaming men, the galloping black torrent collapsed with a crash. Corpses fell one after another, and blood flowed into rivers!

Even the dust that had been kicked up was dyed scarlet!

The blade light was like snow, its chill biting to the bone!

The Black Wind Iron Cavalry had scarcely managed any resistance before they were slaughtered by that fierce, swift edge!

Within a few breaths,

The Black Wind Iron Cavalry, who had charged in with unstoppable momentum and trampled the barricades and walls blocking their way, had all died on the spot!

At the same time,

The afterimage came to a halt,

And the figure settled, revealing Yang Qingyun.

He stood atop the corpses of the Black Wind Iron Cavalry clad in black armor. Not a trace of blood could be seen on his clothes, while drops of blood fell from the edge of the long blade in his hand.

Countless gazes converged on him.

Across the entire battlefield,

Both friend and foe froze!

The Wang Family Village villagers were overwhelmed by the joy and relief of surviving a desperate situation—shocked, fortunate, delighted—yet unable to utter a word.

The Black Wind Bandits, meanwhile, were terrified by the sight of the Black Wind Iron Cavalry being wiped out in such a short time. They swallowed hard, fear rising in their hearts.

"Black Wind Bandits? Were you looking for me? What a grand spectacle. Are you really in such a hurry to deliver yourselves to death?!"

The Black Wind Iron Cavalry, whose fearsome name had once echoed across this land, had now all become corpses on the ground.

Yang Qingyun stood above them and spoke calmly.

He flicked his long blade, drawing a flourish. Bright blade light spilled out like a blood-red silver veil, flinging the blood from its edge away.

As the blade light trembled, Yang Qingyun's heart also stirred with eagerness.

He had entered the realm once more, returned to the path of martial arts, and regained control over Qi and Blood.

He had recovered a portion of the strength from his Previous Life,

And now someone had come right to his door to test his blade!

This was a good thing!

"Wonderful... this thoroughly exhilarating feeling!"

Yang Qingyun exhaled deeply. Slaughtering more than ten Black Wind Iron Cavalry riders in the span of a few breaths gave him an incomparably gratifying rush!

With the Longevity Technique as his foundation and the endless Qi and Blood within him as his driving force, he could already reclaim a portion of the Lightning Blade's splendor from his Previous Life at its peak!

As his blade light swept freely, his Longevity Qi and Blood flowed without cease,

Smooth and unimpeded.

It was nothing like the dry, difficult sensation of his Previous Life, when his body had been grievously damaged, his Qi and Blood depleted, and his meridians blocked!

"The Longevity Technique and the Blood Qi Pill have given me a nearly perfect foundation for martial arts. And because I never endured the squeezing dry of those three years as a mine slave in my Previous Life, my body's Potential was never exhausted."

"Even if my original Talent for martial arts was merely ordinary, after being improved by the Blood Qi Pill and the Longevity Technique, it is probably no worse than that of an ordinary genius!"

"Compared with my Previous Life, it is an increase in Talent by more than tenfold, perhaps twentyfold!"

Yang Qingyun's eyes were filled with undisguised Joyful Expression.

"And now, the Qi and Blood I possess just after entering the realm is already comparable to the depth of my Qi and Blood when I reached the Peak of the Entering Realm in my Previous Life!"

At this moment,

Yang Qingyun, in high spirits,

Felt a faint, elusive insight arise from the depths of his heart.

"The Dao of the blade... the courage to forge ahead without turning back?"

He held the long blade in his hand, deep in thought.

Once,

After the martial world of the old era entered the Viscera Refining Realm, relying on the blade technique he had trained for more than a decade—a technique as swift as thunder and lightning—few among those of the same realm had been his match. Thus, he had established the name of Lightning Blade.

Back then,

Having broken through, he too had possessed the lofty spirit to ride freely beneath the vast heavens and earth!

But unfortunately, the road ahead had been cut off.

He had not enjoyed his time at the peak for long before being cast down into the dust!

Afterward, he could only proceed with caution.

Though he never gave up in the years that followed, he no longer possessed the heroic ambition he had once held upon reaching the peak.

Until today,

At this very moment,

With a blade in hand, he had slaughtered the renowned Black Wind Iron Cavalry here. Though more than a hundred enemies stood before him, he still possessed the proud spirit of looking down upon all things, certain that everything remained within his grasp!

Faintly,

Yang Qingyun seemed to have grasped something.

"Qi and Blood? A warrior!"

Just as Yang Qingyun was pondering, preparing to seize that flash of inspiration,

Not far away, Black Viper's sinister face darkened, cold light flickering in his eyes as he said grimly.

The Black Wind Iron Cavalry were no ordinary lackeys. They were elite forces forged at tremendous expense!

Now, an entire squad of more than ten had died at Yang Qingyun's hands.

It pained him, and it also enraged him!

"No wonder Third Brother died by your hand. So you are a warrior! But today, you will certainly die!"

"Get him!"

Without another word, Black Viper waved his hand and ordered the Black Wind Bandits behind him to charge.

Fortunately, in Black Viper's eyes, that squad of Black Wind Iron Cavalry had not died in vain.

An Entry Realm Warrior's Qi and Blood was limited.

The more martial skills one used, the faster one's Qi and Blood would be depleted!

