A journey through the world of martial arts

Chapter 375 The Battle Finally Ends
Ren Qianxing and Black Shark exchanged blows for a while longer. He noticed that his opponent was also incredibly resilient and couldn't help but admire him. He had already used eighty percent of his strength, yet he still couldn't defeat this person. It seemed that Black Shark was hiding his cultivation level. Thinking about the traditions of the Sea Shark Palace, Ren Qianxing understood something.

"Although Helian Ba ​​is the leader of a sect, he is cold-hearted, petty, selfish, and will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. He was one of the reasons why he stood by and did nothing when Bai Ting of the Divine Fire Sect died."

Ren Qianxing couldn't help but think of what his master, Guan Yutian, had told him about Helian Ba. Helian Ba ​​was just an ordinary disciple of the Sea Shark Palace back then. Later, because he flattered the emperor and won his favor, and because he had some martial arts talent, he was taken in by the palace master at the time. However, half a year after he became the palace master, all those who opposed him either died, disappeared, or went mad while practicing martial arts.

"Black Shark is worried about arousing Helian Ba's suspicion. It's a pity. If we were in the Supreme Alliance, Master would definitely increase his training."

Just as Ren Qianxing was pondering, Black Shark flicked his blood sword, its blade curving like a scepter, aiming straight for Ren Qianxing's neck. Upon seeing this, the latter blocked with his longsword, deflecting the blood sword with a clang, and then slashed forward. The snow-white sword light solidified like frost, chilling to the bone. Black Shark was slightly startled and hurriedly swung his sword around himself, spreading a crimson light to wash away the chill. However, just as he broke through Ren Qianxing's "Ice and Snow," a powerful dragon palm suddenly flew out from the sword move. Black Shark had not expected Ren Qianxing to have a hidden move in his sword, and was caught off guard. He hurriedly turned to dodge, but was still torn in the clothes by the palm force, leaving a very conspicuous, hideous wound.

Drip, drip, blood flowed continuously from his left arm. Black Shark stared coldly at Ren Qianxing, who was charging towards him with his sword. He pressed his acupoints to temporarily seal the wound, then let out a deep shout. The blood sword in his hand gleamed slightly, its light condensing into a long dragon, its claws flying, its sharpness overflowing. It met Ren Qianxing head-on. The two sword lights collided, sword tips touching sword tips. White and red, the two colors constantly clashed, and bursts of energy spread in all directions. The onlookers were forced to retreat again and again, the air surged, and dust rose. Only two blurry figures could be seen.

With a clang, Black Shark was ultimately outmatched. The Blood Sword gradually bent, and its crimson light dimmed abruptly. Black Shark's face turned ashen. Sensing the powerful true energy emanating from the other side, a fierce glint flashed in Black Shark's eyes. He gritted his teeth and poured most of his true energy into the Blood Sword. With this help, the Blood Sword gradually turned the tide. However, in Ren Qianxing's eyes, this was undoubtedly a desperate struggle.

With another palm strike, Ren Qianxing let out a soft shout, and his longsword hummed as he thrust it forward with force, turning the blood sword opposite him into a bridge shape. The blood sword wailed, and Black Shark's expression changed drastically. He quickly retreated, and the blood sword returned to its original state. However, this retreat led Black Shark step by step toward his death.

"court death!"

In a battle between masters, even the slightest movement can escalate the conflict. Black Shark's willingness to retreat to protect the Blood Sword was seen by Ren Qianxing as a death wish. Giving Black Shark no chance to react, Ren Qianxing's longsword slashed down from the sky. Black Shark hurriedly dodged to the side, but Ren Qianxing indifferently slashed the sword horizontally towards Black Shark. Black Shark's expression changed slightly upon seeing this, and he leaped into the air, trying to dodge the sword attack. He thought he could avoid the attack with his lightness skill, but when he saw the fleeting smile on Ren Qianxing's face, Black Shark was startled. Without time to think, Black Shark hurriedly activated his protective aura, and as he flipped over, several hidden weapons attacked Ren Qianxing.

"To die from this three-hit combo would not be a disgrace to your reputation."

Ren Qianxing rarely used these three consecutive killing moves. The last time he used them was when he was dealing with the leader of the Chongshan Sword Sect. The leader of the Chongshan Sword Sect had similar martial arts skills to Black Shark. After using up all three moves, he died on the spot.

With a few clanging sounds, the scabbard deflected the hidden weapon, but the black shark was suddenly struck squarely by an upward-sweeping sword light. A stream of blood gushed out instantly, and the black shark screamed in agony, its body tumbling over as it staggered to the ground, staring at Ren Qianxing with horrified eyes.

"What amazing swordsmanship! Ren Qianxing's martial arts are getting better and better. If this continues, where will Sima Tian find a place to stay in the Supreme Alliance?"

Sima Tian, ​​watching from a distance, saw Ren Qianxing unleash three consecutive killing moves, and his pupils contracted slightly. If he hadn't known, he would have ended up like Black Shark. Now, he was extremely grateful that Black Shark had forced Ren Qianxing to use his ultimate technique, so that he could be prepared.

