AZI Volume 3 Chapter 55

"Talking things out peacefully was never an option. Today, this Immortal will have you three be my whetstone."

Saying this, Long Hua leans Bai Zhe towards Tian Cheng, who taps the blade with Kun—while dismissing her weapon's scabbard.

With Kun shrouded in his sword Qi, their preparation is complete, but prior to making his move, Long Hua thought—

(In my previous life, I've definitely killed plenty of people, and shed enough blood—to flood an entire city red. But right now… Maybe it's because I haven't fought with my life on the line for ages; however, my killing intent has dulled severely.)

*Bak! Bak! Bak!* just as Long Hua is thinking of that, electricity discharges from Tian Cheng's body—making it seem as if she is covered in a lightning shroud.

(If all the Sinners on the frontlines are able to perform Partial-Apotheosis, then I'm as good as dead—the moment my identity gets exposed. Hence, I need to remember the meaning behind the act of killing.)

Blinking his eyes, while exhaling a breath of air, Long Hua appeared in front of Ye Chen with Bai Zhe raised over his head.

Under the effects of the physical strength boosting talisman—

(My meaning for killing—is not for thrill.)

*Klang! Boom!* Long Hua manages to shatter the ground beneath Ye Chen's feet with this single-handed cleave.

(Heavy…!)

Despite having blocked off Long Hua's cleave with his greatsword, Ye Chen still felt his arms turning numb from the impact.

In the same instance, Shao Tianming lunges his halberd in from the side, while Wang Yongning, who is just about to move—

"…!"

With a flash of electricity, Tian Cheng appears in front of Wang Yongning—with Kun swung outwards.

"How fast…!"

As Wang Yongning positions his daggers in the trajectory of the enemy's blade—

"Uh…!"

He is astonished to see his opponent vanishing once more, and momentarily, the feeling of someone grabbing him by the back of his head—couldn't have been clearer.

*Boom!* mercilessly, Tian Cheng smashes Wang Yongning's face onto the ground—before lifting Kun, and taking aim at the latter's neck!

...…

Directing his eyes towards Shao Tianming—

(Not for battle.)

Long Hua lunges his left hand towards the incoming halberd.

"Uh."

With his weapon caught in the opponent's grip, Shao Tianming is just about to let go, but before he could, Long Hua uses Ye Chen's weapon as a piece of footing—to leap backwards, while dragging the former with him.

Landing onto the ground—a few meters away from Ye Chen, Long Hua throws Shao Tianming, who has yet to relinquish his grip over the halberd, onto the ground.

Simultaneously—

(Not to sate my thirst for blood.)

Long Hua and Tian Cheng took aim at the necks of their respective targets, and stabbed their swords down!

...…

For a brief instance, silence looms over the battlefield.

The speed, at which, Shao Tianming and Wang Yongning had died—can only be described as despair-inducing, to anyone who had caught sight of the event.

"…"

"…"

Straightening their backs, both Long Hua, and Tian Cheng kicked the corpse of their enemy aside, prior to directing their attention onto Ye Chen, who mutters—

"…Immortals of this level would be considered quite a pain on the frontlines."

Being the one who is closer to Ye Chen, it goes without saying that Tian Cheng had been the first to land a hit in—in the form of a stab, that punctures through the former's abdomen.

"…"

Not falling behind, Long Hua appears behind Ye Chen's back—with Bai Zhe swung outwards.

In the next instance—

(Not to feel the highs of being able to stand on top of others.)

The sensation of having cut into flesh is transmitted to Long Hua through his right arm, and with it, Ye Chen's head flies into the air.

"No way…"

"Captain died…?"

Looking at the entire event from behind a building, both Qing Yue, and Yu Ji's complexion turns pale.

"…"

Retracting Kun from Ye Chen's body, Tian Cheng allows the corpse to fall.

"…"

Inspecting Bai Zhe as if to look for damages, Long Hua frowns beneath his helmet. Although he and Tian Cheng have managed to kill their enemies, something feels off.

"…"

Looking at the battle from a distance, Li Xue mutters—

"If that guy was so easy to kill off, I wouldn't need to struggle so much…"

...…

"Hm…?"

Detecting an enemy's approach, Long Hua turns his attention towards their direction, but—

(Surnamed Shao?)

"Uh?"

Noticing the identity of the incoming enemy, Tian Cheng is quick to turn her attention towards the direction she had kicked Wang Yongning, and—

"…"

Similarly, to Shao Tianming, Wang Yongning is still alive, and as soon as Tian Cheng had turned towards his direction, he was already less than a meter away from her.

"Master, I'll keep him occupied."

Having said this, Tian Cheng dodges Wang Yongning's daggers, before proceeding to smash her left fist onto his chest—throwing the latter off into the distance, prior to giving chase.

The moment Tian Cheng had gone off to chase after Wang Yongning, Long Hua dodges Shao Tianming's halberd—before choosing to put some distance between them.

As Shao Tianming slides to a halt, Ye Chen gets off the ground in a nonchalant manner, while cracking his neck.

"…"

Seeing the two perfectly whole, Long Hua can't help but think—

(...…And these Sinners consider practitioners monsters? Aren't they just as abnormal? An ordinary practitioner can't possibly revive after getting their head lopped off…)

(*-laoban, forget about them, and just go for the crystal!)

Towards the Tai Xuan Emperor's reminder, Long Hua must agree with her; however—

"Hahaha!"

Laughing aloud, Long Hua feels like he couldn't have found a better set of whetstones than these two.

"Come then!"

Directing Bai Zhe in the direction of Ye Chen and Shao Tianming, Long Hua says—

"Attack with everything that you can muster, so that I may regain a portion of my lost killing intent!"