Yan Li gritted his teeth and tore his gaze away. He turned to the Tang father and daughter, his triangular eyes filled with malice. "Since that skulking coward ran off, I’ll start with you two."
Tang Tang’s heart sank. A moment ago, the man in black had suddenly appeared and cut down several men. She’d thought the tables had turned, but she never expected him to have no interest in a prolonged fight, leaving as abruptly as he came.
"Tang’er, get back!" Tang Shaoqi’s left shoulder had been crushed, and his entire arm hung limp at his side. Blood dripped from his fingertips onto the ground. With his one good hand, he pushed Tang Tang back and stepped forward to face their foe.
"Father!" Tang Tang’s eyes went red as she raised her sword to follow.
Yan Li let out a vicious laugh. His claws flashed through the air as his Qi Blood surged like a tidal wave. Tang Shaoqi was only at the Third-Time of Skin Smoothing and was already grievously injured. How could he possibly be a match for him?
One claw locked onto Tang Shaoqi’s wrist while the other shot straight for his heart...
At that very moment, a gleam of sword light shot out from the woods once more!
It was faster and trickier than before—silent and traceless, aimed straight at the nape of Yan Li’s neck!
Yan Li’s scalp prickled with dread. He wrenched his attack on Tang Shaoqi to a halt, dropped low, and rolled across the ground.
The sword light grazed his topknot, slicing off a few strands of hair.
"You again!"
Yan Li was enraged. He sprang to his feet, but Lin Yan, having missed with his first strike, had no intention of making a second. He spun around and lunged toward Yan Li’s two remaining henchmen.
A flash of sword light, and the two men fell to the ground.
With that, all eleven men Yan Li had brought with him were dead.
"I’ll kill you!" Yan Li roared, his Qi Blood flaring to its absolute limit. He became like an enraged beast, pouncing violently at Lin Yan.
Seeing Yan Li’s furious expression, Lin Yan didn’t flee this time. Instead, he turned and swung his sword.
The several men from the Qian Family, plus the nine Martial Artists he’d just killed, yielded a total of thirteen Martial Arts Fruits. After he had retreated into the woods to complete their Refinement, his Silk Binding Sword Intent had reached thirty-six strands.
He hadn’t used his full strength in that sneak attack just now. He had been waiting for this very moment.
’Even if this man is cautious, he could never have guessed that my power would increase so dramatically in the few short breaths I was in the woods. Furthermore, the strength I used for that surprise attack was my original strength, which must have lowered his guard even more.’
Yan Li’s lunging figure was as fast as a gale. His claws tore through the night air, creating a sharp, whistling sound.
A savage smile spread across his face, his eyes brimming with killing intent. ’This skulking rat has finally stopped running.’
’This strike is a guaranteed kill.’
But in the next instant, Yan Li’s pupils contracted violently.
He saw the gleam of a sword.
Not one gleam, but countless.
The light erupted from the hand of the man in black, like a silkworm spinning its thread—continuous and unending.
At first, there was only a single wisp, but in a flash, it split into dozens of impossibly fine silver threads. They were nearly transparent in the night, yet they glinted with a bone-chilling light.
Thirty-six strands of Sword Silk, silent and without a trace, closed in on Yan Li from all directions.
Alarm bells shrieked in Yan Li’s mind, and the hair on his arms stood on end.
"What the hell is this?!"
He roared, frantically circulating the Qi Blood in his body. His claws became a spinning blur as he tried to bat the Sword Silk away.
The second, the third, the fourth...
PFFT.
A soft sound, almost too faint to hear.
Yan Li’s movements froze. He was still in the posture of swiping his claws, but his entire body seemed to have been rooted to the spot.
A drop of blood seeped from his throat. Then a second, and a third.
Three breaths later...
THUD. His body fell to the ground, scattering a spray of dead leaves.
The woods fell silent once more, leaving only the mournful sound of the night wind whistling through bare branches.
The members of the Tang Family were frozen in place, not daring to breathe.
The weaker members of the Tang Family hadn’t even seen what happened. To them, it looked like Lin Yan simply swung his sword, the air filled with a torrent of light, and then Yan Li collapsed.
