Some time ago, Shan Yan looks at the boy standing before him.
"You're too rude, man. At least tell me your name before I kill you."
Hearing Shan Yan's words, the boy in the blue robe gives him a cold stare and speaks in a mocking voice.
"Just the Fifth Layer of the Qi Refining Stage, and you dare to show your fangs against me? Did you really think you could kill me? But as for your final wish, I'll tell you my name. I am Jin Sa."
Saying this, Jin Sa moves toward Shan Yan with lightning speed.
Seeing his speed, Shan Yan's eyes narrow.
A sword slash suddenly comes toward his chest. Shan Yan blocks it with his sword, but the force makes him take two steps backward.
"What happened? That was only a small amount of my power, yet you still can't stand against it. And you were talking about taking my life? Now, I want to capture you alive and torment you until you beg for death yourself."
Saying this, Jin Sa moves again with a cruel smile. He raises his hand and moves his sword vertically.
Seeing this, Shan Yan moves his sword horizontally to block the attack.
In the middle of the clash, Shan Yan's sword suddenly glows with the same faint light.
Clang!
The moment Jin Sa's sword collides with Shan Yan's, it is violently bounced back, forcing Jin Sa to take four steps backward.
Seeing this, Jin Sa coldly looks at Shan Yan and raises his hand into the air.
Following his movement, the sword Jin Sa is holding becomes covered in a golden metallic light before shooting toward Shan Yan at full speed.
In that brief moment, Shan Yan moves forward with cold eyes. Just as the sword is about to hit him, Shan Yan uses his own sword to deflect its trajectory.
However, because of the sword's immense power, Shan Yan cannot block it properly.
The sword tears through his shoulder and comes out the other side. A surge of intense pain runs through Shan Yan's shoulder, causing his expression to turn fierce. Seeing this, shock and panic appear on Jin Sa's face for the first time. He tries to retreat from Shan Yan.
But it is already too late.
Shan Yan instantly closes the distance and swings his sword toward Jin Sa's neck.
But at this critical moment, the jade locket around Jin Sa's neck suddenly emits a white light.
The light strikes Shan Yan's sword and shatters it instantly.
A powerful force then surges toward Shan Yan. Shan Yan couldn't manages to dodge the attack, And the force still strikes him. His body is sent flying backward before crashing heavily onto the ground.
Blood begins to flow from his ears, nose, and eyes.
After realizing what has just happened, Jin Sa's body is covered in cold sweat as he looks at Shan Yan with horror.
If it were not for the protective jade locket given to him by his family, he would have been dead at that moment.
But when he remembers Shan Yan's actions in the face of danger, his expression gradually turns cold.
He looks at Shan Yan with cold eyes and says,
"You… you're not from any righteous faction, nor are you a lone cultivator. You're a cultivator of the demonic path. If I didn't have my family's protective jade, I would have died at your hands today.
But it doesn't matter anymore. Once I kill you, my name will spread throughout the entire region. Who knows? Perhaps some Guardian Sect might even accept me."
Saying this, Jin Sa walks toward Shan Yan with his sword in hand and stops directly in front of him.
Seeing Shan Yan kneeling on the ground, a proud expression appears on Jin Sa's face.
He raises his sword, preparing to cut through Shan Yan's neck. But at that moment, a flying sword suddenly shoots toward Shan Yan from his storage bag, which had fallen during the fight. Shan Yan catches the flying sword.
Using all his strength, he swings it toward Jin Sa's sword and shatters it. Before Jin Sa can react, Shan Yan moves forward with lightning speed and swings his sword toward Jin Sa's neck once again.
This time, Jin Sa's neck is severed from his body.
For Shan Yan and Jin Sa, the fight is quite long because, in this battle, the future of one and the death of the other are predetermined.
However, to the people standing nearby, it is nothing more than a short battle. In their eyes, Jin Sa has the upper hand and is about to kill Shan Yan. But then, Jin Sa's head suddenly falls onto the ground in front of them.
Shan Yan pick the head and looking around him.
At this moment many people look toward the young figure with fear, as if they have just witnessed a demon from hell. Shan Yan is holding the severed head of the boy in the blue robe in his hand, coldly looking around at his surroundings. Before his death, the boy face had been filled with nothing but disbelief and indescribable horror.
"He killed the Young Master! Kill him!"
After gathering their courage, the Jin Clan members charge toward Shan Yan.
But before they can reach him, Shan Yan grabs his storage bag and throws his sword into the air. He immediately jumps onto the sword.
The flying sword shoots into the distance, and Shan Yan quickly disappears from their sight.
Meanwhile, Su Lin is still running through the forest with the Jin Clan members chasing him.
Su Lin manages to escape the city, but even after reaching the forest, he continues running for his life.
If the people chasing him were mortals, Su Lin could fight them. But all of his pursuers are at the same cultivation level as him—the First Circle of the Qi Refining Stage.
Their leader, who is still quite young, is at the Second Circle of the Qi Refining Stage.
Because of this, Su Lin has no choice but to keep running.
'Where did Shan Yan go? My spiritual energy is almost exhausted. It seems I have no choice but to fight now.'
Thinking this, Su Lin suddenly stops and turns around.
He grips his sword tightly and looks toward his pursuers.
Seeing Su Lin's action, a mocking smile appears on the leader's face. He moves forward, preparing to kill Su Lin. But at that moment, a strange sound of air being torn apart comes from behind him.
when he turns around.
Right in front of his face, he sees Shan Yan.
His entire body is covered in blood, and his cold eyes carry an overwhelming sense of ruthlessness.
The leader looks around in shock.
All of his companions are lying motionless on the ground.
Then he looks down at his chest.
Shan Yan's sword has already pierced straight through it. With a ruthless expression, Shan Yan pulls his sword out.
The leader's body falls to the ground, where he struggles for a moment before finally breathing his last.
With heavy breathing, Su Lin looks at Shan Yan with angry eyes and says,
"Will you tell me what you have done and why you killed them? They had nothing to do with us. So why did you have to do all this? And when those Jin Clan guards were chasing me, why did they call me a cultivator of the demonic path? Shan Yan, answer me now!"
Hearing Su Lin's words, Shan Yan looks at him emotionlessly and says,
"Now is not the time for any of this. Come with me. We need to leave this place first."
Saying this, Shan Yan extends his hand toward Su Lin, offering to help him onto the flying sword.
Despite the complicated situation, Su Lin steps onto the sword.
Shan Yan immediately controls the flying sword and moves through the forest at full speed, leaving the area as quickly as possible.
The next morning, as the rising sun appears over Jin Clan City, the streets are already crowded. People gather in groups, chatting and whispering among themselves. A shocking piece of news has spread throughout the entire city like wildfire. A massacre has taken place. Many Jin Clan guards have lost their lives, and even a direct descendant of the Jin Clan has been killed.
A body lies on the ground, wrapped in a white shroud. Beside the body, a woman dressed in red kneels down and cries as she looks at the lifeless corpse. "My child, what happened to you? Why don't you wake up? Look at the condition you are in. If you had not come here yesterday, this would have never happened. Why? Why did you choose to come here? And when my child was about to die, where were all of you?"
While the woman cries beside Jin Sa's dead body, she looks furiously at the guards who came with Jin Sa to kill Shan Yan.
While a middle-aged man with a strong physique stands behind her, looking at her crying figure. He places a hand on her shoulder and says to her, "Don't cry, dear. I swear, those two who killed our beloved child will never die in peace. I will make their families suffer a hundredfold more than what we are feeling now. This is my promise to you and a testament to myself."