Chapter 43: Slaughter

  "Fang Tao, your opponent is me. If you want to fight, I'll accompany you in this battle." Gao Xi saw Fang Tao trying to stop the uneven fight and suddenly let out a loud shout, striking Fang Tao with his Mountain-Crushing Fist.

  "Gao Xi, you're looking for death." The fatal blow aimed at Gao Peng was deflected by Gao Xi's knife, while Fang Tao glared with anger and threw another punch at Gao Peng, disregarding the subsequent fatal blows. His main goal was to save Fang Yan, even if it meant dying on the spot.

  "Fang Tao, didn't I tell you? This is a fight between juniors, so don't interfere." Wang Yao's willow-leaf sword flashed once, neutralizing Fang Tao's fatal blow.

  "Wang Yao, Gao Xi, you really want to oppose me?!" The killing move was once again neutralized by Wang Yao, and he was also heavily injured by Gao Xi's Tiger Soul Severing Blade, with a large gash on his chest. Fang Tao's eyes were wide with anger, his gaze filled with murderous intent as he glared at Gao Xi and Wang Yao, shouting furiously.

  "Listen up, men of the Fang family! The Gao and Wang families are getting too arrogant, trying to push Young Master Fang Yan to his death. Today, we're going all out, even if it means sacrificing our lives, we can't let these treacherous scoundrels succeed. Everyone, charge! Wipe out the Gao and Wang families, those despicable rabble!"

  Three major families in this market all have a large number of people stationed here, at this moment, under the command of Fang Tao, the group of Fang family children brought by Fang Tao are fighting with the people from the nearby Gao Wang's two families. They had long been intolerant of the overbearing attitude of the Gao Wang's two families.

  The three big families joined forces, and the entire Jizhou trading market was in chaos. The Fang family's young masters also knew that things were serious, and they didn't launch a random attack, but instead concentrated their firepower on the Gao family's young masters around Gaoping.

  Gao Xi and Wang Yao were determined to kill Fang Yan Ge, while the young masters of the Gao and Wang families fought desperately to intercept the attacks of the Fang family's children, not giving them any chance to get close.

  It seems like a stalemate, Fang's disciples want to rescue but can't exert any strength, and can only rely on Fang Yan himself to resolve this crisis.

  Actually, Fang Tao underestimated Fang Yan a bit, he didn't need his help at all, and he could resolve this crisis on his own.

  Gao Peng's Tiger Soul Severing Blade was extremely ferocious, with a ruthless technique. Fang Yan's Phantom Slash was brewing, and it would not be possible to unleash it in a short period of time. With swift dodges and weaves, several injuries appeared on his body. The crowd of Fang family disciples were furious, wanting to break through the blockade of the Gao and Wang families.

  "Haha……Fang Yan, you little thief, today you can't escape your fate. Even if Fang Zhen, the old thief, came, he couldn't save you. You can die in peace now." Fang Yan's body was battered and bruised, while the Fang family's children were furious and repeatedly tried to rescue him, but they couldn't break through the blockade set by the Gao family. Gao Feng had a smug expression on his face, wanting Fang Yan to die in despair, and he laughed loudly with great relish.

  "Tiger Soul Severing Slash!"

  Gao Peng's face was solemn, Snowflake Knife held high above his head, and with one slash, he chopped towards Fang Yan.

  This move was one that Gao Peng had been preparing for a long time, and with a burst of energy, he locked onto Fang Yan, no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't avoid this earth-shattering blow.

  "Ah..."

  "No..."

  A brilliant blade burst into the sky, emitting a dazzling flash of light, like a white rainbow piercing the sun, rushing towards Fang Yan. The young masters of the Fang family all felt the terrifying energy contained in Gao Peng's strike, and if they were hit, they would be left with no bones, each one suddenly feeling hopeless, unable to help but cry out in despair. The mournful cries echoed through the crowd, making people feel sorrow from the heart, unable to help but shed tears.

  "Phantom Slash!"

  In the face of crisis, Fang Yan could no longer afford to continue brewing his Phantom Slash. The Extreme Spirit Blood Blade in his hand was activated to its limit, and nine more blood blades suddenly appeared out of thin air. Nine illusory shadows were both real and fake, making it impossible for people to distinguish between them.

