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The girl nestled in the arms of the boy she loved, trying her best to empathize with him and share the root of his pain.
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The black mist slowly dissipated in front of Huaiyin.
Then came the cold rain.
The cold rain continued to fall, and the sky was a deep gray-black, without a trace of light.
Huaiyin suddenly realized that she was on a street.
The street seemed familiar. She looked around and realized that it was a corner of the small town where Dou Tang had lived in her previous life.
In that dream, Dou Tang walked through here and greeted the people on the street, but in this dream, the shops on both sides of the street were blurry, with notes pasted on them and wooden boards nailed to them.
This seemed illogical, making Huaiyin feel that this dream might not be entirely real.
Perhaps Dou Tang subconsciously believed that this street was no different from being abandoned, which is why such a strange scene was born.
Huaiyin continued running forward, heading towards the street where Doutang's house was located.
But before she even arrived, she heard countless roars and howls, sounds that no human could possibly make.
"Kill him! Kill him!"
"Let the Ren family be wiped out!"
"Suffer death!!"
Chapter 151 The Ren Family's Turmoil
The cacophony of shouts made Huaiyin's heart clench. She rushed to the alley entrance and finally saw what was happening inside.
In the alley, several people were fighting.
Those were definitely not human; some had high-rising spines, some had snake faces, and some had several arms.
Seven or eight bizarre, humanoid evil spirits, armed with weapons, were attacking a middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man was Dou Tang's father, Ren Zhanyi, who was currently wielding a long sword and entangled with the evil spirits.
His longsword was not the so-called ancestral sword, but a wider and longer one that could be held with both hands.
With his exquisite swordsmanship, he managed to fight against multiple opponents and barely held his own, but he was unable to completely kill the evil spirits.
"Stop struggling, Ren Zhanyi. Just let us kill you obediently, okay?" a snake demon said, licking its lips.
Ren Zhanyi's expression was cold and stern. He didn't say a word, but instead swung his sword down, catching the snake demon off guard and leaving a gash on its chest.
"We really can't let our guard down for a moment... The Ren family is indeed no pushover." The snake demon grinned maliciously, "But you're so arrogant even though you can't even protect yourself, so don't blame us for being impolite."
"You! Hold him tight! I'm going to find his two little rascals!" the snake demon shouted, then suddenly retreated, dodging Ren Zhanyi's sword.
"You fucking dare!!" Ren Zhanyi roared, but was bound to the spot by the attacks of the other monsters.
The snake demon darted towards the courtyard, while Ren Zhanyi seemed to have gone mad.
Wielding his longsword, his swordplay was as fierce as a hurricane, slaying the surrounding monsters.
His clothes were tattered, but the body beneath them radiated a dazzling light, and every swing of his sword caused a tremor of light to rise.
"If your sister were here, maybe we would be afraid of you, but who do you think you are? You're nothing but a broken piece of trash!"
A demon dressed as a Taoist priest, wielding a long sword, sneered, his sword strikes as swift as the wind.
His arrival dramatically changed the course of the battle. Ren Zhanyi parried and charged left and right, but could not break through his blockade. He roared, "Yao Ye...you traitor, do you deserve the sword in your hand?!"
"Are you worthy of the sword in your hand?" The monster named Yao Ye laughed loudly. "The sword technique is in my hands, and I can use it however I want. Even if I use the Dragon Flower Sword to slaughter Wudang, that's my own business. Hahahahahaha..."
"Ren Zhanyi, you're still too naive! You deserve to have your wife divorce you!"
"You deserve it that your children don't even have a mother!"
Ren Zhanyi's eyes were bloodshot: "You're asking for death!!"
The sword in his hand was incredibly fierce, each strike unpredictable and cunning, so much so that Huaiyin, who was watching from the side, could no longer see it clearly.
But she knew there were more important things to do, so she quickly ran towards the yard.
Rushing into the courtyard, Huaiyin saw that the door to the first-floor room had been opened, and in the middle of the living room, the snake demon was fighting with a boy.
The boy, wielding an unsharpened iron sword, parried the snake demon's curved blade. Inside the room, the flashing of swords and the clash of blades resembled a scene from a martial arts film.
