Chapter 476: Chapter 475: The Style of That Sword
In the bamboo forest.
After activating the last of his True Yuan to execute the Thunder Blade Technique and killing three experts from Giant Sword Manor, only five unscathed individuals remained on the Giant Sword Manor side, with casualties exceeding two-thirds.
The people of Giant Sword Manor were completely stunned by the combat power Wang Lei had displayed.
They dragged their giant swords and retreated, creating a safe distance, but no one dared to flee.
They had expended a great deal of effort to track him down, and now that they had finally cornered Wang Lei, victory was within sight; no one would give up.
Especially now, after delivering that strike, Wang Lei was deathly pale, covered in sweat like rain, and half-kneeling on the ground, clearly at the end of his strength.
As for Qi Hongshao and her sister, the people of Giant Sword Manor hardly took them into consideration.
"You... you should leave if you get the chance. Don’t worry about me anymore!" Qi Honglei’s eyes were red and teary as she looked at the exhausted Wang Lei and spoke.
Wang Lei propped himself up with his steel knife, stubbornly raised his head to look at the people of Giant Sword Manor across from him, and cracked a smile, but he did not speak.
With a saddened nose, Qi Honglei pursed her lips, raised her head and said to the people opposite, "The secret manual of Giant Sword Manor was stolen by me, Qi Hongshao, and now it has even fallen into the hands of the Duanmu Family. The person you want to catch is me. Let him and my sister go, and I will go with you to the Duanmu Family to testify and retrieve the manual."
"Humph, now you say this, isn’t it too late?"
Upon hearing Qi Hongshao’s words, one of the men opposite, whose face bore a freshly torn bloodstain, looked rather fierce and fearful as he snorted coldly, stepped forward with his giant sword and angrily said, "This man has killed seven of our Giant Sword Manor and injured several others; how do we settle this account?"
Wang Lei remained silent, struggling to operate his Cultivation Technique and heal his injuries.
Seeing that they did not intend to spare Wang Lei, Qi Hongshao silently despaired.
It was all because of her that he was in this trouble.
Across from her, the people of Giant Sword Manor exchanged glances and slowly closed in.
Qi Hongshao had a chill in her heart and blurted out, "You can’t capture him, he is a direct descendant of the Langya Wang Family."
Wang Lei’s expression changed drastically. He scoffed, "Shut up, I have long had no relations with the Wang Family. Falling into such a state now, I need not cling to the Wang Family’s name to live."
Qi Hongshao pleaded urgently, "But still..."
Wang Lei, however, spoke firmly, "I escorted you sisters all this way, only for the guilt I felt years ago. Unfortunately, I couldn’t ensure your true safety. Though now I am at the end of my road, there’s no need to depend on others. It must be our fate to end this way, the three of us."
Moved by his words, Qi Hongshao and Qi Honglei felt that even dying together like this wouldn’t be lonely.
The rugged man with a bloodied face opposite them looked solemnly at Wang Lei and said in a deep voice, "Just now, I noticed your blade technique looked familiar, especially when the thunderous noise roared and your blade’s might was domineering. Turns out you are a descendant of the Langya Wang Family, that blade must belong to the Thunder Blade, right?"
"Are you Wang Lei?" Another middle-aged man beside the rugged man shifted his gaze and stared at Wang Lei, "Are you the genius who was expelled from the Wang Family ten years ago?"
Wang Lei snorted but did not respond.
The people of Giant Sword Manor understood his identity.
The man with the bloodied face said, "Though he was expelled from the Wang Family, the Wang Family blood still runs through his veins, capture him alive."
The people of Giant Sword Manor nodded in agreement.
Although Giant Sword Manor was not necessarily afraid of the Wang Family, knowingly killing a member of the Wang Family, especially when it could lead to grievances between the two families, would be extremely disadvantageous for Giant Sword Manor.
After all, this incident involving Qi Hongshao stealing the book had already involved Duanmu Cheng, and Giant Sword Manor was bound to have a dispute with Duanmu Manor. To also upset the Wang Family at this time was unwise.
The experts of Giant Sword Manor slowly advanced toward the three of them.
Qi Hongshao readied her sword, poised for action.
Wang Lei remained half-kneeling on the ground; though the brief rest had restored a bit of his strength, facing the experts of Giant Sword Manor, it was of little use and could not be delayed for long.
Just then, a majestic voice fell into the ears of everyone in the forest, "Let them go."
The people in the forest were startled.
Particularly the people of Giant Sword Manor, who looked around east and west, trying to pinpoint the direction of the voice and identify the speaker.
However, the voice was ethereal and untraceable, impossible to pinpoint.
"I am Gao Qian from Giant Sword Manor. I do not know which distinguished expert has graced us with their presence, but could you please give us your name? It would be good for me to have an explanation when I return. Otherwise, if we leave like this, where will our honor be?" The brawny man, his face covered in blood, spoke with a solemn expression and, after pondering for a brief moment, said with a cupped fist salute towards the void.
"Tch!"
A fierce Sword Qi tore through the air.
Before anyone could react, a crack appeared on the ground between Gao Qian and Wang Lei.
The crack extended from a distant bamboo grove, passed through the crowd, and then spread further into the depths of another bamboo grove.
Hum!
A violent tremor ensued.
It was as if the void and the earth only then reacted, amid the piercing sounds of the void breaking and the ground shaking, the ground crack widened instantly, and flying sand and stones were swept away by the Sword Qi, heading straight into the grove opposite in the direction of the swift Sword Qi.
Crash!!!
Amid the sound of bamboo breaking, sand and stones forcibly pierced through creating a straight pathway in that bamboo grove.
Hiss~~
Hiss hiss~~~
Sounds of sharp intakes of breath continuously spread among the crowd.
Even Wang Lei, who was half-kneeling on the ground, had tense nerves, his blood boiling rapidly inside him, overwhelmed by the might of that sword.
"Scram!"
That majestic and grand voice came again, colder than before, "Even Wang Changchun wouldn’t dare to seek face in front of me."
Gao Qian and the others, already frightened by that sword, now gasped in shock upon hearing that the speaker did not even regard the manor owner highly.
Who is this person?
So arrogant?
In the Hidden Sects of the Cultivation World, there seem to be only a few who dare not take their own manor owners seriously.
Though bewildered, Gao Qian and the others dared not ask anymore.
In case they angered this person, just that sword alone was something not even all of them together could withstand.
In the Martial Arts World, preserving one’s life is paramount.
With this principle in mind, Gao Qian glanced at Wang Lei and Qi Hongshao, and with reluctance, waved his hand and said, "Let’s go."
Soon, the people from Giant Sword Manor had left cleanly.
They even took the bodies of the dead and injured with them.
Qi Hongshao immediately knelt toward the direction from which the sword had come, sincerely saying, "Junior Qi Hongshao, thank you, senior, for your righteous intervention, great kindness, and great virtue..."
"Hmph, you are not worthy of my intervention."
Before Qi Hongshao could finish speaking, that voice came again, cutting her off.
Qi Hongshao’s mouth twitched, but she lowered her head and said nothing more.
Although the person did not appreciate it, she was still grateful for the intervention just now.
At the same time, she secretly glanced at Wang Lei. Since this high person intervened not for her sake, it must have been for Wang Lei.
It is indeed worthy of the Langya Wang Family; although he had been expelled from the family, people still respected the Langya Wang Family’s name at critical moments.
Wang Lei slowly got up, his gaze complex as he looked deep into the bamboo grove, and finally said, "Thank you."
"Take care of yourself!"
The voice came once again but had already faded away, carrying a trace of melancholy in its simple words.