Cheated into the house

  Li Ke's tongue licked his lips, and such a terrifying cultivation speed, if spoken out loud, would likely be unbelievable. From the initial red mark that had brought about several times or even dozens of times the cultivation speed, to now bringing about forty times the cultivation speed, allowing him to break through from the first stage of the Refining Soldier Realm to the second stage in just three short days.

  At this rate of cultivation, who else would dare say that his martial soul is a trash martial soul? A useless martial soul?

  Unfortunately, the acceleration effect of red scar is not limitless!

  "This cultivation speed is really too fast! It's better to progress step by step! Hmm... Today, I'll just pass on the Overbearing Fist Technique to Yun Brother first, and then go report to the Iron Horse House. Along the way, I'll also go to the second floor of the Military Law Building to see if there are any suitable body techniques or leg techniques to cultivate!"

  After the breakthrough, Li Ke decided to suspend his cultivation for the time being. At his current speed of cultivation, as long as there were no accidents, breaking through to the Refining Soldier Realm within a year was not a problem at all. Moreover, refining the soldier's soul was something that couldn't be rushed, and it required gradual progress. Therefore, he didn't continue his frantic cultivation, but instead chose to do some other things.

  After all, to survive in the Divine Continent, having high strength doesn't represent anything, one must be strong in all aspects, that's the hard truth. Military tactics, physical skills - divine weapons, elixirs - none of these can be lacking!

  Li Ke was just about to walk out of the inner chamber after adjusting his clothes when he suddenly heard a loud roar outside the door.

  "Li Ke, you useless thing, come out and face your death!"

  Suddenly, "Bang!" A loud noise, Li Ke knew that his family's front door had been kicked open by someone, and someone was bullying them at their doorstep.

  "Li Ke, if you don't show up, I'll let my elder brother get rid of you, you little brat!"

  "Xu Ting, let me go!"

  A furious cry of indignation came from outside the door.

  In the solitary courtyard, as the gate was kicked open by someone, a middle-aged man wearing golden clothes slowly walked in. The middle-aged man's muscles bulged all over his body, and he held Lingyun in one hand, swaggering into the solitary courtyard with a ferocious smile, staring at Li Ke who came out of the inner room.

  Behind the middle-aged man was Xu Ting in golden clothes and those few named disciples.

  At this time, Lingyun was like a little chicken being held high by the burly man in golden clothes. His right cheek had bruises of different colors, obviously from being beaten up by Pong, but not to the point of being life-threatening. As a member of the sixth-grade family, although he was only a collateral branch, if Xu Ting wanted to kill Lingyun, he would have to think about how to deal with the aftermath, after all, killing Lingyun would involve the two big families of Hanshui and Xuluo.

  Seeing his own brother being humiliated by others, Li Ke's eyes suddenly shot out a fierce and cold glare.

  "Release Lingyun!"

  Li Ke spoke up, saying coldly.

  "Little horse slave, little waste, Master is back again today!"

  Xu Ting sneered repeatedly, with a cold intent in his eyes, as if he wanted to stab Li Ke's bones and ashes. The insult Li Ke had previously inflicted on him was almost enough to make him lose face and reputation. Now, many disciples of the Double Blade Sect were still talking about this incident, making his mood extremely irritable. If he weren't in the Double Blade Sect, he might have already killed a few people.

  After quietly observing for three days, Xu Ting discovered that no one actually cared about Li Ke anymore, so he decided to take direct action.

  Destroy Li Ke's military spirit and make him a complete waste once again!

  That's what Xu Ting thought in his heart, he must vent out that bad breath.

  "A useless soldier like you dares to make a move on my turf at such an old age! Today, I'll finish you off and give you another good beating!" The robust man in golden clothes burst out laughing, his mouth twisted, revealing a cold smile as he stared at Li Ke.

  Li Ke completely ignored Xu Ting, his gaze lingering on the golden-robed strongman's body.

  "Xu Zheng, you old dog, are you seeking revenge for this useless younger cousin of yours?" The robust man in front of him, dressed in the attire of an inner sect disciple, was precisely Xu Ting's older cousin Xu Zheng. However, Xu Zheng's father was not a member of the Xu family but had been adopted into it. Although Xu Zheng nominally held the position of Xu Ting's older cousin, in reality, they did not have any blood relationship between them.