Despite his young age, the boy had bright eyes and moved around the room like a nimble monkey, his movements mysterious and unpredictable.
The snake demon licked his lips and said, "This little guy's got some skills, it really excites me..."
"Wait, why don't we just devour you alive right in front of your father!"
Young Dou Tang was not angry because of these words, but his eyes were filled with gloom and killing intent. He gritted his teeth and suddenly used a move that Huai Yin had never seen before.
He retreated continuously following the snake demon's sword path, and after dodging two blows, he suddenly charged forward to meet the next blow as it came!
Huaiyin couldn't help but cover her mouth. Had he gone mad?!
Just as the snake demon's curved blade had passed its shoulder, Dou Tang pressed his shoulder directly against it!
With the blade extended past the shoulder and beyond its reach, yet the blade's tendons remained unchanged, this was the perfect opportunity for Dou Tang to close the distance!
The curved blade pierced his shoulder, but as he lowered his body, the blade only managed to cut through a layer of skin before Dou Tang continuously weakened it.
While releasing his power, Dou Tang flicked his wrist and unleashed his sword!
"Pfft!"
"How...how is this possible?! This...this isn't...the Ren Family Sword Technique..."
The iron sword pierced the snake demon's armpit with pinpoint accuracy, rendering his attack power futile. He could have easily dislocated Dou Tang's shoulder if he had continued to exert force, but... the excruciating pain had interrupted all his movements.
Dou Tang, with a look of disdain, slid past him and kicked the snake demon's arm, sending him staggering backward.
He stood there, brandishing his sword to draw blood, and said, "You don't think I only know the Ren family sword, do you? You idiot!"
The snake demon flicked its tongue, clutching its armpit, and said, "Sacrificing oneself to follow others... it's actually the way of Tai Chi. Ren Zhanyi was right, you really are a genius!"
Dou Tang revealed a wicked smile, which made Huai Yin's heart tremble.
Dou Tang still carries the innocence and youthful pride of his younger self, and his sharp edge is even more aggressive than when he is more mature.
"While it may not reach the level of the withered old plum tree, it's still enough to deal with a piece of trash like you!"
Dou Tang's face hardened, and he suddenly raised his sword!
"Bah!"
Suddenly, the snake demon opened its mouth wide, and two streams of venom shot out from beside its sharp fangs, spraying towards Dou Tang's face.
Dou Tang quickly raised his hand to block, his left arm deflecting all the venom, but he failed to notice the snake demon's simultaneous slash.
"throat!"
Dou Tang raised his sword vertically with one hand to block, but could only slow down the blade's momentum. The horizontal slash pierced Dou Tang's left arm, and judging from the depth of the blade's penetration, it had probably reached the bone.
The snake demon laughed smugly: "If you used a knife, you might actually have a chance of winning, you arrogant brat."
Dou Tang suddenly swung his sword, but the snake demon didn't engage in a prolonged fight. Instead, she took a step back to dodge his sword strike and said, "By the way, don't you have a younger sister? Where did you hide her?"
He had barely finished speaking when a voice came from the doorway.
"Brother! Catch the sword!"
Without a second thought, Dou Tang rolled towards the door!
Seeing him move, the snake demon, without hesitation, slashed at his rolling body!
Unexpectedly, after rolling half a circle, Dou Tang stomped on the ground, made a feint, and then dove out again, like a cunning fox escaping its nest, and jumped back to its original position close to the ground.
At the same time, he swung his long sword at the side of the snake demon, forcing it to parry and buying it less than a second of time!
He got up and reached out!
I have acquired an ancient, unsheathed Han sword!
His aura suddenly changed!
Dou Tang landed lightly, long sword in hand, and suddenly fell silent, standing quietly in place without any stance, just staring at the snake demon in front of him.
At this moment, Huaiyin finally saw the details on the ancestral sword clearly.
One side is engraved with: "The slender shadow of the locust tree".
The other side is engraved with: Dengyang Mountains and Rivers.
Chapter 152 Ren Zhanyi
death
With the longsword in hand, Dou Tang's aura continued to rise. Even though he knew it was just a dream, Huai Yin still felt a little breathless.