Unless one had reached higher realms such as body tempering or blood replacement, a warrior newly entering the realm could use one or two martial skills at most.

Even at the Peak of the Entering Realm, using martial skills seven or eight times would completely drain all the Qi and Blood in one's body!

Therefore,

That brat called Yang Qingyun might have made a dazzlingly powerful entrance,

But in truth,

To reveal his trump card the moment the battle began was simply idiotic!

In Black Viper's eyes, in order to kill that squad of Black Wind Iron Cavalry, Yang Qingyun had likely used superior blade and movement martial skills!

The Qi and Blood expended on that

Could not possibly have been little!

And Black Viper's side still had more than a hundred men. They could drag him down until he died!

In Black Viper's eyes,

Yang Qingyun was already dead!

"However, to slaughter an elite squad of Black Wind Iron Cavalry without injury within a few breaths, the blade technique and movement technique this boy possesses must be first-rate."

"Looks like this time, I have hooked a big fish!"

The Second Boss of Black Wind Stronghold, Black Viper, had a gleam in his eyes as a flash of greed passed over his face.

"Charge! Do not let him escape!"

"Whoever captures this man first will be rewarded one hundred taels of silver!"

Black Viper waved his hand and roared, offering a condition the Black Wind Bandits could not refuse.

The Black Wind Bandits, who had been somewhat frightened and hesitant after seeing the Black Wind Iron Cavalry easily slaughtered, suddenly became excited as though pumped full of hot blood. They raised their weapons, howling madly as they charged toward Yang Qingyun!

Meanwhile,

Black Viper at the rear already wore a Smile that said the outcome had been decided.

"What a lucky brat. Who knows where he found such a great opportunity? Too bad his brain is too foolish..."

Black Viper spoke calmly,

His face filled with disdain.

Yang Qingyun naturally had no way of knowing Black Viper's thoughts.

If he knew that Black Viper intended to exhaust his Qi and Blood through sheer numbers before taking him down, Yang Qingyun would only say,

Come as you please. Triple your numbers and see whether you can drain my Qi and Blood!

The Longevity Technique he cultivated naturally possessed the trait of deep, unending Qi and Blood. Not only was his Qi and Blood stronger than that produced by ordinary Cultivation Techniques, but his recovery was also ceaseless.

Coupled with the Blood Qi Pill he had used as the foundation to enter the Dao, as well as the peak techniques and mastery of power gained through thirty years of struggle in his Previous Life,

A group of ordinary Mortals who were not even warriors

Thinking they could exhaust his Qi and Blood was nothing but a joke!

However,

He had no intention of wasting time with the more than one hundred Black Wind Bandits rushing in to besiege him.

Just now,

He had faintly caught that fleeting spark of inspiration and gained a vague realization.

Then,

He pointed his blade toward Black Viper behind the crowd!

BOOM!!!

A streak of blade light suddenly surged from level ground, like blood-red lightning tearing open the sky, shining together with heaven and earth. It pierced directly through the layers of Black Wind Bandits blocking its path and cleaved down toward him!

The Black Wind Bandits standing in its way were either cut into two by the blade light or sent flying by the fierce force whipped up by its edge!

No one could halt that blade light, which forged forward without turning back, even for an instant!

Almost in the blink of an eye,

The densely packed crowd of Black Wind Bandits rushing forward had been cut open, creating a passage!

With unstoppable momentum, Yang Qingyun sped toward Black Viper. No one could obstruct him!

In merely one or two breaths,

By the time Black Viper reacted,

That bloodstained, savage blade light had already appeared before him, descending straight toward his head with unstoppable, terrifying force!

"What?!"

Black Viper's expression changed in horror!

Everything had completely exceeded his expectations.

Yang Qingyun had paid no attention whatsoever to the Black Wind Bandit lackeys around him. Instead, he had chosen Black Viper as his target, carrying an irresistible tide of momentum as he struck at the king amid the army!

Surging against the current,

With me here, none can stand against me!

As immense, somber momentum poured forth, Yang Qingyun's mind rose to its peak, and enlightenment arose within his heart!

Qi merged with intent,

Intent merged with spirit!

His blade

Underwent an incomprehensible transformation!

Thirty years of accumulated blade Dao from his Previous Life had finally been forged into this terrifying, stunning strike!

Facing this strike head-on,

Black Viper only felt that streak of blade light contain a vast power capable of shoving aside mountains and overturning seas, splitting peaks and cleaving mountains. Every obstacle standing before it would be cut in two!

It could not be blocked, nor could it be escaped!

In that instant, his pupils constricted. It felt as though his heart had been cleaved apart, while an indescribable chill spread throughout his entire body!

He was frozen there by sheer terror, his mind severed by the blade!

"NO!!!"

Black Viper roared. The fear of death tore him free from his stiffness, and he tried to dodge!

But it was already too late!

That invincible, domineering blade light, unstoppable as bamboo splitting before the wind, had torn through the air and reached him. With a single slash, it cut him into two!

It sounded like a long sequence of events, but in truth, it had happened in the span of sparks flying from flint!

The second-most powerful figure of Black Wind Stronghold, a formidable expert at the Peak of the Entering Realm, had become two halves of a corpse and fallen to the ground.

In an instant,

The battlefield that had been chaotic moments before

Fell utterly silent!