Chapter 191: Spirit Sword Sect
Surrounding firearms!
And that incoming gunshot!
These completely shook Ba Tian and Fan Jian!
Their long sabers slipped from their hands, but neither of them showed any intention of picking them up!
From He Tian's expression, both of them distinctly sensed a trace of madness.
If they truly dared to make another rash move, they had not the slightest doubt that He Tian would order the shooting to continue.
"Tell me! What is your purpose in coming here today?" He Tian's voice was low, and his burning rage had not diminished in the slightest due to that gunshot.
"We... we came to issue a challenge according to the rules of the pugilistic world!" Fan Jian said with a trembling voice.
"Issue a challenge by the rules of the pugilistic world? Hahaha, what a joke! A challenge, what do you call a challenge? Is it when the party who starts the provocation suffers a loss, and then digs up stronger people to save face, and you call that a challenge?" He Tian laughed loudly, his face brimming with utter mockery.
"He Tian, relying on this, what kind of ability is that? If you have the guts, fight me head-on!" Ba Tian said in a deep voice.
"Hahaha, you still don't understand my meaning? What kind of ability is this? Can I assume you are simply too naive and childish? Fan Jian, let me ask you... when you ambushed me the other day, you weren't the only one, were you? What did the other person use? A sniper rifle... not to mention the ambush itself! That I haven't come after you for trouble is already a sign of my mercy! But it's quite obvious that you took my mercy for weakness!" He Tian said in a deep voice: "Then I might as well just be tough. From now on, unless your Tyrant Saber Sect gives me a satisfactory explanation, I, He Tian, swear here and now that I will completely annihilate the entire Tyrant Saber Sect! Don't think I'm joking, modern weaponry offers far too many ways for me to achieve that!"
"He Tian, you wouldn't dare! Such wild and arrogant words!" Ba Tian said in a deep voice: "Go ahead and shoot, shoot right now! If you kill the two of us, the Tyrant Saber Sect will exact a frantic revenge, and you and everyone around you will die!"
"Little Madman, I want one of his legs!" He Tian suddenly roared!
"As you wish!" Shen Feng muttered, quickly pulling the trigger!
Without a sound, an extra bloody hole appeared on Ba Tian's thigh!
Ba Tian stared in shock at He Tian, and then at the bloody wound on his own leg!
"Ah, He Tian, I'll kill you!" Ba Tian roared...
"Little Madman, I want his hand!" He Tian roared again!
"No!" Fan Jian did not doubt He Tian's words in the slightest!
However, he was already too late to stop it!
Although Shen Feng's profession was that of a thief, his marksmanship was exceptionally good. While slightly inferior to He Tian, it was far better than any so-called sharpshooter!
Shen Feng decisively executed He Tian's order and struck the target with absolute precision.
"My hand! My hand!" A bloody hole appeared on Ba Tian's palm, and blood spurted out, flowing continuously!
"Now, tell me! What on earth did you come here to do!" He Tian said in a deep voice.
Two consecutive gunshots failed to extinguish even a fraction of the fire burning in He Tian's heart.
Fan Jian quickly ripped off a piece of his own clothing to bandage Ba Tian's wounds!
"He Tian, you are so vicious! It seems you are determined to make a complete enemy of the Tyrant Saber Sect!" Fan Jian said, looking at He Tian with a stern expression.
"Hahaha, what a ridiculous joke. Your Tyrant Saber Sect ambushed me first, and now you've brazenly barged onto my doorstep second! And yet now you tell me that I am the one wanting to make a complete enemy of the Tyrant Saber Sect! What kind of logic is that? Am I supposed to wash my neck clean and wait for you to come and hack it off so that I won't offend the Tyrant Saber Sect?" He Tian laughed heartily and said: "You want me, He Tian, to act like that? Impossible!"
"Do you know who Ba Tian is? He is the son of our Tyrant Saber Sect's Master! Just wait for the retaliation!" Fan Jian said in a deep voice.
"I don't want to hear this nonsense, tell me... what on earth did you come here for!" He Tian roared: "Stop fucking using some bullshit challenge as a facade! Tell me, who sent you! What did you come to do! Tell me right now!"
Lazy Cat looked at He Tian with astonishment. This was the first time he had seen He Tian like this! This wasn't madness, nor was it loss of control; Lazy Cat could sense that. This was a fierce counterattack after being provoked... It was just that, relatively speaking, the explosive nature of He Tian's counterattack left everyone dumbfounded!
"Was it He Jiansheng? Or He Jianshong? Fine, your Tyrant Saber Sect lives off funding supplied by He Jianshong! Doing things for him is only right and proper! Then stop throwing around terms like the rules of the pugilistic world to me! If you want to kill me, you are far too naive!" He Tian continued in a deep voice.
"Tell me! Tell me right now!" He Tian pointed at Fan Jian, no longer roaring, but his low tone carried a crazed intent to kill.
"Young Brother He..." Young Master Hai had been watching quietly the entire time! The sudden appearance of firearms around them, He Tian's madness, and the successive sniper shots—all of this gave Young Master Hai a deeper understanding of He Tian. It wasn't just He Tian's strength, but also his complete lack of restraint.
Initially, he had only wanted to observe. From his perspective, watching He Tian have a total falling out with the old He family and provoking an unpredictable figure like He Tian into a frantic counterattack would make things extremely difficult for He Jianshong to tidy up!
