Chapter 109: with translation of chapter title

Lu Qianchuan's build is already quite above average, and the big man beside him looks even more burly.

The burly big man, like Lu Qianchuan, is also one of the Ten Deputy Commanders of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, but his strength approaches the fourth heaven, far surpassing his deceased companion Li Lan, and even exceeds Lu Qianchuan.

"Qianchuan, is this brat the one?"

"It's him, Lao Wang, what do you think?" Lu Qianchuan pointed at Chen Yi He on horseback and asked his companion.

"Damn brat, unafraid of death, I, Lao Wang, will today remove this heart‑troubling scourge for Lord Zhang!" Lao Wang shouted contemptuously; he wanted everyone to hear, to thoroughly humiliate Chen Yi He, then kill him, so as to regain some face lost to Chen Yi He for the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Chen Yi He also saw a familiar figure behind Lu Qianchuan, it was the fat Zhao Kuang. Chen Yi He still remembered his appearance vividly; back then he had almost been turned into mincemeat by Zhao Kuang's Mount Tai Pressing Down.

Zhao Kuang waved the two meteor hammers with iron chains in his hands, glaring ferociously at Chen Yi He.

Chen Yi He didn't see the cat girl; thinking of her made his heart stir. "Zhao Kuang, you still dare to come?"

"You're dead today." Zhao Kuang, chubby and full of comic charm, doesn't look like a bad person.

"I say, Lu Qianchuan, you're just making a fuss over a brat—do you really need to go to such lengths?" Another person rode forward from behind Lu Qianchuan; he looked the most normal, but his tone was as bombastic as Lao Wang's.

"Wu Qiang, if you can take him down, then say so! He's the one who single‑handedly destroyed the thousand‑year‑old God Sword Mountain Villa!" Lu Qianchuan joked; he never regarded Chen Yi He as anything, "If it weren't for Situ Qing intervening earlier, I would have already dragged him before Lord Zhang!"

Wu Qiang's appearance was normal, but his weapon was strange—a huge pair of scissors, heavy and large, requiring six Embroidered Uniform Guard members to support each side just to hold it, and it never leaves his side.

Chen Yi He roughly estimated that Wu Qiang was also at the accomplished level of the third heaven.

Chen Yi He couldn't help but give a cold smile; looking at the third‑heaven realm, nothing could frighten him, no matter how many came, it would be useless! At the same time he couldn't help but sigh: the strength of the Western Depot's Embroidered Uniform Guard—its deputy commanders are all masters approaching the fourth heaven; placed in the martial world they'd be top‑tier martial artists! It's unexpected that they'd be relegated to serving in the Western Depot here.

"This brat's Heaven‑Seeking Sword, if we later present it to Lord Zhang, will Prince Zhou vomit blood from rage?" Lao Wang asked his two colleagues.

"Who knows? Everyone says it's a divine sword, but I think my scissors are better!" Wu Qiang said, his eyes never leaving Chen Yi He.

Lu Qianchuan, Lao Wang, Wu Qiang, and Zhao Kuang—the four of them surrounded Chen Yi He and Qiu Yichen; behind them, thousands of Embroidered Uniform Guard troops lay in wait, forming layers of encirclement, all to capture Chen Yi He.

"You'd better move aside, don't get in the way." Lao Wang jerked his chin toward Qiu Yichen, indicating he didn't want to slaughter innocents.

"Heh, then I'll have to thank you." Qiu Yichen said coldly; he didn't regard the four before him at all—they were not on his level—and as long as Chen Yi He said a word, his Falling Moon Blade could mercilessly reap them.

"My grudges, let me handle them myself." Chen Yi He told Qiu Yichen; he also wanted to try out the Heaven‑Seeking Sword he had just obtained.

Qiu Yichen spread his hands, stepped aside, and also wanted to see what level this future companion Chen Yi He was at.

Chen Yi He knew this battle concerned his standing in Qiu Yichen's heart and whether he could obtain a share of the Longevity Manual.

At the moment the Heaven‑Seeking Sword left its sheath, the sun in the sky dimmed by a third in an instant.

Chen Yi He brandished his sword and took the initiative, charging straight at Lu Qianchuan.

Behind him, Zhao Kuang's meteor hammer caught up to Chen Yi He's body, which was moving like a bolt of lightning; Chen Yi He countered with a backhand sword strike.

"Clang!" This end of the meteor hammer shattered into two halves; the iron chain linking it instantly lost weight and fell like a drifting rope.

Zhao Kuang never imagined his signature weapon would be destroyed like that.

Chen Yi He also didn't expect the Heaven‑Seeking Sword to wield such power.

Lu Qianchuan rose on horseback, brought down his broadsword, and aimed straight at Chen Yi He.

Wu Qiang didn't stand still either; he turned his wrist, the huge scissors snapped into his hand, and from the side he sliced at Chen Yi He's neck.

Lao Wang, on the other hand, remained calm, sitting calmly on his horse, not yet wanting to act; he wanted to see whether this Chen Yi He was truly as formidable as people said.

But Lao Wang never expected that, even while Chen Yi He was fighting three opponents alone, he would still provoke him and drag him into battle!

With a single sword, Chen Yi He deflected the meteor hammer, broadsword, and scissors, and then thrust a palm toward Lao Wang.

Lao Wang's mount was startled, shaking him off the horse. "Damn brat, you won't die a good death!" Lao Wang threw a punch at Chen Yi He.

Chen Yi He met the fist with his palm!

"Boom!"

Chen Yi He stood unmoving; Lao Wang staggered back three or four steps.

Lao Wang stared in disbelief at his fist; wisps of blue smoke rose from the back of his hand, a burning pain that made him furious—he had actually lost in strength!

Qiu Yichen nodded approvingly; Chen Yi He's first move stunned him.

Chen Yi He wielded the Heaven‑Seeking Sword with his right hand and used his left hand's fingers as a sword, sending out two strands of sword qi as he pleased; facing the four masters, he did not fall behind.

Thousands of Embroidered Uniform Guard watched the battle intently, constantly cheering for their deputy commanders.

Wu Qiang's scissors gouged a seventy‑ to eighty‑meter crack in the ground, nearly slicing Chen Yi He in half.

Fortunately Chen Yi He had the Heaven‑Seeking Sword to block it.

However, Lu Qianchuan and Zhao Kuang seized the moment; the broadsword came from the left, while the iron chains from the broken meteor hammer came from the right.

One horizontal slash of the blade, and the iron chains sought to bind Chen Yi He.

The enraged Lao Wang exerted all his strength, launching a double‑fisted strike from the front at Chen Yi He.

Chen Yi He activated the Wither‑and‑Flourish Heart Sutra, expending all his internal energy; a powerful force exploded outward from his body.

"Bang!"

Lu Qianchuan fell back.

Wu Qiang's scissors shattered into fragments.

Zhao Kuang's massive body was blown to pieces.

Lao Wang's arms were nowhere to be found.

This battle alone lasted over three hundred rounds.

The remaining thousands of Embroidered Uniform Guard were essentially marching to their deaths.

Lord Zhang never imagined that, after obtaining the Heaven‑Seeking Sword, Chen Yi He would be completely transformed; he never expected that Chen Yi He had already entered the fourth heaven, an unparalleled Dao.

In the end, Chen Yi He ruthlessly slit the throats of Wu Qiang and Lao Wang, then told Lu Qianchuan, "Go tell your master: I'm not to be messed with!"