A journey through the world of martial arts

Chapter 413 The Cataclysmic Despair
Outside the Gate of Heartbreak, Liu Yiyi played the zither, waiting for Ren Qianxing and his group. The melodious music echoed through the valley. Ren Qianxing reached out to stop everyone, his eyes slightly narrowed as he looked at the Heartbreak Pavilion not far away.

"You all wait here. Do not act without my orders."

Ren Qianxing gave an order, and everyone agreed. Then, Ren Qianxing walked alone toward the pavilion. He listened to the zither music as he walked slowly. In less than half a quarter of an hour, he was less than three zhang away from the Juexin Pavilion. Looking at the two vermilion characters "Juexin" carved on the pavilion, Ren Qianxing's heart stirred. He placed his hand on his sword and stared at Liu Yiyi, who was playing the zither inside the pavilion.

“Yiyi, your skills have improved a lot, but this zither music is so melancholic, it doesn’t seem to suit someone as lively as you. It seems that Master Sixin is not very suitable to teach disciples.”

Ren Qianxing immediately began to mock Abbess Sixin, which was very grating to the ears of the disciples of Sixin Sect in the pavilion. The female disciple in the lead changed her expression slightly. She first glanced at Liu Yiyi, who was still playing the zither. Seeing that she did not make any move, she said in a deep voice, "Ren Qianxing, stop being so presumptuous. How dare you run wild in Sixin Sect?"

As soon as the words left her lips, the female disciple drew her sword, her figure flashing as she transformed into a streak of cold light, swiftly stabbing at Ren Qianxing. He, however, disregarded the incoming sword strike. Before the blade even left his hand, he swept the scabbard aside, and with a clang, the female disciple's sword struck his scabbard squarely. The female disciple instantly felt a surge of immense force, her wrist throbbing, and she cried out in alarm as she was flung away. Just as she was about to hit the ground, a white silk ribbon flew out from inside the pavilion, swirling in mid-air and enveloping the female disciple. As the music faded, the white ribbon carried the female disciple back into the pavilion.

"Sister."

After landing, the female disciple looked at Liu Yiyi with a flushed face. The latter played the last tune, pressed her hands on the strings, and said calmly, "Junior sister, please stand aside for now."

"Yes, senior sister."

Liu Yiyi glanced at Ren Qianxing, who remained calm and composed, and sighed inwardly. When she learned that Ren Qianxing had led his men to the Death Heart Sect, Liu Yiyi volunteered to go and stop them. She had thought that Ren Qianxing would spare the Death Heart Sect out of consideration for her, but from the moment he made his move, Liu Yiyi knew that there was no possibility of reconciliation between the two sides.

"Ren Qianxing, it's none of your business how my master behaves. You've brought so many people here; do you intend to destroy the Death Heart Sect?"

Liu Yiyi looked at Ren Qianxing coldly. Since things had come to this point, there was nothing more to say. In any case, Guan Yutian and Zang Feng had a blood feud, and Ren Qianxing was no good either, acting as an accomplice to evil. Any remaining pity she had had had been completely exhausted.

"Destroying the Death Heart Sect is not the goal, but severely damaging it is still possible. Yiyi, you are already the direct successor of Abbess Death Heart and the next sect leader of the Death Heart Sect. As long as you promise to make the Death Heart Sect submit to the Supreme Alliance after you take over as sect leader, I will be willing to let Master spare the Death Heart Sect. Otherwise, this sect with hundreds of years of heritage will follow in the footsteps of the Sea Shark Palace."

Ren Qianxing smiled and uttered the coldest and most ruthless words, making Liu Yiyi feel that the person in front of her was so unfamiliar, as if there was no trace of the person before except for a skin.

"The Death Heart Sect will never submit to the Supreme Alliance. There's no need to mention this matter again. What puzzles me is what you've been through in the past six months and how you've become like this."

