The Glory of the Tribe-Chapter 87

The stronger one’s martial foundation, the less force they needed to exert to achieve greater power. This was especially evident in basic techniques. Therefore, the blade Jiang Xuan used to block earlier had tremendous power, which was also related to his massive innate energy that could be explosively released.

"I used fifty percent of my strength just now."

Jiang Xuan quickly thought, "Just enough to hold my ground and retreat. But in terms of power, he had a slight advantage over me. If his basic sword technique is this powerful, his strength in the Minor Tribulation stage must be at a high level."

Xie Hanjie did not reveal his aura and maintained his mysterious disguise, so Jiang Xuan couldn’t immediately recognize him.

"Who are you?" Jiang Xuan asked warily, his eyes fixed on the figure. "Why are you trying to assassinate me? Who sent you? The Wei family? The Dong family?"

At the same time.

Behind the figure in the conical hat, a half-hand-length blue-gold broken blade slowly rose from the grass where Jiang Xuan had been meditating. He had placed it down casually when he sensed someone nearby. Now it floated silently.

The blue-gold broken blade was barely visible in the night, flying slowly without making a sound. It flew behind the figure in the conical hat, only three feet away, the tip of the blade aimed directly at the back of the figure’s neck.

Once Jiang Xuan finished speaking, everything was in place.

As soon as Jiang Xuan thought of it, the assassin would undoubtedly die! It was impossible for him to escape a close-range sword strike. Even if the assassin had some powerful techniques, it would be too late to deploy any countermeasures.

"Who am I? Hahahaha—" Xie Hanjie stared at Jiang Xuan, deliberately lowering his voice and laughing wildly.

He wanted to mislead Jiang Xuan.

But the laughter suddenly stopped.

He had just realized that the disguise was meant to confuse others after the incident, not to arouse suspicion about himself. There was no need to mislead a dead person. In fact, he was eager to let the other person know who was about to kill them.

"Jiang Xuan, dying at my hands means your life wasn’t wasted!" Xie Hanjie spoke with his true voice.

"It’s you!"

Jiang Xuan recognized the voice immediately, realizing why this person had come to kill him. He sneered coldly. "I didn’t expect the esteemed inspector to be involved in such sneaky and malicious deeds!"

"Now that you know who I am, you still don’t beg for mercy? Still dare to mock me?" Xie Hanjie sneered. "You don’t really think a congenital cultivator can escape from a Tribulation cultivator, do you?"

"Escape?" Jiang Xuan asked with an eerie tone.

"Less talking, come and die!" Xie Hanjie growled!

The moment his voice dropped, Xie Hanjie vanished and instantly appeared in front of Jiang Xuan.

So fast!

This time, he didn’t need to hide anything, no longer fearing the exposure of his aura. The Tribulation technique "Heaven and Earth Five Elements" was unleashed to its maximum power. "Heaven and Earth Five Elements" was an advanced ability of "Heaven and Earth Might," allowing more precise control of the Five Elements, and its power was at least ten times stronger than the basic "Heaven and Earth Might."

And Xie Hanjie was an elite in the Minor Tribulation stage, the difference in power was more than ten times!

This was only one aspect of the Tribulation cultivator’s superiority over a congenital cultivator, and the combined full-range advantages were terrifying, with a power difference at least a hundredfold, even hundreds of times!

The Five Elements of Heaven and Earth crushed!

The terrifying spatial stagnation could directly crush cultivators in the Post-Heaven stage.

"Die for me!"

"Just you?"

Boom!

Jiang Xuan immediately unleashed his "Heaven and Earth Might," colliding with Xie Hanjie’s Five Elements of Heaven and Earth, creating an earth-shattering explosion. Feeling the pressure from the Five Elements, Jiang Xuan’s body relaxed, and he braced himself to withstand Xie Hanjie’s sword strike!

Clang!

Clang, clang, clang!!

The two clashed at lightning speed, their attacks intertwining!

"What kind of monster are you?!" Xie Hanjie cried out in shock, startled by Jiang Xuan’s power. He couldn’t believe that Jiang Xuan’s "Heaven and Earth Might" was able to withstand his "Five Elements of Heaven and Earth," and that Jiang Xuan’s knife was even more terrifying than before, able to match his sword blow after blow!

Despite his shock at Jiang Xuan’s sudden outburst of strength, Xie Hanjie did not hesitate.

