Chapter 8

With a single strike, Li Ke defeated Xu Zheng, who was at the third level of the Armament Refinement Realm. Li Ke, his face expressionless, pressed forward towards Xu Ting.

"No... You can't kill me! You can't kill me! My uncle is the third elder of the Twin Saber Sect, you'll be in trouble if you kill me!" Xu Ting cried out in panic, his body retreating uncontrollably, completely overwhelmed by the sharp aura emanating from Li Ke.

Li Ke remained silent, proving everything with his actions.

He pressed forward step by step, his killing intent unwavering!

"Don't! Don't... Don't kill me! Whatever you want, I'll give it to you, I'll give it to you... Please don't kill me!" The cold, piercing aura, the proud gaze, and the chilling expression, Li Ke's flying dagger was cold and sharp.

Xu Ting's heart turned cold, his body drenched in cold sweat, his pupils contracting wildly. The look in his eyes when he saw Li Ke was like seeing a grim reaper.

"Your life! This is what I want!"

With a cold voice, Li Ke suddenly exerted force with both feet, his entire body shooting towards Xu Ting like a fierce wind.

Once the killing intent was aroused, even gods and buddhas could not stop it!

"No!" As death drew near, Xu Ting instantly regained his senses. His gaze shifted, and he saw Ling Yun not far away. He immediately hardened his heart.

"Li Ke, if you want me to die, I'll take your brother with me today!" Xu Ting's hand instantly lit up with white light, and the Nine-Ring Death Blade slashed out.

The blade aura spread, the wind was无形.

It was precisely the Yellow Rank Upper Class martial technique—Fierce Wind Blade Technique!

"Looking for death!" Li Ke did not expect Xu Ting to suddenly erupt. His gaze instantly turned cold, and the flying dagger soul in his hand was instantly released.

"Whoosh!"

A red light flashed and disappeared in an instant. With a "pu" sound, only the hilt of the flying dagger was visible at the back of Xu Ting's throat, the entire blade had already sunk in to the hilt.

"Ugh..." Xu Ting's body stopped directly, his eyes filled with disbelief as he looked at the blade tip protruding from his throat, shimmering with a faint red light, with blood streaming down like rain.

Slowly, Xu Ting's vision began to blur.

Finally... there was nothing left.

"Thud!" Xu Ting's body fell to the ground.

"Li Ke... you!" All of this happened in an instant. Li Ke, whose cultivation had reached the second level of the Armament Refinement Realm, could release his soul weapon up to twenty meters. It took him only a moment to kill Xu Ting, leaving Xu Zheng no time to react. Xu Zheng never thought Li Ke would really dare to kill Xu Ting, whose uncle was the esteemed third elder! But by the time he reacted, all he saw was a corpse.

Without even looking at the already dead Xu Ting, Li Ke turned around calmly and looked at Xu Zheng, saying indifferently, "Xu Ting was killed by me. Do you have any questions? Or—do you also want to leave your life here?"

Li Ke said this so casually, as if it were a trivial matter, making Xu Zheng feel mocked.

Inner disciples had the right to take lives. Li Ke had no responsibility for killing the outer disciple Xu Ting.

This was the survival law of this continent—might makes right!

Core disciples did not need to take responsibility for killing inner disciples!

"I'll be waiting for you, the Xu family will not let you off!" Xu Zheng shouted in a rage, coldly snorted, and quickly rushed towards the gate.

With a single strike, Li Ke killed the outer disciple Xu Ting, and with a single word, he drove away the inner disciple Xu Zheng. This scene made the other few named disciples shiver, they exchanged glances and were about to sneak away quietly when they suddenly heard Li Ke's cold laugh, "Leaving so soon?"

"Master Li, spare our lives!" The few hurriedly knelt down, kowtowing like they were pounding garlic.

Even the inner disciple Xu Zheng was no match for Li Ke, let alone them, who had not even fully formed their soul weapons.

A look of disdain appeared in Li Ke's eyes, and he said coldly, "You few have repeatedly shown off your strength in front of me and acted tyrannically in the Twin Saber Sect. I won't kill you today... but if I see you misbehaving again in the future, I will make you suffer the same fate as Xu Ting! Now—get lost!"

"Yes, yes, yes—" The few named disciples hurriedly agreed, each of them seemingly well-practiced, quickly crawling on the ground towards the gate. One of them, who seemed to be the same person from last time, rolled in the wrong direction again, heading towards the inner room, and would probably have to roll back...

Ling Yun watched this scene and chuckled.

"Brother Yun, are you okay?" Li Ke stepped forward, helped Ling Yun up, and patted the dust off his body, concerned.

Ling Yun shook his head, swaying his body, and chuckled, "Brother, I'm fine! These are just minor injuries. No matter what, I'm a disciple of the Ling family of Hanzhou, Xu Zheng wouldn't dare to be too harsh on me!"

"Good, as long as you're fine!" Li Ke nodded and then said to Ling Yun, "Since you're fine, come with me now. I'll teach you the Qi Condensation Realm cultivation technique I practice!"

"Okay!" Ling Yun nodded heavily, his eyes filled with hope.

...

Just as the incident with Li Ke's soul weapon was gradually fading, another major event occurred in the Twin Saber Sect.

The third disciple of the outer sect, Xu Ting, the only son of the Xu family, a sixth-rank family in Hanzhou, was killed by someone. When many disciples appeared at Li Ke's residence, Li Ke was already gone.

In the courtyard, Xu Ting's body was already cold.

Li Ke didn't even bother to deal with Xu Ting's body, leaving him to die in his own courtyard.

"Move aside!"

A voice filled with authority echoed at the entrance to Li Ke's courtyard, and the Twin Saber Sect disciples, who were gathered in several circles, fell silent like cicadas in winter, quickly making way.

"Thud!"

A crisp sound, the door that Xu Zheng had not completely kicked in was now shattered, and the third elder, Xu Liu, with a sullen face, strode into Li Ke's courtyard, his hands behind his back.

Behind him was Xu Zheng, who had been defeated by Li Ke in one move. His shoulder was wrapped in white cloth, with deep bloodstains.

"Xu Ting!" As soon as Xu Liu saw Xu Ting lying on the ground, he immediately cried out, tears in his eyes, and rushed over, picking up the already cold body.

"Li Ke, you dare to kill the only heir of the Xu family. Today, even if the sect leader comes in person, I will crush your bones and scatter them to avenge my nephew!"

Xu Liu's face was extremely ugly. If the family found out that his nephew was killed on his territory, his position would plummet. So now, all he could do was avenge his nephew.

Kill Li Ke!

Xu Liu's mind was filled with the thought of killing Li Ke. After handing over Xu Ting's body to Xu Zheng, he rushed into Li Ke's inner room.

"Thud!" "Thud!" "Thud!" ...

Blade light flashed, orange blade aura spread, and Xu Liu's willow leaf blade quickly slashed, cutting Li Ke's inner room door into countless pieces. He then roared, "Li Ke, you little brat, come out and face your death! Today, I will not only take over this courtyard to comfort my nephew's soul, but also break your legs and cut you into pieces, making you wish you were dead!"

"Third Elder, Li Ke is not here, he went to the Iron Horse Hall," seeing Xu Liu's madness, a few outer disciples could no longer hold back and revealed Li Ke's whereabouts.

"Iron Horse Hall! Li Ke, you little brat, you're quick to run!"

Xu Liu coldly snorted, his eyes filled with killing intent.

"The Iron Horse Hall is under the jurisdiction of the fifth elder. The fifth elder and I have long-standing conflicts. If I directly go out to kill Li Ke, the fifth elder will definitely intervene! This is troublesome!"