Inside the martial arts arena, a young man with beast skin was standing holding a black blunt sword. Surrounding him were nine tall and robust brave warriors, each wearing armor, holding long spears, sharp swords, and chopping knives, but all of these weapons were unsharpened.

  Six years had passed, and Ji Ning, who had been practicing the sword for six years, was just over ten years old. However, due to his cultivation of the "Vermilion Heaven Nine Heavens Diagram", he now stood at a height of over 1.6 meters, only 10 centimeters shorter than in his previous life. In terms of appearance, he looked almost identical to his previous life, perhaps this was what they meant by "looks being determined by ones heart". If there had to be a difference... it would be that his face in his previous life was pale and sickly, while now it was full of boundless vitality.

  "Its still the old rules." Ji Ning swept his gaze around, his eyes more terrifying than those of a demonic beast. "As long as you defeat me, each of you will get one Beast Head Gold!"

  "Roar!!"

  "Be careful, young master."

  "Haha, one piece of Beast Head Gold, brothers let the young master see our strength." These brave warriors were all roaring, they were the strongest warriors of the Western Garrison of the Ji family - the Nine-Toothed Warriors! To be able to obtain the title of Nine-Toothed Warrior, they must have cultivated their inner energy to perfection and had extremely rich combat experience.

  Beast Head Gold is a standard ten jin heavy gold, and gold is hard currency in countless tribes. Ten jin of gold has enough appeal to the strongest warriors of these armies.

  However, none of them dared to be careless, because Ji Nings strength had long been spread throughout the army, and for a long time, he had been honing his skills with some elite soldiers... The improvement of Ji Nings strength was also known to these warriors. Even if the nine strongest warriors joined forces... it would still be difficult to defeat Ji Ning, but it was still possible.

  Ji Ning held a black blunt sword in his hand and silently scanned his surroundings.

  Actually, since the most complex "Tian Gai Di Ya 108 Swords" was mastered to my fathers satisfaction, and after it became meaningless to just spar with puppets, I was allowed to spar with a large number of soldiers. The weapons used for sparring were all blunt.

  At the same time, Father also gave a strict order: "You and others must only use one sword! And your strength can only be used at 10%! Only when sparring with me and your mother are you allowed to use dual swords... Remember, dual swords are your killing move, and they can only be used when you really want to kill your opponent."

  So...

  Although Ji Nings reputation spread throughout the army, he was recognized as a genius. However, they did not know that this was only the tip of the iceberg revealed by Ji Ning. Of course, in terms of single-handed swordsmanship and footwork, Ji Ning was all-out during battle.

  ……

  Nine brave warriors surrounded Jin Ning as they walked, each staring at Jin Ning with a gaze that seemed to be watching prey.

  Ji Ning remained as still as a mountain.

  "Whoosh!" One of the nine brave warriors, a bald-headed man, suddenly charged forward, his long spear darting out like a venomous snake, and in an instant he was already standing in front of Ji Ning.

  Facing this fierce spear, Ji Ning merely flashed his figure and approached the bald warrior, and the long spear stabbed into thin air.

  The spear is most afraid of close combat!

  "Hah!" Ji Nings black blunt sword sliced through the air, a flash of sword light passing by. The bald warrior fell to the ground and simultaneously kicked his long spear with his right foot, causing it to slam horizontally towards Ji Ning. He himself rolled back into the army formation.

  "Hah, that was close! Almost got caught off guard. Be careful, brothers!" The bald warrior shouted as he returned to the army formation.

  Ji Ning had already trampled that long spear under his foot and looked around: "Lets go up together, otherwise you wont have a chance."

  "Up."

  "Up."

  These nine warriors felt the gap and no longer tried to probe, directly going all out.

  Only the sound of wind, flashing knife light, floating sword shadow, gun like dragon, stick like tiger... From all sides, they attacked Ji Ning, but Ji Ning stood there, only taking some slight steps back, turning steps, and subtle changes in his body shape, making many of these brave warriors attacks return without success.

  The sound of the weapons impact or a "hong" was like a muffled thunderclap, clearly powerful and forceful.

  Or it was just a soft "hiss" sound.

  "Its no wonder theyre the Nine-Toothed Warriors, these nine working together are... if it were only five or six... I could defeat them in an instant. But with nine joining forces, Im completely at a disadvantage." Ji Ning faced the siege of the nine brave warriors and felt very overwhelmed, after all, he only had one sword, under such pressure, he could only exert his swordsmanship and footwork to the extreme.

  "Ah!"

  "Ah!"

  Sword shadow whizzes by.

  Ji Ning suddenly felt a daze, at this moment his body and sword were extremely coordinated, even had a kind of feeling through the sword body to feel the sword itself, even the sword in high-speed moving wind could be felt.

  "Hah!" The black blunt sword lightly touched the war knife, first a shock, then a twist, and the opponents war knife was out of control and deviated. Then the sword tip was sent, directly stabbing into the chest of that brave warrior, making him feel a suffocating sensation in his chest, and he retreated two steps and sat down with a thud.

  "Huh." The black blunt sword sliced through the air in a twisted arc, easily avoiding the opponents long spear block, and slapped the bald warriors face with its broad side. Pfft, teeth flew out, and he fell back directly.

  For a time it was like an autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.

  Ji Nings sword suddenly became extremely ethereal, his swordsmanship changing subtly and minutely, able to make multiple changes in an instant, and the life-and-death struggle... a momentary advantage could immediately turn into victory in a battle. This made the nine warriors who had previously made Ji Ning struggle so hard to resist, one by one fall to the ground in the blink of an eye.

  "Congratulations, young master."

  "Congratulations, young master, your swordsmanship has reached a subtle level, with you and the sword becoming one."

  These warriors were both startled and excited, with one after another offering congratulations.