  Phantom Sword, seemingly real and unreal. With Fang Yan's current strength, he could only condense nine sword shadows that were almost substantial, making it difficult for people to distinguish between reality and illusion.

  As Fang Yan's loud shout fell, the Phantom Slash was spinning at high speed, like a meat grinder twisting in mid-air. Gao Feng's Tiger Soul Severing Slash shone brightly, colliding with those sword shadows, disappearing like blood on a blade.

  "This, how is this possible? What kind of sword technique is this, it's so incredibly powerful!" Gao Peng's Tiger Soul Severing Slash was like ice and snow melting away, his mouth agape in shock, his face filled with incredulity. This one attack was something that even an ordinary Second-Order cultivator in the Violent Qi Realm couldn't easily neutralize, so how did Fang Yan manage to do it? This was supposed to be Gao Peng's strongest killing move after sacrificing his own cultivation!

  Gao Peng's mouth was agape, his face incredulous, and the Snowflake Knife in his hand had been knocked away without him even realizing it. All he could see were the sword silhouettes surrounding him.

  "Hmph! Hmph! Hmph!"

  In the blink of an eye, as if in a dream or illusion, Gao Peng's pupils suddenly enlarged violently, sensing danger, his body explosively retreated, but it was still a bit too late. He was enveloped by that illusory sword shadow, and all that could be heard were several dull thuds. In an instant, Gao Peng was strangled into a ball of rotten flesh.

  "Ding! Congratulations, host, on successfully killing an enemy and leveling up, earning 25 experience points."

  "Ding, congratulations to the host, the proficiency of the Earth-level sword technique Phantom Sword has increased by 100."

  As the sword shadow disappeared, Fang Yan's mind was filled with two consecutive cold system prompt tones.

  "The cultivator who killed the Violent Qi Realm originally had 20 points of merit, but since it was a higher level, five more points were added. Moreover, this Phantom Sword Technique is being performed in battle, and its proficiency is rising extremely quickly, much faster than when I practiced alone."

  "He's dead! Gao Peng is dead! How is this possible? How could Gao Peng have died? He was a powerful warrior in the realm of Violent Qi, after all!"

  "It's impossible, it can't be true, how could Gao Peng have died? It should be Fang Yan who died instead!"

  "What? Gao Peng is dead? Fang Yan is so formidable, able to kill across levels, an Eighth-Order Qi Refining cultivator killing a First-Order Violent Spirit Realm cultivator. How many years has it been since such a genius appeared in this Chu State City? Ten years or a hundred years?"

  ……

  The scene suddenly turned around in an instant, it was between the lightning and the spark, people couldn't react in time. Gao Peng's sudden tragic death caused all sorts of cries of surprise to rise up from the crowd.

  "Haha...... It's really heaven helping me, and Fang Yan didn't die after all." Fang Tao, who had been paying attention to the center of the battlefield, was laughing loudly with his head thrown back, ignoring the pain from his injuries, with a look of delight on his face.

  "How is this possible, how can that useless Fang Yan still be alive?" Gao Xi's face was filled with shock and dismay, this was not the outcome he had wanted to see, it should have been Fang Yan who died, not Gao Peng.

  "Haha... nothing is impossible, Young Master Fang Yan is the unparalleled genius of Yangzhou City." Fang Tao burst out laughing and seized this rare opportunity. Seeing Gao Xi's stunned face, he launched a crushing mountain fist at him.

  "Ah…… No, Fang Yan is going to die, I'm going to kill him." Gao Xi, who was struck by Fang Tao, didn't care about the surging blood in his body and rushed towards Fang Yan with a crazed expression, his eyes flashing with a frenzied killing intent. Fang Yan's talent was so extraordinary that he could transcend a great boundary to kill his enemies, this scourge must be eliminated.

  "Today I'll go take a look, which one of those good-for-nothings dares to move my son!" Gao Xi's loud shout fell, and then, with a majestic and overbearing roar, Fang Zhen suddenly appeared in the Xuzhou trading market.