"No, Black Shark can't die yet. It would be best if they both suffered heavy losses."

A fierce glint flashed in Sima Tian's eyes. Just as Ren Qianxing was about to finish off Black Shark with his sword, a volley of hidden weapons suddenly flew from afar. Ren Qianxing immediately spun his longsword, weaving a circle of sword nets, and deflected all the incoming hidden weapons.

"who!"

Before Ren Qianxing could speak, several Supreme Alliance disciples who had been watching immediately rushed towards the direction from which the hidden weapon had come. Sima Tian snorted coldly upon seeing this, flicked his right hand forward, and a volley of flying needles rained down. Before the Supreme Alliance disciples could even get close, they were struck in the forehead by the needles and died instantly. Ren Qianxing snorted coldly upon seeing this. Dealing with Black Shark was the priority now. He raised his sword and continued forward, only to see a masked figure descend from the sky, blocking Ren Qianxing's path. The latter paused, looked at the figure, took a deep breath, and then said with a solemn expression, "Who are you?"

"Qianxing, the head of the White Tiger Hall, and Black Shark, one of the four sharks of the Sea Shark Palace, I am truly fortunate today. Your heads are worth thousands of taels of silver."

Sima Tian's hoarse voice reached the ears of everyone present. Before Ren Qianxing and Black Shark could react, the disciples on both sides glared angrily. If it weren't for the leaders of both sides stopping them, they would have been attacked with swords in an instant.

"court death!"

Ren Qianxing had already seen through Sima Tian's disguise. Since the other party had come up with a reason, he could save himself some trouble. He swept his long sword, and a sword light rushed towards Sima Tian. Upon seeing this, the latter did not take the attack head-on, but instead dodged to the side. As his figure swayed, he gripped his right hand and grabbed at the heavily injured Black Shark.

"stop!"

Seeing that the newcomer intended to capture Black Shark, the members of the Sea Shark Palace immediately drew their weapons and slashed at Sima Tian. Sima Tian, ​​seeing the charging enemy, swept his palm, unleashing a powerful wind and thunderous attack. The gale swept through, and the lightning bolts thundered, directly clearing the enemy away. In the blink of an eye, he was within a foot of Black Shark, reaching out to grab him. Unexpectedly, a sword light shot from the side. Sima Tian's lips curled slightly. He quickly withdrew his right hand, which was about to grab Black Shark, and lowered his body. The sword light missed its mark. Sima Tian gathered power in both hands and struck Ren Qianxing, who was rushing over, with a powerful palm strike. The latter had no time to react and could only hold his longsword across his chest. With a bang, his palms struck the longsword. Ren Qianxing was hit by the long wind and thunder palm strike, causing his blood and qi to surge. His true qi surged, and he immediately staggered back several steps. After stabilizing his body, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"The White Tiger Hall Master is nothing special."

Sima Tian was in an exceptionally good mood. He had suffered many losses at Ren Qianxing's hands before, but this was the first time he had directly thwarted Ren's arrogance.

Before Sima Tian could rejoice for long, Ren Qianxing, who had been blasted away, sneered, held his longsword upright, and formed a sword incantation with his hands. A terrifying sword aura slowly condensed. Upon seeing this, Sima Tian immediately showed an incredulous expression and blurted out, "Thunderbolt Sword Technique!"

Sima Tian's face was terribly gloomy, and his hatred for Guan Yutian deepened. The Thunderclap Sword Technique was the Supreme Alliance's highest sword technique, which could only be practiced by those who had made great contributions. However, as far as he knew, Ren Qianxing's contributions, while numerous, were not enough to enable him to practice this technique. Clearly, Guan Yutian had secretly taught him. When Ren Qianxing unleashed the Thunderclap Sword Technique, not only was Sima Tian somewhat flustered, but even Black Shark, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, was stunned. He considered his swordsmanship to be above average, ranking among the top three outside of Sword Forging City. But now, seeing the sword technique Ren Qianxing was using, its sophistication far surpassed his own.

"It's not suitable to stay here for long."

Black Shark glanced at Ren Qianxing and the masked man again, forcibly suppressing his internal injuries, and was about to use his lightness skill to leave. However, as soon as he took a step, a sharp force immediately enveloped him. Black Shark turned around and saw Ren Qianxing looking at him coldly, his long sword crackling with lightning. He was willing to bet that if he made any rash moves, he would be met with a devastating blow.

Thinking of this, Black Shark dared not make any more rash moves and stopped. The disciples of the Sea Shark Palace around him tightly surrounded Black Shark, so that in case of emergency, they could buy Black Shark time to escape.

"drink!"

Ren Qianxing shouted, a long white light flashed in his hand, and his figure moved instantly. He swung his sword through the air with lightning speed, attacking Sima Tian. The latter was also very vigilant when he saw the sword light coming. Not wanting to reveal his identity, Sima Tian circulated his true energy throughout his body. Under his robes, his skin turned completely golden, and a layer of glass-like energy shield slowly appeared on his body. This skill was the Golden Body Indestructible Body compiled by Guan Yutian. However, in the library, only the first ten levels were available. The last two levels were personally deleted by him.

