Under One Person, your rebellious life has reached the heavens?

Butterfly, who was closest to the demon, was instantly killed by the enraged Lü Ci, who unleashed a palm strike, pouring out the Ruyi Force honed over a hundred years.

"Oh!"

Butterfly's feathered robe turned to shreds, her chest was pierced by a palm print, and her bones and flesh exploded into a cloud of blood mist. This cruel scene sent chills down the spines of everyone present, and their legs trembled.

"Come."

Lu Ci smiled without saying a word. He was covered in blood and felt extremely refreshed. His appearance was like a fierce ghost and his state was like a mad dog.

Chapter 309 A Decisive and Annihilating Battle

The viscous blood, like blooming flowers, seeped into the soil. The aged Butterfly, as an elite member of the previous generation of the Higanbana ninja, had rich combat experience and unique abilities.

Even though his reflexes and overall strength have weakened over the years, he is still among the top ninjas present.

However, the difference in strength between her and Lü Ci was immeasurable, and she was killed on the spot in an instant.

Fear spread to the hearts of every ninja, giving rise to the illusion that they were infants being targeted by a large, ferocious beast. Their limbs stiffened uncontrollably, and the aura of the supreme master felt like a blade hanging over their throats.

Just as they were filled with panic, an angry roar suddenly jolted them awake, and their flickering eyes seemed to see a glimmer of hope for survival.

"what!!!"

The newly appointed demon roared with a ferocious expression. He temporarily abandoned the battle in the spiritual world to resist the interference of the evil spirit, forcibly regained his senses, and took control of his body. His finger bones gripped the hilt of the knife, making a sound of bone membranes being squeezed and cracked, clearly indicating that he was accumulating the power of his entire body.

"Devil..."

"Just a beast."

Lu Ci muttered to himself, his smile growing increasingly sickly, and his hands radiating a scarlet aura.

He harbored a near-twisted, deep-seated hatred for the so-called demon and that sinister blade, and did not want this little foreign devil to die easily.

Veins throbbed on Harada Yusuke's forehead, and blood vessels appeared in his eyes. The power of the demon sword was beyond his imagination, pushing him to the brink of collapse. If he hadn't been holding on to his will, he would have lost control long ago.

"Wow!"

The demonic blade exuded a chilling aura. As the new demon with the strongest swordsmanship of his generation, Bihe Ren nimbly raised his wrist, the tip of the blade pointing directly at Lü Ci. He secretly decided to use the most flawless and brilliant skills to slice the old ghost in front of him into mincemeat.

"kill--!"

The moment the remaining ninjas heard his command, their morale soared, and they charged forward like sharks smelling blood.

"call out!"

In a mere 0.01 seconds, one of the demon servants, Shunfeng, used his ability to teleport within sight, wielding two daggers, to strike from Lü Ci's side, intending to stab him in the throat.

However, to her utter horror, just as the air rippled and her figure solidified, a large hand, as precise as a falcon's, was inches away and directly locked onto her throat.

"boom!"

Before Shunfeng could react, she felt the world spinning, and the bones of her entire body violently crashed through the ground, forming a spiderweb-like crack. She almost suffocated, her throat nearly snapped, and in a daze, her skull shattered, and a surge of heat rushed out.

Lu Ci grabbed her by the neck and slammed the back of her head against the ground, splattering blood everywhere.

The ninjas attacked from all sides, and within a few meters, another change occurred.

"boom!!!"

At the same moment, Lü Ci unleashed the Ruyi Jin with his right hand, a technique called Hunxiang Liushui Zhuan.

Nearly a hundred streams of deep purple Qi energy, originating from him, stirred up a terrifying tornado of airflow, forming a high-speed spinning spherical top with terrifying cutting power. The sonic booms continued to explode, isolating and destroying all killing moves.

"what!!!"

Several ninjas who couldn't dodge in time had their flesh rubbed against the fierce hurricane, resulting in horrifying deformations. In the blink of an eye, most of their bodies were gone.

With a clang, the demon swung his sword, the trajectory of the blade perfectly matching the direction of the force exerted by his arm. The azure sword energy roared in, clashing head-on with the flowing water, instantly turning to ashes.

"How...how is this possible?!"

The demon was knocked back more than ten meters. The tiger's mouth holding the sword was throbbing with pain, and his entire arm was numb. That sword strike, which he had been highly focused on, was almost 80% of the power he could unleash.

An ordinary slash would be enough to cut through alloy several meters thick, but with the enhancement of the demon sword, it would only be more powerful than usual, and as a result, it couldn't even tear through the opponent's defensive moves.

"Cough cough..."

"Damn it... Pfft!!"

It wasn't just the demon who was trembling with fear; the other ninjas who had narrowly escaped were also in a sorry state, some kneeling on the ground panting, others coughing up blood, their internal organs injured.

Witnessing their companion's tragic fate, their hearts pounded, cold sweat soaked their bodies, and they felt a deep sense of lingering fear. Fortunately, they had acted a fraction of a second too late.

