Chapter 584

The old man smiled and said again,

"Back then, the Yunzhou Imperial Clan wronged the Jianshan Shanzhuang, slaughtering over a hundred of your clan."

"Today, let me repay that debt for them!"

Hearing these words, Can Ji found it all the more strange.

The blood debt the Yunzhou Imperial Clan owed the Jianshan Shanzhuang—was that something an ordinary person could repay?

"Go! Kill that old man, and capture Can Ji!"

Hearing these words, the leading You Dongying warrior's face darkened; he didn't want to waste any more time.

The You Dongying warriors under him immediately charged forward.

Can Ji grew greatly alarmed and said to the old man,

"Old man, these You Dongying warriors are the most heartless of all. Their target is me. You should leave quickly; I'll hold them off."

In truth, in Can Ji's heart, she only wished to die together with Seeing Ao Jue here at this Bai Long stream.

Saving this old man could also count as accumulating a little merit for herself and Seeing Ao Jue.

In her heart she hoped that if there was a next life, she and Seeing Ao Jue could be a pair of ordinary people.

Far from the right and wrong of the jianghu.

Her mind a jumble of wild thoughts, Can Ji still charged forward.

Though the Jianshan Shanzhuang was famed for sword-forging, its Wu Gong was not weak either.

It was only that Can Ji's talent was limited; otherwise she wouldn't have lived to today.

Therefore her cultivation hadn't even reached the peerless level—barely Grandmaster.

After she finished speaking with the old man, she immediately rushed out.

Having no handy weapon in hand, she went in barehanded among the blades, seized a Japanese saber, and snatched it over directly.

With a mind set on certain death, her strikes naturally held no mercy.

After snatching the Japanese saber, she reversed her grip and with one slash chopped that You Dongying warrior clean in half.

At this moment another row of seven You Dongying warriors attacked. Though they saw their companion die horribly, not one of them felt the slightest fear.

Raising the weapons in their hands, some aimed at Can Ji's arms, some slashed at her ankles.

In short, not one of these warriors dared to strike a killing blow at Can Ji.

Can Ji saw through their misgivings and sneered inwardly: if she were wounded and captured,

then before being captured, she would absolutely bite her tongue and kill herself.

But these seven You Dongying warriors before her were all second-rate at best.

Can Ji wasn't about to give up on life just yet.

Her figure retreated half a step, dodging these killing moves, then quickly stepped forward and slashed horizontally.

Whoosh!

She had expected this slash to at least cut down one or two You Dongying warriors and drive back the rest.

But beyond Can Ji's expectations, a streak of Ning Daoqi suddenly lit up on the blade.

This Ning Daoqi was Jin Huang in color; the moment it appeared, it surged forward like a force splitting bamboo.

In a single slash, not only did it cleave the seven men before Can Ji clean in two,

the Jin Huang Ning Daoqi lost none of its momentum and continued charging forward.

Moreover, the farther it cleaved, the mightier it grew.

At first it was only four or five chi long and half a chi thick.

After flying several zhang, it had already reached six or seven zhang in length and over a zhang thick.

Wherever the Jin Huang Ning Daoqi passed, none of the You Dongying warriors had any reaction at all; all were sliced into two.

Then the Ning Daoqi left the forest and slashed straight toward the battle circle where Xuan Wu Jun was besieging Seeing Ao Jue.

"Golden Ning Daoqi—Jin San, careful!"

Xuan Wu Jun saw this and cried out in alarm, knowing Jin San couldn't take this Ning Daoqi.

His figure darted out at an angle, and with all his might he slashed his Indestructible Blade toward this Golden Ning Daoqi.

Rumble rumble!

The Indestructible Blade and the Golden Ning Daoqi clashed, erupting in a tremendous roar.

This Ning Daoqi naturally couldn't match the Indestructible Blade Xuan Wu Jun unleashed with full power, and shattered directly.

But after this Ning Daoqi shattered, it broke into streak after streak of fragments, like a rainstorm of pear blossoms.

