1. He's unbelievable.Copy !req
2. Làng Wū Yáo... I had
no idea he was so skilled!Copy !req
3. I told you to kill him.Copy !req
4. And yet you fled...Copy !req
5. Meekly. Pitifully!Copy !req
6. Please, forgive me!Copy !req
7. My power alone was not
enough to match someoneCopy !req
8. of comparable strength to Shāng Bù Huàn.Copy !req
9. Imbecile. To fear any enemy,
while wielding me...Copy !req
10. The wrongheadedness of it disgusts me.Copy !req
11. The only thing you should fear is earning
the ire of Seven Blasphemous Deaths!Copy !req
12. If you have been so reliant
on my sorcerous powerCopy !req
13. that you lack the skill to beat
an enemy with his eyes closed...Copy !req
14. That would mean you are
unfit to even grasp my hilt.Copy !req
15. P-Please, show mercy! I will repent,
no matter what it takes!Copy !req
16. Penitence, you say?
That's what you offer me, then?Copy !req
17. Yes! At this point, my only means of defeating
my hated enemies is with your power!Copy !req
18. Very good. Then... cut your arm.Copy !req
19. I am telling you to plunge
my blade into your arm.Copy !req
20. The blood I was going to drain from our
enemies will be offered by you, instead.Copy !req
21. Th-That's...Copy !req
22. I am starving. Parched.Copy !req
23. If you are strong, then feed
me the flesh of the weak.Copy !req
24. If you are not... then you will
scrape away at your own life.Copy !req
25. You need at least that much resolve if
you would seek domination with my aid.Copy !req
26. Your anger is totally justified.Copy !req
27. But please...Copy !req
28. You tire me.Copy !req
29. Or is it that you actually
intend to upset me?Copy !req
30. Very good! Your life...
drain more of it for me!Copy !req
31. Please... Please, at least spare my life.Copy !req
32. My, my... If this is all it
takes for you to be overcome...Copy !req
33. Perhaps I should kill you now?Copy !req
34. It hurts, doesn't it?
Leaves you feeling bitter?Copy !req
35. But if you offer both your body and soul to me,Copy !req
36. even this pain will turn to ecstasy.Copy !req
37. It's pointless.Copy !req
38. Once you've shared in the pleasures of blood,
you will never be able to deny me!Copy !req
39. Shut up! Shut up!Copy !req
40. Very well, then.Copy !req
41. After having drunk my fill for
the first time in a while,Copy !req
42. a rest would be quite pleasant.Copy !req
43. The suffering you feel will make for a
pillow to provide me with sweet dreams.Copy !req
44. I had thought a dedicated servant
of the law such as yourselfCopy !req
45. would be less tolerant of my presence.Copy !req
46. The fact remains that you've proven
to be quite useful, thus far.Copy !req
47. So there may yet be a better
use for you than earning meCopy !req
48. the favor of the authorities in Dōng Li.Copy !req
49. In essence, I'm offering you a
chance to prove your worth to me.Copy !req
50. And a chance for you to measure
my proficiency as a thief?Copy !req
51. The greater the thief,Copy !req
52. the more likely their stolen goods are
to outpace any need for their use,Copy !req
53. leading to a hoard of loot.Copy !req
54. I'm sure you have a location or two
where such valuables are hidden.Copy !req
55. Well... I can't deny that.Copy !req
56. Your proficiency as a thiefCopy !req
57. will be obvious enough once I
examine what you have stolen.Copy !req
58. I would advise not holding out.Copy !req
59. The moment your collection doesn't
prove to be worth my timeCopy !req
60. is the moment your luck will run out.Copy !req
61. The mere thought gives me chills.Copy !req
62. You cannot escape me.Copy !req
63. I want to cut.Copy !req
64. I want to kill again!Copy !req
65. What's become of me?Copy !req
66. No!Copy !req
67. I don't want this anymore!Copy !req
68. In the face of a power I can't defy...
how am I any different than an insect?Copy !req
69. Here we are.Copy !req
70. Now, feel free to examine the goods.Copy !req
71. These are remarkable.Copy !req
72. I relieved the leader of a certain
villainous sect of these swords,Copy !req
73. which he acquired through
rather distasteful means.Copy !req
74. I was actually after something
more valuable, but...Copy !req
75. I thought that I may as well
help myself along the way.Copy !req
76. I can tell at a glance.
These are all truly first-rate pieces.Copy !req
77. Yes, much to my disdain, they are all
renowned swords that are considered treasures.Copy !req
78. Anyone aware of their value would
likely know that they're stolen goods.Copy !req
79. So, until I find a buyer willing to overlookCopy !req
80. the more questionable details
of their procurement,Copy !req
81. I've been forced to leave them here.Copy !req
82. People who buy stolen goods are some
of the most irritating lot there are.Copy !req
83. They'll use any excuse to make
