Chapter Eighteen: Farewell, Lou Fan

  Shendu's giant sword emitted a dazzling yellow glow.

  With a sword king's sword energy breaking through the sword king's boundary, only a "ding" sound was heard, easily shattering the boundary.

  To Shen's surprise, outside the boundary was actually the outskirts of the Imperial City, a desolate area near the desert.

  Looking around, there were already over a thousand Black Armor soldiers surrounding them.

  The man in front was majestic, wearing a suit of golden armor, about forty years old, with a pair of deep eyes that seemed to be glaring at Shen Du and the others in anger, but his mouth was raised in a thirty-degree smile. In his magnetic voice, he said lightly: "General Murong, I have treated you kindly, but I didn't expect you would also betray me. You should know what kind of consequences this will bring."

  Murong Ling heard this, his eyebrows deeply furrowed, and coldly said: "Hmph, Fu Xingbo, you cruelly harmed the Emperor's brother, slaughtered loyal ministers, and tyrannized without justice. Everyone can condemn you."

  "Everyone will be killed!" Fu Xingbo repeated Murong Ling's words, and laughed loudly: "Then let's see if you have the ability to do so." As he spoke, his gaze was fixed on Shen Dou again, and he said with a smile: "If I'm not mistaken, you should be Shen Dou, the remaining descendant of the Shen family."

  "What!" Shen Du was truly unbelievable, this Fu Xingbo was a smiling tiger, even when he was extremely angry, he could still maintain a smile on his face, and it was so intoxicating, his tone was also as calm as ever. What's more surprising was that these people had never seen him before, yet they could all easily shout out his name.

  "Don't be surprised, take a look at who this is!" As soon as Fu Xingbo's voice dropped, a young man in white clothes floated out from behind him.

  That young man in white clothes had a very pale complexion. At first glance, he seemed like a gentle and modest gentleman. "Shen Dou, it's been a long time!"

  The young man in white's tone was extremely gentle, but it completely enraged Shen Du. This person was all too familiar to him. "Lou Fang!" Shen Du shouted with tears in his eyes: "Come and take my life!"

  As he spoke, the giant sword moved, and he muttered "Crazy Sword Incantation!" The giant sword flew out of his hand, and Shen Du manipulated it in mid-air, shooting it at Lou Fang with incredible speed.

  Lou Fan saw the situation, sneered and said lightly: "Sword King's sword energy? You're too careless!" Before he finished speaking, Lou Fan waved his hand, and a dark cloud appeared in the sky. A bolt of lightning struck down from the air, hitting Shen Dou's giant sword precisely.

  Issued a burst of "sizzling" screaming sound.

  Shendu's giant sword was easily knocked to the ground, which means that the two of them are worlds apart in terms of strength.

  "No!" Shen Du looked at all of this in shock, after taking the Gong Li Dan, Shen Du's strength was at least at the mid-Sword King level, even if Lou Fan had reached the peak of Sword King, it wouldn't be possible for him to block his sword moves so easily, unless... unless Lou Fan had already broken through the Sword Emperor barrier.

  "No! It's impossible!" Shen Du couldn't believe all of this.

  "Hey, kid, what's surprising you?" Lou Fang asked softly, a faint smile also appearing on his face.

  This question shocked Shen Du even more, he could actually see through his own thoughts, with a sword in hand, when the giant sword flew back into his hands, he used his spiritual transmission technique to say to Murong Ling: "General Murong, for now I'll block their attacks, you take the princess and break out from the rear, use your fastest speed to meet up with Yu Xi, you must ensure their safety."

  Murong Ling was taken aback, staring at Shen Du with a shocked expression, and also responded with his spiritual transmission technique: "How can this be? This matter was originally entrusted to you, now that things have come to this point, I'll still take the blame, you take the princess and leave this place." As he spoke, he stepped into the void, standing in front of Shen Du, drawing out his long curved knife.

  "Hey, be rational for once, I'm not familiar with the environment of the Imperial City, only if you leave here, will there be an opportunity to take them out of the Imperial City." Shen Du said.

  As soon as the words fell, Shen Dou took a step forward, calmly lifted his foot and kicked Mu Rong Ling flying three zhang away.

  Just near the payment circle, Murong Ling didn't hesitate either. With a flash of his curved knife, he easily took down a group of swordsmen and created an opening for himself to swiftly escape.

  Watching Murong Ling's departing back, Shen Dou's face revealed a sinister smile, his eyes glaring at Lou Fan as he gritted his teeth and said: "Today, either you die or I perish!" As he spoke, he was just about to draw his sword.

  Lou Fang took two steps back, a triumphant smile on his face.

