Chapter 448: Three?

“Of course not.”

The words had just left her mouth, but before she could say the three words “refuse you,” Zhang Jia’s voice came to an abrupt halt.

So Senior Sister only managed to hear “not.”

Her heart instantly turned ice-cold.

She panickedly lifted her head to look at Zhang Jia, only to find that Zhang Jia had already vanished without a trace!

Everything around her was dead silent, leaving only a strange faint chugging sound from the distant mountains.

In this situation, that is to say…

She… had been rejected?

Rejected by a lowly outer sect disciple?!

“Zhang Jia! You’re finished! You’re dead meat!”

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Zhang Jia’s cultivation base was at the Three Talents Realm.

He trained very hard; among all the outer sect disciples of the Xiaoshan Sword Sect, he was outstanding, even able to fight on equal footing with weaker inner sect disciples.

“Alright, this little piece of trash has a cultivation base at the One Origin Realm. Pei Min, your training goal for tonight is to defeat this One Origin Realm little trash.”

Jiang Ke’er pointed at Zhang Jia and said.

‘You’re the one who’s a One Origin Realm piece of trash! I’m at the Three Talents Realm!’

Zhang Jia’s heart roared, but he couldn’t speak.

He was both terrified and humiliated, completely unable to understand what was happening in front of him… Where was Senior Sister? He had been about to confess his feelings, and now who were these people?

And why had he suddenly ended up at the mountain gate?

Pei Min looked up at the four large characters “Xiaoshan Sword Sect” on the mountain gate.

The events from a few days ago were not so easily forgotten.

It was here that he had suffered great humiliation and was told his path as a sword cultivator was over.

But why were there no guards at the entrance of this huge sect? Where had the guards gone? There was only a single One Origin Realm little piece of trash?

Zhang Jia could neither move nor speak until a terrifying, sinister voice echoed in his ears.

[Fight properly. If you win, I’ll let you go. If you dare run, you’ll know what hell looks like.]

When the voice finished, Zhang Jia’s body was freed from its restraints.

He didn’t dare run.

He was all too clear about the vast gap in strength between himself and the other party.

Even an elder-level powerhouse couldn’t have teleported him from Lovers’ Cliff to the mountain gate in an instant.

He had to follow the voice’s instructions and honestly fight Pei Min, while praying that the sect leader and elders of the sect would notice this place and come to save him.

This was the mountain gate; the sect leader would notice soon…

clang —

Zhang Jia drew his sword and silently attacked Pei Min.

It wasn’t that he didn’t want to speak, but he couldn’t.

He didn’t know why he couldn’t speak.

Beside him, Jiang Ke’er gently stroked the ring on her finger.

The Silence Ring was an item she had obtained a long time ago. The last time it had been used… maybe 900,000 words ago.

She hadn’t used it in battle before because it wasn’t needed, but it was quite useful in daily life.

“Hmph, just a One Origin Realm opponent…”

Pei Min sneered inwardly and raised his sword to meet the attack.

Clang —

A terrifying force instantly sent the longsword in Pei Min’s hand flying, leaving his hand covered in blood.

Pei Min’s face showed panic: “One Origin Realm… is it this powerful?!”

It was his first time engaging in actual combat.

He had always thought that his understanding of the Sword Dao far exceeded that of his peers, and that he might even be able to challenge a Three Talents Realm cultivator across levels.

But reality dealt him a ruthless blow.

His cultivation base had reached the Dual Polarity Stage, yet he had been disarmed in one move by a One Origin Realm sword cultivator.

This… was this what a real sword cultivator was like? A sword cultivator who had received professional training?

Pei Min’s heart was filled with a sense of defeat.

“Again.” Jiang Ke’er kicked the sword over to Pei Min, a mocking expression on her face. “You’re not telling me you can’t even beat a little One Origin Realm noob, are you? I overestimated you.”

“Ridiculous!”

Pei Min’s face flushed red. Furious, he picked up the sword and charged at his opponent again.

