knife

Chapter 766 Killing
The Five Tigers Severing the Gate Blade is a very strange sect.

They claim to teach without discrimination; as long as you have the talent to practice martial arts, they are willing to take you under their wing and teach you carefully.

They claimed not to interfere in politics, yet they strongly encouraged their disciples to join the army, enter the imperial court, or join all sorts of organizations.

They never showed favoritism in the battles between disciples from different factions; each person was responsible for their own victory or defeat, and life and death were left to fate.

Therefore, you can see that there are outstanding disciples of the Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Blade in the Demonic Sect, such as Zhou Zhi and Zhou Xingxing. You can also see a large number of Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Blade disciples in the Chu Kingdom's Heavenly Net, which is dedicated to hunting down the Demonic Sect.

Some, like Kang Zhen and Li Xiu, joined Jiang Qian's camp; others resolutely supported Xiang Zhuang, vowing to avenge Xiang Ying; still others joined Na Wei, hoping to gain a foothold in the new forces.

Therefore, this sect may seem unimportant, but upon closer examination, they appear extremely terrifying.
Because they are everywhere.

If there were some invisible thread connecting all these people, then they would be an extremely powerful force.

In the past, those in power paid little attention to this force because countless disciples of the Five Tigers Breaking Gate Saber were in different camps, constantly depleting their strength in their mutual battles.
But what if the world were unified?

What should become of the numerous disciples of the Five Tigers Broken Sect scattered throughout the world?

A knight-errant uses martial arts to break the law.
Those small, insignificant sects might not care, but a sect like the Five Tigers Severing the Gate Blade would inevitably arouse the suspicion of the imperial court.

At present, the unification of the world seems to be an irreversible trend.
Although Hu Tianying believed that the one who would unify the world would be Li Dachui, who had a great connection with the Five Tigers' Broken Gate Saber...

But if Li Dachui becomes the new master of this land and becomes an emperor for all time, then his thoughts on the Five Tigers Severing the Gate Blade will probably not be so simple.

Even if he cherishes old friendships, would his subordinates tolerate the existence of such an influential martial arts sect?

Therefore, Hu Tianying needed to plan ahead and submit a pledge of loyalty to ensure the safety of the Five Tigers' Broken Gate Knife for the next few years.

And so, this stab came about.

Hu Tianying was just half a step away from the Innate Realm, but this final strike had reached the power of the Innate Realm. Of course, the price was his life.

Hu Tian used his remaining life to ask Li Dachui for a favor on behalf of all the members of the Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Blade.

This is the contribution he, as the leader of the Five Tigers Severing the Gate Blade Sect, needs to make for the sect.
Of course, human relationships can also be worn down.
Once Hu Tianying's favors have been exhausted, the question of what to do with the Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Blade is something the new sect leader will need to consider.

He has done everything he was supposed to do.

The sword suddenly appeared!
The shaman's retreating figure landed abruptly, his body trembling uncontrollably. The upper half of the snake staff he was leaning on was gone, his hair, which had been tied in a bun, was now disheveled, and his long, mottled hair was draped over his shoulders and danced wildly in the wind. His body suddenly appeared much more hunched over.

In front of her stood Hu Tianying, leaning on his sword, a smug smile on his face.

"Shaman, how did that cut taste?" he asked sarcastically.

When the Divine Witch first arrived in Danyang, she visited the Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Sword Sect. Of course, she didn't go to curry favor or pledge allegiance to Hu Tianying, the local tyrant; she went to threaten and challenge them. Without any innate masters, the Five Tigers Breaking the Gate Sword Sect had no choice but to submit and express their unwavering support for Na Wei.

Now that the situation has reversed, Hu Tianying, who was finally able to vent his anger, felt extremely happy and laughed heartily. However, as he laughed, blood began to gush out from his eyes, ears, nose and mouth, making him look extremely horrific.

However, Hu Tianying seemed completely unaware of this.

The shaman stared at him in disbelief. Hu Tianying would actually trade his life for her life; she simply couldn't understand it.

It may seem that the sorceress only lost her staff and had her hair cut off, but in reality, her internal injuries were far from minor.

In order to get rid of Hong Zhan and Jiang Chong, she absorbed the life cultivation of her disciples and launched a domineering attack. This attack successfully repelled the two innate masters, but the damage it caused to her was many times that of her opponents. At the moment when the old power was gone and the new power had not yet been generated, Hu Tianying's knife came.

The shaman hadn't expected there would be a third one.

If she had known from the beginning that three innate masters were coming to deal with her, she wouldn't have tried to run away. Instead, she would have fought head-on, trying to drag one of them down with her. If she couldn't escape, she might have been able to take one of them down with her. Even if she couldn't do that, it was entirely possible to knock one of them down in cultivation level.

However, the cunning enemy gave them a chance to escape, and then secretly laid a deadly trap.

In that instant, the shaman was utterly despondent.

Looking at Jiang Chong and Hong Zhan standing on either side of her, she knew there was absolutely no chance left.

When it comes to playing mind games, people from these backgrounds are on a completely different level compared to these people.

"Divine Shaman, surrender!" Jiang Chong said, "As long as you surrender, we will only seal your cultivation and will not harm your life!"

The shaman sighed: "At this point, you still want to squeeze the last bit of value out of me? Do you think that as long as I'm alive, you can use me to swindle and deceive people in the southwest, and completely wipe out my shamanic religion?"

“You flatter me, you shaman!” Hong Zhan said. “We are here to develop the Southwest and improve the lives of the people there. You have been in Danyang for quite some time now. You should have seen how the people of Danyang live, and how the people in your area live. I think you can make a comparison between the two, shaman.”

“Snakes have their way, rats have their way, and different people have different ways of living. If the people in our area lived like you, would we still be us?” The shaman said, “Don’t dream. Even if all of us die, we will still leave behind enough excellent seeds in the Southwest. They will grow strong on their own until a natural process occurs, and they will bloom into magnificent flowers again!”

"Then there's nothing to talk about!" Hong Zhan sneered. "Shaman, I'll send you on your way. As for those seeds you mentioned, I can tell you with certainty that they have no chance of growing and developing!"

Leaping up, fingers spread wide, Hong Zhan pounced down.

Jiang Chong's longsword flashed, yet he struck first despite being behind, piercing straight through the heart with a single blow.

Hu Tianying slowly sat down on the ground, and the long knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.

As Zhou Zheng walked through the collapsed palace walls carrying a blood-stained broken sword, he saw Jiang Chong's longsword pierce the shaman's heart, and Hong Zhan's eagle claw deeply embedded in the shaman's forehead.

(End of this chapter)