Ten Thousand Sword Masters

The boy led Zhang Jianyun away from the village and headed deeper into the mountains.

Before long, they arrived at the entrance of a cave.

"The evil spirit is in the cave. You go in, I won't," someone said, pointing to the cave ahead.

"Alright, I'll go in alone. I'll destroy the evil shrine and then I'll give you the cultivation technique." Zhang Jianyun said, walking towards the cave.

Upon entering the cave, one sees rock paintings carved on the mountain walls. These paintings depict scenes of children playing, women weaving, and men hunting, portraying idyllic lives.

Deeper into the cave, some animal heads hung on the mountain walls, with a torch stuck next to each head.

These beast heads are extremely ferocious, as if they contain a world-destroying power.

After walking for a while, we came to a deep cave with steps winding along the cave wall, which we could walk down.

As Zhang Jianyun descended the stairs and pushed open a door, he heard a chanting sound.

"Supreme God, Your glory shines upon me!"

"O supreme god high above the clouds, please cast your compassionate gaze and soothe my heart."

"My God, my Lord, you are the sole purpose of my existence."

There was another door ahead, and the sound was coming from behind that door.

Arriving at the door, Zhang Jianyun listened intently to the sounds inside, and after a moment's thought, decided to push the door open.

squeak~

The door was pushed open, the chanting stopped instantly, and a group of people dressed in white robes who were prostrate on the ground turned around and stared at Zhang Jianyun.

In front of these people was a three-tiered altar, upon which sat a sinister statue.

"Who are you?"

An old man stood up and questioned loudly.

"I am a Nine-Star Guardian, ordered to destroy the evil shrine," Zhang Jianyun said.

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone who was prostrate on the ground stood up.

"You dare to come here all by yourself?" the old man said, reaching out his claws to attack Zhang Jianyun.

Swish!

He drew his sword and slashed at the old man.

The old man leaned back and dodged Zhang Jianyun's slash, then delivered a spring kick.

Snapped!

Zhang Jianyun stretched out his left hand and grabbed the old man's toes. Then, he swung his knife with his right hand and instantly cut off the old man's kicking leg.

"what!"

The old man landed and roared in pain. Zhang Jianyun then struck again, severing the old man's head.

"Kill them!"

Upon seeing the old man killed, the remaining men in white robes roared and charged towards Zhang Jianyun.

Puff puff!

Chi Chi Chi!

Zhang Jianyun swung his sword repeatedly, and in a short time, he had killed everyone present.

He stood there with his knife in hand, looking at the corpses scattered on the ground. After calming himself down, he walked towards the altar.

At this moment, the evil god statue on the altar began to emit an eerie red light.

The red light grew stronger and stronger, eventually shooting out a beam of red light from the evil god statue and heading towards Zhang Jianyun.

As the red light shot out, Zhang Jianyun quickly dodged it.

boom!

The red light struck the mountain wall, creating a crater.

shhhhhh!

The evil god statue continuously shot out red light to bombard Zhang Jianyun, but all of it was neutralized.

Boom boom boom!

After losing their target, the red lights struck the cave walls, creating countless holes.

call out!

Zhang Jianyun channeled his crystal energy, unleashing a beam of light that blasted towards the statue. A red circle erupted around the statue, deflecting the attack.

shhhhhh!

After unleashing a series of crystal energy attacks on the statue, the red circle around it began to sway precariously.

Boom boom boom!

After another fierce attack, the red circle around the statue was finally shattered.

boom!

A beam of light struck the statue, and it cracked instantly.

Just then, a ferocious face appeared above the altar where the statues were placed. The face gave Zhang Jianyun a hostile look and then disappeared.

"You have received hostility from an unknown deity."

This was the first time Zhang Jianyun had received 1000 hostility points in a single transaction, but he felt no joy at all. He stared blankly at the sky above the altar.

Offending a god is not a good thing.

After leaving the cave, Zhang Jianyun took out the Crimson Flame Saber manual and handed it to the boy before returning to his quarters.

He met with Yang Changping and told him that after the statue was destroyed, a hideous face appeared.

"Jianyun, you need to be careful in the future. You might be targeted by that evil god for revenge," Yang Changping said solemnly.

"Master, how can these gods descend into the real world?" Zhang Jianyun asked curiously.

Yang Changping shook his head: "I don't know much about gods. But even if they descended into the real world, it would be difficult for them to exert great power."

After getting off work, as soon as Zhang Jianyun returned to the White Tiger Gang's base, he received a series of system notifications and gained 1200 hostility points.

It seems the White Tiger Gang's operation has yielded some results, making the Green Fang Gang and Flying Dragon Gang hate them once again.

Just as Zhang Jianyun was secretly pleased, the system sent two consecutive notifications, indicating that he had gained 2400 hostility points. It seemed that the White Tiger Gang's offensive was quite fierce.

At the headquarters of the Green Fang Gang, Xiao Fan decided to host a banquet for Qin Long, the leader of the Flying Dragon Gang, after some deliberation.

Before long, Qin Long arrived in a flurry of activity.

"Brother Qin, instead of waiting to be killed, why don't our two groups take the initiative?" Xiao Fan said bluntly.

"How can we attack? Zhang Jianyun is a master of the History Sea Realm. Didn't you see that our two friends at the History Sea Realm are unwilling to fight him for our sake?" Qin Long said helplessly.

"Even a lion expends energy hunting a rabbit; we absolutely cannot let Zhang Jianyun achieve his goal so easily," Xiao Fan said viciously.

Upon hearing this, Qin Long hesitated for a moment before saying, "You mean our two gangs should join forces and fight the White Tiger Gang to the death?"

"Yes, we can't do anything about Zhang Jianyun, so we'll massacre a large number of ordinary members of the White Tiger Gang, so that even after the White Tiger Gang unifies the Jianghu of Cangxi Town, they won't be able to control it," Xiao Fan said calmly.

"Things haven't come to that yet. Even if Zhang Jianyun wants to help Tang Guanshan unify the entire Jianghu of Cangxi Town, it's not necessarily true that he would wipe us all out," Qin Long said, lacking confidence.

"Chief Qin, do you mean you're willing to become Tang Guanshan's subordinate and be at his beck and call?" Xiao Fan asked condescendingly.

"This—" Qin Long's face was full of resentment.

"Tang Guanshan is just a brute, inferior to you and me in both literature and martial arts. What merit or ability does he have to be ranked above you and me?" Xiao Fan said disdainfully.

"But~" Qin Long wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Xiao Fan.

"Chief Qin, as long as we show the same determination to fight the White Tiger Gang to the death, we might be able to deter Tang Guanshan. If we can deter Tang Guanshan and prevent him from engaging in a decisive battle with us, and drag things out, with Zhang Jianyun's talent and cultivation, he will leave the town sooner or later. Once Zhang Jianyun leaves, we will no longer need to fear the White Tiger Gang," Xiao Fan said.

Qin Long thought about it and felt that Xiao Fan's words made some sense. If the two gangs joined forces and showed their determination, they might still be able to win a chance of survival.

"Alright, then let's join forces," Qin Long said firmly.

"There's no time to lose. Let's act tonight and not give the White Tiger Gang any time to react. Let's agree to lead our gang members to the White Tiger Gang's headquarters at 8 p.m.," Xiao Fan said.

"Alright, I'll go back and gather the gang members right away."

I like the Ten Thousand Swords Master.