In just a few breaths, they moved over a hundred feet, clashing over ten times. Jiang Xuan didn’t retreat a single step. In the intense exchange, his aura even became more violent than Xie Hanjie’s. The innate energy inside Jiang Xuan seemed to form a terrifying storm, pouring outward without restraint. Only by using his innate energy in this way could he directly clash with a Tribulation cultivator!

"Haha, good, good, good! The stronger you are, the better! Let’s see how long you can last!"

Xie Hanjie suddenly laughed wildly. "The grudge over taking my wife, I originally wanted to kill you ten times to satisfy my hatred! But now that you’re getting stronger, the more I kill you, the more satisfying it will be! With your talent, you could have gone to the military city! But today, you’ll die at my hands! Hahahaha! How dare you think you can touch Chen Yuan Shi?"

"Stop flattering yourself! Your unrequited love for Yuan Shi has already gone too far. Yuan Shi is my wife, and has nothing to do with you. We’re even expecting our child soon. Have some dignity!" Jiang Xuan coldly mocked.

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"Keep talking! You’ll die tonight, no matter what!" Xie Hanjie shouted. He didn’t think Jiang Xuan could escape his hands. He still had many hidden tricks and techniques left to use.

The two continued their brutal struggle, with Xie Hanjie able to fight for hours without tiring.

Jiang Xuan was only a congenital cultivator. How much innate energy could he possibly have?

At this moment, Xie Hanjie even felt like he was playing with a mouse, knowing that as long as he kept Jiang Xuan trapped in the back mountain, he could win. In the end, he could even capture him alive and slowly torment him to death!

What he didn’t know was that Jiang Xuan wasn’t using all his strength. He could kill Xie Hanjie at any moment.

Jiang Xuan had two reasons for not killing him immediately.

First, he didn’t feel a true threat from Xie Hanjie. The power gap wasn’t significant, so he was safe. That meant Xie Hanjie was a perfect training partner. This was Jiang Xuan’s first time fighting against a Tribulation cultivator, and if he killed him too easily, it would be a waste! He could practice his skills on him!

Second, Xie Hanjie’s identity...

"If no one knows Xie Hanjie came to assassinate me, then I can let him die in the back mountain, and no one will investigate me," Jiang Xuan thought. "But I suspect his master, the former First Inspector Zou Kang, knows he came to kill me. Lei Hong mentioned that Zou Kang was attending his farewell banquet, and Xie Hanjie just happened to appear to assassinate me..."

Boom boom boom!

Clang clang clang!

As the two fought, their weapons clashed repeatedly. The collision of "Heaven and Earth Might" and "Heaven and Earth Five Elements" resonated with explosive force. Meanwhile, they continued moving at high speeds. But Xie Hanjie was always mindful of his positioning, not letting Jiang Xuan escape toward the earth city.

Jiang Xuan didn’t unleash his maximum speed.

He couldn’t.

He feared that if he ran too fast, he’d leave Xie Hanjie behind, and if Xie Hanjie thought assassination was impossible, he would turn and run away!

Jiang Xuan feigned trying to escape toward the small road to the city a few times, but Xie Hanjie successfully intercepted him.

"Hahahahaha! In the end, you’re just a congenital cultivator. No matter how hard you try, you can’t escape me!" Xie Hanjie laughed maniacally. "Let me tell you the truth! I haven’t even used my full power yet! There’s no way I’ll let you escape to the earth city! You will die today!"

Xie Hanjie felt an immense sense of satisfaction from this cat-and-mouse game. He could sense that Jiang Xuan's aura was becoming more unstable, gradually weakening, and he became even more certain of his assumption.

Jiang Xuan wouldn’t be able to last much longer!

"Enough of your chatter!" Jiang Xuan snapped, turning around and escaping.

This time, Jiang Xuan’s speed surged, his aura becoming more violent, and he no longer engaged with Xie Hanjie. Only when Xie Hanjie caught up did he briefly clash with two strikes, then escape again, appearing somewhat disheveled.

"Run, run! Now you know fear?!" Xie Hanjie laughed maniacally, chasing after him. "The farther you run, the easier it will be to kill you! I’ll catch you alive and slowly torture you to death!"

Soon, the two were running in a chase near a small lake.

After a while.

