Gaze and Grow Stronger: Starting from Battle Through the Heavens
Chapter 4

Extreme Blade Three Styles! Kill!

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Extreme Blade Three Styles! Kill!

Inside the Xiao Family courtyard.

Ge Ye stared coldly at Jiang Han, his eyes brimming with killing intent.

Without a word, he suddenly stepped forward, powerful Dou Qi bursting from his body.

His hands curled like eagle claws as several swift, fierce Sword Qi shot forth, charging straight at Jiang Han.

Jiang Han neither dodged nor evaded. Just as when he had faced the white-clad youth earlier, layers of Dou Qi surged around his body.

The difference was that this time, it was no longer the Dou Qi Gauze Robe that symbolized a Dou Master.

"Dou... Dou Qi Armor!"

"This guy is actually a Great Master Fighter!"

"How is that possible!!"

Seeing the nearly tangible armor covering Jiang Han's body, the Xiao Family members in the courtyard were stunned, and gasps echoed one after another.

Xiao Zhan's gaze was likewise fixed firmly on Jiang Han. Besides deep shock, his face held even more confusion and bewilderment.

Back in the hall, the Dou Qi fluctuations the other party had displayed had only been those of a Dou Master. Less than two minutes after chasing him out, how had he become a Great Master Fighter?!

Clang, clang, clang!

A series of fierce Sword Qi struck Jiang Han's Dou Qi Armor, producing crisp impacts.

"Who exactly are you?!"

Ge Ye did not rush to attack again. He restrained some of his killing intent, and a measure of gravity appeared in his eyes.

The other party was barely twenty, yet had already entered the ranks of Great Master Fighters. There had to be powerful resources cultivating him from behind the scenes.

Before learning the other party's origins, he truly had become wary, afraid that some force even greater than the Yun Lan Sect stood behind him.

"The one who'll kill you."

Jiang Han answered simply.

If his cultivation had not reached Great Master Fighter, he would likely have become a corpse by now, without even the chance to speak.

"Then in that case..."

Hearing Jiang Han's words, Ge Ye no longer had any reservations. His aura surged, and Dou Qi Armor formed around him as well.

In addition, a green longsword fell from his Storage Ring into his right hand.

Ge Ye swung the longsword, Dou Qi roiling around him and winding around the blade.

At last, white light flickered at the sword tip, forming several dancing streams of Sword Qi.

Azure Wood Swordplay!

A profound Cultivation Method of the Yun Lan Sect.

Feeling the increasingly terrifying sword force from Ge Ye's longsword, Jiang Han grew serious.

This was a battle of life and death. Even though he knew his strength surpassed his opponent's, he would not underestimate him.

Jiang Han's figure flashed. He targeted a Xiao Family member and swiftly snatched the broadsword from his hand.

On the battlefield, after Ge Ye finished building up his momentum, he leapt forward with his sword, instantly closing the distance to Jiang Han.

Jiang Han met him with his blade.

His blade was fast, and a howling vortex of wind rose around its edge.

With the first slash, there was a crack as it cleaved apart all of Ge Ye's Sword Qi.

The second slash appeared directly before Ge Ye.

"Not good!"

Seeing the blade right before his eyes, Ge Ye's pupils suddenly constricted.

Without any hesitation, Ge Ye immediately raised his sword to block.

However, just as Ge Ye was about to pour all the Dou Qi in his body into the sword—

For no apparent reason, a strange energy fluctuation erupted from the blade inches away.

In an instant, all the Dou Qi in his body was sealed, leaving him unable to move.

And then,

Blade and sword collided!

Clang!

With a crisp ring, the longsword in Ge Ye's hand was knocked flying and snapped into two pieces.

In the flash of lightning, Jiang Han swung his third slash.

Compared to the first two slashes, the might carried by this third slash was clearly far more terrifying.

"No... don't!"

As the blade drew closer and closer, Ge Ye's pupils rapidly dilated, filled with terror as a chill spread through his heart.

He feared that his Dou Qi Armor would not be able to withstand this strike. He tried to control his body and dodge, but that strange energy still held him firmly in place. He had lost control of his own body.

Crack!

Amid cold light, the third slash first shattered Ge Ye's Dou Qi Armor before falling onto his chest.

The blade tore open a long, bloody wound, while the Dou Qi wrapped around it seeped into Ge Ye's body and madly destroyed his life force.

Boom!

A thunderous crash rang out.

Ge Ye's corpse slammed heavily into the ground, shattering entire patches of Bluestone Bricks and gouging out a deep trench.

Until his death, he never knew where the strange energy that had briefly bound him through the blade had come from.

After glancing at Ge Ye, dead beyond doubt, Jiang Han casually tossed the broadsword aside.

Extreme Blade Three Styles was a blade-and-sword technique bestowed by the System. As its name suggested, it consisted of three styles. The first was an ordinary slash with blade or sword, the second came with a suppressive effect, and the third stacked the power of the first two styles.

As for that suppressive effect, it was certainly unrelated to Dou Qi. Jiang Han could only attribute it to the blade-and-sword technique produced by the System itself.

Against opponents of the same realm, the suppressive effect was enough to last until the third style was unleashed. But when facing powerhouses far above his own cultivation, its effect became negligible.

"He's dead! That old man from the Yun Lan Sect lost!"

"He was a Seven Star Great Master Fighter!"

"It actually ended like this!"

Witnessing the scene, the Xiao Family members all sucked in sharp breaths, staring at one another like clay statues struck by lightning.

"Xiao Zhan, did you understand it? During the earlier battle, Ge Ye's Dou Qi seemed to have stagnated. It was as though his entire body had been restrained!" An elder looked toward Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Zhan shook his head and guessed, "It should have been some kind of special Dou Technique."

After dealing with Ge Ye, Jiang Han stretched his limbs and walked toward Xiao Zhan.

At once.

The Xiao Family members became alert. One after another, they drew their blades and swords, standing ready for battle.

"Patriarch Xiao, the reason I disguised myself as a servant and entered your residence was for Ge Ye. He killed my closest friend, and I came here to take revenge."

At this point, Jiang Han's gaze turned icy. "If people from the Yun Lan Sect come looking one day, you may tell them the truth about me. But when you draw my portrait, it must not resemble me in the slightest. Otherwise, I'll come back for you."

"I understand."

Xiao Zhan nodded quickly in response.

Before leaving, Jiang Han searched the corpse and took Ge Ye's Storage Ring, then glanced at Xiao Yan among the crowd.

He did not know whether the loss of the three-year agreement would affect the other party's fate.

In any case, he did not care.

After getting some money from the Xiao Family residence, Jiang Han casually found an inn in the city.

He ate while reviewing the battle.

This time, he had still been too impatient. His target had been too great a leap.

He had not expected that even a mere Great Master Fighter would possess such sharp instincts.

If the other party had discovered him earlier...

If the other party had not sent the white-clad youth and Nalan Yanran to attack first, thereby buying him time...

If he had not raised his cultivation to Five Star Dou Practitioner the day before...

If even one of those ifs had been missing, he would likely have died in the Xiao Family hall today for nothing.

If that had truly happened, he would not have been able to rest even in death.

With such a heaven-defying cheat, he had only played it up to Five Star Dou Practitioner. How could he have faced the rest of the transmigrator army?

Proceed step by step, seek victory through stability;

The strong devour the weak, never be a good man;

Kill when it is time to kill, leave no survivors;

Hide when it is time to hide, and live long;

At the slightest frown, retreat behind everyone else;

As Jiang Han devoured large mouthfuls of meat, he recited the Supreme Powerhouse Scripture over and over again.

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