Infinite Transmigration Starting from Violet

The guards will be here soon; I'm afraid this guy won't have that much time to assess my strength.

Lu Ye had at most one move left, nothing more.

—This is Izang's plan.

Even if he didn't win this battle, he was confident he could save his life. His guards had already arrived, so no matter what, he firmly believed victory would be his, and the Mortal Blade in Lu Ye's hand would be his.

However, we still need to be careful about the way that kid holds the knife... he might have some other tricks up his sleeve.

In a duel between swordsmen, victory or defeat can be decided in an instant.

Whoever can seize the opportunity and exploit the weakness will be the winner.

He exhaled slowly.

Meanwhile, Lu Ye also got into position, adjusting his breathing, gaze, and exhalation.

After fully mobilizing every part of their muscles to their optimal state, both sides launched a surprise attack simultaneously.

Lu Ye raised his sword from above, but Yi Zang, who had the advantage of the terrain, blocked all of Lu Ye's movements with his sword.

This strike was extremely domineering. Just by feeling the wind from the blade coming towards him, Lu Ye knew that its power was almost on par with Ashina's Cross Slash. However, Lu Ye did not panic. He simply changed his technique, adjusted his wrist, and used the back of Bai Lei's blade to meet Izou's Jiang Xue.

Sparks flew as the blades clashed. Yi Zang did not hesitate. Based on his experience, he had already guessed that Lu Ye would do this. Otherwise, given Lu Ye's defensive stance and the disadvantage of the terrain, he would have been at a complete disadvantage. Even if he had blocked this attack, the subsequent combo would have killed Lu Ye.

He immediately released Jiang Xue from his right hand, caught her with his left, adjusted the angle, and aimed at Lu Ye's throat to stab! Jiang Xue's blade changed with Bai Lei's posture, like a snake coiling around a stick and climbing upwards, stabbing straight at Lu Ye's vital throat.

Lu Ye reacted quickly. He stepped on the wall on the right and used his Immortal Peak Kick to push off. The wall cracked instantly, and his body flew straight out of the staircase like a cannonball, allowing him to escape the insidious attack in an instant.

Taking advantage of the moment, Lu Ye swung his sword back at Yi Zang's head while his body was in mid-air, the blade leaving a trail that resembled the arc of the moon.

The offensive was reversed in an instant.

Yi Zang did not expect that Lu Ye would use the wall to counter him.

This made Yizang even more excited.

Because true warriors use everything around them to achieve victory, and Lu Ye did just that, which made Yi Zang think that Lu Ye was a formidable opponent with rich combat experience. However, the more he thought about it, the less he could understand why Lu Ye was taking a defensive stance.

But there wasn't enough time for him to think.

The moment the blade approached, Izo instantly ducked. The Mortal Blade grazed his neck, cleanly slicing away a chunk of flesh from his spine, revealing his vertebrae clearly. Had it gone any deeper, Izo would likely have been dead.

All of this happened in the blink of an eye.

From a distance, it would appear as if the two merely drew their swords and passed each other.

As if ignoring the pain in the back of his neck, Izang grinned and smiled.

One move and it's over.

The sound of approaching, dense footsteps grew louder and louder... The guards were almost there.

He won.

In his view, Lu Ye made a mistake from the very beginning.

At this critical juncture, the only right choice is to exert all our strength and fight to the death.

Lu Ye adopted a defensive stance, and although he successfully took countermeasures, he ultimately failed.

"I told you, if you go all out... your chances of winning might be even higher." Izou said with a victor's smile.

"A higher chance of winning?" Lu Ye chuckled. "Haven't I already won?"

"What?" Izang didn't understand what Luye was saying.

Does this kid really understand what he's saying?

He failed to kill himself, and the guards would arrive soon, at which point his identity as the captain of the Imperial Capital Garrison would be exposed to everyone...

What are you being so arrogant about?

Lu Ye didn't say anything, but simply took a few steps back.

Yi Cang felt uneasy because he saw the look in Lu Ye's eyes—the look of someone who had succeeded in their evil scheme.

He followed Lu Ye's gaze and looked down at his lower body, and immediately noticed that a round object had appeared on his waist at some point.

"This is……?"

Bye-bye.

Before Yizang could react, the round object suddenly exploded with a deafening roar.

Izang was seriously injured in the explosion.

Lu Ye, who had retreated to a safe distance, was naturally unaffected.

Hanging on Yi Cang's waist was an M24 fragmentation grenade, which Lu Ye had initially obtained by exchanging it at the shop.

He harbored his own ulterior motives, while Lu Ye also had his own schemes.

He didn't use any of the Ashina-style techniques in order to deliberately use a defensive stance to mislead Hidden's vision.

From the very beginning, he never intended to win a fair and square victory with the Mortal Blade in his hand.

