Chapter 40: Instant Kill (Second Update) Seeking Recommendation Votes

  At the same time, in a dense forest on Jianlan Mountain, a thin figure suddenly emerged from underground. This figure was Hai Tian, who had just disappeared from Tan San and others.

  He had just come out and sat on the ground, panting heavily with big mouthfuls of air. The sweat on his forehead was rolling down non-stop, and a wry smile appeared on his face: "I didn't expect this Five Elements Escape Technique to consume so much sword spirit energy."

  In the past, when Hai Tian was a Sword God, the small amount of sword energy consumed by the Five Elements Escape Technique was almost negligible to him. Now that he is only a one-star swordsman, this negligible consumption has become a huge burden for him.

  It had been used only a few times, and the abundant sword spirit power in his body was already exhausted.

  Just now, Haitian left so freely, not really wanting to give Tansan three days, but he was already about to collapse. Once his sword spirit power was consumed, even if he wanted to escape, there would be no way, and he would only become Tansan's prey.

  He let out a long sigh, and Hai Tian checked his surroundings once again. He was still on Jian Lan Mountain, with no one in sight. The dense forest had become his best cover.

  Immediately afterwards, Hai Tian sat cross-legged and recovered. Without the power of the sword spirit, his Introspection Technique as well as his Five Elements Escape Technique would not be able to exhibit any effects.

  A wisp of milky white light emanated from the Sea Sky Body, countless pounds of heavenly and earthly spiritual energy surged over, and entered his body to transform into pure sword spirit power.

  At this time, Tansan and others had already returned to the great hall on the mountain top. Of course, only those second-generation sword kings followed him up.

  "Bang!" Tansan slammed the teacup in his hand to the ground, shattering it into countless powder.

  The second-generation disciples behind him all silently lowered their heads, as if no one dared to speak more, fearing to provoke Tansan's anger.

  "Damn it! Hai Tian didn't even get caught, and his family members all escaped without a trace. What kind of thing is this?!" Tan San was extremely depressed, Hai Tian's use of the Intimidation Technique as well as that sword technique that suddenly appeared and disappeared had already left him speechless.

  Who would have thought that even Hai Tian's family members were not caught!

  To think that this was the key to Tansan's ability to confront Haitian, but now it's completely gone. How can he face Haitian? Just thinking about Haitian's sword technique that could suddenly appear and disappear made Tansan tremble with fear.

  He wasn't afraid for himself, but for his own disciples.

  With his strength, even if Haitian came to his side, he would not be hurt at all. However, his disciples' strengths were not high, and many of them were only at the Swordsman level; if they were ambushed by Haitian, even if they didn't die, they would still be severely injured.

  If things go on like this, the low-level disciples of Jianlan Sect will live in terror, no one can cultivate, and their sect will become more and more decline.

  "Damn it, who can think of a way to solve the current problem!" Tansan roared with anger, his eyes bulging like cow's eggs.

  "Master, I think the most urgent thing is to make it clear with Haitian that his family members are no longer in our hands. In this way, he will not have a reason to take action against us." A disciple of Jianwang suddenly suggested.

  Ke Tan San, however, didn't even give him a glance, and instead picked up the teacup in his hand and smashed it towards that disciple: "Bullshit! Do you think Hai Tian is someone who can be easily deceived? If we say it's not true, he'll believe us?"

  Everyone fell silent, Tansan had already said many times that he would use Haitian's family to threaten Haitian. Now he suddenly said that Haitian's family was not there, would Haitian believe it?

  "We just went to see that Haitian's home, and the dust had piled up thickly, indicating that no one had been there for at least two months. Can we really find Haitian's family in just three short days?" Yingmu sighed, he also understood the relationship between Haitian and Jianlan Sect from the previous trip to Haitian's home with the Sword King team, "I don't know where the people of Hai's family went."

  After a moment of silence, another Sword King disciple suddenly suggested: "Then can't we think of a way to lure Ha Tian out?"

  "Seduce? How can I seduce?" Tansan suddenly raised his eyes and stared straight at the disciple.

  "Haitian, this kid, hasn't he issued some kind of death warrant? With his strength, he's definitely no match for disciples above the Sword Master level. His target must be those at the Swordsman level. We can use them as bait to lure Haitian out and capture him in one fell swoop!"

  Everyone fell silent after hearing this, secretly analyzing the feasibility of the plan in their hearts.

  Ke Lu, who had been silent all along, suddenly looked up and said: "Master, this plan should have a certain degree of success. Although we have many swordsmen disciples, there are also many sword masters and great sword masters among us. As long as the swordsmen disciples are arranged beside them, Hai Tian will not be able to make a move. And we can use our numbers to overwhelm Hai Tian. Even if we can't catch Hai Tian, it will at least guarantee the survival rate of our low-level disciples to the greatest extent."

  Tansan did not answer immediately, but instead furrowed his brow. The method Coru mentioned was not something he hadn't thought of, it's just that if they did this, then the Jianlan Sect would inevitably fall into a passive position, and low-level disciples wouldn't be able to move about freely afterwards.

  If it gets out, then Jian Lanzong's face will be lost.

  But for now, there seems to be no better solution. After a moment of silence, Tanzan could only nod reluctantly: "Alright then, let's do it this way for now. I must ensure that all disciples stay alive, I don't want to see what happened earlier happen again."

