Chapter 165: Who Gave You the Confidence

"Lord Shen, long time no see!"

Holding his sword, he looked coldly toward Shen Yu's side. The face of the man opposite was covered in blood and madness, his eyes blood-red, like the most bloodthirsty wild beast.

Yet even so, Shen Yu was still very familiar with this face, and it quickly linked up with the visage in his memory.

"Dongning Army Commander Ye Jing! Aren't you supposed to be insane?"

Seeing clearly who had come, Shen Yu spoke subconsciously. He had checked that body himself; it was absolutely riddled with holes, there was no mistake about that.

"Could it be that you were faking insanity all along?"

At this moment, Shen Yu thought of many things. For instance, had Ye Jing been faking madness and acting foolish just so the Thousand Blood Sect could easily control the Dongning Army?

Once the Thousand Blood Sect felt their troops were elite and their provisions ample, as they had before, and launched another war, Ye Jing could then hold the Blood Rage Sword and pick up the spoils from behind.

The blame, the people of the Thousand Blood Sect would take. The benefits, he would pocket himself—wouldn't that be wonderful?

"No, you are wrong. My mind was indeed affected by the Blood Rage Sword. However, I must thank you, Lord Shen. If you hadn't helped me stabilize my body, I wouldn't have been able to recover from my self-imposed seal so quickly!"

"I should say, I should thank this sword!" Gently stroking the Blood Rage Sword, Ye Jing's face was filled with fanaticism. That expression didn't look like he was touching a sword, but rather like he was worshipping.

"It is what allowed me to be reborn, it is what makes me invincible!"

Big brother, aren't you adding a bit too much drama to your own role? "Invincible," if you were truly invincible, the Thousand Blood Sect wouldn't have been defeated back then.

Facts proved that Shen Yu was overthinking it. With Ye Jing's current intelligence, his mental state after being affected by the Blood Rage Sword, he probably couldn't think that deeply; how could he possibly play the game of enduring humiliation?

He perhaps did not know that the power before his eyes was merely a facade. Even Shen Yu himself, after gaining Inner Energy through check-ins and being infused with so much power, would have such mysterious confidence.

Of course, such confidence was merely a flash in the pan, and he could adjust himself quickly. But the person opposite was clearly already blinded by power. Of course, it could also be that the influence of the Blood Rage Sword was too deep, making him unable to see reality.

I wonder if the Thousand Blood Sect Leader of the past was also like this, which is why he recklessly stirred up such a storm with his own strength, only to be besieged by the martial arts world.

Holding the sword horizontally before him, the blood of the surrounding experts and the lingering power within it seemed to be continuously absorbed by the Blood Rage Sword. And a portion of it seemed to be absorbed by Ye Jing as well, his aura seemingly rising continuously.

Tens of thousands of Ying River Giant Bandits and twenty or thirty Grandmaster Realm experts had fallen here; such dense and powerful blood energy was the greatest temptation!

No wonder Ye Jing didn't hide until the end but jumped out all at once. It wasn't that he didn't want to keep hiding, it was truly that the temptation was too great to endure.

"Such dense blood energy, just like those people from the Dongning Army, what a wonderful feeling!"

At this moment, the expression on Ye Jing's face felt somewhat eerie. At this time, Ye Jing didn't look like a swordsman holding a sword, but rather like a controlled Sword Slave!

"What?" Ye Jing's muttering was heard clearly by Shen Yu nearby. The Dongning Army? Could it be that Ye Jing had gone on a killing spree in the Dongning Army earlier?

"General Ye, you even kill the people of the Dongning Army?"

"Hahaha, kill, why wouldn't I! I have fought on the battlefield for decades, shedding blood and sacrificing my life, fearing nothing!"

"Even after obtaining the Blood Rage Sword, I preferred to seal myself rather than be influenced and become a mindless killing machine. But what did I get in the end? In the end, I only received betrayal and abandonment!"

"But now I understand, a person must, of course, consider themselves! So I chose to cooperate with it, even if I become bloodthirsty and murderous, even if I become heartless and unrighteous, it doesn't matter!"