Because he dared not gamble, nor could he gamble, on the true extent of Yi Zang's strength, and whether it surpassed his own.

It should be noted that Lu Ye only had this one chance and time before the guards from several floors gathered.

If he succeeds, that's fine, but if Izang manages to defend against his full-force attack, then for Lu Ye, it would be equivalent to mission failure.

Once surrounded, if you can't escape in time, it's only a matter of time before your identity is discovered.

At that point, he would have nowhere to stay in the capital, let alone search for the whereabouts of the Protoss fragments.

Subsequent encounters proved that Lu Ye's choice was correct. Even with Ashina Mushin-ryu, he couldn't defeat Izo in one move. Izo was originally a highly skilled swordsman, with superior eyesight, technique, and weaponry.

Given time, Lu Ye believed that with the many sword techniques of the Ashina school, he would definitely win.

But he only had thirty seconds.

Therefore, Lu Ye resorted to underhanded tactics.

He deliberately adopted a defensive posture at the beginning in order to attract Izang's attention.

This was also a small test; if Izo was a true swordsman, he would notice his actions.

And Izang did just that, and when he noticed Lu Ye's starting stance, his defeat was already sealed.

Because during the fight, in order to prevent Lu Ye's defensive stance from harboring hidden dangers, Izo focused all his attention on the Mortal Blade in Lu Ye's hand, thus ignoring other factors due to his high level of concentration.

The instant Lu Ye leaped off the wall, not only did the Mortal Blade strike towards Izou's head, but Lu Ye also took advantage of the moment they brushed past each other to attach a grenade to his opponent.

So, Lu Ye used the Ashina style from beginning to end.

It is not the form that is used, but its meaning.

To win, any means necessary.

Lu Ye felt no remorse whatsoever at this moment.

You were the one who called for reinforcements first, so naturally I have to use some tricks... As the saying goes, all's fair in war!

If you couldn't see through my little tricks, it's simply because your skills aren't up to par.

The footsteps grew closer, accompanied by shouts from the guards.

Without hesitation, Lu Ye rushed upstairs.

With the support of the Immortal Peak Kick and the movement techniques taught by the wolf, Lu Ye moved with incredible speed.

And he didn't forget to finish off the enemy along the way.

Because Izo still had a breath left, he used his beloved sword "Jiangxue" to protect his vital parts the moment the grenade exploded. However, even so, he was still unable to move for a while and could be said to be completely useless.

As Lu Ye passed by him, Izo reached out, trying to grab Lu Ye's ankle, but the Death Slash instead slashed Izo's head vertically, tearing his skin open as if a zipper had been opened behind him, leaving him covered in blood.

At the staircase on the first floor, the guards rushed up, but all they saw was Yizang, who was blown to pieces and had his head split open.

Lu Ye had already arrived on the third floor.

He hid in the shadows not far from the corner, concealing himself under an exquisite flower table with potted plants in the corridor.

Before them was a dense mass of legs and footsteps. The guards here had also noticed what was happening below and were rushing downstairs.

Once everyone had left, Lu Ye crawled out from under the table and continued towards his destination.

He successfully reached the door of the innermost room on the third floor.

Sure enough, the door to the room was locked.

Although it looks like wood, it is actually a heavy iron door.

Lu Ye couldn't pick locks, but he knew how to break them.

Lu Ye drew his silver dancer and fired a shot at the lock cylinder.

The armor-piercing bullet was even more effective than Lu Ye had anticipated. With just one shot, the door opened a crack, perhaps destroying the locking bar inside as well.

After glancing at the heart rate detector, Lu Ye pushed open the door and entered.

The moment he entered the room, a man emerged from behind the hidden passage.

He was a man in a white suit, with short blond hair and light brown sunglasses.

In his hand was a large, strangely shaped black scythe.

"Looks like that guy's troops aren't very strong, they couldn't stop you."

After thinking for a moment, Lu Ye realized that this was referring to Yi Zang, and that the two people were not from the same faction, but were carrying out the same mission: to protect Berlik.

"I see, so Berlik also hired outside help, right?"

“Of course, but now it seems those people are completely unreliable,” the man said. “I never thought that after so many years, I would have to use the Imperial Arms again.”

Lu Ye remained expressionless, but was somewhat surprised.

Imperial Arms?

This seems a bit tricky, but I don't have that much time to waste.

Through the window, Lu Ye could see that the commotion outside was getting bigger and bigger. If this continued, the guards and the army... might even bring the hunter squad to the scene, and then things would get complicated.

"Before we take action, can I ask you a question?" Lu Ye asked.

The man glanced out the window: "Okay, let's make this clear first, my name is Holimaca, so you don't get the wrong name when you get to the underworld."