Chapter 99: Demon Saber Appears!
“A true man should be like this!”
Yan Changtian trembled all over with excitement.
His face even turned red with blood.
Hundreds of Jianghu people near the desolate temple, the worst being second-rate experts, and several renowned first-rate experts.
But with Ji Qing’s words, who dared to object?
Following Ji Qing’s gaze, everyone involuntarily lowered their heads, not daring to meet his eyes!
“Clink.”
Suddenly, a crisp sound came from within the desolate temple.
Everyone abruptly looked up towards the desolate temple.
From within the desolate temple, a limping young beggar slowly walked out.
The beggar was also holding a saber.
It was just that the saber was not unsheathed, and the beggar used it like a walking stick, propping it on the ground.
“Demon Saber!”
Everyone’s eyes lit up.
The saber in the young beggar’s hand was the Demon Saber that everyone had been longing for!
“Mister Ji, he is the mute.”
Yan Changtian reminded him softly.
Ji Qing’s expression was a bit strange at this moment.
After the mute appeared with the Demon Saber, he suddenly had a feeling.
The Demon Saber seemed like a living thing.
It possessed a fatal attraction, drawing him towards it.
“Truly strange.”
Ji Qing, however, remained composed.
No rush, he would observe for a while longer.
After all, the Demon Saber was so strange, who knew what would happen?
However, while Ji Qing could remain calm, others could not.
Even though Ji Qing had just displayed terrifying strength.
Even if he was peerless and wiped out a sect single-handedly, so what?
Jianghu was full of desperate individuals who lived by the motto “fortune favors the bold.”
Therefore, while everyone was still observing cautiously, someone made a move.
“Whoosh.”
That was a saber user.
His movement technique was very fast, reaching the mute in just a few leaps.
“Clang.”
The saber user didn’t hesitate, he directly drew his saber and slashed down at the mute.
A second-rank martial artist, facing a mute who knew no martial arts, and attacking with full force.
The outcome, to all intents and purposes, was predictable.
However, it was precisely then that the unexpected happened.
The mute seemed startled and abruptly drew the Demon Saber in his hand.
“Swish.”
The Demon Saber was unsheathed, and its blade was actually blood-red.
Everyone seemed to feel their vision distort; the Demon Saber moved with incredible speed, almost impossibly so, and headed straight for the second-rank martial artist’s chest.
“Pfft.”
The second-rank martial artist’s saber had not yet landed on the mute.
But his chest was pierced by the Demon Saber.
The second-rank martial artist’s eyes widened, as if he couldn’t believe what he was seeing.
He stared intently at the mute: “You… you…”
The second-rank martial artist’s head tilted, and he died!
He died with his eyes wide open!
To his death, he still didn’t know why the mute could perform saber techniques?
Why was he stabbed in the chest by the Demon Saber?
Only a few people present saw everything clearly.
“Distortion! The Demon Saber possesses a peculiar power of distortion, making that second-rank martial artist mistakenly believe he could kill the mute first, but in reality, the mute’s Demon Saber had already pierced the second-rank martial artist’s chest.”
“And the speed, the speed of this Demon Saber is too fast. Speed combined with the power of distortion, actually allowing the mute to easily kill a second-rank martial artist?”
“This Demon Saber is truly evil; can a pressure that even a person without martial arts can exert overpower a second-rank martial artist?”
Seeing the “strangeness” and power of the Demon Saber, many martial artists were not afraid, but their eyes lit up.
This at least proved the rumors were true.
As long as they obtained the Demon Saber, their strength would surge.
A second-rank martial artist who obtained the Demon Saber could rival a first-rank martial artist.
Then, how strong would a first-rank martial artist become if they obtained the Demon Saber?
Would they rival a grandmaster?
Unthinkable!
For a moment, even though they were intimidated by Ji Qing’s might, the first-rank martial artists present still looked at the Demon Saber with fervent eyes.
However, the first-rank martial artists did not make a move.
After all, Ji Qing, the “Astonishing Swan Saber,” had spoken first.