  "What trash?" Xu Ting's face turned iron-green upon hearing this, his veins bulging with rage as he cursed loudly: "Li Ke, you're the real trash! You're the biggest piece of trash! Garbage soldier soul, a mere servant of the Demon King!"

  Xu Ting's loud scolding voice was very loud, but Li Ke completely treated him as if he were air from start to finish.

  Contempt, complete and utter contempt!

  Li Ke may be a waste, and his military soul level may be low, but he is indeed an inner disciple, so he doesn't care about Xu Ting, an outer disciple.

  Now killing Xu Ting is as simple as moving a finger.

  But dealing with Xu Zheng is not so simple.

  Xu Zheng originally had mediocre qualifications, and it took him a full thirty years to reach the ninth rank of the Qi Condensation Realm. However, he didn't expect that his military soul would be an orange sixth-grade military soul - Snowflake Bright Silver Knife.

  Sixth-grade soldier soul snow flower bright silver knife, let Xu Zheng's status instantly soar, from a mediocre talent often despised by his clan to an inner disciple of the Double Knife Sect. The experience made his heart extremely twisted, and now he particularly enjoys torturing and humiliating outer sect disciples and named disciples.

  "Dare to touch a member of the Xu family? Today I'll make you wish you were dead!"

  Xu Zhengshen's body moved, and with a swift motion, he flung Lingyun's right hand, making a loud "thud" sound as he threw him against the wall.

  Watching Lingyun's mouth corner overflowing with fresh blood, Xuzheng laughed abnormally.

  His gaze flashed, Xu Zheng's footsteps were heavy, and the orange light in his hand suddenly spun up. A short-handled, long-bladed, single-edged three-foot knife appeared in his hand. Snowflakes danced, and the silver knife shone brightly amidst the swirling orange light. Among the nine segments, three had been tempered into shape.

  It's exactly the third heavy power of Lianbing Border!

  "Brush!"

  With a single sword, a gust of wind, he rushed straight towards Li Ke.

  "The wind rises and the clouds flow!"

  Fēng Qǐ Liú Yún is the first move of the top-grade Yellow Rank sword technique, Wind Chasing Sword Technique. After mastering the Wind Chasing Sword Technique, one can wield their sword to create a storm, with power far surpassing that of Xu Ting's Crazy Storm Sword Technique, not to be underestimated.

  "Hmmph!"

  Facing Xu Zheng's determined slash, Li Ke let out a cold snort, neither dodging nor yielding. The red glow in his hand flashed, and the flying knife's spirit appeared instantly, swinging upwards with a slash.

  "Clang!"

  Red light like sparks flying everywhere, orange light overflowing, fireflies swirling around.

  The two souls collided, and Xu Zheng's face flashed with a shocked expression, because he felt the terrifying tenacity of Li Ke's flying knife soul. His own Snowflake Bright Silver Knife soul was of a higher level, naturally much harder than a seventh-level soul, and Xu Zheng had already entered the Refining Soldier realm for four or five years, his soul had been tempered into three forms. According to reason, if they collided head-on, Li Ke's flying knife soul should have shattered into pieces.

  But actually, there isn't!

  What surprised him even more was that Li Ke's body merely wobbled slightly, and then calmly stopped there, canceling out all the force of the rebound.

  Li Ke's soldier soul was of a low level, but he had cultivated the Overbearing Decree in the Condensing Qi Realm, and his divine soldier aura was overbearingly powerful. In the Refining Soldier Realm, he had cultivated the Wind Cloud Decree, making his soldier soul both strong and flexible, with an unyielding hardness. Furthermore, Li Ke had previously cultivated the Earth-grade mid-quality body technique - the Nine Dragon Fish Transformation, which cleverly dissipated all the rebound force.

  "Now it's my turn!"

  Just as Xu Zheng was caught off guard, Li Ke suddenly raised his knife and struck out. The three-inch-seven-part flying knife had a gleaming blade that refracted a bright cold light. With one swift motion, it seemed like the heavens themselves were descending upon him. Clearly visible from the left side, the slash came in horizontally, but just as Xu Zheng was about to react and dodge by retreating backwards, this knife suddenly appeared above his head.

  There's no escape!

