Chapter 609: Master-Disciple Grievances

Xiao Aoshi practiced the Ten Thousand Ways of All-Encompassing, which encompassed all the martial arts of the world, naturally including techniques for refining the body. Coupled with his own profound cultivation and timely reaction, although he was pierced through the chest by Hayato Tianyin's sword, he relied on his powerful True Qi to maintain his vitality and prevent it from leaking away. A look of intense hatred and anger appeared on his face.

To have been ambushed by the disciple he valued most, he said through gritted teeth: "Hayato Tianyin, I—I consider that I have treated you well, teaching you martial arts and helping you establish the Hidden Sword Stream, yet you have betrayed me!?"

Hayato Tianyin braced himself against his injuries and stood up tall, a look of gratification on his face: "Teacher, do you still remember Zuo Hezi?"

"Zuo Hezi?" Xiao Aoshi first frowned in confusion, then showed a look of realization, followed immediately by shock and disbelief: "Are you mad?! Just for a woman, you actually, actually... cough cough..." In the end, because of his agitation, he aggravated his injuries and coughed repeatedly.

"Just a woman?"

Hayato Tianyin's expression also sank, his whole person revealing hysterical hatred as he roared.

"You bastard, Zuo Hezi was the woman I loved most in my life. Not only did you have people kill Zuo Hezi, you also made me kill my own son with my own hands. I had long since sworn that one day, I would make you pay the price. I just didn't expect this day to come so quickly, hahahaha! Heaven has eyes, Heaven has eyes!"

These two people before them, though master and disciple, Hayato Tianyin held a bone-deep hatred for his master, Xiao Aoshi; even a thousand cuts and skinning him alive would not be enough.

In fact, when it comes to being a master, compared to Xiao Aoshi, Xiongba could even be considered "virtuous."

Hayato Tianyin had been apprenticed to Xiao Aoshi since he was a child, and the latter had painstakingly taught him literature and military strategy, and even medicine, divination, astrology, and the arts of the mysterious gates.

When Hayato Tianyin was twenty, Xiao Aoshi drifted away, leaving the Ten Thousand Ways of All-Encompassing for him to contemplate.

And Hayato was indeed a genius; relying on his supreme aptitude and hard work, he gradually became a top expert in Dongying.

During this period, he met the love of his life, Zuo Hezi. They were married shortly after, and later the two had a son. It could be said to be the most smooth and happy moment of Hayato's life.

But Hayato was an important chess piece for the Great Master. After he married Zuo Hezi, his progress in martial arts and hegemony slowed down, so Xiao Aoshi did not hesitate to send experts to brutally kill Zuo Hezi and dismember her in front of Hayato as a warning. He also took away Hayato's son as a hostage. From then on, Hayato could only do his best to dominate the Dongying martial arts world to ensure his beloved son's life.

Later, Hayato Tianyin encountered a bottleneck while practicing the Ten Thousand Ways of All-Encompassing and asked the Great Master for advice. Xiao Aoshi told him that he must take the internal organs of people belonging to different Five Elements to refine into a pill before he could achieve great success. Hayato did so without hesitation, but retribution is swift; in a chance encounter, he was shocked to discover that the heart he had taken from one of the victims belonged to the son he had been searching for for many years.

If anyone said this was not carefully arranged by the Great Master to turn him into a tool without emotion or desire, I am afraid no one would believe it.

Hayato Tianyin acted as if he had not discovered the truth and continued to take orders from Xiao Aoshi. But in his heart, he already held a bone-deep hatred for the Great Master. He only regretted that the gap in cultivation between him and the Great Master was too vast, and with the Great Master having planted countless spies around him, Hayato Tianyin had always endured in silence.

And once there was an opportunity, he would not hesitate to betray the Great Master and send him on his way.

Yu Liancheng was well aware of the grievances between this pair of master and disciple.

At the time, the City-Toppling Blade only needed a slight burst of additional blade Qi to completely erase Hayato Tianyin, but he did not do so; he merely cooperated with Hayato to put on a show.

