Advice

"Wang Gang."

Baili Qingfeng called out.

After nearly half a year, he had once again encountered the martial artist who had first made him feel the fragility of life.

But this time...

He was no longer the ant that Wang Gang could casually slap to death.

The Sword Box fell open. Baili Qingfeng swept his right hand across it, and the sharp sword that had assassinated eleven experts that very night dropped into his palm. He took one phantom step, and the entire floor trembled faintly. Force surged up from the soles of his feet, instantly piercing his spine and flooding into his arm. His bones and tendons seemed to align with the sharp sword in his hand. Man and sword as one, he flashed toward Wang Gang like lightning.

"Bold!"

Facing Baili Qingfeng's assassination attempt, Wang Gang rose abruptly without the slightest fear. He strode forward to meet him and shouted, "Baili Qingfeng, I never went after you, yet you delivered yourself to my door. Very well, I'll grant your—what!? The Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art!?"

Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art!

The moment Baili Qingfeng drew his sword, he activated the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, driving his Qi and Blood and strength to an unprecedented peak.

But it was not merely the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art!

"Rumble!"

At the same time as he unleashed the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, the Thunder Sovereign Visualization Method condensed within his mind. An overbearing, majestic Ancient Thunder Beast appeared, its entire body carrying boundless pressure. It threw back its head and roared. Its roar was like thunder, shaking the void. Everyone present felt as though explosive thunder had detonated beside their ears, making their minds roar and nearly rendering them unconscious.

During his clash with Eddie and his son, Baili Qingfeng had already understood how treacherous those veteran martial artists were. He could not match such old hands in experience. The only way to make up for that shortcoming was power!

The instant he made his move, he would pour out all his strength and unleash his most violent strike!

"It isn't Fist Intent... it's Spirit Refinement Manifestation!? Not good, I can't dodge!"

The instant the thunderous roar shook Wang Gang's spiritual world, he realized the difference between the two.

When he saw Baili Qingfeng begin with the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, a life-for-life fighting style, he had originally intended to avoid its edge. But now...

There was nowhere to retreat!

Since there was nowhere to retreat...

"Tiger's Roar in the Mountains!"

Wang Gang's eyes widened furiously. With a thunderous roar, he let Baili Qingfeng's Sword Light pass by from the side, then lunged down ferociously and threw a punch.

As his fist struck, the phantom image of a ferocious tiger seemed to appear behind him. It threw back its head and roared. For a moment, everyone outside the private room felt as though a fierce tiger had descended upon the world. That shudder born from the instincts of life made them shiver involuntarily.

"Roar!"

The methods formed from Fist Intent and Spirit Refinement Manifestation collided in the void, seemingly creating an invisible ripple.

The ripple spread. Wang Gang was affected slightly, but Baili Qingfeng...

At most, he felt that Wang Gang had become more vicious and terrifying, like a tiger choosing a person to devour!

But in Baili Qingfeng's eyes, Wang Gang had always been an ugly, vicious, and ruthless villain. Now that he had become even more hideous and terrifying, it did not shake Baili Qingfeng's mind. Instead, it strengthened his resolve to beat Wang Gang to death!

For such a villain, failing to kill him would be insufficient to pacify the world!

"I, Baili Qingfeng, shall uphold Heaven's justice!"

Baili Qingfeng suddenly roared furiously. At this moment, his state of mind seemed to resonate with the Ancient Thunder Beast's idea of punishing all beneath Heaven and cleansing the world of evil. The Ancient Thunder Beast he visualized in his spiritual world seemed to come alive, erupting with an even more violent roar. The lightning it shot forth became even more soul-stirring!

"Kill!"

The power of Baili Qingfeng's Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art was released completely. The sharp sword, already a fraction faster than before, seemed to pierce through the void.

Fast!

Baili Qingfeng knew nothing of swordsmanship. Faced with Wang Gang's flickering, twisting body, he could not lock onto his figure. The only thing he could do was make his sword faster!

So fast that even a martial arts master like Wang Gang had no time to react!

"Whoosh!"

Where the sword tip reached, a visible ring of air exploded outward.

The sword tip, which Wang Gang seemed likely to evade, stabbed into the fist he had thrown with inconceivable speed. Fist force and sword light collided in the void...

There was no explosion of air, nor any burst of force!

The sharp blade tore into Wang Gang's fist like rotten wood, pierced through his arm, and burst out from the inside of his wrist. Its momentum undiminished, it plunged into Wang Gang's chest.

"Ah!"

A shrill scream rang from Wang Gang's mouth.