  This sword is exactly the top-grade Xuan-level martial art, the first sword of Shenlai San Dao...

  The gods have descended!

  "Crack!"

  Li Ke's knife fiercely chopped into Xu Zheng's shoulder, Xu Zheng's shoulder bone instantly shattered, the blade stuck in the middle, blood gushing out, Xu Zheng looked at Li Ke with a shocked face.

  One sword out, even Li Ke himself was secretly relieved. This sword of his was the Xuan-class mid-grade martial art he had brought from his family - "Shen Lai San Dao" (Three Divine Arrivals). The Xuan-class martial art was abstruse and difficult to comprehend. Although he had been practicing for some years, he could only vaguely grasp a thread of the sword's intent.

  But this time when he drew his sword, there was a kind of fusion and connection that made him wield it more smoothly and clearly, so now this one sword could heavily injure Xu Zheng as he had imagined, piercing straight into his shoulder bone.

  "Hmm! This feeling...... is so smooth!" Li Ke looked at his right hand with a hint of surprise, he felt that this move was executed with the power of about five or six layers of Xuan-level martial arts, and had almost grasped the fifth or sixth layer.

  If it weren't for this, Li Ke's two-layered cultivation base would have found it very difficult to injure Xu Zheng's three-layered cultivation base.

  "How is this possible? Seventh-grade soldier soul, refining soldiers once, how can I break my diamond body?" One move defeat! Xu Zheng himself couldn't believe it either, looking at Li Ke's eyes, only deep shock.

  "This..." Li Ke made a move that defeated Xu Zheng, severely injuring him. The Flying Dagger Soul was deeply embedded in Xu Zheng's shoulder, and everyone else who witnessed this scene was left stunned.

  This also includes Ling Yun.

  "How is this possible? How is this possible? Xu Zhengtang has been in the Refining Soldier realm for five whole years, how could he be defeated by this little waste with just one move?"

  "Li Ke, you must have used some kind of vicious trick! Yes, it must be!"

  Xu Ting couldn't believe the fact in front of him, three days ago, one move defeated him, now, another move also defeated his cousin Xu Zheng who was three times stronger than him. The double blow made his heart unbearable, with a gaze full of hatred, he stared at Li Ke and shouted loudly.

  At this time, Li Ke finally shifted his gaze to Xu Ting and said lightly: "Xu Ting, you've been looking for trouble with me three times! Today, let's end all of this!"

  After finishing the sentence, Li Ke walked towards Xu Ting step by step, his eyes cold and detached, his face slightly gloomy, the knife in his hand gleaming with a chilling light that refracted into a dazzling glare under the sunlight.

  Killing intent is circulating.

  "What? You want to kill me?" A cold breath slowly crept in, and Xu Ting's heart suddenly skipped a beat. At this moment, he finally felt how close death was to himself.

  "You should have died long ago!"

  "No! You can't kill me? I'm an outer sect disciple, one of the three great outer sect disciples. You can't kill me! Can't kill me..." Xu Ting yelled in terror, backing away repeatedly, his previous hatred gone, his eyes bulging out with deep fear.

  "This sentence, you said it was useful three days ago! Now......" Li Ke paused for a moment, coldly saying: "Now... you... are definitely going to die!"

  As soon as he finished speaking, Li Ke drew his knife and rushed forward.

  "Bing Hun Er Duan?" Just as Xu Zheng was about to step forward to stop Li Ke, his eyelid twitched because from his angle, he could see that the Flying Dagger Bing Hun in Li Ke's hand had tempered out its shape by about 90%, which was a characteristic of the second level of Lian Bing.

  "This... reality made Xu Zheng suddenly unable to accept it, his whole body stunned there, staring blankly at the flying knife in Li Ke's hand."

  "Is this still the seventh-grade waste soldier soul?"

  Xu Zheng himself couldn't believe it, the news of Li Ke's Red Seventh Rank Flying Knife Soul had spread throughout the Double Blade Sect. Although many outer and named disciples were amazed by Li Ke's incredible cultivation talent, the Seventh Rank Flying Knife Soul was always looked down upon with disdain by the inner sect disciples.

  Seventh-grade soldier soul, poor quality, slow cultivation speed, low power, and flying knife is almost not recognized on the continent of divine soldiers.

  "Three days' time——Breakthrough!"