Zhang Jia felt like crying but no tears came— ‘Wasn’t it agreed that if I won, you’d let me go?’

Alright, fine, let’s fight again. Anyway, the opponent was only at the Dual Polarity Stage… Huh?

Zhang Jia was horrified to discover that once the other party realized the difference in strength and gripped the sword handle to avoid the heavy blows, he found himself being overwhelmed!

The opponent’s sword momentum was extremely bizarre! His movements were crooked and twisted, strange and tricky, completely different from normal swordsmanship.

According to what his master had said—this kind of sword technique was entirely heretical! Not only did it violate the gentlemanly way of swordsmanship, but it also went against the normal structure of human force application, completely worthless in actual combat!

But comparing the master’s words to the opponent’s actual performance, it was completely wrong!

It was too absurd. The opponent’s sword momentum was something even he, a senior of the Three Talents Realm, couldn’t understand… He could always be one step ahead, suppressing him!

It was as if his efficiency in wielding the sword far exceeded his own!

This increase in efficiency had already made up for the advantage in cultivation base, and even surpassed it!

Pei Min, however, was completely oblivious to this.

He thought that since he was an entire major realm higher than the opponent, crushing him was only natural.

On the contrary, he felt that being disarmed at the very start was the real disgrace!

“That’s enough. Let’s add another one at the Dual Polarity Stage.”

Jiang Ke’er casually snapped her fingers, and out of thin air, another confused Xiaoshan Sword Sect cultivator appeared on the open ground!

This one was at the mid-Three Talents Realm, a minor realm higher than Zhang Jia.

Pei Min couldn’t perceive their cultivation realms and only thought this was truly a Dual Polarity Stage cultivator.

But what he couldn’t understand most was Jiang Ke’er… What kind of technique was making people appear out of thin air? When had these Xiaoshan Sword Sect cultivators become so obedient?

The newly added cultivator joined Zhang Jia in attacking Pei Min.

Facing the pincer attack of two Three Talents Realm cultivators, Pei Min no longer had energy for random thoughts and could only devote himself fully to the fight.

After the initial panic, he quickly adapted to the rhythm of battle, even managing to barely hold his own against the two Three Talents Realm cultivators!

But he was filled with a sense of failure— ‘All my training these past few days was a waste of time. I can’t even beat a One Origin Realm and a Dual Polarity Stage opponent.’

“This time, it’s the Three Talents Realm.”

Jiang Ke’er snapped her fingers again, and another confused cultivator joined the fray.

Pei Min immediately became fully alert.

He couldn’t lose!

How could he lose to these bastards from the Xiaoshan Sword Sect?!

These… scumbags!

The negative emotions he had accumulated over many days suddenly turned into a surge of power!

Instead of being overwhelmed by panic or anger, he became even calmer.

Everything he had experienced at Jiang Ke’er’s side had tempered his mentality to be extremely strong. This situation compared to his usual training was child’s play!

But when facing Jiang Ke’er, he couldn’t fight back. At this moment, however, he could vent all his dissatisfaction!

Pouring it into his sword momentum, using the enemy’s pain to dissolve those dark emotions!

The three Xiaoshan Sword Sect sword cultivators watched Pei Min’s sword techniques in shock—he was fighting one against three, yet he was growing stronger and even showed a trend of turning the tables!

The three Three Talents Realm sword cultivators felt extremely humiliated and finally got truly angry.

They could no longer hold back because of the mysterious strong person nearby!

Even if they died here today, they absolutely would not let these people look down on the Xiaoshan Sword Sect!

Whoosh —

The light of Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown suddenly blazed beneath the mountain gate! The three sword cultivators simultaneously emitted the glorious phenomenon of essence, energy, and spirit—the symbol of the Three Talents Realm!

Even a five-year-old child would recognize the Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown, and Pei Min naturally understood what it represented.

Hmph, it’s just the Three Talents Realm with Three Flowers Gathering at the Crown. Even if all three of you have it, what of it… Huh?

Wait… Three Talents Realm?

All of them are at the Three Talents Realm???