However, the words Elder Lin had whispered to him forced Young Master Hai to step forward.
"Elder Brother Hai!" When He Tian turned to Young Master Hai, miraculously, his face regained its calm, as if the madness from a moment ago had never existed at all!
"Young Brother He, would you listen to an old brother's advice? Allow Elder Lin to say a couple of words to you!" Young Master Hai said with a smile.
Elder Lin stepped forward, looked at He Tian, and then at Ba Tian and Fan Jian. "Mr. He, the Tyrant Saber Sect has some ties with my sect. I, Lin Qishan, am willing to resolve the misunderstanding between both parties, and I hope Mr. He can grant this old man some face!"
"Oh, I wonder which sect Elder Lin belongs to?" He Tian asked curiously.
"Spirit Sword Sect!" Elder Lin said with a smile: "Our Spirit Sword Sect has quite a few ties with the Tyrant Saber Sect, so..."
"Hahaha, so Elder Lin is a fellow practitioner of the Spirit Sword Sect. Since Elder Lin has spoken, naturally I will agree! However, Elder Lin, to speak harshly, you shouldn't be muddying these murky waters!" He Tian said very seriously.
"This old man guarantees that the Tyrant Saber Sect will not make a move against Mr. He again... If they do, Mr. He need not care about this old man's face and may act as you please. How about that?" Lin Qishan said.
"There's no need for such trouble!" He Tian was just about to agree when a deep, heavy voice echoed, and then He Tian saw Ugly striding over with bold steps!
He Tian's eyes lit up!
Ugly had returned just in time!
"Ugly! Don't interrupt, listen to what Elder Lin has to say!" He Tian waved his hand and said.
"Heaven... is there any need for this? Just let me slaughter my way to the Tyrant Saber Sect... Let's see who else would dare to provoke us!" Ugly spoke with extreme dominance! At the same time, his murderous aura was exceptionally heavy!
Squeak! Squeak!
Wukong was also jumping up and down on He Tian's shoulder, echoing Ugly's sentiment entirely.
"And who is this?" Lin Qishan narrowed his eyes as he looked at Ugly. Being interrupted like this made Lin Qishan quite displeased.
"Elder Lin, this is my brother. His name matches his appearance, we all call him Ugly! He possesses the strength of the fifth tier of internal force!" He Tian introduced with a smiling chuckle.
"Fifth tier of internal force!" The displeasure in Lin Qishan's heart vanished instantly without a trace!
As an internal force practitioner, Lin Qishan knew very well and clearly what the fifth tier of internal force represented! This represented the absolute peak of internal force, short of legends!
Aside from a few hidden seniors of the older generation and monsters of existence, no one could block them!
And whether it was the Spirit Sword Sect or the Tyrant Saber Sect...
The highest level of existence among them was only at the fourth tier of internal force!
"Mr. He, I still hope you can give me some face and let me, Lin Qishan, take responsibility for handling this matter! If it doesn't work out... then you all can take action. How about that?" This time, Lin Qishan was even more polite than before.
"Elder Lin, acceptable! Perfectly acceptable! Ugly, listen to me!" He Tian looked at Ugly.
"The Tyrant Saber Sect... is about dominance in their saber techniques, not dominance in their style of conduct! To think they look down on the rest of the world!" Ugly looked at Ba Tian and Fan Jian, saying coldly.
Lin Qishan breathed a sigh of relief. It looked like the matter was settled!
Lin Qishan thought to himself that he had pushed things to the absolute limit. He would convey all of this to the Tyrant Saber Sect; if they still lacked sense and tact, then neither he, Lin Qishan, nor the Spirit Sword Sect could be blamed!
"Young Master!" Elder Lin looked at Young Master Hai!
"A-kun!" Young Master Hai nodded toward A-kun!
A-kun and Qi Cheng immediately stepped forward to support Ba Tian!
Young Master Hai walked over to He Tian with a wry smile and said, "Little Brother, I never imagined things would take such a turn, and in the end, I'm the one taking these two away."
"Elder Brother, don't overthink it! You are the one who knows the origin, process, and outcome of this matter best. What kind of person am I, He Tian? If people don't provoke me, I never think of provoking anyone else! Even when people have provoked me, I've always left them room to maneuver! But if they provoke me again and again, and I continue to endure it, I'd just be too wronged and suppressed! So, I must trouble Elder Lin... The internal force circle in China is already a far cry from its former glory! Countless techniques and inheritances have been passed outward! Even external forces are far more powerful than us! I don't wish for internal strife to cause our strength to decline further! But... don't take this as a sign that I'm easy to bully!"
"Mr. He, rest assured! I will definitely give you a satisfactory answer!" Lin Qishan nodded and said.
"Little Brother, then I'll be leaving first!" Young Master Hai was utterly shaken by He Tian today! There were so many things right now that he needed to properly digest.
A fifth-tier internal force expert, firing guns with total impunity, the state of an erupted fury when provoked... Young Master Hai needed to carefully re-examine all of this!
"Take care on your way, Elder Brother!" He Tian politely escorted Young Master Hai all the way out of Longhai Garden!
Watching Young Master Hai's motorcade disappear, He Tian muttered to himself and quickly returned to the villa!
He Tian had a feeling that Ugly's mental state was not quite normal!
Sure enough, upon returning to the villa, He Tian received some very bad news...