  "Yes! Master." The disciples of the Sword King replied in unison.

  Then everyone left. It was clear that Tansan had a severe headache at this moment, but they themselves didn't have any good solution either and could only do so for the time being.

  Three days passed in a flash, and Haitian had fully recovered somewhere on Jianlan Mountain, with his full forehead looking extremely spirited.

  "Little Rain, Father, wait for me, I will definitely come to rescue you." Hai Tian walked out of the forest, looked up at the sky and made a silent vow. Even if it wasn't for his own family, just because Tansan had kept him imprisoned for so many days, he wouldn't let Tansan off.

  He let out a cold snort, and with a flash of his body, Hai Tian immediately vanished from where he was standing.

  "Tansan! Are you going to let my family go or not?" Haitian's voice suddenly echoed throughout the entire Jianlan Mountain.

  Tansan, who was cultivating in the back hall, suddenly opened his eyes and flew out instantly, looking around everywhere, but he didn't find any trace of Haitian. He immediately understood that Haitian had intentionally transmitted his voice to the top of the mountain using the sword spirit's power, but he himself was somewhere else.

  "You're a sly little thing." Tansang cursed under his breath, while loudly saying, "Haitian, your family is not in our hands." Although he was very unwilling, Tansang still had to give it a try.

  "Not here? Tansan, do you think I'd fall for such a petty trick? Since you insist on not handing it over, then don't blame me for being impolite. I admit, I'm no match for you, but I just can't believe those useless disciples of yours have the same abilities as you." With that, Haitian stopped bantering with Tansan and took action directly.

  Although he had mentally prepared himself, Tanzan still felt a wave of irritation upon hearing this response. He thought to himself that as the mighty Nine-Star Sword Emperor and the master of Jianxuan Sect, he was actually helpless against a mere one-star swordsman's child.

  "I'm so furious!" Tansan angrily shouted, "Haitian, if you have the ability, come on! I'd like to see how you can kill my disciples under our multiple layers of protection."

  At the foot of Jianlan Mountain, a three-star swordsman was walking alongside a two-star swordmaster. The three-star swordsman chuckled and said, "Big Brother Master, with your protection, I am absolutely safe. How could that one-star swordsman, Haitian, possibly be a match for Big Brother Master?"

  "That's right, if that little brat from the Sea Sky appears in front of me, I'll definitely capture him alive and present him to Master Ancestor. Who knows, Master Ancestor might even reward me with a sword when he's pleased." The eldest senior brother said with a self-satisfied smile.

  The Three Star Swordsmen also smiled and said, "That's right, Eldest Brother's strength is the strongest. By the way, speaking of which, that kid Haotian seems to have a sword too, and it's even a Xuan-level beginner sword."

  "Hmph! I really don't know what kind of luck that kid has, to actually get his hands on a sword." The senior brother said indignantly, and he wasn't the only one, many people were extremely dissatisfied.

  The sword was extremely precious, even the Great Master had only one yellow-grade primary sword, which was a reward from his master when he became the first swordsman to break through in his generation.

  How can they not be jealous when a one-star swordmaster of the Celestial Sea has possessed an initial-stage Xuanji-grade sword?

  "If you want my sword, come and take it yourself." Haitian's voice suddenly came from behind, startling the two to immediately turn their heads back, but behind them was empty, without even a hint of a person.

  "Big Brother, didn't I just mishear? It seems like someone is talking behind us." The Three Star Swordsman stared blankly at his Big Brother beside him, a look of astonishment on his face.

  But the elder brother frowned: "Younger brother, that sea sky has a method of sudden appearance and disappearance, don't act rashly."

  At this time, the Sea and Sky hidden underground clearly heard the conversation between the two people, and a cold smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He had intentionally made the sound just now to alert these two people.

  Human energy is limited and cannot be constantly on high alert, which would be extremely exhausting. Ha Tian is waiting for the moment when they are exhausted, this is the best time to make a move.

  That senior brother's appearance did make Hai Tian slightly surprised, but he wasn't a fool and immediately thought of the reason why Tan San was doing this.

  "Tansan, you think that with the protection of a swordmaster, I won't be able to kill a swordsman?" Haitian coldly sneered in his heart.

  The masters on the ground and the three-star swordsmen looked around cautiously, but still didn't find any trace.

  "Big Brother Master, did you say that Hai Tian ran away?" asked the Three Star Swordsman timidly.

  The senior brother was taken aback, then smiled and said: "It's possible, after all he is only a one-star swordsman, and his strength is far inferior to mine. It's normal that he doesn't dare to come out. Alright, let's hurry up and go."

  The two of them immediately left, while Hai Tian quietly followed behind them from under the ground, with the Xuanjie sword in hand.

  "Go die!" Suddenly, Haitian burst out from under the ground, and a cyan sword light accompanied by a vast sword spirit power flew towards those three-star swordsmen in an instant.

  "What? No good!" The eldest brother saw this scene and suddenly shouted, "Younger brother, run quickly!"

  At this time, the three-star swordsman finally came to his senses and immediately wanted to dodge. But before he could move, the cyan sword energy emitted by Haitian had already pierced through his chest, and scarlet blood spurted out like a fountain.

  Instant kill! A completely unresisting instant kill!

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  PS: Haha, it seems that no one has guessed yet? So let's continue until 12pm. If still no one guesses correctly by then, Little Pig wins! This is the second update!