Why do I have so many masters?

```

"No good!"

Zhao Daniu was stunned, and asked, "What's wrong, brother?"

Wang Anfeng couldn't care about anything else and spoke hurriedly:

"Someone just bumped into me unintentionally, he wasn't affected, but I almost lost my balance because of him."

"He had a very strong killing intent on him."

Zhao Daniu had not yet understood what was happening when the officer and the soldier who had kicked Wang Anfeng's foot suddenly turned pale.

Could it be someone who could almost knock this man down?

And harboring killing intent?

His heart tightened and suddenly there was a disturbance in the distance, a rather luxurious carriage explosively shattered, a tall man burst out laughing as he leaped up, holding a child in his arms. The officer's face turned iron blue, he clenched his teeth tightly, and said:

"Damn... it's the child of Zhang County's respected family."

"The county official had to leave due to urgent matters today, leaving only two Ninth Rank experts by the lady's side. Could it be that this guy's cultivation exceeds the Ninth Grade? I was careless..."

Meanwhile, that man was already moving swiftly across the rooftops, and by chance or might it have been a coincidence, he was passing right by where Wang Anfeng was. The killing intent was heavy, the youth's pupils shrank as he locked eyes with the child, no older than six or seven. The clear eyes caused a slight tremor in his heart, unable to bear seeing such a child meet a tragic end.

With a flick of his wrist, the hanging chains suddenly stretched out like a giant python soaring into the air, extending several meters in an impossible feat and directly entangling the man's right leg. The man's crazed laughter stopped abruptly, and Wang Anfeng's feet hit the ground, but sadly it only lasted a moment before he was pulled up by the surging force.

The chain whipped sharply, throwing the young man onto the building next to him. Wang Anfeng gritted his teeth, twisted his body, and his right foot landed on the wall; he ran across the wall as if flying, closely tailing the man. Zhao Daniu was stunned for a moment, then forcefully drew his waist saber, bellowed angrily, and began pursuing with long strides.

The officer clenched his teeth and shouted:

"Leave one person to inform the others, the rest follow me up!"

"Yes!"

That burly man was indeed the fugitive, whose blockade had been growing increasingly tight in recent days. He planned to take the opportunity to break out, but happened upon the county official's wife's child being guarded by only two Ninth Grade martial artists from the Taoist Sect.

Overjoyed, he stormed into the carriage and, using the power of a forbidden elixir, inflicted serious injuries on both Ninth Rank martial artists and kidnapped the county official's only son.

He had intended to use the child as leverage to break out and then torment and kill the child to vent the hatred in his heart, but now he had a clueless brat hanging onto his leg. No matter how hard he struggled to throw the boy off, that person was able to dissipate all his vigorous qi, and skillfully at that, in a way that didn't resemble a youth, filling him with great resentment.

At this moment, Wang Anfeng's body was tensely strung, the opposing vigorous qi was like an endless tide, but thanks to Mister Ying's occasional 'sneak attacks' and increasingly complex training, it was all under his control.

The man glanced back at the pursuers growing ever closer and clenched his teeth bitterly, fury rising in his eyes.

His elixir's power was limited, and he could not maintain it for long.

As he passed by a three-story tavern, he stopped, forcefully jerked Wang Anfeng upwards, stood on the top of the tavern, drew a short knife from his waist, and stabbed towards Wang Anfeng's chest. The youth's heart surged, and he used the iron chain on his left arm to strike away the blade.

```

The right hand refused to release the iron chain from the man's right leg, fearing he would escape, but the man had stepped on a part of it, making it difficult to exert force. They were at a stalemate, where he could only fight with his free hand. His punches were like the powerful flow of the Yangtze River, revealing a crisis. Yet, for the moment, he wasn't falling behind.

"Haah!"

After a few more exchanges, the man grew more desperate. His waist saber, as if gone mad, fiercely chopped down toward the young man's chains, sending sparks flying everywhere. A deep mark now glimmered on the chain, causing Wang Anfeng's pupils to shrink, while his opponent was ecstatic, attacking even more frenziedly with his dagger.

Months of relentless pursuit had nearly driven him insane, coupled with the residual effects of the Elixir, his mind became more obsessed with the idea of leaving Wang Anfeng dead.

Biting his teeth, even with his generally calm nature, in his irritation he couldn't help cursing Mr. Ying inwardly, asking why the chains were only heavy and not more durable?

Under the dagger, they seemed no different from common iron.

While anxious at heart, his martial arts became even sharper. Fighting with one hand, he managed time and again to protect those parts about to break. Not far away, figures like Zhao Daniu appeared, and the young man breathed a slight sigh of relief.

But the powerful martial artist grew even more frantic, a fierce glint flashing in his eyes, and with a reversal of the blade, he stabbed viciously towards the child in his hand.

Wang Anfeng's pupils constricted; no longer caring for himself, he lunged forward to take the hit for the child with his left arm. Seizing the opening, he struck the man's chest and abdomen with his elbow, only to hear a metallic clang. What his elbow touched was not a body of flesh but a metallic sensation.

He gritted his teeth, his moves flowing like water, shifting instantly. He ducked and barged, snatching the child away. He smiled at the child who was still excessively calm, and in the child's clear eyes, he saw the waist saber chopping down. Yet, his own state of mind was unusually serene, as if the dust in his heart was cleansed by those pure and transparent eyes.

He also seemed to recall Liu Wuqiu, without regrets.

The chain that had accompanied him for so long was chopped, leaving a huge gap and exposing the young man's back. It seemed that because of the special structure of the chains, if one part broke, the rest would fail. Suddenly, all the chains around the young man's body broke apart spontaneously, falling down like a cloud of iron dust towards the ground.

Not too far, Zhao Daniu's pupils suddenly shrunk and he shouted angrily:

"No, stop!!"

The man gave a malicious smile, and the young man, now without the protection of the chains, flicked his wrist, flinging the child towards Zhao Daniu. The latter tossed his saber, lunging forward to barely catch the child. He then fiercely looked up, his eyes bulging as he stared above.

Time seemed to slow at this moment. As the chains fell, madness filled the fugitive's eyes as he plunged the dagger viciously towards the young man's back. But for some reason, the young man, who was normally agile, suddenly became rigid.

Zhao Daniu's heart quivered, and he howled:

"Anfeng!!"

Amidst the angry cry, the chains clattered down upon the projecting part of the second floor of the inn. After a moment of deathly silence, the delicate balcony exploded violently. Amidst screams of horror, as the chains hit the ground, the firm ground cracked as if trampled by a behemoth, instantly breaking into dust.

And at the same time, the dagger struck Wang Anfeng's back.

The cotton robe tore, the sword hummed lightly, and the man's face, filled with madness, paused ever so slightly.

A sharp sound of cutting air abruptly arose, a piece of Broken Blade spinning through the air and piercing the ground in front of Zhao Daniu. The sharp edge still trembling, and in the dead silence, a clear and distant bell sounded, like the light cry of a phoenix chick, a trapped dragon freed from its chains for the first time.

Subtle and real ripples of Vigorous Qi spread out from the young man at the center.

PS: Today is a long chapter, ha~ Dear readers, I'm on my knees asking for your support.