First Encounter with Qin Shuang (Part Two)

The road of the martial world was full of hardships...

In the chaotic martial world, life had become the cheapest thing of all.

Watching Liu Qingfeng, who was already on the verge of collapse, the eldest of the Three Fiends of Wolf Mountain, blade in hand, flashed a vicious glint in his eyes. Raising his saber, he said coldly, "Perhaps my two brothers and I truly will meet a miserable end, just as you said. But you will not live to see that day. Let your grandpa send you down now to reunite with everyone from your Clearwind Sword Sect!"

Before his words had faded, the saber in his hand had already struck.

Facing the blade light slashing toward him, Liu Qingfeng's eyes remained calm and unruffled. Death no longer held any fear for him.

Only...

Slowly turning his head, he ignored the blade light before him and fixed his gaze on the three figures who had already fled over a hundred meters away.

"Only... I hope... Heaven can... grant them a way to live!"

Sshk!

The blade flashed, and a head flew high into the air. Blood spurted more than a meter high, while the headless body swayed once before slowly collapsing backward.

Thud!

The head that fell to the ground still stared fixedly at the figures ahead, its eyes unable to close for a long while.

Shaking the blood from his saber, the eldest of the Three Fiends of Wolf Mountain showed not the slightest change in his expression. He remained as cold as ever.

"Third Brother, take the head. We'll hand it over to Young Master Shuang later."

"Hehe, got it, Boss!" The third of the Three Fiends of Wolf Mountain answered with a grin. He picked up the head from the ground and tucked it directly at his waist, heedless of the blood still covering it.

"Boss, what about those three women?"

"Young Master Shuang gave the order: anyone who offends the World Society, young or old, dies!"

"Got it! Leave those three to me!"

Hearing his boss's words, the third fiend, who had just tucked the head at his waist, immediately grinned and charged after the mother and her two daughters with his saber in hand.

Seeing the killer pursuing them, the woman's eyes filled with despair. The sight of the head at his waist, its eyes still open, nearly made her legs buckle beneath her.

But when she looked at the daughter in her arms, she finally suppressed the grief of losing her husband and staggered toward Li Chenfeng and the Sword Servant.

"Young heroes, please save my daughter!"

Looking at the two figures on horseback before her, the woman seemed to have grasped her final lifeline and cried out desperately to Li Chenfeng and the Sword Servant.

"The World Society is conducting business. If you do not wish to die, do not meddle!"

Seeing the woman begging for help, the third fiend pursuing her immediately threatened Li Chenfeng and the Sword Servant.

When he saw that Li Chenfeng and the Sword Servant remained on horseback, seemingly with no intention of intervening, the third fiend sneered inwardly. Around here, no one dared interfere in the World Society's affairs!

"Hahaha! Anyone my World Society wants dead cannot be saved! I'll send you to meet your dead husband right now!" With a savage grin, the third fiend leaped into the air and brought his saber down toward the woman's head.

Li Chenfeng sat upon his horse, watching everything before him with indifference. It was as if he had heard neither the woman's plea nor the third fiend's threat. Yet at the instant the third fiend struck, Li Chenfeng's left hand tightened slightly around the Changli Sword.

Watching the mother and daughter about to die beneath the villain's saber, Li Chenfeng's left hand around the Changli Sword twitched slightly.

But there was no need for him to act personally. Having noticed his young master's reaction, the Sword Servant had already leaped from his horse ahead of him. At some point, a gleaming short sword had appeared in his hand.

The grinning third fiend of the Three Fiends of Wolf Mountain suddenly felt a flash before his eyes. Then a sword light, like a silver dragon emerging into the world, swept past him.

The next instant, he realized that the saber in his hand could no longer descend. All the strength in his body seemed to be rapidly draining away.

"Ghk... ghk..."

He opened his mouth, wanting to cry out...

But the moment he opened it, blood began to spill out uncontrollably.

Both hands clutched tightly at his throat, yet they could not stop the bright red blood from gushing forth.

Thud!

The woman, who had already fallen into despair, did not feel the blade light strike her. Instead, she heard something heavy hit the ground beside her.

She hurriedly opened her eyes, only to see the murderer who had killed her husband lying on the ground. After twitching twice, he no longer moved.

"Ah!"

The bloody sight drew a frightened cry from one of the little girls.

The woman immediately came to her senses. She covered her daughter's eyes with both hands and pulled her into her embrace.

Yet the two little girls reacted differently upon seeing the corpse on the ground.

One let out a frightened scream, while the other revealed deep hatred in her eyes, showing no fear at all toward the bloody corpse.

Li Chenfeng saw all of this. He could not help viewing the other little girl in a new light. At such a young age, she already possessed such courage.

"Where did this little bastard come from? You dared to kill my brother? Give me your life!"

A furious roar rang out. The remaining two of the Three Fiends of Wolf Mountain had discovered that someone actually dared meddle in their affairs and had killed their third brother the moment he acted. They immediately flew into a rage and charged over with murderous intent.

Hearing the shout, the woman's body trembled. She clutched her daughter tightly in her arms, then raised her head shakily to look at Li Chenfeng on horseback.

Seeing the pleading look filling the woman's eyes, an image suddenly flashed through Li Chenfeng's mind.

A frail woman held an infant in her arms and desperately begged a fierce-looking man, hoping to preserve her child's life...

Taking a deep breath, Li Chenfeng closed his eyes. When he opened them again, they were filled with killing intent.

"Do not worry. You will be fine."

After saying this calmly, Li Chenfeng turned his gaze toward the two men rushing at them.

From the battle just now, Li Chenfeng had already seen through the three men's strength. Aside from the eldest, who possessed Acquired Peak Realm cultivation, the other two were merely in the Mid-Acquired Realm.

The three of them could kill the sword-wielding middle-aged man, who was likewise at the Acquired Peak Realm, by joining forces. But against the Sword Servant, who had reached the Acquired Perfection Realm, even all three together would not have been a match for him.

Moreover, Madam Ao had specially trained the Sword Servant from childhood to protect Li Chenfeng. Whether it was the Cultivation Method and sword techniques he practiced or the weapon he wielded, none were ordinary. Even among those in the Acquired Perfection Realm, the Sword Servant ranked among the best.

"Sword Servant, kill!"

Those three calm words left Li Chenfeng's mouth.

The instant his words fell, boundless killing intent suddenly erupted from the Sword Servant, who had been standing motionless.

A gust of wind burst beneath his feet, leaving only a faint afterimage where he had stood. His short sword flashed through the air, and streams of sword light intertwined into a net that descended over the two charging men.