All Beings Are Equal Saber

The Northern Barbarian leader felt no panic. Instead, he already saw the unfamiliar man nearby as a lamb awaiting slaughter, and the woman in the carriage as a prize already in his pocket.

He waved a hand. "Go together. Surround him and that carriage. Don't give him a chance to run."

"Yes."

The cavalry captain led a dozen or so riders charging toward the carriage.

One of the surrounded women saw this, hatred flashing in her eyes. She immediately stood and shouted, "Run! They're coming to capture you!"

"Shut up!"

The Northern Barbarian leader's expression changed. He lashed out with his riding whip, sending the woman flying and crashing heavily to the ground.

Li Dao's keen senses caught the commotion over there. Watching the Northern Barbarian riders charging toward him, he lifted the Black Iron Saber and strode forward.

Seeing that the man actually dared approach them, the cavalry captain's face hardened. "A few of you watch the carriage. The rest, surround him."

"Yes!"

Soon, the Northern Barbarian riders closed in on Li Dao. Two of them, following their captain's orders to watch the carriage, rushed ahead and passed on either side of him.

At that very moment, two cold flashes flickered through the air.

The cavalry captain, who had just approached, froze briefly and asked the men beside him, "Did you see anything happen just now?"

"Did something happen?"

"I didn't see anything either."

"That man didn't move at all."

As they discussed it, the cavalry captain suddenly noticed that the two men he had sent to watch the carriage had stopped halfway there, completely motionless.

"What are you two doing?"

The cavalry captain shouted instinctively.

But the two remained motionless where they were, as did the horses beneath them.

Suddenly, a thin red line appeared across each horse's neck. Then matching bloody lines appeared on the two Northern Barbarian riders.

As everyone stared in confusion, they saw the two riders move.

It was not a normal movement. Their bodies shifted apart at the middle, and the two horses' necks shifted as well.

Thud!

Four successive impacts rang out. Only then did everyone realize that the two riders had been cut apart, along with their horses' heads.

Yet there was only one person present who could have done it.

The pretty boy slowly walking toward them.

The eerie sight made the faces of the Northern Barbarian riders near Li Dao change drastically.

A few of the more timid riders could barely resist pulling on their reins to retreat as he approached.

"Don't be afraid of him."

Seeing his men's morale waver, the cavalry captain wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and spoke loudly.

"Captain!"

Suddenly, a Northern Barbarian rider cried out in panic.

"What now?"

The cavalry captain jumped in fright.

"He... he's gone."

Everyone looked up and discovered that the man who had been walking toward them had vanished without their noticing.

Rip!

Suddenly, a spray of blood swept through their ranks.

The survivors looked toward the sound. Only then did they realize that their opponent had somehow already reached their side.

Li Dao glanced at a wide-open door nearby and said slowly, "Every one of you deserves to die."

Inside the doorway, blood covered the floor. A man and a woman lay brutally slain in a pool of blood.

Beside them lay three more bodies.

The oldest looked no more than ten, while the youngest appeared to be only one or two.

An ordinary, happy family of five had been slaughtered in their own home, just like that.

Li Dao had already learned how cruel the Northern Barbarians were to the people of Great Qian.

But actually seeing this scene, he still found it difficult to bear.

And when he felt this anguish, he needed to vent it. The Northern Barbarian riders before him were the perfect targets.

Bang!

Li Dao stamped hard against the ground. Driven by his immense strength, he raised the Black Iron Saber and lunged straight at a Northern Barbarian rider.

The rider instinctively raised his saber to block.

Crack!

With a sharp snap, both the long saber and the Northern Barbarian rider were shattered.

Li Dao never paused. Without hesitation, he turned toward the next Northern Barbarian rider.

At that moment, the cavalry captain panicked and hurriedly roared, "Move! Surround him! Attack together and cut him down!"

But the remaining Northern Barbarian riders had no chance at all.

Each time one rider died, the next followed within three seconds.

In just thirty seconds, the cavalry captain was the only man around Li Dao still sitting on a horse.

Seeing all his subordinates, alive just moments ago, reduced to corpses, the cavalry captain finally lost his nerve. His body began trembling uncontrollably.

