Zhang Ruochen and the Nine Sheriff Lords had just reached the outside of the Yellow Grade Martial Arts Palace when they heard deafening shouts coming from the Martial Arts Palace.
Immediately after, a body with a severed head was carried out from the Martial Arts Palace.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the severed head corpse and enquired to the Yellow Grade Martial Arts Palace’s Steward, “Lord Steward, what’s going on?”
The one Steward of the Yellow Grade Martial Arts Palace looked to be in his thirties, rather slim-looking, and sighed, saying, “Today, a Life Snatching Swordsman has come to the Yellow Grade Martial Arts Palace, and all the martial artists who fought with him were all beheaded by him with a single stroke of his sword, without exception. This is already the eighth one!”
The Nine County Lord’s face changed slightly as she said, “With just one sword?”
That one steward nodded and said, “It’s too powerful! I’ve spent ten years in the Yellow Grade Martial Arts Palace, and I’ve never seen a teenager who can cultivate his sword technique to be so ruthless, merciless, and cold, and a single sword strike is as fast as lightning. It’s simply terrifying! How old do you guys guess he is?”
The Nine Counties Lord said, “To be able to kill a martial artist of the Yellow Extreme Realm Great Circle with a single sword strike, he must be at least eighteen or nine years old!”
That one steward shook his head and said, “His name is Ah Le, and he is fifteen years old.”
The Nine County Lord was instantly stunned.
“A fifteen year old Life Taking Swordsman, a bit interesting, let’s go take a look.” Zhang Ruochen carried his hands behind his back as he walked into the Yellow Grade Martial Combat Palace.
At this moment, on the battle stage, there stood a yellow-faced teenager.
He looked to be fourteen or fifteen years old, wearing tattered clothes and carrying a rusty iron sword in his hand. The iron sword was dyed red, dripping down drops of blood.
His body stood straight, like a statue, yet he exuded an intimidating killing aura.
Having killed eight martial artists in a row, the aura on his body climbed to the peak.
Under the impact of that powerful killing aura, there was simply no one who dared to mount the battle platform anymore.
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards the teenager standing in the centre of the battle platform, also a teenage swordsman, he was able to clearly feel the sword intent and murderous aura on that teenager called Ah Le.
Zhang Ruochen gently nodded his head and said, ”Talented, sword intent follows the heart. His sword intent realm has already reached the Follow Heart stage, moreover, the sword intent contains killing intent.”
The Ninth County Lord was also sizing up the teenager holding the bloody sword and said, “He doesn’t seem to be a pure human, but, rather, a Demon Wolf half-human half-human.”
Zhang Ruochen said, “That’s right! It is indeed a Demonic Wolf Half-Human! Look at his eyes, they are simply like those of a wolf, surprisingly, they are faintly blood red.”
Right at this moment, a grim laughter came from the distance, “Cousin, it’s been three years since I’ve seen you, it really makes cousin miss you a lot!”
Zhang Ruochen looked in the direction where the laughter came from, only to see a handsome man with a pale face, standing on the bleachers, looking at him with a smile.
Moreover, there was an acquaintance, Lin Mishan.
Lin Mishan was wearing a white chiffon blouse with a scented pouch and ringlets hanging from her waist, she seemed to have grown a little taller, with a graceful figure, her skin as white as snow, and her long black hair hanging down to her waist.
I have to say, Lin Mishan indeed looks extremely beautiful, daisy eyebrows like a painting, eyes like stars, red lips crystal like jewellery, neck long and slender, peaks slightly erect, jade waist slender, legs straight, simply give a person a kind of flawless feeling, as if out of the picture scrolls out of the world of beautiful people.
“Cousin, do you not even recognise cousin anymore?” Lin Chenyu stared at Zhang Ruochen with a very sinister smile that carried a bit of an evil aura.
Seeing Lin Mishan, Zhang Ruochen roughly guessed Lin Chenyu’s identity.
Since the other party took the initiative to call him, Zhang Ruochen wasn’t a rude person, so he walked over and said, “Indeed it’s been a long time since I’ve seen you, I didn’t expect that I’d meet you in the yellow level martial arts arena.”
The Ninth County Lord whispered in Zhang Ruochen’s ear, “Ninth brother, don’t get too close to Lin Chenyu, this person’s character is not good, his heart is not right, he is sinister and cunning, it’s not advisable to befriend him!”
County Lord Nine’s voice was extremely faint, yet it was still heard by Lin Chenyu.
Lin Chenyu’s ears twitched slightly, his eyes chilled, and a cold snort escaped from his mouth as he said, “Ninth County Lord, it’s not very nice to speak ill of Mister Lin in front of him! Is this the upbringing of a royal county lord?”
Just as Lin Chenyu let out a cold snort, the Ninth County Lord’s face changed drastically, a muffled sound escaping her mouth as she retreated three steps backwards.
When she stopped, a trace of blood spilled from the corner of her mouth, suffering from internal injuries.
Zhang Ruochen’s heart murmured, “What a powerful cultivation, at least reaching the late Xuanji Realm, if not stronger.”
The Xuan Polarity Realm was also divided into seven sub-realms: early stage, middle stage, late stage, small pole position, medium pole position, large pole position, and great perfection.
Any martial artist who crossed into the Xuan Extreme Realm was considered to have crossed into the ranks of the strongest martial artists, and when they entered the barracks, they were at least a general-level figure.
Of course, at the Xuan Polarity Realm, every little realm that was raised would be even tougher.
Lin Chenyu was worthy of being the first genius of the Lin family, only just twenty years old, he had reached such an unfathomable realm.
