Slaying the Wolves, Fame Begins to Spread

"Third Brother!"

Behind him, the three other cultivators of the Gray Wolf Lang Household cried out in alarm. They all rushed forward and attacked Kong Wenxuan, coming to the aid of Lang San, who had been grievously wounded by the Azure Wood Divine Sword.

In an instant, flying knives and needles stabbed toward him, while a massive spiked club came crashing down like a collapsing mountain.

Kong Wenxuan immediately summoned the Yellow Earth Divine Sword from the sea of Qi in his Dantian. Earth-yellow sword light erupted from it, shielding him like a great stone door and blocking the flying knives, needles, and descending spiked club.

Booms rang out one after another. The successive attacks drove the Yellow Earth Divine Sword steadily backward, but it held firm and blocked every blow, allowing none to harm or threaten Kong Wenxuan in the slightest.

At the same time, he used Sword Light Differentiation with the Azure Wood Divine Sword, clashing and wearing it down against Lang San's Bronze Head and Iron Bones bloodline Divine Ability, while also setting the Black Water Divine Sword hovering before him in motion.

Splash...

Like surging tides and rising waves, the Black Water Divine Sword's Sword Momentum Like the Tide thrust toward Lang San in a furious flood.

Awooo!

Feeling the pain throughout his body and watching the Black Water Divine Sword surge toward him, Lang San looked increasingly savage. He threw back his head and let out a wolf howl, while raising his saber and bringing it down again, chopping directly at the onrushing sword.

Clang!

After a clear clash of metal, the Black Water Divine Sword's unceasing, tide-like sword force knocked the saber from Lang San's hand and continued its headlong charge into him.

This time, even with the protection of his Bronze Head and Iron Bones bloodline Divine Ability, Lang San could no longer hold out against the combined assault of the Azure Wood Divine Sword and the Black Water Divine Sword.

A piercing scream rang out as the Black Water Divine Sword's tide-like sword force pierced Lang San through the waist and abdomen, grievously wounding him.

Then, the bronze-and-iron light erupting from his iron bones dimmed in an instant, its power greatly diminished. It could no longer withstand the continuous slashes of the Azure Wood Divine Sword's divided sword light. Amid a series of cracks, several of his iron bones were severed on the spot.

In an instant, Lang San's entire body was dismembered on the spot by the Azure Wood Divine Sword's Sword Light Differentiation.

"Hiss..."

"Wasn't this kid supposed to be a cultivator of the Kong Household? That didn't look like an illusion technique!"

"Even the Lang Household's Bronze Head and Iron Bones couldn't withstand it. That kid's swords really pack a punch."

"I get it! This kid's bloodline must have mutated, giving him an inheritance different from the Kong Household's illusion techniques!"

"The Feng Household cultivators were up to no good either. They didn't even point that out. They must have suffered at this Kong kid's hands."

"Who would have thought the Kong Household, always known for its illusion techniques and weak attacks, would produce such a ruthless kid with a mutated bloodline? It's getting harder and harder to get by in the Southern Mountains Outside the Pass."

"Everyone, remember what this kid looks like. Don't run into him later and come off worse..."

As Kong Wenxuan slew the Gray Wolf Lang Household cultivator with Bronze Head and Iron Bones using two swords, discussions and cries of surprise broke out among the cultivators from various sides who had arrived in the area over time to watch and spy on the battle.

Amid the discussion, some bloodline cultivators had already grown wary and began to withdraw rapidly.

It could be said that, after more than two months in the mountains outside Demon-Suppressing Pass, Kong Wenxuan had finally begun to make a name for himself.

At the moment, however, he was in no mood to pay attention to the indistinct discussions around him. After he slew Lang San, the three remaining Lang Household cultivators grew even more frenzied and launched a mad assault on him.

They repaid the slightest grievance and exacted bloody vengeance for every member of their household!

This was also an important means and reason by which the notorious Gray Wolf Lang Household had been able to maintain its footing and deter all sides in the chaotic southern mountains.

Facing the three Lang Household cultivators' frenzied assault, Kong Wenxuan felt the pressure on him rise sharply.

His gaze swept rapidly over the three before settling on the burly man leading them. His strength, might, and attacks were also the greatest of the three. The spiked club that came crashing down like a collapsing mountain was his Law Artifact, and every blow dealt the greatest impact and damage to the Yellow Earth Divine Sword.

