Sovereign of Stars

Chapter 23 – Beggar boy

"Not good!"

At the moment Su Xin's phantom strike was unleashed, a figure swiftly charged into the battlefield from afar.

The hazy sword light was astonishingly fast.

The twin brothers' eyes filled with terror as they realized they couldn't block this sword in time.

Swoosh!

The sword light first swept past the 'elder brother' of the twins, his head flying off instantly. Just as the sword light continued towards the 'younger brother,' a powerful force surged in, colliding with the sword light and slightly altering its direction.

With a ripping sound, the entire arm of the 'younger brother' was severed.

If not for the sudden appearance of that force, it would have been his head that was severed.

"Another expert?"

Su Xin frowned, looking at the figure that had appeared beside the one-armed 'younger brother.'

It was a bald middle-aged man in a long robe. Judging by the force he had just unleashed, his cultivation should have reached the peak of the Sea Transformation level.

This time, the Liushui Gang had paid a great price to enlist the help of the Pang Family... and knowing that the Su Family would also send people, the Pang Family was prepared to completely eliminate the Su Family's reinforcements.

So, the Pang Family not only sent three Sea Transformation experts but also a peak Sea Transformation expert, this bald middle-aged man, to oversee the situation from the shadows.

"Damn it, I should have acted sooner."

The bald middle-aged man, Pang Tieyun, looked at the now one-dead, one-injured twin brothers, his face dark with anger.

He was well aware of the twin brothers' strength. Together, they could hold their own against a peak Sea Transformation expert for a short time. Yet, Su Xin, who was clearly only at the True Martial Realm, though not weak and with quite exquisite swordsmanship, was primarily using defensive sword techniques. Pang Tieyun was confident that Su Xin couldn't possibly harm them.

But who would have thought that Su Xin, once he made his move, would instantly drive the twin brothers into a desperate situation?

He had acted to save them at the first opportunity, but could only manage to save one, and even then, that one lost an arm.

"The young master of the Su Family."

Pang Tieyun's eyes burned with endless killing intent as he stared at Su Xin. "So young, yet able to slay a Sea Transformation expert head-on with True Martial Realm cultivation. Such a genius... even though my Pang Family lost a Sea Transformation expert, if we can exchange your life for it, it's worth it!"

"Kill me? Just you?" Su Xin sneered.

"Hmph!"

Pang Tieyun said no more, directly drawing his weapons—two massive crimson-gold hammers.

Each hammer weighed several hundred pounds, yet Pang Tieyun wielded one in each hand effortlessly.

In the next moment...

Boom!

With a single step, the ground shattered instantly. Pang Tieyun's figure appeared before Su Xin like lightning, his two hammers spinning like fiery wheels.

"Eighteen Mountain-Crushing Hammers!"

Pang Tieyun's face flushed red, his power erupting to the extreme!

Boom! Boom! Boom!~~~

The two crimson-gold hammers smashed down with furious might, each strike crushing the air, causing it to emit intense sonic booms.

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As the hammers came crashing down, Su Xin remained unafraid.

"Force like Thunderfire!"

Boom!

Su Xin's swordsmanship erupted.

Like a volcanic eruption, it burst forth with earth-shaking power.

Like a thunderbolt descending from the heavens, it annihilated everything in its path, shaking the very fabric of the world.

The Mountain-Sea Volume, upon reaching the level of 'force,' imbued each sword strike with terrifying Thunderfire might.

When he had used the phantom strike to slay the twin brothers, he had only slightly activated his bloodline power, but now he unleashed it to seventy percent!

Su Xin had long planned how to use his bloodline power.

In ordinary battles, he would activate fifty percent of his bloodline power.

Against formidable opponents, he would unleash seventy percent.

As for using his full bloodline power... unless it was a crucial battle, Su Xin would never unleash it completely.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!~~~

The sword light, like Thunderfire, clashed madly with the two hammers.

Each collision produced a violent roar, causing ripples to spread through the surrounding space. The shockwaves of their clash spread out, and some gang members on the battlefield were caught in the impact, bleeding from their seven orifices in an instant.

Boom! Boom!~~~

After eighteen consecutive collisions, Pang Tieyun's hammers halted, and in the next moment, he was sent flying back in a sorry state by Su Xin's sword.

"He, a True Martial Realm cultivator, clashed head-on with my Eighteen Mountain-Crushing Hammers using his swordsmanship, and I lost?" Pang Tieyun was in disbelief.

He had just claimed he would use Su Xin's life to compensate for the Pang Family's loss of a Sea Transformation expert, but now...

"Indeed!"

Su Xin's face bore a strange smile. "Though I'm only at the peak of the tenth level of the True Martial Realm, with my Bloodline Inheritance Cultivation Art and seventy percent bloodline power, my strength is equivalent to a Sea Transformation expert, nearing perfection. Coupled with my swordsmanship... ordinary peak Sea Transformation experts are no match for me."

In terms of raw power, he was indeed slightly weaker than Pang Tieyun.

But in terms of swordsmanship and skill, he far surpassed Pang Tieyun. Even in a direct confrontation, relying on the terrifying Thunderfire might of the Thunderfire Volume, he was completely unafraid.

"You wanted to kill me just now?" Su Xin's eyes turned icy. "Now, let's see who kills whom!"

