Chapter 731: No Need to Endure (1/2)

“I wouldn’t have given a damn as long as the one you’re speaking loudly to isn’t me,” Qianye said while caressing the blade. “Now what? You want to kill me?”

Iron Bear clenched his teeth. “Of course! You’re running on empty now. What are you going to fight me with!?”

With that, he leapt up and slashed down at Qianye with the scimitar, a shade of dark energy appearing on its blade edges. It was an all-out attack right off the bat!

“I can kill you even without origin power!” Qianye parried the incoming slash horizontally. A violent jolt ran through Iron Bear’s body as the two blades came into contact, and he was flung backward. Meanwhile, Qianye’s arm only sank a little bit.

Xue Ding, who had been watching from the side, shrunk back and drew a breath of cold air. With his great insight, he could clearly tell that Qianye’s block just now contained no origin power. He was able to throw Iron Bear away with pure physical strength.

What kind of monster is this!?

It was only natural that he would be astonished because, as far as he could remember, even the Wolf King’s own son was far weaker than Qianye.

The impact sent Iron Bear’s qi and blood into turmoil, and his shaken vortices could no longer mobilize origin power smoothly. He hadn’t even managed to catch his breath when Qianye spun East Peak around and arrived in front of him.

Shocked out of his wits, Iron Bear quickly made to deflect East Peak with his scimitar. Yet even with three vortices’ worth of origin power, the incoming blade remained as heavy and immoveable as the oceans. It traveled along its original trajectory and soon arrived before the target’s throat. Iron Bear fled in desperation and barely managed to escape the attack by retreating ten meters away.

With a twist of Qianye’s wrists, East Peak drew an arced line and spun back toward Iron Bear’s neck. The man did his utmost to block the incoming sword with his scimitar, landing a dozen blows on East Peak in quick succession. However, Qianye would disperse the force with a slight shake every time the defensive blows arrived. East Peak eventually closed in on Iron Bear’s throat via its curvaceous directory.

The combat arts Iron Bear used to be so proud of were completely useless at the moment—an ordinary stab from Qainye was enough to force him into dire straits, taking every ounce of his power just to dispel it. The latter’s strength was also inconceivable, and every blow from him felt like a blow from a sledgehammer. Iron Bear could barely parry the attacks even with origin power.

East Peak seemed almost weightless in Qianye’s hands as it danced constantly around Iron Bear. The burly man’s expression grew increasingly serious until, at one point, his eyes went round, and he let out a miserable cry.

A dozen or so streams of fresh blood gushed out from his body as his two lower legs flew off. He fell to the ground with a thud, his weapon stuck in the ground nearby.

East Peak slowly came down and pointed at Iron Bear’s chest.

“What do you think now?” Qianye inquired.

Iron Bear was livid. Following a brief moment of hesitation, he threw caution to the wind and roared, “I’ll definitely kill you given the chance, but you can’t kill me. You don’t dare! I’m one of the Wolf King’s men. With his son standing witness here, the Wolf King won’t let you off if you kill me.”

Qianye smiled indifferently. “Are you saying you want me to silence everyone here?”

Xue Ding’s expression became unsightly. He glared fiercely at Iron Bear, but he was clever enough to retain his silence, lest he unduly provokes Qianye. Although the young man had no clear understanding of this person’s character, he could at least see that this was no merciful saint.

Iron Bear laughed out loud, but the action opened his wounds and blood began flowing like a fountain from what remained of his legs. He groaned from the pain and could no longer keep on laughing. After catching his breath, he said through clenched teeth, “You can’t escape even if you kill everyone here. The Wolf King only needs to send people here to find out that the Young Master died in your hands. You won’t be able to escape no matter where you flee to!”

“Is that so?” Qianye’s eyes were filled with killing intent.

“Wait!” Little Knife pounced over and held onto Iron Bear. “What he said isn’t wrong. There’s no way to hide this matter if you kill him now. Life here is good, so why throw away your future? If you let us go, I swear that we will let this matter be and never bring it up. Iron Bear is no longer a threat to you in this state.”

Qianye’s lips curved up into an enigmatic smile. “Are you telling me I should bear with what happened today?”

Little Knife replied solemnly, “You can’t stand against the Wolf King, so you must endure!”

Qianye laughed. “Unfortunately, I no longer have the intention to tolerate anything the moment I came to the neutral lands.”

Little Knife was astonished. The words “No!” hadn’t even escaped his lips when East Peak came down and pierced through Iron Bear’s heart!

Qianye glanced at Little Knife as he drew his sword out. “Were you a part of this?”

The man remained silent, but Xue Ding decided to cut in, “It has nothing to do with him. He even tried to stop Iron Bear from bringing me here.”

Qianye nodded. Moving East Peak away from Little Knife’s shoulder, he said, “Since that’s the case, I’ll let you off.”

Afterward, Qianey sized Xue Ding up from head to toe. “It’s a bit surprising that you would speak for him.”

Xue Ding’s replied with a calm expression, “This is what it should be, what’s so odd about it?” His next words, however, revealed his true intentions. “To be honest, maybe you and I can still remain neutral. We had no past enmity, am I right?”

“Does that mean you’ll come back later for revenge?”

Xue Ding seemed a bit hesitant. “I’m still a bit unconvinced since I lost my foster father’s face. I have a brother who’s much more powerful than I am. Perhaps he’ll come to you for a spar.”

“Just for a spar?”