Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

"Damn it!"

Not long after Xu Ping’an left, four more figures appeared at the scene.

The leading Silver Armored Man furrowed his brows as he looked at the bodies on the ground.

"Commander Sir, they are all dead, almost all killed with a single strike. The attacker was very decisive and ruthless," one Mysterious Iron Warrior reported immediately after checking.

"Can we confirm who did it?" the Silver Armored Man asked.

"We can’t be certain, but the assailant likely used a sword, and the strength was immense, even tearing through Mysterious Iron Battle Armor. The power must be at least at the Seventh Layer of the Second Rank," the Mysterious Iron Warrior replied.

"Used a sword? Great strength? If no surprise, it should be Xu Ping’an," the Silver Armored Warrior said.

These words shocked the three people around him.

Isn’t Xu Ping’an only at the First Layer of the Sea-Splitting Realm?

Is he really that powerful?

"Issue the orders, hunt down Xu Ping’an, but once you find him, do not engage. Notify the others, and we’ll attack him together," declared the Silver Armor Commander.

"Yes!" Hearing the command, the Mysterious Iron Warrior immediately took the order and then vanished from the spot.

Looking at the corpses on the ground, the Silver Armor Commander’s eyes grew even more piercing: "You dare to kill members of our Tianlong Army; your path also ends here."

While the Tianlong Army was searching for Xu Ping’an, he was actually hiding in the canopy of a large tree.

His gaze was sharp as he watched the three Tianlong Army cultivators searching below.

During these hours, he had explored this area thoroughly.

He discovered that there were nearly ten teams searching for him.

"The Tianlong Army actually sent thirty people, including a commander at the Initial Stage of the Third Rank? Chen Tianqing really holds me in high regard," sneered Xu Ping’an with a cold laugh and extreme chill in his eyes.

Chen Tianqing’s actions completely aroused his killing intent.

"I’ll make you, Chen Tianqing, realize that Xu Ping’an is not someone you can afford to provoke," Xu Ping’an thought to himself as he looked at three Mysterious Iron Warriors scouting around, suddenly executing the Ghost Cloud Step.

The next moment, Xu Ping’an appeared behind one Mysterious Iron Warrior.

Just as the Fifth Layer Sea-Splitting Realm warrior was startled and about to yell out,

the Sword Radiance from Xu Ping’an’s sword had already struck, cleaving the person in two with a single slash.

"Seeking death!"

The other two Mysterious Iron Warriors, startled by the scene, immediately shouted.

Drawing their battle sabers, they charged towards Xu Ping’an.

"Hmpf, the ones seeking death are you," Xu Ping’an snorted coldly and immediately rushed forward.

In the next instant, with a flash of sword light, the two Sixth Layer Sea-Splitting Realm cultivators were promptly slain.

After killing both, Xu Ping’an immediately turned and left.

Not long after he disappeared, a figure arrived in a blink of an eye.

The comer was the Silver Armor Commander.

He looked at the corpses on the ground and became furious.

However, the same incident kept happening over the next day.

Members of the Tianlong Army were continuously being killed.

In just one day’s time, a total of eighteen died.

"Worthless, all worthless!"

Chen Tianqing cursed loudly upon learning of the news.

He had not expected that the people he had brought from the Tianlong Army, not only did they fail to capture Xu Ping’an but were continuously killed by him instead.

He did not care about the lives of these men, but Xu Ping’an killing them was a blatant humiliation to him.

How would he have any face left in Beichen Sword Sect after this?

Zhou Mengyue’s brows were also furrowed to the extreme; she had guessed that Xu Ping’an would be difficult to kill, but she never expected that he would be this troublesome.

And he was even so arrogant, brazenly killing members of the Tianlong Army, utterly offending them.

Utterly offending Chen Tianqing.

Thinking back to the old days when Xu Ping’an would follow behind her, meek and compliant.

Yet now she had become so decisive in killing, so powerful, and Zhou Mengyue felt somewhat displeased in her heart.

How could the man she had abandoned rise again?

