With the strength Qian Ye displayed, it was already considered good luck to obtain a seventh-grade gun. Now, he put aside the seventh-grade gun and instead wanted to use an unremarkable heavy sword against him? The knight sneered inwardly and even thrust his Unbreakable Shield outward, beckoning to Qian Ye, “Come then, what are you waiting for?”
Qian Ye did not immediately act but turned his head to look at the side. There, another person appeared. This person exuded an aura of sharp competence, holding two swords, one long and one short, clearly skilled in close combat. His revealed power was also at the twelfth level of origin force, equivalent to the knight and the Gray Shadow. Compared to the knight and the Gray Shadow who had taken extreme paths, this person was more balanced, so when he joined, the trio’s strength increased significantly, and the increase was far greater than the sum of their individual strengths.
The knight now seemed confident, saying, “As long as you can’t break through my Unbreakable Shield, you won’t be able to escape. If I were you, I would consider surrendering now. With your talent and abilities, securing a good position within the organization is not a problem, and you have a bright future.”
Qian Ye did not show the expected tension or struggle, instead, he seemed relaxed. During their encounter in the wild, Qian Ye always felt that the other side had hidden moves, and now it seemed that this person was their last card. Since the other party had shown their hand, Qian Ye had no reason to hesitate. He raised his sword and moved forward, effectively silencing the knight’s attempt to persuade him to surrender.
Once Qian Ye moved, the dual-sword warrior followed, trailing behind him, maintaining a distance of ten meters. For fighters of their caliber, this distance could be covered in an instant. If Qian Ye couldn’t break through the knight’s defense, he would be attacked from both front and back, with the Gray Shadow lurking for a decisive strike.
The knight could not understand Qian Ye’s actions. According to the intelligence, Qian Ye was just a hired free agent, and such people generally did not fight to the death. In a desperate situation, free agents often surrendered. Could Qian Ye be confident in escaping? The knight looked at the sword in Qian Ye’s hand again, still not seeing anything special, only that it was sturdy and heavy.
Frowning, the knight made one last effort, “Do you think you can break my Unbreakable Shield with that sword? Swinging a heavy sword requires brute force. Let me tell you, even if you were a noble of the Blood Race, you couldn’t break my shield!”
Qian Ye was somewhat surprised. This knight was indeed making a great effort to recruit him. Amused, Qian Ye took a step forward and raised his Dongyue, bringing it down with a simple swing.
As Dongyue moved, a sound like thunder rumbled!
“Bad!” The knight was greatly alarmed, holding his shield with both hands as he poured all his origin force into it, making the shield thicker and heavier, with patterns floating at the edges, indicating even stronger defense. However, a bloody smell seeped out from the gaps in the knight’s armor, showing he was going all out to block this attack.
An indescribable dull thud echoed on the battlefield, and everyone felt as if they had been hit by a hammer, feeling a sense of unease.
Dongyue paused momentarily on the Unbreakable Shield before bouncing off, drawing a graceful arc and pointing obliquely at the ground. This posture was a clear dismissal of the knight.
The knight stood motionless, still holding the shield, without taking a single step back. Yet, he stood there like a statue, each movement painfully difficult. He tried to lower the shield to look at Qian Ye, but the slightest movement caused the Unbreakable Shield to crack, shattering into countless pieces, falling to the ground and dispersing into origin force.
“You, you are from a noble family of the Blood Race, not just a count…” The knight struggled to say each word, visibly struggling.
“I am a count,” Qian Ye replied, giving the knight some information in return for the recruitment attempt.
“No, it’s impossible…” The knight still stood, but his head drooped. Even at the moment of his death, his doubts remained unresolved.
But Qian Ye could only explain so much. The knight did not know that, besides the noble families of the Blood Race, there were also the ancient ones.
With the knight dead, Qian Ye turned to face the dual-sword warrior.
The dual-sword warrior instantly shivered, coming out of his shock. He was someone who had seen many battles, and shouldn’t be easily shaken. However, because he had worked with the knight for a long time, he knew how terrifying the knight’s defense and his Unbreakable Shield were. As long as he didn’t face a marquis or higher, the shield was truly unbreakable.
Yet, the Unbreakable Shield was shattered by Qian Ye’s single strike! If Qian Ye had sent the knight flying, it might have been different, but with one swing, the knight could not retreat a single step, unable to deflect any of the immense force.
This was what truly shocked him. How powerful was the force added to that strike?
“This, this is impossible?” the dual-sword warrior exclaimed.
Qian Ye did not give him much time to think, swinging his sword horizontally, “Nothing special, just strength and weight.”
Strength and weight were the simplest ways to increase a sword’s power, and anyone could do it. The sword was unremarkable, with no extraordinary abilities, perhaps as Qian Ye said, just strong and heavy.
