Kill two people first 1

The two disciples of Wind and Rain Tower originally had no personal vendetta against Yang Kai. However, during the pursuit, several of their junior brothers had perished. Unable to avenge themselves against Wen Feichen, they could only vent their fury on Yang Kai.

At this moment, as enemies meet, their eyes naturally blazed with hatred.

Senior Brother Xiong gazed at Yang Kai with a cruel smile, coldly asking, "Quite bold of you, daring to walk right into our trap. Where is the woman you rescued?"

"Defeat me, and I'll tell you!" Yang Kai's fists crackled as he clenched them, and he rolled his neck before slowly advancing toward the two.

Senior Brother Xiong sneered, "Foolishness! Junior Brother, stand by. I'll teach him a lesson!"

With that, he drew his sword from his waist, twirled it into a flourish, and charged at Yang Kai.

Senior Brother Xiong, with the strength of the sixth stage of the Kai Yuan Realm, faced Yang Kai, who was only at the fourth stage. The difference in their cultivation levels was significant, and with a weapon in hand, Senior Brother Xiong felt he held all the advantage.

This initial strike was merely a probe; Senior Brother Xiong had no expectation of defeating Yang Kai with a single blow.

In the darkness, the sword gleamed as Yang Kai sidestepped and raised his palms, engaging in close combat with Senior Brother Xiong of Wind and Rain Tower. But palm against sword put Yang Kai at a constant disadvantage. He retreated with each clash, and by the time Senior Brother Xiong thrust his ninth strike, Yang Kai had been pushed back more than a dozen steps.

Senior Brother Xiong laughed heartily, "A mere glowworm dares to shine? Yang Kai, prepare to die!"

The earlier probing had revealed Yang Kai's limits, and now, Senior Brother Xiong was ready to deliver a killing blow. The energy within him surged, and the sound of wind and thunder emanated from his sword.

"Thunder Wind Chant!" Senior Brother Xiong roared out the name of his technique, and arcs of lightning suddenly appeared on his sword, which then shot toward Yang Kai's chest with unmatched speed.

Indeed, Yang Kai couldn't dodge, but there was no trace of fear on his face. Instead, he raised a palm and struck at the oncoming sword.

Senior Brother Xiong sneered, thinking to himself that his sword was now imbued with lightning power. A mere fourth-stage Kai Yuan Realm cultivator like Yang Kai would be paralyzed if he touched it, leaving him at Senior Brother Xiong's mercy.

With this thought, Senior Brother Xiong didn't withdraw his strike; instead, he accelerated his sword's speed.

Yang Kai let out a deep breath, his palm suddenly turning a fiery red as if it was ablaze. A wave of intense heat surged toward Senior Brother Xiong, dispelling the surrounding chill and giving him the sensation of being plunged into a sea of fire.

"Clang..." The sword sang as Yang Kai's palm struck it. The lightning arcs vanished instantly, and the force of the strike deflected the sword, which grazed Yang Kai's shoulder, leaving him unharmed.

Senior Brother Xiong was shocked; in this clash, his energy had been overpowered! He thought, isn't he only at the fourth stage of the Kai Yuan Realm? How could his energy be more potent than mine?

Moreover, the fiery energy contained in that palm was extraordinarily pure; otherwise, it couldn't have dissipated the lightning power on his sword.

Panicking, Senior Brother Xiong hastily withdrew his sword and retreated, intending to recover his energy before attacking again. But Yang Kai wouldn't give him that chance. Seizing the moment when Senior Brother Xiong withdrew his sword, Yang Kai swiftly advanced, and in the stunned gaze of Senior Brother Xiong, jabbed a finger into his heart.

Knowing he would have to face many more enemies, Yang Kai struck decisively and cleanly, expending a drop of Yang Liquid to ensure a fatal blow.

Senior Brother Xiong's body froze, and only the howling wind in the valley was heard, mourning like a lamenting spirit.

The Wind and Rain Tower junior brother who had been standing by was confused and called out softly, "Senior Brother Xiong? Senior Brother Xiong?"

Before he finished speaking, Senior Brother Xiong's body suddenly collapsed. Yang Kai grinned wickedly, "Your Senior Brother Xiong is waiting for you on the road to the afterlife."

The junior brother's eyes widened in horror, and he let out a terrified cry before turning to flee.

His strength was slightly inferior to Senior Brother Xiong's, only at the fifth stage of the Kai Yuan Realm. Since Yang Kai had effortlessly killed Senior Brother Xiong, dealing with him would be even easier.

"Think you can run?" Yang Kai sneered, picking up Senior Brother Xiong's sword and giving chase.

The dense Yin Qi within the valley had indeed been a great help to Yang Kai. Under the pervasive invasion of this Yin Qi, everyone's strength was diminished, except for Yang Kai, who practiced the True Yang Secret Art. His energy was the natural nemesis of Yin Qi, allowing him to fight without concern.

He only needed to expend a bit of True Yang energy to disperse the cold.

Although the Wind and Rain Tower junior brother was at the fifth stage of the Kai Yuan Realm, within this valley, his effective strength was even lower than Yang Kai's.

It didn't take long for Yang Kai to close the distance between them to just ten paces—close enough.

Yang Kai, still running, suddenly hurled the sword in his hand. Hearing the wind whistle behind him, the Wind and Rain Tower junior brother instinctively dodged, narrowly avoiding the sword.

But this momentary delay allowed the ten paces to close to zero.

Unable to flee any further, the Wind and Rain Tower junior brother quickly turned, drawing his weapon to face Yang Kai. But before he could react, a flash of red light streaked toward him. Almost instinctively, he raised his weapon to block it.

There was a sharp crack as the weapon, forged from fine steel, was sliced in two as if it were made of tofu. In the next instant, he felt a searing heat at his throat, as if something had just cut across it.

Yang Kai halted, a blood-red blade, thin as a cicada's wing, gleaming at his fingertip, with a drop of fresh blood sliding down its edge.

The Wind and Rain Tower junior brother's Adam's apple bobbed as he stared blankly at Yang Kai, pointing at him but unable to speak. A few breaths later, his head suddenly flew into the air, and a plume of blood sprayed from his neck.

Two down.

This battle had been so effortless that Yang Kai hadn't even needed to use his Indomitable Will. In previous encounters, Yang Kai always had to rely on this mysterious martial skill to defeat his enemies, but this time, he realized that even without it, he now possessed the strength to kill opponents of higher realms.

Yang Kai felt it was time to reassess his own abilities.

Just as he was about to leave the scene quickly, he heard the sound of fluttering robes from both the left and right.

Two people were approaching rapidly from the left, and one from the right! It seemed the cries of the junior brother had drawn them in, and they were all within a hundred paces of him.

Initially, Yang Kai considered hiding, but after a moment of thought, he instead swiftly moved toward the left.

If his guess was correct, these should be the remaining three members of Wind and Rain Tower!

They must have split up to search for him and Xia Ning Shang, keeping within close proximity to each other.

Now that the remaining three had all arrived, Yang Kai couldn't have asked for a better opportunity. The members of Wind and Rain Tower were significantly weaker than those of the Blood Battle Gang, making them perfect to test his own strength.