Shen Yi raised an eyebrow.
When had he ever said he would intervene in Zhao Qiushan's affairs?
Suddenly, two hardened men charged out from the figures locked in melee, their two broadsabers overlapping above and below.
Their immense force surged like a rolling river tide.
"Boy, hand over your life!"
The two roared and struck with hatred in their hearts.
Yet although Shen Yi's cultivation was still at the First-Class Realm, his actual combat strength had abruptly risen by a great margin.
Cold Night trembled in his hand.
The fully mastered Hidden Edge blade stance burst forth.
A crisp blade cry rang out.
Fierce blade light seemed to bloom from the depths of eternal night, swift enough to leave no shadow, yet carrying the weight of mountains.
Clang!
A thunderous boom erupted.
The Long River Duo's tide-like saber force shattered with a crash, and they flew backward at an angle like kites with snapped strings.
"Damn, this kid's gotten even fiercer!"
Shen Yi was just about to follow up and finish them off.
A silver-bell-like laugh came from behind him. "Little brother, I'll play with you." A howling wind suddenly descended from above.
Shen Yi had not yet turned around.
He only felt the sky above his head darken, as though something had blotted it out. He immediately abandoned the pursuit, spun around at high speed, and slashed with the momentum.
White Rakshasa's mountain-like body came crashing down from the sky, her hands whirling a steel trident and creating a powerful cyclone.
Then, with the force of splitting Mount Hua—
She chopped downward!
Caught off guard, Shen Yi twisted his wrist and met the unstoppable steel trident with the back of his blade. A dull bang sounded.
His wrist turned sharply.
He barely deflected the trident aside, but his body flew backward just like the Long River Duo had moments ago!
This woman possessed monstrous strength by nature!
And she pressed her advantage without mercy, chasing after him at full gallop. Her steel trident came hurtling after him with the force of cleaving mountains and parting seas, stabbing straight for Shen Yi's chest.
Shen Yi was still in midair.
He forcibly twisted around.
Cold Night swept horizontally through his hand, its blade shadows spreading in a swirling haze. Using the Hidden Edge stance, Shen Yi unleashed the swift slashes of "Sudden Rain, Swift Wind"!
In an instant, dense trident shadows and endless blade shadows clashed in a ceaseless storm of metal.
In the blink of an eye, the two had exchanged more than ten moves.
White Rakshasa was secretly alarmed.
What was this kid's background?!
He looked young, yet his foundations were actually this deep.
Even her inborn monstrous strength gradually seemed inferior beneath Shen Yi's increasingly heavy blade momentum.
"If you're not dead yet, why aren't you hurrying over to help?!"
The Long River Duo, bedraggled from head to toe, climbed out of the bushes on the other side. They happened to see Shen Yi locked in fierce battle with White Rakshasa, even forcing her back step by step!
They immediately roared and charged forward with sabers drawn.
They had no concept of dueling one-on-one. Killing the enemy was the greatest principle behind every move they made.
Zhao Qiushan, who was not far away, cried out in alarm:
"Chen Yu!"
He wanted to warn Shen Yi, but Black Rakshasa had him tied down, leaving him utterly unable to offer support!
Shen Yi's eyes took in all directions, his ears caught every sound.
Naturally, he had seen the two demons' sneak attack.
Gripping Cold Night, Shen Yi suddenly exerted force and drove White Rakshasa back several steps, forcing open a gap.
He swiftly circulated Grass Treading Flight beneath his feet and tapped the ground.
His body retreated like drifting willow catkins. The heavy-backed saber spun in his palm; he caught it in a reverse grip and brought it down upon the two demons' heads.
Clang!
Force rippled outward!
It forced the Long River Duo to halt their charge and defend with all their strength.
Yet Shen Yi's downward slash was a feint. He turned and threw the saber, sending it flying from his hand as a fierce streak of blade light that shot toward White Rakshasa, who was pursuing from behind.
His target was not the Long River Duo.
It was still White Rakshasa!
This succession of feints and shifting targets had White Rakshasa and the Long River Duo spinning round and round in Shen Yi's palm.
White Rakshasa had been pursuing him. Seeing Cold Night flying toward her, she hastily changed moves and raised her steel trident horizontally to block.
