Chapter 1983: Slaying Many Core Disciples

"How dare you! Do you know who you're speaking to?"

The old man on the side, seeing this fellow who appeared from nowhere speak so arrogantly, darkened his face.

This was Bai Ruanqing's grandfather, speaking for her was only natural... but his identity was special, inconvenient to reveal. Who are you to meddle?

"We're talking, you stay out of it!"

With a flick of his longsword, Zhang Xuan thrust it forward.

Unexpectedly, this fellow dared to attack him. The old man laughed instead of getting angry: "What boldness! Come, let me see what strength you have. If you can withstand three of my moves, I'll admit you're not weak..."

Plop!

Before he finished, his head hit the ground.

The longsword in his hand had just been drawn, intending to block the opponent's blade, but clearly... he couldn't!

"So much nonsense..."

Having lopped off the man's head with one sword stroke, Zhang Xuan acted as if he had killed a chicken: "This fellow was talking nonsense, don't believe him. Paying debts is only right and proper! Losing a bet and reneging—what kind of behavior is that?"

"We want to hear this from Bai Ruanqing herself. Who are you to speak for her?"

A core disciple snorted.

Hard-earned money, no one wanted to give it away. What the man had just said secretly pleased them, but this fellow came to cause trouble, and everyone felt somewhat resentful.

As for the old man killed by the opponent's sword, since the kill was too simple, with no impressive sword techniques displayed, and the opponent disguised as a youth, they thought he was an insignificant nobody, not worth mentioning, never imagining he was their elder.

Thus, they had no idea how strong this fellow really was.

"What? You mean to say you want to renege?" Zhang Xuan's face turned iron-gray.

He hadn't expected the core disciples to be so shameless!

They had made a bet, but just because Bai Ruanqing was killed and didn't return, they wouldn't acknowledge it... didn't want to pay up—truly lacking any integrity!

"Whether it's reneging isn't for you to decide. We'll listen to this friend. Since he says Bai Ruanqing only made the bet to pressure us, he must have his reasons!" The core disciple looked at the young man disguised as Bai Ye Elder not far away: "Right, friend?"

"Yes..." Bai Ye Elder nodded: "Ruanqing did this only to apply pressure, to help everyone perform better, not really for the money..."

Before he finished, a flash of sword light streaked toward him.

"What..."

He quickly turned his head and saw that 'I Am Handsome' not far away had drawn his longsword again and thrust it at him.

Frowning, a hint of displeasure arose in his heart. Just as he was about to draw his sword to block, his wrist suddenly went cold.

Then he saw his own hand, somehow severed by the opponent's sword, no longer able to hold the blade. With a clang, it fell to the ground.

"This..."

His pupils contracted, his body stiffened.

As one of the three great elders of the Lingyun Sword Pavilion, his strength had long reached the Immortal Monarch realm, standing at the very peak of the entire continent!

Especially his swordsmanship, which was superb—few of the same level could surpass him in pure sword technique...

And now, before he could even make a move, his wrist had been severed!

Although it involved an element of surprise... this swordsmanship was simply too formidable, too terrifying!

No wonder his old friend had been killed with a single sword stroke. He had thought the latter was afraid of revealing his identity and didn't resist, but now it seemed he was utterly powerless against the opponent's sword technique!

In the entire sect, the one who could render his old friend helpless and sever his own wrist with one sword stroke... aside from the Sect Master, was probably only that super genius who had comprehended the Sword Intent of the Gods, or rather, that 'I Am Low-Key'!

"I Am Handsome, I Am Low-Key..."

The two names turned in his mind, and he suddenly understood: "So it's you! You are 'I Am...'"

He hadn't thought of it before, not because he was stupid, but because 'I Am Low-Key' was at the peak of Shattering Void, while the minimum requirement to enter the Core Divine Hall was the early stage of Void Immortal!

Their strengths were worlds apart, so he hadn't connected it to him.

But now, with such brilliant swordsmanship displayed, if he still couldn't figure it out, he would truly be a fool!

Before he finished, a sharp pain shot through his tongue. He saw that a longsword had already been thrust into his mouth. With a gentle twist, his tongue and teeth were all shattered by the sword energy. Intense pain assaulted him, and he couldn't help but spew blood.

"I am indeed quite ruthless! Ruthless enough to even scare myself!"

Zhang Xuan glanced at him indifferently.

"Wuwu..."

With his tongue shredded, Bai Ye Elder wanted to speak but could no longer do so.

Although the Divine Hall was illusory, the pain was real. Having his wrist severed by a sword was already excruciating, and now his tongue was cut off and teeth shattered. The elder, ranked among the top three in the sect, immediately broke out in cold sweat from the pain, trembling uncontrollably, on the verge of madness.

An Immortal Monarch powerhouse, a renowned super existence across the entire continent, reduced to this state by two sword strikes—it was worse than death.

"You're asking for death..."

This scene unfolded within two breaths. Bai Feng, not far away, finally reacted, nearly exploding with rage.

Too audacious... attacking Elder Bai Ye was practically a provocation to the entire Lingyun Sword Pavilion.

Whoosh!

