Chapter 10: One Fist to Vent Pent-Up Fury, One Sword to Shatter the Locking Prison!

“The Calamity Physique… how terrifying!”

After using his Truth-Seeking Eyes to see Su Nianshuang’s information, Qin Xuan couldn’t help but exclaim.

To control disaster and suffering, manipulate the misfortunes of others, spread endless calamity… it sounded utterly horrific.

Especially that line: “When the possessor does not fully master the Calamity Power, the leaking force will also bring misfortune and disaster to those around them!”

Wasn’t this basically the legendary Lone Star of Heavenly Calamity?

Thinking this, Qin Xuan couldn’t help but feel a flicker of pity in his eyes as he looked at the woman in black.

Someone with such a physique, though they might rise to become a strong powerhouse later on, would inevitably suffer all kinds of hardships and scornful looks in their early stages.

“So, the Patriarch of the Han Family’s true target for this trip… it was her! Su Nianshuang, the Maiden of Calamity!”

“No wonder the Han Family mobilized such a luxurious lineup of ten Grandmasters! Capturing that unfamiliar Divine Martial Realm expert was just a cover. The real goal was to kill the Maiden of Calamity!”

“Why is that woman in black called the Maiden of Calamity? Why did the Patriarch of the Han Family want to kill her?”

“Hah! That’s a long story, let me keep it simple!”

“This Maiden of Calamity is named Su Nianshuang. She lost both her parents young and relied on her younger brother for survival. She showed immense talent for cultivation from a tender age.”

“Yet, just like her title, wherever she went, calamity followed.”

“So, no matter how strong her cultivation talent was, no faction was willing to accept her. After all, the gravestones of those who did accept her before now grew grass taller than a man!”

“Thus, Su Nianshuang went into seclusion with her brother.”

“Until one day, quite by chance, Su Nianshuang was traveling. Her brother, however, was discovered by the Eldest Miss of the Han Family during an outing.”

“The Eldest Miss of the Han Family, seeing how handsome and refined her brother was, took him back to the Han Family.”

“Just a few days later, Su Nianshuang’s brother died… inside the Eldest Miss’s private chamber.”

“When Su Nianshuang returned to their seclusion and learned this news, it was like she became possessed by a demon. She began ruthlessly attacking strong members of the Han Family, vowing to avenge her brother!”

“However, the Han Family’s power was simply too overwhelming. Su Nianshuang was heavily wounded and forced to retreat each time.”

“Yet, her methods were bizarre and dangerous. Each time, though wounded, she narrowly escaped death. Once healed, she would return to attack Han Family experts again.”

“Likely, the Patriarch of the Han Family grew weary of the threat and annoyance. Seizing this opportunity, he deployed ten Grandmasters, aiming to utterly exterminate Su Nianshuang here!”

“Of course, catching that unfamiliar Master as well would bolster the Han Family’s prestige!”

Hearing the account of those in the know among the onlookers, two distinct images surfaced in Qin Xuan’s mind.

One was of an elder sister, disaster ever at her side, enduring everyone’s disdainful looks, yet living resiliently with her brother.

The other, a vengeful wraith returned from hell, the Maiden of Calamity, bearing grievous injuries time and again, yet relentlessly pursuing revenge!

The two images were starkly different. One evoked warmth and strength, the other a chilling, brutal fury. Yet, they were the same person.

And the father of the one truly responsible for all this, this patriarch who was the prime culprit, felt not a shred of guilt. Instead, he used the advantage of numbers to besiege her!

Thinking of this, a knot of pent-up fury tightened in Qin Xuan’s chest.

“Locking Prison: Suppress and Kill!”

High in the air, the Patriarch of the Han Family’s eyes gleamed coldly as he issued the execution order.

BOOM-RUMBLE!

Following his command, all nine great Han Family Elders clasped their hands into seals, Spiritual Energy bursting forth from their bodies.

Instantly, within the formation, thousands of spirit weapons manifested, radiating an overwhelming aura of killing intent, all aimed at Su Nianshuang.

Though Su Nianshuang’s Calamity Physique was exceptionally powerful, with all sorts of mystical techniques at her disposal, she still struggled to protect herself within the great array jointly maintained by the nine Family Elders.

In the span of a few dozen breaths, Su Nianshuang was struck repeatedly by the weapons. Her body was covered in wounds, and her aura grew dangerously weak and feeble.

Worse still, adding to the utter despair, was the fact that even her secret art of dissolving into black mist proved useless against the Locking Prison Array!

There was no escape above or below the earth.

Despair filled Su Nianshuang’s heart.

Was she truly going to die?

Maybe it was for the best. She wouldn’t have to see those fearful looks trying to avoid her anymore.

But… she hadn’t killed the murderer of her brother. How could she face her humiliated, dead brother? How could she face her parents beneath the Nine Springs?

“The Maiden of Calamity finally meets her end! The one who brought disaster should have died long ago!”

“Yes! Thanks to the Han Family Patriarch, we rid the Azure Dragon Dynasty of a great menace!”

“I say! Her parents, her brother… they were probably all killed by her bad luck! Why else would he die just days after entering the Han Family?”

“Right! Over the years, many men married into the Han Family. Hardly any died! Only her brother was weak!”

The voices amongst the onlookers reached Su Nianshuang’s ears, making her face grow increasingly pale under her mask.

The sharpness of these words cut deeper and more painfully than the weapons in the array!

