Young Noble Be Monster Slaying

Guo Zhanfeng's attack was swift fast and fierce. Right after the hound's surprise attack, he instantly drew his saber, slicing through the moonlight!

In this moment of crisis, Chu Liang almost instinctively used Dimension Compression to evade the attack. Thankfully, his rationality prevailed, and he held back against his impulse to use righteous immortal arts.

Unable to instantly create distance between them, Chu Liangh had no choice but to defend by fighting back.

Boom.

He had used the Green Leaf multiple times during the Mount Shu Summit, so there was a risk he might get recognized if he used it here. Ultimately, he could only summon the Giant Elephant Shield that he had obtained in Python Belly City.

This was the advantage of having a plethora of enchanted tools. Many of the enchanted tools might remain unused in storage most of the time, but simply having them in his storage enchanted tool meant he could take them out at any time to boost his combat power.

A thick shield suddenly appeared between Chu Liang and Guo Zhanfeng. A clang rang out as the shield blocked Guo Zhanfeng's mighty saber strike that was filled with murderous intent. A deep dent then appeared on the surface of the Giant Elephant Shield, showing how powerful the strike had been.

The disciples of the Night Saber Sect were known for being exceptionally skilled at saber techniques, but their mastery of cunning schemes was even more difficult to deal with.

After Guo Zhanfeng struck the shield with his saber, he used the recoil to launch into the air in a twisting motion. He stepped onto the top edge of the shield and looked down at Chu Liang, raising his saber high again!

Seeing the cold gleam in Guo Zhanfeng's eyes, Chu Liang knew things were taking a bad turn. Nevertheless, instead of panicking, he focused his attention on Guo Zhanfeng's left hand.

Ghost Face's explanation from earlier continued to ring in Chu Liang's mind. "The third form of the Night Saber's Three Forms is the Flying Saber. Everyone knows the Night Saber Sect's saber techniques are powerful, but more of our brothers have fallen to their Flying Sabers. Despite being in the middle of a melee, they throw saber blades like they're shooting arrows! Quick as lightning!"

Just as Chu Liang had expected, Guo Zhanfeng feigned a slash with the saber in his right hand while his left hand moved at lightning speed, throwing out a black blade that was nearly invisible in the dark night. Chu Liang, fully on guard, swung out his right hand and caught the blade between his fingers in the nick of time.

His golden right hand was as hard as metal and stone. Guo Zhanfeng had thrown his blade with great force, but it was not enough. The blade shook twice between Chu Liang's fingers and stayed stuck there.

The saber blade was as thin as a cicada's wing and totally black, almost impossible to see in the night. Its length and width were roughly the same as a finger's, but it was coated with a potent poison. If a person were to be struck with this, it was unlikely they would survive.

This saber blade was called Shadow Gnat. It was a weapon exclusive to the Night Saber Sect.

Few disciples of the Divine Nine and Terrestrial Ten knew these details because they rarely crossed paths with the disciples of the Night Saber Sect. On the other hand, the diabolical cultivators of the Dark King Sect knew a lot about the Night Saber Sect, as many of their skilled members had been killed with the Shadow Gnat.

The members of the Northern Regions' Night Saber Sect and the Dark King Sect had spent many years killing one another and built up a deep-seated hatred. That was why Guo Zhanfeng was so relentless when he encountered Chu Liang.

However, Chu Liang couldn't use his full range of divine abilities in this situation, making it extremely difficult for him to deal with Guo Zhanfeng. Just as he was thinking about how he would escape, the black fog and the tide of yin entities within it came to his aid.

Initially, the black fog had been nearby, and Chu Liang was there to fend it off. Then as Chu Liang and Guo Zhanfeng fought for a while, the black mist continued rushing over.

The countless ghastly creatures within the fog lacked rationality. It did not matter to them how powerful Chu Liang and Guo Zhanfeng were; they just charged into the two youths, submerging them in the black fog.

In an instant, the two youths were robbed of the moonlight. All they could see were the noisy ghastly creatures passing through.

Nonetheless, Guo Zhanfeng was not afraid of these ghosts.

With a sweep of his long saber, he cleared a large area in an instant. Just a few beams of saberlight were enough to dispel the black fog, and it was gone in the blink of an eye. Yet, when his field of vision was clear again, the diabolical cultivator was gone as well.

