“Wang Ke, pfft. Cough, cough. You’re good! You are really good! A pity that I’m still alive. Hahaha! And my flying sword is still here! I will kill you for sure!” She Tianba stood up slowly while continuing to vomit blood.

But he saw his own flying sword moving at a slow speed.

“Prooom, prooom, proooooom!”

She Tianba’s flying sword was making weird noises. Next, plumes of smoke rose from it as it slowed down even further. What was happening to She Tianba’s flying sword was similar to what Wang Ke’s previous sword went through.

“Wang Ke, has She Tianba’s flying sword gone bad? Will it end up being scrapped too?” Princess Youyue asked, pleasantly surprised.

“It’ll turn into scraps?” All the cultivators were shocked.

I didn’t know flying swords failed with time!What is happening?

She Tianba was looking at his now smoking flying sword; his face became as black as the smoke. Damn it. I was just making fun of his second-hand flying sword, and now my own sword is as crappy as his!

“I think I know what went wrong. The explosion must have destroyed the spell array inscribed in She Tianba’s flying sword. That’s why his flying sword is having problems now!” a blacksmith explained.

“Doesn’t that mean She Tianba’s flying sword is useless now? Why can it still fly?” someone asked.

“Flying swords are enchanted artifacts created by Astral Infant Stage cultivators; each contains numerous profound spell arrays. The explosion only destroyed some while others remained undamaged… It’s just that we don’t know how much power remains in that sword!” that blacksmith answered.

“Humph, even if it’s badly damaged, it’s still much better than the one Wang Ke had. I can still use my flying sword in this state to cut you down!” She Tianba was undeterred.

Thick smoke rose from the flying sword as it moved toward Wang Ke.

But before it could reach its target, the flying sword came to a halt. “What?” She Tianba’s face froze.

He saw Wang Ke flip his hand, and another flying sword appeared.

Another one?

“How... How can this be? Aren’t flying swords things that even Golden Core Stage cultivators may crave to have? Why does Wang Ke have another one?” someone cried out in amazement.

“Another flying sword? How privileged is Wang Ke after entering the immortal sect? They even gave him two flying swords?”

“It’s impossible for immortal sects to give two flying swords to just anyone, not even the top four immortal sects do this!”

“Then why does Wang Ke have two?”

“Flying swords are considered controlled artifacts by immortal sects; they would never allow any flying sword to be left outside their sects! But I’ve heard that they trade flying swords internally!”

“Did Wang Ke buy it?”

“He must have spent a fortune!”

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Everyone was equal parts amazed and curious; only She Tianba felt sorrow in his heart at the sight of it.

Wang Ke had once said, ‘I cultivate with my wealth!’ A while back She Tianba had mocked him and was killed by the explosion. And now, Wang Ke used his wealth to fill She Tianba with despair once again.

Are the lives of the wealthy really that mundane and boring?

Do they detonate flying swords for fun?

You just detonate artifacts that we would enshrine like our ancestors?

“She Tianba, your flying sword is of good quality! Want to have another try with this other flying sword of mine?” Wang Ke chuckled.

“Swoosh!”

Wang Ke’s new flying sword went straight for She Tianba. That flying sword didn’t come that easily, either; it was part of the plundering when he killed demons in the Heavenly Wolf Sect. It had taken him a lot of effort! Even detonating one of them gave him a heartache!

She Tianba, you made me detonate a sword… How dare you! I don’t care how you’re related to She Miejue. If you want to kill me, you need to pay the price.

“No!” She Tianba screamed.

He hastily directed his now smoking sword to block the incoming attack with much difficulty.

“Booom!”

Cracks crawled along She Tianba’s flying sword after a loud clang. The latter was already badly injured, and his flying sword was about to fail; it was no match to Wang Ke’s new flying sword.

Wang Ke’s flying sword pushed the smoking sword closer and closer to She Tianba.

The latter wore a bitter face. What should I do now?I’m in a really tough spot!

I can’t hold on for much longer. Wang Ke’s going to break my flying sword and cut me down if he pushes a little harder.

I really want to do what Wang Ke did just now; do something drastic and detonate my flying sword. Let my broken sword be destroyed alongside yours!But I don’t dare to do it.

The two flying swords were almost next to She Tianba again. It would be tantamount to suicide if he exploded his sword at that moment, much graver than making Wang Ke feel heartache. I would be too close to the blast area. It would be the end for me if I really blew up my flying sword!

She Tianba was beyond frustrated and helpless.

“Wang Ke, I admit defeat. What do you say?” She Tianba relented.

“My dear wife, shall we let the Clan Lords settle the issue here? We have other matters to deal with! We need to leave now, okay?” Wang Ke asked, looking at Princess Youyue.

She Tianba was surprised. Is Wang Ke really going to let me go?

“Clan Lord Wang, thank you! Thank you!” She Tianba was elated.

Wang Ke wanted to kill She Tianba, but most importantly, he sensed a wave of black Qi oozing into the crowd from the back. Black Qi?Something’s wrong.Please don’t come for me! Being ever vigilant, the first thought that came to Wang Ke’s mind was to flee! But it wasn’t safe to just leave while everyone was watching!

“Wang Ke, why should we let him go?” Princess Youyue was displeased.

Wang Ke’s flying sword was in perfect condition and he had the absolute advantage; she could not understand why he was willing to let the man go. I haven’t gotten my revenge!

“You!” She Tianba looked at Princess Youyue in frustration.

“Yeah! We can’t simply let him go! He must pay us our money!” all the clan lords yelled in agitation.

She Tianba, the most powerful person in town, had been defeated. Awesome! We can finally get our money back.But Wang Ke, how can you leave now?You should help us pin him down so we make him cough up our money!

But Wang Ke was not in the mood to help the clan lords. But it was too late, just when he was about to withdraw his sword.

“Baaam~~~~~~!”

A black gust rushed over and instantly swept away ten local cultivators.

“Ahhh!” 

“Ahhh!” 

“Ahhh!” ~~~~~~~~

A series of screams could be heard, and everyone turned their heads to see what was going on.

They saw a group of men dressed in black strolling toward them. One of them waved his hand and his sleeve swept up a gust of black wind, blasting away the group of cultivators in front of them and opening a path.

“Golden Core Stage? That man is at the Golden Core Stage!” someone shouted in horror.

He swept away a bunch of Innate Stage cultivators with a mere swing of his sleeve? He must be a Golden Core Stage cultivator! All the town’s cultivators instantly began to feel nervous. There’s more than one Golden Core Stage cultivator? There’s a bunch of them!

Wang Ke took a clear look at the leading person and immediately knew why they were present.

“Zhu Yan? What are you doing with the demons? You don’t want your Great Qing Empire anymore?” Wang Ke was shocked.

He had yet to know that Zhu Yan had already been demonized; he had always thought that the latter was just an extremely weak mortal.

“Hahaha! Wang Ke, you really beat me up badly that day! I’m here for revenge now!” Zhu Yan cackled fiercely.

“You’re here to deal with Wang Ke? Quick! I’ll pin him down. Kill him, quick!” She Tianba cried out in pleasant surprise as though a savior had appeared.

The group of demons walked toward Wang Ke, with Zhu Yan leading them.