Yang Ling slowly walked towards Batis with a dull dagger taken out from the space ring.

  The horned beast's fangs were sharper than anything, and not even the sturdy greatswords forged by the dwarves of the mountains could withstand its bite; but this dagger found in the Valenia valley was beyond everyone's expectations - although it looked unremarkable on the outside, it was razor-sharp, and left no scratch even on the strongest horned beast.

  "Lord Batis, it's a matter of life and death, don't you want to reconsider?" Yang Ling coldly smiled, taking advantage of the fact that no one was paying attention, he secretly summoned a second-stage evolved Angle Horn Beast and hid it in his sleeve.

  "Joke? I, Batis, have beheaded countless people in my lifetime, and you think this little kid won't make the cut?"

  Batis was very proud, since he had been apprenticed to the Sword Saint Bazak, he had never lost in a formal duel, and after becoming the Royal Swordsman of the Bantu Empire, he had enjoyed all the honors and wealth.

  After beheading this guy, he might still make it back to the Imperial City in time to turn things around. Batis was ecstatic. Who would have thought that after losing everything at the Red Flower Casino, a business opportunity would come knocking on his door? All he had to do was kill Yang Ling and he'd get a whopping 50,000 Purple Crystal Coins.

  A summoner who can't even control his aura, thinking he can leave a scratch on his own aura-filled shield is simply delusional. Batis looked at Yang Ling with disdain as he walked over, completely convinced by Emilia's plan.

  Today is a great day for Yang Ling's weapon shop. If Yang Ling doesn't dare to compete, it would be equivalent to admitting that the weapons in his shop are rubbish, and he won't be able to mix in Weisen Town anymore. If he doesn't know what's good for him, then it's just perfect for Emilia to kill two birds with one stone.

  "Yang Ling, don't go! Don't!" Looking at the raging Battis and then at Yang Ling who was walking step by step, Sophia rushed out recklessly, "Yang Ling, don't mind this madman, let's return to Trasen Forest!"

  As Yang Ling was forced to take the stage, Sophia's true feelings were revealed, and she was worried that tears would fill her eyes. She hoped that Yang Ling could put everything behind him and return with her to Trasen Forest to live a simple life.

  After hesitating for a moment, Alice also rushed out, her eyes red with tears. "Yang brother, Sofia sister is right, this is a madman, don't bother to see him!"

  After realizing Batis's strength, Kassy and the others rushed over, staring fiercely at the damned Batis. If looks could kill, Batis would have been killed ten thousand times already.

  "Yībǐlìsī, you've gone too far! A great swordsman using such a despicable tactic, isn't this intentional murder?"

  "That's right, it's too much!"

  .....

  As Batis' shield turned a deep red, the mercenaries who knew their stuff understood that Yang Ling, who didn't know how to fight, had no chance of winning. They realized that Batis was deliberately trying to take Yang Ling's life, and they began to discuss it among themselves.

  "Hmph, those who are not convinced can come down and I, Battis, will send him on his way!" After hearing the crowd's murmurs, the great swordmaster Battis spoke out in a fierce tone. Wherever his gloomy gaze swept past, people shut their mouths one after another. After all, the strength of a great swordmaster was not to be underestimated; even seasoned mercenaries did not dare to provoke him, and though they were angry, they did not dare speak out.

  "Miselle, I'm certain this is a murder! If the great swordsman didn't have a grudge against that young man, then it was the young man's enemy who hired him!"

  Outside the crowd, a man and a woman rode on two tall white horses. The man's gaze was sharp, wearing black heavy armor, with a Viking broadsword hanging from his waist, holding a dark iron long spear that was as long as two people, obviously an elite knight. The woman's face was covered with a semi-transparent veil, holding a black staff as thick as a knife handle, obviously a mysterious magician.

  "Kurusu, as a Temple Knight, are you just going to stand by and watch?!" The magician with the veil on his face frowned and looked at Batis, who was not far away, and said disdainfully: "The Warrior's Guild of the Vantu Empire is becoming more and more undisciplined. A great swordsman like him actually uses this method against a young man who doesn't know any martial arts!"

