Blood-soaked

"Kill him!"

"What a nerve! He actually dared to provoke the Iron Sword Sect. You're dead!"

Roars rang out from the two cars as a group of burly, vigorous men charged out one after another.

The front car...

Three men.

The rear car—five!

Eight in total. Two were dead, leaving six.

That was two fewer than the ten men Baili Qingfeng had expected at most.

But among these eight...

He did not see Wang Gang.

As his gaze swept over them, Baili Qingfeng's hands did not slow in the slightest. Just as the remaining six pounced toward him and were about to surround him, he used his spine to restore balance to his retreating body. His right foot slammed against the ancient tree behind him, his strength erupted, and the recoil sent him shooting forward like a sharp arrow. Sword pointed ahead, its keen edge bursting forth, he charged fiercely toward the Iron Sword Sect Elder who had just leaped from the car. The elder instantly felt every hair on his body stand on end.

At that moment, illuminated by the headlights, the Iron Sword Sect Elder finally saw the assassin's true appearance...

It was actually...

"It's you!"

Clearly, the elder recognized Baili Qingfeng.

After recognizing Baili Qingfeng, the elder's pupils suddenly contracted, and his spirit condensed to the utmost.

"Rumble!"

Just as he condensed his spirit to the utmost, Baili Qingfeng seemed to transform into thunder. Carrying the thunderous roar of the Nine Heavens, he exploded ferociously within the elder's mental world, causing the battle-hardened spiritual will he had honed to the limit to tremble violently.

"Damn it, this isn't Fist Intent! Spirit Refinement Manifestation—this is Spirit Refinement Manifestation!"

The Iron Sword Sect Elder roared inwardly.

He had prepared himself mentally to face Fist Intent Domination, but Spirit Refinement Manifestation...

That was a technique even stronger than Fist Intent Domination!

Under the pressure of life and death, the Iron Sword Sect Elder bit the tip of his tongue and forcibly regained consciousness through the pain.

Seeing Baili Qingfeng's sword stabbing toward him, with no way to evade, he made a split-second decision. His right hand shook, changing from a fist to a palm, and struck sideways. The bones in his arm seemed to be threaded through by force and joined into one, transforming into a fierce, tyrannical burst of power that slammed heavily into the sword Baili Qingfeng thrust at him.

"Clang!"

The sound of metal striking metal reverberated from the sword.

The sword tip Baili Qingfeng thrust forward was actually knocked askew by the force of that palm. It scraped past the elder's neck, piercing through with a spray of blood before stabbing into the car body behind him and bursting with sparks.

"Boom!"

His sword had missed, but an even more magnificent surge of Qi and Blood suddenly erupted from Baili Qingfeng's already supremely powerful body.

He was like a volcano that had been detonated. Endless, mighty force erupted from him with a roar, like vast, heaven-swallowing magma of annihilation, intent on burning everything in the world to ash.

"Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art!?"

Feeling the blazing, violent aura radiating from Baili Qingfeng, the Iron Sword Sect Elder's eyes widened.

Crash!

Baili Qingfeng, Heaven and Man as One with the Sword, charged ferociously without being affected in the slightest by having his sword deflected. With all the power of his Flesh Body unleashed, he seemed like the most terrifying weapon in existence, a cannonball blasted from a barrel, and slammed brutally into the Iron Sword Sect Elder!

"Bang!"

How violent was the force of Baili Qingfeng's full-strength collision under the might of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art? With the car directly behind the Iron Sword Sect Elder, leaving him nowhere to evade, the elder seemed like the filling in a sandwich as Baili Qingfeng smashed him into the car before them. The violent collision instantly warped and dented the car's steel body, and the two-ton vehicle was forcibly shoved sideways by a full meter.

"You..."

The Iron Sword Sect Elder's body looked utterly mangled. Blood seeped from the corner of his mouth, and he could not speak. He merely glared fixedly at Baili Qingfeng...

He was a dignified elder of the Iron Sword Sect, and he had come specifically to surround and kill Baili Qingfeng. Yet now, he and their Sect Leader had both died at the hands of this young man. Not only was this fellow powerful and skilled in Spirit Refining, he had also mastered the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art and was willing to fight with his life on the line. If he had known that the moment a fight began, this madman could throw his life away without a second thought, he would not have dared provoke him even with ten times the courage!

Unfortunately...

There was no medicine for regret in this world.

A moment later...

His head drooped limply.

He was dead.

The two strongest Level 3 Warriors in the car had been beaten to death on the spot in the blink of an eye.

"Elder Shi!"