After activating the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Art, Baili Qingfeng far surpassed any Level 3 Warrior in both strength and speed. After using Spirit Refinement Manifestation to break apart Wang Gang's Fist Intent, even Wang Gang's abundant combat experience was useless against Baili Qingfeng's overwhelming burst of speed and strength.

"Kill!"

With one sword piercing Wang Gang's palm, wrist, and chest, Baili Qingfeng's charge did not slow in the slightest. Holding the sword in both hands, he drove the blade forward through Wang Gang's body and out his back. Carrying that terrifying momentum, he slammed violently into Wang Gang.

For a moment, Wang Gang looked as though he had been struck head-on by a speeding truck. He flew six meters through the air and crashed heavily into the wall.

"Bang!"

The wall cracked.

The entire private room shook violently. The paintings hanging on the walls fell, while the large chandelier on the ceiling lurched upward. Its lights flickered and crackled, and the glass of several smaller lamps shattered from the shock, snuffing them out on the spot.

"Pfft!"

Wang Gang fell to the ground and struggled to rise, but the moment he moved, blood mixed with pieces of his internal organs sprayed from his mouth.

The impact from Baili Qingfeng's collision had already shattered his internal organs!

"Wh... how could this be..."

Feeling the tearing pain throughout his body, Wang Gang looked at Baili Qingfeng with eyes full of disbelief.

A few days ago, he had received news from Hong Lie that Hong Lie had been defeated in Xia City. While looking through information on that person, he had recognized Baili Qingfeng and remembered that less than half a year ago, Baili Qingfeng had merely been an ordinary person. Curious about how he could have gained the strength to defeat Hong Lie in such a short time, Wang Gang had followed the Sect Leader and Elder Shi to Xia City, hoping to uncover the secret behind Baili Qingfeng's rapid rise.

Although Hong Lie had sworn that Baili Qingfeng's combat strength was astonishing and no weaker than that of a Level 3 Warrior who had developed Fist Intent, Wang Gang had ultimately found it difficult to believe. He could not believe that an ordinary person who had nearly been slapped to death by him less than half a year ago could become this powerful in such a short time. After arriving in Xia City, he had even had the leisure to seek out two friends there for food, drink, and amusement.

But now...

Looking at Baili Qingfeng, whose aura surged like a rainbow and who had crippled him in a single exchange, almost reborn compared with half a year ago, Wang Gang had no choice but to acknowledge the truth, no matter how difficult it was for him to believe.

This ordinary person called Baili Qingfeng had truly grown, in less than half a year, to the point where he could kill Wang Gang, a veteran Level 3 Warrior.

"Wang Gang!"

Baili Qingfeng held the sharp sword and took one phantom step, arriving before Wang Gang.

Feeling the dense killing intent radiating from Baili Qingfeng, Wang Gang's pupils contracted sharply. "Baili Qingfeng, if you dare kill me, the Iron Sword Sect Master and elders will never let you go!"

"The Iron Sword Sect Master and elders? How do you think I knew you were here? I'll send you to meet them shortly."

Wang Gang's face immediately turned deathly pale. "You... you killed them!? That's impossible... impossible!? Besides the Sect Leader and Elder Shi, the Sect Leader was accompanied by six other experts. This time, the Iron Sword Sect practically mobilized everyone..."

"In your next life, be a good person. Don't go around fighting and killing anymore. Even if you do, don't implicate the innocent. This is my advice to you, from me, Baili Qingfeng, a passerby."

Baili Qingfeng raised the sword in his hand and aimed it at Wang Gang's head...

"No! No!"

Wang Gang's eyes widened. A fierce desire to survive rose in his heart. "Wu... Brother Wu, save me..."

"Whoosh!"

Before Wang Gang could finish speaking, Wu Li had already leaped up at astonishing speed and landed swiftly at the doorway. He watched Baili Qingfeng with wariness and fear, a bead of cold sweat glistening on his brow. "Brother, don't listen to his nonsense. There's a debtor for every debt; Wang Gang and I are merely acquaintances, and we're not close. If you're here for revenge, go ahead. I'll leave now and won't disturb your enjoyment."

Not only him, even Mi Xiu, the owner of Starlight Club, crawled away and kept his distance from Wang Gang and Baili Qingfeng. He put on a fearful, ingratiating smile. "I'm not close to Wang Gang either. We're merely drinking buddies. I wouldn't dare interfere in your personal grudge with him."

"You..."

Wang Gang glared furiously...

Weren't you supposed to go through mountains of blades and seas of fire for me without ever backing down?

"Whoosh!"

A flash of Sword Light.

In the next moment, Baili Qingfeng's sword pierced straight through Wang Gang's head without the slightest hesitation.

Enemies...

It was naturally best to kill them as soon as possible.