“Hmph! It was you who brought death upon your own brother with your curse, yet you blame my sweet daughter?” The Patriarch of the Han Family sneered, seeing Su Nianshuang was already on her last breath.

“Maiden of Calamity, you are fated to die. Eliminating you is serving the will of heaven!”

His sword gleamed as he stepped into the Locking Prison Array, powerful Spiritual Energy gathering on the blade, emitting a terrifying aura.

“The Patriarch of the Han Family will kill the Maiden of Calamity personally!”

“I think the Patriarch is right. Killing her is the will of heaven!”

“Kill her! Kill her!”

Seeing the Patriarch step into the array sword in hand, the crowd surged with bloodthirsty cries.

On one side, the Maiden of Calamity who spread disaster. On the other, the Patriarch of the Han Family, Ninth Level Rotating Sea Realm, power and status unsurpassed within the Dynasty. The crowd didn’t have to think twice about whose side to cheer for.

Amidst the raucous calls for blood, the Patriarch allowed a cold smirk to touch his lips. He raised his blade, ready to deliver the killing blow upon Su Nianshuang.

“Mountain-Shaking Fist!”

At that precise moment, a clear, powerful voice rang out.

Immediately after, a colossal force swept outward from below.

The onlookers who had been clamoring for blood were instantly blasted aside, coughing up blood as they were thrown back like ragdolls.

This single fist vented the pent-up fury in his heart!

“Born unfortunate, disaster walking hand-in-hand. That is the fault of the heavens, uncaring of mortal life. How does it concern her?”

“Bearing calamity, yet she avoided the path of darkness and evil. Instead, she isolated herself, carrying her misfortunes alone. Miss Su, you command respect!”

Qin Xuan, following the unleashed power of his fist, transformed his stance. His hand clamped onto the hilt of the Great Que Sword. Step by step, he ascended into the air, his gaze sweeping over the crowd below, his voice booming like thunder.

“As for you people! Though no calamity dogs your steps, disasters breed within your hearts! You are ugly beyond measure, the most despicable of all!”

Standing tall in the sky, Qin Xuan’s gaze was icy cold as he glared at the cowed onlookers who had been shouting moments before.

Inside the Locking Prison Array, Su Nianshuang looked up. She saw a peerlessly elegant young man in flowing white robes, a great sword strapped to his back. She heard his clear, resonant voice echoing in the air.

Unbidden, tears welled in her desolate eyes.

For so many years, everyone who saw her shunned her, viewing her as plague itself, terrified that closing the distance would invite disaster.

Let alone anyone like Qin Xuan – soaring into the sky above her prison, his single fist sending all the baying crowd flying.

Declaring that bearing calamity was the fault of the heavens, not her crime!

At this moment, though they were strangers until now, Su Nianshuang imprinted the image of this white-robed youth who emerged for her in her direst moment deeply onto her heart.

“Who are you?”

Frowning at Qin Xuan’s display of power, the Patriarch of the Han Family demanded.

“I am Qin Xuan of the Qin Family!”

A buzzing resonance filled the air suddenly.

“And I am… your killer!”

WHOOSH!

In that instant, a fierce, violent wind screamed across the heavens and the earth.

An intensely sharp, cutting aura erupted from Qin Xuan, spreading outwards in all directions.

Everyone suddenly felt stabbing pain on their faces, like being pierced by needles.

Simultaneously, every single sword within a radius of ten miles began to tremble violently!

As if subjects encountering their sovereign, compelled to prostrate in worship!

SHIIIING!

A resonant sword cry tore through the air.

The Great Que Sword left its sheath.

An unparalleledly sharp Sword Intent pierced straight towards the heavens!

Following that, a glorious, radiant sword-light surged upwards like a tidal wave! Bearing the terrifying might to annihilate all living things, it crashed violently against the Locking Prison Array!

CRACK!

A crisp, shattering sound echoed clearly.

The Locking Prison Array ruptured instantly!

The nine Han Family Elders were all violently blasted away like scattered petals.

“This is… Sword Intent!”

One of the Han Family Elders, sensing the terrifying aura radiating from Qin Xuan’s sword, voiced his shock with trembling eyes.

That such a prodigy, capable of comprehending Sword Intent, could appear in this desolate place!

“Sword Intent?? Is this feeling… the legendary Sword Intent?”

“Impossible! Utterly impossible! Qin Xuan’s only at the Divine Martial Realm! Aren’t Intent Realms domains only legendary mighty experts can touch?”

“If someone at the Divine Martial Realm can comprehend Sword Intent… what level of prodigy is that? Even the princes of the Azure Dragon royal family, I’ve never heard of one comprehending Sword Intent at the Divine Martial Realm!”

The appearance of Sword Intent didn’t just shock the onlookers; it plunged them into disbelief!

Had Qin Xuan been at the Palace of Dao Realm, or even the Rotating Sea Realm, they wouldn’t have felt this way.

But Qin Xuan was only in the Divine Martial Realm!

This was akin to a five or six-year-old child solving advanced university calculus!

It sounded like pure fantasy! How could they possibly believe it?

“Who in the world are you?” Even the Patriarch of the Han Family, who had orchestrated everything, was dumbfounded at this moment.

“That fat pig of a daughter you have? She was injured by my wife.”

“Now do you know who I am?”

“Old bastard, don’t you know what your fat pig daughter’s true nature is? How dare you call her ‘sweet’? It makes me sick!”

“Pretending to be righteous! An old thief refusing to die! You are the greatest villain here!”