One Sword Nine Shadows!

Zhang Su's gaze shifted to behind Wang Hai.

Wang Hai seemed to know what Zhang Su was looking for.

He sneered. "No need to look. They didn't come. And even if they had, did you think they'd still help you?"

"To tell you the truth, Du Tian and the other two were the ones who found me. How could I not see through their little scheme? They just wanted to borrow my hand to teach you a lesson. But I don't care."

Seeing the savage expression on Wang Hai's face, Zhang Su understood.

So it had been Du Tian and the other two...

No wonder Du Tian and the others had seemed so eager for him to go out earlier.

They had already sought out Wang Hai, wanting him to teach Zhang Su a lesson.

Thinking of how, over the past year, Zhang Su had given all the good things to Du Tian and the other two.

And this was the result...

This was the human heart!

"Blame your elder brother, that live-in son-in-law. It's been a year, and the fire in my belly has been burning hot! If I don't teach you a vicious lesson, I won't be able to dispel the hatred in my heart!"

Wang Hai spoke through gritted teeth.

It seemed he truly hated Zhang Su's elder brother to the bone.

Suddenly, Zhang Su smiled.

His eyes narrowed slightly. "Has anyone ever told you something?"

"What?"

"You talk too much nonsense..."

The moment those words fell, Wang Hai flew into a rage.

"You..."

But before Wang Hai could finish speaking, Zhang Su's hand had already gripped the hilt of his sword.

Clang.

A crisp sound of a sword being drawn entered Wang Hai's ears.

Zhang Su had drawn his sword.

The Lengshuang Sword he had just exchanged for was leaving its sheath for the first time!

At once, a dazzling streak of white flashed past.

"A mere Blood Qi Realm First Layer dares draw a sword against me?"

Though furious, Wang Hai was not flustered.

He was at the Blood Qi Realm Third Layer.

Moreover, his attainments in swordsmanship were also extremely high.

He drew his sword in an instant as well.

But when he looked closely, he only felt his vision blur. Why had Zhang Su's sword disappeared?

No, it had not disappeared.

It had transformed into six sword shadows.

But how could there be six sword shadows?

Which one was real?

And which one was false?

He could not tell.

He simply could not tell.

Besides, Zhang Su's sword was so fast that it arrived in the blink of an eye.

Almost on instinct, Wang Hai unleashed his sword technique, dancing his blade into a flower of steel before him as he tried to block Zhang Su's strike.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Wang Hai felt the sword in his hand shudder violently.

He felt as though three swords had fiercely struck the body of his blade.

I blocked it!

Joy rose in Wang Hai's heart.

But the next moment, pain shot through his wrist.

"Ah..."

Immediately afterward, three sprays of blood burst from both his hands and his leg.

Thud.

Wang Hai dropped to one knee.

The sword in his hand also fell to the ground with a clang.

"You only just cultivated Blood Qi. How can you be this strong? And I clearly blocked your sword..."

Wang Hai simply could not believe his eyes.

He was at the Blood Qi Realm Third Layer.

And Zhang Su?

According to Du Tian and the others, Zhang Su had only barely cultivated Blood Qi half a month ago.

Click.

Zhang Su sheathed his sword.

He did not explain anything to Wang Hai.

Blocked his sword?

Indeed, Wang Hai had blocked three swords.

But Zhang Su's Nine Shadows Sword Technique had already reached the Major Accomplishment Realm, allowing one sword to form six shadows.

All six of those sword shadows were real.

Even going all out, Wang Hai had only managed to block three swords.

The commotion here was rather large.

After all, swords had been drawn.

Thus, many Outer Sect disciples gathered around as well.

Seeing this scene, some Outer Sect disciples' pupils contracted, their hearts filled with shock.

"That's Wang Hai and Zhang Su. Didn't Zhang Su fail to cultivate Blood Qi for an entire year? How did he manage to injure Wang Hai, who's at the Blood Qi Realm Third Layer?"

"I witnessed their fight from beginning to end. If I'm not mistaken, Zhang Su used the Nine Shadows Sword Technique, and it has already reached the Major Accomplishment Realm. He can strike with one sword and produce six shadows."

"One Sword Six Shadows? Incredible! Zhang Su has such high talent in swordsmanship? Many martial artists train with the sword for years and still can't achieve One Sword Six Shadows."

"Wang Hai could block three of Zhang Su's sword shadows, but he couldn't block all six. Wang Hai did not lose unjustly..."

"Zhang Su... He has some reputation, but his elder brother's reputation is even greater. After all, he's the renowned live-in son-in-law of the Su Family... Who would have thought Zhang Su had been hiding his light under a bushel, with such outstanding swordsmanship?"

Zhang Su did not kill Wang Hai.

Because the Guiyuan Sect had rules forbidding disciples from killing one another.

Ordinary disputes were allowed, and they could fight, but no one could die or be crippled.

If someone died or was crippled, severe punishment would follow!

Zhang Su's three strikes earlier had merely taught Wang Hai a lesson. They would not cripple him.