The first to bear the brunt were Jin San and Xuan Wu Jun themselves.

Xuan Wu Jun's cultivation was profound and his blade art superb; naturally he wouldn't be harmed by these Ning Daoqi fragments.

But Jin San had his back to these Ning Daoqi fragments, and it was all so sudden.

He was directly struck by several Ning Daoqi fragments, vomited blood, and rolled aside.

With this blow, Jin San was done for.

"Damnable! Zhuka Wujian, come out and replace Jin San at once! Two more of you, take Jin San to be treated…"

At this critical moment, Xuan Wu Jun remained unruffled. While shielding Jin San's life,

he actually reversed his hand and unleashed the Indestructible Blade, blocking Seeing Ao Jue who had tried to slip away in the chaos.

Following his command, another expert leapt out from the dense forest, filling Jin San's position.

Two more warriors stepped forward, took the barely breathing Jin San, and withdrew.

This time, the You Dongying at Bai Long stream could be said to have suffered devastating losses.

Not only had many ordinary warriors fallen, but even the Heavenly Being Realm had already suffered one dead and one wounded.

Such a loss would be quite painful even for the three great imperial dynasties.

With Takeshi Mukan stepping in to fill the gap, the six reformed their array and once again blocked Seeing Ao Jue here.

Above the cliff where everyone was fighting, the newly appointed You Dongying Heavenly Locust Seeing Lian Chengzhi stood alongside Chixue, overlooking everything below.

"Huh? Golden Ning Daoqi? In Yunzhou, the only ones who can achieve golden-level Ning Daoqi are Di Yi Xiehuang and Di Er Daohuang, aren't they?"

"Even the Third Pig Emperor, by rumor, has never reached this level."

Seeing Lian Chengzhi was quite startled. His gaze turned toward the dense forest as he wondered what expert had arrived.

"Chengzhi, Yunzhou is full of hidden talents, all the more so now that it has returned to the Nine Provinces."

"Within the Nine Provinces, there are quite a few experts. Perhaps a master from another province has come here."

Chixue thought it over and, finding no record in the Wutian Purgatory's files of a third person having mastered golden Ning Daoqi, could only conclude it was a master from another province.

"What a pity Huang Ying won't serve me. Otherwise, he too has golden Ning Daoqi. With him here, this great undertaking would surely succeed."

Seeing Lian Chengzhi struck his fists together, a flash of resentment crossing his face.

Huang Ying is the foremost blade Dao practitioner of You Dongying and has already mastered golden Ning Daoqi.

"Chengzhi, I'm afraid even with Huang Ying here, he wouldn't be a match for that mysterious expert in the dense forest."

"That golden Ning Daoqi just now—Huang Ying absolutely could not have produced it."

Chixue, who hailed from Wutian Purgatory, had sharper eyes than Seeing Lian Chengzhi.

"In that case? That mysterious expert below would be a better array eye for me than Seeing Ao Jue?"

Seeing Lian Chengzhi watched the seven fighting fiercely below, then looked again into the dense forest.

At this moment, inside the dense forest, all was silent—no one knew what had actually happened.

"These useless trash—that move was so terrifying, why hasn't a single one of them come back to report?"

"Perhaps they're all dead!"

Chixue gave a bitter smile.

To draw the attention of all the major powers under heaven, You Dongying dispatched more than half its forces to the imperial city of Yunzhou.

Led by Hayato Ten'in.

The strongest ones here are Seeing Lian Chengzhi, Chixue, and Xuanwu Jun—three people in all.

The others—Second Leopard, Chongba, Fei Niao Gui San, Takeshi Mukan, and so on—are all merely Heavenly Being Realm experts.

And that golden Ning Daoqi just now—if Chixue wasn't mistaken, it carried at least the power of the Supreme Mythical Realm.

Right now, either Seeing Lian Chengzhi goes in person to draw out that mysterious expert,

or Chixue will have to go.