the lowest offer possible.Copy !req
84. From the way you talk, it sounds as if you
have some history of dealing with them.Copy !req
85. Of course.Copy !req
86. How could I make any money from
seized stolen goods without them?Copy !req
87. I'm not quite sure I believe
what I just heard.Copy !req
88. Don't play games, now.Copy !req
89. You can't honestly think I'm some upstanding
pillar of virtue after all this, can you?Copy !req
90. No, but I had thought you would at
least pay the concept some lip service.Copy !req
91. I've decided to deal openly
with you, Enigmatic Gale.Copy !req
92. And much like yourself,Copy !req
93. I have a variety of stolen goods in
Xī Yōu that I can't profit from openly.Copy !req
94. Although in my case, the loot
was not what I personally stole,Copy !req
95. but rather what I liberated from thieves,
who I then killed to ensure their silence.Copy !req
96. It seems you're the natural enemy
of all thieves, Sir Fugitive Hunter.Copy !req
97. It's such a waste to let such valuable
wares, so valuable that they'reCopy !req
98. hard to find buyers for,
sit and collect dust.Copy !req
99. But suppose these items
were taken to a countryCopy !req
100. where their questionable
ownership status was not known?Copy !req
101. Come now, was this part
of your plan all along?Copy !req
102. You don't think I come all the way to Dōng Li
just for Shāng Bù Huàn, do you?Copy !req
103. The retrieval of the Sorcerous Sword Index
made for an excellent justificationCopy !req
104. to put together an expedition to
cross the Wasteland of Spirits.Copy !req
105. And with both Shāng and Huò Shì Míng Huáng's
minion having made their way across,Copy !req
106. it was that much easier to take a safe path.Copy !req
107. I find myself wishing Sir Shāng
could hear about whatCopy !req
108. resulted from the trail he blazed.Copy !req
109. It was still an arduous journey,
to be certain...Copy !req
110. But by having skilled enough
guards in accompaniment,Copy !req
111. plotting the course for the goods
proved to be a simple enough matter.Copy !req
112. I must say...Copy !req
113. The very idea of plotting a smuggling route
through the Wasteland of Spirits...Copy !req
114. Even I never considered such a thing.Copy !req
115. Upon reaching Dōng Li, I sent a man to
retrieve the first shipment from Xī Yōu.Copy !req
116. That just left finding a trustworthy
partner to do business with.Copy !req
117. Well? I think this deal would
benefit the both of us greatly.Copy !req
118. We can exchange stolen goods,Copy !req
119. and sell them in places where
they'll never be traced to us.Copy !req
120. I'm just wondering how seriously
I can take your offer.Copy !req
121. You could always kill me and take
the entire collection, couldn't you?Copy !req
122. I'm not so desperate or foolish.Copy !req
123. The swords you were hiding in that
den hadn't been there for long.Copy !req
124. And there were no signs that you had been
regularly removing or adding to them.Copy !req
125. Everything in that collection was
brought in at once, which meansCopy !req
126. they were the fruits of only a single job,
and one carried out fairly recently.Copy !req
127. Which leads me to believe that you have
other stores of stolen goods. Am I wrong?Copy !req
128. Good grief... as observant as ever.Copy !req
129. I imagine we will make most
profitable business partnersCopy !req
130. until we've relieved ourselves
of our hidden fortunes.Copy !req
131. I have no intention of throwing
such an arrangement away.Copy !req
132. I had thought you were quite crooked, but
you're also far more cunning than I expected.Copy !req
133. Good. Very good.Copy !req
134. And the lack of scruples evident in your
cries for justice as a fugitive hunter...Copy !req
135. Magnificent, really.Copy !req
136. Spare me the bizarre praise.Copy !req
137. You're quite the eccentric, aren't you?Copy !req
138. Oh, come now.Copy !req
139. It's just that the flowers of
evil that bloom with trickeryCopy !req
140. and deceit happen to be favorites of mine.Copy !req
141. I'm not gonna find her just
wandering around like this.Copy !req
142. And what's with her going into hiding
after she attacked that first town?Copy !req
143. That's not like her.Copy !req
144. You've come to kill me, haven't you?Copy !req
145. Yeah. And you?Copy !req
146. There's an old abandoned hut on
the northern edge of this forest.Copy !req
147. That's where I've hidden the
Seven Blasphemous Deaths.Copy !req
148. What's this all about?Copy !req
149. We will fight here and the
winner will take that sword.Copy !req
150. Instead of lucking upon it, the winner
will seize it with their own strength!Copy !req
151. And you think you can beat me?Copy !req
152. My chances are slim, to be certain.Copy !req
153. But even if it's a one in a thousand...