Kong Wenxuan immediately recalled the Azure Wood Divine Sword and the Black Water Divine Sword that had slain Lang San. Once again, he unleashed Sword Light Differentiation and Sword Momentum Like the Tide, but rather than attack the burly leader, he sent them slashing toward the only female cultivator among the three from the Lang Household.

The Law Artifact she used was a set of flying needles refined from wolf fangs. Her strength and combat power were the weakest of the three, so this was naturally the time to avoid the strong and strike the weak, first reducing the enemy's numbers and combat power.

Once again, the Azure Wood Divine Sword's Sword Light Differentiation slashed in first. The Lang Household woman had seen how formidable those streaks of azure sword light were, so naturally she would not be as careless as Lang San had been.

Facing more than twenty streaks of azure sword light, the Lang Household woman let out a low wolf howl and activated her Bronze Head and Iron Bones bloodline Divine Ability. Bronze-and-iron light shone out through her body, forming a "bronze-and-iron shield" around her. The wolfskin magic robe she wore also shone with bronze-and-iron light, its defensive power greatly increased.

The twenty-one streaks of azure sword light formed through Sword Light Differentiation by the Azure Wood Divine Sword struck the bronze-and-iron shield with a continuous series of crisp clangs. The blows made the shield shudder incessantly and its bronze-and-iron light flicker, but they never managed to break through it completely.

Only when the Black Water Divine Sword's Sword Momentum Like the Tide surged in did it pierce straight through the flickering shield. Yet it was stopped again by the wolfskin magic robe she wore, and metal continued to clash with ringing clangs.

"Seventh Sister, look out!"

Seeing the two divine swords attack the woman, the other two Lang Household cultivators turned pale and cried out in alarm. They stopped attacking Kong Wenxuan and turned their attacks on the Azure Wood Divine Sword and the Black Water Divine Sword, coming to their fellow household cultivator's aid.

After all, the sight of Kong Wenxuan slaying their Third Brother with the Azure Wood Divine Sword and Black Water Divine Sword moments ago still made their hearts tremble. Naturally, they dared not leave Seventh Sister to suffer the same assault.

Thus, the flying knives and spiked club that had been attacking the Yellow Earth Divine Sword reversed course and struck at the Azure Wood Divine Sword and Black Water Divine Sword attacking the Lang Household woman.

The flying knives struck the Black Water Divine Sword. Though they failed to cut off its tide-like sword force outright, they did slow its attack a little.

The descending spiked club went further, smashing more than half of the twenty-odd streaks of sword light formed by the Azure Wood Divine Sword to pieces.

At that moment, however, Kong Wenxuan's eyes lit up. The two Lang Household cultivators had pulled back to rescue the woman and attack the Azure Wood Divine Sword and Black Water Divine Sword, freeing the Yellow Earth Divine Sword that had been protecting him.

Without hesitation, he set the Yellow Earth Divine Sword in motion, turning defense into offense. Like a massive stone sword stele, it came crashing down at the Lang Household woman.

The heavy sword had no edge; great craftsmanship left no trace of the craftsman!

As the Yellow Earth Divine Sword struck down with unstoppable force, leaving no room to evade, the Lang Household woman fired her Wolf Fang flying needles at it, but they were all crushed. She could only scream and use all her strength to activate the defenses of her Bronze Head and Iron Bones bloodline Divine Ability and the wolfskin Law Treasure she wore.

This time, however, the Bronze Head and Iron Bones Divine Ability and the wolfskin magic robe's defenses, which had withstood the combined attack of the Azure Wood Divine Sword and the Black Water Divine Sword, could not withstand the Yellow Earth Divine Sword's powerful assault.

The bronze-and-iron shield, woven from the light shining out through her body, was smashed apart by the Yellow Earth Divine Sword's forceful blow. The bronze-and-iron light scattered, and the backlash even fractured and shattered the Bronze Head and Iron Bones inside her body. Numerous iron bones broke and pierced through her flesh.

As for the wolfskin magic robe she wore, its defenses fully activated, a single powerful blow from the Yellow Earth Divine Sword blasted it into pieces.

In the end, the Lang Household woman could only let out a scream as the Yellow Earth Divine Sword crushed half her body. All her internal organs were shattered, and she died.