Ten meters away, Li Dao flicked the Black Iron Saber, scattering a streak of blood across the ground.

Then he walked toward the cavalry captain, saber in hand.

"Move!"

Terrified, the cavalry captain hurriedly pulled on the reins, trying to flee.

But he discovered that the horse beneath him would not move a muscle.

He could feel its body trembling.

Was it afraid?

Too afraid to move!

As Li Dao drew closer and closer, the cavalry captain finally lost his patience.

"You damned beast, move!"

He drove his saber tip hard into the horse's rump, hoping the pain would force it to move.

But something unexpected happened.

The pain made the horse move, but instead of turning and fleeing, it began thrashing wildly in place.

The sudden movement caught the cavalry captain completely off guard.

He lost his balance and fell from the saddle.

At that very moment, the horse stopped. As though realizing no one was restraining it anymore, it turned and ran without hesitation.

The cavalry captain: "???"

He froze at the sight.

That damned beast had abandoned him and run off alone?

"Bastard! I'll slaughter you when I get back!"

The cavalry captain cursed loudly in furious frustration.

Just then, footsteps stopped behind him, making his heart shudder.

He turned and discovered that the man who had slaughtered his subordinates had already reached his back without his noticing.

"You... ngh..."

The cavalry captain had barely begun to speak when a cold flash swept past, silencing him forever.

A blade had sliced a bloody opening across his throat.

[One enemy killed. Attributes gained: 0.68]

With the cavalry captain's death, only corpses remained around Li Dao. He stood alone among them, holding the bloodstained Black Iron Saber.

Everything that had happened seemed lengthy, but in reality, less than three minutes had passed from beginning to end.

Thus, to the Northern Barbarian leader and his men nearby, it had all happened far too suddenly.

They had only seen Li Dao chop down every one of their comrades as easily as slicing vegetables and melons, so swiftly and cleanly that they had no time to react.

The sight also wiped the arrogance from the Northern Barbarian leader's eyes.

He realized that the man before him was a troublesome opponent.

"Commander, what do we do now?"

A Northern Barbarian rider spoke up.

The Northern Barbarian leader said gravely, "This fellow is no ordinary man. Tell everyone to be careful."

Had his opponent shown the unmistakable sign of projecting True Qi outward, he would have turned and fled without hesitation. Their entire force combined would not have been enough for a single Xiantian Martial Artist to slaughter.

But recalling the way the man had killed just now, he had seen no fluctuations of True Qi whatsoever.

In other words, his opponent was not a Xiantian Martial Artist, merely a relatively formidable Houtian Martial Artist.

Although he had lost more than a dozen subordinates, he still had over ninety men. With himself, a Houtian Third Grade expert, among them, they had enough to handle even a Houtian First Grade opponent.

At his words, the remaining Northern Barbarian riders abandoned their earlier frivolity.

Some began throwing heavy loads off their horses. They also untied the women bound to the horses and tossed them aside, clearly taking the situation seriously now.

Once freed, the women quickly gathered together rather than fleeing. They knew escape was pointless. If the Northern Barbarian riders won in the end, their bare feet could never outrun four-legged horses.

They were better off staying and silently hoping that the unknown man could save them.

With that thought, they began praying silently.

Inside the carriage nearby.

Jiu'er carefully lifted the curtain and immediately spotted Li Dao standing among the corpses.

She completely ignored the bodies. Seeing that her young master was unharmed, she breathed a sigh of relief and silently cheered him on.

After finishing off the Northern Barbarian riders around him, Li Dao did not stop. He continued walking toward the riders opposite him.

Whether to harvest attributes through slaughter or to vent the displeasure in his heart, he would make sure these men stayed here today.

Kill!

Silently uttering that word, Li Dao raised the Black Iron Saber and rushed toward the main force of Northern Barbarian riders.

Opposite him, the Northern Barbarian leader had already prepared for this. He immediately ordered, "Kill him!"

"Whoever takes his head gets a hundred cattle and sheep, ten beautiful women, and a promotion of one rank!"

The riders' eyes reddened at his words. Nothing could stir their hearts more easily than those rewards.

