A Core Ship From The Start-Chapter 2285 - 1542: Exposed

The Sword Saint and the Undying Slaughter God duel in the Bamboo Sea, resulting in a tragic defeat and death!

This news spread across the entire Eastern State martial world in the shortest time possible, astonishing all who heard it.

Everyone knew the Sword Saint would seek trouble with Duanmu Huai, after all, Xiong Ba had massacred Wushuang City. Moreover, the Sword Saint, Dugu Jian, was the elder brother of Wushuang City’s City Lord, and though he usually stayed out of worldly affairs, he was still the pillar of Wushuang City. And now, Dugu Ming died tragically, Dugu Yifang was revealed to have died 18 years ago, Wushuang City was also slaughtered by the World Association. If the Sword Saint didn’t come out to seek vengeance, that would be quite bizarre.

He would seek out the Undying Slaughter God... well, it isn’t surprising. Though this incident wasn’t caused by Duanmu Huai, he exposed the identity of the decoy in public, which led to the great calamity at Wushuang City. Hence, the Sword Saint’s claim to first find Duanmu Huai, then challenge Xiong Ba, didn’t strike anyone as strange.

Even Xiong Ba, upon receiving the Sword Saint’s challenge, hurriedly went into seclusion to train, preparing to face the Sword Saint in battle.

Whether it was the Sword Saint or Xiong Ba, they both saw Duanmu Huai as just a warm-up, a preliminary bout. No one believed the Sword Saint could be defeated by Duanmu Huai. After all, he was a top martial artist of the Eastern State, and Duanmu Huai—although famous in the other Three States—was, as mentioned before, nothing more than a top-tier expert when placed in the Eastern State. So, they thought, even with Duanmu Huai’s great reputation, he was merely akin to a monkey ruling in a mountain devoid of tigers.

But the reality proved they weren’t dealing with a monkey, but rather a Godzilla!

The Sword Saint was literally punched to death by him!

A single punch, killed him!

Honestly, when people first heard this, they didn’t believe it. How could it be possible? That’s the Sword Saint, who started learning swordsmanship at five, excelled at seven, became famous with a sword strike at nine, had an epiphany into Sword Dao at thirteen, meeting rare opponents. Only after a battle with Wuming, the martial legend, did he retreat from the Jianghu and never appear again.

Even the leader of the World Association, Xiong Ba, feared him, avoiding direct confrontation. He wasn’t just any Tom, Dick, or Harry!

How could he be killed with a single punch?

But the facts were undeniable!

The Sword Saint was dead!

"Rumble...!!"

Dark clouds gathered, and wild winds howled.

Xiong Ba sat on the throne of the World Association, staring at the Longsword placed before him. It was the Sword Saint’s War Letter to him, after which Xiong Ba secluded himself, waiting for the day of his duel with the Sword Saint.

What Xiong Ba didn’t expect was to emerge from seclusion only to hear that the Sword Saint had died?

If you were going to die, why waste my emotions?

Staring at the Longsword, Xiong Ba remained speechless.

He wasn’t relieved that the Sword Saint was dead; he was terrified.

Because Xiong Ba remembered when he forcibly brought Mud Buddha back to tell his fortune for the latter half of his life. When news of Duanmu Huai came, Xiong Ba had Mud Buddha practice first with Duanmu Huai’s fate.

The outcome was Mud Buddha being obliterated, leaving Xiong Ba’s face smudged.

The prophecy for the latter half of life naturally ended unresolved, and until now, it remained a thorn in Xiong Ba’s heart.

Since then, Xiong Ba had always secretly monitored Duanmu Huai. Regardless of anything, a man capable of making Mud Buddha explode just with fortune-telling couldn’t be ordinary. Xiong Ba naturally hoped for no entanglement with him, so even after learning that Duanmu Huai came to the Eastern State, he hadn’t sent anyone to trouble Duanmu Huai. Others assumed Xiong Ba as the leader of the World Association, disdainful of dealing with such minor characters, but only Xiong Ba knew a man whose fortune-telling could cause Mud Buddha to explode was best left unprovoked.

Who could know what his background was!

Now it appears his choice was right; although being punched to death might be exaggerated, easily killing the Sword Saint already proved that man’s strength! After all, when the Sword Saint issued the War Letter, Xiong Ba had met him face-to-face, and Xiong Ba felt the powerful aura Sword Saint emanated, which was why he chose to enter seclusion because even Xiong Ba lacked the confidence to defeat the post-retreat Sword Saint!

But Duanmu Huai directly killed him!

It’s crucial to note that defeating and killing are completely different!

At their caliber, various reasons could be attributed to defeat, like not wanting severe injuries, or concern over certain matters leading to conceding, which wouldn’t be strange. Like Xiong Ba now rarely engages in fights, being the leader of the World Association, ruling over Eastern State. Unless someone of the Sword Saint’s caliber, otherwise Xiong Ba wouldn’t act.

But killing is altogether different; in life-and-death situations, anyone would exert themselves fully, meaning the Sword Saint exerted himself fully, yet was still killed by Duanmu Huai!

Indeed, this young man is terrifying beyond imagination!

Xiong Ba silently placed Duanmu Huai on his list of untouchables, as long as he doesn’t trouble the World Association, the old me......

"Report———!"

Just then, someone rushed over, kneeling before Xiong Ba.

"Reporting to the Gang Leader, the Undying Slaughter God Duanmu Huai has arrived!"

".........???"

Hearing this, Xiong Ba clutched the armrests with both hands, showing no expression outwardly, but torn by tempestuous waves inside.

Can this guy not be thought of carelessly?!

Why is he here to find me? This matter has nothing to do with me!

Oh, no, perhaps it does!