At this moment, there was finally a ninth challenger, ascending the battle platform to challenge that fifteen year old Life Snatching Swordsman.
One must know that the previous eight were all killed by that Life Snatching Swordsman. Those who still dared to mount the battle platform to challenge him were definitely people with excessive guts.
“Life Snatching Swordsman? I, Han Axe, have come to meet you!” Han Axe held his battle axe and stood opposite the Life Snatcher Swordsman.
Below the stage, all the martial artists, all of them looked towards the battle stage.
This was the ninth match, and the challenger, surprisingly, was Han Axe, who possessed the level of battle power of a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist.
Zhang Ruochen had also fought with Han Axe and knew the strength and weakness of Han Axe.
The Ninth County Lord wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth clean, slightly distanced herself from Lin Chenyu, and also stared upwards at the battle stage, saying, “I also wonder how many swords Han Axe can catch from him?”
Zhang Ruochen said, “If Han Axe can catch his first sword, he will be able to save his life. If he can’t catch the first sword, I’m afraid that he will also die.”
“Killing Han Axe with one sword? Impossible!” The Ninth County Lord said.
Zhang Ruochen stopped talking and just stared at the battle stage.
“Poof!”
In just a split second, Han Axe’s head flew out from the battle platform and landed on the ground like a leather ball.
Ninth match, victory!
After a slight silence, deafening shouts and exclamations resounded throughout the Martial Arts Palace once again.
“Actually …… really only used one sword, I didn’t even see how he made the sword, I only saw a sword shadow flash past!”
“What grade of sword technique is he using?”
“It’s too fast, I couldn’t even see him strike his sword.”
“Even the supremely talented Ninth Prince, when he fought Han Axe last month, it took him over eighty moves to defeat him.”
“An even more talented young martial artiste is about to rise?”
The Ninth Sheriff Lord was also a bit dumbfounded as she said, “Ninth brother, can you catch one of his swords?”
Zhang Ruochen smiled and said, “His sword is indeed fast, yet it also has a fatal break. While others can’t see it, I can see it. Of course, the world’s martial arts are invulnerable, and the only thing that can’t be broken is speed. He is so fast with his sword, even if there is a breakage, he can make up for it with his speed. If it was a month ago, it’s really hard to say! As for now ……”
Zhang Ruochen did not say any more and continued to look at the battle stage.
Finally, that one fifteen year old Life Snatcher Swordsman had his tenth battle.
The person fighting him was an old man ranked 17th on the Yellow Ranking, Su Heng.
Unfortunately, it was still just one sword, and Su Heng died under his sword, turning into a headless corpse that fell into a pool of blood.
Too invincible!
Winning ten matches in a row, using only one sword for each match.
Even against Yellow List martial artists.
Such a young swordsman was simply even more heaven-defying than the performance of the Ninth Prince a month ago!
Soon, the head of the Yellow Ranked Martial Arts Palace contended to comment on his performance on the battle stage.
Sixth on the Yellow Ranking!
This was still because, no one was able to force him to use his true strength, and that was why he was evaluated as sixth on the Yellow Ranking. If he had displayed all of his true strength, the ranking might have been even higher.
The Life Snatching Swordsman, Ah Lok, still had a cold and merciless face as he carried his bloody iron sword and walked down from the battle stage.
There was no joy or sorrow!
It wasn’t until his gaze caught sight of Lin Mishan that he finally revealed a few soft colours, and feeling his heart beating a little too fast, he immediately averted his gaze and said, “Miss Lin, I fulfilled my promise to you, winning ten matches in a row, without losing a single one!”
Lin Mishan revealed a sweet smile and gently touched Ah Le’s shoulder, saying, “Ah Le, with such a powerful talent, there will surely be many great powers that want to draw you in. Why do you need to stay in the Lin Family as an underling?”
Ah Le gently bit his lips, stared at Lin Mishan’s stunningly beautiful face, and said, “Ah Le only wishes to guard Miss Lin’s side forever, there is nothing else to ask for.”
In his opinion, the woman in front of him was so perfect, so holy, as long as he could guard by her side, it was a happy thing.
Lin Mishan smiled and nodded, but a trace of contempt flickered in the depths of her eyes.
Lin Mishan’s gaze was fixed on Zhang Ruochen with a hint of arrogance as she laughed, “Cousin, you also cultivate the sword, if you were to fight with Ah Le, how many swords could you catch Ah Le?”
Zhang Ruochen glanced towards Ah Le, pondering, and faintly said, “If someone is willing to guard you, you should cherish it!”
After saying this, Zhang Ruochen did not even look at Lin Mishan and directly walked towards the battle stage.
When Lin Mishan saw Zhang Ruochen ascending the battle stage, her beautiful eyes slightly stared, “Hasn’t he already become a Yellow Ranked Martial Artist, why is he ascending the battle stage again? Could it be that ……”
“Huh! It’s a bit interesting!” Lin Chenyu smiled faintly as a hint of killing intent flashed in his eyes.
Perhaps, killing Zhang Ruochen on the battle stage would be a very interesting thing to do.
Lin Chenyu beckoned to Ah Le and said, “Ah Le, come here!”
“Young Master, what are your orders?” Ah Le said.
Lin Chenyu laughed, “Watch well, that teenager on the battle stage, he is one of Muddy Shan’s suitors. Later on, perhaps, you will also be required to make a move to kill him! Are you sure?”
“In my eyes, there are only two kinds of people, a living person and a dead person. Either he dies, or I die.”
Ah Le’s gaze was fixed towards the battle stage, his eyes became incomparably sharp, and his entire person seemed to have transformed into a sword.
