116 Bandits
Bloody night, bloody body. He who holds the blood sword steps by step towards a pregnant woman, and then everything in front of him becomes blurry, only to wake up again as a monstrous butcher who slaughtered tens of thousands of women and children!
"No!!" Yuan Ye's heart screamed, his originally crumbling body, with knees almost touching the ground, eerily froze, then suddenly ignored its weight and rose again. Yuan Ye straightened his body, and a miraculous new power surged from the bottom of his heart, reviving his exhausted spirit.
Yuan Ye took a new step, stepped on the wooden stairs, pushed open the heavy wooden door, and walked into the residence of Lie Yan Dou Shi Kou Yi.
"A junior seeking redemption has met with Senior Kou Yi."
"You've had a hard time, little friend, please sit down."
Yuan Ye raised his head and first saw a pair of warm and jade-like eyes that contained praise and respect.
Although Yuan Ye entered with a proud expression, he was actually already dizzy and disoriented. It wasn't until now that he finally gathered his spirits to size up this famous Flame Warrior who had just clashed souls with him.
Kou Yi's face was slightly ruddy, with a head of silver-gray long hair, a wide nose, a broad mouth, and round ears, giving off an air of wealth. Although he sat cross-legged on the carpet, his height could be seen to be over eight feet tall. His hands, placed on his knees, were extremely slender. This appearance would be considered extremely ordinary, even ugly, among humans. However, no matter who saw him, as long as they looked into his eyes, they absolutely wouldn't associate him with ugliness. Because even the wisest sage couldn't possess a pair of eyes so deep and far-reaching, which were the crystallization of wisdom and the baptism of time, emitting diamond-like brilliance, an existence that would be forever unforgettable.
Yuan Ye sat down in front of Kou Yi, carefully recalling Kou Yi's legendary experiences. The entire Yangyang Prefecture was spreading his story, and Kou Yi's hometown, Xinlin City, was even more enthusiastic, Yuan Ye had also heard it repeatedly in Xinlin City.
Kou Yi, a legendary figure that Yuan Ye had heard of long ago, also came from Xinlin City's Flame Warrior and was not born into an aristocratic family, but came from a small village outside the city. Kou Yi, who grew up in a remote mountain forest, never had access to the world's greatest martial arts when he was young. What he practiced was a cold and obscure fighting energy called "Gu Luo Yan Yu". However, with his exceptional talent, he broke through to the Martial Emperor realm using only this third-rate martial art.
As the Martial Emperor, entering this borderland of bandits, Kou Yi had the opportunity to come into contact with various powerful techniques and meet one by one the high and mighty strongmen. No one knew how he cultivated afterwards, but 6,000 years later, news leaked that two quasi-sages from the Lianyun Continent left, while three quasi-sages from the Bingpo Continent led countless experts in a sneak attack on the strongest of the Lieyan Continent's Bo Xia, Gu Yang, and Fen Xiang three states. At that time, there were only two quasi-sages on the Lieyan Continent, and all eight states' elite Dou Ling above supported the resistance. However, they didn't expect to fall into the enemy's trap, as thousands of Dou Ling above experts from the Bingpo Continent simultaneously launched a surprise attack on the remaining five states. It can be imagined that the enemy, who had come prepared, faced the highest level of only Martial Emperor in the five states, how terrifying it was. The unprepared armies of the five states were beaten to the point of being scattered and defeated, with heavy casualties. The palaces and arrays of the five states were also destroyed by the powerful Dou Ling.
The turning point came from the moment when the person who was cultivating in the formation of Hunluo State, which had been destroyed by the ban, woke up. At that moment, Hunluo State launched a counterattack with one person.