"Strange..." Guo Zhanfeng muttered.

He flew up to search for the diabolical cultivator, but all he saw was the vast land covered in white snow.

"Baixue," he called out.

The black-furred demonic hound rushed over.

"Where is he?" Guo Zhanfeng asked.

"Awoo..."

Baixue, the demonic hound, whined softly as it circled him three times, but ultimately, it did not have an answer for him.

"He escaped already…?"

Guo Zhanfeng frowned and scanned the area again before turning to leave, leaving behind a vacant, messy patch of snow.

After a while, Guo Zhanfeng went back down to that patch of snow.

It turned out that he hadn't actually left earlier. It had been a test to see if the diabolical cultivator was hiding somewhere nearby.

Guo Zhanfeng did another scan of the area, confirming there truly was no one there. Then he finally left for real.

…

Several hundred li south of the icefield, there was a calm body of water, shimmering under the night sky. A pavilion was floating in the center of the water.

The hall on the first floor of the pavilion was completely covered in a vivid red. There was a scarlet-robed woman sitting in the hall, gently combing her hair in front of a mirror. The scene was beautiful yet also quite eerie.

There was a second person in the hall—a young woman with skin as fair as snow. She stood still, with a respectful expression displayed on her face.

These two women belonged to the Dark King Sect's Scarlet-Robe Hall. The first woman was the hall master, and the second was her youngest disciple and the lowest-ranked among the four great enchantresses, Yi Qiushui.

However, Enchantress Yi's rank had risen by one recently because her senior sister, Enchantress Liu, had disappeared. It was rumored that she had eloped with a formation specialist and taken the Blue Dragon's Hidden Realm with her.

"Esteemed Teacher, are you just going to let Granny Meng go?" Yi Qiushui asked puzzledly. "Aren't you afraid the sect leader will punish you?"

"There are people from the White-Bone Hall going after her. Granny Meng may not even make it to Fengya Mountain," the hall master replied slowly while combing her hair. "Granny Meng treated me well back in the day. This is the only way I can help her."

"Oh, so it's because you have an amicable relationship with Granny Meng, Esteemed Teacher, " Yi Qiushui remarked.

In the Dark King Sect, the younger disciples did not know much about Granny Meng. They only knew her as the old woman who had been by the sect leader's side for years and that she was an expert in alchemy. Whenever the Four Halls of Darkness needed things like pills or medicine, they would often seek her help to make them. She would agree to their requests, but they always had to pay a large fee.

"She wasn't like this back then," the hall master said softly, sounding as if her mind was somewhere far away. "Before the current sect leader took over, Granny Meng held a high status in the sect... because of her relationship with the previous sect leader. Everyone in the sect knew she was the previous sect leader's lover and that they even had a son. However, she did not want their son to get involved with diabolical sects, so she raised him elsewhere.

"Sixty years ago, I was probably around your age. At that time, I made a grave mistake..."

The hall master paused, recalling something.

After a while, she continued, "That mistake violated the sect's rules and should have resulted in my execution. But Granny Meng pleaded for leniency on my behalf, and I was spared."

Yi Qiushui's eyes lit up. She asked, "Is it… related to that esteemed senior you mentioned previously—the one who sought the Divine Ruins' scroll?"

Her eyes shone with curiosity.

The hall master reprimanded her. "Don't ask about things you shouldn't."

Yi Qiushui lowered her head silently. "Okay..."

As the youngest disciple of the Scarlet-Robe Hall's master, Yi Qiushui had grown up by her teacher's side. Thus, she didn't treat this enigmatic hall master of the Scarlet-Robe Hall with the same level of reverence her fellow diabolical disciples did.

All these years, Yi Qiushui had known that her teacher was always thinking about someone. When her teacher sent her to retrieve the Divine Ruins' scroll, it had been for that person. Unfortunately, an imposter who went by the ridiculous name of Dugu Qiubai had tricked her and snatched the scroll away.

Thinking of that, Yi Qiushui gritted her teeth in anger.

That Dugu Qiubai or whatever had better not cross paths with me a second time, or else... I will definitely make him regret it!

GLTD Alternate Universe's Thoughts

Translator: LD