THE LING TIAN LEGEND
episode 172

Ling Jian chuckled softly, ignoring Yu ManTian altogether. In response to the push of his heel, the excited horse neighed and ran away. Yu ManTian's body shot into the air like a dragon soaring from the ocean, his sword darting out at lightning speed. Knowing that this burly man had extraordinary abilities, Ling Jian did not dare to be rash. With ‘shiiiing’, his sword was brandished, meeting directly with Yu ManTian's sword. The moment the two swords collided, their bodies trembled in impact and Yu ManTian's ferocious attack was stopped. As the power from his jump ran out, he had no choice but to land back on the ground. But since Ling Jian was already on horseback, he accelerated further from the punch!

Yu ManTian was angry to the point that steam was seen rising from the top of his head. However, he also knew that Ling Jian's movement technique was far superior to his. If Ling Jian really wanted to leave, it was impossible to hold him back. As his sword was unable to hold Ling Jian back, he could only watch Ling Jian escape. He could not help but spit on the ground as he scolded, “I wonder what kind of despicable trash and ferocious beasts could train such inhuman assassins! For such a person to remain alive, it was against the laws of heaven! ”

Yu ManTian was really just trying to vent the pent-up anger in his heart. After all, an assassin would never fall in love with such a provocation, and Yu ManTian had already given up the thought of fighting Ling Jian.

However, Yu ManTian did not know that his moment of recklessness had touched Ling Jian's reverse scale. [1] The great battle that could have been avoided had broken out again!

In the next instant, Yu ManTian suddenly felt that something was wrong with the surrounding atmosphere as a cold and dense killing intent surrounded him. Raising his head, he saw a black-clothed man with hateful eyes glaring at him! The black-clothed man was like a sharp sword from his scabbard, with strong fighting intent and the desire to slaughter the world!

Ling Jian was the one who had left!

At this moment, the dense killing intent and the almost insane fighting intent of Ling Jian shocked Yu ManTian. What could make this man angry?

It was the last sentence spoken by Yu ManTian that made Ling Jian angry. Everyone had a bottom line in their heart; if one crossed that line, even a boneless man would be enraged! Ling Tian was the reverse scale in Ling Jian's heart!

Anyone who dares to humiliate my young noble will have to pay the price! Life's price! If it wasn't that person's life, it would be my own life!

Yu ManTian's last expression had insulted Ling Tian. This was something unforgivable in Ling Jian's heart. If Yu ManTian were to scold Ling Jian, Ling Jian would have long since left. But now that he had insulted Ling Tian, this was something that Ling Jian would never be able to endure!

Just this one sentence determined that the two of them would not stop until one of them died!

If you humiliate a young noble, DIEEE!!

No matter who you are!

The battle of life and death today can no longer be avoided; it is your death or mine! The only thing that could erase such humiliation was fresh blood!

“Oi? Son, what's wrong? Why haven't you left?” Yu ManTian could not help but get excited, as his aura also started to pile up. Everything is fine as long as you get back. Third Master Yu will teach you a good lesson!

“You, deserve, for, DEAD !!” In a cold tone, Ling Jian said calmly, emphasizing on every word. You actually dare to insult the god in my heart! While Ling Jian still looked emotionless, anger was burning deep in his heart. At this moment, he had already forgotten about the gap between the two of them. There was only one thought in his heart: Kill him!

“Hahaha ..” Yu ManTian laughed and said with disdain, “What do I want! This is not the best place for us to fight, follow me!” As he said that, Yu ManTian flew his horse and Ling Jian followed him without hesitation. In his eyes, only the person who insulted his young noble existed. Someone who will fight him to the death!

The two horses then left one after another. Ling Jian's cold gaze locked onto Yu ManTian with an aura of ruthlessness exploding from his body. So what if your martial arts are higher than mine? Will I, Ling Jian, be afraid of you? Even if I can't win against you, I'm sure I'll drag you with me to hell! I, Ling Jian, am the sword of my young noble! Ling Tian Sword! I will never humiliate the name of my young noble!

As long as I have one breath left, no one can insult the young noble in front of me!

So what if I win? So what if I lose? So what if I live? So what if I die?! They all need not be feared!

On the river bank, peach forest.

Spring is over and it is the beginning of summer. The originally arid forest was now filled with tiny peaches about the size of a fingernail all over the trees. Under the trees, the originally intoxicating petals had disappeared from the world due to the heavy rain, leaving behind a fragrant land.

