My Enemy Became My Cultivation Companion-Chapter 91 - 76 The Murderer’s Blade (Please Follow, Please Promote)

Chapter 91: Chapter 76 The Murderer’s Blade (Please Follow, Please Promote)

The one who kills uses the knife, the one who gives life wields the sword.

This saying was originally a Zen phrase, but in the martial world filled with danger and killings, it increasingly became an undeniable truth.

In today’s world where knife techniques are mastered, the sixth-ranked Broken Swordsman on the martial arts list once said, "The knife should have three parts of killing intent, while the sword should have three parts of compassion." These three parts refer not just to the methods practiced by martial artists but also illustrate the vast difference between knives and swords. A knife has a single edge, needing only to face the enemy, while a sword has a double edge, harming both others and oneself. Without three parts of killing intent, one wielding a knife is likely to be harmed by others, and without three parts of compassion, one wielding a sword will inevitably harm themselves. It is said that this sixth-ranked martial artist was indifferent to this notion in his youth until a close relative was killed, and he then came to a sudden realization, thus becoming the Broken Swordsman who turned his sword into a knife, simply because he wanted to master a swordsmanship that kills!

A killing sword cannot endure, and a knife that doesn’t kill cannot endure either!

You Xu lightly raised the Ring Head Knife, and said in a deep voice:

"You Xu from the Southern Mountain State’s White Willow Sect."

"Chen Yi of the West Factory Thousand Households."

As soon as the words fell, You Xu stepped forward swiftly.

As the aura circulated, Chen Yi instinctively took a step back, realizing the surge in You Xu’s imposing presence with just their eyes meeting.

The bamboo leaves rustled rapidly, as Chen Yi kept his eyes on You Xu.

You Xu bent his knees slightly, his feet erupting with a "sigh" sound, his figure pouncing forward like a hawk, coming forth to kill.

The momentum of the knife was terrifying, the tip unleashed a tremendous knife aura!

You Xu of the White Willow Sect had more than three parts of killing intent!

Chen Yi stepped back abruptly, narrowly dodging as the knife tip slashed in front of him. However, a not too deep nor shallow cut had already appeared on his forehead, blood seeping out.

Chen Yi’s expression was grave.

After practicing the Copper Bone Skill, his skin would automatically harden like metal during a crisis, yet now, even before the knife tip reached, its knife aura easily broke through his skin...

You Xu... was no longer the You Xu who tested his knife before.

The killing intent spread all around, and just as he pondered, You Xu launched another lethal strike.

Chen Yi lifted his knife to cut through the wind and rain, and just as the scene in front of him seemed to split into a thin white line, You Xu’s knife caught up even faster, more formidable. As both knives collided, the surrounding green bamboos rippled outward, and bamboo leaves were sent flying in chaos, the path beneath their feet covered in sand and stones.

After the clash, blood oozed from the hand gripping the Brocade Spring Blade; the handle seemed half embedded in Chen Yi’s palm.

In the instant of confrontation, Chen Yi suddenly saw the Southern Mountain State’s White Willow Sect in its heyday, a prominent knife technique tradition established by the founding ancestor of Great Yu!

With a piercing clash of metal, a knife stroke rebounded both men apart. You Xu squinted his eyes, not backing down, pursued his victory, and suddenly exerted strength, swearing to hack Chen Yi in half one slice at a time.

The West Factory Thousand Households retreated, dodging stroke after stroke, seemingly contemplating the openings in the White Willow Sect’s knife technique. Soon, in the relentless flashing of blade light, he found an angle, twisted his right hand into a motion, and the knife blade climbed upward, aiming to strike You Xu’s knife-wielding arm.

Yet You Xu did not dodge or evade, relaxed his wrists, allowing the Ring Head Knife to slightly leave his hand, then caught the red tassel on its hilt, spun it fiercely, drawing a semicircle in mid-air, fiercely intercepting Chen Yi’s stabbing strike.

The knife body was suddenly forced, Chen Yi’s blade fell downward, then You Xu, clutching the red tassel, cast a large semicircular arc with the Ring Head Knife, heading for Chen Yi’s neck.

This stroke came very fast, extremely fierce, in the half-second of the Shangqing Heart Method, Chen Yi suddenly leaned his head back, narrowly dodging it.

With twenty years of True Qi cultivation and experience with the Bai Liu Blade, Chen Yi immediately recognized the origin of this stroke.

The Southern Mountain State White Willow Sect, master of the blade technique, You Xu, welcoming and pushing the blade force!