"The Elder and Sect Leader are both dead!"

"Go to hell!"

The five remaining Iron Sword Sect experts were all utterly shaken. Two of them took advantage of the moment to roar and attack, one from the left and one from the right, their fist force tearing through the air as they struck at Baili Qingfeng.

"Zzt!"

Baili Qingfeng did not even look at them. After violently smashing the Iron Sword Sect Elder to death, he gripped the sword embedded in the car body and yanked it free, sparks spraying outward.

The instant he pulled out the sword, he spun around, stamped his foot, and thrust fiercely toward the man charging from the left!

"Rumble!"

As the sword thrust out, the void seemed to release a faint explosive boom. It was clear just how fast and fierce this sword strike was.

"Shhk!"

A cold gleam flashed.

Accompanied by Baili Qingfeng's charging steps, the sword pierced through the man's chest like rushing thunder. As it tore through his body, it was pulled free at even greater speed, spraying a fountain of crimson blood into the air.

The instant he withdrew the sword, his body twisted violently. His spine moved like a dragon, and with that twist, it wound up all the force in his body before he swept the sword backward in a 180-degree slash at the martial artist who had followed close behind.

"Die!"

With the martial artist's fist less than a foot from Baili Qingfeng's head, the sword viciously cleaved into his waist. Blood sprayed in all directions as the overwhelming power granted by the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art erupted, and the martial artist was torn in half by the 180-degree spinning slash.

"You wanted to kill me, so I'll kill you!"

Having slain the two attacking martial artists in an instant, Baili Qingfeng gave a low roar. His entire body was drenched in blood, his baleful aura soared into the sky, and his presence was as mad as a demon.

"This is Baili Qingfeng! He's the target our Iron Sword Sect mobilized everyone to surround and kill this time! How did he appear here—and how is he so strong!?"

"It's the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art! Retreat! He can't last long after using it. Wear him down and avenge the Elder and Sect Leader!"

One of the three remaining martial artists growled as he simultaneously pulled away and retreated explosively.

But they retreated quickly, while Baili Qingfeng pursued even faster.

The only people on this car who had been Level 3 Warriors were the Sect Leader, killed by the initial stab, and the Iron Sword Sect Elder, crushed to death. The remaining five were merely Level 2 Warriors at the Qi Nurturing and Blood Exchange level. Their physical strength could not compare with Baili Qingfeng's, to say nothing of the fact that...

Baili Qingfeng had now unleashed the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, driving his Qi and Blood power to its utmost limit.

He took a step into empty space, and his whole body seemed like an arrow shot from a bow. Moving so fast that he stirred up a gale and sent dust swirling across the ground, he instantly pounced behind one of them.

"Not good!"

Sensing the ferocious, baleful aura sweeping toward him from behind, the martial artist's face went deathly pale. He twisted around, trying to counterattack.

But...

It was useless.

Even the Iron Sword Sect Sect Leader and Elder could not withstand Baili Qingfeng's assassination while he was in the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art state, let alone these ordinary Iron Sword Sect experts.

"Shhk!"

Blood sprayed into the air.

The Sword Light flashed like lightning as it pierced into the martial artist's back, impaled his heart, and emerged from his chest. In the next instant, Baili Qingfeng pulled out the sword, dragging another burst of blood into the air.

One sword, one kill!

Baili Qingfeng twisted around and pounced toward another man.

When the other man sensed Baili Qingfeng charging at him, the rolling bloody aura surging toward him was like a landslide and a tsunami, making him feel as though he had fallen into an ice cavern. He had killed more than one or two people in his life, but at this moment, he truly understood what the fear of death meant.

Under the pressure of death, the martial artist suddenly turned around and shouted, "Go to hell!"

Then...

He pulled out a gun.

Yes, a gun!

The Iron Sword Sect was a sect named for the sword, yet not one of them had even brought a sword. That was one thing, but now...

They were actually using guns!?

"You're a disgrace to the Iron Sword Sect!"

Baili Qingfeng gave a low roar. Divine light burst from his eyes. The instant he sensed the firearm locking onto him, he angrily refused to dodge. The Thunder Sovereign Visualization Method circulated, and the Iron Sword Sect disciple suddenly felt that he was no longer aiming at a human being, but a Thunder Beast—a mythical creature more terrifying, savage, and domineering than the legendary Thunder Beast itself. Carrying thunder that filled the sky, the creature terrified him into a frozen mind and rigid body.

"Bang!"

Before he could awaken from the intimidation brought by that terrifying mythical creature, an indescribable agony had already torn his entire body apart.