And the address of this Xuanhua Pavilion was also told to him by Hayato Tianyin.

"Great Master, you have lost." Yu Liancheng drifted over.

"Indeed, I have lost. I lost because I misjudged a person. I thought he was a hegemon of a generation, but I did not expect him to be a person of indecision and sentimental attachment, hehe, but..."

The Great Master sneered, his internal energy erupting, shaking the long sword in his chest away, and roared: "Whether you or I win or lose in the end is not yet certain. Next time, I will definitely slaughter you all."

When these words were finished, eight different powers—Heaven, Earth, Qi, Righteousness, Yin, Yang, Life, and Destruction—erupted simultaneously, blending together to form an incomparable hurricane that swept wildly toward Yu Liancheng and Hayato Tianyin.

This was the Great Master's final death struggle, vast and mighty, with extraordinary power.

Yu Liancheng threw a punch, the punch like a dragon, and one could even hear the sound of a dragon's roar; it was precisely the Dragon Scale Sun-Breaking from the Mountain and Sea Fist Canon.

Amidst a violent roar, Yu Liancheng tore the hurricane apart.

But the Great Master had disappeared.

"Not good, he escaped!"

Hayato Tianyin's face changed instantly.

"It is a pity that he still escaped from Xuanhua Pavilion."

Although he said this, there was not the slightest bit of frustration or worry in Yu Liancheng's tone. He stood with his hands behind his back and smiled: "But if he does not escape, how can he lead out the Great Demon God?"

"What do we do next?"

"Hehe, naturally it is to beat the dog in the water, but do not kill it completely, otherwise we won't be able to lead out the other dog in the water."

Two days later.

Night, no moon, starlight dim.

"Cough cough,"

From an inconspicuous stable came a heart-wrenching cough, as if he were trying to cough out his internal organs.

The person making this coughing sound was none other than the Great Master.

Anyone who had seen Xiao Aoshi would never believe that the Great Master, who looked down upon all living things like a God, would become what he was today.

His face was pale, without a trace of blood. His clothes were tattered and stained with blood, and his aura had fallen to the bottom. The smell of sweat and blood mixed with the smell of horse manure in the stable, almost making one want to vomit.

In these two days, he was frequently hunted by Yu Liancheng and the others. The Ten Thousand Ways of All-Encompassing could control all things and was equally applicable to escaping. But that guy was like a maggot on a bone, impossible to shake off. And every time they encountered each other, the Great Master had to fight for his life, and his injuries would worsen by a degree. As of now, he was in critical condition.

If not for his final trump card, I am afraid the Great Master would have already had a mental breakdown and let them do as they pleased.

And this trump card was his elder brother, Xiao Jingtian.

As the son of Xiao Sanxiao, Xiao Jingtian, like Xiao Aoshi, was committed to promoting the Millennium Catastrophe, but the two had different methods. Xiao Aoshi was committed to developing his forces in Dongying, while Xiao Jingtian attributed great power to himself, spending most of his time in deep cultivation. Because of this, the two brothers went their separate ways.

The Great Demon God's strength was already above his back then, and with so many years having passed, he had likely truly reached the realm of a Demon God. If the two brothers joined forces, would they still be afraid of not being able to deal with that person?

This place was not far from the Great Demon God's place of seclusion.

With the Great Demon God's methods, he should already be able to perceive him.

Just as Xiao Aoshi was thinking this, suddenly, a heavy and domineering aura surged over. In the face of this aura, the stars in the sky suddenly dimmed, and the air became so heavy it almost stagnated, causing the Great Master to involuntarily hold his breath. He opened his eyes abruptly. He knew the person he was looking for had arrived.

"Heh, I didn't expect you to be utterly defeated." A voice like a God or a Demon sounded, as if coming from beyond the heavens; every word spat out was like a muffled thunderclap exploding.

"I admit, I have lost." Xiao Aoshi lowered his head, his voice low: "That person's martial arts are very high, and I am now seriously injured. Even for you, it is best to wait until the night of the full moon to strike, and... it is almost dawn."

"Heh, since that is the case, then spare their lives for now."