Chapter 5

Translator: Larbre Studio  Editor: Larbre Studio

After missing the blow, Hawk Nose landed briefly on the ball of one of his feet and leapt at Xu Yi again.

Although Xu Yi was encumbered by Mutton Chops, there were plenty of “shields” for him within the crowd of horses and men. With his nimble body, he dodged each and every one of Hawk Nose’s killing moves by the narrowest of margins.

Hawk Nose was indeed an expert at the peak of the Body Forging stage. The amount of strength that he possessed was shocking. With Young Master Zhou cheering him on, he had to display his strength to the fullest. These heavy blows were easily thrown, but not easily retracted. Xu Yi could avoid them, but the group of riders could not. In the blink of an eye, he had caused Hawk Nose to obliterate seven of them.

Whoosh!

The tip of Xu Yi’s foot landed right in the middle of the last rider’s throat. With a cracking sound, the rider’s neck bent unnaturally as he fell off the horse.

With that, aYoung Master Zhou’s eight riders had all perished!

At that moment, Young Master Zhou finally realized that the young villager in front of him was no longer the meager ant whom he could bully for fun as he wished. Looking into his cold eyes, he actually felt a chill run down his spine.

When the chill had passed, shame began to well up in Young Master Zhou’s heart.

He was a noble, born to a distinguished family. Even without his uncle Zhou Daogan, who was renowned across Guang’an, his own house had dozens of retainers, with many experts among them. Even he himself had already reached the later levels of the Body Forging stage, and he was only a step away from the peak. For an ant like Xu Yi to instil fear in him was a great insult!

With that thought, Young Master Zhou flew into a rage, shouting back with bloodshot eyes. “Very well, you are scheming indeed. To think that you actually secretly trained your skills. My uncle was right that you Xu’s were all born from criminals. Forever employing despicable and underhanded means. You want revenge, don’t you? I’m right here; come at me!”

“Why the hurry to die? Let me get rid of your lackeys first!” Xu Yi roared in reply.

Sticking his left thumb out, his simple yet sharp fingernail became a sharp knife. With a stab and a pull, he drew a thin and shallow white line right down from the top of Mutton Chop’s head, which began leaking blood a moments later. Xu Yi twisted his left hand, and a flap of skin rose up from the edges of the red line. In the next few moments, his large hand struck all over Mutton Chop’s body more than a dozen times. His rapid strikes were like the sound of popcorn. With two fingers of his left hand twisting and grabbing onto that flap of skin, he pulled hard, and at the same time, a sickening sound like that of a cloth ripping entered everyone’s ears.

Xu Yi had actually ripped off Mutton Chop’s entire scalp, all the way to the base of his neck, leaving him in a miserable, half-dead state!

Ever since he had been subdued by Xu Yi, he was held by the throat, and his spine had been shattered. He was both unable to move and unable to cry out. At this moment, under such horrific torture, even as an expert at the later stages of the Body Forging stage, he was convulsing in pain. Tears streamed down his face, and he was only able to gurgle as his throat was being crushed. It was truly an unbearable sight.

Both in his past life and in this present one, it was the first time Xu Yi had performed such a torture, but there was no a hint of mercy or uneasiness in doing so. Instead, the flames of anger in his heart was almost burning up his brain.

Even with such punishment, it was not enough to ease the Xu Yi’s hatred. With a stomp of his leg, he broke both of Mutton Chops legs, then tossed him up into the air like a rag doll. Mutton Chops ended up at the top of a large tree around a dozen meters tall. Like a giant de-shelled prawn, he lay there curled up, dripping blood and wailing desperately.

It may have been a long description, but all of that happened in a flash. Young Master Zhou and Hawk Nose had no time to even react, and Mutton Chops had already ended up in a miserable half-dead state.

“AHHHHH!” Hawk Nose screamed in rage!

