Chapter Thirty-Eight First

  At the same time, Hai Tian was moving rapidly in the ground, suddenly he drilled out from the ground, checked the direction again, and then dived back down.

  At this time, two swordsmen happened to be passing by here. One of the swordsmen looked in amazement at the direction where the sea and sky disappeared and shouted: "Hey, did you see that? A person's head just popped up over there."

  "What about the person?" His companion looked around casually, but there was only a pile of flat land, where was the shadow of the sea and sky?

  "I said, kid, you must be seeing things, how can a human head pop out?" His companion sneered, "And this is in the dirt, even a Sword King-level expert wouldn't be able to move around in a pile of soil."

  "But this..." The swordsman was somewhat at a loss.

  The Sea Sky Sword Intent that had already been set in motion continued to spread outward, and naturally heard the words of these two swordsmen. He lightly laughed to himself: "Indeed, the Sword King cannot move within a pile of dirt, but I can."

  Immediately afterwards, Hai Tian accelerated again and headed towards Heishi City.

  About half an hour later, Haitian had already arrived outside the Blackstone City. He didn't continue to hide in the soil pile, but walked out directly. He thought he should be safe now.

  Looking at the city wall that he had not seen for a long time, Haitian felt a sense of nostalgia in his heart, and he missed his family even more. Then he didn't stay any longer and ran directly towards the direction where his family was.

  However, when he rushed back to the family gate, he was stunned. The gate had become very old and dirty, with cobwebs all over it, as if no one had lived there for a long time.

  Suddenly, a bad premonition emerged in Haitian's heart. He hastily kicked open the large door and quickly walked inside.

  "Father! Xiao Yu! I'm back!" Hai Tian shouted loudly, but there was no one to answer him, only the echoes that came back.

  The sea and sky were in his heart, and at this time, all the houses in the family were covered with dust and spider webs like the gate.

  "Xiao Yu! Father! Where are you? I am Hai Tian, I'm back!" Hai Tian shouted loudly again, but still no one answered him.

  In his haste, Haitian rushed into the hall, but the hall was just like the outside, with dust covering the tables and chairs, looking very old and worn out, it was clear that no one had cleaned for a long time.

  "What's going on? Where are the people from the Hai family?" Hai Tian was anxious, he didn't expect that after leaving for more than three months, the Hai family seemed to have vanished into thin air.

  "Right, I still have my sword sense!" Haotian suddenly woke up with a start and immediately expanded his sword sense. At this point, as a one-star swordsman, his sword sense was already enough to encompass the entire Hai family.

  Soon, the sword qi filled the entire Hai family mansion, but no one was found anywhere.

  "Where has everyone gone?" Haitian was anxious, "Could it be that Jianlan Sect sent someone ahead of time? Damn it, Tanzan, since you don't keep your promise, then don't blame me for not being polite!"

  The sea and sky were enraged, and they hastily retreated underground, rapidly moving in the direction of Jianlan Mountain.

  Shortly after Haitian left, several second-generation disciples from Tanshan also rushed over, and they all saw the scene in front of them.

  "Huh? Where did everyone from the Hai family go?" One of the Sword Kings furrowed his brow, "I think we should hurry back and report to our master."

  "Well said, let's take action immediately." With that, several Sword Kings who had rushed over immediately turned back.

  At this time, Hai Tian did not think that the masters of Jian Luan Mountain would also follow him to the Hai family. At this moment, he was filled with anger and rapidly moving towards Jian Luan Mountain.

  In less than half an hour, Hai Tian had already arrived at the foot of Jian Luan Mountain.

  Taking a deep breath, Haitian activated the sword spirit power within his body and loudly shouted: "Tanshan! Get out quickly!"

  "Get out... Get out..." The endless echoes reverberated throughout Jianxuan Mountain, shocking the low-level disciples at the foot of the mountain, their mouths agape in astonishment that someone dared to directly call out their sect master's name on their own turf.

  This loud roar, as the Nine-Star Sword Emperor, Tansan naturally couldn't help but hear it. At this time, he was anxiously waiting for Koru and others' report in the back hall on the top of the mountain, Haitian's escape made him extremely angry.

  "Who is it? Dare to call out my name!" Tanzan's eyebrows furrowed, and he let out a cold snort. His figure flashed quickly, flying towards the foot of the mountain.

  At this time, the low-level disciples living at the foot of Jianlan Mountain also came out, and many people recognized Haitian, directly exclaiming: "He is Haitian!"

  "Who is Haitian? Who is Haitian?" But there are also many people who don't know Haitian at all, and curiously ask their friends around them.

  "You're slow! He's the one who defeated Ak with a nine-segment sword on the mountain waist earlier, and then ran away under the eyelids of his master and several masters!" A three-star swordsman who had seen Haitian's prowess introduced directly to the person next to him.

  Ak was the three-star swordsman who had previously used his sword skills to hold off Haitian. To say that he was defeated by Haitian is not entirely accurate, as it would have been impossible for Ak to defeat Haitian at the time, but it would also have been difficult for Haitian to defeat him.

