Seizing the Blade, Killing a Man

Black Wind Bandits,

The very culprits who had kidnapped him in his Previous Life, sold him into the mines, and reduced him to a mining slave!

Had he not suffered that ordeal which had utterly severed his Potential,

Then even if the transmigrated him possessed only ordinary Talent, even if he had not forged an unyielding Dao Heart through three years of hardship,

With only the opportunities brought by the great era of Spiritual Qi Resurgence in the future,

He definitely would not have stopped at the peak Viscera Refining Realm!

These people

Were precisely the chief criminals responsible for cutting off the path ahead in his Previous Life!

"After achieving fame and success in my Previous Life, I once thought of returning to avenge what happened back then. But sadly, you had already vanished without a trace, and I could no longer find any sign of you."

"This time, you won't escape!"

Thirty years was a long time,

So long that Yang Qingyun could no longer remember many things clearly.

But these people,

He would never forget them!

Huff, huff, huff!

Yang Qingyun closed his eyes,

And drew deep breaths, one after another.

As his lungs inhaled and exhaled in a steady rhythm, the blood in his veins began to flow faster, and strength gathered bit by bit through the circulation within his body!

His control over his body deepened further!

His breath flowed,

Completing the cycle,

All his strength converged into one at this moment!

"Kill!"

"Woo! Woo!"

At that moment, the Black Wind Bandits surged into the mountain village like a flood. With savage grins and loud cries, they excitedly raised their butcher's blades and swung them at villagers who had reacted and tried to flee or resist!

Blood sprayed everywhere. The Black Wind Bandits' excited cheers, ferocious laughter, and the villagers' screams rang out one after another, plunging the entire mountain village into chaos!

The one-eyed, full-bearded man at their head laughed loudly as he directed the mounted bandits from the center, sending them out to hunt down and round up the villagers.

Three or so sturdy riders, meanwhile, charged straight toward the center of the village.

Yang Qingyun stood in the middle of the road at that moment,

Frozen in place, as though he had been scared senseless.

The three black-clad mounted bandits, riding tall horses, saw a delicate-skinned boy of fourteen or fifteen standing blankly in the middle of the road ahead. He neither dodged nor moved, as though terror had stunned him rigid.

They did not slow down in the slightest, urging their horses onward as they prepared to trample straight through him!

The tall bandit leading them even let out a savage laugh and boldly drew his blade, intending to chop off the boy's head!

"Die!"

A blood-stained flash of blade light cut through the air, its Sha Qi pressing down upon him. In the span of a breath, it tore through the air with a sound like ripping cloth!

The next instant, it would slash down from above across Yang Qingyun's neck and sever his head!

But at that very moment,

Yang Qingyun, who had seemed expressionless and scared witless, curled his lips into a cold, savage smile.

His palm suddenly shot forth. Turning his hand over like an ox tongue flipping back, he reached straight toward the descending icy blade!

The next moment,

The scene of his palm being cut cleanly in two did not appear. Instead, that fair, tender hand clung to both sides of the sharp blade like a wet fallen leaf!

Force traveled along the edge, deftly avoiding the blade's cutting sharpness!

Then,

His fingers and palm suddenly struck out with force,

And a tiny, concealed force burst from his palm, striking the weak point in the blade's exertion of force!

The force passed through the blade and into the black-clad mounted bandit's hand, instantly numbing his entire arm. The long saber flew from his grasp at once,

In the blink of an eye,

The saber in the other man's hand had fallen into Yang Qingyun's grasp!

And that was not all!

In a flash of lightning and sparks, before the burly black-clad bandit could react,

Yang Qingyun leaped into the air!

Almost at the same instant,

Swish!

A streak of sharp blade light flashed through the air like lightning, turning the surrounding air pale!

The keen edge swept across the vulnerable place at their necks,

In an instant,

Blood spurted out like pillars as the three Black Wind Bandits clutched their spraying necks and fell from their horses!

"Good. Although I no longer have Qi and Blood, my grasp of my realm remains."

"If control over the body also has levels, then before I died in my Previous Life, I had already reached the level of attending to every detail!"

"With control at this level, I can command every fraction of strength in my body through force and unleash power beyond that of an ordinary person!"

Yang Qingyun's figure spun and landed atop one of the horses,

Grasping the reins to bring it under control.