Lin Yan walked over to Yan Li’s corpse and poked it a few times with his longsword. He then crouched down and began searching the body. His eyes lit up when his hands found something hard, and he immediately stuffed the booklet he’d found into his robes.
’I’ve killed so many people, but I’ve never gotten a Cultivation Technique before.’
’I can’t believe I hit the jackpot this time.’
After looting the body, Lin Yan looked at Tang Tang, who was supporting her father. Without a word, he gave a clasped-fist salute, turned, and headed back into the mountain forest.
’I’m not sure if the Tang Family’s enemies have other forces on the way. It wouldn’t be wise to reveal my identity right now.’
"Tang’er, do you know him?"
Tang Shaoqi asked, seeing his daughter staring in the direction the man in black had disappeared.
"I don’t."
Tang Tang shook her head. ’But I’m very familiar with the Swordsmanship he used. It was the Jinghong Sword Technique. In the entire Tang Family, only my eldest uncle and I practice this technique.’
’And in all of Guangping County, there’s also Lin Yan.’
’But this man feels like a stranger. His build is different, there’s a clear height difference between him and Lin Yan. Besides, how long has Lin Yan been practicing the Jinghong Sword Technique? How could he possibly be this powerful?’
"This man helped our Tang Family but left without a word. He clearly doesn’t want to reveal his identity. We shouldn’t speculate too much. For now, let’s just get out of here," she said, pulling her gaze away.
"Tang’er’s right. Let’s go."
Tang Shaoqi nodded, and the group continued their flight through the mountain forest.
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This Martial Saint Is Too Cautious — Chapters
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Chapter 1
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Chapter 2
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Chapter 3
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 5
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
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Chapter 8
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Chapter 9
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Chapter 10
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Chapter 11
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Chapter 12
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Chapter 13
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Chapter 14
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Chapter 15
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Chapter 16
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Chapter 17
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 19
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Chapter 20
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Chapter 21
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 24
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Chapter 25
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Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
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Chapter 28
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Chapter 29
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Chapter 30
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Chapter 31
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Chapter 32
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Chapter 33
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Chapter 34
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Chapter 35
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Chapter 36
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Chapter 37
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Chapter 38
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Chapter 39
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Chapter 40
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Chapter 41
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Chapter 42
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Chapter 43
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Chapter 44
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Chapter 45
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Chapter 46
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Chapter 47
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Chapter 48
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Chapter 49
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Chapter 50
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Chapter 51
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Chapter 52
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Chapter 53
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Chapter 54
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Chapter 55
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Chapter 56
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Chapter 57
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Chapter 58
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Chapter 59
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Chapter 60
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Chapter 61
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Chapter 62
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Chapter 63
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Chapter 64
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Chapter 65
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Chapter 66
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Chapter 67
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Chapter 68
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Chapter 69
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Chapter 70
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Chapter 71
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Chapter 72
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Chapter 73
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Chapter 74
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Chapter 75
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Chapter 76
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Chapter 77
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Chapter 78
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Chapter 79
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Chapter 80
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Chapter 81
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Chapter 82
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Chapter 83
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Chapter 84
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Chapter 85
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Chapter 86
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Chapter 87
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Chapter 88
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Chapter 89
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Chapter 90
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Chapter 91
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Chapter 92
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Chapter 93
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Chapter 94
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Chapter 95
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Chapter 96
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Chapter 97
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Chapter 98
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Chapter 99
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Chapter 100
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Chapter 101
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Chapter 102
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Chapter 103
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Chapter 104
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Chapter 105
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Chapter 106
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Chapter 107
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Chapter 108
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Chapter 109
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Chapter 110
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Chapter 111
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Chapter 112
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Chapter 113
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Chapter 114
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Chapter 115
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Chapter 116
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Chapter 117
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Chapter 118
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Chapter 119
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Chapter 120
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Chapter 121
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Chapter 122
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Chapter 123
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Chapter 124
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Chapter 125
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Chapter 126
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Chapter 127
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Chapter 128
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Chapter 129
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Chapter 130
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Chapter 131
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Chapter 132
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Chapter 133
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Chapter 134
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Chapter 135
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Chapter 136
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Chapter 137
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Chapter 138
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Chapter 202
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Chapter 211
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Chapter 258
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Chapter 259
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