a one in ten thousand chance, or less...Copy !req
154. There's a chance that, for just a moment,
my desperate strength might overwhelm you.Copy !req
155. Prepare yourself, Shāng Bù Huàn!Copy !req
156. You're not exactly giving
me a choice, are you?Copy !req
157. In that case, no mercy and no regrets.Copy !req
158. Let's settle this once and for all,
in a way we're both satisfied with!Copy !req
159. I've always yearned for strength.Copy !req
160. I followed Lord Míng Huáng's guidance
and pursued strength with all I had.Copy !req
161. But before I knew it,
strength was what led me astray,Copy !req
162. and I lost the means to wield it.Copy !req
163. My life... If the alternative is to
spend it being toyed with by another,Copy !req
164. I will instead choose to let it burn
out as I see fit, here and now!Copy !req
165. The battle's over.Copy !req
166. The outcome was obvious, I suppose.Copy !req
167. No. No one would've guessed
that this would happen.Copy !req
168. You fighting without the demon sword, I mean.Copy !req
169. I'm shocked by how ironic it is.Copy !req
170. In an attempt to accomplish something
that would demonstrate my strength,Copy !req
171. I exposed how truly weak I am.Copy !req
172. You did a hell of a thing in
shaking off the sword's charm.Copy !req
173. That's enough for me to
be impressed with you.Copy !req
174. If you have any compassion, then kill me.Copy !req
175. I want things to end in a way that
suits a weakling like myself.Copy !req
176. Someone is weak, so they lose and die.Copy !req
177. Someone else is strong,
so they win and survive.Copy !req
178. You're mixed up if you think the world's
so simple that it balances out like that.Copy !req
179. What?Copy !req
180. It's obvious that the winner
will be the survivor.Copy !req
181. But doesn't that mean that if someone loses,
and survives, that they're even stronger?Copy !req
182. To lose... and in loss, be stronger?Copy !req
183. Yeah. I'm not talking about
who's the better fighter.Copy !req
184. Your sword led you to an answer,
and that's the important thing.Copy !req
185. My... answer?Copy !req
186. Don't look away from it.Copy !req
187. The answers you discover when your life
is on the line won't ever do you wrong.Copy !req
188. But that aside, I'm taking Seven
Blasphemous Deaths back, like we agreed.Copy !req
189. Shāng Bù Huàn!Copy !req
190. Tell me then, what is the strength you seek?Copy !req
191. What is your notion of being the strongest?Copy !req
192. Let's see...Copy !req
193. I figure the strongest guy out thereCopy !req
194. is the one who can beat somebody and never
have to worry about them plotting revenge.Copy !req
195. That might just be stupidity, though.Copy !req
196. But if it's true, I'm pretty strong, right?Copy !req
197. I can't face His Eminence now.Copy !req
198. I have no home to return to.Copy !req
199. It's so strange. I've lost everything,
but it feels so freeing.Copy !req
200. Monk! I didn't think I'd run into you here.Copy !req
201. But I'm glad. I was hoping to see you again.Copy !req
202. You were?Copy !req
203. I wanted to thank you. You gave
me a chance to re-examine my life.Copy !req
204. Then you no longer doubt?Copy !req
205. I'm really not sure.Copy !req
206. I'm not sure where I'm headed, or what
I can do to make up for what I've done.Copy !req
207. But... I intend to start by trying
to figure those things out.Copy !req
208. What the hell?Copy !req
209. Are you going to keep traveling?
To seek meaning in life?Copy !req
210. Well, if you don't mind saying...Copy !req
211. My journey has concluded.Copy !req
212. I now have my answer.Copy !req
213. Th-That's...!Copy !req
214. If such a precious one as this seeks blood,
and shines so brilliantly...Copy !req
215. Then life exists to wage war against!Copy !req
216. And lives exist to be stolen!Copy !req
217. With a high-minded feeling,
death spreads before me.Copy !req
218. There is less than no regret for the slaughter.Copy !req
219. How very skilled you are.Copy !req
220. It would be a waste to leave you in
those filthy monk's robes.Copy !req
221. It delights me to no end to
receive such praise, my princess.Copy !req
222. You show a far greater deal of potential
than that woman. Tell me your name.Copy !req
223. Having rediscovered the joy of man's world,Copy !req
224. I will leave my vows behind
and return to my given name.Copy !req
225. I am Lóu Zhèn Jiè!Copy !req
226. And I hereby dedicate my blood,
body, and soul to your service.Copy !req
227. Very good. Hunt all that live
and feast upon them.Copy !req
228. You will be at my side as we
walk the path of conquerors!Copy !req
229. She hasn't been dead long.Copy !req
230. And the wound, that's gotta
be from Seven Blasphemous Deaths.Copy !req
231. But who was behind it?Copy !req