Chapter Forty-Four: Destroying the Corpse and Erasing All Traces

  Mental Sorcery!

  The black-clad man surprisingly unleashed a spiritual secret technique!

  In an instant, the black-clad man's attack had arrived.

  "Suppress evil spirits!"

  A low shout burst forth from Qin Tianyi's mouth.

  At that moment, the black-clad man invaded Qin Tianyi's spiritual world and was suddenly repelled by a surge of spiritual energy. His already pale face turned even more terrified.

  "How is it possible..."

  "Hum!"

  Mind blown!

  The man in black was mentally scattered, and was actually struck by Qin Tianyi's spiritual secret technique, causing his spirit to rebound. He collapsed on the spot, fainting and falling directly beside Qin Tianyi due to inertia.

  The spiritual intensity of the black-clothed man was roughly equivalent to that of a 9th-tier spiritual practitioner in their early stages. Compared to Qin Tianyi's current 9th-tier peak spiritual intensity, it was slightly inferior. Forcing his way into his spiritual world with a powerful spiritual secret technique would inevitably trigger a spiritual backlash.

  "Whoosh!"

  The moment the man in black fainted, three other men behind him rushed over.

  It's not hard to see from how these three people darted back and forth in the forest that each of them... was a high-level swordsman.

  "Hmm? Who is it? State your name!"

  Among the three, a thin and small man's expression turned cold, with a murderous intent revealed in his eyes.

  Fortunately, the first one seemed to have some insight. His eyes scanned Qin Tianyi for a moment, then glanced at the black-clad man lying beside him, and his expression changed slightly: "At such a young age, he has already cultivated to the 9th level of swordsmanship. I wonder which sect's high-ranking disciple he is?"

  "Is this important."

  Qin Tianji nodded.

  These people are obviously not ordinary disciples of a third-rate sect. Yunlai Sword Sect is currently in a precarious situation and should not get involved in any whirlpool.

  "I don't want to say that we won't force you, but at the Tianhua Building Ye Jintai, this black-clothed man beside you shouldn't have any relation with you? This person is a ruthless and evil individual who killed our Tianhua Building elder. Our Tianhua Building will definitely capture him no matter what and bring him to the sect for trial. Please do us a favor."

  Qin Tianji glanced at the three of them.

  Two eighth-level swordsmen, one ninth-level swordsman.

  Having such a junior in the sect, its power will absolutely not be weak...

  However, this man in black was actually a master of spiritual magic!

  At this thought, Qin Tianyi's face slightly chilled, just as he was about to speak, the ninth-level swordsman Ye Jintai, who had been exchanging pleasantries with him earlier, suddenly burst out, his sword flashing with lightning speed, striking at the exact moment when Qin Tianyi was lost in thought.

  If an ordinary 9th-level swordsman were to be suddenly ambushed by another 9th-level swordsman, even if he wasn't killed, he would definitely fall into a disadvantageous position afterwards.

  However, Qin Tianyi's spiritual sense was extremely keen, and at the moment Ye Jintai made his move, he had already detected it.

  He didn't have the slightest reaction until Ye Jintai's sharp sword pierced his body, and then he was like a man who had just woken up from a dream, with a look of horror.

  "Die!"

  Seeing Qin Tianyi's shocked face, a sinister smile suddenly appeared on Ye Jintai's face, and the true energy on the sword blade surged violently.

  However, at this moment, the look of horror on Qin Tianyi's face disappeared. As Ye Jintai burst out with his true energy, his body suddenly shook, and he formed a sword with his fingers, tightly adhering to the sword edge that Ye Jintai had stabbed towards him, and pierced it into his chest. The true energy exploded, and in an instant, his heart was shattered into powder.

  A ninth-level swordsman and two eighth-level swordsmen; with Qin Tianyi's current cultivation as a newly promoted ninth-level swordsman, it was fundamentally impossible to confront them head-on.

