Cultivating for Immorality: I Evolved Martial Arts into the Immortal Path – Chapter 142

Chapter 142: The Saber Slays Xu Tian!

“Chu Liang, go on and make your move!”

Xu Tian shouted coldly, certain that Chu Liang wouldn’t dare to act.

He even took a step forward, his aura surging, intimidating Chu Liang, his face filled with a chilling coldness.

Any experienced martial artist would know not to get so close to a saber user who cultivated the path of slaughter, but Xu Tian did it anyway!

“What’s wrong, you don’t dare?”

Xu Tian was confident. He had long since investigated all of Chu Liang’s experiences and analyzed his personality.

In his view, Chu Liang was just a lucky country boy. The so-called “good temperament” was purely because he didn’t dare to confront people, like a turtle hiding in its shell.

Moreover, Chu Liang had always been kind to others. After rising to fame, he had only killed demon beasts and didn’t seem like a ruthless person who would dare to draw his saber and kill.

Killing demon beasts and killing people were two very different things.

When slaying demon beasts, martial artists wouldn’t even bat an eye.

But when it came to killing people, even if the other party was a notorious bandit, many martial artists would hesitate for a moment.

“Chu Liang, is your saber rusty?”

Xu Tian sneered, feeling extremely pleased!

Intimidating a genius whose reputation far exceeded his own gave him an indescribable sense of pleasure.

So what if he was a genius?

The path of martial arts was complex. Talent was only one of the factors that determined the future. There were many other factors that would affect how far a martial artist could go on this path, such as personality and methods!

When it came to methods, Xu Tian was much more ruthless than the other geniuses in the county town.

With the Green Robe Gang as his backing, he could do many things without any scruples.

“Chu Liang, I started killing people when I was five. What were you doing when you were five? Playing with mud in the village?”

Xu Tian pressed further, even beginning to calculate in his mind how to exploit Chu Liang’s personality.

If used well, he could even subtly influence Chu Liang, eventually turning this genius into a pawn of the Green Robe Gang!

His expression was sinister as he took another step forward, his aura growing even stronger, intimidating Chu Liang.

He was sure that Chu Liang wouldn’t dare to make a move.

Therefore, he wanted to use this opportunity to leave a shadow in Chu Liang’s heart, to plant a seed!

If successful…

In the future, every time Chu Liang faced him, he would subconsciously feel inferior, even losing the courage to draw his saber against him.

Xu Tian pressed on step by step, shouting, “Chu Liang, go on and draw your saber! Aren’t your saber techniques very powerful? You…”

Clang!

The saber was unsheathed!

A cold gleam flashed, like a bolt of lightning!

Xu Tian was greatly alarmed. He only felt a blur before his eyes and had no time to react.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye. When he looked again, the long saber in Chu Liang’s hand was already sheathed, as if it had never been drawn.

Chu Liang’s face was indifferent as he said calmly, “This is the first time I’ve seen someone so eager to seek death.”

“You… you…”

Xu Tian’s voice trembled as he clutched the bloody line on his neck, his mind blank. All the confidence he had built up earlier instantly collapsed.

He never expected…

That Chu Liang would actually dare to draw his saber in broad daylight, without any hesitation, his eyes as cold as a butcher accustomed to life and death.

This was within the county town!

Did he not fear the pursuit of the county government and the Martial Alliance for killing someone in the streets?

“Chu Liang… you… how dare you…”

Seeing Chu Liang’s cold gaze, Xu Tian’s face turned pale.

He suddenly realized that he was wrong from the beginning, terribly wrong!

Chu Liang was not a kind or timid person at all, but a cold-blooded executioner!

And his strength far exceeded everyone’s imagination!

One strike!

With just one strike, he had severed the line between life and death!

Xu Tian’s own strength was quite considerable. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have been able to fight his way out of Xu Long’s dozens of offspring and become the young master of the Green Robe Gang.

Even against martial artists with three or even four strands of Qi and Blood, he was confident he could escape unscathed.

But in the face of Chu Liang, he was utterly powerless, unable to react in the slightest.

“I… I…”

Xu Tian’s throat trembled, his breath rapidly weakening as he slowly knelt to the ground.

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Warm blood gushed from his neck, unstoppable, instantly staining a large part of his sleeve, taking away his body’s temperature.

His misjudgment of Chu Liang’s temperament and strength had cost him his life.

At this moment, many things suddenly occurred to Xu Tian.

The disappearance of the Nineteenth Wife, and the disappearance of Wu Neng’s team…

All of this must have been done by Chu Liang!

He had handled it too well, too covertly. No one could find any direct evidence, which gradually gave him a reputation for being “gentle” and “kind”.

Even when Qi Hai insulted him, he acted as if he didn’t care. In the end, it was Qi Xiuliang who forced Qi Hai to apologize.

He himself seemed to be the kind of person who would never get angry and would only repay grievances with virtue.

But these were all illusions!

Today’s strike shattered all illusions, allowing Xu Tian to see the true Chu Liang.

But he still couldn’t understand, “Chu Liang, how dare you… in front of so many people, in broad daylight…”

Xu Tian’s breath grew weaker and weaker. He was on the verge of death. With his last bit of strength, he asked this question.

Chu Liang was very cold, saying to him, “Didn’t this strike make you understand?”

Xu Tian’s body trembled, “You… you are… Skin Tempering…”

At the last moment before his death, he suddenly understood.

Chu Liang had shed his previous disguise and dared to draw his saber in the street. It must be because his strength was now enough for him to protect himself in this small county town!

Skin Tempering Realm!

He had either already broken through to the Skin Tempering Realm, or he possessed the means to contend with a Skin Tempering Realm expert.

In this day and age, all rules were made for the strong.

In a small mountain village, a Blood Coagulation Realm martial artist could dominate. In the county town, the higher Skin Tempering Realm was the rule!

“So… so it is…”

Enlightenment dawned on Xu Tian’s heart, along with a trace of regret, as his body finally collapsed.

He understood where he had failed.

His vision.

His vision was ultimately too narrow.

He believed that no matter how talented Chu Liang was, he could at most condense four strands of Qi and Blood. After all, this was just a small county town, a shallow pond that couldn’t raise a true dragon.

If it were a genius from the prefectural city, he would definitely have treated him seriously and planned carefully, instead of directly coming to intimidate him like this.

Unfortunately, it was all too late.

“Whoosh…”

The cold wind of the harsh winter blew, taking away all his life.

Xu Tian completely stopped breathing, lying motionless on the ground.

Dead!

Nearby, Qian Gui felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, his face as white as paper.

He had come with Xu Tian. With Xu Tian dead, the Green Robe Gang would definitely not let him go.

Moreover, there was also Chu Liang, who was like a butcher.

What should he do?

What should he do?

Beads of cold sweat covered Qian Gui’s forehead as his mind raced. After just two breaths, he suddenly knelt down.

“Thump!”

He faced Chu Liang, knelt on the ground, and his head hit the bluestone slab with a bang.

Chu Liang thought he was going to beg for mercy.

But Qian Gui shouted loudly, “Thank you, Young Hero Chu, for eliminating a menace to the people! Xu Tian was full of evil deeds. He relied on the Green Robe Gang to harm the people and bully the innocent. His hands were stained with blood! Just now, I personally witnessed him attacking Young Hero Chu. Young Hero Chu, you were forced to draw your saber in self-defense!”