  Looking at the three layers of people inside and outside, the heavy armored knight said coldly: "This great sword master is indeed too excessive, but, Miesha, we have a secret mission this time, after taking action, it's not good to expose our identity!"

  After hearing Cruz say that, looking at Yang Ling not far away without any fighting spirit, the magician Michelle let out a light sigh and didn't say anything else. She just silently gripped her staff tightly.

  "Ladies and gentlemen, I'm delighted you're all here today! " Yang Ling gently pushed aside the worried Sofia and Alice, striding towards Batis. "I hold in my hand a common dagger crafted by dwarves of the mountains. Now, let's see whether this great swordmaster's shield is sturdy or our daggers are sharp!"

  After waving the dagger in his hand to the onlookers, Yang Ling walked towards Batis with an unchanged expression, as if he didn't know the greatness of the great swordmaster at all.

  At the same time, as Yang Ling walked step by step towards him, Batis coldly smiled and subconsciously poured all his fighting energy into the shield on his right hand. Instantly, the shield emitted a circle of dazzling red light, looking from afar like a blazing flame.

  "Oh heavens, poor child!"

  "Ibiris, I've seen fools before, but never one as foolish as this guy, walking to his death like a wooden pole!"

  "Haha, I dare say that this young boss is definitely a spoiled rich kid who doesn't know the power of a great swordsman!" The triangular-eyed onlooker, thinking he had seen it all, gloated, "Now there's going to be a good show! After the young man dies, his family will definitely come after the great swordsman with their lives, haha!"

  .....

  Looking at the intimidating Bati and the doomed Yang Ling, people were talking about it. Some sympathized with him, some scolded Yang Ling for being stupid and not knowing how to advance or retreat, and others gloated over his misfortune.

  Among the murmurs of the crowd, Yang Ling exerted his utmost effort to activate the sorcery within his body, suddenly accelerating and dashing towards Battier with lightning speed. The sleeve opening on his right hand was precisely aimed at Battier's chest.

  Just when people thought Yang Ling was doomed, something unexpected happened!

  Batis, who had a look of disdain on his face, suddenly shook all over, the flame-like red light on his shield dispersed like a tide, and Yang Ling's dagger flashed by like lightning, making a 'puff' sound as it pierced through the hard heavy shield.

  The majestic Batu Empire's royal great swordmaster, actually lost to a young man who doesn't know any martial energy?

  People stared blankly at the sudden unexpectedness, and for half a day they couldn't recover from their shock. The whole scene was silent as a ghost town until Yang Ling put the dagger to Batis' neck, then people started making a commotion.

  "Kill him!"

  "Yeebilis, cut off his dog's head!"

  .....

  People were shouting at the top of their lungs, especially a group of mercenaries licking blood on the edge of their knives, who were also brandishing their weapons while roaring. It seemed that the arrogant great swordsman had already offended everyone.

  "You..."

  After being shot by the poisonous stinger of the Angle Worm Beast three times, Bati's whole body was powerless. Unexpectedly, just as he was about to loudly scold Yang Ling for his despicability, a sharp pain appeared on his neck, and a thread of fresh blood flowed out.

  "It seems that the great swordsman's throat is also mortal and will bleed like an ordinary person!" Looking at the terrified Batis, Yang Ling said coldly: "Is it better to cut open your trachea with a dagger, or chop off your entire head with an axe? Or perhaps, I should give you a death by dismemberment?"

  Looking at the cold light flashing in Yang Ling's eyes, and then looking at his cold smile, Batis trembled all over, no longer daring to speak, motionless. As a seasoned swordsman, he knew that the dagger placed on his throat was not something to be trifled with, and if Yang Ling made even the slightest move, he would have to bid farewell to this world forever.

  Bartis was filled with regret and cursed Imia's ancestors for eight generations. If he hadn't been too careless, using all his aura to show off on the shield, how could a great royal swordsman like him be ambushed by Yang Ling? If Imia had provided accurate and detailed information, how would he have ended up in this state of being at the mercy of others?

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