However, these thugs could never have imagined that if Lü Ci insisted on killing them quickly, it would be incredibly simple: he only needed to expand the range of the Hunxiang Liushui Zhuan in an instant, and he could easily blast them into blood and gore.

Then, the scene that appeared before them awakened a kind of fear deep in their blood.

"what!!!"

Shunfeng, whose throat was held by Lü Ci with one hand, let out a heart-piercing scream. An eerie red light surrounded her body as she activated her Red Hand.

Her limbs suddenly swelled and deformed, and her delicate face was also undergoing a dissolving phenomenon, with flesh falling off inch by inch, her eyeballs bulging out, and her whole body becoming as fat as a pig. Her screams became increasingly indistinct, and she was completely unlike a human being; she was simply... a beast rolling in the mud.

Under the influence of the Red Hand, her brain's thinking function was damaged, she lost her five senses, and turned into a dazed monster.

"啕——"

Some of the hordes of people who saw it couldn't help but vomit, their legs went cold with fear, and they retreated repeatedly.

"Pfft!"

The next instant, his actions provoked the demon's displeasure. The demonic blade slashed through the air, striking the back of the neck. The ninja who was trying to escape was immediately beheaded, and the splattering blood served as a deterrent, preventing the other ninjas from making any rash moves.

"Whoever escapes... will die..."

The demon forced out these vicious words from his throat. His voice trembled as he endured excruciating pain every second, his consciousness being torn apart by vengeful spirits.

"kill him!"

"boom!!!"

The demon activated the power of the demon sword, and a certain ability that it had once plundered reappeared, with the bamboo-green Ruyi Force cascading down like a waterfall.

"......"

Lu Ci's eyes were bloodshot, and his blood pressure soared. He knew all too well the source of this power: it came from his brother who had died by the knife. Instantly, his hatred surged even more fiercely.

He grabbed the distorted bee on the ground, lifted it up, and slammed it forward.

With a loud "bang!", the two collided. The Ruyi Force pierced through the monster's body, leaving a bloody hole in its chest. Its remaining body was shattered into several pieces, emitting a foul stench, and there was no longer any sign of life.

"Shhh!!"

Because the Ruyi Force is versatile and can be turned at will, Lü Ci did not dodge, but instead threw a punch of his own. His deep purple Qi Force, like a dragon emerging from the sea, gained an absolute advantage and easily shattered the familiar Ruyi Force.

"Boom!"

The fist's force remained undiminished, aimed directly at the demon. The latter, holding his knife, tried to block it, but was struck from a distance, causing his whole body to tremble, his internal organs to churn, his eyes to roll back, and he almost fainted. His body was blasted dozens of meters away like a cannonball, crashing into an old tree.

The insurmountable gap in strength filled everyone with despair. The demon guards, Huan Yin and Lei Shen, turned deathly pale and roared, "Scatter!! Run! Cover You Fu!!"

"Humph."

Lu Ci gave them no chance. He moved with lightning speed, leaving no afterimage. His scarlet hands kept touching the bodies of those ruthless people. Even the slightest touch brought about tremendous changes to their cells.

"what!!!"

"No...no...get away!!"

Their bodies deteriorated uncontrollably, their organs failed at a visible rate, the tendons and veins in their joints broke silently, and one after another they fell to the ground, their struggles growing weaker and weaker.

"what?!"

Huan Yin and Lei Shen were thrown into chaos. In the time it took them to urge him with just one sentence, all the other ninjas were wiped out by Lü Ci's methods.

"call out!"

Without hesitation, the two turned and left without looking back, heading in completely opposite directions, hoping to find a glimmer of hope.

"boom!!"

Lu Ci controlled a burst of Qi to chase after him, smashing Thor's head. Then, he ghost-like intercepted Huan Yin's path. Without any further communication, he swung his fist, and blood and flesh flew everywhere, leaving a headless corpse in the deep forest.

At this point, only Harada Yusuke remained.

He was losing too much strength and was about to succumb to the backlash of the demonic blade. He let out a unwilling murmur and roar, fighting like a trapped beast, wildly swinging his sword. The sword energy bloomed like waves, trying to stop Lü Ci from walking step by step.

"Boom!!!"

The surrounding trees were cut down, and the ground was covered with grotesque sword marks. Lü Ci's protective aura was exceptionally strong, swallowing up one sword aura after another.

"Uh...uh uh..."

The demon felt dizzy, and the blurry afterimage in his vision suddenly disappeared. The next moment, it was already in front of him, with one hand holding his throat and lifting his body into the air.

"boom!!"

Lu Ci struck him through the abdomen with a palm strike, and his true qi flowed through the demon's limbs and bones, destroying tendons, skin, flesh, bones, internal organs, and so on, pulverizing them into a mass of rotten matter. It took several minutes before Harada Yusuke's breathing came to an abrupt halt.

"Clang."

His right hand loosened weakly, and the demon sword fell to the ground.