The killing intent engulfed the surroundings, You Xu paused for half a breath, aura circulating, and smiled:

"To seize the opening of the Bai Liu Blade with a stab, in just a few days, you’ve managed to thoroughly understand and memorize the Bai Liu Blade? Unimaginable, unimaginable..."

The essence of the Bai Liu Blade lies in its grandeur, simplicity, and swiftness, a killing style honed through generations, rapid and relentless, cutting down one stroke at a time like a storm; can one withstand the sheer force of one strike, then what about ten, twenty, or hundreds?

"Seeing through the killing move, today, the Bai Liu Blade shall be extinguished," Chen Yi said coolly.

"Arrogant brat," You Xu laughed.

As the word "brat" fell, You Xu charged forward once again, the Bai Liu Blade does not seek to defeat the enemy in one strike, hence every strike reserves three parts of strength, collecting and concealing its momentum; someone like Huang Liuqing relying on inherent talent to overpower others with an air-crushing strike to split mountains is a deviation, a folly only geniuses would make.

Gathering seven-tenths of strength in a strike, he cut towards Chen Yi, who sidestepped and retreated, the green bamboos alongside snapping one by one; he seized the half-second granted by the Shangqing Heart Method, raised his knife to follow You Xu’s striking trajectory, yet You Xu seemed to notice immediately, the knife edge occasionally moved lightly, occasionally forcefully slashed.

Instead, it was You Xu who first entangled Chen Yi’s Brocade Spring Blade.

After Chen Yi sidestepped, You Xu forced down the Brocade Spring Blade, causing Chen Yi to charge forward in danger, delivering a punch to his face.

You Xu dodged by tilting his head, the fist landing in vain, he twisted his body in a bizarre way, the Ring Head Knife drew a full moon as it sliced horizontally!

This stroke intended to cut Chen Yi in half at the waist.

In the dire moment, Chen Yi grasped his knife with both hands, meeting the full moon slice with a cut through wind and rain.

The blades clashed.

A crack appeared on the edge of the Brocade Spring Blade, then within half a beat, it snapped straight off!

The originally three-foot-long Brocade Spring Blade was forcibly cut down to two feet by You Xu!

The severed blade tip traced an arc and fell to the ground.

The impact of the blades’ clash sent them apart once more.

"That time, you broke my knife, now I return it to you," You Xu said slowly.

His tiger mouth also burst open with blood.

Even with the Meridian Paste from the Prince Mansion, the renewed meridians still weren’t as they were before; upon striking, he felt the dull pain in his meridians once more.

"You are not in peak condition," Chen Yi said.

"Enough to kill you," You Xu replied.

You Xu’s figure surged violently, drawing his knife to strike downward, Chen Yi’s Brocade Spring Blade was already broken; he intended to conclude the fight within the span of several breaths, the Ring Head Knife’s momentum was stunning.

Chen Yi sidestepped the strike, thrust his left fist towards You Xu’s wrist, but the latter slashed the Ring Head Knife back, creating an arc, forcing Chen Yi to retreat, narrowly dodging the strike; You Xu pursued the advantage, traveled sideways a few steps, then followed with a second strike, the knife’s momentum more overwhelming than before.

Chen Yi angled his broken blade to the side, attempting to intercept this strike, yet the Ring Head Knife suddenly exerted force, the reserved three parts of strength suddenly released, compelling Chen Yi to step back further, in haste, his movement already in disarray!

The third stroke slashed diagonally!

You Xu’s Ring Head Knife layered and complex, aura surged like a spring fountain, several times the burst increased, unleashing fierce knife aura.

With no room to retreat, Chen Yi wielded his broken knife, unleashing a third cut through wind and rain.

You Xu chuckled softly.

As if Chen Yi’s head had already fallen.

Whoosh...

You Xu’s pupils shrank sharply, a severe pain erupted from behind, causing his Ring Head Knife to lose strength abruptly.

In his back, he had been impaled by the severed Brocade Spring Blade blade!

Controlling objects with energy force!

Then, a thin line opened in his vision, the severed Brocade Spring Blade caused even the surrounding wind and waves to momentarily pause, the rippling sea of bamboo seemingly halted at that moment.

A deep, hideous wound appeared on You Xu’s neck. ƒгeewёbnovel.com

His eyes turned white, and he gave a bitter smile before death, still gripping his knife.

In the winter month of the third year of Huanglong, on the twenty-fifth day, You Xu met his end in the bamboo sea of Taizhen Temple,

After eight generations of true heritage, lasting two hundred and ten years,

The Southern Mountain State White Willow Sect... severed!