Dashing Student

Zhao Kai held a bronze compass in his hands, and the needle spun wildly before finally pointing firmly in the direction of the village.

"That damn brat actually ran this far. If it weren't for the flying shuttle, we really couldn't catch up!" He spat viciously.

Hu Chuan extended a scarlet tongue and licked his cracked lips, his eyes glinting with a beast-like glow in the darkness.

He greedily took a deep breath, a sinister smile curling at the corner of his lips: "Heh, no matter how far he runs, he can never escape our grasp."

Liu Tong drew his longsword expressionlessly, moonlight flowing over the blade, reflecting his cold pupils: "Slaughter everything here..."

"Good, I like this job!" Hu Chuan's mouth twisted into a terrifying arc, trembling with excitement.

He suddenly unleashed the Blood Saber, the blood aura entwined on the blade writhing like a living creature.

Amidst a maniacal, eerie laughter, he turned into a blood shadow and dashed into the village.

Even Zhao Kai, a fellow sect member, couldn't help but step back half a pace upon seeing his two senior brothers like this, his Adam's apple nervously moving up and down.

"Third Brother, I'm going to find that trash Chen Nan." He gripped the compass tightly, his voice trembling slightly: "Master said to capture him alive. What if he resists?"

Liu Tong sneered disdainfully, his sword tip lifting lightly, a streak of Sword Qi splitting the roadside stone mill in half: "Resist? How much trouble can a tiny bug cause? If he resists, just kill him; anyway, Master only wants his blood to refine a Human Pill."

"Understood!" Zhao Kai swallowed his saliva, quickly heading towards the village, his eyes fixed intently on the compass needle.

An ear-piercing scream abruptly woke Chen Nan from his meditation.

He snapped his eyes open, his pupils shrinking sharply, disregarding the turbulent True Qi within his body as he dashed out the door.

The scene before him instantly froze his blood, his whole being stunned as if struck by heavenly thunder.

In the soaring flames, Hu Chuan's Blood Saber traced a dazzling arc, the elderly village chief's head flying high, white beard stained with spittle.

The headless body swayed a few times, the splattered blood painting a grotesque flower on the mud wall.

"Help... help!" An old man ran two steps before the Blood Saber pierced through his mouth from behind.

The tip of the blade jutted out from his throat, teeth and chunks of flesh being nailed to the wooden rack for drying herbs.

Blood trickled down the blade's blood groove, pooling into a small puddle on the ground.

What made Chen Nan's eyes blaze with fury was the old lady who had wanted to introduce him to her granddaughter.

Her hunched body was hacked diagonally in half, her upper torso still twitching, aged fingers unconsciously clawing at the dirt, the kindly smile frozen permanently on her face.

"Bastards!"

Chen Nan's roar shook the wind chimes under the eaves to ringing.

Violent True Qi gushed from his Dantian, raging through his meridians.

Stamping his feet, the bluestone slabs cracked instantly, his body shooting out like an arrow, his fist crashing towards Hu Chuan with thunderous force.

He never expected them to pursue him here, nor could he fathom their savage tactics, slaughtering innocent civilians!

Boom!

As the fist wind swept through, the air exploded with a crackling noise, the tumultuous airwave lifting the thatched roofs.

Frightened, Zhao Kai dodged, horror in his heart.

The power of this punch, even if he exerted all his strength as a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator of the Fifth Layer, couldn't match it.

"Heh, just killed a few old beasts." Hu Chuan shook the blood beads off the blade, his scarlet tongue licking over the edge as he sneered: "I haven't even been annoyed yet, and you dare get angry? Do these old beasts have anything to do with you?"

Before he finished speaking, the blood aura around him surged, the blood patterns on the saber blade writhing like veins, emitting a grievous wail as if countless resentful souls were trapped within.

Stepping forward, the Blood Saber slashed down with a pungent wind, carving a bizarre blood moon in the air.

Boom!

Fist and blade clashed, the airwave exploded, both retreating simultaneously.

Hu Chuan withdrew three steps, the contempt in his eyes slightly reduced.

He didn't expect this Third Layer Foundation Establishment kid could take seventy percent of his power with one knife.

Chen Nan was sent flying backward, his back smashing heavily against the mud wall.

The skin on his fist was ripped apart, white bone faintly visible.

Old wounds all ruptured, blood soaking his clothes instantly.

The searing pain slightly cleared his mind, the disparity in their strengths too great, even if he could kill enemies above his level, it was difficult to slay his opponent. The most up-to-date version is on MVLEMPYR.

"Such senseless slaughter of innocents, you are worse than animals!" Chen Nan glared fiercely at Hu Chuan, his voice hoarse: "Aren't you afraid of divine retribution?!"

Hu Chuan laughed loudly, the wailing souls on the Blood Saber shrieking with him: "Divine retribution? There are so many wicked people in this world, but none have been struck down by divine retribution."

He pointed his blade towards the burning thatched huts: "As long as I kill you here and set fire to the place, who would know I've done this?"

He tilted his head, revealing a naive yet cruel expression: "I could even blame it all on you."

"Tomorrow, I will still be an inner sect disciple of Yuantian Sect, and you... will be the monster who killed innocents."

With that, he pointed his Blood Saber at Chen Nan's throat: "Monster, come and die obediently."

Hu Chuan burst into wild laughter, unleashing his Seventh Layer Foundation Establishment cultivation without reservation.

The blood-red True Qi enveloping him boiled like magma, the overpowering pressure making the surrounding air thick and foul winds rising.

The howling wind swept up the fallen leaves and dust, resembling the wailing of unjustly dead souls.

In the distance, the burning huts crackled loudly, sparks scattered by the wind, flickering like ghostly lights in the night.

"Die, you filthy mutt!"

The mad laughter abruptly stopped, the massive blood-colored saber tore through the night, the blood aura condensing into a gruesome ghost face, letting out a piercing scream.

The blade light flashed like scarlet lightning, appearing before Chen Nan in the blink of an eye, droplets of blood dripped from the edge, tracing a crimson arc in the air.

The crushing power on the strike made Chen Nan's heart tremble, his body flooding with surging True Qi like a breaking dam as it rushed into his arm.

He gritted his teeth, veins popping on his fist, enveloped in terrifying True Qi, blasting out, the air screaming sharply as it passed.

"Crack!"

With a crisp sound, the invisible strike was shattered by the fist wind, scattered blood aura bursting like fireworks.

Yet the counterforce left Chen Nan's fist even more mangled, knuckles' white bones glinting coldly in the moonlight.

Before Chen Nan could catch his breath, Hu Chuan's figure rushed before him like a ghost.

The Blood Saber traced dual intersecting scarlet arcs, one swipe like a tiger's tail, one slice like a giant serpent, executed almost simultaneously.

"Uh..."

With a cry of pain, Chen Nan's body flew like a broken kite, his back crashing heavily against the mud wall, breaking through a house.

Amidst the flying wood chips and dust, he fell into the rubble, a ghastly cross-shaped wound on his chest, flesh rolling, blood gushing out.

Despite possessing Third Layer Foundation Establishment cultivation, facing a Seventh Layer Foundation Establishment master, he had utterly no chance to counter!