Lu Ci gazed into the distance, his rage subsiding slightly, a hint of grief and indignation flickering in his eyes. In a daze, he vaguely sensed that his elder brother's spirit was trapped inside, unable to find release.

Initially, he planned to destroy the blade directly with violence, but then he changed his mind.

He couldn't predict whether his brother's spirit would be freed after the demon sword was destroyed, or whether it would become a monster lingering in the human world in some form he found unacceptable.

After a moment's thought, Lü Ci took out the sword box, used his Qi to transform into a physical form, and indirectly controlled the right hand of a certain corpse, grasping the hilt of the sword and placing it inside the box for safekeeping.

The bloody battle came to an end. Lü Ci single-handedly slaughtered more than twenty Bihe Ninjas. The strength of a Supreme Grandmaster was on a completely different level from that of an ordinary superhuman.

Late at night, the first thing he did after leaving the vast jungle was to contact the company's people, inform them of the complete annihilation of Higanbana and the recovery of the demon sword, and request the company to arrange a meeting between him and the Ishikawa family.

Lu Ci didn't want to wait even a moment longer; he just wanted to find a way as soon as possible to help his brother's wronged soul, trapped inside the sword, be freed.

Chapter 310 Sword Trial and Match, Fatal Backstab

morning.

At the Nadutong Company branch in the Northeast region, arranged by Gao Lian, Lü Ci met with the current head of the Ishikawa family. Accompanying him were his son, Ishikawa Ken, Ken's fiancée, Yagyu Aiko, and several swordsmen from the family. However, his adopted daughter, Ringo, did not accompany him this time because she had important family matters to attend to.

In the spacious and brightly lit conversation room, Ishikawa Shin was quite surprised at their first meeting.

The elderly man, though frail, was full of vigor and left a deep impression on him. Was this the powerful figure who had single-handedly hunted down the Higanbana ninja? His aura surpassed even that of any senior he had ever visited before…

"Hello, Mr. Lü, I am Shin Ishikawa. It's a pleasure to meet you."

Ishikawa Shin greeted him politely, not forgetting to bow.

"No need for further words, Chairman Ishikawa. The main reason I summoned you here is to ask you one thing: how can the imprisoned spirit on the demon sword be freed? Should we destroy the demon sword itself, or purify it through some secret technique of your country?"

Lu Ci pushed the sword box in front of him over.

He stood up to greet Ishikawa Shin's friendly gesture.

The two sides had a past connection. In the battle that pierced the sky, it was the previous head of the Ishikawa family who provided the intelligence. Otherwise, the number of casualties would have been much higher, and Lu Ci didn't even think he would have survived.

"We never expected such a big problem to occur during this transport. Fortunately, we were able to retrieve the demon sword with your help. We are extremely grateful."

With a sincere expression, Ishikawa Shin opened the sword case, saw the sinister blade, and replied:

"As far as I know, whether in modern times or in the past, this demonic sword has been in our family for a period of time. We have tried many ways to break it, but all have failed. The vengeful spirits and other evil spirits residing inside have completely evolved with this sword over a long period of time and have been fused together with it."

"Our ancestors left a will that every swordsman who comes into contact with the demon sword will fight with the vengeful spirit inside. Even if your mental strength is strong enough to kill it, the most powerful of the other spirits will form a new vengeful spirit, inheriting everything from the former and even becoming stronger."

"The only way to free the vengeful spirits within the sword that you desire is for the demonic sword to be fully revived, controlling a body and possessed by a vengeful spirit. Then, the strongest swordsman must fight against it and defeat the demonic sword. Once the vengeful spirits within are satisfied, they will dissipate on their own, and the other vengeful spirits may also be freed."

“Simply destroying the blade is not wise. Even if the vengeful spirit inside is destroyed, its resentment will remain and it will combine with other spirits to form new monsters. This cycle will continue endlessly. Over the years, hundreds and thousands of people have been killed by the demonic blade. It is impossible to destroy them all in a short time. On the contrary, the vengeful spirits will become more troublesome with each death and transformation.”

Lu Ci sized up the middle-aged man with a coffee-colored complexion, his brows furrowed as he listened to his rambling, a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

"So, did you find the person on this trip? I remember your company said that your family also wanted to destroy this sword, right?"

"Yes. This is what I and my ancestors have hoped to achieve. My ancestor, Masama Ishikawa, had his soul trapped within the demon sword."

"His younger brother, Ishikawa Kensuke, spent his life in arduous training, even creating a new sword technique called 'Buddha Sword,' all in an effort to sever the demonic sword and free his brother from Hirumaru's prison."

At this point, Ishikawa Shin was also filled with emotion, letting out a slight sigh of regret:

"Unfortunately, this ancestor had a limited lifespan and was unable to fulfill his long-cherished wish in his lifetime. We, his descendants, have inherited his mission and passed it down from generation to generation until we have cultivated a swordsman who has mastered the Buddha Sword Style and can cut the demon sword head-on."

"Is that so..."