Chapter 60: Accident

In the severely damaged room, Tie Li tightly grasped the right arm of his martial soul, blood streaming in a few strands, each drop falling to the ground.

It was obvious that he had been wounded in the recent battle.

Both Soul Elders were Soul Masters of thirty‑five levels, their Soul Power Levels both exceeding Tie Li's.

The other two Great Soul Masters were killed by Tie Li first; one had his head smashed to pieces, the other had a huge hole ripped in his chest.

As for the two Soul Elders, one had the hammer‑handle of his martial soul pierce his forehead, instantly losing all life; the other took a solid blow from Tie Li's hammer, his entire back collapsed noticeably, but he was not yet completely dead.

He tried to support his body to stand up, but ended up collapsing on the ground.

He dared not release the Martial Soul Possession State; his remaining life now depended on the martial soul's support, and if he broke the state, he would die on the spot.

Tie Li tore off the black cloth from his face, revealing his true appearance.

"You…."

He was about to say something when Tie Li stomped his heart to pieces with a foot.

A simple white cloth was used to bandage the wound, then he put the inner armor and gauntlets back on; had he had the inner armor and gauntlets earlier, he wouldn't have been injured.

Hm?

Tie Li suddenly felt a dangerous aura enveloping him.

"I'm curious, where exactly did you come out of?"

A handsome young man in splendid attire appeared at the doorway, stepping on fragments of the wooden door; his looks were elegant and handsome, yet his brows bore an unmistakable ferocity.

"I don't think my foolish sister would have such scheming, nor do I think the old man could act under my watch;

It may be a coincidence, many details can't stand scrutiny, but why would anyone risk their life to protect an unrelated person?"

Looking at the handsome youth before him, Tie Li could already guess his identity.

"I also don't understand how anyone would lay a hand on their own sister?" Tie Li stayed on guard at all times; his feeling was that the situation was extremely dangerous.

"Hahaha…" The handsome man suddenly let out a mad laugh, as if he had heard something utterly ridiculous.

"If killing your brothers or sisters could improve your martial soul's quality and soul power, would you be willing to refuse it?

Each time you kill a relative, you can absorb all of them; that feeling of power as your strength continuously grows—if you've experienced it once, you won't utter such a laughable remark."

Seeing his increasingly mad demeanor, Tie Li summoned his martial soul, ready to enter combat.

"Do you think you're my opponent?" the handsome man said coldly with a smile.

He swung his right arm, and a flash of blood light coalesced in his hand into a blood sword.

The blade was filled with blood and ferocity, making one's hair stand on end; it was a weapon of slaughter.

Two yellows and one purple, also the best Soul Ring Configuration.

Although both are Three Ring Soul Honorable, his sense of danger exceeds that of a normal Soul Elder; even a Four Ring Soul Ancestor is less threatening than the soul‑power fluctuations he emits.

"In the past, I was just an ordinary disciple of the Wind Sword Sect; now, among elite disciples I am among the top."

"Wow"

The handsome youth slashed with his sword, and Tie Li's scalp tingled instantly; he immediately used the Forge Hammer Martial Soul to block the attack.

"Ding"

His strength was no match for his own, but his attack was extremely sharp; even though blocked by the Forging Hammer, his skin felt a slicing sensation.

The handsome man's First Soul Ring lit up, the blood sword seemed reborn, and several streaks of blood light flashed across the blade.

If the blood sword's sharpness earlier was one hundred percent, with the First Soul Ring's boost it became three hundred percent.

Tie Li dared not be careless, and immediately unleashed the First Soul Technique, the Forging Hammer entering Thunder Hammer Form.

He used the Thunder Hammer's attacks and thunder to counter the opponent's blood sword's sharpness.

Both made probing attacks; Tie Li felt his body would be split in two; the handsome man likewise suffered, the massive force from the blade carried thunderous destructive power and a high‑frequency shock, almost causing him to lose grip on the blood sword.

Tie Li did not dare to be careless, embedding forging techniques within his attack.

Not only to make the opponent retreat, but more importantly to test whether he could be stunned; once he shows a slip, Tie Li's continuous forging arts will meet him.

In skill it is inferior to the Chaos Cloak Hammer Method, but do not underestimate the power of forging arts combined with the Forging Hammer.

The opponent gave him a great sense of danger, but that does not mean he will surrender.

Sure enough, after the handsome man sensed Tie Li's unfriendliness, a hint of retreat flashed in his eyes.

He was stepping back slowly, but at the moment he was about to leave the room, his Second Soul Ring suddenly lit up.

Tie Li never relaxed his vigilance; the instant the opponent launched his attack, he sensed something amiss.

The handsome man's attack targeted Tie Li's chest, a horizontal slash aiming to split his body in two.

At that moment, Tie Li abruptly abandoned defense, and both his First and Second Soul Rings lit up simultaneously.

Their fighting styles were completely injury‑for‑injury.

A smile curled at the handsome man's mouth corner, as if mocking Tie Li's arrogance.

"When"

The sharp blade clearly sensed an obstruction.

"What?" the handsome man was startled.

"Boom"

With the First Soul Technique's aid, the Second Soul Technique is a pure single‑target attack with absolutely terrifying damage.

Tie Li felt a tearing sensation in his chest; even his Iron Inner Armor was sliced open by the strike, though it only wounded flesh.

But the handsome man, struck by Tie Li's blow, had his entire chest cave in, the raging thunder destroying his vitality.

A normal person could not possibly survive.

Yet the handsome man, blasted by Tie Li's hammer, struggled out of the pit behind him; the horrific wounds did not strip him of combat ability.

Right before Tie Li's eyes, the injuries healed at a visibly rapid pace, and in less than three breaths he was fully recovered.

But the recovered him took no action; Tie Li felt strange and uneasy.

At that moment Tie Li suddenly leapt out the window, saw the handsome young man not give chase, seized the horn‑scaled horse from the stable, and rode away at once.

After Tie Li left, the handsome young man finally looked toward a dark corner.

"Why did you let him go?"

A man in a black robe stepped out of the corner, and the moonlight streaming through the window fell exactly on his face.

If Tie Li were here, he would surely recognize his identity—he was Duolangbu.

His aura now was even deeper and more terrifying, giving a sense of mysterious danger.

"What am I doing, do I need to explain to you?"

Duolangbu suddenly appeared before him, his right hand clamped around his neck, lifting his whole body up.

"You must remember who gave you your power."

Duolangbu threw the handsome young man to the ground.

(End of Chapter)