At that moment, with the resolve to die, I charged straight at that Huang Family elder.
For no other reason than that I did not want to become my master's burden.
Only if I died would Master have even a thirty-percent chance of breaking out of the encirclement and escaping alive.
"Xiao Jiang, come back..."
Master's voice had barely begun to ring out.
The elderly Huang Family elder standing directly opposite me, holding a dragon-headed cane, sneered at that moment as well.
"You overestimate yourself, boy. Since you're so eager to die, I'll send you on your way..."
With that, the Huang Family's Sixth Elder opened his eyes wide, and an unusually fierce surge of True Qi erupted from him in an instant.
His overwhelming aura crashed toward me like a tidal wave.
Not only that, but he also leaped into the air.
Gripping his dragon-patterned cane, he swung it straight at my face.
Though I was prepared to die, I still wanted to buy Master a second or two—or perhaps even longer—to escape.
I raised Evil-Slaying Flowing Cloud to block it.
With a bang, the dragon-patterned cane struck the blade of Evil-Slaying Flowing Cloud.
The tremendous impact sent a sharp pain through my right hand, and I could not even keep hold of the longsword.
The absolute gap in strength made the Evil-Slaying Flowing Cloud Sword in my hand fall to the ground with a clang. After being blocked once, the dragon-patterned cane in his hand continued downward at high speed, pointing straight at my chest.
In that instant, the Huang Family's Sixth Elder's face was full of sneering contempt.
To an expert like him, I was truly far too weak...
I could not even withstand a single strike from him.
My entire body had frozen, unable to make