Chapter 41: Conclusion

The violent saber intent instantly enveloped Xu Hua.

Li Rui stretched his body; wanting to swing a thirty-seven-jin heavy saber relying solely on the brute force of his arms would definitely lead to a dislocated joint, so he had to rely on the strength of his waist and abdomen, with his footsteps following the saber.

The power of the Bai Yuan Saber-Cloak was fully displayed.

"Refreshing!"

Xu Hua's eyelids twitched; he also drew his saber, using the back of the saber to block the fierce offensive.

He was also using the Bai Yuan Saber-Cloak.

"Damn it, it really is you!"

Xu Hua cursed loudly.

He felt more and more aggrieved as he fought.

The opponent's Bai Yuan Saber-Cloak was actually practiced better than his, and he was actually at a disadvantage in the saber technique contest.

"Damn!"

The anger in Xu Hua's heart had reached its limit, but he had one arm cut off, and coupled with Hearing Dao Xiong's hammer, his strength was not as good as before.

He took a deep breath.

A sick fanaticism appeared on his face.

"I'll kill you!"

Li Rui's brows furrowed slightly; he clearly felt that Xu Hua's strength had increased by more than double.

"What kind of cultivation technique is this?"

"Flash of light before death?"

The force in his hand increased again.

One saber, two sabers...

The thirty-seven-jin giant saber was swung by him until it was airtight; the raindrops falling from the nine heavens were blocked by the saber body, turning into virtual shadows.

Xu Hua's heart was shocked.

"Even my dead brother doesn't seem to have such brilliant saber techniques, right?"

He discovered the clue in just a few breaths.

The Bai Yuan Saber-Cloak displayed by this anonymous expert in front of him was seemingly the same as his, but in reality, it was worlds apart.

"When I kill you, I will naturally know."

Xu Hua grinned, revealing a cruel smile.

The next instant—

He flicked his right sleeve, and a sharp dagger flashing with cold light flew out in an instant, heading straight for Li Rui's vital point.

This dagger was too fast.

Easily crossing Li Rui's saber.

Li Rui was shocked: "What a powerful hidden weapon."

Xu Hua really couldn't be underestimated; although one arm was cut off, Xu Hua instead used this point to hide a hidden weapon in the severed arm, making it impossible to defend against.

The dagger's speed was so terrifying, clearly practiced for a long time.

"Pity you ran into me!"

Li Rui's giant saber flew out of his hand, and at the same time, he drew a short dagger from his waist.

Flicking it upward.

Clang!

A crisp metallic collision sound rang out.

The dagger shot by Xu Hua drew a parabola in mid-air, spinning and flying backward.

He widened his eyes.

Didn't expect to run into a fellow traveler; that person actually also hid a saber.

"Damn!"

In the blink of an eye, Li Rui pounced forward fiercely.

Grabbing the long saber that was still flying in the air again, he followed the inertia with a heavy saber smash toward Xu Hua's head.

"No!"

Xu Hua's face was crimson; he could clearly hear the sound of bones breaking in the hand holding the saber.

Another saber.

He knelt on the ground with a thud, leaving two grooves half a foot deep in the mud.

Another saber.

Two sabers.

The bones on Xu Hua's body collapsed and crushed inch by inch, finally leaving only a pile of minced meat on the ground, blood flowing with the rain into the ditch on the side.

Li Rui put away the saber; the rain had completely soaked his clothes.

He glanced at Xu Hua, who had blended into the color of the earth.

"Hu..."

Slowly exhaling a breath.

In this battle, he beheaded an expert at the Eighth-Rank Bronze Bone Realm, killing across ranks for the first time; even his mind state, which had long been as still as ancient water, had a trace of abnormality.

Since it's a perfect life, this kind of thing will definitely be done often in the future.

He squatted down and searched carefully.

"Actually a poor ghost?"

Originally, he thought he could get some good things from Xu Hua, this Huaqing Sect disciple, but not only did he not see the expected pills, he didn't even have a silver note or a few taels of broken silver.

It is estimated that Xu Hua had been away from the Huaqing Sect for too long, and things had long been used up.

"Time to go."

He glanced at the moving figures not far away; the battle was over.

The rain stopped, and water droplets dripped from the eaves.

Just falling on Liang He's forehead.

"Hu!"

Liang He sat up suddenly: "So dangerous, almost died."

Just as he stood up, he heard a laughing and scolding voice behind him: "Damn, you kid learned fast."

Turning his head to look.

He saw Wu Tu using his giant saber as a crutch, with saber wounds on his body; he was exhausted from the battle with the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao people last night.

Liang He scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Wu Zhishi, I couldn't beat them..."

Last night, their small team was surrounded and killed by Ghost Gui Ming Jiao people as soon as they went out, and the teammates were scattered in the chaotic battle.

Liang He was just a beginner, having almost no actual combat experience.

But the opening was hell mode.

So he chose to listen to Wu Zhishi's experience—playing dead.

Fortunately, he survived in the end.

Wu Tu raised the back of his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth: "You kid is not bad, Brother Li's eye is not bad; I like your personality, have time to come to the Chengnan gambling house to sit, treat you to wine."

When he encounters someone he takes a liking to, he always interacts with them with sincerity, regardless of their age or status.

"Good!"

Liang He smiled heartily.

He makes friends with high-status seniors after surviving life-and-death trials.

Isn't this the protagonist plot in the storybook?!

Liang He's eyes brightened.

Could it be that I am the protagonist!

"Senior Wu, you will definitely feel fortunate for today's matter."

"..."

Wu Tu looked at Liang He with strange eyes.

Does this kid have a problem with his brain?

He grinned, the wounds on his body pulling and hurting.

"This time it's a huge loss, at least need to raise for three months, damn it, didn't even see the face of that expert."

Truly lost the wife and the army.

"Should have learned from Old Li, hiding in the branch to sleep, how good."

Wu Tu muttered in his heart.

"Could this Old Li have already anticipated the situation last night, otherwise why would he take the initiative to give up such an opportunity?"

"Little He, did your Hall Master say anything before you left?"

Liang He thought seriously.

"Hall Master Li asked me to give him a reason, otherwise he wouldn't let me go; I said those who want to achieve great things must experience tempering, and the Hall Master then agreed to let me come."

Sure enough!

Wu Tu had an expression of "I guessed it would be like this"; now that he tasted the flavor, no wonder Li Rui was trying to persuade him to give up this action before.

"Blame myself for not understanding at the time."

In the Jianghu, there is a saying that one must not reveal heavenly secrets, otherwise, the calamity that did not manifest on the other person will shift onto oneself.

Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed means this.

Therefore, seasoned Jianghu veterans always speak in riddles; as for whether one can avoid calamity, it depends on individual insight.

Wu Tu thought of Li Rui trying to wake him up.

"Brother is a particular person!"

Inside the Heaven and Earth Alliance branch.

Hearing Dao Xiong looked at a pile of meat that couldn't be more broken.

"This lump... is Xu Hua?"

"Found the token of the Huaqing Sect, and only the finger bones on one side."

Kong Xiannian: "Good, the Huaqing Sect traitor Xu Hua has been executed."

The person behind the Ghost Gui Ming Jiao had been beheaded by Jiang Linxian, and Liu Zhen had returned to the sect to report.

His mission was simpler than Liu Zhen's; if he returned too late, the quota for becoming a regular would be completely unrelated to him.

Don't care if it's really Xu Hua, as long as he can hand in the task.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 42 =====