In fact, at that time, even the people of Hunluo State did not think that Kou Yi would single-handedly ride into the enemy's most concentrated war circle on a violent snowstorm night, find the leaders of Bingpo Continent, and kill hundreds of War Emperors and several Tian Shengs. In the midst of the raging snowstorm, Kou Yi, who had already become a Tian Sheng, had two kinds of Dou Qi shining miraculously on his body - the Flame Attribute Dou Qi of Lie Yan Continent and the Death Attribute Dou Qi of the distant Dark Continent. Both powers had reached the Tian Sheng realm, and when combined, they were almost invincible. After killing all the enemy's War Emperors and above, the enemy attacking Hunluo State lost their souls and fled in disarray. Kou Yi then killed his way through the snowstorm to the other four directions, finally engaging in a life-and-death battle with Gu Xian Huo Er, the leader of Bingpo Continent, at the Meng Lin State garrison. In the end, before the snowstorm ended, he killed Gu Xian on the spot and took his body with him as he broke out of Bingpo Continent's encirclement and left triumphantly.
The result of the Iceberg Continent's plan, which had been in the making for hundreds of years, was to first destroy the weakest five states of the Flame Continent, and then go all out to strangle the remaining three states. However, due to Kou Yi alone, they ended up retreating in disarray.
In this battle, Kou Yi gained fame throughout the world and obtained two things from Gu Xian's corpse. One was a top-grade Tianxian artifact, the magic sword Youhun! The magic sword Youhun is an extremely famous treasure among Tianxian artifacts, with various powerful abilities, including the ability to devour the souls of those killed by it, allowing its master to gain some of the deceased's power and constantly strengthen himself. For Kou Yi, who cultivated the Death Qi, obtaining this treasure was like a fish in water. The other thing was Gu Xian's cultivation method for the Ice Qi of the Bingpo Continent. With these two treasures, plus the mid-grade Tianxian artifact-level defensive war armor rewarded to him for his great military merit, Kou Yi finally embarked on the path of legend.
Four thousand years later, Kou Yi finally achieved the ancient immortal's power and openly entered the Ice Abyss Continent. Within a hundred years, he fought his way across the continent with his three ancient immortal-level powers: Flame, Ice, and Death, defeating all top experts from various factions. Even when facing high-ranking experts of the Underworld God level, he remained undefeated in a hundred battles, unmatched by anyone. The number of souls that fell under his sword exceeded 30,000, all of whom were above the Martial Emperor level. Those who sought to kill him, including quasi-sages, could not even touch him. Later, he directly stormed into Liang Xin's old lair and personally beheaded the ancient immortal-level master of Liang Xin's estate. This led to an ultimate showdown with five Underworld God-level experts from the Ice Abyss Continent who rushed to Liang Xin's estate upon hearing the news. In the end, one died and four were injured among the five great Underworld Gods. Finally, three quasi-sages lowered their status and surrounded Kou Yi for a kill. Seriously injured, Kou Yi still managed to escape from the hands of the three quasi-sages. From then on, Kou Yi's name shook both the Lava Flame Continent and the Ice Abyss Continent, his influence so strong that it even surpassed some hidden quasi-sages.
In the eight states, Hunluo State is the weakest. It's not that the people of Hunluo State are inherently inferior, but rather that they lack the cutthroat environment of Guyang State, where one's strength is honed to the limit under the threat of death, with no regard for cost or consequence. Over generations, this accumulation of power has made other states stronger than Hunluo. However, Kou Yi was able to reach the Wu Emperor realm through solo cultivation in Hunluo State's environment, relying on a third-rate technique, which is a testament to his extraordinary talent. Upon arriving at this border region, with both techniques and a cutthroat environment available, Kou Yi's talent has been fully realized, allowing him to simultaneously cultivate three types of Dou Qi and ultimately become a high-ranking expert capable of transcending levels.
Yuan Ye is now facing a genius with a cultivation talent that has never been seen before or since.
"Little friend, I didn't expect your soul cultivation to have reached the Shura realm, and even more so, I didn't think you could go further than the War Emperor. The younger generation is indeed formidable."
"Senior, I've troubled you again. As a junior, I didn't have an ID badge and encountered many problems here. This time, I had to ask Ancestor Yao to vouch for me, which makes me feel uneasy." Yuan Ye's words were neither arrogant nor humble. After entering the courtyard, he was subjected to a test by Kou Yi, which confirmed that Yuan Ye had the qualifications to communicate with him on an equal footing. For Yuan Ye, however, it was a spiritual baptism and tempering, and the benefits in the future would be immeasurable, which could also be considered as receiving great kindness from Kou Yi.
