From the moment the internet connection was cut off... I need some comfort.
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These two disciples of Fengyu Tower had no grudge against Yang Kai, but after chasing him all this way, several of their junior brothers had died. They couldn't avenge their deaths on Wen Feichen, so they had to blame Yang Kai.
Now, seeing their enemy, they naturally felt an intense hatred.
Senior Brother Xiong looked at Yang Kai with a mocking smile and said coldly, "You have quite the nerve to walk into the trap yourself. Where is the woman you saved?"
"Beat me, and I'll tell you!" Yang Kai's fists cracked as he clenched them, and he slowly walked toward the two of them, shaking his neck.
Senior Brother Xiong sneered, "You're courting death. Junior Brother, cover me, I'll teach him a lesson!"
As he spoke, the long sword at his waist was drawn with a hiss, and he swung it in a sword flower before attacking Yang Kai.
Senior Brother Xiong had the strength of the sixth level of the Kaiyuan Realm, while Yang Kai was only at the fourth level. There was a two-level difference in their realms, and Senior Brother Xiong also held a sharp weapon, feeling he had every advantage.
This first strike was just a test; Senior Brother Xiong didn't expect to finish Yang Kai with one move.
In the darkness, the sword flower flashed, and Yang Kai dodged to the side, raising his palms to engage Senior Brother Xiong of Fengyu Tower. Fighting with his palms against a sword, Yang Kai was at a disadvantage, retreating step by step. By the time Senior Brother Xiong thrust his ninth sword, Yang Kai had already retreated over ten steps.
Senior Brother Xiong laughed loudly, "A grain of sand dares to shine! Yang Kai, give me your life!"
The initial probing had already revealed Yang Kai's true strength, and now was the time to deliver a fatal blow. His internal yuan qi circulated, and a sound of wind and thunder emanated from his sword.
"Thunder Wind Chant!" Senior Brother Xiong roared, his sword suddenly glowing with arcs of electricity, piercing toward Yang Kai's chest with unmatched sharpness at a speed he couldn't dodge.
Yang Kai indeed couldn't dodge, but there was no trace of fear on his face. Instead, he raised his palm and slapped it toward the sword.
Senior Brother Xiong sneered, thinking that his sword was now charged with lightning. If a mere fourth-level Kaiyuan Realm martial artist like Yang Kai touched it, he would be paralyzed, leaving him at his mercy.
With this thought, Senior Brother Xiong didn't withdraw his move; instead, his sword attack became even faster.
Yang Kai roared, his palm suddenly turning a deep red, as if flames were burning on it. A wave of scorching heat surged toward Senior Brother Xiong, not only dispelling the cold around him but also making him feel as if he were falling into a sea of fire.
With a "clang," Yang Kai's palm struck the sword, and the arcs of electricity vanished instantly. The sword's direction was deflected, grazing past Yang Kai's shoulder without harming him.
Senior Brother Xiong was greatly alarmed. In this exchange, his yuan qi was no match for Yang Kai's! He thought, "Isn't he only at the fourth level of the Kaiyuan Realm? How can his internal yuan qi be more robust than mine?"
Moreover, the scorching yuan qi in that palm was incredibly pure, otherwise, it couldn't have neutralized his lightning force.
Panicked, Senior Brother Xiong hastily withdrew his sword and retreated, preparing to adjust his breathing before making another move. But Yang Kai wouldn't give him that chance. Taking advantage of his withdrawal, Yang Kai closed the distance and, under Senior Brother Xiong's shocked gaze, pointed at his heart.
Knowing he had to deal with many enemies, Yang Kai acted decisively, sparing no effort, even using a drop of Yang liquid to ensure a one-hit kill.
Senior Brother Xiong's body suddenly stopped moving, leaving only the howling wind in the valley, mournful and sorrowful.
The Fengyu Tower junior brother, who had been covering, didn't understand what had happened and called out softly, "Senior Brother Xiong, Senior Brother Xiong."
Before he could finish, Senior Brother Xiong's body fell straight down. Yang Kai sneered, "Your Senior Brother Xiong is waiting for you on the road to the underworld."
The junior brother was speechless, then let out a scream and ran.
His strength was slightly inferior to Senior Brother Xiong's, only at the fifth level of the Kaiyuan Realm. If Yang Kai could kill Senior Brother Xiong effortlessly, dealing with him would be even easier.
"Can you run?" Yang Kai sneered, chasing after him with Senior Brother Xiong's sword in hand.
It must be said that the dense yin qi in the valley greatly helped Yang Kai. Everyone's strength was reduced by the pervasive yin qi, but Yang Kai, who practiced the True Yang Technique, had yuan qi that was the bane of yin qi, so he didn't have to worry about any effects.
He only needed to expend a bit of True Yang yuan qi to dispel the cold.
The Fengyu Tower junior brother, though at the fifth level of the Kaiyuan Realm, could not fully utilize his strength in the valley, making him even weaker than Yang Kai.
It didn't take long for Yang Kai to close the distance to about ten paces, which was close enough.
Yang Kai suddenly threw the sword in his hand. Hearing the wind behind him, the Fengyu Tower junior brother nimbly dodged, barely avoiding the sword.
But this delay brought the ten paces to zero.
Unable to escape, the Fengyu Tower junior brother turned decisively, drawing his weapon to fight Yang Kai. But a red light flashed in front of him, and he instinctively raised his weapon to block.
With a "snap," his finely forged weapon was cut like tofu, splitting into two pieces. The next moment, he felt a warmth at his neck, as if something had sliced through it.
Yang Kai stopped, a thin, blood-red blade as thin as a cicada's wing gleaming on his fingertip, a drop of blood rolling down it.
The Fengyu Tower junior brother's Adam's apple moved, staring at Yang Kai in shock, pointing at him but unable to speak. After a few breaths, his head suddenly flew off, a spray of blood bursting from his neck.
Two kills first!
This battle was effortless, so easy that Yang Kai didn't even need to use the Unyielding Technique. In previous battles, Yang Kai always had to use this mysterious martial skill to defeat his enemies, but this time he found that even without it, he had the strength to kill above his level.
Yang Kai felt it was necessary to reassess himself.
Just as Yang Kai was about to leave the scene, the sound of rustling clothes came from both sides.
Two people were quickly approaching from the left, and one from the right! They were probably attracted by the junior brother's scream, and they were about a hundred paces away.
Yang Kai originally wanted to hide, but after careful consideration, he suddenly moved quickly to the left.
If his guess was correct, the newcomers should be the remaining three from Fengyu Tower!
They might have split up to make it easier to find him and Xia Ningsheng, but they weren't too far apart.
Now that all three were here, Yang Kai was more than happy. The people from Fengyu Tower were much weaker than those from the Blood Battle Gang, making them perfect for testing his strength.