Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
âHow long can you hold out with only one spiritual bow? How many arrows do you have left?â
âNot enough to kill you all, but which of you will choose to take my arrows with your lives?â Jiang Chen asked.
The Qingcheng Sectâs disciples were silent behind the rocks. They tried to fight back with their own bows, but it turned out Jiang Chen was too far away.
However, Jiang Chenâs spiritual bow could reach their location.
âThis is no good for any of us if the stalemate continues,â Cao Song said after a while.
âSo?â
âLetâs fix this quickly. No one will use bows. What do you think?â
Jiang Chen said with disdain, âAnd Iâll let you take advantage of your superior numbers?â
âYou canât ask my people to commit suicide just because you have less people.â
Jiang Chen thought for a while and asked, âWhat do you mean we donât use our bows?â
âItâs easy.â
Cao Song ordered everyone to throw their arrows. At the same time, a disciple of theirs was assigned to stand in front of the rocks.
âNow you can ask your men to check whether we have any arrows left. If you find any, you can shoot this disciple.â
The disciple didnât expect this to be his task. He felt weak at the knees, but he didnât dare go back behind the rocks for his fear of Cao Song.
âYou donât have any bows?â Jiang Chen looked at the arrows on the ground and asked Huoniu and others.
âThey occupied the arsenal. No one has a bow except the sentries.â
âNo wonder they dare to throw their arrows.â
They threw the arrows at a tricky place that wasnât easy for Jiang Chen to approach and pick them up.
Huoniu appointed a warrior to check the enemies. He ran to the other side, checked carefully and shouted to their side, âNo arrows.â
This guy was clever. He didnât call Jiang Chenâs name so that his identity wouldnât be exposed.
âNow what?â
âAnd now?â Jiang Chen asked Cao Song.
âItâs your turn to throw the arrows!â
Huoniu shook his head immediately. He said, âChild, this will kill us.â
âNo, it wonât. None of you will die today.â Jiang Chen handed the bow to Huoniu and walked over.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om
âLetâs have a fair fight then. As long as you beat me, youâll get the mine.â
âWhy is that?â
âBecause I am Jiang Chen.â
The Qingcheng Sectâs disciples were shocked. Cao Song stood up behind the rocks and said, âYou are Child Chen. I didnât expect you to run errands at such a young age.â
âCut the bullsh*t.â
âYou want a fight? Iâll fight with you.â
Without giving him any chance to choose, Cao Song came up to him.
âYou are in the middle stage of the Gathering Yuan State. Our child is in the preliminary stage of the Gathering Yuan State. You canât bully him like this,â Huoniu shouted angrily.
âItâs not my business. You are in an inferior position. Itâs my mercy to allow you a one-on-one fight,â Cao Song said.
âDo you think youâre superior?â Jiang Chen asked.
âIs that not the case? As your people have said, you are only in the preliminary stage of the Gathering Yuan State. None of them have come forward. Looks like you are going to sacrifice yourself. How great you are!â
âI am not going to sacrifice myself,â Jiang Chen smiled lightly.
âOh?â Cao Song didnât see what else he could do.
âIâll kill you all,â Jiang Chen said.
The Qingcheng Sectâs disciples burst into laughter. One of the disciples in the completed preliminary stage of the Gathering Yuan State came forward.
He came up to Jiang Chen arrogantly and said, âHow will you kill me? Even I can take you down.â
âLike this!â
At the same time as Jiang Chen said these two words, he brandished his Redcloud Sword quickly.
After a flash, that disciple covered his neck with his hands and fell down painfully.
âItâs a spiritual sword. He has a spiritual sword. Quick! All together, attack him!â Cao Song became excited. His eyes were full of longing. He was dying for the sword.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Huoniu shot three arrows in a row to make the excited disciples calm down.
Cao Song gnashed his teeth while looking at the corpses on the ground. He gestured for the others to step back.
âIâll throw your head into your house after you die, to make your family take a close look at you.â Cao Song was out to kill. His joking manner was already gone.
âReally?â Jiang Chen sneered. In the swift and fierce air produced by the sword, he stood unshakable, like a god of war.
âTake my sword!â
Cao Song drew his sword out of its sheath. His sword was moving extremely quickly.
Different from the Bloody Slaughterer, Cao Song was quite skilled at sword methods. With his added advantage of a higher state, he was pointing his sword at Jiang Chenâs throat immediately.
Jiang Chen stepped back in a hurry. He wasnât as quick as Cao Song due to the limitation of his state.
He manipulated his spiral genuine yuan immediately. The Redcloud Sword in his left hand hit against Cao Songâs sword. The latter gave out a cracking sound.
âEh?â
Cao Song knew there was something wrong. Jiang Chenâs eyes were shining, as if he were plotting something.
His sword moves fast. It will be dangerous for me if I try to compete with him in speed. I should kill him before he figures out a countermeasure!
The fight with the Tribe of Thunder helped Jiang Chen gain experience.
Jiang Chen knew it was an opportunity when he saw Cao Songâs look.
âThe third movement of the Rainbow Sword MethodâArc of Rainbow!â
This sword movement and the Redcloud Sword were a perfect match. A ray in the shape of the crescent moon rose like a rainbow. It covered a vast space.
How did he exert such a powerful sword movement?
Cao Songâs expression changed. He could feel the power of this movement.
He took a look at Jiang Chen, suddenly opened his eyes widely and shouted, âThis is bad! He has mastered the early form of the spirit of the sword. Quick! Pick up your arrows!â
He finally understood what Jiang Chen had meant. He had misjudged the latter.
But it wasnât his fault, who could imagine the existence of such a terrifying youngster as Jiang Chen in the Hundred Thousand Mountains?
It was already too late. All of the arrows on the ground were swept away by the ray the sword emitted, and they were all destroyed.
Cao Song looked back. Then, he could see nothing. This wasnât only an emotional blow, but also a physical attack.
His chest was almost broken. It turned out those arrows had been destroyed incidentally and Jiang Chenâs real target was him.
âThat canât be...â It was baffling for Cao Song to be killed by a guy in the completed preliminary stage of the Gathering Yuan State.
âApprentice brother!â
The other disciple in the middle stage of the Gathering Yuan State was a woman. She jumped up with fury on seeing Cao Songâs death.
However, Huoniu seized his chance and shot an arrow through her chest.
The Qingcheng Sectâs disciples were panicked and at a loss immediately.
Then, some people made an unwise choice. They intended to flee, but they were held up and killed by Jiang Chen.
The others got so scared that they disarmed themselves and knelt down to surrender.
Huoniu and others realized that they had won, running up to Jiang Chen excitedly.
âChild Chen, you are so powerful!â Huoniu gave the spiritual bow back to Jiang Chen with admiration in his eyes.
Jiang Chen nodded and ordered them, âTie them up.â
After disarming all of the Qingcheng Sectâs disciples, Jiang Chen came up to one of them.
âI only need one person to answer my questions. If there is any hesitation, Iâll pierce him with my sword,â Jiang Chen said.
The disciple nodded.
âWhat were you planning to do after occupying the mine?â
The disciple didnât hesitate and answered him immediately. âGo to the mountain town to take down the Jiang Mansion.â
âThe other three forces are waiting for you guys?â
âNo. The Fiery Lion Gang and the Bloody Hand Gang are responsible for occupying the herbal mountain.â
âWhat a great plan! One more question. How many people are there at the herbal mountain?â
âAt least twice as many as us. The vice leader of the Bloody Hand Gang is also there. He is in the late stage of the Gathering Yuan State.â
Jiang Chen continued to ask for more important information before he ordered them to be imprisoned.