  Facing the pointing and whispering of many junior disciples, Hai Tian did not mind, but instead narrowed his eyes to gaze at the sky. He found that several black dots flew down from the top of the mountain, and upon closer inspection, they were indeed the masters of Jianlan Sect led by Tansan.

  Before he could even land, Tansan discovered that the person who had been shouting at him earlier was actually Haitian. He couldn't help but exclaim in surprise: "You little brat, it's actually you! I didn't think you'd dare to come back and seek death!"

  "Hmph! I've returned, and even if this is a dragon's lair or a tiger's den, I'll dare to charge in!" Ha Tian snorted disdainfully. Having learned the art of concealment and the Five Elements Escape Technique, as long as he didn't encounter a Sword Sect expert of a higher level, he was absolutely safe.

  Throughout the entire Soul Sword Continent, there were only a handful of top-notch swordsmen at the Sword Sect level, let alone in a small place like Wuyue Province. Having a Swords Emperor-level expert was already quite impressive.

  "I'm asking you, where have you hidden my family? Hand them over at once!" Haitian shouted coldly.

  "Your family?" Tanzan was taken aback, not expecting Haitian to ask him this question. Had he already gone back? It seemed that the disciples he had sent out had already captured Haitian's family and were probably on their way back now.

  Thinking of this, a smile spread across Tanzania's face. With Hai Tian's family in his hands, Hai Tian would definitely surrender.

  "What? Want to meet your family?" Tansan smiled complacently.

  "It's really you who caught them, hurry up and let my family go, otherwise I'll kill everyone in Jianlan Sect." Hai Tian's face was icy cold, his fists clenched tightly.

  His family can be said to be his biggest weakness, but also his reverse scale. Whoever dares to move his family will have to prepare for his thunder-like anger.

  "Kill everyone in Jianxiao Sect? You're not joking, are you? The strength of any ordinary person here is higher than yours. How can a one-star swordsman like you kill us all?" Tan San sneered and laughed, he didn't think Hai Tian had such skills.

  "Is that so? Since you're determined not to let go, then don't blame me for being impolite!" Ha Tian coldly snorted and directly took out the remaining Xuanjie sword from his storage ring. Although it wasn't a fire-attribute sword, he made do with it for now.

  The sword's spiritual energy rapidly converged into the sword, and the blue sword body emitted a dazzling light.

  "Xuanjie primary sword?" As the Nine-Star Sword Emperor, Tansan immediately saw that Haitian was holding a Xuanjie primary sword and his face was full of surprise. After all, he himself used a Xuanjie primary sword as well.

  Upon hearing Tansang's shout, the disciples of Jianlan Sect beside him were all shocked and agape. They were well aware of the rarity of sword artifacts, yet Haitian simply reached out with his hand and produced a Xuan-level primary sword artifact.

  Koro, who had a little contact with Haitian, was also full of surprise. He felt more and more that the kid in front of him was very mysterious.

  After a brief astonishment, Tansan immediately came to himself and gazed at the sea and sky with a disdainful smile: "Youngster, although you've obtained a Xuanjie beginner-level sword, it's still too early for you to deal with me. The gap in our strengths can't be made up by just one small sword."

  Facing Tanzania's ridicule, Haitian did not respond, coldly snorted, the cyan light on his sword converged and stabbed at Tanzania fiercely: "Go to death!"

  "Hmph!" Seeing Haitian still stubbornly attacking him, Tansan coldly snorted and raised his hand in front of him. A yellow light ball suddenly shot out from his palm.

  Right after that, a khaki-colored protective shield appeared in front of Tansan. Behind the shield, Tansan seemed to be smiling wryly as he gazed out at the sea and sky, as if he had seen Haitian's embarrassing appearance.

  At the sight of this, a strange smile suddenly appeared on Haitian's mouth, and he let out a low growl. The cyan light shot out from his hand instantly changed direction, no longer targeting Tansan, but instead shooting towards a three-star swordsman standing not far away from him.

  "Die!" Ha Tian shouted loudly, the cyan sword's speed suddenly accelerated, and under everyone's astonished gaze, it directly struck the chest of that three-star swordsman.

  "Ugh!" The disciple spat out a mouthful of thick, fresh blood, his eyes wide with shock, and his body flew backward uncontrollably, crashing heavily to the ground where he lay groaning in agony.

  Although he's not dead yet, it's clear to everyone that he won't live much longer.

  The disciples of Jianlan Sect present were stunned, and Tansan was also stunned. No one had expected that Haitian would change his attack target at this time.

  "Haitian! You..." Tanzan glared at Haitian with a fierce gaze after regaining his composure, while Haitian remained calm and collected.

  "What? What's wrong with me? Didn't you think I'd kill every single person in Jianlan Sect?" Haotian held his sword upside down, looking at the crowd of Jianlan Sect with an arrogant expression. "This is just the first one, but definitely not the last!"

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