Chapter 734: Whose Instruction?

This pitch-black iron sword wailed in Zhang Shan's hand for a while, then finally went still.

“Indeed, it seems like a living thing… How strange.”

Zhang Shan saw that the black sword had stopped reacting, so he casually threw the remaining half onto the ground.

Lao Lv turned around at the sight, scratching the bloodstain on his belly as he asked, “Xiao Yanjing, are you okay?”

“I’m fine, Lao Lv.” Xiao Yanjing adjusted his glasses with his hand. “You saved me, and I’ll find a way to repay you.”

“What do you mean I saved you? You should thank Zhang Shan instead.”

Lao Lv looked Xiao Yanjing over and saw that he was indeed unharmed, so he turned back to Zhang Shan.

“Zhang Shan, what do we do next? The situation is pretty damn tricky, right?”

“What’s so tricky about it?” Zhang Shan chuckled lightly. “I’ll go talk to them. If we can’t reach an agreement, I don’t mind taking them both down.”

As Zhang Shan spoke, he started walking forward, with Lao Lv and Xiao Yanjing following closely behind.

Han Yi Mo saw the three figures approaching in the distance and pulled at Zhao Yisheng.

“Hey… I-I wasn’t seeing things, was I? That guy seemed to grab the Qi Hei Jian and then smash it on the ground, breaking it.”

After hearing this, Zhao Yisheng shook his slightly dizzy head and looked into the distance. “No… that can’t be… That sword just killed several Hui Xiang Zhe. If it could be broken, it would have been broken already…”

“But I really think I saw it…” Han Yi Mo said blankly. “My sword is gone…”

“Don’t just stand there…” Zhao Yisheng turned and said, “Since we’ve already made our move… There’s no going back now. Let’s summon another one!”

Han Yi Mo nodded, then closed his eyes and murmured, “There are so many evildoers in this city… Why doesn’t the Qi Hei Jian come to judge them?”

After reciting those words, Han Yi Mo suddenly felt a wave of dizziness in his mind, clearly overexerting his brain. When he looked up again, just as he wished, gusts of wind came from the horizon.

Zhang Shan looked up at the sky, finding the situation increasingly puzzling.

Everyone’s Hui Xiang had fixed abilities, but what kind of ability was summoning a flying sword?

“Hey!” Zhang Shan shouted at the top of his lungs, “You over there! Put away your Hui Xiang and come talk to me!”

Only then did Han Yi Mo and Zhao Yisheng vaguely make out that the approaching person was Zhang Shan. As the leader of Tian Tang Kou, Zhang Shan exuded an aura that immediately intimidated the two of them.

“Zhang… Zhang Shan!” Han Yi Mo shouted loudly, “I advise you not to come any closer! Just stand there and wait to die!!”

After hearing this, Zhao Yisheng pulled at him. “What nonsense are you saying…?”

“We’ve already started killing people!!” Han Yi Mo pointed to the nearby bodies. “The ones we killed are all from Tian Tang Kou! Do you think Zhang Shan will let us go?”

“But…!” Zhao Yisheng said with a serious expression, “Chu Tian Qiu told me that Zhang Shan is Tian Xing Jian! Your sword can’t touch him!”

“What Tian Xing Jian…” Han Yi Mo gritted his teeth. “Anyway, it was Chu Tian Qiu who told us to kill people… If anything happens, he’ll be the one responsible.”

“That’s the problem!!” Zhao Yisheng said sternly, “Chu Tian Qiu wants us to be his ‘tools,’ but we have to learn to protect ourselves! Someone like Zhang Shan isn’t someone we can mess with lightly. Put away the Qi Hei Jian first, and let’s talk to him! Otherwise, if he really gets angry, he might kill us both right here!”

Han Yi Mo gave a bitter smile after hearing this. “But have you forgotten…? The Qi Hei Jian doesn’t obey my control at all…”

No sooner had he spoken than the iron sword in the sky flew straight toward them, circling in the air before pointing its tip at Zhang Shan and his group.

“I’ll be damned.” Zhang Shan looked at the black sword hovering above and chuckled. “Things are getting stranger by the minute? You don’t even want to talk—just want to kill us?”

Without hesitation, the black iron sword charged toward Zhang Shan and Xiao Yanjing behind Lao Lv. At that moment, Zhao Yisheng quickly ran to a nearby female body.

Zhang Shan’s face turned cold as he watched the iron sword speeding toward him with a whooshing sound.

He took a deep breath, raising his thick, pillar-like arms, ready to meet the strike with all his strength. But the sword, like a decaying tree, began to disintegrate in midair as it advanced, eventually turning into black powder that scattered away on the breeze.

“Oh…?” Zhang Shan furrowed his brow and raised his hand to block the dust in front of his eyes. “Interesting.”

“Zhang Shan!” Zhao Yisheng shouted, “We’re sorry… We didn’t want to fight you.”

“Ha…” Zhang Shan chuckled and continued walking forward step by step. “So you’re not fighting me just because I’m Zhang Shan?”

“This…”

“Anyone who isn’t Zhang Shan gets killed by your sword, but because I am Zhang Shan, you don’t want to fight. But we have no real connection, so are you just afraid of my abilities?”

“We have orders to follow and can only act as commanded.” Zhao Yisheng said, “Even if you kill us, it won’t do any good—we’re just lowly underlings.”

“Is a simple ‘following orders’ enough to make up for all those lives?” Zhang Shan spat on the ground. “Damn it, other people barely survived the deadly Tian Ma Shi Ke and were trying to take refuge in Tian Tang Kou, but you bastards are here with an iron sword, killing anyone you see… Where’s the justice in that? If you don’t give me an explanation today, you two can go join them in death.”

“Don’t!!” Zhao Yisheng waved his hands. “We really have a mission! It was Chu Tian Qiu who told us to do this!!”

“Chu…”

After that word, not only Zhang Shan, but also Lao Lv and Xiao Yanjing nearby furrowed their brows.

“Chu kid?” Lao Lv was stunned. “Last time I didn’t have Hui Xiang, so I don’t remember the past, but wasn’t that Chu kid our leader?”

Xiao Yanjing lowered his head in thought; he too hadn’t retained his memories and couldn’t judge if what they said was true.

Zhang Shan shook his head dismissively. “Too bad I don’t buy it. Chu Tian Qiu is the person I trust most here. Your lie is way too far-fetched.”

“It’s true!” Zhao Yisheng said. “Zhang Shan, do you think we’d have a death wish? This is Tian Tang Kou territory, and we’re not the type to act recklessly. Why would we be killing people out in the open like this?”

Zhang Shan sneered. “If you say it’s Chu Tian Qiu’s orders, I think it’s more likely from your leader Qi Xia.”