Liu Yiyi got up and walked out of the pavilion. The two were only about ten feet apart. She looked at Ren Qianxing with indifferent eyes. Upon hearing this, the latter chuckled self-deprecatingly, then looked back at her with icy eyes and said coldly, "How can personal feelings compare to grand ambitions? Master is right. When you reach the top, all heroes will bow down. What can't you get? I was narrow-minded before. You kept me in suspense for so long. You clearly like Yan Zangfeng the most, but you still made so many demands on me. It's disgusting."

Ren Qianxing's merciless words made Liu Yiyi's face flush red, her fingers tremble slightly, her body sway, and her eyes glisten with tears, as if she had suffered a great injury. But in Ren Qianxing's eyes, it only made him more disgusted. He stroked the hilt of his sword and said coldly, "Yiyi, I'll say it one last time. As long as you submit to the Supreme Alliance, the Heartless Sect can be spared this disaster. Otherwise, wherever the Supreme Alliance's sword points, everything will be razed to the ground."

Upon hearing this, Liu Yiyi's heartbroken expression was quickly replaced by coldness. She looked at Ren Qianxing with indifferent eyes and said sternly, "How dare you speak so arrogantly! Fine, let me experience your martial arts and see what you're capable of."

As soon as Liu Yiyi finished speaking, her figure flew up and arrived in front of Ren Qianxing in the blink of an eye. With a flick of her hand, a palm strike lightly landed on Ren Qianxing's chest. Ren Qianxing did not dodge or evade, but instead unleashed a powerful Dragon Palm. The two palms collided, and the surrounding air surged, sand and stones flew away, and grass and trees were swept into the air. The scattered energy swept in all directions.

Liu Yiyi felt a surge of heat flowing from her palm up her arm. Startled, she quickly circulated her inner energy, drawing cool energy from her dantian to dissipate the heat.

"The Mighty Dragon Palm truly lives up to its reputation as the number one palm technique in the world; even the Distraction Palm taught by my master is far inferior."

Upon receiving the first palm strike, Liu Yiyi was immediately at a disadvantage. Without lingering, she used the power of the pills in her body to forcefully shake Ren Qianxing away. She then leaped backward and landed lightly in front of the seven-stringed zither. She pressed her hands on the strings and plucked them with her ten fingers, instantly producing the Seven Wonders of the Zither.

"it is good!"

After being forced back, Ren Qianxing watched Liu Yiyi unleash the Seven Absolute Melodies, his gaze deepening. He then swept his palm back, unleashing a powerful Dragon Palm at its full strength, which hurtled towards Liu Yiyi. The dragon's roar echoed, sweeping away the clouds and splitting the sky. The impact on everyone in the pavilion caused their true energy to stagnate and their blood to surge uncontrollably. Upon seeing this, Liu Yiyi's melody suddenly soared, forming a protective aura within the pavilion that blocked the dragon's roar. Ren Qianxing felt the pressure around him lessen and sneered. He couldn't even protect himself, yet he still had the mind to protect others; he was truly foolish.

With a deafening roar, the Mighty Dragon Palm struck the zither-sound shield squarely, shattering rocks and vegetation with the shockwave. Ren Qianxing stood with his hands behind his back, watching the pavilion submerged in the turbid air.

After a few breaths, Ren Qianxing's eyes narrowed slightly. The turbid air dissipated, and the pavilion was completely undamaged. He immediately put away his contempt. Liu Yiyi's Seven Wonders Zither was clearly not at the seventh level, but it could withstand the full power of the Mighty Dragon Palm. She was indeed quite capable.

"If one palm strike doesn't work, I'll strike again. You're not worthy of my use of the Sword of Separation."

Ren Qianxing focused his energy in his dantian, gathered power in his hands, and unleashed two more mighty dragon palm strikes. At this moment, the zither music became even more intense, and the protective energy shield outside the pavilion almost solidified. The force of the mighty dragon palm strikes on it as if a stone were falling on the surface of water, only creating ripples before disappearing.

