Xiang Mantang protected Chen Qianqian behind him, holding a gleaming long sword he had snatched, cleaved with a slash, and instantaneously, the sword Qi rampaged, severing the arms and ears of several brawny men in front by half.
And for the unlucky ones who failed to dodge in time, they were cleaved into two, dying a tragic death!
"Shhhhh!"
Surrounded and attacked, Xiang Mantang also had to protect the utterly defenseless Chen Qianqian. He killed a few men, but then a dozen more rushed at him, an endless onslaught!
"Brother! Save me!!"
At that moment, Chen Qianqian's panicked and helpless shriek sounded from behind him.
Turning his head, Xiang Mantang saw a lean man who had somehow circled behind him; he was currently grabbing Chen Qianqian's long hair with one hand and was about to chop at her neck with a long sword in his other hand!
Xiang Mantang's eyes nearly burst with fury.
"Ha!!"
With an angry shout, he didn't bother suppressing the poison inside his body, swung his sword, and the sword Qi surged wildly, instantly cleaving the lean man in two.
Afterward, his black hair flailing wildly, he fought a bloody battle in all directions, slaughtering anyone who dared to approach for a sneak attack.
However, as he sought to extricate himself from the situation as quickly as possible, completely ignoring the tricky attacks from his opponents, although he was ferociously unparalleled, slaying about twenty men in one breath, his body also accumulated numerous injuries!
"Die!!"
Dragons have a reverse scale, touch it and you die! Xiang Mantang, because of Chen Qianqian, was completely disregarding his own injuries and the acting poison in his body due to the lack of True Yuan suppression, and began to furiously slaughter in all directions!
Although Xiang Mantang was a Martial Arts Grandmaster, originally the attack of over a hundred Dark Energy Warriors could not harm him.
But he had previously, in Slaughter Redemption, slain the Realm Master by using a Forbidden Secret Technique, leading to an incomplete recovery of his Elemental Qi. Now he had also been sneak attacked by an underling assassin, poisoned with a sinister toxin, and just now he had traded wound for life, which led to injuries piled upon injuries, and he began to falter!
This was like a wounded male lion, once mighty and unparalleled, but now being pounced on, ripped, and torn by a pack of hyenas, and very possibly dying at their hands!
Xiang Mantang was aware of how perilous his situation was, but to protect Chen Qianqian, he thought to himself that he could only look for Mu Jinyu later to treat his wounds.
"Ha!"
Xiang Mantang gave a furious shout, and with a slash of his sword, the sword Qi roared like a dragon, slaying four or five people.
Subsequently, he urged his True Yuan with all his might and executed the Blood Phoenix Slaughter Art once again!
It hadn't even been two days.
Xiang Mantang was deploying this Forbidden Secret Technique once again, which placed an enormous burden on his body, but at this moment, he simply couldn't care about that.
His eyes turned a deep red in an instant, and Xiang Mantang's aura surged like a tidal wave, as if he had transformed into the War God Lu Bu brandishing his sword, with sword Qi erupting like the tides, cutting down a dozen people who had charged at him!
"Ugh..."
"Ahhhh!!"
One by one, those who charged at him also fell down.
The ones behind who wanted to follow suit began to waver.
Of the more than a hundred people, only about thirty remained.
They believed that with only them left, they couldn't possibly kill Xiang Mantang, and charging him would just be adding to the pile.
"Let's go! Let's go!"
"Run!!"
Their hearts in disarray, they immediately turned and ran toward the narrow valley entrance.
"Where do you think you're going?!"
Xiang Mantang would by no means let them leave.
If he let them go now, and if they came back after he could no longer suppress his injuries, then he would be reduced to waiting for slaughter.
Therefore, since he had already executed the Forbidden Secret Technique, he had to keep them all here!
"You've all come already, why leave now!"
Xiang Mantang swung his sword to slay several more, speaking coldly, his voice chilling to the bone like a demonic sound from the Nine Serenities.
Hearing this, the group of martial artists who were stuck at the valley exit and couldn't break free felt their souls threatened, and they started shoving and pushing each other.
"Shick! Shick!"
Xiang Mantang took big strides and dashed behind them, swinging his sword like rain, each strike decapitating a head, sending up a crimson spray of blood!
"Heh!"
In the end, only the original leader was left, having run over a hundred meters outside the valley mouth!
But such a distance, for Xiang Mantang, was essentially nothing.
He was a Martial Arts Grandmaster who could kill with a breath, a mere hundred meters, he wouldn't dream of letting anyone escape from his grasp!
Xiang Mantang bellowed furiously, his long sword emitting a tremor, and then he threw it with a mighty force!
The long sword shot straight out like an arrow launched from a fully drawn bow, catching up to the leader in three seconds and pinning him against a tree!
"Clang!"
The sword nailed the man to the tree, blood oozing from his mouth and nose, dying with his eyes wide open, while the handle of the sword, driven in with too much force, still quivered wildly after sticking in the trunk!
"Heh... heh..."
The killing intent in Xiang Mantang's heart surged madly, the side effects of "Blood Phoenix Slaughter Art" began to show. He wanted to kill more, to slaughter without end, but now, there was no one left to kill but Chen Qianqian!
But she was his sister, how could he possibly strike her down?
So, he repressed the murderous rage in his heart, without the purifying Qi of Mu Jinyu's "True Dragon Art" to aid him, it was excruciating.
But after a minute.
His love for his sister eventually helped him suppress this killing desire successfully.
"Puh!"
The consequence, of course, was that his internal injuries worsened, causing him to spit out another mouthful of fresh blood.
"Big brother!!"
At this moment, Chen Qianqian finally snapped out of her panicked helplessness.
She held a long sword with trembling hands, the sight of the corpses all around turning her face ghostly pale. Seeing Xiang Mantang standing alone with his sword, unable to hold back a mouthful of fresh blood, she cried out in shock.
Then, Chen Qianqian carefully stepped over the corpses on the ground as she made her way toward Xiang Mantang.
Looking at Xiang Mantang with an expression of fear and emotion on his fiercesome face, she hurriedly took out a tissue from her bag to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth.
"Big brother, are... are you okay?" she asked with concern.
Xiang Mantang slowly shook his head, saying, "I'm fine!"
His voice was as hoarse as if he hadn't drunk water for many days.
Chen Qianqian's eyes welled up, she said, "Brother, why are you so good to me, risking your life to save me?"
Xiang Mantang's voice trembled with a laugh, hoarsely saying, "Whether you are my sister or not, just because of your face, I must protect you no matter what. I didn't have the ability to protect you before, but now I have to protect you no matter what!"
"Brother!"
Chen Qianqian, moved and happy at Xiang Mantang's words, could no longer hold back and threw herself into Xiang Mantang's arms.
She didn't care about his blood-soaked body at all.
Xiang Mantang gently patted Chen Qianqian's back, telling her not to be afraid.
His heart was filled with contentment, whether Chen Qianqian was Xiang Yinxui or not, he had accepted this sister.
"Silly brother, you really don't have to be so nice to me..."
Huddled in Xiang Mantang's embrace, Chen Qianqian's tone was wistful as she spoke.
"If not you, who else should your brother be good to..."
Xiang Mantang's words were cut off mid-sentence, his expression suddenly stiffened!
"Shick!"
The sound of a stabbing knife abruptly rang out from his embrace.
Chen Qianqian pushed Xiang Mantang away, her expression cold, and the corners of her mouth slightly raised with a sneer:
"Silly brother, I was deceiving you..."