One Sword, Instant Kill—You're the Strongest Sequence

Xue Cheng's red-glowing eyes fixed viciously on Su Xing. He had thought that with his third-tier strength, killing a mysterious expert would be no problem at all, yet he had been killed by this guy instead.

This agony before death

drove Xue Cheng completely insane!

Like a madman, he tore out his own heart. He would rather give up his last sliver of hope of survival than fail to push his Sequence to its limit and take Su Xing with him before he died!

"You damned bastard, I'll make you die with me!"

As the words fell,

the gigantic monster behind Xue Cheng pressed its hands together and smashed straight down at Su Xing!

With a boom, a vast stretch of mountainside instantly collapsed. The hill seemed on the verge of being smashed through, its peak abruptly lowered by a large section. Rubble and dust filled the air, accompanied by Xue Cheng's arrogant laughter.

"Hahahaha! That finally killed the bastard!!!"

"The one who's dead is you!!!!"

"The one who's dead is you!!!!"

The instant Blood Shadow brought its clasped hands down, Su Xing continuously unleashed Draw-Sword Stance, turning into a streak of white light as he charged wildly toward Xue Cheng.

Though Su Xing was incredibly fast and dodged the blow, the shockwaves it kicked up still struck him.

Pain wracked every part of Su Xing's body, as though he would explode at any moment. If the pain of every advancement had not been several times worse than this, he truly would not have been able to endure it.

Su Xing gritted his teeth. Blood seeped from his forehead, warm against his skin, blurring his vision.

He could feel his heart pounding wildly like thunderous war drums, urging him to kill Xue Cheng once and for all!

"What's going on?"

"Did I hear that wrong?"

Xue Cheng's life force was draining away rapidly, and his mind was beginning to blur as well. Hearing Su Xing's roar, he failed to react at first. Under such a terrifying blow, Su Xing had actually survived.

But

time would not give him another chance to think!

Xue Cheng only felt someone instantly straddle him. Before he could react, Su Xing's longsword plunged directly toward his head!

Boom!

Under that tremendous force, Xue Cheng's head burst like a watermelon smashed by a hammer, red and white matter spilling across the ground in an instant!

The enormous blood-red monster behind him also melted away the moment Xue Cheng's head exploded, turning into specks of bloody light that vanished between heaven and earth.

Su Xing shakily rose to his feet. The black sword in his hand dispersed into black motes of light. Looking down at Xue Cheng, who could not have been any deader, he finally let out a slow breath.

He could tell that although this battle had been a mess, he had not suffered any serious injuries. His worst wound was the punch to his chest; after recovering for a while, he should be fine.

Su Xing clenched his fist.

Only now did he truly realize how much stronger he had become. If he had encountered this guy before breaking through [Mortal Sword], Su Xing felt that even several lives would not have been enough for Xue Cheng to kill.

Just then,

he suddenly heard waves of footsteps coming from the foot of the mountain.

Su Xing immediately understood. The people from the special department had probably arrived. It was likely too late to run now, so he quickly found an open spot, lay down on the ground, and tightly shut his eyes.

Having just gone through a battle, he was the perfect image of a victim. The special department had no way of finding evidence that he possessed supernatural power, so a little acting should not be a problem.

Once Su Xing had settled into position, the footsteps from below grew closer and closer.

When the footsteps reached nearby,

Su Xing could finally make out two distinct sets—one lighter, the other heavier. There should be two people.

Looking at the scene before him, Liu Ming felt a surge of shock. He had expected the battle to be intense, but he had not expected it to be this intense!

The entire hill had practically been smashed into a depression. Craters, bloodstains, and chunks of flesh were everywhere. Xue Cheng's corpse lay there as well; he had indeed been killed by the mysterious expert.

Bai Lan did not spend much time examining the traces of battle. Upon seeing Xue Cheng's corpse, she hurried over to Su Xing, checked his breathing, then shook him and said,

"Handsome... Brother Su, are you all right?"

There was concern, confusion, and suspicion in Bai Lan's voice.

At that moment, many thoughts ran through her mind.

Bai Lan was certain that this wreckage had been caused by the battle between the mysterious expert and Xue Cheng. Yet only Xue Cheng's corpse and Su Xing lying here could be found. Could Su Xing be that mysterious expert?

A man was so handsome,

it only seemed natural that he would be strong too.

As she thought this,

Su Xing slowly opened his eyes, pretending to be terribly weak. When he saw Bai Lan, he said in surprise,

"Teacher Bai, why are you here? Shouldn't you be at school right now?"

Upon hearing Su Xing's question, Liu Ming, who had been standing behind her, stepped forward. He touched Su Xing's injured area, took out a police ID, and said,

"Sir, are you all right?"

"Here's the situation: I heard something had happened here, and Miss Bai happened to be at the police station on business, so I let her come with me."

"I'm a police officer. You can call me Officer Liu."

"Officer Liu... There's a murderer, there's a murderer!"

Su Xing pretended to know nothing, pointing frantically at Xue Cheng lying on the ground as he continued to shout,

"It was him, it was him who wanted to kill me! Then someone with incredible skills came and saved me!"

"Someone with incredible skills?"

Liu Ming calmly glanced at Bai Lan, then took out a small notebook and continued,

"Please tell me exactly what happened."

Su Xing scratched his head. "Actually, I don't know much myself. I couldn't sleep tonight, so I came out for a walk. Then I ran into that murderer on this mountain..."

Su Xing roughly described what had happened.

After hearing the whole account, Liu Ming frowned slightly and said,

"You're saying that you came here in the middle of the night, encountered this murderer, struggled desperately, and then someone came and saved you?"

"So where is that person now?"

"I don't know. After he saved me, I passed out immediately. I don't know what happened after that."

Liu Ming looked at Su Xing with a slight frown.

To be honest, he found it strange. This place had been battered into such a state, yet Su Xing, an ordinary person, had not asked all sorts of questions or felt that his worldview had collapsed.

How was that possible?

Unless he had already known that this world was not so simple.

But Liu Ming looked again and again,

and could not detect the slightest sign that Su Xing possessed a Sequence.

As for a martial artist... that possibility had already been dismissed internally two or three times. It was probably not likely either.

So there was only one possibility:

the mysterious expert had told Su Xing part of the truth about the world.

But why would the mysterious expert tell Su Xing such things?

Thinking of this,

Liu Ming fell silent for a while,

because he had picked up on two pieces of information from this matter.

First, the mysterious expert indeed had a grudge against the Spirit Cult, but likewise did not wish to have contact with official organizations.

Second, Su Xing most likely knew the mysterious expert. Or rather... the mysterious expert was someone close to Su Xing.

Liu Ming narrowed his eyes.

He felt that the mysterious expert's identity was practically about to reveal itself.

If it had been before,

he would definitely have felt uneasy about such an expert hiding in the shadows.

Especially since the mysterious expert possessed such terrifying strength and talent.

But through their indirect contact over these past days, he had more or less determined that the mysterious expert truly bore them no ill will. Perhaps the person really only wanted to live an ordinary life.

After a long while,

Liu Ming finally waved his hand and said,

"Lie here and don't move for now."