Chapter 591 - 257: Killing the Chicken to Scare the Monkey
Chapter 591: Chapter 257: Killing the Chicken to Scare the Monkey
"You!"
"What about it?"
As they spoke, they gradually forgot all about Fang Shuwen. The animosity between them, however, only grew stronger.
The few people behind them could hardly watch anymore. ’Can’t this youthful squabble wait? Shouldn’t we be focusing on the real task at hand?’
Just as they were about to speak up and set things straight, someone suddenly exclaimed:
"Look, who’s that?"
Everyone followed his pointing finger and saw that, at some point, a person had appeared at the end of the street.
The person was dressed in black, carrying a broad-bladed great saber on his shoulder.
The blade exuded a strange, crimson aura that was chilling to behold.
But compared to the somber aura radiating from the man himself, the strange, crimson glow of his blade seemed almost unremarkable.
Feng Gu and Ke Xingcheng exchanged a glance, and both could see the gravity in the other’s eyes.
"’Blood Calamity Saber’ Qiu Qianmo!"
"It’s actually him!"
Although neither Feng Gu nor Ke Xingcheng would concede to the other, they were rivals and reluctant allies. Perhaps it was fate, but their paths were often intertwined.
Once, the two of them had been on the same ship passing through the Dark Sea Territory when they encountered this ’Blood Calamity Saber’.
With just his saber, the man had blocked their path upon the sea, vowing to slaughter everyone on board.
It was the first time Feng Gu and Ke Xingcheng had ever joined forces... yet the battle ended in their utter defeat.
They had used every technique at their disposal but couldn’t gain the slightest advantage against Qiu Qianmo. In the end, a single slash from his saber knocked them unconscious, leaving them adrift on the waves.
Fortunately, they were lucky enough to be rescued by another ship.
But by the time they managed to return, only the ship remained. Qiu Qianmo was nowhere to be found.
The ship was covered in blood. Everyone on board, whether they were ordinary merchants or Jianghu people, had been slaughtered. Every last one of them.
Since then, the two had searched for him in the Dark Sea Territory, hoping to avenge their humiliation.
But they had found nothing. They never expected to meet their old foe here on Monkey Suppression Island today.
Ke Xingcheng glanced at Feng Gu:
"What’s the plan?"
"It doesn’t matter if that Fang Shuwen is the real deal or not, or if the Profound Celestial Iron Mirror even exists."
Feng Gu said coldly:
"Qiu Qianmo must die! He has to pay with his life for everyone on that ship!"
"We strike?"
"Let’s go!"
As the two came to an agreement, the men behind them were left completely stunned.
Just moments ago, they were all plotting together to seize the Profound Celestial Iron Mirror.
How could they suddenly decide to go up against Qiu Qianmo in the blink of an eye?
’At a time like this, shouldn’t they just sit back and watch? Let Qiu Qianmo test the waters and probe Fang Shuwen’s true strength?’
Someone immediately spoke up:
"Don’t be in such a rush to go over... Look..."
Hearing this, the two looked in Fang Shuwen’s direction.
Qiu Qianmo stood in the middle of the road, the saber from his shoulder now resting on the ground before him. He looked like one man holding a pass against ten thousand.
However, Fang Shuwen and his group seemed as if they hadn’t seen him at all.
They simply continued walking toward the Island Master’s residence.
The distance between them was now extremely close...
Qiu Qianmo lifted his gaze, the killing intent in the depths of his eyes no longer suppressible:
"Halt!"
His voice was bone-chilling. The leader of the island guards who was guiding Fang Shuwen and the others felt his heart skip a beat, and he subconsciously wanted to stop.
But after a glance at Fang Shuwen, he forced himself to keep walking.
’Compared to this Qiu Qianmo, Fang Shuwen is clearly the more terrifying one.’
"Good, good, good."
Qiu Qianmo grinned:
"I’ve rampaged across the Jianghu, but this is the first time I’ve been so thoroughly underestimated. You’re simply courting death..."
As his words fell, he kicked the flat of his blade. With a resonant HUM, the massive, blood-colored saber sprang up and chopped viciously down toward Fang Shuwen and his group.
"Oh?"
Fang Shuwen was a little surprised.
His opponent’s attack was not simple. As the saber arced through the air, a strange pulling sensation emanated from the area enveloped by its edge.
The guard leader from Monkey Suppression Island, Zuo Xuan, Zuo Hong, Zhou Zhengze, and the others at his side all found themselves involuntarily drawn toward the blade’s edge. It was as if their opponent wasn’t cutting at them, but rather that they themselves were rushing to meet the saber.
"A little interesting."
Fang Shuwen nodded slightly and casually threw out a palm strike. Though he moved second, his palm arrived first, landing directly on the blood-colored saber.
HUMMMMM!!!
A deep hum instantly echoed in all directions.
Qiu Qianmo’s pupils suddenly widened into perfect circles. He opened his mouth to speak, but before a sound could escape, there was a loud POP!
In front of everyone, his entire body exploded into a mist of blood.
The saber, however, simply trembled for a moment before clattering to the ground.
The scene was utterly horrifying.
Qiu Qianmo’s moniker, ’Blood Calamity Saber’, was one steeped in blood and disaster, a name built upon a mountain of bloody debts. Like Fang Shuwen’s own title of ’Human World Demon God’, it was a reputation that had been forged in battle.
Aside from Feng Gu and Ke Xingcheng, everyone who recognized Qiu Qianmo had been anticipating a clash between the two masters.
Qiu Qianmo of the Dark Sea Territory versus Fang Shuwen of the Eastern Domain.
Everyone had expected a clash of titans, but what was this?
’Even if Fang Shuwen was expected to win, it shouldn’t have ended like this, right?’
’Qiu Qianmo couldn’t even withstand a single move? He was obliterated by a single palm strike?’
Sharp intakes of breath could be heard from the hidden onlookers.
It was as if the temperature on the entire Monkey Suppression Island had risen several degrees.
"How is this possible?"
"Fang Shuwen... So this is the Human World Demon God?!"
"Just how profound are his Martial Arts, that he can strike a saber with his palm and obliterate a man into dust with the resulting shockwave?"