Who dared to make a move?
They were not like those second-rank martial artists who could go all out and “gamble.”
They were all first-rank martial artists who dominated their respective territories.
They “gambled” with caution!
However, there was more than one Jianghu person willing to take a gamble.
One after another, Jianghu people charged towards the mute.
However, the Demon Saber in the mute’s hand was truly terrifying, one saber at a time.
Crucially, each of them seemed to have “collided” with the edge of the Demon Saber themselves.
Their deaths were very peculiar.
These were all second-rank martial artists, mind you.
They had all been tempered through countless battles; how could they make such a low-level mistake?
The only explanation was that the Demon Saber was extremely strange and had influenced those martial artists.
But the stranger the Demon Saber was, the more tempting it became.
The ninth-generation “Divine Saber” Song Yi and “Hidden Saber” Song Yan exchanged glances.
Song Yi then used a secret technique to transmit his voice: “Help me seize the Demon Saber with all your might! As long as we can stop Ji Qing, once I get the Demon Saber, I can use it to kill Ji Qing, even if he has saber momentum, it will be useless.”
Song Yan appeared somewhat hesitant.
The strength Ji Qing had displayed was too great.
“Are you sure you can deal with Ji Qing after getting the Demon Saber?”
“Certain! You’ve seen the boost this Demon Saber provides; even an ordinary person with the Demon Saber can easily kill second-rank martial artists. I am a first-rank martial artist, and more importantly, I have the ‘Jie Dao Xin Ling’ Third Realm to suppress the Demon Saber’s demonic nature, so there are no hidden dangers.”
“If we seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, perhaps I can even challenge a grandmaster. If that happens, there will surely be spiritual objects in the major sects guarded by grandmasters, and then our Lingnan Song Family might also produce a grandmaster!”
Song Yi’s words greatly tempted Song Yan.
A grandmaster!
If the Song Family could produce a grandmaster, things would be different.
And by obtaining the Demon Saber, the Song Family indeed had a slim hope of acquiring spiritual objects and ascending to grandmasterhood!
“Alright, let’s take a gamble! If Ji Qing makes a move, I will intercept him and buy you time!”
Song Yan agreed.
Song Yi’s gaze was fixed on the mute and the Demon Saber.
While the Demon Saber was piercing into a second-rank martial artist, Song Yi felt the opportunity had arrived!
“Whoosh.”
Song Yi moved.
He was like an arrow released from a bow, reaching the mute in the blink of an eye.
“Song Yi has made his move.”
“How dare he?”
“Mister Ji…”
Madam Peony, Jiangnan Divine Beggar, and others turned their gazes towards Ji Qing.
Ji Qing didn’t speak, but reached out his hand towards the hilt.
But before his hand could grasp the hilt.
“Clang.”
Someone drew their saber faster than Ji Qing.
Song Yan!
“Hidden Saber” Song Yan drew his saber.
Song Yan was known as “Hidden Saber” precisely because his saber techniques were silent and traceless.
At times, one couldn’t even tell how Song Yan drew his saber.
If it were at night, Song Yan’s saber techniques could be even more surprising.
After drawing his saber, Song Yan’s blade edge pointed directly at Ji Qing!
“Brave!”
Ji Qing looked at Song Yan.
“Clang.”
Ji Qing drew his saber again without any hesitation!
The blade light was brilliant like starlight, carrying a chill that sliced through the void, and wherever it passed, the air was filled with a chilling aura.
The moisture in the air was immediately frozen into ice crystals, which fell to the ground and shattered.
“Such a fast saber…”
Song Yan trembled all over, his eyes filled with regret.
He believed that with his mastery of saber techniques and profound internal energy, he could at least block one of Ji Qing’s saber strikes.
But he was wrong.
Terribly wrong.
The Blood Drum Couple couldn’t block one of Ji Qing’s sabers.
He couldn’t either!
So, as the blade light fell, Song Yan lowered his head, his body instantly turning into an ice sculpture.
Under the Astonishing Swan Saber, another first-rank expert was slain!