Sima Tian's indestructible golden body was only cultivated to the sixth level. Although it was invincible against ordinary experts, the Thunderclap Sword Technique was renowned, and it was still unknown whether his protective aura could withstand it.

The sword light gathered the wind and clouds, and thunder roared through the sky. Ren Qianxing had used all his strength in this sword strike, all for the purpose of killing Sima Tian. Since he wanted to pretend to be a masked man, then let him die as a masked man. Whatever was found out in the future, he could only blame himself for his own mistakes.

The sword light moved with incredible speed, striking Sima Tian's protective aura in the blink of an eye. A sharp hiss, like a blade slicing through cotton, was heard as the sword light pierced the aura, the hilt remaining outside, the tip pressed against Sima Tian's chest. A drop of blood slid down. Sima Tian looked down at the sword wound on his chest, then looked up at the slowly dissipating sword light, his face expressionless. The protective aura contracted, instantly shattering the sword light. But just as the sword light dissipated, Ren Qianxing moved with lightning speed, thrusting his sword straight at Sima Tian's throat and striking Sima Tian's right chest with a palm strike. Ren Qianxing used both sword and palm techniques with overwhelming power, even Black Shark was shocked. It turned out that Ren Qianxing had been hiding his strength during their fight.

"What a domineering sword move."

Sima Tian knew he had already lost. If he continued to linger, he might die here. Thinking of this, he looked at Ren Qianxing, who had a murderous look on his face, and finally retreated. He reached into his pocket and took out a few miasma bombs, activated them with his true energy, and threw them forward. With a soft bang, the smoke and mist instantly obscured his figure. As the sword light came, he moved swiftly and was gone in an instant.

"go!"

As the smoke rose, Black Shark seized the opportunity, called out to his trusted confidants, and quickly ran off in one direction. However, before they had gone far, a series of hidden weapons suddenly flew from the front. Caught off guard, only three people from the Sea Shark Palace survived, except for Black Shark.

"Black Shark, today Jiuyi City will be your burial ground."

Ren Qianxing, holding his longsword upside down, gracefully arrived. He removed his goggles, and before he could finish speaking, the members of the Supreme Alliance immediately swarmed him. No matter how powerful the three from the Sea Shark Palace were, they were quickly overwhelmed by the combined attack. In less than half a moment, all three perished. Ren Qianxing waved for them to disperse and walked step by step toward Black Shark, sword in hand. The latter stood up expressionlessly, his blood sword held horizontally in front of his chest. With a loud shout, the blood sword flashed crimson and thrust straight at Ren Qianxing. Ren Qianxing moved lightly, shifting his position. With a swift movement, his sword rose and fell. As the longsword returned to its sheath, a clear bloodstain appeared on Black Shark's neck. The blood congealed before it could flow. Black Shark's eyes were wide open, his death unfulfilled. He could no longer hold onto his blood sword, and his body fell to the ground.

"Once this is done, we'll return to the Supreme Alliance in an hour."

Ren Qianxing flicked the blood sword from its scabbard and took it in his hand. The blood sword was of good quality. Although he couldn't use it himself, he could use it to fill the treasure vault.

"Yes."

Upon hearing this, the disciples of the Supreme Alliance immediately used daggers to cut off the heads of the people from the Sea Shark Palace. After cleaning them with lime, they were placed in wooden boxes and then cleaned with corpse-dissolving liquid. As the smoke dissipated, Ren Qianxing and twenty-six others had already left.

Just as Ren Qianxing killed Black Shark, the battle outside Jiuyi City was also nearing its end. Although the Sea Shark Palace had caught the Supreme Alliance off guard by taking advantage of the fog, the gap between the two sides was still too large. After the Supreme Alliance members adapted, they immediately launched a counterattack. In less than half an hour, all of the hundreds of people in the Sea Shark Palace were annihilated.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

Just as Sima Tian's confidants were leading the Supreme Alliance into the city, they suddenly saw Sima Tian rushing towards them. After a brief check, they found that the hall master's aura was unstable, and he was obviously injured.

"It seems the Sea Shark Palace has been completely annihilated. Well done." Sima Tian knew their side had won at a glance. He then surveyed their surroundings and whispered, "This isn't the place to talk. We'll camp in Jiuyi City tonight."

"Yes, I obey."

The confidant was taken aback upon hearing this, but immediately responded and relayed the order. After everyone entered Jiuyi City and settled everything, the confidant entered the tent that had been set up. Seeing Sima Tian meditating and circulating his qi, the confidant immediately stood guard to the side. After a moment, Sima Tian opened his eyes, slowly exhaled a breath of turbid air, looked at the confidant, and said in a deep voice, "Ren Qianxing is actually in Jiuyi City. The Alliance Leader doesn't trust me."

(End of this chapter)