Chapter 130 - 129: A Sword on Paper
The hall was dead silent.
Everyone wore a look of shock,
Gu Zhan also stared dumbfounded at his own leg,
The only thought in his mind was,
Is Qi Qianyu really this useless?
Gu Zhan knew that Qi Qianyu’s reputation was undeserved, but he never imagined it’d be this bad,
After all, no matter what,
Qi Qianyu’s cultivation at the Innate Ninth Layer was real,
Even though all his battle achievements were favors and face, full of water,
Gu Zhan just couldn’t believe,
That it was watered down to this degree,
This isn’t just watered down, this is the fucking ocean!
After a brief moment of shock,
The other Yunzhou martial artists in the hall finally snapped out of it. They might’ve been bewildered, but the facts were right there, and they didn’t have time to think further,
They’d come to Linjiang City all for the Celestial Sword Alliance and Qi Baiyu’s reputation, hoping to use this chance to get close. There’s no way they’d let something happen to Qi Qianyu.
"Kill! Protect Young Hero Qi!"
Immediately, an Innate Martial Artist thrust a sword at Gu Zhan.
At the same time, the other Yunzhou martial artists in the hall made their moves too. Among them, there were several Innate Martial Artists, with profound cultivation—even experts at Innate Fourth and Fifth Layer—whose attacks came crashing down like thunder.
Meanwhile, outside the hall,
The sudden sharp clack of mechanisms sounded,
And in an instant, countless Feathered Arrows shot in,
The Embroidered Uniform Guard’s crossbow team, already lying in wait, unleashed the full might of their weapons.
The hall was immediately filled with wails as a wave of Yunzhou martial artists fell, struck by arrows, accompanied by the constant clash of metal.
Then, as one volley of arrows ended,
A black tide of Embroidered Uniform Guards, sabers in hand, surged inside.
A few Innate Martial Artists pulled the still-dazed Qi Qianyu, preparing to flee out the side door.
"Trying to run?"
Gu Zhan sneered, swinging his Broken Saber at Qi Qianyu without hesitation.
"Watch out!"
An Innate Martial Artist, shocked, dashed between Qi Qianyu and the attack, sword raised to block.
"Clang!"
A massive clash of metal exploded across the hall.
With a scream, that Innate Martial Artist was sent flying, smashing into the stone wall. His fate was uncertain.
"Catch the saber, my lord!"
An Embroidered Uniform Guard shouted, tossing over a Horizontal Saber.
Gu Zhan caught the saber in reverse grip, then swept it with a twist,
A surging wave of Saber Qi erupted like a tidal wave,
Several martial artists were instantly torn apart, their bodies blasted to pieces,
Blood mist exploded, like it was raining blood.
Gu Zhan charged out of the blood haze gripping the Horizontal Saber, heading straight for the side door,
By now,
A few martial artists had already dragged Qi Qianyu outside,
However, as soon as they got out,
They found a dense formation of Embroidered Uniform Guards waiting, and another volley of arrows ripped through them, forcing the Yunzhou martial artists back into the hall.
But they hadn’t retreated more than a few steps,
When Gu Zhan, drenched in blood, walked out slowly with the Horizontal Saber,
A crowd of Yunzhou martial artists surrounded Qi Qianyu at the center, glaring warily at the Encircling Embroidered Uniform Guards and Gu Zhan, who alone blocked an entire direction.
"Kill! Leave none alive!"
Gu Zhan roared, saber raised, charging in to kill!
An Innate Fifth Layer Yunzhou martial artist shouted, "You guys get Young Hero Qi out, I’ll stop him!"
"Stop me? What makes you think you can?"
Gu Zhan sneered, rapidly swinging the Horizontal Saber; wave after wave of Saber Qi slashed out, surging and rolling like the sea itself, each wave higher than the last,
The Yunzhou martial artist’s pupils dilated wide,
Frantically, he slammed out a few more palm strikes,
Pushing himself to his absolute limit to block the saber,
But,
Those desperate Palm Seals, that raging Saber Qi,
Were like tofu meeting a kitchen knife,
Completely shattered instantly,
The Saber Qi surged forth,
The Innate Fifth Layer martial artist’s stance froze—the next instant, his body was laced head to toe with bloody lines,
With a thunderous boom,
He exploded on the spot, flesh and blood splattering everywhere. His own Horizontal Saber was now bright red, slashing wildly,
"Swish, swish"—the sound of hacking, like chopping watermelons. One with each strike, sometimes two, sometimes three,
Each blow unleashed a spray of fresh blood, like watermelon juice; sometimes with a severed limb, sometimes a decapitated head,
Some went flying into the alley walls, coughing blood and sliding down; some had their legs lopped off, left wailing with half a body, some had their skulls burst, white matter everywhere;
Screams of agony and terror echoed throughout the villa,
The Yunzhou martial artists were scared shitless, their minds completely shattered,
At that moment,
All those still thinking of protecting Qi Qianyu finally woke up,
Facing such a God of Slaughter,
Who the hell were they to protect Qi Qianyu? If they could save their own hides, it’d be a fucking miracle!
Right then, the crowd scattered instantly, each charging to escape in a panic.
Only Qi Qianyu remained, still a little dazed,
His eyes were empty; his faith and pride had already been crushed by Gu Zhan,
That instant,
He suddenly recalled all those rumors he’d heard about himself,
Back then, he never believed a word,
He was always convinced: he was Yunzhou’s number one of the younger generation, unrivaled below Dao Realm, and all those whispers were just jealousy of his talent,
Until,
Gu Zhan’s saber,
His pride—shattered,
Only then did he finally realize: he had always been living in a dream his brother had spun for him,
Now, he was nothing but a joke!
"Gu Zhan, it’s all your fault!"
Hate flooded Qi Qianyu’s eyes,
He hated Gu Zhan,
If it weren’t for this guy, he’d still be the Little Sword Spirit,
But this man had made him a laughingstock,
Even if it was all a woven dream and a lie,
As long as no one exposed it, it was real,
But now,
This was the man who shattered everything,
And made a fool of him in front of everyone!
Gu Zhan let out a cold snort,
He’d seen plenty of people like Qi Qianyu,
He didn’t believe that Qi Qianyu was truly oblivious to how fake his so-called Little Sword Spirit was; but he just pretended not to know, managed to fool even himself,
And when someone finally exposed the lie,
He flew into a rage, blaming and hating everyone,
Except he’d never look at the real root—the shit was inside himself!
"Gu Zhan!"
Qi Qianyu’s eyes burned with endless hate. He suddenly pulled a sheet of rice paper from his chest and roared, "Go die!"
The moment that rice paper flicked out,
Gu Zhan was slammed by a surge of bottomless terror,
In that instant,
He had no time to think, and instantly summoned the System:
[Spend 30,000 Experience Points]
[Willow Leaf Flying Knife Technique upgraded to Great Success Realm]
In the blink of an eye,
A Flying Saber appeared in Gu Zhan’s hand,
And in that exact moment,
The rice paper thrown by Qi Qianyu, with his manic screech echoing, revealed its true form,
It was a character,
A single character—"Sword"—written on that rice paper,
But, it was also not just a character,
It was a sword,
A sword that operated by its own insane logic!