Chapter 1 A Debt of Blood

Before a waterfall, pearly droplets splashed, the sound like rolling thunder, plunging straight down. Ye Cang sat quietly in a pavilion, eyes closed in meditation.

Suddenly, Ye Cang sensed a surge of sword intent, proud and upright, an anguished roar hurtling towards him!

In a fleeting moment, Ye Cang rolled away urgently. He looked to the distance and saw a man, imposing and unrestrained, his bearing extraordinary. On his back was a long sword, as white and flawless as snow.

"Who are you? Why attack me?" Ye Cang asked.

"My name is Yi Duxing. Did you kill Jiang Lu?" Yi Duxing countered.

Ye Cang thought, "Cough... so he's here for revenge."

"That's right, I killed Jiang Lu, and I burned down the thatched cottage," Ye Cang said frankly, without concealment.

"Oh... what is your name? Why did you burn my cottage and take Jiang Lu's life?"

Ye Cang thought, "This Yi Duxing doesn't make any sense at all."

"Are you blind? I wrote the whole story on the cottage. Besides... if it wasn't right for me to kill Jiang Lu, would it have been right for Jiang Lu to stab me to death with ten thousand swords?"

Yi Duxing retorted quickly, "Jiang Lu was wrong, but he didn't deserve to die!"

"Tch! Bullshit! Jiang Lu died by his own ten thousand swords, it has nothing to do with me."

"Besides, he didn't deserve to die? What about me? Did I deserve to die under his ten thousand swords?"

"Oh, Jiang Lu could kill me. But if he dies, it's my fault. Buddy, be reasonable. If I wasn't more skilled, I'd be the one in the coffin."

"According to your logic, if Jiang Lu stabbed me to death with ten thousand swords, it would be my fault, I deserved to die. But because your Jiang Lu died by his own sword, it has to be my fault, and I have to be torn to pieces?" Ye Cang was getting angry.

"Nonsense!" As soon as he finished speaking, Yi Duxing charged at Ye Cang with his sword!

"Space-Time · Domain Reading!" Ye Cang immediately transformed into Domain Reading form, waving his palm horizontally in the air to create a trail of light and flame, deflecting and dissolving Yi Duxing's sword attack.

Whoosh! Yi Duxing's movements were like a swimming dragon.

He quickly flashed in front of Ye Cang, sweeping his sword across, aiming for the throat with lightning speed, wanting to slit Ye Cang's throat with one blow.

His speed was so fast that Ye Cang didn't have time to dodge. "So fast!"

Oong... Ye Cang hurriedly activated the power of Domain Reading, freezing Yi Duxing in time.

Ye Cang seized the three-second opportunity, "Zero Domain · Facet Breaker!"

Ye Cang raised and swung his leg outward, the arc like a scorpion's scythe, performing an extremely smooth pendulum motion, a 180-degree semi-circular reverse spin, unleashing an ultra-high-level aerial side kick!!!

Yi Duxing, at this moment, was like a still landscape painting, his face blasted apart by Ye Cang's kick.

Bang!!!

Yi Duxing took Ye Cang's kick full force to the face, his body spinning uncontrollably at a 45-degree angle clockwise. Just as he formed a parabola, about to fall to the ground...

Ye Cang instantly intercepted Yi Duxing's falling body, "Zero Domain · Wind Breaker!"

Ye Cang unleashed a turning mid-section sweep kick, aiming at Yi Duxing's head, the rotational acceleration sweeping out.

Bang!

Yi Duxing's body hadn't even hit the ground yet when he took another heavy kick, his body flying backward like a broken kite.

Yi Duxing's body spun in reverse, and Ye Cang pounced forward.

"Zero Domain · Sky Breaker!"

Bang!

Ye Cang unleashed an ultra-high-level, straight-up side kick, cutting into Yi Duxing's center, using his heel like a pillar supporting the sky, kicking Yi Duxing's jaw straight up, clockwise.

The force of the reverse spin met the force of the forward-cutting side kick.

Yi Duxing not only suffered a heavy blow, but was also blasted by the inertial force of his own reverse rotation, plus Ye Cang's forward force, resulting in an extremely serious double inertial force.

The crisp explosion was like a large watermelon, the skin and flesh kicked apart, the bright red mist of blood flowing and splashing.

Splattering onto the fragmented waterfall and the clear stone walls, flowing with scattered watermelon rinds and pulp, like blooming red roses,妖艳夺目 yaoyan duomu (seductively beautiful).

Ye Cang didn't know what to do seeing this scene. After a moment's thought, he took Yi Duxing's remains back to the cottage and buried them.

Just as Ye Cang was about to leave, another person appeared outside the cottage.

This person had eight parts righteousness and two parts evil, his expression solemn, his eyes gleaming with a hint of worry.

Behind him was a Xuan black giant sword, the blade inlaid with plain dark gold trim, the sword more than a person tall, looking very grand.

Ye Cang looked at this person and thought, "Damn! Is he here for revenge too?"

As they made eye contact, the person carrying the black giant sword asked, "Are you Ye Cang?"

"Ah... that's me." Ye Cang was a little hesitant, half-answering.

"Remember my name... I am Su Jiantian, one of the Sword Saint Trio, and a friend of Yi Duxing."

With that, Su Jiantian gripped his giant sword with both hands and swung it at Ye Cang.

Ye Cang dodged Su Jiantian's attacks while feeling helpless.

"Sky Sword Dance!"

Shua shua shua shua shua...

Su Jiantian waved his sword wildly, a dozen sword energies like crescent rainbows, slashing towards Ye Cang.

Ye Cang retreated repeatedly, trying to distance himself to avoid being injured by the sword energy.

"This guy is really amazing. The giant sword, which seems so clumsy, is wielded in his hands like a branch, moving with extraordinary agility. He's definitely a master swordsman!" Ye Cang couldn't help but marvel.

Just as Su Jiantian unleashed the final blow of his Sky Sword Dance, the giant sword swept horizontally, the sword form a hooked scythe, the sword energy soaring and heaven-splitting.

Ye Cang thought, "Although his speed is not slow, it's still far from his friend's swiftness."

At the same time, Ye Cang dodged the sword energy and kicked Su Jiantian in the chest with a knight kick, without using full force.

Da da da...

Su Jiantian leaned back and stumbled back a few steps. Ye Cang quickly said, "Please stop, friend. I'll leave here right away. Let's not fight anymore."

With that, Ye Cang hurriedly took out the space-time teleporter, wanting to leave this place, unwilling to add to the bloodshed.

How could Su Jiantian let Ye Cang go? "Want to leave? Not so easy!"

Su Jiantian's killing intent flowed without restraint, filling the air. He slashed again with his sword.

Taking advantage of Su Jiantian's upward raising of his sword, before the move was fully formed, Ye Cang delivered a chin side kick with a bang.

He directly kicked Su Jiantian into a daze, causing him to fall backward.

Ye Cang quickly walked over and helped Su Jiantian up. "Friend, wake up, friend..."

Su Jiantian, who was being helped up, didn't know what was wrong with him. "Mommy... I want milk, milk..."

"What! Milk? Friend, I'm not your mom, wake up!" Ye Cang slapped his face a few times, trying to wake Su Jiantian up.

But no matter how Ye Cang pushed and slapped him, Su Jiantian was still like a silly fool, clamoring for milk.

Helpless, Ye Cang had to take Su Jiantian's giant sword and found a secluded mountain forest to stay temporarily.