Clang!
The sharp blade scraped sparks from the trident shaft. White Rakshasa lifted her hand and blocked it, but it still buried itself viciously in the towering tree trunk.
The next moment.
Shen Yi, using Grass Treading Flight, had already closed in.
Both hands shot out in claws, one seizing the trident's shaft, the other gripping White Rakshasa's wrist.
His force burst forth—Bone Dislocation Tendon Severing!
White Rakshasa screamed and instinctively released her grip. Shen Yi wrenched the weapon away, and the steel trident fell into his hands.
Bang!
Shen Yi viciously kicked White Rakshasa in the chest.
Twisting his waist and hips.
With the standard motion of throwing a javelin, he sent the steel trident whistling toward the approaching Long River Duo!
Blocking them once more!
Shen Yi's figure flashed, landing atop the tree trunk.
With one hand, he gripped the hilt and pulled Cold Night from the tree trunk, then kicked off the trunk with both feet.
Like a fierce tiger, he pounced swiftly down toward White Rakshasa.
Cold Night rested at his side.
His blade momentum was like the long river of the Ninth Heaven gathered into a single jar.
Condensed, but not unleashed.
The instant White Rakshasa looked up, she saw Shen Yi already sweeping before her eyes. He was so fast. Her weapon had been taken, and it was already too late to evade!
Her eyes instantly filled with endless terror!
She instinctively raised her thick arms before her, hoping to block him somehow, but this was merely a mantis trying to stop a chariot.
Time seemed to stretch out.
Even Shen Yi's movements appeared as slow as a moving picture in White Rakshasa's eyes. Faintly, she heard the wind brush past her ears.
Or perhaps it was Shen Yi's whisper.
"Listen—the wind!"
Suddenly, blade light flashed from his waist, slicing through the flesh of her arm, severing her bones, and climbing toward her neck.
Pfft!
That fine head, steeped in terror.
Dropped with a plop.
Killed a First-Class Realm martial artist. Gained secluded cultivation time: four years and five months.
Together with the seven Yaksha Faction members Shen Yi had slain earlier, Shen Yi's secluded cultivation time had accumulated to an unprecedented level.
Remaining secluded cultivation time: seven years and four months.
On the other side, the Long River Duo had just blocked the swiftly flying steel trident when they saw White Rakshasa beheaded by Shen Yi's single slash!
The two were instantly scared out of their wits.
Forget avenging their brothers—they immediately turned and fled blindly into the crowd.
Shen Yi flicked Cold Night, sending blood spraying and splattering.
His body leaped out once more. Treading the grass as he gave chase, he plunged into the crowd, determined to wipe them all out.
At the same time.
A grief-stricken howl rang through the forest.
"White woman!"
Black Rakshasa saw his wife die miserably before his eyes and immediately lost focus as he roared in fury. Zhao Qiushan might have been simple and honest, but he was no fool.
Naturally, he would not let such a fine opportunity pass.
The two Xuanhua Axes spun like wheels in his hands, crossing as they cleaved down. Their axe force, dense and heavy as mountains, poured down like a cascading waterfall.
The dazed Black Rakshasa instinctively raised his steel trident to block.
But with a ringing clang, it snapped into two pieces.
Two rough and savage axe wounds instantly appeared across his back. Amid a pained, miserable howl, Black Rakshasa too returned his soul to the underworld.
Cold Night flashed in Shen Yi's hand, severing two throats in succession. Everywhere Shen Yi approached, the Whale Gang members scattered and fled.
Only, he failed to catch sight of the Long River Duo.
At that moment, Black and White Rakshasa had fallen.
The Long River Duo had fled without a trace.
The Yaksha Faction had completely lost its backbone. Its advantage in numbers gradually turned into defeat beneath the Broken Blade Hall led by Zhao Qiushan.
The Yaksha Faction collapsed.
Shen Yi sheathed his blade.
Without saying goodbye, he leaped into the trees and bounded into the distance.
Zhao Qiushan was still fighting with all his strength.
He shouted loudly in the direction Shen Yi had vanished:
"Brother Chen Yu!"
"Old Zhao begs you—be sure to save Big Brother!"
The lingering echoes faded into the distance, but Shen Yi's figure had long since disappeared.
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