I have the face of a great demon.

Yu Kun had caused a huge disaster. In a panic, he fled the house, stole a horse, and galloped away, causing chaos and commotion along the way.

Liu Xingchen and Tie Zhu quickly learned the direction Yu Kun had fled by asking a few passersby.

The two borrowed horses from a nearby shop. The shopkeeper, seeing that they were disciples of the Azure Sky Sect, lent them two fine horses without saying a word.

Alone on horseback, Liu Xingchen and Tie Zhu hurried northward in pursuit.

After leaving the north gate and walking for about two miles, they found an unclaimed horse at the edge of the woods.

The two men stepped forward to investigate, and Tie Zhu patted his chest and said confidently, "That guy Yu Kun must have gone into the woods, trying to hide from our pursuit in the dense forest."

"This forest is so big, if he hides, he'll be hard to find."

Liu Xingchen was filled with worry. He had to find Yu Kun before the sect could, otherwise, if Yu Kun revealed that the divine sword had been stolen from him, he would be unable to explain what had happened in front of the cliff.

"Don't worry, Brother Xingchen. I used to hunt in the mountains when I was a kid, and I learned tracking skills from old hunters. Just follow me."

Full of confidence, Tie Zhu led Liu Xingchen into the woods.

The woods were quiet; apart from the occasional chirping of insects and birds, there wasn't a soul in sight. If Liu Xingchen wanted to track someone down here, he really didn't know where to begin.

Tie Zhu, however, was confident. He looked down at the footprints on the ground, then looked up at the surrounding traces, and led Liu Xingchen to follow the trail in a winding and circuitous manner.

They walked and stopped frequently, with Tiezhu constantly adjusting his direction based on the marks on the ground and around him.

After chasing for more than an hour, they finally found Yu Kun's trail.

Yu Kun was huddled under a tree, catching his breath, secretly relieved: "I've run so deep into the forest, no one should be able to catch me."

He was just about to lie down and rest for a moment when he suddenly heard footsteps.

Yu Kun jumped three feet high, and upon closer inspection, he saw that the people who had come were Liu Xingchen and Tie Zhu.

"Yu Kun, you can't escape now. You killed Junior Brother Lu, which is an extremely heinous crime. Surrender now to avoid further suffering."

"Heh heh, you want to catch me? Let's see if you have the ability."

Yu Kun drew his black sword, and suddenly felt more confident.

In his view, with this magical sword that could cut through iron like mud, Liu Xingchen and Tie Zhu were no match for him at all.

"You audacious scoundrel, not only do you refuse to surrender, but you even dare to draw your sword!"

Tie Zhu roared in anger, his voice echoing through the forest like an enraged brown bear brandishing his iron maces as he charged menacingly toward Yu Kun.

Yu Kun held the mysterious black sword and swung it out. The sword and mace clashed, producing a crisp "clang".

The impact was so powerful that Yu Kun was thrown backward until his back slammed into a thick tree trunk with a thud, finally bringing him to a stop.

Tie Zhu stood firm as a mountain, motionless, but his beloved iron mace was damaged.

Where the black sword and the iron mace collided, a large gash was actually punched out.

Such a thick iron mace was chipped by a single sword strike; if it had been hit a few more times, it would have been ruined.

Tie Zhu was puzzled. He had used this black sword before, and it didn't seem to be this powerful.

He remembered using this black sword to cut the bandit leader's Xuanhua axe, and he didn't see the axe get chipped.

Liu Xingchen stood to the side, his brows furrowed, deep in thought.

He recalled his various experiences since he started learning martial arts, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck him, and he understood the key point.

"Tiezhu, you need to channel your inner strength into your weapon so that it will be indestructible."

Just like when he and Yu Yong were sparring, the two of them used the move "Dawn's Cold Light" to inject their inner strength into the wooden sword, so that even the fragile wood could become as hard as iron.

It was only because the last two wooden swords couldn't withstand such a powerful impact of internal force that they shattered into wood chips.

So Yu Kun just poured his inner energy into the divine sword, which is why the divine sword became so powerful?

Liu Xingchen seemed to understand a little about how the divine sword unleashed its power, but there was still one thing he couldn't explain.

What was the story behind the incredibly long sword beam he emitted with his divine sword in front of the cliff?

At that time, he had absolutely no internal energy.

Perhaps the internal energy left in the divine sword by the previous inhabitants had not yet been used up?

After thinking it over and over, Liu Xingchen could only come up with this one explanation.

In any case, the right thing to do is to channel your inner energy into your weapon.

Tie Zhu always believed what Liu Xingchen said, and his master also mentioned that internal energy should be injected into the sword when explaining the key points of Dawn's Cold Light, which proved that Brother Xingchen was right.

He immediately channeled his inner strength into a pair of iron maces, yelling as he charged at Yu Kun once more.

Yu Kun had recovered by then and brandished his black sword at Tie Zhu, intending to strike several times to break Tie Zhu's mace.

The divine sword and the iron mace clashed again, sparks flying everywhere, once again forcing Yu Kun to stagger back several steps.

Tie Zhu looked at his iron mace. This time, there was only one impact mark on the mace, and no chipping. With the combined support of his brute force and internal strength, Tie Zhu won a great victory.

Seeing that his moves had worked, Tie Zhu shouted excitedly and brandished his double maces, launching wave after wave of fierce attacks on Yu Kun.

Yu Kun was flustered and tried to parry Tie Zhu's attacks with his divine sword, but he was eventually overwhelmed and was forced to retreat repeatedly, with blood trickling from the corner of his mouth.

Liu Xingchen wasn't idle either; he seized an opportunity and launched a sneak attack from the side.

Startled, Yu Kun hurriedly drew his sword to defend himself. The divine sword clashed with the ordinary iron sword in Liu Xingchen's hand, but with a clang, it failed to break the iron sword.

Seeing this, Liu Xingchen felt much more at ease, knowing that his internal strength was superior to Yu Kun's and could make up for the lack of weapons, so he could fight him to a standstill.

However, he wouldn't be foolish enough to use an ordinary iron sword to fight head-on against the divine sword in Yu Kun's hand.

Ordinary weapons should not clash with divine swords, otherwise, after a long time, they will inevitably break in two.

He began to use light and agile swordplay, letting Tie Zhu take the lead in the attack while he launched sneak attacks from the side.

Whenever Yu Kun swung his divine sword, he could always skillfully dodge it, adding a wound to Yu Kun's body at a tricky angle.

Gradually, Yu Kun was beaten until he vomited blood, his body was covered with sword wounds, and he was about to collapse.

Just as Liu Xingchen saw his chance and was about to finish Yu Kun off with a single sword strike, a furious roar suddenly came from behind him: "Don't hurt my brother!"

Before the words had even faded, a figure had already soared into the air, like a large bird gliding through the forest, and in a few leaps, arrived beside them.

The newcomer's swordsmanship was fierce; with two swift strikes, he forced Liu Xingchen and Tie Zhu to retreat.

Upon seeing the newcomer, Yu Kun was overjoyed and exclaimed, "Big Brother!"

It turned out that the expert who suddenly appeared was Yu Kun's elder brother, Yu Yong.

Liu Xingchen's heart skipped a beat. With Yu Yong here, killing Yu Kun would be a bit tricky.