"Of course, it is ME, Rong Yuan!"

He heard a loud voice which he hoped wasn't the voice he wanted to hear at the moment.

"Yes, it is me! Hey, Sect Master of "Hundred Swords" sect, my former sect which I was exiled from with humiliation, don't you remember me?" Said the voice hidden in the white fog.

"So it's it really you!? Yichen", said coldly Rong Yuan. His voice was filled with anger and rage was visible on his face.

"What did you do to my disciples? Answer me?", he asked from Yichen.

"What did I do to your disciples?", said Yichen in a confused tone. But mockery could be seen in his eyes.

Seeing the mockery in his eyes Rong Yuan's rage rose to another level.

"Why are you so angry, Rong Yuan?"

Yichen said in a joyous voice, emphasizing Yuan's name. He was clearly happy seeing Rong Yuan in a rage and decided to say his name directly. And this was enough for Rong Yuan to reach his rage to the limit.

"I should have killed you back then instead of listening to my disciples. It was a foolish decision. No matter, I can kill you, even now." Rong Yuan started to talk while walking to Yichen.

"Well what you said is true but it's too late, isn't it? Everything has already happened. What can you do in-" – he was unable to finish his words because a sword was coming to his head at an alarming speed. But he evaded it with a little bit of difficulty.

"Well, without your spirit power, you can't do anything to me, you can't use your spirit techniques to fight, right? Ha-ha-ha!", Yichen started to laugh mockingly.

"Don't push your luck. Even if I can't use my spirit power, so you neither. And don't think that I only know spirit techniques and they are my only powers. I was a swordmaster even before I could use spirit power!" said Rong Yuan while preparing to launch another attack.

Rong Yuan drew his sword in a weird and incomprehensible way, as if he was drawing a simple dragon, then he dashed towards Yichen and attacked at a fast speed.

Two swords clashed with each other...

"Clang!"

"Clatter!"

The sound echoed in the whole area as Yichen blocked barely holding his sword while his hands were shaking from the impact of the powerful attack.

Without waiting another moment Rong Yuan attacked again with another strike. But his sword stopped midway before it reached Yichen.

"Hahahaa!"

"You sure didn't think that I came here to fight with you, a powerful enemy, just by myself, right?", said Yichen holding the hand of a person who parried the attack of Rong Yuan earlier.

That figure was...

"Xiaoling!"

"So you betrayed us!", said Rong Yuan while looking at a beautiful woman who had black hair and a voluptuous body.

Xiaoling namely the Sect Master of the "White Lotus" sect. She was a close friend of Rong Yuan. But now it seemed that that friendship never was real from the beginning.

"Don't get me wrong, Yuan. I didn't betray you or your sect. In fact, I didn't consider you a friend from the start."

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Xiaoling replied in a cold manner while pointing her sword at Rong Yuan.

"If you want to kill Yichen, you have to face me first. Even though I am at the Spirit Monarch Stage, my body still has the power to injure you!"

{Well, I think I was delusional at that time, I was naïve to think she was my friend. Well, now it doesn't matter anymore, let's first deal with her first and help my disciples fast before reinforcements came from the sect.} thought Rong Yuan analyzing the whole situation.

But after the betrayal of his close friend, he also noted not to trust others very easily on his mind.

"What are you thinking Yuan, or you don't want to attack your precious friend Yuan?", the voice came from Yichen stopping him from thinking.

'No' was the only word before Rong Yuan started attacking once again. He attacked Xiaoling targeting her with his sword, he strikes towards Xia Li's weak spots.

"You can't defeat me without your spirit power Rong Yuan!", said his former friend, defending against the attack.

They started to attack and defend against each other.

-Slash

-Scatter

-Clang

Sounds of clashing swords filled in the air. Clearly, neither of the two had the advantage and probably a draw would be the end of the fight.

As if sensing that Xiaoling said while smiling:

"I think we have evenly matched Rong Yuan, you can't win against me."

"It wasn't even my aim in the first place.", said Yuan and instantly disappeared from his place.

At this time Xiaoling sensed a danger from her back and was about to turn she was met with a powerful kick from the abdomen and it her sent flying.

"I'll deal with you later..." Rong Yuan spoke in a cold voice while turning his gaze which was filled with bloodlust towards Yichen who had a shocked face.

"After I have dealt with this scum!"

Yuan spoke again while looking at Yichen with his eyes as if Yichen was prey that should be hunted.

"Oh no! Stop Yuan, if you touch him, I will kill you!"

Xiaoling shouted loudly. She was unable to fight after the powerful attack from Yuan.

Yuan didn't listen and walked toward Yichen while preparing to kill him. He never hesitated to kill if it was an enemy and he clearly wanted to solve the problem that originated because of his mistake. If he killed Yichen at that time all of these wouldn't be happening right now.

While Yuan was coming towards Yichen he heard several footsteps and voices. He couldn't see from afar because of the fog.

"Reinforcement must have come", thought Yuan. But on the contrary, Yichen's mood recovered from his scared state. After hearings voices, Yichen breathed a sigh of relief and laughed grinning. Seeing this Yuan asked Yichen in a cold tone:

"What? Have you gone crazy? Why are you grinning like a monkey? Or are you that ready for your death?"

"Why do you think so Yuan? I am not grinning because I'm about to die, I'm grinning because…hah, it's better if you see yourself. Look!" Yichen said while smiling happily at the arrival of newcomers.

Yuan looked to the newcomers and then a wry smile appeared on his face.

Because newcomers were clearly not on his side.

"Well, nice to see you here Sect Master of "Hundred Swords" sect, I see that you look nice but it seems you are planning to kill the head disciple of my sect, and as if it isn't enough, you had put our Sect Master to that state", said the newcomer. She was the Vice Sect Master of the 'White Lotus' sect.

Unfortunately, these newcomers weren't the ones Rong Yuan was waiting for, they were reinforcements of the "White Lotus" sect under the command of the Vice Master of the sect, Luo Li, She was a Peak Spirit King Stage cultivator. There were four elders of the sect and all of them were Spirit King Stage cultivators.

Luo Li was actually a maid of Xiaoling when Rong Yuan first met them. Luo Li was a very beautiful woman, not as much as Xiaoling, but she had her own charm. She had a very grateful personality too when she was a maid.

But Yuan discovered her talent for cultivation while the time he was helping Xiaoling to succeed in the position of Sect Master. He helped her to rise as a powerful cultivator. Later Luo Li became Vice Master of the Sect and he only heard it from the gossip of elders in his sect.

And it seems her character changed after she gained power. Well, people say, "People will change when they get power, they will turn into their real selves."

"HAHAHAHA", laughed out loud Yichen menacingly, "It seems the victory is on my side today, Yuan. I should have been blessed by the heavens as I survived two deaths, but you won't survive today!", Yichen ended his sentence in a cold voice.

"Attack him!" he shouted.

Everyone from the "White Lotus" sect started to attack Rong Yuan from different directions. Some were delivering powerful attacks physically on Yuan, while others were attacking him using their respective weapons: swords, spears, whips...