Holding the Blood Rage Sword, Ye Jing's wild face was covered in ferocity. "So, I killed everyone who humiliated me, including that new Commander of the Dongning Army!"

"Now I hold the Blood Rage Sword; either I die, or I carve out a bloody path to the very peak!"

"So that was the final straw that broke the camel's back!" With a bitter smile, Shen Yu understood at once; it was another mess caused by the Chang Family.

After obtaining the Blood Rage Sword previously, Ye Jing had been influenced by the Sword Intent within it. Gradually, he discovered this himself. If things continued this way, the consequences would be unimaginable.

So, to prevent being completely eroded by the Blood Rage Sword, Ye Jing chose to seal himself; this was the reason why he appeared foolish.

But this did not mean he was ignorant of things outside; his consciousness still remained, and he still had joy, anger, sorrow, and fear.

Later, falling into the hands of the Thousand Blood Sect, the beatings and insults from these people did not shake him. After all, these were enemies; falling into their hands, any kind of treatment was possible.

But when Luo Songyi suddenly parachuted in to become the Commander of the Dongning Army, he immediately captured him, subjected him to torture, and humiliated him wantonly, with methods far more cruel than those of the Thousand Blood Sect.

Luo Songyi was ostensibly sent by the imperial court, but in reality, he should have been a person of the Chang Family; they also wanted this Blood Rage Sword. And the person most likely to know of the Blood Rage Sword's existence was this Dongning Army Commander, Ye Jing.

Moreover, they had to obtain it in the shortest possible time, otherwise other forces would intervene. Therefore, in their haste, they would use any means necessary.

But the key was that Ye Jing didn't know this. He had struggled to maintain his will, only to be betrayed in the end. That his own people would treat him more cruelly than his enemies was the reason for Ye Jing's total collapse.

Finally, in resentment and humiliation, he relaxed his mind and was completely eroded by the Sword Intent of the Blood Rage Sword!

"I have no intention of being an enemy of Lord Shen, and I ask that Lord Shen do not interfere with me!"

Looking at Shen Yu with a hint of wariness, the greed in Ye Jing's eyes flashed and vanished. The more powerful the expert, the thirstier the Blood Rage Sword became. The dense blood energy on the person opposite was the best nourishment for the Blood Rage Sword.

However, that one strike just now also made him understand the gap between them. It was not the time for a head-on clash; he would wait until his wings were full before swallowing this delicious food in one gulp.

"General Ye, originally I didn't want to interfere with you. But I must take this sword in your hand!"

"You also want my sword? You dare to want my sword!" Seemingly stimulated by this sentence, Ye Jing gripped the Blood Rage Sword, his expression suddenly becoming ferocious and terrifying.

At this moment, greed and selfishness filled every corner of his heart. The moment the other party shouted that he also wanted it, there was only one thought in Ye Jing's mind: kill the other party!

"I knew it, you weren't just influenced by this sword, you were completely and utterly controlled by it!"

Looking at the Ye Jing before him, the pity in Shen Yu's eyes flashed and vanished. After obtaining the Blood Rage Sword, it was not a good thing for Ye Jing; his future was ruined!

"Die! I will suck your blood dry!"

At this moment, Ye Jing felt no fear at all. In his madness, he raised the sword in his hand, the Blood-Colored Sword Qi appearing as if it would span the heavens and earth. Before the Sword Qi even fell, the terrifying air wave had already swept through everything.

This strike was sharp and terrifying; it was not only driven by Ye Jing's cultivation, but also by the power of the sword itself. Having absorbed the blood energy of so many experts, the Blood Rage Sword itself was the most terrifying sharp weapon.

Facing all this, Shen Yu remained calm. A faint Golden Qi enveloped his body, solid as a golden bell. The moment the Blood-Colored Sword Qi touched him, it shattered with a boom.

"With only this little bit of strength, you have the nerve to shout about killing your way to the peak? Who gave you the confidence!"