Chapter 12

Yexiwen would not let the opponent attack again. He extended his palm and directly grabbed the wrist of the black-clothed youth, causing the true qi blade to pause.

The black-clothed youth was stronger than Yexiwen. After a brief pause, he continued to slash down.

However, that brief moment was enough. Yexiwen was already fully prepared. He used the Thunderhand technique, the eighth strike.

"Swift as Thunder and Wind!" Yexiwen shouted, his right hand wrapped in lightning-shaped true qi, and he slapped it into the black-clothed youth's chest.

"Bang!" The black-clothed youth was hit directly, his body flying backward like a broken kite, soaring high before crashing to the ground with a heavy thud. Many of his ribs were broken by Yexiwen, and he was gasping for breath.

The black-clothed youth stared at Yexiwen with wide eyes, saying in disbelief, "You... You actually dared to trick me!"

He was even more incredulous that Yexiwen was so reckless, taking a hit to attack him, which was truly insane.

"Hehe!" Yexiwen stopped the bleeding on himself. His face was pale, the wound from the slash deep to the bone, bleeding profusely. Now Yexiwen had the time to stop the bleeding.

Yexiwen did not waste any time and rushed toward the black-clothed youth, who was lying on the ground, powerless.

"You... You can't kill me!" The black-clothed youth finally said in fear, "I am the young master of the Zhang family. If you kill me, you will have big trouble!"

"Once the battle starts, it's a matter of life and death!" Yexiwen understood that he could not let the black-clothed youth go, or the future trouble would be enormous. His experience told him that mercy was not an option in this world, where the law of the jungle prevailed.

Yexiwen walked step by step toward the black-clothed youth.

"You die!" The black-clothed youth's face suddenly twisted in a fierce expression, and he swung his arm, releasing a crescent-shaped true qi blade that slashed toward Yexiwen.

Yexiwen stepped forward, shifted his position, and dodged this desperate counterattack. He had repeatedly warned himself to be cautious and would not be caught off guard.

Thunderhand, the eighth strike!

The rumbling sound echoed through the forest, and the black-clothed youth's fear grew stronger.

"Bang!"

After a惨叫, the black-clothed youth finally died with deep resentment.

Seeing the black-clothed youth finally dead, Yexiwen let out a sigh of relief, sitting on the ground and panting heavily.

Without resting much, Yexiwen stood up and began to search the three bodies. Killing and plundering often went hand in hand.

From the two experts at the Fifth Level of the Later Heaven stage, Yexiwen found twenty low-grade spirit stones and one hundred silver taels. Then he searched the black-clothed youth and was pleasantly surprised to find a storage ring on him, and it was quite large, with a capacity of over one hundred cubic meters.

Storage rings and similar spatial items were the most expensive. Even a ten-cubic-meter storage ring would cost at least one hundred spirit stones, and a one-hundred-cubic-meter storage ring would cost at least a thousand low-grade spirit stones. In the One Yuan Sect, only the elders at the Innate stage could afford such items. Yexiwen had only seen one on his adoptive father, Ye Kongming.

He did not expect the black-clothed youth to have a one-hundred-cubic-meter storage ring, truly befitting the young master of the Zhang family.

After obtaining the storage ring, Yexiwen probed it with his divine sense and was overjoyed. Indeed, compared to the black-clothed youth, the two experts at the Fifth Level of the Later Heaven stage were like dwarfs.

In the storage ring, there were over five hundred low-grade spirit stones, which meant Yexiwen would not have to worry about spirit stones for a while. Besides the spirit stones, there were ten thousand silver taels. What delighted Yexiwen the most was a martial arts manual, which was the black-clothed youth's secret technique for condensing true qi into a blade, allowing him to possess the power of the Innate stage at the Sixth Level of the Later Heaven stage. This technique was quite extraordinary.

The technique was called "Cold Moon Slash," and it was a technique at the Innate level. Cold Moon Slash had three levels: the first level was New Moon Slash, the second level was Crescent Moon Slash, and the third level was Full Moon Slash. Mastering New Moon Slash could match the power of a mid-level technique, mastering Crescent Moon Slash could match the power of a high-level technique, and mastering Full Moon Slash could unleash the power of an Innate-level technique.

It was truly formidable!

Originally, Yexiwen was considering learning a weapon technique to make up for his weakness, but now with the "Cold Moon Slash," this issue was completely resolved. The "Cold Moon Slash" could be used with a long sword or condensed true qi, and it even included a unique method for condensing true qi into a blade, making the true qi sword extremely durable and capable of unleashing the power of the "Cold Moon Slash."

Of course, if he had a weapon, the power would be even greater.

Yexiwen quickly put everything into the storage ring and left the area. The teams hunting Yexiwen were all close to each other, and it wouldn't be long before another team arrived. Yexiwen's current state was not suitable for facing another team, and he needed to find a place to heal.

Not long after Yexiwen left, a five-person team arrived, led by a middle-aged man with a long scar on his face. Seeing the three bodies on the ground, his face turned ashen, especially the body of the young master, which made his eyelids twitch and his scar look even more menacing.

"Chase him! We must kill this murderer. He killed two of the Zhang family's young masters. If we don't catch him, we will all die!" The scar-faced man said viciously, his aura fully released, revealing him to be a peak expert at the Seventh Level. "Inform our people, chase him, and kill this murderer, dismember him, and if you find any suspicious person, kill them first, better to kill the wrong person than to let one go!"

"Understood!" The other martial artists responded.

A sharp whistling sound echoed through the forest, the Zhang family's signal to gather.

Yexiwen, who had already walked far, heard the whistling sound and was startled. This was the Zhang family's signal, indicating they were determined to eliminate him. He had to find a way to deal with all the pursuers, or the Zhang family would hunt him to the ends of the earth.

Thinking this, Yexiwen's figure disappeared into the forest.

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