The Path of the Martial Arts BOSS
Chapter 275 - 87 Demon Blade Guard

Chapter 275: Chapter 87 Demon Blade Guard

Sensing Li Renjie far surpassed his own martial arts and forced himself to keep standing, Zhai Jian let out a sigh of relief and, like a collapsing iron tower, finally fell among the scattered corpses and debris.

"Brother Zhai..." Yang Bai saw Zhai Jian fall and hurried forward to check on him, but was held back by Li Renjie’s grip on his shoulder.

"Don’t move, the crisis isn’t over yet. Besides, Zhai Jian is still breathing."

The poison fog had been dispersed just in time, so Zhai Jian was able to hang on by sheer power. The priority was to repel the assassins from the Azure Dragon Association.

Down the distant street, two blood-colored figures, followed by six black-clothed men, approached with a heavy killing intent.

"Who would have thought Mr. Li would be a master himself? No wonder he dared to take on the case with just an aide and a servant," one of the blood-colored figures stepped forward and said.

The speaker was cloaked in a blood-colored cloak, and beneath its broad brim, only his chin was faintly visible. Based on the two blood-colored light axes at his waist, the man was none other than the former Axe King, now Blood Bat No. 1.

Blood Bat No. 1 had already been entirely brainwashed, no different from those Exorcism Sword Guards, devoid of any remaining will.

However, after Qing Yu advanced to the Divine Origin Realm, his spiritual power greatly increased, and having acquired "Ten Thousand Paths," which used the mind as a blade, he reshaped Blood Bat No. 1’s mind with the most mysterious and perilous "Soul Swapping Technique" from the Yin Yang arts, making him seem like a normal person.

The other blood-colored figure wore no disguise, with his blood-colored clothes and straight blade, it was Ji Tang who had just joined the Azure Dragon Association.

"Assassins of the Azure Dragon Association," Li Renjie’s face turned grim as he watched the menacing approach, "do you realize what you’re doing? Attacking a government official is not the same as assassinating worldly society figures. You can’t bear the wrath of the court."

"Who will know it was us who attacked the government official?" Blood Bat No. 1 shook his head slightly and retorted, "And indeed, will the court truly be enraged? It’s not certain."

Such mocking words caused Li Renjie’s heart to sink. This small town was extremely remote, hence the workshop for Longevity Powder was set up here; kill people, erase traces, who would know the perpetrator?

And the fact that the enemy didn’t care about revealing their tracks made it hard for Li Renjie not to suspect that this was all a murder plot arranged by that prominent figure.

"Hmm?" Li Renjie suddenly felt his nostrils flare and his expression changed drastically, "Despicable!"

"Mr. Li..." Behind him, Yang Bai suddenly collapsed to the ground, weak.

"To call assassins despicable, Mr. Li, you are too naive," Blood Bat No. 1 suddenly bent low, like a huge blood bat hugging the ground, slipping towards Li Renjie, aiming the blood-colored light axe straight at his feet.

At the same time, with a fierce and sweet-smelling palm force, Ji Tang holding the blade struck towards the upper body of Li Renjie.

With a coordinated high and low attack, and the strong seductive smoke at the front, it all happened in an instant, creating an absolute kill array to make Li Renjie meet his end.

Yet Li Renjie was unflustered; he rapidly placed his foot behind the light axe swung by Blood Bat No. 1, swaying left and right, kicking both of Blood Bat No. 1’s arms, and with an added kick, sent him sliding sideways across the ground.

As for Ji Tang, who was coming head-on, Li Renjie’s counter was effortless; his palms came together and then spread apart in a push, like a child praying to Buddha, the powerful palm force sent Ji Tang flying back several meters, spitting blood in midair.

Victory or defeat hinged on a moment, and Blood Bat No.1 and Ji Tang were simultaneously routed. Blood Bat No.1’s arms were brutally kicked, breaking the bones, and Ji Tang fared even worse. As he directly faced the full brunt of the palm force, he broke numerous ribs, and his right arm, which held the sword, was twisted out of shape. If he hadn’t recently cultivated the "Blood Coagulation Record," enhancing his life force greatly, that palm strike might have claimed his life.

With such strength, defeating the tenth ranker on the Dragon and Phoenix List, and Blood Bat No.1 who could match the eighth and ninth in power, in the blink of an eye, there was only one possibility for Li Renjie’s strength.

"Divine Origin Realm," Blood Bat No.1 struggled to his feet, his arms limply hanging by his sides.

"Mr. Li, no wonder you did not flee when facing us—you already had confidence in your heart."

Li Renjie’s usually amiable face now bore a solemn and serious expression, exuding authority without anger as he said coldly, "You dared to attack an official of the court, a crime unforgivable. Surrender immediately, and reveal who is behind you, and I can still show you a way out."

Truth be told, Li Renjie was pleased. He had long suffered from a lack of evidence to accuse a certain nobleman he suspected, and could only eliminate the Longevity Powder workshops everywhere in hopes it would make the other party think twice. Yet today, the evidence had presented itself to his doorstep.

If he could make these assassins confess the name of that person, given the current direction of the court, that individual would undoubtedly fall from grace. The opportunity to eradicate the source of the Longevity Powder might just be in Li Renjie’s hands today.

"Heh, Mr. Li, you haven’t won yet?" Blood Bat No.1 chuckled softly, "The matter isn’t finished yet."

"Demon Blade Guard, kill!"

At his command, the black-clothed men who had been standing as still as mechanical men suddenly sprang to life like switches had been flicked, uniformly drawing their swords.

These six black-clothed men, unlike the Exorcism Sword Guards swathed in night clothes, wore tight black fighting suits and not cloth masks, but evil ghost masks made of dark iron.

Six Demon Blade Guards exploded with an aura as fierce as shooting stars, their eyes filled with ferocious blood vessels, long sabers hanging low; yet Li Renjie felt as if these six blades could decapitate him at any moment, sending shivers down his spine.

They advanced step by step, like Death Gods emerging from hell, their cold and bone-piercing killing intent aimed directly at Li Renjie, causing his pupils to contract violently, feeling an immense threat.

"With the ’Absorption Technique’ forcefully piling True Qi to the Innate Nine Layers, and then releasing it several times over with the ’Heavenly Demon Disintegration Technique’," a figure in a bronze mask murmured to himself as he watched the six Demon Blade Guards, "The reason why ’Dominate the World’ often leads its practitioners to deviate and engage in endless slaughter is because this sword technique uses evil methods to trigger killing intent, causing it to mutate, and in a disguised form achieves the effect of a Divine Origin Realm master’s external projection of spiritual power."

"The Demon Blade Guards each possess True Qi comparable to a Divine Origin Realm martial artist, as well as killing intent manifesting similar to spiritual power, at least reaching the threshold of the Divine Origin Realm. With such a setup, it remains to be seen how much combat power they can unleash. Li Renjie, you can help me test it."

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Three miles outside the small town, a group of monks was using Qinggong, leaping rapidly on their way.

Suddenly, the leading monk halted.

"Brother Shi Jue, has there been some change?" another monk immediately inquired.

"In this direction."

Shi Jue suddenly changed course, heading to the left side from the original direction.

"Wait, Brother Shi Jue, that is not the place we are meant to go to."