"Why are you a member of one of the two great families, He Tong!"
Shen Zhui had never imagined that He Tong, the second-in-command of the Martial Arts Department and the strongest person below the Xiantian Realm, would actually attack him!
How could this be! He Tong had come to Heyuan County together with the County Magistrate back then!
Shen Zhui had suspected many people in the county office of harboring ulterior motives. He had even suspected Zhao Hu, but He Tong was the one person he had never considered.
"No, no, no!" The saber came too fast, and it was a sneak attack at close range. In an instant, Shen Zhui's heartbeat stopped, and his entire mind entered a state of extreme tension.
I can't dodge it! Shen Zhui instinctively realized that the saber had come too close. There was no way to evade it!
The saber was about to slice across Shen Zhui's head, yet the round shield and steel saber in his hands were still a distance away from blocking the blow!
"Buzz!" At that moment, the Yuanpin Pearl in Shen Zhui's arms suddenly trembled lightly.
A yellow radiance burst from the Yuanpin Pearl. At the critical moment, it enveloped He Tong's descending saber and caused it to deviate slightly from its original trajectory.
"Clang!" That tiny deviation caused the saber to strike the edge of Shen Zhui's round shield instead. Its force was then weakened by more than half before it hacked into Shen Zhui's shoulder.
"Pfft!" Although the Silver Scale Soft Armor blocked the blow, this long-planned strike was still so powerful that it numbed Shen Zhui's shoulder and sent his blood and qi churning. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood.
"Squad Leader He, you!" Zhao Hu stared wide-eyed, completely unable to react. He had no idea why He Tong had attacked Shen Zhui.
He Tong gave the two of them a cold glance. He was somewhat surprised, but did not deliver a second strike. Instead, he immediately fled.
The enormous fireball had already begun falling toward them.
"Die, die, die! Die for me!" Madness glinted in the eyes of the bald man who had previously pretended to be injured.
He had deliberately allowed himself to be wounded earlier. In truth, most of his spiritual energy had been used to control the angle of the other party's fireball.
He Tong's strike had also been beyond his expectations. Even he had not known that He Tong was actually a member of the Li Family; he had only known that someone would create an opportunity for him.
In his eyes, even if Shen Zhui survived He Tong's saber, he would still be unable to escape the furious strike of this Qi Cultivation True Person.
The enormous change had occurred in the blink of an eye. He Tong's betrayal had instantly plunged Shen Zhui into layer upon layer of danger!
One crisis had barely passed before the second arrived.
The fireball was as large as a carriage. Even if it did not hit Shen Zhui head-on, its scorching temperature alone was enough to burn him to ashes.
At this moment, neither the Silver Scale Soft Armor nor the shield could be relied upon!
This strike was just as deadly as He Tong's earlier saber, and its power was even greater.
The difference was that Shen Zhui finally had time to react!
"Break, break, break!"
The refined-steel saber rose in an instant. In this moment of supreme concentration, with life and death hanging in the balance, Shen Zhui once again entered the state of Unity of Heaven and Man.
Within his perception, the fireball was no longer scorching. Instead, it was a composite body of restless spiritual energy.
Unity of Heaven and Man—control the Power of Heaven and Earth!
Falling Snow Saber Technique, First Form—Slay Cang!
"Whoosh, whoosh~" The refined-steel saber swept across the sky, trailing hazy wisps of light. When the fireball was about ten meters from Shen Zhui, a fierce stream of spiritual energy burst from the saber and cleaved straight into the fireball!
"Boom!"
The fireball suddenly collapsed in midair. It was like a flame plunging headfirst into cold seawater, rapidly extinguishing and disintegrating!
"What!" The bald man was instantly stunned.
"How is this possible!" He Tong, who had turned to look back, was equally horrified.
A spell cast by a high-level Xiantian expert had actually been broken by Shen Zhui?
At the same time, several Xiantian Masters who had sensed the disturbance below spoke simultaneously.
"Li Zhong, stop him!" Lin Ze shouted. He did not know why internal strife had erupted below, but he immediately made his decision: kill the target first. If they allowed him to escape today, who knew when they would be able to catch up again?
"He Tong!" Wang Long was furious. He had been completely blindsided by He Tong's actions as well!
"Kill!" The bald man immediately came up with another plan. His clothes billowed, and a huge azure fist formed from Gang Qi appeared, charging straight toward the Flame Figure.
"Li Zhong! Stop!" Wang Long finally reacted. Li Zhong's move appeared to be attacking the bandit, but the range of his Gang Qi also enveloped Shen Zhui on the ground.
Whether he could kill that villain was still uncertain, but Shen Zhui would certainly bear the brunt of the attack.
"Hahaha, interesting, interesting! A Ninth Stage of Acquired Realm fellow has actually attracted the attention of two Xiantian Masters." The fleeing Flame Figure laughed hoarsely.
"In that case, I'll give you a hand!" The Flame Figure split off a stream of flame and wrapped it around the azure fist. Then he forced it downward, sending it straight toward Shen Zhui.
"Break for me!" Shen Zhui swung his saber frantically. The azure fist posed a far greater threat than the fireball. He struck several times in that instant, but the azure fist continued forward without slowing, like a mountain pressing down from above.
