Chapter 444: The Jianghu is Not Peaceful

"Arrogant!"

Looking at the figure blocking his path, Luoming, who had just awakened, felt as though he could not keep up with the times.

He had dominated the world for so long; even among the old monsters, he was no weakling. Yet, in all his years, this was the first time he had seen someone so arrogant. Were people nowadays not afraid of death?

"I can still take a few more of your swords; believe it or not, I'll beat the shit out of you."

He shook his head with a smile; the young people of today really did not know the immensity of heaven and earth.

"One Sword Shatters Mountains and Rivers!" Upon seeing the old monster arrive, Luo Yunhe did not engage in excessive pleasantries and struck directly with his sword.

The first sword was vast and mighty, as if spanning a thousand miles; looking out, the surroundings were filled with endless Sword Qi. It was like a galaxy from the nine heavens falling into the world, intending to shatter the mountains and rivers and submerge the earth.

When he saw this sword, Luoming felt as if he were in another lifetime, thinking he had encountered another existence of the old monster level.

He admitted that he had set aside his earlier contempt; a single sword was enough to earn his cautious treatment.

Such Sword Qi, such Sword Intent—to think it was possessed by a junior. Were the young people of today really this fierce?

However, the vast righteousness within the sword was certainly not something these old monsters could possess; for anyone who had become like them, who did not have a trace of evil in their power?

That made it even better; only such a top-tier genius was what he needed.

As long as he killed him and digested his power and fortune, the benefits he would gain would be even greater.

Seeing the Sword Qi descending, Luoming's hands turned bright red, as if they had just been soaked in fresh blood.

The Sword Qi that spanned the starry sky descended, only to be easily caught by those bright red hands and then crushed.

The terrifying aura belonging to an old monster was displayed to the fullest at this moment. Most crucially, this time, he had used only one hand.

Crushing the Sword Qi with one hand, he was not even flushed or out of breath, and he watched the opposite side with appreciative eyes, full of interest. The stronger and more excellent the opponent, the greater his harvest would be.

"Good!" Seeing this scene, Luo Yunhe was not the least bit flustered; instead, his face was full of excitement.

Ever since he became the world's number one, no one had been able to take a casual sword strike from him. Since then, he had traveled through mountains and rivers, collecting the Martial Learning of a hundred schools to verify his own.

After several decades, he had finally attained enlightenment on a mountain peak beneath the starry sky and created the first two swords.

It was a pity that for decades, no one had been able to force him to use any of his swords, leaving him with peerless swordsmanship but no place to use it.

When he finally made the decision to feign death, he had considered that he might never wake up; this was a gamble from the start.

At that time, he had actually let go of his obsession with Life and Death. If he could live, he would live; if he were unlucky and died, then so be it—it would be the end of it.

At that moment, he completely let go of Life and Death, seemingly able to face everything calmly. The great terror between Life and Death, that feeling of near-true death during his feigned passing, allowed him to comprehend the third sword.

Perhaps in the eyes of others, the Martial Learning he had made famous early in the jianghu were the legacies he left behind, but in reality, these three swords were his true inheritance.

The first sword was blocked, but he did not feel any disappointment. If they couldn't even block one sword, how could these old monsters have wreaked havoc on the jianghu for so many years without anyone to stop them?

It was precisely because of this that his fighting spirit soared. The feeling of hot-bloodedness from his youth when he first roamed the jianghu seemed to have returned.

"One Sword Stars Fall!" With the first sword unsuccessful, Luo Yunhe struck again. The Sword Qi shot straight into the clouds, seemingly slicing through the void and piercing the endless starry sky.

Under this sword, the space above the void twisted; it seemed as if even the stars in the sky were trembling under this strike.

Upon seeing this sword, the expression on Luoming's face became grave. The feeling this sword gave him far exceeded the previous one.

If the previous sword was Sword Qi that shook mountains and rivers, dominating and sweeping across all directions, then this sword was Sword Intent that pierced the firmament—unyielding and shattering everything.

It gave one the feeling that no matter what stood before this sword, it would be shattered. Even the stars in the sky would be shaken by it.

When the Sword Intent descended, Luoming also moved. He raised his bright red hands together, and a vast momentum surged into the sky.

That terrifying aura, which seemed capable of destroying everything, intertwined with the equally unyielding Sword Qi.

An unprecedented storm condensed and rapidly swept toward the surroundings. Centered on the two of them, a bottomless pit appeared over an area of more than ten miles.

The pit extended outward with abyss-like gullies of unknown length; even Dongming City in the distance was affected, as if it had encountered an earthquake.

However, the impact was minimal. Before the aftermath of their clash could shake Dongming City, Shen Yu had already protected it with the Mountain and River Map.

Standing atop the walls of Dongming City, Shen Yu watched the two figures still clashing and could not help but sigh.

This former world's number one was truly worthy of the title. Not to mention the third sword, even the first two were likely beyond what anyone in the vast jianghu could take today.

"Boom!" Another terrifying shockwave erupted, and both figures were sent flying backward.

Both figures appeared somewhat disheveled, though Luo Yunhe was clearly in worse shape, his body miserable and drenched in blood as if he had bathed in it. It looked as if much of the flesh on his body had been shaved away.

The opponent, however, only had damaged hands, a few scratches on his face, and traces of blood at the corners of his mouth.

"Good, good!" Wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, Luoming's eyes were filled with malice. He had not expected to be injured by these ants.

Since that was the case, he would use his life and the entire city behind him to compensate for the injuries he had sustained. He would not only devour the person before him completely but also consume everyone in the city to make up for his own expenditure.

Nothing less would be enough to vent the hatred in his heart!

"Hahaha!" Luo Yunhe, kneeling on one knee, laughed wildly. He had not been this severely injured in a long time.

He was worthy of being an old monster from the records; he was truly intense. It was worth feigning his death!

Staggering to his feet, the Sword Qi in Luo Yunhe's hand flickered, as if it might dissipate at any moment.

Suddenly, Luoming, who was preparing to rush over and finish him off, felt a sense of crisis that made him anxious—a feeling that only appeared when he encountered extreme danger.

He looked sharply at the person before him; the source of that sense of crisis was precisely the flickering Sword Qi. Could this sword be this terrifying?

"I still have a third sword: One Sword Life and Death Apart!" A curve appeared at the corner of his mouth, and Luo Yunhe's entire being seemed to merge with the Sword Qi in his hand, transforming into the sharpest of swords.

This flickering Sword Qi made Luoming feel a sense of suffocation. He could be certain that this person before him could threaten him, and perhaps even finish him off.

How could this be? He was merely a junior. Now that the Spirit Qi Surge had almost reached its midpoint, it shouldn't be this dangerous.

He had hidden until now to awaken precisely to avoid the dangers of the early stages. But what was this? Wasn't this going to cost him his life?

Yet reality would not give him much time to consider. At this moment, Luo Yunhe had already transformed into the sharpest sword, rushing toward him at an unimaginable speed.

"Do you dare to gamble your life with me? I dare to gamble—do you?"