Chapter 37: Grandmaster-Level Flying Dagger

The strike of a peak martial artist at the entry/exit level is hard even for those at the Fate Realm to withstand, let alone beginners who haven’t reached any realm yet.
Filled with rage and murderous intent, the second tomb raider succeeded in his attack with a ferocious expression, but soon showed surprise… The short dagger in his hand did not split the young man who killed the third raider into three, as he had expected…
The sharp dagger, after cutting through the blue-clothed youth’s clothes, quickly encountered an extremely hard substance. Its force was not only blocked but also deflected to the sides. Upon closer inspection, a layer of dark metallic luster appeared at the cut—turning the force of the strike into a pushback.
Black armor!
This kid actually had metal armor worth thousands of silver coins on him…
Watching the youth pushed back, the second tomb raider grew even angrier and more resentful!
But before he could chase after him, two streaks of cold light rushed toward him.
“Hit!”
Feeling relieved to have escaped death, Happy gritted his teeth, enduring the severe pain in his chest as his willow-leaf dagger was thrown out. With the speed of thunder, it sliced through the second tomb raider’s dual blades.
At such close range, there was no way to dodge…
With a scream, the second tomb raider covered his injured eye and retreated continuously! Blood gushed uncontrollably from between his fingers—a horrifying sight. One of Happy’s daggers had directly taken out one of his eyes.
Huh!
With one eye blinded, his combat strength was greatly reduced. How could the second tomb raider still dare to fight? Crying in pain, he didn’t even have the time to care about the first tomb raider who was lying unconscious on the ground. He turned and stumbled frantically into the forest, leaving trails of blood behind…
Too bad!
How could Happy let a duck that’s already cooked fly away?
With a lift and a shake of his hand, the willow-leaf dagger instantly chased after the second tomb raider’s stumbling figure, pinning him down near a large tree.
“Battle over!”
“Battle evaluation: Grade A!”
“The realm of the Willow-Leaf Dagger has improved!”
As soon as the battle ended, continuous system alerts rang out. Finally, with a clear “ding” sound: “Congratulations! The martial realm of ‘Willow-Leaf Dagger’ has reached the Profound Mastery level.”
“Intuition increased by 2 points!”
…
“Willow-Leaf Dagger”: 99.99 level.
…
Hearing this system notification, Happy, who had been seriously injured by the second tomb raider’s two blades, collapsed to the ground, panting. Yet, a relieved and satisfied smile appeared on his pale face.
Taking on this deadly mission ordered by the mansion was indeed the right choice.

Although the process was a bit dangerous, it was worth it—the combined strength of two top martial artists from the In and Out world indeed forced the system to issue an A-grade combat assessment. Otherwise, with his level of “Willow Leaf Flying Knife,” it would be very difficult for ordinary martial artists from the In and Out world to help further improve his skills.

Carrying his injured body, Kai Xin began to search the two tomb robbers. Their wealth was clearly greater than that of the third tomb robber—aside from nearly six thousand taels in gold, silver, and valuables, as well as martial arts manuals, they also had a piece of ancient jade of considerable appearance.

Kai Xin played with the ancient jade in his hand. It was a rather ordinary tiger-shaped jade plate with pure color, but not of the highest quality. However, the carving technique was excellent—showing a fierce aura and vividly depicting a tiger roaring in the mountains, even with a clear sense of dominance. Even if he knew nothing about jade, Kai Xin could intuitively tell it was a fine treasure!

But…

For someone who had once been on the verge of becoming one of the top experts in the “Jianghu,” no matter how precious the jade was, it wouldn’t arouse much interest in him.

After putting all his gains into his possession, Kai Xin checked his internal energy level. Internal Energy: 32.47. (Less than 8 points short of reaching the In and Out world level.)

But who would have thought…

If the second tomb robber’s two cuts had targeted areas other than his black armor, his internal energy would likely have dropped to around 20 points by now.

Fights in the Jianghu are often this dangerous: one inch of paradise can bring fame and fortune, while one inch of hell can make it impossible to recover!

Taking a deep breath of foul air, Kai Xin groaned and pressed his hand to his chest… Near his collarbone, two patches of dark red blood were slowly spreading—although the black armor had absorbed some of the damage, his skin had still been cut.

Hah…

Sitting cross-legged in place, Kai Xin skillfully removed his black armor and coat, then prepared medicinal powder in the open field. With a packet of wound medicine applied, the bleeding stopped immediately.

Meditating on the “Whole Heart Meditation Technique,” faint white vapor quickly surrounded his head. His heroic scarf fluttered as if in the wind. Over time, the paleness from blood loss in his face also turned slightly rosy, accelerating his recovery…

It wasn’t long before…

Soft footsteps woke Kai Xin, who was fully focused on healing… Frowning, he opened his eyes and saw two more players beside the still-unremoved body of the first tomb robber. Both were young. One was crouched beside the body, searching, while the other held a bronze sword, watching them warily and suspiciously, his gaze shifting erratically.

“…”

Kai Xin glanced at them briefly before closing his eyes again. As long as it wasn’t an NPC like a beast or bandit, there was no problem. Ignoring their movements, he continued to use his internal energy to heal himself.

However, not everyone in this world could remain honest and uncorrupted by greed.

The two players who appeared in the forest were named “Ghost Head” and “Four-Eyed Heaven-Seeer.” Though they had no fame in Gusu City, they had trained diligently in secret, and their internal strength was already close to that of those at the top tier—quite formidable.

They had originally planned to enter the forest to practice against a pack of wolves but unexpectedly witnessed what was happening there.

Seeing the blue-clothed boy healing himself and the two corpses on the ground, it wasn’t hard for them to figure out what had happened in the forest…

But what surprised them was that the attire of the two corpses was clearly more elaborate than that of the bandits that roamed around Hanshan Temple at night—hoods, leg bindings, and form-fitting armor, all indicating they were not ordinary bandits.

Experts at the top tier?

What surprised them even more was that they recognized the injured blue-clothed boy as well. They had heard stories in the city about the Blue-Clothed Gentleman Sword, the eldest brother of the Murong family, known for his extraordinary skills and great reputation, seemingly the strongest person in Gusu City.

Back then, they had dismissed him as insignificant…

Now, it seemed that even they didn’t possess the strength to defeat two such top-tier experts alone. Even ordinary bandits would find it hard to win, which only underscored the Blue-Clothed Gentleman Sword’s power.

A hint of caution and wariness appeared in their eyes.

But then—thinking of the missing loot on the two corpses, their enthusiasm flared up. Their gazes kept drifting toward the waist of the boy who was healing with his eyes closed…

A Qi Bag! The contents inside must be extremely valuable.

They exchanged a look, both understanding the intent in each other’s eyes. Silently, they separated to the sides and quickly moved around to encircle him…

“Kill!”
They attacked at the same time!

They might not dare confront the Blue-Clothed Gentleman Sword at his peak, but in this quiet forest, with him severely injured—hah! They planned to work together to put an end to his legend!

As soon as they struck, they unleashed their most deadly attacks!

Before swords and knives could reach him, Kai Xin suddenly opened his eyes, his gaze sharp and filled with icy menace:

“Looking for death!”