Chapter 2241 - 2242: Bustling Affairs
"Crash!"
The scarlet blade sliced through, shattering the air itself, as if whipping up a tornado that could tear a person into pieces, howling as it rushed toward the King.
Seeing this, the King’s eyes narrowed at once, and at the same time the long saber in his hand burst into a wild dance!
"Swish, swish..."
In just the blink of an eye, the King had already hacked out six consecutive strikes!
Six vicious streams of blade‑qi roared forth, like the Dragon-slaying Sword descending, scattering the scarlet blade in front of him!
The scarlet blade vanished, but a massive crack was left on the ground, like the fissures after an earthquake, glaringly eye‑catching.
The King did not move to attack again, and likewise Olivia and Ye Xunhuan did not strike. Both sides locked eyes on each other, like savage beasts staring each other down, searching for the other’s weakness.
The next moment, the King suddenly spoke: "The Butcher’s Blade, Cain’s left hand, and the strength of you two on top of that... I really can’t afford to underestimate you."
What the King said was pure truth. Ye Xunhuan plus Olivia was definitely not as simple as one plus one equals two.
What’s more, the moment Olivia and Ye Xunhuan made their move, they were vicious to the extreme, holding nothing back. That made the King feel a faint trace of pressure.
But only a faint trace of pressure.
"King, we originally wanted to talk things over properly with you. You’re the one who insisted on going your own way and refused to talk to us!" Olivia fixed her gaze on the King and said, "If you won’t talk, then we can only fight!"
"But I need to remind you, our people haven’t all arrived yet." Olivia said heavily, "If you decide to sit down and talk now, it’s still not too late for anything!"
"Talk?" The King let out a cold laugh. "Blood Phoenix, do you know why Ye Xunhuan hasn’t said a word this whole time?"
Olivia didn’t answer, just stared coldly at the King.
Then the King spoke again: "It’s not that he doesn’t want to speak, it’s just that he’s feeling the pressure."
"You came prepared—did you think I wasn’t?" The King said mildly, "Did you really think I was relying only on these people to deal with you?"
The "these people" from the King’s mouth naturally referred to the ones he had brought with him; this was something both Olivia and Ye Xunhuan were very clear about.
"I know you have people, and experts among them. But so do I. It’s just that as long as your people don’t show themselves, mine won’t either."
At this point, the King had laid everything bare.
"My people are simply waiting—for all of yours to show up—so we can trap you all in one pot like turtles in a jar!"
Olivia’s face darkened. This "invite the lord into the urn" gambit of the King’s was truly vicious, using the people in front of him as bait. Even if these people ended up dead, as long as he achieved his goal, everything else was irrelevant.
Suddenly, Ye Xunhuan spoke: "King, you’re ruthless as expected, using so many lives to bury me."
"Ye Xunhuan, I already told you last time: I will strip you of all your trump cards, drive you completely into a place of eternal damnation, throw you into mortal peril." The King stared at Ye Xunhuan. "I’ve always meant what I say."
Ye Xunhuan slowly exhaled a stuffy breath from his chest. "Then we’ll see if you have that ability."
As his words fell, Ye Xunhuan took the lead, charging forward with his sword!
Once Ye Xunhuan moved, Olivia naturally couldn’t just stand there and watch.
After all, Olivia knew very well that only by joining forces with Ye Xunhuan could they inflict any real damage and pressure on the King. If the two of them fought one‑on‑one, neither would be the King’s match. So when Ye Xunhuan moved, she moved with him!
Likewise, if Olivia had struck first, Ye Xunhuan would not have hesitated for even a moment; he absolutely would have attacked immediately.
In an instant, Ye Xunhuan reached the King, his whole body surging at terrifying speed, merging completely with the sharp sword in his hand, unleashing a heaven‑shaking thrust!
The sword shot from his hand like a long rainbow across the sky.
Facing this heaven‑shaking thrust born of Ye Xunhuan’s Unity of Man and Sword, the King showed not a shred of fear or timidity. Without the slightest hesitation, he hacked out with the long saber in his hand.
"Crash!"
One saber strike cleaved out, carrying a thunderous, sky‑rending force as it streaked toward Ye Xunhuan.
This thunder‑like saber strike from the King forced Ye Xunhuan to halt his advance at once, and the sword in his hand shifted from thrust to cleave!
Just then, Olivia also reached the King, and the Butcher’s Blade in her hand swept swiftly toward his body.
Facing the Butcher’s Blade in Olivia’s hand, the King didn’t meet it head‑on. With a slight shift of his body, he slipped aside at just the right angle, dodging cleanly.
The King knew full well what the blood clan’s Butcher’s Blade was—and this blade was even more sinister than the demon blade Firefall. The Butcher’s Blade and Firefall shared a common trait: once they sliced a person’s flesh, it would bleed without end. Even if you went to a hospital, they wouldn’t be able to stop it!
In the end, you’d die of massive blood loss.
The difference was, the Butcher’s Blade didn’t seem to have the same effect on the blood clan—or at least the King wasn’t sure of the details back then.
Regardless, the King absolutely would not allow the Butcher’s Blade in Olivia’s hand to touch him. He had no desire to bleed out and die.
Even if it might only be a rumor, the King still wasn’t willing to test it. Curiosity kills the cat, after all.
The King’s sudden sidestep forced a change in Olivia’s attack. The Butcher’s Blade flipped in her hand as she slashed back toward the King.
Olivia could see the King’s fear of the Butcher’s Blade in her hand. Otherwise he wouldn’t have chosen to dodge so quickly.
What Olivia saw, Ye Xunhuan naturally saw as well. He stepped in immediately, tangling with the King head‑on, clearly trying to create an opening for Olivia, to give her a chance to carve a scarlet wound into the King’s body with the Butcher’s Blade!
The little scheme in Olivia and Ye Xunhuan’s hearts was plain as day to the King. So no matter what, he would not give them that chance, and he kept the distance between all three of them under perfect control.
In that instant, Ye Xunhuan, Olivia, and the King were like three bolts of lightning, flickering about nonstop. Blinding flashes of cold steel flared with every movement, the whole scene like gods clashing in a celestial battle.
The people the King had brought did not move; every one of them stared fixedly at the scene before them. Even though the speed made their eyes spin, not a single one dared to blink.
Because they were afraid of missing the most spectacular moment!
Just then, a raspy, cackling laugh abruptly rang out all around them: "It’s been almost thirty years since I last came to Huaxia. I really didn’t expect to run into something this lively the moment I arrived!"