At the same time, his other hand, which held the saber, flicked it in a flourish. As he shook the blood from the blade, he carefully felt the application of strength and further familiarized himself with this body.

It sounded like much had happened, but everything had taken place within merely one or two breaths,

And the three Black Wind mounted bandits had already died on the spot!

"Bare-Handed Seizing of a Blade?!"

The one-eyed big man, leader of the Black Wind Bandits, saw Yang Qingyun boldly seize the saber and kill in return from where he was directing things nearby. His pupils contracted, and he nearly sucked in a cold breath!

But very soon,

He came back to his senses.

During that sudden outburst earlier, he had not seen the other party unleash any Qi and Blood power.

Moreover,

Beneath that fair, clean skin, the other party's muscles were slack and loose. He looked like a pampered Young Master, not a martial artist!

Though his entire body seemed to carry an inexplicably capable air,

There was not the slightest trace of martial cultivation on him!

He was merely an ordinary person who had never cultivated before!

"Where did this little brat come from? You're courting death!"

The one-eyed big man roared,

A mere Mortal dared to resist?!

The one-eyed big man flung the hand holding the reins. With one hand controlling the horse beneath him and the other raising his great saber high, he charged toward Yang Qingyun!

His violent momentum was like a fierce tiger descending the mountain!

Before he had even arrived, the one-eyed big man's blade traced a cold arc through the air and viciously chopped toward Yang Qingyun's head!

An inexplicable current of air shook violently around the blade, emitting a piercing howl!

Only immense strength paired with lightning-fast speed could produce such a sound of air being torn apart!

The power contained within it

Transcended the mundane,

Enough to cleave a massive boulder in two!

"Let's see how you block this!"

The one-eyed big man grinned savagely.

Any warrior who entered the Entry Realm and cultivated their first thread of Qi and Blood would immediately possess a punching force of over two thousand jin with the enhancement of Qi and Blood!

As for a warrior like him, who had already reached the mid-Entry Realm, his punching force could exceed five thousand jin. With one punch, he could smash clean through a cow's skull!

This was the strength of an Entry Realm Warrior!

Compared to Mortals, it was the difference between heaven and earth!

An ordinary Mortal could rely on quick wits and use certain techniques to kill a cavalryman and seize his horse. That was not impossible.

But to contend against a true Entry Realm Warrior was simply the dream talk of an idiot!

That was also the greatest source of confidence behind the one-eyed leader's furious decision to draw his blade against Yang Qingyun!

"Die!"

The terrifying blade, carrying immense, irresistible power, came crashing down like mountains collapsing and seas overturning. The gust it raised gave Yang Qingyun's skin a stinging sense of danger!

Yet,

Facing the full-force strike of an Entry Realm Warrior, Yang Qingyun's expression barely changed.

"Impressive display, but unfortunately, your weakness is far too obvious!"

Yang Qingyun drew his blade,

Blade light bloomed, tracing a perfect arc through the air. Light and resplendent, it neither dodged nor evaded as it collided directly with the one-eyed big man's blade!

But at the instant they were about to clash, his blade suddenly shifted, deftly cutting into the weak point of the other man's saber force. With only a light sway, the one-eyed big man's fierce, dreadful blade was deflected. The terrifying edge lost its original trajectory and slashed into empty air, passing Yang Qingyun's neck by no more than a hair's breadth!

Even through the air, the fierce gust made Yang Qingyun's skin sting!

Yet Yang Qingyun's expression did not change,

With that single stroke, he had already dissolved the other party's attack!

There was no threat at all!

At the same time,

Yang Qingyun pressed his advantage without mercy. His saber darted into the opening exposed after the other man's missed slash. With a ripping sound, it swept across, leaving a shallow wound on the one-eyed big man's chest!

It sounded like much had happened, but in truth it had all occurred in a flash,

Almost at the same instant,

The two figures passed each other, completing their first exchange in the blink of an eye!

"This!!!"

A dozen zhang away, the one-eyed big man pulled on the reins and came to a stop.

Looking down at the wound on his chest,

His face was filled with disbelief!

He was injured!

In only the first exchange, he had been wounded by his opponent!

Not far away, the mounted bandits who had been herding villagers back and were preparing to watch their boss brutally kill that pretty-faced boy were also left dumbstruck at that moment.

The mountain village, which had been in chaos just moments ago, suddenly fell silent.