The snake demon stared at him intently, not daring to relax for a moment. He grinned awkwardly and said, "Ha, ha... You're really something. You haven't even become a walking being yet, and you can already wield the Ancestral Sword... You're quite something, kid."
Dou Tang said coldly, "Enough nonsense, let's continue."
Holding his most familiar longsword, Dou Tang's swordsmanship suddenly changed, reverting to the strange swordsmanship that Huai Yin knew well—one that allowed him to anticipate the enemy's moves and seamlessly switch between movement and illusion.
This swordsmanship allows the user to decipher the direction of the snake demon's blade the instant it strikes, thus enabling them to strike first despite being behind. Although Dou Tang always moves after the snake demon strikes, he can always find the weak point in the snake demon's blade path and break through it with his sword.
After just a few rounds, the snake demon was already wounded in many places and exhausted.
The bleeding from the wound under his armpit was more than he had imagined. Before Dou Tang could even weaken due to insufficient blood supply, he could no longer hold on.
"What a monster! The slightest movement from him is enough for me to make my move... I've lost." The snake demon licked its lips again.
“You chose the wrong weapon. Using a knife against the Ren family sword is a sign of being brainless.” Dou Tang shook his head. “Brainless evil spirits will only use the same tactics as a knife to attack, which is all broad and unpredictable. The Ren family sword is the perfect weapon to deal with brainless idiots like you.”
Dou Tang drew his sword again, piercing the snake demon's throat and ending its life.
Xiao Yin, who was standing nearby, quickly ran over, holding a strip of cloth in her hands, and simply bandaged the wound on Dou Tang's left arm.
During this process, Dou Tang's lips turned bluish-purple, his face turned pale, and he was covered in cold sweat, but he didn't say a word.
After stopping the bleeding, he said coldly, "Go see Dad."
Xiao Yin nodded, took a long whip from the TV cabinet next to her, and ran outside with Dou Tang.
Huaiyin followed closely behind.
Meanwhile, the battle on the street outside was still going on, but it was clear that Ren Zhanyi was already exhausted.
"Take care of yourself," Dou Tang said, then rushed into the battle.
He thrust his sword at the back of the Taoist Yao Ye, but the latter seemed to have eyes in the back of his head and dodged it with a swift movement.
Dou Tang took a few steps back, a surprised expression on his face: "Uncle Yao?"
Yao Ye sneered, holding a sword in his right hand and a claw covered in pure white whip bristles in his left. Upon seeing Dou Tang, he said, "Little Tang, it's been a long time."
Dou Tang's surprise lasted only a moment, then his face turned cold, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Uncle Yao, even you have fallen?"
"Why give up a good life to become an evil spirit? You've wasted your life!"
Yao Ye wasn't annoyed and said, "Ha, Xiao Tang, you have no idea... how happy I am right now, after a lifetime of abstinence."
"Just look at kids like you, I've killed over a dozen this year, hahaha... It's almost Chinese New Year, you must have seen a lot of missing person notices on TV, right?"
Yao Ye seemed quite pleased with his own downfall, pointing his sword at Ren Zhanyi, who was being attacked by other evil spirits, and said, "Don't worry, I'll make sure your father watches you die..."
Ren Zhanyi was still fighting with the evil spirits when he heard this, but he only gave Dou Tang a look.
Dou Tang didn't rush to make a move. He simply raised a finger and said, "Dad, hang in there. I'll kill Uncle Yao and then come help you."
Yao Ye burst into arrogant laughter.
"Hahahaha... Xiao Tang, you're still so arrogant! Hahahaha, really, you're going to make your uncle laugh to death..."
Dou Tang grinned wickedly and drew his sword fiercely!
"You'll understand once you experience it for yourself!"
An old man and a young boy fought against evil spirits in the street.
Xiao Yin stood at the door, holding a long whip, but did not participate in the battle. He just stared intently at the battlefield, as if waiting for something.
Huaiyin looked on anxiously.
Although she knew that what she was seeing was something that had already happened, Huaiyin still couldn't help but feel heartbroken and worried.
Every time she enters Dou Tang's dream, she finds that her emotions seem to be overly sensitive; the slightest touch can cause her to become uncontrollable.
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