At once, every one of them charged at Li Dao with all the ferocity they could muster.

Little did they know that, in his eyes, their supposed charge looked like humans sliding feetfirst at a tiger, as though hoping to stuff it to death.

But while a tiger could be stuffed to death, could Li Dao?

No, because he was no tiger. He was a taotie with a limitless appetite!

However many ordinary Northern Barbarian riders came, he could swallow them all.

The rider at the front charged the fastest.

The earlier scene had left a deep impression on him. He knew his enemy's blade was extremely sharp, so clashing head-on was out of the question. Cleverly, he had found a weakness instead.

His opponent stood alone on the ground, while he was charging on horseback.

All he needed to do was ram the man with his horse. If the man dodged, he would naturally be fine. But if the man insisted on dealing with the horse, he could strike afterward and finish him.

At that thought, he could almost see the commander's rewards beckoning to him.

As he approached his target, he noticed that the man did not dodge, and delight surged in his heart.

Seeing that the man actually intended to meet him head-on, he inwardly cursed, Idiot. This was a charging horse. Even a martial artist would struggle to withstand it.

Facing the horse rushing straight at him, Li Dao raised his palm.

The next second, the horse's face slammed directly into that bare palm.

But to the leading rider's astonishment, the man was not knocked flying as he had imagined. Instead, he himself flew into the air, hurled forward by inertia as his horse stopped abruptly.

In midair, he saw only a cold flash. A chill passed through his body, and he quickly lost consciousness.

In the end, everything that Northern Barbarian rider had envisioned had existed only in his own imagination.

He had never realized that, in Li Dao's eyes, he was no different from an ant beside his feet, easily crushed with a casual step.

[One enemy killed. Attributes gained: 0.19]

Ignoring the system notification ringing in his ears, Li Dao tightened his grip on the Black Iron Saber and rushed into the mass of riders.

His blade swept constantly through the air. With its sharp edge and his immense strength, not a single person in his path could stop him.

One man nearly overturned an entire Northern Barbarian cavalry force.

In a single clash, more than a dozen Northern Barbarian riders died beneath his blade.

The others remained unharmed only because they had not had the chance to reach Li Dao just then, thereby escaping disaster.

This bloody slaughter instantly cleared the riders' heads considerably. They were no longer blinded by their commander's promised rewards.

"What are you standing around for? Kill him!"

The Northern Barbarian leader charged over as well, shouting angrily at his subordinates.

Seeing them hesitate, he cursed without hesitation, "A pack of useless trash."

He turned his gaze toward Li Dao. "Boy, this day next year will be the anniversary of your death."

Then he told his men, "I'll charge first. You useless trash had better keep up."

Hearing this, the Northern Barbarian riders gradually recovered their fighting spirit.

Their commander was so powerful. They only needed to support him.

"Kill!"

With a shout, the Northern Barbarian leader rode his swift horse straight toward Li Dao.

Seeing this, the riders behind him launched another charge.

"Boy, take my blade!"

The Northern Barbarian leader quickly charged up to Li Dao, swinging the saber in his hand.

The slash descended from above with boundless momentum, carrying the Northern Barbarian leader's indomitable force, like a ferocious tiger opening its enormous jaws and lunging straight at Li Dao's face.

Shrrip!

The next instant, blood sprayed through the air, and a head flew high before falling to the ground.

Saber in hand, Li Dao looked at the Northern Barbarian leader's severed head, its eyes still wide in death, and murmured, "Impressive momentum. Too bad it was useless."

In just one exchange, the Northern Barbarian leader had died beneath Li Dao's blade.

This was also what made Li Dao so formidable: every improvement to his physique strengthened his entire body, leaving not a single weak spot.

With his physique now nearly a hundred times that of an ordinary person, anyone below the level of a Xiantian Martial Artist posed no threat to him whatsoever.

In a head-on clash, no Houtian Martial Artist could withstand a single slash from him.

Thus, whether they were Houtian First Grade or ordinary people, they were all just a matter of one slash to him.

Li Dao had another name for this slash.

"All Beings Are Equal Saber."