Peace Order
Chapter 449 - 7: Storm the Mountain and Break the Stronghold!_3

Chapter 449: Chapter 7: Storm the Mountain and Break the Stronghold!_3

"That kid is fifteen, even if he’s sixteen by nominal age, can he really surpass my sixty years of inner strength, and all those Blood Returning Pills he consumes?"

"As for why Chen Country says such things, huh, it’s not hard to understand."

"After all, the stronger and more talented the enemy appears to be, the less embarrassing it is for oneself to lose."

The beautiful woman suddenly had a realization.

The middle-aged scholar said, "Haha, yes, the altar master speaks the truth."

Then he frowned slightly, "Strange, why is there such a commotion outside? We’ve closed the quiet room, and yet the noise is clear..." He seemed displeased, stood up, walked over, opened the mechanism of the quiet room, and said, "What are you all doing, what happened to cause such panic..."

His voice suddenly froze.

With a thud, a body fell to the ground, thick and scarlet.

In front of him, a warhorse reared up, and a young man wearing a Taoist robe rode it, holding a battle halberd in one hand. Against the light, his face couldn’t be seen clearly, but the scarlet aura, the radiant Taoist robe, and the cold gaze brought a terrorizing oppression.

This was the making of a renowned war general, such a war general appearing in front of any enemy.

Many people didn’t even have the courage to draw their swords.

The middle-aged scholar’s Adam’s apple moved up and down, his voice trembling:

"Halberd... Halberd..."

BOOM!!!

Man and horse became one, leveraging the exotic beast’s charge to drive the power of the strike, as the battle halberd heavily chopped down. The man didn’t have time to say anything, raising his fan to block, but using the folding fan to stop such a heavy and mighty halberd was an act of desperation.

Inner qi was directly shattered.

The battle halberd came down, the steel fan bent and was directly smashed into the body of the middle-aged scholar.

The battle halberd continued to slash.

It shattered the shoulder blade, breastbone, and ribs.

With a pull, blood gushed, and the poison warrior fell to the ground, lifeless.

The encounter, the clash, was over in an instant, and he was dead.

The beautiful woman’s face lost all color, and the elder opened his eyes, watching the person who entered the secret room. The warhorse paced, the young Taoist sat upon it, his black hair slightly lifting, his right hand holding the battle halberd, drops of blood falling one by one, giving off the noble air of a war general marching on the battlefield.

No words were necessary.

Such an age, such martial arts, such a battle halberd.

Such a spirit.

There would not be a second like him in the world.

The elder said in a calm voice, "Spear Madman..."

The warhorse let out a long neigh as the young man completely ignored the woman, instead attacking the elder directly. The beautiful woman’s complexion turned ashen as she ran in circles to escape, only to hear a sound of a sword ringing.

The young man didn’t look back, simply tossing.

The pine pattern ancient sword emitted the flowing light of the Chi Xiao Sword.

The spirit of the Chi Xiao Sword controlled the sword to become a streak of light.

In an instant, it nailed the woman to the wall from behind. Blood spurted out, the woman struggled in vain, watching her skin wither away with the blood, letting out desperate and piercing screams, while she covered her face and eyes.

"No, no!"

"My face, give it back to me, give it to me!"

Li Guanyi rode the warhorse at the elder.

The warhorse reared up, and Li Guanyi spun the battle halberd.

He chopped down in one swift motion.

With the incredible force from the exotic beast’s wild charge, he struck down fiercely. The elder now held a Wolf Fang Club, fiercely blocking Li Guanyi’s battle halberd with a mighty burst of inner qi, making the secret room tremble.

Tables, decorations, porcelain, and other items were all shattered into dust.

The Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd smashed the Wolf Fang Club, but did not completely break it in one go.

The elder condensed Qi into a weapon, forcibly restoring the Wolf Fang Club.

Li Guanyi’s realm of inner qi was only at the Second Layer Heaven. The Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd adjusted its power according to the user’s state. At that moment, the limit of sharpness he could exert was just that, and the elder shouted, his abundant Inner Qi exploding.

Li Guanyi’s body could withstand it.

But the warhorse let out a mournful cry, spilling blood.

Li Guanyi suddenly understood why a renowned general must have an exotic beast.

No other reason, but the toll was too heavy.

Li Guanyi leapt into the air, allowing the exotic beast to run away, then with a powerful kick from mid-air, the elderly altar master punched out. Li Guanyi took advantage of the momentum to retreat and landed on the ground, holding the battle halberd, his inner qi significantly depleted, while the elder’s hand was numb from the shock.

Li Guanyi saw the elder’s body covered in inner qi armor.

Qi Condensing Armor, a method of the Third Layer Heaven.

A common Sect Leader of the Martial World, yet only an altar master in a branch of the Yin Yang Reincarnation Sect.

Li Guanyi noticed the rich blood color on the inner qi.

The Chi Xiao Sword was resonating with rage.

The elder relaxed his fingers and then gripped again, trying to stop his palms from going numb, and shouted:

"Spear Madman, what are you doing here, we haven’t offended you!"