His longsword shot out, thrusting toward Zhang Xuan. But before the sword tip reached the latter, a sharp pain struck his throat.

Thud!

His head hit the ground.

"You are..."

His eyes saw his own heels, and he finally realized who the opponent was...

He hadn't expected to be killed twice in a row by the same person...

Was there any justice?

He really wanted to cry.

"This fellow can't talk anymore. Now, does anyone still think Bai Ruanqing's bet wasn't real?"

Having dealt with the three meddlers, Zhang Xuan looked around.

Originally, he only wanted to keep a low profile and avoid trouble... but not paying up? That was just asking for it!

If the uncle can bear it, the aunt cannot!

So, he struck to kill the chicken to scare the monkeys, first taking care of the troublemakers to give them a warning.

"Friend, striking so ruthlessly right from the start is a bit improper! May I ask... which core disciple are you?"

A core disciple walked over.

Seeing him step forward, everyone around fell silent.

It was none other than Liu Yulian, ranked third among the core disciples!

After being beheaded, she had re-entered using another divine communication jade talisman, and for convenience of recognition, she retained her previous appearance and form.

"You don't want to pay either, do you?" Zhang Xuan snorted coldly.

"I trust Bai Ruanqing's character. The duel was not for a bet..." Liu Yulian nodded, but as she was about to continue, her neck went numb, and "whoosh!" she saw her own buttocks.

Thud!

Her head fell to the ground, rolling several times.

"Alright, anyone else who doesn't want to pay? If you don't want to, it's fine—just dare to come to the Divine Communication Hall, and I'll kill you every time I see you! I'll keep killing until you pay!"

Not bothering with more words, Zhang Xuan patted the sword in his hand and said indifferently.

You think you're so tough, trying to welch... dream on!

"You..."

Earlier, when Elder Bai Ye and others were disguised, they couldn't recognize them, thinking they might be some unknown core disciples who were killed with one sword stroke... They didn't think this "I'm Handsome" was very powerful. But now, Liu Yulian had her head chopped off with one blow...

Everyone was terrified!

Only then did they realize just how formidable the person before them was!

"This guy is weird—let's kill him together!"

"He might not be one of our core disciples..."

Someone shouted.

Even the strongest core disciple, He Jingxuan, couldn't chop off Liu Yulian's head with one sword stroke, could he?

Yet this person did it—there must be something strange...

"Courting death!"

Not expecting these guys to actually refuse to pay and even want to kill him, Zhang Xuan was truly enraged.

Do I need to give you face?

In that case, die, all of you!

After all, he had the core disciple's divine communication jade talisman. If they wouldn't pay, he'd kill them one by one until they dared not enter!

Whoosh!

His body moved, and he charged into the crowd.

In an instant, sword qi howled, shaking the earth and mountains.

Elder Bai Ye, whose tongue had been cut out and wrist severed, watched as sword qi raged and the entire core Divine Communication Hall seemed about to collapse, his face gradually turning pale.

"This guy is utterly lawless—first he stirs up the inner sect, now he's stirring up the core..."

Suppressing the pain in his body, Elder Bai Ye was thinking of a way to reveal his identity when his neck hurt.

Thud!

The stray sword qi from the other's killing of core disciples sliced off his head.

"..."

Elder Bai Ye.

Opening his eyes, he found himself back in his own courtyard, with Bai Feng and another old man staring at each other, looking exasperated and as if they had aged a dozen years.

They were both true experts, with cultivation reaching the Immortal Lord realm, yet... as soon as they met, they got their heads chopped off...

They couldn't take it anymore!

"You... were also killed!"

Seeing him wake up, the old man looked over.

"Mm..."

Elder Bai Ye nodded.

"How many moves?" the old man asked urgently.

He had been killed first and didn't know what happened afterward.

Elder Bai Ye held up his fingers.

"Three moves? That's a lot..."

Thinking of how he was killed in one move, the old man was so frustrated he wanted to die. Seeing that the other had lasted three moves, he was full of disbelief: "What sword technique did you use to hold out for three moves?"

Since when was the gap between him and this man so large?

He hadn't even lasted one move!

"I didn't use any sword technique!" Elder Bai Ye said with a bitter smile.

"Didn't use?" The old man shook his head: "Impossible. The other's sword technique is so fast, those of the same level can't block it. How could you manage without using a sword technique..."

"First move, he cut off my wrist, and my sword fell to the ground!" Elder Bai Ye said. "Second move, he stabbed my mouth and shredded my tongue, preventing me from speaking!"

The old man's scalp tingled: "But those weren't killing moves..."

"Right, they weren't killing moves. Because he didn't intend to kill me, so I didn't die..." Elder Bai Ye said.

"Then you..."

The old man continued to look at him.

"He went to kill other core disciples. I wanted to reveal my identity and stop him, but was beheaded by stray sword qi..." Elder Bai Ye said.

"Stray sword qi..."

The old man was stunned.

Damn, does it have to be this ruthless...

Without intending to kill, stray sword qi killed one of the three great elders, a super expert...

Is there no justice?

Is there no law?

"Is he the genius who comprehended the divine sword intent?"

His pupils contracted, and the old man understood.