"How can this be!"

Ling Bing and Ling Huo’s faces turned as ugly as they could get. Six Senior Half-Saints working together actually couldn’t kill Ling Chen, and instead two of them were counter-killed by him, while Ling Chen, from beginning to end, was completely unharmed, not even panting once.

It was as if the six of them weren’t Senior Half-Saints at all, but just six ordinary Top Sky Apex Strong.

The two exchanged a glance, and the next moment, Ling Huo gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice, "As long as the green hills remain, there’ll always be firewood to burn. We pull back for now and settle accounts with this brat another day!"

"Go!"

Ling Bing also nodded, then immediately spun around and shot away at full speed, fleeing together with Ling Huo.

"Want to run?"

A cold smile tugged at the corner of Ling Chen’s mouth. The instant the two turned to flee, he had already given chase, instantly closing the distance between them, and the Treasure Sword in his hand, without the slightest hesitation, thrust straight toward Ling Huo’s back.

"Ling Chen! Leave a line when dealing with others. We all share the surname Ling, why force this into mutual slaughter!"

Feeling the danger coming from behind, Ling Huo hurriedly shouted harshly toward Ling Chen.

Ling Chen, however, paid his roar absolutely no heed. Only now he remembered they all had the same surname—where was that earlier? When the two of them had joined hands trying to put him to death, they hadn’t spared a single thought for any so-called kinship.

His palm formed a sword finger and tapped onto the hilt of the Red Sky Sword. The Red Sky Sword in his hand abruptly turned into a streak of firelight that shot out violently like a meteor, and blasted straight into Ling Huo’s back heart.

Pu chi!

A charred hole suddenly appeared in his chest. Ling Huo didn’t even have the chance to counterattack before his whole body toppled forward and fell, dying an unnatural death.

On the other side, when Ling Bing saw this scene, his courage nearly shattered from terror. He hadn’t expected Ling Chen’s strike to be so ruthless—without another word, he simply killed Ling Huo.

The Ice and Fire Dual Swords had always appeared together in the Jianghu. He and Ling Huo were not blood brothers, but their bond surpassed that of real brothers. Now that Ling Huo had died by Ling Chen’s hand, Ling Bing instantly felt a rabbit-dies-fox-grieves kind of sorrow.

"Ling Chen, I’ll fight you to the death!"

Ling Bing let out a great shout, intense hatred bursting from his eyes. The Cold Light Long Sword in his hand suddenly swept out, dragging the surrounding environment into a deep freeze, and that extremely chilling sword light stabbed straight toward Ling Chen’s heart.

However, before the sword light could touch Ling Chen, with a "pu chi," a sword tip had already pierced out from Ling Bing’s chest, and his body abruptly stiffened, stopping his forward thrust.

Behind him, at some unknown point, a Flying Sword flickering with threads of Thunder light had already stabbed into his back heart.

Ling Bing’s eyes bulged wide, filled with unwillingness and fury, as his life force gradually dissipated.

The Ice and Fire Dual Swords, fallen!

At this moment, everyone on the island was utterly horrified. Right before their eyes, in just this short period of time, four Senior Half-Saints were already dead. Unconsciously, they all focused their gazes on Ling Chen. In their eyes, he was without a doubt a terrifying Devil, a beast—killing Half-Saints as casually as killing dogs, simply too ferocious.

"Two left."

After cutting down Ling Bing, Ling Chen’s gaze immediately shifted onto the two from the Azure Dragon Family, Elder Bai and his companion. A trace of killing intent flickered in his eyes.

"Ling Chen, this old man knows he was wrong. This time’s action was indeed reckless on my part, but I hope, for Qingcheng’s sake, you can let this matter go and spare us." Elder Bai’s expression fluctuated slightly, then, under many shocked gazes, he actually spoke words of concession to Ling Chen!

This Elder Bai of the Azure Dragon Family actually admitted defeat right in front of Ling Chen!

The Azure Dragon Family was the overlord of the entire Yangzhou Territory, one of the Nine Great Families under heaven, with monstrous power and influence. Within the Yangzhou Territory, they were an existence whose word was law. No one had expected that this Elder Bai of the Azure Dragon Family would take the initiative to bow his head to a junior like Ling Chen!

Of course Elder Bai knew that his move did harm the Azure Dragon Family’s face, but there was no help for it. Right now there were only two paths: either be slain by Ling Chen, or swallow his pride. Which to choose—any smart man knew the answer.

He had already witnessed Ling Chen’s strength. Six Senior Half-Saints together had still been cut down by him, four dying under his sword. Let alone now with only the two of them left—fighting Ling Chen would be certain death.

Losing a bit of face was better than losing his life.

"Ling Chen, could you perhaps, considering that Elder Bai and the others were merely confused for a moment, be lenient this once?"

Murong Qingcheng herself also stepped forward at this moment. This matter now involved no outsiders, but the Elders of their Azure Dragon Family. As long as there was any chance, she had no choice but to come out and plead.

"Lady Murong indeed helped me before. However, these two matters cannot completely cancel each other out."

Ling Chen looked at Murong Qingcheng and spoke faintly.

Hearing this, Murong Qingcheng bit down lightly on her silver teeth. Ling Chen’s words did show a hint of concession, but they also meant it would not just be forgotten like that.

After all, Elder Bai and the others had just tried to take Ling Chen’s life. How could something like that be brushed aside so easily?

Light flickered in Murong Qingcheng’s beautiful eyes. Then her jade hand suddenly flipped, and two streaks of red light blossomed. Within them, two Fire-red fruits the size of newborn infants appeared, floating in the air.

This was exactly the two Fire Infant Fruit their Azure Dragon Family had previously obtained at the lava lake.

"Let these two Fire Infant Fruit serve as our Azure Dragon Family’s apology to Brother Ling Chen."

Murong Qingcheng took a long, deep breath. Asking her to give up these two Fire Infant Fruit was undoubtedly something she was reluctant about, but at this point, if they could buy Ling Chen’s forgiveness, then those two Fire Infant Fruit really weren’t worth mentioning.

Seeing the two Fire Infant Fruit, Ling Chen’s eyes couldn’t help but brighten slightly. To be honest, at his current level, there weren’t many things that could move him, but this Fire Infant Fruit was undoubtedly one of them.

Elder Bai and his companion saw Murong Qingcheng hand over the Fire Infant Fruit to take this calamity for them, and their expressions sank slightly. But they didn’t say much. As long as they could get Ling Chen to spare them, some price was inevitable.

The Fire Infant Fruit was precious, certainly, but if this kid refused to accept it, then they would really have a headache.

After quite a while, Ling Chen finally spoke slowly, then smiled and said, "Lady Murong is indeed straightforward. Since that’s the case, I won’t stand on ceremony."

Only then did he stretch out his palm and draw the two Fire Infant Fruit over.

Hu...

Murong Qingcheng let out a heavy breath, the stone in her heart finally landing. Since Ling Chen had accepted the Fire Infant Fruit, it meant he agreed not to pursue this matter further.

Elder Bai and his companion also heaved a sigh of relief, the cold sweat on their foreheads ceasing to flow. Their lives were finally saved.

As for Ling Chen’s decision, it was also based on his own considerations. First, he had already killed people from the Huangfu Clan and had no need to offend the Azure Dragon Family as well. Second, since he could obtain a benefit, there was no need to fight them to the death. Giving Murong Qingcheng some face was fine too—after all, she had indeed helped him before.