Li Guanyi paid him no heed, went straight forward holding the battle halberd, his inner qi burst forth, and he chopped down heavily. The elder swung the Wolf Fang Club, generating a strong wind and dense inner qi, standing strong against Li Guanyi’s chop, his inner qi was extremely vast.

It was even more immense than that of Little Sword Saint Xu Huixiang.

But it was extremely impure.

Not refined at all.

He realized that the elder’s Inner Qi probably came from something called a "Blood Returning Pill".

Upon seeing the elder with sparse eyebrows, missing teeth, dark sinews, and bloodshot eyes, a look that was almost cannibalistic, wielding his weapon in furious slashes accompanied by dragon roars and tiger howls, Li Guanyi saw the elder relying on his concentrated Inner Qi to firmly block the attacks. The elder, noticing that Li Guanyi did not condense Qi into armor, said, "You dare to court death with mere Second Layer Heaven Inner Qi!"

The two’s intense fight shook the area, and as they both emerged, the elder caught sight of the corpses, hesitated for a moment, then his eyes nearly split with rage, "You!!!"

"What have you done? My sons, my disciples!!!"

Li Guanyi said, "Rest assured, all your disciples on this mountain."

"Are all dead, not a single one left."

The elder’s eyes nearly popped, and his chest heaved violently as he shouted, "What kind of madman are you!!!"

"Heartless and ruthless!"

"What grudge do we have against you, for you to act so mercilessly!"

Li Guanyi fell silent. He wanted to say someone had paid for their lives, but he also worried that even if the Mystic Turtle Dharma Form concealed his face, what if someone could trace his words back to him? Wouldn’t that put those common folk in danger?

If he didn’t speak, what if someone guessed the truth?

The young Taoist lowered his gaze, then smiled slightly and said, "Nothing much."

With another heavy strike of his Battle Halberd, the elder altar master coughed up blood and staggered back.

The young man, holding the halberd, said,

"Just testing the weapon!"

Nothing serious, just here to try out the weapon.

The elder almost vomited blood and cursed, "What kind of madman, I’ll fight you to the death!"

As he lunged with his weapon, Li Guanyi simply swept his fingers together and with his Primordial Spirit, the Shaoyang Sword became a beam of light, instantly striking the elder.

The elder barely managed to block with his weapon.

His Inner Qi Armor was directly pierced through!

His expression changed dramatically, "Primordial Spirit Power, a Third-Layer Taoist?!"

The elder erupted in great anger, "You’ve deceived me!"

"Jiangnan Misty Rain Twelve Layers"; the first three layers form one major level. Below the third layer, the benefit is not significant; once Ascending to the third layer, the Primordial Spirit Power is comparable to the Mind Nourishing Realm of the Third Layer Heaven.

The elder was both shocked and angry. Li Guanyi had no plans to drag the fight out any longer.

His moves aggressive, the spirit of the Chi Xiao Sword descended onto the Shaoyang Sword.

Li Guanyi didn’t have to pay attention all the time; the Chi Xiao Sword would actively attack the enemy on its own.

It was as if two Li Guanyis were attacking together.

The elder’s Inner Qi Armor, pierced directly by the Shaoyang Sword, shattered.

The elder shouted, "Stop! I have Blood Elixirs here, real Blood Elixirs. They might not extend life for too long, but, but at least they can prolong life by ten years, I’ll give you, give you one!" He took out a blood-colored Elixir Pill.

But the young man’s movements did not change.

He rotated his Battle Halberd and presented it.

Without hesitation.

He directly shattered the Elixir Pill that many coveted.

The Blood Elixir turned into a cloud of blood dust, and the elder desperately reached his hands out to catch it.

The next moment, the Fierce Tiger Sky Shouting Halberd already spun, piercing his heart.

He withdrew it, spun around, and swept the halberd sideways.

The white-haired head flew into the air.

Even in death, he continued to reach out, trying to grasp the crushed Elixir Pills in the void.

After this killing spree, Li Guanyi still had plenty of energy.

The young man rotated his Battle Halberd, waving it aside.

The Battle Halberd turned into a cloud of dark murderous Qi and disappeared.

He bent down to pick up the sword.

All the disciples on this mountain, big and small, one hundred and thirty-seven of them.

Were now all dead.

"Am I a villain, or a hero?"

Li Guanyi paced through the bloody ground, thinking. But no matter what, he knew he couldn’t turn back now, he thought of Elder Xue’s words about him, "When the sword is in its sheath, it won’t unsheathe unless there’s injustice."

In such chaos-ridden times, he might endure once or twice, but there would inevitably come a day when he could no longer hold back.

Li Guanyi went to search the area to see if there were any survivors.

To see if there were still common folk being held captive.

But at this moment, the Mystic Turtle Dharma Form suddenly appeared.

With hesitation and uncertainty.

It still tugged at Li Guanyi, then flew toward another direction.

It flew straight into a house.