Normally, even he did not think much of Mutton Chops. He had always thought that he lacked air and dignity of a pugilist. But for Xu Yi to carry out such a gruesome act right under his nose, it was simply a blatant slap in the face!

“Xu Yi, I will make you regret ever being born!”

Young Master Zhou was fuming. Stepping on the back of his horse, he leapt into the air and drew his sword. An arc of green light was drawn across the air as the sword was aimed straight at Xu Yi’s throat. “Elder Feng, hold your position by the side. I want to personally butcher this bastard and use his skull as my chamber pot!”

Whoosh whoosh whoosh. Young Master Zhou wielded his sword like lightning, the reflection of light off the sword shimmering continuously. Each move was quick, and each aimed at a vital spot. Within the blink of an eye, he had attacked thirteen times, and Xu Yi had correspondingly retreated thirteen steps.

Although he had not landed a strike, he had forced the seemingly infallible Xu Yi to retreat step after step. Young Master Zhou smirked in delight, coldly shouting, “This Galloping Thunder Sword Technique was taught to me by my uncle Lord Daogan. It was obtained from Fairy Yuqing of the Celestial Mountain Sect, and it is one of their most famous sword techniques. Back in the day, Fairy Yuqing had used this same technique to wipe out the Thirty-Six Strongholds of Woniu Mountain with my uncle, defeating hundreds of men. I have only used thirteen moves and you could not even take one of them! The upcoming moves are so deadly that I fear your head will come off before you even get the chance to scream in agony. Get down on your knees and beg for mercy, and I will allow you to die with a complete corpse.”

“A slave is a slave indeed. You learn a few tricks and you go show them off. Show me what you got! Let’s see if that old crook Daogan taught you any real techniques!” Xu Yi coldly replied.

The word “slave” was an attack on his Zhou family ancestry, making Young Master Zhou fume with anger.

The Zhou family had served as the Xu family’s servants for generations, and this was a sore spot in the hearts of each member of the Zhou family. It’s always been something that they’ve kept hidden and forbidden anyone from mentioning.

“You rascal, you’re asking for death!”

Young Master Zhou angrily roared, “Destruction of Heaven and Earth!”

With his hand outstretched, he spun the sword with his wrist nine times. At that moment, invisible ripples flowed through the air. The flowers by the side of the mountain path were assaulted by the waves of energy and were sent flying into the air.

Elder Feng smiled with his hands behind his back as he retreated two steps with a look of delight in his eyes. Coming from Young Master Zhou’s family, this Galloping Thunder Sword Technique was indeed special. Both being at the later stages of the Body Forging stage, with Xu Yi barehanded against the Young master’s sword, the victor was already decided. Even if this rascal had learned a few skills, under the Galloping Thunder Sword, it was impossible for him to escape in one piece.

Just as Elder Feng was sure of his victory, the situation suddenly changed. Before Young Master Zhou struck with his readied sword technique, Xu Yi made his move. With his long legs, he swept at one of the rocks on the roadside that was dozens of kilograms in weight. The rock immediately became a cannonball, and it was sent speeding towards Young Master Zhou.

Before he could strike, Young Master Zhou had become the target of a heavy boulder. If he did nothing about it, a rock coming at him with such force would either kill or maim him if it lands.

Young Master Zhou held his breath and turned his sword around to perform a backhand slash. The strong force of the blade hacked the rock into rubble and continued onwards, with the green blade threatening to slash at Xu Yi as well. But then, another rock came flying over…

In the blink of an eye, Young Master Zhou had already slashed apart dozens of flying rocks.

Young Master Zhou was feeling absolutely done. When Zhou Daogan had taught him this Galloping Thunder Sword Technique, he had never mentioned that this godly sword technique would be used to break rocks.

And he had never thought that there would be a day where, even with his great physical strength, he would be splitting rocks until his hands were swollen and numb.

“Young Master, let me take care of him!”

Elder Feng also hadn’t expected that this golden opportunity would have eventually gone bad.