  Next, another person appeared, also in white clothes, but it wasn't Lou Yin. His familiar Chinese-character face made Shen Dou's heart ache, and he frowned, saying: "It really is you! Big brother, no, Shen Gang, I really didn't want to believe that it was you who betrayed the Shen family. All along, I've felt that this matter was unusual, but I never thought it was actually you who betrayed the Shen family." All of this came too suddenly, and Shen Dou could only feel that it was hard to accept.

  "Hmph, Shen Du, from a young age, Grandfather has been doting on you in every way, but as for me, I'm his own flesh and blood grandson. All he does is look down on me, scold me endlessly, or punish and humiliate me. I've had enough!" Shen Gang said with a face full of indignation.

  "Shen Gang, actually Grandfather has always had high hopes for you. What he did was only to hope that in the future you can become a great talent and bring more glory to the Shen family!" Shen Dou exclaimed excitedly.

  "Hmph!" Shen Gang said indignantly: "What glory? I joined the Great Sword Sect and can get more glory and respect. Compared to living like a dog in the Shen family, I am a respected master of the sect, high above everyone else. In the imperial capital, I am recognized by the emperor himself and stand among the crowd of thousands, how majestic!" Shen Gang said loudly in front of everyone.

  Shen Du could no longer bear it and loudly rebuked, "That's enough, Shen Gang! I never thought you'd sell out your own grandfather, uncles, aunts, brothers, and sisters. It seems you've reached the point of being utterly ruthless and depraved! Today, I'll take it upon myself to teach you a lesson on behalf of Grandfather!" With that, he swung his massive sword with great force, sending a fierce gust of wind scattering in all directions.

  "A mere swordmaster who has eaten a power-enhancing pill dares to be so arrogant. It seems that we can't let you continue growing anymore!" Fu Xingbo finally collected the smile on his face and said seriously: "If you hand over the Shenmen Fifteen Swords' sword manual, we will spare your life and grant you a thousand acres of good land, allowing you to live out your days in peace. But if you insist on resisting to the death, we will make sure that not even your bones remain!"

  Shen Du heard this and looked around, the originally over a thousand Black Armor soldiers, when Murong Ling escaped, half of them had already chased after him, now there were about 400 to 500 people left.

  But what was most annoying were the two people in front of him, Fu Xingbo and Lou Fan. Shen Du felt that he couldn't see through their true strength, Fu Xingbo's eyes were so deep, and with just a wave of his hand, Lou Fan could block the second move of Shen Men's Fifteen Swords.

  Clutching the giant sword, Eagle Brother can no longer fight now, and I'm on my own.

  Recalling the oral formula of Shenmen's Fifteen Swords, using breath to control the sword, the breath precedes the sword, when the breath moves the sword stops, and when the sword moves the breath remains.

  And he only remembered the sword moves:

  First move: Flying Sword of Qi Control;

  Second move: Frenzied Sword Incantation;

  Third move: Real and Unreal Sword;

  Fourth move: Dragon God's Fury;

  Fifth move: Shadow Kill.

  The most proficient one is only the Mad Sword Technique.

  Facing two powerful opponents, he really didn't have a sure win, but he couldn't avoid fighting either. He had to keep fighting and would never retreat again.

  Thinking so, his toes exerted force in mid-air and flew out several feet backwards.

  Fu Xingbo looked at all of this and said coldly, "Pulling back the distance? How laughable. If it were an opponent with equivalent strength, pulling back would indeed be a very clever tactic. However——" Before Fu Xingbo could finish speaking, a figure flashed by and disappeared into thin air.

  Shen Du was shocked by what he saw.

  "Too fast!" He didn't even see how Fu Xingbo disappeared, and suddenly realized that a figure appeared behind him. The man seemed to slowly stretch out his right hand and gently patted Shen Dou's shoulder.

  Instinctive reaction, swiftly swinging the giant sword backwards, carrying the powerful sword aura of a mid-term Sword King, whipping up a fierce gust of air around him, effortlessly beheading dozens of swordsmen within the covered range.

  "Your reflexes aren't bad!" Fu Xingbo flashed again and appeared behind Shen Dou, whispering in his ear.

  "Ah!" Shen Du was shocked and pale, shooting forward more than three zhang, turning around to see that Fu Xingbo's hand had somehow produced a slender golden sword.

  Paired with his golden armor, it didn't look like a good match, but this sword in Fu Xingbo's hands always made people feel extremely terrified.

  Shen Du felt the sword energy released by Fu Xingbo gradually weakening, already below that of a Sword Master, and was momentarily perplexed.

  "Why didn't the national master just kill Shen Du with one sword?" Shen Gang asked in a low voice as he watched from the side.

  Lou Fan heard this and smiled: "The will of the emperor is hard to fathom, the monarch has his own reasons for doing so. As officials, we just need to do our duty well."

  "Uh-huh!" Shen Gang nodded thoughtfully, but didn't say another word, quietly waiting in anticipation.