"Let's see how many blows you can block!"

Just as Ren Qianxing was about to continue his attack, the zither music suddenly changed from high-pitched to low-pitched, the powerful sound transforming into a gentle melody. The music pierced through him like sharp thorns, causing Ren Qianxing's expression to turn serious. He immediately activated his protective aura, but the music was all-pervasive and still reached his ears, drilling into his body through his ears.

"Hmph." Ren Qianxing focused his mind, shutting off his senses. He rapidly circulated his internal energy, quickly dispelling the Seven Absolutes Qin music. His eyes were fixed on Liu Yiyi. He raised his longsword, poured his internal energy into it, and his gaze suddenly sharpened. He slashed with the momentum, and at the same time, his left palm struck out with a Mighty Dragon Palm. The sword light and palm force combined, and the two forces attacked the pavilion's protective barrier from the left and right. Liu Yiyi, who was inside, changed her expression slightly upon seeing this. She flicked her fingers, and a series of Qin music rang out, reinforcing the protective barrier outside the pavilion.

With two loud booms, the sword light and palm force struck the protective shield, causing ripples to surge and a fierce force to sweep across. Liu Yiyi's true energy faltered, her hand paused slightly, and a flaw appeared in the zither music. The protective shield immediately cracked. When Ren Qianxing saw the crack appear, his eyes flashed with a sharp light. He shouted and retracted his protective shield. His figure darted forward, and in one leap, he was already outside the pavilion. He swung his sword, and the already precarious shield could no longer withstand such a huge force. It shattered instantly. Under the impact of the force, Ren Qianxing simply did a somersault and landed steadily on a rock. His sword was pointed diagonally, and his cold eyebrows stared at Liu Yiyi.

Liu Yiyi swept her sleeve, and the other disciples drew their swords. With their combined strength, the energy was stopped. Liu Yiyi met Ren Qianxing's gaze, her eyes growing colder. After transmitting a few words to her junior sisters, the five female disciples nodded and flew out of the pavilion. The five longswords flashed with cold light, and a chilling killing intent enveloped Ren Qianxing.

"Overestimating his abilities, he's courting death."

Ren Qianxing watched the five people flying towards him, a cruel glint flashing in his eyes. He had no intention of showing mercy. Instantly, his longsword flashed, and a dazzling white light met the attack head-on. With a few soft cracking sounds, the longswords in the hands of the five female disciples were instantly cut in half. Before the five could react, another cold light flashed. The leading female disciple cried out in alarm and shouted for them to dodge quickly, but it was too late. Three blood flowers bloomed in the air.

"The 'Gate of Despair' is nothing special."

Ren Qianxing pointed his longsword diagonally, and drops of blood rolled down the blade. The crimson flowers, stained with blood, gained an even more poignant beauty.

The leading female disciple looked at her three fallen fellow disciples with a look of sorrow in her eyes, but she quickly composed herself, stood up, exchanged a glance with another fellow disciple who had dodged the killing blow, and the two of them rallied and attacked together again.

Ren Qianxing glanced at Liu Yiyi, who was still plucking the strings of her zither in the pavilion, and smiled disdainfully. Without even looking at the two people who were attacking him, he trembled with his longsword and moved in an instant. Just as the sword light was about to strike one of them, a white silk ribbon suddenly wrapped around Ren Qianxing's longsword. Although he was quickly freed, the two female disciples had already seized the opportunity.

The two men, one on the left and one on the right, simultaneously unleashed a snow-white cloud-like ribbon that whooshed towards Ren Qianxing. The ribbon gleamed with a cold light, clearly concealing hidden weapons. Ren Qianxing had lost the initiative and was now forced to defend himself. He wielded his longsword, unleashing a burst of white light, and sharp sword energy filled the surroundings.

"Liu Yiyi's white silk ribbon should be the Jueji Silk Ribbon, one of the two treasures of the Loss Heart Sect. Abbess Loss Heart really values ​​her. Well, it's good that we only captured her. We're not afraid that Abbess Loss Heart will not submit."