  Therefore, facing Ye Jintai's sudden attack with the strength of a 9th-level sword master, he chose to turn the tables.

  "Boom!"

  Heart shattered, Ye Jintai was directly shaken and flew out, the sword pierced through Qin Tianyi's shoulder, but this kind of flesh wound didn't matter.

  "Brother Ye!"

  "You dare to ruin our Tianhua Building's good deed, you little beast, you're asking for death!"

  The remaining two eighth-level swordsmen saw this sudden change, their faces changed greatly, and they were furious, attacking Qin Tianyi with all their might!

  "Wanhua Jiu Jue! Tian Fa Jian Yu! Sha!"

  Translation: "Ten Transformations Nine Techniques! Heavenly Punishment Sword Rain! Kill!"

  Two eighth-level swordsmen clashed, unleashing a sharp and mysterious sword technique. In an instant, they wove a dazzlingly dense sword rain in front of Qin Tianji. Suddenly facing this sword rain's killing intent, even a ninth-level swordsman might be severely injured or killed in one move.

  "This is absolutely the most superior swordsmanship! Tian Hua Lou?!"

  Qin Tianyi's face was slightly cold, his spirit was excited, the sword rain in front of him suddenly became clear, and every trajectory of the sword rain was calculated by him in an instant.

  "Give me a break!"

  At the moment when the trajectory of the sword rain was calculated, Qin Tianyi suddenly took action, one person and one sword, killing directly into the sword rain woven by the two eighth-level swordsmen, Shanhe Sword was as fast as lightning, quickly breaking through the sword technique of one of the eighth-level swordsmen.

  "Not good!"

  Seeing Qin Tianyi suddenly break through his own swordsmanship, the face of this eighth-level swordsman changed abruptly, and he was about to withdraw.

  Ke Qin Tianyi seemed to have anticipated his retreat direction, launching a counterattack before he could react, the sword in his hand once again forcing him into a desperate situation, rendering all his moves useless.

  "Kill!"

  "Hiss!"

  Blood splattered everywhere.

  This sword directly pierced through the throat of this eighth-level swordsman!

  As he pierced the throat of this eighth-grade swordsman, another eighth-grade swordsman's sword rain also suddenly fell on Qin Tianyi.

  However, relying on the thick true energy in his body to trigger the true energy shield, this wave of sword rain only left three sword marks on him, and he took advantage of the opportunity to withdraw from the sword rain.

  "Junior Brother!"

  One of the eighth-grade swordsmen left behind roared in anger: "You little beast, I'll remember you! Our Tianhua Building won't let you off!"

  In a fit of rage, he made a sudden decision and turned around, dashing towards the woods behind him.

  Every single disciple of the Tianhua Building has cultivated a superior sword technique, but the opponent in front of them, in terms of grasping the battle situation and the subtlety of their sword techniques and movements, is clearly not inferior to those of the Tianhua Building. Furthermore, with the pressure of being a 9th-level swordsman, if they continue to fight, he will likely end up like his other two fellow disciples, dead on the spot.

  "Want to go!?"

  Seeing this eighth-level swordsman turn around and escape without hesitation, a flash of murderous intent appeared in Qin Tianyi's eyes.

  If this man is allowed to escape, it will be another hidden danger for Yunlai Jianzong.

  As he reached this point, the true energy in his body circulated and surged, directly charging through all the apertures of his body. His entire person leapt into flight, like an arrow leaving its bowstring, chasing after that eighth-grade swordsman to kill him.

  "Hmm!?"

  The eighth-level swordsman glanced at Qin Tianyi who was chasing after him and his expression changed slightly.

  "Think you can catch up with me? Monkey King's Hundred Transformations!"

  A nimble footwork unfolded from under his feet, and in an instant, the complex terrain, vines, and ancient trees that blocked his way in the forest were easily dodged, with a speed that was not much slower than running on flat ground.

  He was fast in the forest, but Qin Tianyi was even faster.

