Chapter 323: Victory or Defeat?

"The battle over there has ended."

Su Fan looked from afar at several somewhat disheveled figures after they passed through Hangu Pass, and muttered to himself.

"Gai Nie actually won?"

Wang Zhan was also somewhat surprised. He didn't expect that the Net's Six Sword Slaves taking action would still fail to take down Gai Nie, especially since there was still a burden by Gai Nie's side.

It could be seen just how strong Gai Nie's strength was.

"Unexpectedly, the Net also has a day of failure."

Wang Zhan couldn't help but feel a bit of schadenfreude. Gai Nie had defected; perhaps his perception of his idol had changed, but he had no good feelings for the Net at all.

As for the others, they also seemed to have a bit of schadenfreude; clearly, none of them liked the Net.

It was also because the Net was an assassination organization, dark and evil; these people born from the army indeed didn't like it.

Su Fan didn't like it either, but he was more interested in the experts within the Net, especially those Black and White Xuan Jian and Yan Ri.

Black and White Xuan Jian was an existence that had beaten the Vertical and Horizontal schools during their youth. Of course, at that time, the Vertical and Horizontal schools had only just left Ghost Valley not long ago.

Their strength had not yet reached its current peak, and the two of them joining forces were beaten by Black and White Xuan Jian.

At that time, Black and White Xuan Jian's strength was probably not inferior to an ordinary Profound Mastery expert.

After all, even the Ghost Valley Vertical and Horizontal schools just coming out of the mountains, their strength was probably comparable to the Essence Transformation Realm. With the two joining forces, they were probably stronger than the older generation of peak Essence Transformation experts.

But facing Black and White Xuan Jian, they only had the option to flee.

It could be seen that this person's strength was definitely at the most top-tier level in the Net. As for whether he was dead.

Su Fan felt that it was more likely he had hidden away. After all, he had the combat power of the Profound Mastery Realm back then; who could kill him?

Unless those old monsters took action personally, otherwise, relying on those two demon swords, Black and White, he really wouldn't die easily.

If he wasn't dead, what was his strength now?

The Vertical and Horizontal schools' strength was progressing; could this person's strength have stagnated? Naturally, that was impossible.

For such a person to be willing to hide in the Net, Zhao Gao's methods could be seen from this.

Of course, for Su Fan, the current Net was a behemoth.

"Although the Net failed, they won't be reconciled. They will inevitably continue to pursue. Gai Nie's days ahead will probably not be easy."

"The Six Sword Slaves are injured; I'm afraid this Sword Saint Gai Nie will also definitely not be unscathed."

In *The Legend of Qin*, Gai Nie was indeed severely injured and almost died at one point. If it weren't for Duanmu of the Medical School saving him from the hands of the King of Hell, I'm afraid there would be no more Vertical and Horizontal schools.

But even after being saved, the other party's internal strength was gone.

But even without internal strength, relying on sword technique, he slashed Xing Hun's arm. One had to know that Xing Hun at that time was a Protector of the Yin-Yang School.

To talk about his combat power, it was not inferior to the Yin-Yang School's Da Si Ming at all, and even saying it was above Da Si Ming was not impossible.

After all, Xing Hun was a Protector of the Yin-Yang School; in terms of status, he was above the Elders, so it was reasonable for his strength to be above theirs.

Da Si Ming's strength was definitely at the Sect Leader level. In *The Legend of Qin*, Xing Hun was also inevitably at the Sect Leader level.

Yet Gai Nie, without any internal strength, relied solely on a wooden sword to wound Xing Hun and force the other party to leave.

Of course, Xing Hun finally left also because Wei Zhuang was watching covetously on the side.

But regardless, Gai Nie, without internal strength, could erupt with top-tier combat power in a short moment. This kind of sword Dao was truly terrifying to the extreme.

One had to know that the world of *The Legend of Qin*, compared to a medium-martial world like Datang, was perhaps even a little bit higher.

In a low-martial world, you can rely on sword technique, exquisite sword technique, to threaten those with profound internal strength.

But in a high-level world, without internal strength, wanting to leapfrog levels is very difficult.

In the *Smiling Proud Wanderer* world, Linghu Chong could rely on the Dugu Nine Swords, even without internal strength, to stab blind nine second-rate martial artists with one sword.

But if he were placed in the *Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils* world, let alone not having internal strength, even if he had internal strength, I'm afraid he couldn't block a palm from those first-rate experts.

Let alone the medium-martial Datang or *The Legend of Qin*.

But Gai Nie managed to do it. From this, it can be seen that his sword Dao had already entered the Dao from martial arts.

He could interfere with reality with his spirit.

And placed in this world, Gai Nie would only be even more terrifying.

Once he could realize his own sword Dao like in *The Legend of Qin* world and step out of his own sword path, that would be the moment he broke through the Profound Mastery Realm and reached a higher realm.

At that time, I'm afraid the Six Sword Slaves wouldn't be enough for him to deal with in one sword.

Of course, in this life, whether he can be like in *The Legend of Qin* is also a question. In that world, it was because he was severely injured and dying, and realized it between life and death.

And in this world, because the world level is higher and the combat power is different, whether the Six Sword Slaves can bring life-and-death crises to Gai Nie.

On this point, Su Fan was also not clear.

But because of this, he was even more curious.

It was just that he didn't immediately take Wang Zhan and the group to follow.

Because he was worried that a wounded wolf would be even more terrifying, and its killing intent would be even greater than usual.

He didn't dare to gamble. If Gai Nie became sensitive because of his injuries, and they went up, that would truly be going to deliver food.

"No rush, wait slowly. Gai Nie and the others cannot escape our sight."

Wang Zhan was anxious, but Su Fan was not anxious at all.

Because he was clear that Gai Nie and the others simply couldn't escape Great Qin's sight. Perhaps the Great Qin government couldn't reach everywhere.

But Great Qin's secret agents, looking at the world, were unrivaled.

As long as they followed behind those people, they wouldn't have to worry about not finding Gai Nie and the others.

In *The Legend of Qin*, Gai Nie could defect; that was Ying Zheng's calculation, deliberately letting Gai Nie go to provoke those reactionary forces in the dark.

After all, for such a super expert as Gai Nie, the reactionary forces had no reason not to be tempted. As long as they were willing to accept Gai Nie, that would give Ying Zheng a chance to break through.

The Mohist Mechanism City was like this, and the Hundred Schools of Thought in the future would still be like this.

They were all under Ying Zheng's calculations.

In terms of military capability, perhaps Ying Zheng couldn't compare to many founding emperors, but in terms of politics, it could be said that he belonged to the most top-tier among all emperors. Saying no one surpassed him was not impossible.

Now, Su Fan felt that it was probably the same. Gai Nie was strong, but I'm afraid he was still deliberately let go by Ying Zheng.

Especially combined with the secret on the little guy Tianming, this explained it even more.

Su Fan didn't think that Tianming had lived in the palace for so long without Ying Zheng discovering his special nature at all.

Perhaps Tianming was just a card Ying Zheng took out.

Thinking of this, Su Fan also suddenly felt that the danger level of this world was comparable to the main world.

With his strength, if he didn't find a powerful thigh to hug, he would only know to hide in the mountains and rivers and honestly cultivate.

But for the latter method, Su Fan was naturally unwilling. ===== CHAPTER 324 =====