Li Qiming surged forward, the phrase One Blade Style flashing through his mind.
Every day, he had repeated the same chopping motion, practicing it over and over. In secret, everyone had laughed at him, calling him a fool.
Now, he raised the Full Moon Scimitar in his hand. Just as he had during practice at the Martial Hall's Martial Arts Arena, he brought it down in a single slash!
The square-faced Bone Refining martial artist's eyes widened, shock flooding them!
He could tell that this boy's swordsmanship was far too raw. Both the way he held the blade and the chopping technique of that strike were unmistakably amateur.
There was no form to it. His whole body was riddled with openings.
But—
His opponent was unbelievably fast!
At that inhuman speed, none of those openings mattered anymore.
The square-faced man had no chance to dodge. He could only raise his blade to block, grit his teeth, and take the blow head-on.
Yet—
The Strength of an Elephant erupted within Li Qiming. A force of ten thousand jin, augmented by Ten Years of Blood Qi, surged together in a terrifying burst of strength that made the scalp prickle!
"What?" The square-faced martial artist's eyes bulged. The immense force even cut straight through the blade in his hands, slicing through his body as easily as a hot knife through butter.
The square-faced martial artist was dead!
Everyone around them was stunned once again.
What was going on?
Even a mid-stage Bone Refining martial artist couldn't beat this kid?
No, it wasn't that he couldn't beat him. The kid had killed him in an instant!
"His blade technique is garbage, but that strength of his is terrifying!"
A Demon Sect disciple analyzed in horror.
"How are we supposed to fight him?"
"I never thought there'd be a monster like this hiding among them!"
"Is there really no one who can stop him?"
Li Qiming had killed two Demon Sect Bone Refining martial artists in a row. To the nearby disciples, it was a crushing blow.
If nobody stepped up to stop him, the Demon Sect disciples would inevitably be routed!
Chen Ajiu, standing behind the old woman, was grinding his teeth in hatred. He was too far away to see clearly, but he knew the Demon Sect's mid-stage Bone Refining martial artist was dead!
And that gray-robed kid had killed him with a single strike!
In Chen Ajiu's eyes, the blade technique the boy had just used was utterly laughable. Yet that foolish-looking technique had felled a mid-stage Bone Refining martial artist of the Demon Sect in one slash.
The Demon Sect had suffered another loss.
As one of the sect's core disciples, Chen Ajiu felt his heart bleed!
"Senior Brother Liu Yuntian, please hurry and kill him! Even if you have to use Demon Blood, it's worth it!"
Chen Ajiu shouted sharply.
In the crowd, the Demon Sect expert Liu Yuntian was fighting a Bone Refining great-perfection escort. Hearing Chen Ajiu's words, his gaze flickered. Without hesitation, he bit down on the pill hidden in his mouth. It was a Blood Demon Pill, containing a drop of Demon Blood!
Boom!
Liu Yuantian's eyes reddened, and black veins bulged across his face!
An eerie black-red glow radiated from his body. His aura was overwhelmingly powerful!
"Die!" He slashed at the Bone Refining great-perfection martial artist before him.
His opponent, who had been locked in a fierce battle with him just moments ago, couldn't even withstand a single strike. He was cut in half.
Then Liu Yuntian turned to gaze at Li Qiming in the distant forest. His pupils were red, and bloodthirsty madness filled his eyes!
"Kid, you deserve to die!" Liu Yuntian roared in fury and charged straight at Li Qiming with his blade.
Whoosh—
Liu Yuntian's body blurred into a streak. His terrifying aura had already surpassed Bone Refining great perfection, coming close to Organ Refining!
Boom!
His long blade shone with a terrifying black light, like a dark cloud shaped like a blade. It swept past the trembling trees on either side and came crashing down on Li Qiming!
With the Blood Demon Pill's boost, Liu Yuntian's slash now carried a trace of the power of an Organ Refining martial artist!
Clang!