  As he closed the distance to less than six meters with this eighth-level swordsman, he suddenly surged his true energy and burst out of his body, his sword stabbing repeatedly in mid-air.

  "Twenty-Three Sword Style of Wind and Clouds!"

  The master-level inner dan in his body seemed to be burning with flames, emitting a large amount of life energy, and the true energy throughout his body poured down, transforming into five sword energies that completely enveloped the figure of this eighth-level swordsman.

  "Five Paths of Sword Energy!?"

  The eighth-level swordsman's heart was shocked in his escape!

  Even a swordsman at the ninth level of the peak, can shoot and kill three sword energies in one breath, it is considered to be deeply cultivated. However, the young man behind him, who looks like he's only nineteen or twenty years old, can actually shoot out five sword energies in one breath?

  Five sword auras struck and killed, sealing off the five directions. Even if this eighth-level swordsman's figure was agile, he could only barely dodge four of them, and was pierced by the fifth sword aura from his shoulder, instantly losing balance, his movement slightly disordered.

  "Oh no!"

  Feeling the aura closing in behind him, this eighth-level swordsman hastily shouted: "Stop! Don't kill me! If you spare my life, I can tell you a great secret about him..."

  "Whoosh!"

  The eighth-level swordsman's words had not yet finished, the Mountain River Sword's blade had already killed and passed through, bringing his head with it, flying out a distance of five or six meters before smashing to the ground.

  "Boom!"

  Having lost his head, the eighth-level swordsman's body followed its inertia and ran forward for a few steps before losing all strength and falling to the ground.

  "Ah!"

  Seeing the death of this eighth-level swordsman, Qin Tianyi let out a long sigh.

  Fighting against the 9th rank swordsman Ye Jintai and his two 8th rank junior fellow apprentices, Qin Tianyi was indeed exerting himself to the utmost. Whether it was Ye Jintai's sudden sneak attack or the sword rain woven together by these two 8th rank swordsmen, he couldn't afford to be even slightly careless, otherwise the outcome of victory and defeat would be completely reversed.

  "Four sword wounds... Fortunately, they are all just flesh wounds, and none of them are serious."

  Feeling the faint pain coming from his back and shoulders, Qin Tianyi spoke up.

  A moment later, his gaze fell on this eighth-level swordsman again, and he began to search him. However, apart from a few silver notes, there was nothing good about him.

  Fortunately, Ye Jintai, a ninth-level swordsman, still had a sword manual and the Linghuan Baibian Shenfa that the eighth-level swordsman Shi Zhan had demonstrated.

  Jian Jue is a superior sword technique, its power is even greater than the optimized Feng Yun Er Shi San Jian by more than half.

  However, Qin Tianyi was confident that as his cultivation advanced to the Great Swordsman realm, and after re-optimizing the Wind Cloud Twenty-three Sword once again, the power of the Wind Cloud Twenty-three Sword would definitely rise to another small level.

  Although the sword technique was not useful, the body method was excellent. Qin Tianji watched for a moment, then had Number Two record down the Ling Hou Bai Bian Shen Fa (Spirit Monkey Hundred Transformations Body Method), and then put the sword techniques, body methods, and silver tickets back on Ye Jintai's body.

  "Hiss!"

  In an instant, he vanished into the woods.

  In less than ten minutes, he had returned to this forest, shouldered the black-clad man and quickly headed out of the Daybreak Mountains.

  Less than a minute after he left, the three were torn apart by the eight-level ferocious beast Dark Blooded Giant Wolves brought by Qin Tianyi, who cautiously appeared in this area. After confirming that there was no danger in this area, the wolves quickly rushed to the front of the three swordsmen of the Tianhua Building and soon dismembered them.

  With these eight fierce beasts helping him destroy the evidence, it is believed that even if the people of Tianhua Building have great abilities, they will not be able to link this matter to Yunlai Sword Sect.