Like slicing melons and chopping vegetables

The instant the two weapons met.

Gong Changwu's expression changed drastically. A terrifying force surged from the Tiger Head Saber, splitting the webs of both his hands in an instant. His arms could not withstand the force, and the bones inside snapped.

Bang!

His knees buckled, and Gong Changwu dropped heavily to the ground. Both arms hung limp, and the Bronze Staff in his hands had already rolled aside.

Yet in his field of vision, the Tiger Head Saber continued its downward stroke unabated.

Finally, the enlarging blade filled his entire vision.

Rip!

Gong Changwu's towering body was cleaved clean in two.

Even at the very last moment, he had never imagined he would lose so easily, so miserably.

The seventh layer of the Body Tempering Scripture!

The Sixth Level of the Everlasting Spring Technique!

And the additional boost from Liangshan Stronghold!

Although Qin Shujian's displayed realm was only Pseudo-Martial Entry Eighth Layer, even he could not say with absolute certainty what level his strength had actually reached.

The Entering Martial Sixth Layer, which others considered impossible to contend with, no longer amounted to much in his eyes.

After cleaving Gong Changwu to death with a single strike, Qin Shujian turned his gaze to Instructor Zhang and the others.

If the martial hall's master, Gong Changwu, counted as a minor boss, then these Martial Entry Fifth Level fighters counted as Elite Leaders.

However.

As Qin Shujian's gaze shifted toward them, Instructor Zhang and the others felt as though some terrifying being had fixed its eyes on them. Every hair on their bodies stood on end.

They had witnessed everything that had just happened.

Gong Changwu's corpse had yet to despawn, and the bloody scene remained before them.

Instructor Zhang in particular felt terror rising alongside his grief.

No one understood Gong Changwu's power better than he did.

At the Entering Martial Sixth Layer, flourishing vital energy was no empty claim.

Once someone truly crossed that threshold.

A single Entering Martial Sixth Layer fighter could easily take on three or four Martial Entry Fifth Level fighters like him.

Yet before this Liangshan Stronghold chieftain, Gong Changwu had not survived even a single exchange. Such strength sent a chill through Instructor Zhang and the others.

So when Qin Shujian's gaze landed on them.

Instructor Zhang immediately panicked. "Retreat! Hurry and ask the village chief to intervene!"

Anyone who could kill Gong Changwu with one strike had to be a terrifying existence at the Martial Entry Seventh Level or above.

The village chief?

At those words, a thought stirred in Qin Shujian's mind.

Judging by these NPCs' reactions, the village chief should be the strongest person in Beginner Village 10021!

With that thought in mind.

Seeing Instructor Zhang and the others about to retreat, he instantly burst into motion. As the Tiger Head Saber slashed through the air, an earthshaking tiger's roar erupted, resounding for miles.

Instructor Zhang felt as though he had plunged into an ice cellar. That tiger's roar froze him in place.

Swish!

The blade fell, and blood rained down.

Before Instructor Zhang could even react, a single slash killed him.

Meanwhile, Zhu Daming and Li Chunhua regained their senses during that brief opening, just in time to witness Instructor Zhang's death. Unable to suppress their terror any longer, they fled toward the village.

"Trying to leave?"

A cold sneer curled Qin Shujian's lips. The next instant, he was pursuing them.

You are about to enter Beginner Village 10021!

Your slaughter in Beginner Village 10021 has angered the village's powerful fighters. Once you enter Beginner Village 10021, you will encounter hostile powerful fighters!

The two system messages appeared right on cue.

But Qin Shujian merely glanced at them before putting them out of his mind.

Encounter hostile powerful fighters!

Since he had decided to overrun Beginner Village 10021, this was something he would have to face sooner or later.

Gong Changwu and Instructor Zhang were already dead. Once he killed Zhu Daming and Li Chunhua as well, the Novice Village would have no known fighters at the Martial Entry Fifth Level or above.

Liangshan Stronghold, meanwhile, had Zheng Fang, a Fourth Level of Martial Entry fighter, holding the fort, along with quite a few Martial Entry third level fighters.

Among the NPCs fighting them in the Novice Village, none remained who could pose a lethal threat to those men.

The only thing worth fearing was the seemingly endless stream of players.

Qin Shujian watched the players pouring out of the Novice Village, vainly attempting to stop him. His eyes held nothing but indifference.

Bandits killed by players could still respawn.

The only cost was losing one level of cultivation.

He could afford such losses.

Roar!

Unleashing the Black Tiger Saber Technique to its fullest, Qin Shujian became a terrifying tiger rampaging through the mountain forests. As the Tiger Head Saber flashed with deadly blade light, every player in its path dissolved into white light.

Kill! Kill! Kill!

In the players' eyes, he was an NPC. But in his eyes now, were the players not simply piles of Life Source?

Anyone who stood in his way had to die!

Boom!

The deadly blade light converged into a single strike, then came crashing down.

White light flashed repeatedly, and in an instant, the area within thirty feet of Qin Shujian was cleared.

Though it took time to describe, everything happened in the blink of an eye.

Seeing that Zhu Daming and Li Chunhua had taken advantage of the players' interference to make it all the way into Novice Village, Qin Shujian's expression turned cold.

The next instant!

Boom!

A terrifying slash of blade light shot out, instantly producing a tremendous sonic boom.

Sensing a lethal threat behind him, Zhu Daming instinctively turned to look. He saw a fierce tiger leap through the air and swallow him whole.

Blade light flashed.

Blood sprayed.

After finishing Zhu Daming with a single strike, Qin Shujian continued his charge without slowing, bearing down on Li Chunhua.

Hum!

Suddenly, a terrifying force surged toward him, aimed straight at the vital point in Qin Shujian's chest.

Qin Shujian's gaze remained resolute. He shifted slightly to move his chest's vital point out of the way, while the Tiger Head Saber continued to descend on Li Chunhua with a fierce rush of wind.

"No!"

When Gong Changwu, Zhu Daming, and the others died, her fighting spirit had already collapsed.

Now, faced with Qin Shujian's lethal attack, Li Chunhua even forgot to defend herself. She could only watch the blade descend, her face drained of color.

Swish!

The next moment, she followed the three who had died before her.

At the same time, a withered palm struck Qin Shujian's shoulder. Terrifying force erupted instantly, sending him staggering backward.

After retreating three steps, Qin Shujian planted his feet.

A sharp pain shot through his left shoulder. Clearly, he had suffered a serious injury.

He silently circulated the power of the Everlasting Spring Technique once, and the pain eased considerably.

He looked ahead, his gaze settling on a decrepit old man in his eighties.

Despite the frail frame that looked as though a gust of wind could topple it, Qin Shujian sensed vigorous vital energy surging within him.

A master!

A master whose strength far surpassed Gong Changwu's.

Martial Entry Seventh Level?

Or Martial Entry Eighth Level?

Qin Shujian could not be entirely sure.

But one thing he did know was that this elderly man should be the strongest person in Beginner Village 10021—the village chief Instructor Li and the others had spoken of.