Su Xin was about to advance.

With his strength, using the Thunderfire Volume and phantom strike in tandem, he had a good chance of completely eliminating Pang Tieyun.

But just then...

"You all are disturbing me!"

Swoosh!

An incredibly dazzling blade light suddenly flared from a corner of the street.

The blade light swept through, instantly covering an area of several dozen meters.

Within this range, many members of the two gangs were still fighting, but now, under the sweep of the blade light, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh~~~ figures were severed at the waist.

In an instant, within that area, aside from the owner of the blade light, no one else remained standing.

"Oh my god!"

"This!"

The previously chaotic and frenzied battlefield came to a complete halt.

The members of the two gangs, without any orders, all stopped their actions, looking in terror and shock towards the corner where the blade light had appeared.

Even Su Xin and Pang Tieyun couldn't help but look over.

There, the 'beggar' who had been leaning against the wall had somehow stood up, his head lifted, revealing an incredibly youthful 'boyish' face.

Judging by his face, he didn't seem much older than Su Xin.

The sloppy beggar boy rested a long blade on his shoulder, grinning to reveal a row of white teeth.

But his smile sent chills down the spines of the surrounding gang members.

"A master! A true master!"

"Stronger than the bald middle-aged man from the Pang Family by tenfold, even a hundredfold!"

Su Xin's eyes were sharp. He had noticed the beggar boy's presence early on and found him peculiar.

The dazzling blade light that had just erupted made his heart tremble.

Under everyone's gaze, the beggar boy ignored the ordinary gang members nearby and walked step by step towards Su Xin and Pang Tieyun.

"Hey, bald guy."

The beggar boy glanced at Pang Tieyun and said, "You're at the peak of the Sea Transformation level, just like me. Come on, show me your best moves and attack me."

The beggar boy revealed his cultivation, indeed only at the peak of the Sea Transformation level, on par with Pang Tieyun.

But his spiritual energy aura was far stronger than Pang Tieyun's. It was likely that the beggar boy's cultivation art was quite special, allowing his spiritual energy to explode with power far beyond his level.

"Sir, you're not from the Su Family, nor are you a member of the Black Yan Gang. We're not enemies, there's no need to..." Pang Tieyun didn't want to fight.

To be precise, the beggar boy's earlier strike had already frightened him. He had no courage to make a move.

But before he could finish speaking, the beggar boy frowned and shouted, "I told you to attack, so attack! Why all the chatter?"

Pang Tieyun's face turned grim. Realizing there was no way to resolve this peacefully, he mustered his courage and attacked.

Boom!

Pang Tieyun swung his two crimson-gold hammers again, unleashing immense power as he charged at the beggar boy.

But seeing this, the beggar boy frowned.

"Clumsy, with form but no substance, just brute force." The beggar boy sneered and then struck.

Swoosh!

Once again, an incredibly dazzling strike, the blade light radiant, like a leaf floating in the void.

Slash!!

The crimson-gold hammers in Pang Tieyun's hands were sliced in half by the blade light, and his entire body was cleaved from top to bottom, not even having time to scream before he died.

"Useless!"

"Couldn't even withstand a casual strike from me, truly useless to the extreme!"

The beggar boy complained discontentedly.

The surrounding members of the two gangs, as well as the high-level experts who had reached the Sea Transformation level, were all stunned by this scene.

A single strike, just a casual one, and a peak Sea Transformation expert at the same level was dead?

At this moment, the beggar boy's gaze leisurely turned towards Su Xin.

Su Xin's expression was grave, his heart filled with vigilance.

The beggar boy before him was terrifyingly strong, and most importantly, his actions were utterly unrestrained.

He wasn't part of either gang and seemed to have been inadvertently caught up in this street brawl. Yet, with a single move, he killed dozens of gang members, and even Pang Tieyun from the Pang Family, who had no connection or enmity with him, was slain by the beggar boy.

Utterly unrestrained!

Without any scruples.

He was simply a madman.

Su Xin had no doubt that the beggar boy might very well attack him next.

"Don't be nervous."

As if sensing Su Xin's vigilance, the beggar boy grinned, "That bald guy was too weak, too disappointing, so I killed him. But you're different. Though your cultivation is a bit low, your swordsmanship is exceptional. If I'm not mistaken, the sword art you used just now should be the Northern Azure Sword Art, right?"

"Yes." Su Xin nodded.

Though vigilant, he wasn't afraid.

The beggar boy was indeed strong, but if he truly intended to kill Su Xin, Su Xin would not hesitate to use the Divine Annihilation Forbidden Technique. Once the forbidden technique was unleashed, his combat power would soar to the Void Shattering Realm, and then the beggar boy would have to consider whether he could survive against Su Xin.

"Indeed!"

"The Heavenflame Dynasty's acknowledged number one sword art!"

The beggar boy's eyes flashed with excitement. "In the past two years, I've traveled the world, across eighty-six counties of the Nine Provinces, battling countless experts, including many skilled in swordsmanship. Yet, you're the first I've encountered who can wield the Northern Azure Sword Art!"

"Come, show me your swordsmanship, and let's have a duel!"

"Let me see if your Northern Azure Sword Art is superior, or if my blade technique is better!"