But how heavy must the sword be, and how great the force, to cut through the knight in one strike? Contemplating, the dual-sword warrior broke into a cold sweat.
Seeing Qian Ye casually slashing again, the dual-sword warrior, heart pounding, shouted and turned to flee. What a joke, his defense was not as strong as the knight’s, how could he withstand Qian Ye’s sword? Even a glancing blow would leave him severely injured, if not dead.
However, with one step, Qian Ye was already behind the dual-sword warrior, still aiming at his waist.
“Gray Shadow, save me!” The dual-sword warrior, in desperation, cried out.
Behind Qian Ye, a faint shadow emerged, barely visible, holding a sniper rifle. But Qian Ye’s pace was unpredictable, making it impossible to find a shot. Being a master marksman himself, Qian Ye knew how to avoid being locked on.
In that brief moment, the dual-sword warrior repeatedly found himself in danger, driven to the brink by Qian Ye. Seeing that he could not avoid Dongyue’s slash, he had no choice but to parry with his short sword.
The moment the swords touched, the warrior shook violently, but his short sword did not break, only bent beyond recognition, rendering it useless. Despair filled his eyes, with one less sword, he wouldn’t last long.
Seeing the warrior’s life hanging by a thread, the Gray Shadow drifted closer to Qian Ye, deliberately reducing the distance. Closer meant a better chance to hit, but it also put him in danger.
A cold light flashed in Qian Ye’s eyes, and with a roar, he abandoned the warrior and lunged at the Gray Shadow. His lunge was swift as lightning, revealing his true strength.
The Gray Shadow fluctuated violently, clearly startled, and immediately turned to fly away, trying to regain distance. But at that moment, Qian Ye roared again, and the space around the Gray Shadow became heavy and sluggish, distorting everything. The distance between them was now close enough for Qian Ye’s domain. Under the suppression of the Sea’s power, the Gray Shadow could not escape.
In an instant, both the warrior and the Gray Shadow were in a deadly predicament. Previously, with the knight holding the front, they had been able to fully utilize their offensive advantages, building a false sense of invincibility. Now, with the knight dead, the team collapsed instantly.
The Gray Shadow struggled desperately but was gradually materializing. Qian Ye, with sword in hand, approached, and with a swing, cut across his waist.
But the Gray Shadow seemed truly insubstantial, and Qian Ye’s strike did no damage. He continued to struggle against the domain pressure. Qian Ye felt his resistance growing, adapting to the pressure. Seeing the chance to escape, the Gray Shadow emitted a shrill, threatening scream at Qian Ye.
But Qian Ye paid no mind, and Dongyue vibrated, igniting a faint crimson origin flame along the blade.
Seeing the Dawn’s Origin Flame, the Gray Shadow screamed as if facing a natural enemy. From his reaction, Qian Ye knew that Dawn’s Origin Force was effective. Even if Dawn’s Origin Force didn’t work, Qian Ye had Dark Gold Blood Qi as a backup. Whether it was Dawn or Eternal Night, something would subdue him. If neither could subdue the Gray Shadow, he would be at the level of a Grand Marshal, how could he be in this state?
The Gray Shadow let out a painful howl, and a violent twist, the outer layer of gray exploded, allowing a smaller shadow to shoot out, escaping Qian Ye’s domain and quickly fleeing.
Qian Ye did not expect this move, and he couldn’t catch up. Such a strange enemy, if he escaped, would be a significant trouble in the future.
Watching the Gray Shadow’s retreating figure, a cold light flashed in Qian Ye’s eyes, and he prepared to use Void Flash to intercept.
A faint blood line appeared in the void, connecting the Gray Shadow and Qian Ye. Just as Void Flash was about to activate, a strange, clear whistle rang out, and an origin bullet streaked through the night sky, hitting the Gray Shadow with incredible speed.
Originally, the Gray Shadow did not fear physical attacks, but this origin bullet was like poison to him, disappearing upon entering his body. The shadow twisted violently, emitting a piercing scream.
A blast of faint blood-colored flames erupted on the Gray Shadow. Even with Qian Ye’s perception, he could not identify the nature of the flames, only sensing a faint Blood Qi. But the blood flames ignited the Gray Shadow, burning from the inside out, turning him into a human torch.
The fire burned for a full minute before the Gray Shadow stopped screaming, falling to the ground. Now, he finally materialized, but from the inside out, he was charred, barely recognizable as human.
With the Gray Shadow dead, the warrior was no match for Qian Ye, who caught up after a hundred-meter sprint and sliced him in half.
After killing the warrior, Qian Ye finally turned to look in the direction of the sniper bullet, but, naturally, no one was there.
Yet, for some reason, Qian Ye had a feeling that it was still that mysterious woman who had intervened.
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