Zhou Mengyue was unwilling, extremely unwilling.

Xu Ping’an didn’t know about Zhou Mengyue’s thoughts, and even if he did, he wouldn’t care.

At that moment, he had just slain members of the seventh squad of the Tianlong Army.

This battle had left him with some injuries.

Among them was a strong Sea-Splitting Realm Seventh Layer cultivator, whom he had managed to kill only by exchanging injuries for injuries.

It had to be said that facing a Sea-Splitting Realm Seventh Layer cultivator with his current cultivation was somewhat difficult.

"However, this battle has indeed brought me a lot, directly taking me from the Sea-Splitting Realm Second Layer Initial Stage to the Intermediate Stage, and the Fierce Flame Fruit has been completely absorbed, it’s time to take the second one." Xu Ping’an did not hesitate, taking out the second Fierce Flame Fruit.

While the Fierce Flame Fruit could enhance one’s cultivation, it was not something to consume recklessly.

Forcibly enhancing one’s strength would only result in True Yuan being illusory and unstable foundations.

The so-called illusory True Yuan was actually a lack of control over it.

And combat could quickly solidify that control.

"Buzz!"

The power of the second Fierce Flame Fruit unfolded within Xu Ping’an’s abdomen, its fiery strength circulating inside his body, transforming into True Yuan and flowing into the Pill Sea.

As the power continued to accumulate, Xu Ping’an’s aura grew increasingly stronger.

From the Sea-Splitting Realm Second Layer Intermediate Stage, he broke through to the latter stage.

But Xu Ping’an didn’t stop there; instead, he continued to consume the third fruit.

The effect of the second fruit was clearly not as good as the first, and the third’s effect was not as good as the second’s.

After Xu Ping’an digested the third Fierce Flame Fruit, his cultivation also broke through to the Sea-Splitting Realm Second Layer Peak.

However, because of the rapid increase in power, his control over his strength had weakened somewhat.

"Time to fight again, to completely turn this strength into my own," Xu Ping’an stood up, disappearing once more into the jungle.

Two hours later, there were three more corpses at his feet.

"Two Sea-Splitting Realm Sixth Layer, one Sea-Splitting Realm Seventh Layer, this time without injury," Xu Ping’an smiled.

Just now, he had found this squad of the Tianlong Army.

He launched a surprise attack and slew one Sea-Splitting Realm Sixth Layer cultivator.

Then, under the joint attack of the Sixth Layer and Seventh Layer cultivators, he killed another Sea-Splitting Realm Sixth Layer cultivator, and finally, with absolute combat power, he killed the Sea-Splitting Realm Seventh Layer cultivator.

This battle had made his control over his power even more solid.

His strength was now truly comparable to a Sea-Splitting Realm Seventh Layer.

"Courting death!"

However, just as Xu Ping’an was preparing to leave, a silver figure suddenly rushed out.

"Not good, a Third Rank cultivator," Xu Ping’an’s face changed.

He immediately threw a punch, meeting the other’s fist head-on.

"Hmph!"

The opponent snorted coldly, his True Yuan erupting and colliding with Xu Ping’an’s fist.

The next moment, Xu Ping’an was sent flying.

"Pfft!"

A mouthful of fresh blood sprayed out, his figure slamming into a large tree behind him, the trunk bursting apart.

Xu Ping’an wiped the fresh blood from the corner of his mouth and looked coldly at the newcomer.

The latter did not rush to make a move but instead sized up Xu Nian.

"To take a punch from me and still be able to stand up, your physical body is quite impressive," the newcomer said coldly.

Generally, not to mention a Sea-Splitting Realm Second Layer, even cultivators of the Seventh or Eighth Layer might not be able to stand up again after taking his punch.

No wonder this fellow is able to slay so many above his level; his physical body is dozens of times stronger than that of an average person.

"Chen Tianqing really holds me in high regard, even sending a Third Rank after me," Xu Ping’an sneered, a cold light flickering in his eyes.

What was coming next would probably be more perilous than fortunate.