Liu Yuntian's body seemed to have been hit by a speeding truck. It twisted out of shape, and he was sent flying backward. Once he regained his footing, he spat out a mouthful of black blood.
Everyone looked over. The Demon Sect's Bone Refining great-perfection expert could no longer even lift the hand holding his blade. Blood streamed from all seven orifices. The world-shaking might he had displayed moments ago was nowhere to be seen.
He didn't even have the strength to raise his blade and fight again!
Everyone looked back at Li Qiming. His move had been simple: he had merely raised his blade to block when his opponent charged.
But with his immense strength and Ten Years of Blood Qi behind that full-force block, his opponent had struck a stone with an egg.
Still, Li Qiming wasn't as unscathed as he looked. The force of the blow had driven him back three steps, and his sword arm was aching.
If his opponent had been just a little stronger, he might really have killed him!
"This is outrageous! Elder Ji, if you let this go on, every Demon Sect disciple will die! That kid is clearly at the end of his rope. Let me go over and kill him, so the Demon Sect can reclaim its prestige!"
Chen Ajiu could no longer hold back and spoke up.
The silver-haired old woman hesitated briefly. But Liu Yuntian's strike had just revealed the gray-robed disciple's limits.
Chen Ajiu was a prodigy of the Demon Sect. Though he was only at early-stage Bone Refining, his Blade Dao Talent was astonishing. At such a young age, his blade technique was already transcendent, and he had grasped a trace of Blade Momentum!
At full strength, he was no weaker than an early-stage Organ Refining martial artist!
"Fine." The old woman nodded. The Demon Sect disciples were dying one after another, and the anger in her heart had nowhere to go.
She would let Chen Ajiu kill that arrogant gray-robed brat and restore the Demon Sect's prestige!
The old woman clenched her old teeth and bit down on a Blood Demon Pill as well. Empowered by demonic energy, her techniques surged in power, leaving Jiang Lianyue struggling desperately to keep up and unable to spare any attention.
The old woman's staff pressed down the surrounding sword glints. Chen Ajiu immediately felt his body grow lighter as the pressure disappeared, and he was free again.
Chen Ajiu sneered at the gray-robed figure in the forest. Then, after a few leaps, he appeared in front of Li Qiming.
"You?" Chen Ajiu recognized Li Qiming's face and furrowed his brows.
This was the gray-robed disciple who had escaped earlier. Chen Ajiu had sent Shadow Blade to pursue him. Judging by the situation, Shadow Blade must have met with disaster...
Shadow Blade had certainly shown great potential, but no matter how strong he was, he had only reached Blood Refining great perfection.
The gray-robed disciple before him, however, had killed a mid-stage Bone Refining martial artist with a single slash. He had also casually struck down Liu Yuantian, a Bone Refining great-perfection martial artist, leaving him unable to fight!
Chen Ajiu suddenly felt as if he had been played for a fool.
Damn it, if you were this strong, why did you run earlier?
And why were you wearing the gray robes of a low-ranking disciple? What were you trying to achieve?
Confuse your opponent?
He had to admit, it had worked!
"Kid..." Chen Ajiu started to speak.
"Wait." Li Qiming cut him off.
He could indeed sense a trace of danger from Chen Ajiu. The boy's face looked youthful, but his aura was even more terrifying than Liu Yuntian's.
If Chen Ajiu went all out, he might really be able to kill him!
?
While Chen Ajiu was still wondering what was going on, Li Qiming flashed over to Liu Yuantian, who was badly wounded and unable to defend himself. He swung his blade and cut off the man's head.
Li Qiming was very pleased when an Entry appeared before his eyes. Then he turned back, nodded at Chen Ajiu, and beckoned with a finger.
"Come on."
Everyone present felt their scalps go numb. Li Qiming was downright cruel—he was killing Chen Ajiu's heart!
Chen Ajiu froze. When he realized what had happened, his face turned blood-red, his veins bulging as rage twisted his features!
"You..."
"How dare you?!"
Boom!
A terrifying Blade Momentum erupted from him!
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