"Jiang Xuan! I didn’t expect you’d have to run like a rat. Do you still call yourself a hero?" Xie Hanjie grinned, the murderous intent practically dripping from his words. "But you are indeed a genius, a real monster! Killing you! It’ll be satisfying! Why are you slowing down? Is it that you can’t run anymore? Hahahaha! Die!"

Xie Hanjie unleashed his killing move, Floating Light Slash!

In an instant, he transformed into seven figures, surrounding Jiang Xuan and launching a deadly assault!

Jiang Xuan stopped pretending.

Boom!

The ground beneath him shattered as his speed suddenly increased, doubling in an instant. In the blink of an eye, he shot past the forest's edge, continuing to rush forward for nearly forty more feet before halting. He turned back and calmly stared at Xie Hanjie.

Xie Hanjie’s attack missed its mark, and when he pursued Jiang Xuan out of the forest, he suddenly stopped, stunned.

The scene before him seemed oddly familiar.

A vast open space, with the distant wall of the earth city visible far in the distance.

Xie Hanjie, unfamiliar with the geography of the Jiang clan’s earthen fort, only now realized that Jiang Xuan had led him on a wide arc through the mountain forest, bringing them right outside the Jiang clan's city gates!

Jiang Xuan stood with the city gate just a hundred feet behind him, and there were already people on the walls of the city, looking in their direction.

"You can leave now," Jiang Xuan sneered at Xie Hanjie, his expression one of deliberate disdain, signaling that Xie Hanjie had no chance of killing him today.

At that moment, Xie Hanjie faced two choices.

If he backed down now, he would never be satisfied. He would have to leave for the military city, unable to return for years, and then… Jiang Xuan’s talent was so high that he would probably go to the military city as well, making it even more impossible to kill him. Instead, Xie Hanjie would have a formidable enemy on his hands.

He still wore his disguise. If he simply walked away, Jiang Xuan wouldn’t have evidence to point to him, and the matter would fade into nothing.

But he was unwilling to back down!

If he continued the fight... well, Xie Hanjie’s Tribulation sword techniques were learned from Zou Kang, and the Black Armor Guard would recognize them. Everyone would know that Xie Hanjie killed Jiang Xuan!

"You really think you have a choice?" Jiang Xuan said cryptically.

"Jiang Xuan! You really think I won’t dare to kill you in front of everyone? You’re just a small tribal leader, do you think you can compare to me, the youngest Inspector in history?" Xie Hanjie spoke with his true voice, having made up his mind. "Even if I kill you, so what? I’ll apologize to Lord Lei Hong later! But you, you’ll die in vain!"

Xie Hanjie transmitted his voice to Jiang Xuan, "If you keep running, I’ll kill your people!"

As he spoke, he appeared in front of Jiang Xuan once more, extending his long sword with a three-foot blade aura, launching several sword strikes toward Jiang Xuan’s vital points.

"Kill my people?" Jiang Xuan’s eyes flashed with coldness, and with a swing of his knife, it slashed out like a river of stars. He was ready to fight to the death with Xie Hanjie. Xie Hanjie quickly dodged, unwilling to trade blows with Jiang Xuan.

The two resumed their deadly struggle.

This time, however, Jiang Xuan began to take control, forcing Xie Hanjie back with a frenzy of strikes!

Clang! Clang! Boom! Boom!!

The two clashed for only a brief moment, but the sound of their battle quickly drew the attention of the entire Jiang clan's earthen fort. Black Armor Guards and Demon Hunter Guards appeared on the city walls, followed by the Jiang clan’s congenital cultivators, Chen Yuan Shi, Luo Ying Cheng, and others. Even the nearby Shentu clan’s temporary camp was alarmed, with a large number of Shentu clan’s congenital warriors, the Shen family’s congenital guards from Feixue City, Shentu Yu, and Shen Taiping all stepping out.

Everyone turned their gaze to the large open space where the two were locked in combat.

"Chirp!"

In the distance above, a giant blue-feathered eagle carrying forty to fifty talented individuals from the Star Pavilion soared toward them. The group was divided into two factions, with the young talents from Feixue City and Yongyan City mocking each other. Suddenly, they all felt two intense surges of energy approaching from afar.

"Someone is fighting outside the earth city!" Chen Yuan Zhou squinted, looking into the distance.

"Too far to see clearly," Lu Dong remarked. "But judging by the intensity, it’s likely that two Tribulation cultivators are battling. We shouldn’t get too close."