One Sword to the Ends of the Earth

Whoosh!

Just then, wisps of sword light erupted from the room where Lin Tian was staying.

"You have someone here. Who is it?"

Senior Brother Li suddenly froze, his gaze trembling.

Only then did he suddenly understand why Ling Qiuzi had rejected him.

She had already found someone to back her.

"Bitch!"

A cold sneer curled Senior Brother Li's lips. He released Ling Qiuzi, intending to slip away at once.

He had only taken one step when he stopped, then suddenly chuckled.

"So it's just an ant at the early Body Opening realm. This is the backer you found?"

Tears filled Ling Qiuzi's eyes. She shouted straight toward Lin Tian's room:

"My lord, save me!"

Senior Brother Li froze, then his expression turned cold.

"Bitch, have you already given your red pill to that man?"

Ling Qiuzi said nothing. Sprawled on the ground, she looked toward Lin Tian's room, her eyes filled with resolve.

"Good. Very good. Someone at the early Body Opening realm actually dared to steal my opportunity!"

His voice chilling, Senior Brother Li charged toward Lin Tian's room.

Crack, crack!

Before he could enter, a series of cracking sounds rang out from inside.

Senior Brother Li rushed into the room, only to find that someone had slashed through its rear wall.

A figure slipped away.

"He ran?"

Senior Brother Li paused, then sneered aloud.

He looked at the now-despairing Ling Qiuzi, mockery in his eyes.

"This is the lover you found? What a wonderful bond you two have."

"I'll kill him with my own hands, right in front of you!"

His eyes brimming with malice, Senior Brother Li waved one hand.

A strand of spiritual power wrapped around Ling Qiuzi, carrying her along as he chased after Lin Tian.

He certainly could not let Lin Tian go.

After all, he was a potential threat.

If he really let the man escape, there would surely be trouble later.

In this small town, he had to guard against everything.

Bound tightly by spiritual power, Ling Qiuzi finally sank into utter despair.

She had intended to make Senior Brother Li and Lin Tian fight, then seize the chance to slip away.

Although Lin Tian was only at the early Body Opening realm.

He was a sword cultivator, after all, and the presence he had released earlier had been terrifying.

He could not defeat Senior Brother Li, who was nearing the Mystic Pill realm, but he could at least buy her some time.

Yet Lin Tian had gone even further.

He had actually broken through the wall and fled.

Now she was bound by Senior Brother Li's high-level Body Opening spiritual power and could not escape at all.

Boom, boom!

Ling Qiuzi felt her vision blur.

Pulled along by threads of spiritual power, she sped forward with her feet off the ground.

Beyond the stream lay a forest.

From time to time, beasts roared.

Through the empty, blood-scented air came occasional whimpers, impossible to tell whether they belonged to humans or savage beasts.

They seemed like the final struggles of life.

High in the sky, the great runic formation still radiated a faint glow.

Senior Brother Li raced through the shadowy woods with Ling Qiuzi in tow.

They seemed to be drawing closer to Lin Tian, for they could clearly see the grass moving ahead.

"Ah!"

Ling Qiuzi screamed.

The pill poison had erupted.

Her entire body felt as though tens of thousands of icy blades were stabbing her over and over.

Sweat beaded on her face, and her body trembled nonstop.

"Someone... save me!"

She howled, the pain tearing at her heart and lungs, her voice thick with utter despair.

"Hmph, bitch. I gave you a chance, and you refused!"

Senior Brother Li merely grinned viciously, paying Ling Qiuzi no heed.

He stared fixedly ahead, into the depths of the forest.

He suddenly stopped and carelessly tossed the still-wailing Ling Qiuzi onto the ground.

With a cold gaze, Senior Brother Li looked at the sword-wielding young man leaning against a dead tree ahead.

Seemingly recognizing Lin Tian, he smiled.

"So it's the newcomer who arrived today."

"Why aren't you running anymore?"

Lin Tian's gaze was indifferent. Moonlight reflected off the Heavenly Sword, making it look especially cold.

"Because I can't get away."

Lin Tian spoke, left with no other choice.

Senior Brother Li's cultivation was higher, and he was much faster.

Sooner or later, he would catch up.

"Hmph. Since you aren't running, kill yourself."

Senior Brother Li chuckled, looking at Lin Tian with amusement.

"It hurts so much!"