However, would the pride of a martial artist or the reverse scale of an assassin be protected today?

At this moment, many sword energies had filled the peach forest! Sometimes, there would be the sound of metal impacting. Suddenly, a loud explosion rang out, followed by a long silence.

“Your martial arts are not too bad!” Yu ManTian said while panting, as a scar was visible on his body. Looking at Ling Jian who was opposite him, a hint of pity could be seen from his sharp gaze. “The beauty of your swordplay and the mystery of your movement technique are things I have never seen before. Even more amazing is your ability to combine the two into one, complementing each other completely. This is indeed a heavenly skill that I have never witnessed before. It is unfortunate that your Inner Qi cannot keep up with it, incomparable to the density of my cultivation for decades. So, you've lost. ”

Opposite him, Ling Jian's black clothes were damaged in some areas, but the obvious wounds were nowhere to be seen. His black mask had already slipped off, revealing a pale face with traces of blood on the corners of his lips. Although he had no physical injuries, it did not mean that Ling Jian had the upper hand. In fact, Ling Jian had suffered a serious internal injury due to his weaker Inner Qi! If not for the long intensive training, he would have already fallen to the floor. While his long sword was still in his hand, it drooped to the ground. Anyone with sharp eyes would be able to tell that he no longer had the strength to fight!

Regardless of the situation, Ling Jian's back was still straight and his expression was calm. It was as if he was indifferent to life and death. However, the killing intent in his eyes still lit up with a stern look!

They had been fighting for two whole hours! In the face of relentless attacks from an expert like Yu ManTian, Ling Jian ended up losing!

With such a huge difference in strength, her exquisite swordplay and her mysterious movement technique were still unable to turn things around!

“So what if I'm lower than you?” Ling Jian raised his head proudly, looking at the sword point that was several meters away from him. With a light flick of his opponent's hand, it would easily pierce through his throat, ending his life!

Ling Jian laughed self-deprecatingly before calmly saying, “But I am not dead yet. As long as you don't kill me, I haven't lost. I admit that I am inferior to you, but I have not been defeated! As long as I still have my life, I have not been defeated!

“If I cannot treat my own life indifferently, then I am not qualified to be an assassin. Since I am out to kill, I must be ready to be killed! So what if I die? I will only enter into the next reincarnation cycle!”

At this moment, Ling Jian remembered what Ling Tian had said to him earlier, as he had just subconsciously recited it. Ling Tian's emotionless and distant gaze then appeared in his heart. Young nobleman, Ling Jian will leave. Please take good care of yourself! If there is any further life, I will still be the sword of the young noble!

Yu ManTian was stunned.

He never imagined that this young opponent before him would treat death so generously. Or maybe he was just trying to deny his loss? Yu ManTian could not help but feel admiration in his heart. Such a talent, such a thought breath, such martial arts! How rare is that! Even if his Inner Qi is weak, it is only compared to me. Actually, did I have such cultivation before I was twenty? It was a pity for this incredible young man to walk down a path that could not return.

Yu ManTian was in a dilemma. In his heart, he was unwilling to crush such a talent with his own hands. In the instant he had ripped off Ling Jian's mask, he almost cried out in shock. This expert cold-blooded killer only looked like he was seventeen years old!

Yu ManTian was very clear about how difficult it was for a seventeen-year-old to reach such a level of martial arts. This is an incredible miracle! How much suffering did this teenager face to achieve such martial arts? A talented person would not be able to turn into an expert just by eating a few hundred year old ginseng. To become the epitome of martial arts, one could only rely on his talent, sweat, and hard work!

Yu ManTian himself was a martial arts fanatic. Ever since he was young, he had relied on hard work and incredible bitter cultivation to become three times stronger than his peers! When anyone from the Yu Family saw the way he was cultivating, all of their mouths would be wide open in shock. It was no longer cultivating, it was no different from self-torture! However, it was also his insane cultivation that gave him the ability to look down on the world with pride.

But facing this teenager in front of him, Yu ManTian felt as if he had no right to be proud.

The moment Yu ManTian tore the mask on Ling Jian's face, the sense of pride had disappeared completely. Even after cultivating in such a crazy way, was I even half as good as this teenager when I was his age? Impossible!

In other words, what kind of bitterness did this teenager suffer to achieve such cultivation?

[1] The upside down scales on a Chinese dragon are a special type of scales on its chin or throat that should not be touched, or the dragon will go crazy and exert all its strength to destroy you.