But they were enough to leave Wang Hai recuperating for ten days to half a month.

Zhang Su ignored the discussions around him.

He quickly vanished into the crowd.

"A sword technique at the Major Accomplishment Realm is even more powerful than I imagined!"

Zhang Su had actually only used the Nine Shadows Sword Technique.

He had not even used Triple Wave yet.

And yet, he had easily defeated Wang Hai.

He was only at the Blood Qi Realm Second Layer.

If his sword technique reached the Perfected Realm, its power would rise to an even higher level!

Before he knew it, Zhang Su had returned to the Outer Sect disciples' residential area.

He could even see the three figures inside the room.

Du Tian, Zhao Feng, and Chu Dachuan were likely waiting for Wang Hai to beat him viciously before he returned in a sorry state.

Creak.

Zhang Su pushed the door open and entered.

At once, three gazes fell upon Zhang Su.

"Zhang Su, you... didn't run into Wang Hai?"

All three looked astonished.

Zhang Su appeared completely unharmed.

But they had clearly notified Wang Hai...

"Are you very disappointed?"

Zhang Su walked into the room step by step.

"Hm? You know?"

Du Tian asked in a low voice.

For a moment, the atmosphere immediately grew tense.

"That's right."

Zhang Su nodded.

Upon hearing this, the three men's expressions shifted unpredictably.

After a long while, Du Tian sneered. "So what if you know? Since Wang Hai didn't teach you a lesson, we'll do it ourselves! You couldn't cultivate Blood Qi after an entire year, you're already over the age limit, and you even had to use the back door to enter the Guiyuan Sect's Outer Sect. If it weren't for the good things you had, I would have wanted to make a move long ago."

Du Tian threw out a punch directly.

He specialized in fist techniques.

Driven by Blood Qi, this punch carried immense momentum.

Clang.

Zhang Su drew his sword.

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Six sword shadows appeared in midair.

They instantly enveloped Du Tian.

"Ah..."

Du Tian let out a miserable scream.

His body was slashed by the sword blade, blood flowing freely as he looked utterly miserable.

"How could this be..."

The other two men's expressions changed drastically.

But Zhang Su immediately followed with two more thrusts.

Each thrust produced six sword shadows.

Fast!

Too fast!

Zhang Su displayed the "fast" of the Nine Shadows Sword Technique to the fullest!

Pfft.

Zhao Feng was also stabbed and fell to the ground.

Only Chu Dachuan remained.

Among the three, only Chu Dachuan was at the Blood Qi Realm Third Layer!

Moreover, Chu Dachuan had an advantage.

He, too, practiced the fast sword.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Fast against fast.

Zhang Su discovered that Chu Dachuan's fast sword had also reached the Major Accomplishment Realm?

Previously, Chu Dachuan had never revealed swordsmanship at the Major Accomplishment Realm.

"You hid yourself quite deeply."

Zhang Su said coldly.

Chu Dachuan looked at Zhang Su with uncertainty and spoke in a grave voice. "You hid yourself even deeper! I thought you were basically finished after failing to cultivate Blood Qi for an entire year. Who would have thought your talent in swordsmanship was so high... The Nine Shadows Sword Technique has reached the Major Accomplishment Realm. It truly is unbelievable!"

If he had not seen it with his own eyes, Chu Dachuan would never have believed that Zhang Su had brought the Nine Shadows Sword Technique to the Major Accomplishment Realm.

"Again!"

Zhang Su thrust out wave after wave of sword shadows.

Chu Dachuan likewise unleashed his fast sword.

Relying on his abundant Blood Qi, he did not fear Zhang Su even in a contest of speed against speed.

The one who would lose in the end had to be Zhang Su.

But Zhang Su?

As time passed, he had indeed fallen into a disadvantage.

Yet he was not flustered in the slightest.

Instead, he seemed to be "comprehending" something.

"Something's wrong. Why is your sword getting faster and faster? You even struck out a seventh sword shadow?"

Chu Dachuan seemed to have noticed something.

Zhang Su's sword grew faster and faster.

Could it be that Zhang Su was using him to practice his swordsmanship?

This was simply too unbelievable.

Was swordsmanship really so easy to break through in?

Yet the truth stood right before their eyes.

Zhang Su's sword truly was growing faster and faster.

Starting from the seventh sword shadow, the sword light suddenly changed.

The sword shadows filling the sky were so densely packed that they made one's heart faintly tremble.

Chu Dachuan was utterly terrified.

"N-Nine sword shadows? The Nine Shadows Sword Technique has reached the Perfected Realm..."

Chu Dachuan's voice trembled.

He never could have imagined that Zhang Su had actually brought the Nine Shadows Sword Technique to the Perfected Realm.

With Zhang Su's One Sword Nine Shadows, Chu Dachuan could no longer hold him off.

"Pfft."

Two sword shadows instantly sliced across his wrist.

"Clang."

The sword fell to the ground.

Chu Dachuan was defeated!