At his feet, Ling Qiuzi was still screaming in pain, rolling about incessantly.

Lin Tian glanced at Ling Qiuzi, then said to Senior Brother Li:

"I'm not willing to kill myself."

When Lin Tian finished, Senior Brother Li laughed aloud.

"Hmph. In that case, I'll do it myself."

He rotated his wrist, and a glow appeared over his right fist.

Then, suddenly remembering something, he looked at the runic formation in the sky.

"Perfect. The formation is calm, so killing you won't matter."

Senior Brother Li gave a vicious laugh, and his presence surged.

He seemed to be gathering some kind of martial technique.

"Is that so?"

Lin Tian murmured, revealing no emotion.

He bent his knees slightly and extended the Heavenly Sword in his hand.

His wrist turned gently, the sword light bone-chilling.

He assumed a sword-striking stance, pointing the tip at Senior Brother Li.

"Hmph!"

Senior Brother Li narrowed his eyes and raised his right fist.

He hurled a punch at Lin Tian, spiritual power surging wildly around it.

"You're already dead."

Senior Brother Li's voice was indifferent, deciding Lin Tian's life and death as he struck.

Boom!

The punch shot out, forming a golden, glowing fist in midair.

The golden fist projection tore through the air with a sonic boom.

It hurtled toward Lin Tian.

"Nothing but an ant."

As Senior Brother Li spoke, he turned away.

Hum!

A sword's cry rang out.

Sensing something was wrong, Senior Brother Li hastily turned back.

His vision blurred.

Light!

Incomparably sharp sword light suddenly appeared.

The entire shadowy forest seemed as bright as day.

Still lying on the ground and struggling, Ling Qiuzi watched this fleeting instant with a pain-twisted face.

Sword light came from beyond the heavens.

The white light dazzled, cleaving through everything with an invincible, murderous chill.

Whoosh!

Senior Brother Li's eyes flew wide as searing pain and cold spread from his abdomen.

The instant his body touched the white sword light, it had already been cut in two.

"Pfft!"

He spat out a mouthful of blood, unable to utter even a single word.

The two halves of his body fell to the ground.

The next second, the white light vanished.

The man withdrew his sword.

"So this is One Sword to the Ends of the Earth?"

Lin Tian murmured, stroking the Heavenly Sword in his hand.

He felt jubilant delight coming from the Heavenly Sword's blade as well.

At last, a faint smile appeared.

"You gathered your momentum and unleashed a breathtaking sword strike, slaying a powerful foe. Your sword is extremely excited."

"Sharpness increased by thirty percent. You gained three years of sword Dao comprehension."

A chilling gleam flashed across the Heavenly Sword's edge.

It had indeed become sharper.

Lin Tian glanced at Ling Qiuzi, who was still struggling on the ground, and abandoned the idea of testing his sword.

His mind now held another three years of sword Dao comprehension.

He understood more about the sword Dao.

Because the Heavenly Sword was of one heart with him, Lin Tian already possessed a sword heart.

Now, he seemed no longer far from comprehending sword momentum.

"No... don't kill me!"

On the ground, Ling Qiuzi wailed incessantly.

Her ten fingers clawed at the ground, sinking deep into the soil.

Fine black lines were visibly spreading upward from her jade-white neck.

The pain intensified, and now she could not fathom Lin Tian's attitude either.

Desperate and helpless.

Lin Tian glanced at Ling Qiuzi.

"You look a lot like my maid."

With those words, Lin Tian left alone.

After all, he needed someone to cook.

Glancing at Senior Brother Li's corpse, Lin Tian left the area.

"Thank... thank you, my lord!"

As though a great weight had lifted from her, Ling Qiuzi crawled toward Senior Brother Li's severed corpse.

Enduring the agony of thousands upon thousands of stabbing needles, she rummaged around for a long time.

At last, she found a bloodstained pill.

Looking at the subsidiary pill in her hand, an intense desire welled up from the depths of her heart.

She promptly swallowed it.

The excruciating pain vanished instantly.

Ling Qiuzi let out an incomparably seductive moan.

She lay flat on her back in the pool of blood.

She felt every tiny particle of her body unfurl in utter comfort.

She could still smell the thick scent of blood.

Through the layers of leaves, her gaze found the bright moon, stained red by the formation's barrier.

A trail of clear tears slipped from the corner of her eye.