Three Reverse Pulse Styles, Sword Slashes Grandmaster

"Arrogant brat, you are courting death."

Seeing Lin Hanzhou not only unafraid but brimming with fighting spirit, the two Grandmasters of the Qing Army were both incensed.

Having dominated the Northern Territory for decades, when had they ever been so slighted by a junior?

One of the Grandmasters, possessing a more burly frame and wielding a massive battle-axe, struck first.

He stomped his feet violently against the ground, causing the earth itself to tremble.

He then launched himself into the air like a cannonball, the giant axe in his hands descending toward Lin Hanzhou with terrifying momentum.

"Mountain Splitting Style!"

A terrifying, solid-looking axe glow, a hundred feet long, tore away from the blade as if to cleave the entire wall of the Capital City in two.

The other Grandmaster, holding a long spear, did not remain idle.

With a flick of his wrist, his spear struck out like lightning.

From an incredibly tricky angle, he sealed off all of Lin Hanzhou's paths of retreat, thrusting straight for his heart.

The two Grandmasters launched a joint attack.

The sheer power of it was enough to change the color of the heavens and earth.

Below the wall, all the Imperial Guard soldiers and civil and military officials were so terrified that their faces turned ashen and their hearts nearly shattered.

Yet, atop the city wall, Lin Hanzhou's expression remained as calm as an ancient, undisturbed well.

"Well come!"

He let out a low shout, and the long sword in his hand finally moved.

Instead of choosing to clash head-on with the peerlessly domineering axe glow, he utilized his movement technique, leaving behind a faint afterimage where he had stood.

This was the Profound-grade high-tier movement technique he had just mastered—Floating Light Glancing Shadow.

His figure instantly slipped through the narrow gap between the axe glow and the spear shadows.

He dodged the lethal joint attack by a hair's breadth.

"BOOM!"

The terrifying axe glow slammed solidly into the watchtower where he had just been standing.

With a heaven-shaking, earth-shattering roar, the watchtower, built from incredibly hard black iron rock, was forcibly cleaved in half by that single strike.

"What fast movement!"

Seeing their attack miss, a flash of surprise crossed the eyes of both Grandmasters.

But how could their combat experience be anything less than vast?

Before Lin Hanzhou could even steady his footing, their offensive swept toward him again like a violent storm.

For a time, the onlookers saw only three streaks of light constantly colliding above the Capital City.

The terrifying power of the Grandmaster level clashed and exploded repeatedly.

The entire sky was churned into chaos by the shockwaves of their battle.

Lin Hanzhou unleashed the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique at the perfection stage, his sword light surging like a sea of clouds, continuous and unending, shielding him tightly.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The sound of metal clashing rang out incessantly.

Although Lin Hanzhou managed to barely withstand the opponent's frenzied assault through his exquisite sword and movement techniques, he was still forced back repeatedly by the violent power, his internal energy and blood churning.

My current cultivation realm is still too low...

Lin Hanzhou sighed inwardly.

He could feel that his sword techniques, movement techniques, and martial skills were all superior to theirs in grade and mastery.

However, his opponents were, after all, two genuine peak Third-Stage powerhouses, their spiritual energy far more profound than his own at the first level of the Third Stage.

One-on-one, he had absolute confidence that he could kill one within a hundred moves.

But fighting two at once, he could only barely hold his ground.

Ending the battle in a short time was impossible.

"No, I cannot let this drag on any longer."

Lin Hanzhou's gaze swept over the hundred thousand iron cavalry below, who were already beginning to stir, and his eyes turned cold.

He knew he absolutely could not let this hundred thousand-strong cavalry charge into the city.

If they entered the city, his treasury would be in jeopardy.

"It seems I must pay a price."

He steeled his heart, no longer harboring the slightest hesitation.

The spiritual energy within his body began to circulate in reverse, in an incredibly violent manner.

A low-grade Profound secret technique, Three Reverse Pulse Styles.

This was a blood-burning secret technique he had memorized in his mind back in the Blue Star world.

Having been in this world for so long, he had already successfully mastered it.

And what he was unleashing at this moment was the most overbearing style among them.

The second style—Burning Life!

"BOOM—!"

A terrifying power, far exceeding his own limits, erupted from within his body.

His full head of black hair turned from black to white at a speed visible to the naked eye.

His originally young and handsome face also instantly gained a few traces of the vicissitudes of time.

He had forcibly elevated his strength at the cost of burning fifty years of his own lifespan.

He pushed it from the first level of the third stage to an inconceivable realm.

"This... what kind of evil art is this?!"

Feeling the aura on Lin Hanzhou that had suddenly surged several times over, both Grandmasters' expressions changed drastically.

However, by the time they reacted, it was already too late.

"Die!"

A cold word spat from Lin Hanzhou's mouth.

With his strength skyrocketing, his sword momentum shifted abruptly.

The originally elegant and agile Flowing Cloud Sword Technique became incomparably overbearing in his hands.

Every strike he unleashed caused the surrounding space to tremble, carrying an unquestionable power.

"Puchi!"

Seizing an opportunity, he completely ignored the giant axe hacking toward him.

Trading injury for life, his strike, fast to the extreme, pierced directly through the heart of the spear-wielding Grandmaster.

The other Grandmaster was shocked at the sight and wanted to go to the rescue.

But Lin Hanzhou's cold gaze had already locked onto him firmly.

He felt as if he had been targeted by a ferocious beast, completely unable to move.

He did not know how many years it had been since he last felt this kind of fear from the bottom of his heart.

In that very moment of his distraction, Lin Hanzhou turned around and slashed down diagonally with his sword at an even faster speed.

"Puchi!"

A fine head soared into the sky.

In an instant, the two Grandmasters who had been arrogant just a moment ago were forcefully cut down by Lin Hanzhou's sword.

In the sky, the two corpses of the Grandmasters fell powerlessly toward the dark mass of the army formation below.

On the city wall, Lin Hanzhou leaned on his sword, sitting on the ground and gasping for breath.

Even with the enhancement of the secret technique, slaying two Grandmasters in such a short time had brought him a significant burden.

His hair and beard were completely white, and his figure appeared somewhat lonely.

Yet, that invincible aura of one who reigns over the world left the hundred thousand iron cavalry below trembling with fear, silent as the grave!