"Pfft!" As the fist descended, Shen Zhui raised his shield to block it.
A colossal cloud of dust surged upward. The ground beneath Shen Zhui collapsed completely, and his life or death was unknown.
"You're courting death!" A murderous glint appeared in Wang Long's eyes as he thrust his sword toward Li Zhong.
"Brother Wang Long, wait! It was an accidental injury..." The Yang Family Brute wielding the Wolf Fang Club had also stopped pursuing. Instead, he moved to block Wang Long.
"An accidental injury?" Seeing the two of them join forces to surround him, Wang Long immediately understood their schemes. He flipped his hand and drew a scarlet Execution Order from his sleeve.
"Again and again, you've provoked the laws of the kingdom and launched a secret attack right in front of me!"
"You all deserve to die!"
An irresistible, awe-inspiring might surged from the Execution Order.
"Wang Long! Have you gone mad!" Li Zhong and the Yang Family Man's expressions changed drastically, their eyes filled with terror!
"You're using your lifespan to invite the power of the deity? You—you madman!" The two of them rapidly retreated.
Lin Ze had originally wanted to stop them, but when he saw the Execution Order in Wang Long's hand, a trace of horror flashed through his eyes. He swallowed the words he was about to say.
With a light sigh, Lin Ze's figure flickered. A Water Curtain Gate appeared before him, and in the next instant, he appeared a thousand meters away and continued pursuing the Flame Figure.
This sudden turn of events had caught Lin Ze off guard as well. He had not expected the several people to be at daggers drawn with one another.
The scarlet light of the Execution Order in front of Wang Long brightened, and the surrounding world changed color.
He chanted under his breath:
"First Summon of Deity: Distinguish Good and Evil!"
A vast and majestic aura emerged from the Execution Order and enveloped Wang Long. His aura instantly swelled several times over.
At the same time, the two talismans concealing Li Zhong and the Yang Family Brute from the workings of heaven trembled precariously.
"Second Summon of Deity: Discern Right and Wrong!"
Another radiance flared. A glow appeared on the Execution Order, forming a scarlet halo behind Wang Long.
The talismans in the two men's arms shattered completely!
"No, no, no!"
"Wang Long, spare us! We were wrong!"
The two men fled madly. The Essence of Xiantian Spiritual Energy within their bodies erupted instantly. They ignored their injuries and used all their spiritual energy to escape.
"Too late!" Wang Long's eyes were icy cold. He no longer possessed even a trace of a scholar's air. His entire body carried a vast and mighty force, like a deity ruling over the world.
At that moment, the Execution Order locked onto its targets!
"Freeze!"
He raised his sword and pointed. The surrounding world seemed to undergo some profound transformation. With Wang Long at the center, the space within a thousand meters suddenly seemed to solidify.
Li Zhong and the two Yang Family Xiantian experts appeared to have fallen into a swamp. Their flying speed plummeted, and they even began to drift backward.
"No, no, no!" Sensing his body become immobile, Li Zhong descended into madness. "Wang Long, you have no reason to kill me! You can't kill me!"
He had originally only been at the Early-stage Xiantian, while Wang Long's current aura had surpassed the high stage and was pressing straight toward the Peak Xiantian. With the deity's power supporting him, he completely overwhelmed Li Zhong!
"Slay!" Wang Long spat out the single icy word. Then he swung his long sword.
A Sword Qi a hundred meters long roared toward Li Zhong!
The Sword Light reached Li Zhong in the blink of an eye, then swept across his head.
Xiantian Martial Artist Li Zhong—dead!
Seeing Wang Long turn back and attack again, the Yang Family Brute wielding the Wolf Fang Club was instantly terrified.
"Explode, explode, explode!" Blood qi suddenly surged from his entire body, and both his arms abruptly exploded.
"Pfft!" Streams of blood mist mixed with spiritual energy instantly broke through the restraints binding the space. They transformed into a streak of blood light and fled in an instant.
"Wang Long! You forced me to sever both my arms! Just you wait!" The Brute's heart bled as well. He was at the Mid-stage Xiantian, but to save his life, he had severed both arms. His cultivation would probably fall to the Early-stage Xiantian, and he might even drop directly into the Houtian Realm.
The two of them had long considered that Wang Long might attack, but they had never imagined that he would act so decisively and directly use the deity's power to kill them.
"He was actually willing to sever both arms and risk falling a realm just to escape. Hmph!" Wang Long pursued for a while, but when he found that the other party was too fast, he had no choice but to stop.
"After expending several years of lifespan to use the second deity power, I still let him escape." Wang Long muttered to himself.
If that man had hesitated even for a moment, he definitely would not have gotten away.
Unfortunately...
"Whoosh~" Wang Long's figure flashed and appeared a thousand meters away, blocking He Tong.
"Why?" Wang Long looked coldly at He Tong. He had also discovered He Tong's betrayal. If He Tong had not stabbed Shen Zhui from behind, Shen Zhui might still have escaped.
"He Tong, my martial brother and I have treated you well. We helped you become an Xiantian Martial Artist step by step. Why did you betray us?"
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