  A ten-year-old boy has already mastered the subtleties of swordsmanship, becoming one with his sword. Hes even more extraordinary than his father, Dripping Water Sword Ji Yichuan.

  "Haha...” Ji Ning was also extremely excited. For six years, he had been practicing swordsmanship continuously, every day from dawn till dusk, except for the early morning when he went outside the city to practice archery. Sometimes he practiced with his father, sometimes with his fathers disciples, and sometimes with soldiers in the army.

  The sword has long been absorbed into his bones.

  Millions of times of practice had made his swordsmanship precise to a terrifying degree.

  His versatility made his swordsmanship even more unpredictable.

  His body was like a divine demon, and his internal strength, which had been cultivated to the pinnacle of later heaven, also made his sword invincible.

  Until today!

  After a long accumulation, everything has finally come together, and the sword technique has reached a subtle level, with man and sword becoming one!

  "Today, all of you help me break through, nothing else, one beast head gold per person. Dont decline." Ji Ning laughed haha.

  Nine brave warriors looked at each other and said in unison: "Thank you, young master!"

  If they had only lost to them, they wouldnt have wanted it, after all, as a Jiuya warrior, there is also pride. But since Qi Ning Gongzi can achieve unity of man and sword, this is also a great joy. Such a joyful event... they were granted some benefits, taking them was normal too.

  "Nine."

  In the distance, Chun Cao and Qiu Ye, two personal maids, walked over with a stone tray, on which were nine pieces of golden beast heads, all of them sheeps head gold! The nine brave warriors all smiled as they took them down, and at the same time felt deeply moved... Ji Ning young master was indeed formidable, but they had also seen his hard work over the years.

  "Congratulations, young master! Congratulations, young master!" After the nine brave warriors left, Chun Cao and Qiu Ye both had joyful faces.

  Six years had passed, and Chun Cao and Qiu Ye were both around twenty years old, at the most charming age. Servant girls like them would usually become their masters women, so they had long regarded Ji Ning as their heaven, their god. Seeing that their young master was so formidable, they were naturally very delighted.

  "Hahaha..." Ji Ning also laughed.

  Who wouldnt be excited? After all, theyve been working hard since childhood; how could success not bring joy?

  He had been practicing swordplay for two years before his father thought he was ready in both body and mind, and only then did he receive the manual of the "108 Swords of Heavens Wrath and Earths Fury".

  Another year passed before he finally reached the First Realm and his father allowed him to go into seclusion.

  Another three years have passed until today, finally reaching the second heavy boundary, swordsmanship has entered subtlety, man and sword are as one!

  "Spring grass, autumn leaves, follow me." Ji Ning shouted, what he wanted to do most now was to go see his parents.

  ******

  A series of angry roars echoed from deep within the continuous mountain range.

  Yamashita Masaharu had a large group of black armored knights, these black armored knights armor was very thick, and the joints also had sharp thorns, their mounts were all tall and majestic single-horned long-haired beasts, the two curved tusks on the long-haired beasts mouth emitted a cold and desolate glow, four hooves were sturdy, when running even the earth would tremble.

  These hundreds of Black Armor Knights each emitted a powerful aura.

  "Huh?" The black armored knights all turned their heads to look at a not-too-distant place, and saw that the distant mountain wall had suddenly melted and turned bright red. Immediately after, it transformed into scorching hot magma, and a large amount of magma flowed down from one part of the mountain wall. A vague human-like creature was also walking in the magma, its entire body surrounded by flames, and walked out directly.

  Sigh.

  He took a step and fell directly to the ground below, his hand still dragging a giant dark brown scaly monster. Behind him was another four-legged monster walking. Soon, the magma on the surface of the humanoid creature shook off, revealing its appearance... It was an old man with fiery red hair, and there was even a small red snake hanging from his ear. The four-legged monster also walked to the side of the venomous snake old man, very obedient.

  "My lord." More than a hundred Black Knights shouted respectfully.

  The old poisonous snake, Ji Lie, laughed and said: "Coming out to hunt, I can actually meet a Di Jia Long. The luck is not bad, this Di Jia Long is only one step away from transforming into a Xian Tian born spirit. Take it back and raise it well."

  "Master! Master!" A voice suddenly came from above.

  Ji Lie raised his head and looked up.

  High above, a giant blue feathered bird was flying, and on the bird sat a lean man with animal skin. As the bird descended rapidly, the man jumped down lightly and landed on the ground, then knelt down on one knee respectfully and said: "Master, there is news in the mansion."

  "Say it." Ji Lie furrowed his brow.

  "Ji Yichuans son, Ji Ning, has just entered the realm of Man and Sword as One today." The man in beast skin said respectfully.

  Ji Lies eyes widened, and the flames on his body surged violently, his angry body trembling. Suddenly, he slammed the Ge Diao Long in his hand towards a distant location. The massive beast weighing over 10,000 kilograms was reduced to a residual shadow as it crashed into the mountain wall, causing the ground to shudder. A huge crater appeared on the mountain wall, with cracks spreading outwards for hundreds of meters. The Ge Diao Long was trapped in the crater, its blood seeping from its head and scales, and it had been smashed to death.

  "Return to Xifeng City!" Ji Lie gritted his teeth for a long time before giving the order.

  "Yes." Over a hundred Black Armor Knights responded in unison, although they felt it was a waste to just throw away the corpse of the Earth Dragon, but their master Ji Lie was currently in a state of furious rage, so naturally no one dared to disobey.

  Rumble...

  Ji Lie rode a four-hoofed strange beast, with over a hundred black-armored knights behind him. They swiftly disappeared into the deep mountains, leaving only the corpse of the Earth Dragon embedded in the cliff wall high above, its fresh blood flowing down along the mountain wall.