Just as Ren Qianxing was trapped, Liu Yiyi had already repaired the strings of the zither and replenished her true energy. In one fell swoop, she brought the Seven Absolutes Zither back to the fifth level of the Absolute Illusion Realm. The zither music resounded, and suddenly a sound of war and killing echoed in the valley, with a faint sense of attrition within it.

"What a wonderful seven-stringed zither!"

Ren Qianxing was forced into a disadvantageous position by the two cloud bands. Although his longsword was sharp, the cloud bands were soft and weak, and the sword blade was easily cut when it struck them. Moreover, the hidden weapons concealed in the cloud bands also made Ren Qianxing somewhat wary.

After the three fought for more than ten rounds, Ren Qianxing had already seen through their methods. He seized an opportunity and struck a cloud with the blade of his longsword. The female disciple felt a tremendous force pressing down on her, and her body swayed. As she opened an opening, a line of blood appeared on her neck.

"Junior sister!"

The leading female disciple cried out in anguish, her eyes fixed on Ren Qianxing. The latter returned her gaze with eyes as cold as lightning, causing the female disciple to stagger back several steps in shock. Before she could utter a word, a sword light flashed before her eyes for a moment. Just when she thought she was about to die, she felt no pain. Opening her eyes, she looked around and saw that Ren Qianxing was already fighting with her senior sister.

"No, we can't add her now, otherwise Senior Sister will definitely be distracted. We'd better hurry and inform Master."

The leading female disciple, watching the two locked in fierce combat, was filled with conflicting thoughts. She hurriedly got up and rushed towards the gate, but at that moment, an arrow shot from the distance. The leading female disciple let out a scream and fell directly from mid-air, dying instantly upon landing.

Liu Yiyi, who was engaged in a fierce battle with Ren Qianxing, saw her junior sister's miserable state from afar and then saw the Supreme Alliance members approaching from a distance. Her heart suddenly panicked, and her zither music became chaotic. Seeing that the opportunity was not to be missed, Ren Qianxing's long sword shot through the air with a whoosh, its target being Liu Yiyi's seven-stringed zither. Seeing the long sword rushing towards her, Liu Yiyi realized that it was too late to use her Seven Absolutes Zither. She immediately swept the seven-stringed zither aside, braced her feet against the pavilion pillars, and pushed forward with both hands. A palm wind was unleashed, causing the stone table to overturn and rush forward.

With a hiss, the longsword was embedded in the stone table. The sword energy stirred, and the stone table shattered into pieces. Liu Yiyi flicked her finger, and the longsword was knocked aside. Liu Yiyi knew that she had suffered a great defeat this time. She immediately grabbed her seven-stringed zither and ran towards the door. In a few leaps, she disappeared in front of Ren Qianxing.

"Hall Master."

"Come with me."

Ren Qianxing sheathed his longsword and led his group toward the Death Heart Sect in a grand procession. After traveling for only a short while, they arrived at a narrow valley. Ren Qianxing looked at the group of female disciples lined up in the valley, a cold glint in his eyes, and waved his hand behind him.

Upon seeing this, the disciples of the Supreme Alliance rushed forward. Then, one after another, jet-black lightning beads were thrown forward. Before the disciples of the Death Heart Sect could react, there was a loud bang, and several Death Heart Sect disciples were blown to pieces on the spot.

"Little thief!"

A furious shout clearly reached Ren Qianxing's ears. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a fierce-looking nun descending through the air, holding a Seven-Treasure Zither in her hand. Before the sound had faded, her figure floated down. Looking at the disciples who had been blown up, her anger intensified. Without saying a word, she flicked her zither, and a Seven-Treasure Zither melody shot out towards Ren Qianxing. Upon seeing this, Ren Qianxing was not surprised but delighted.

"One sword separates the worlds!"

(End of this chapter)