Chapter 40: Slaying the Bandits
The middle-aged Han man named Liang Hu, is a notorious thief leader outside of Songyan City, with a cultivation base that has only reached the Innate Completion Realm. However, relying on his cunning and cautious personality, he has managed to evade capture until now, living an extremely comfortable life.
The key is that he only robbed and killed those low-level scattered cultivators who had no identity or status, but did not dare to offend the disciples of the great aristocratic families.
Three years ago, Liang Hu had participated in the trial of Nanman Mingyu, and was familiar with everything about Nanman Mingyu. He knew that at the junction of Huiyin District and Xue Xiangshan, under the cover of thick gray fog, ambushes often yielded exceptionally rich rewards, without having to hunt down fierce beasts to obtain fierce pearls.
It's crucial to carry out the massacre here, and as long as they're careful, Liang Hu won't have to worry about his identity being exposed. Those sect disciples will die, and their schools will likely assume they were killed by ferocious beasts, without suspecting themselves.
With this in mind, Liang Hu brought more than a dozen of his subordinates at the Pre-Heavenly stage to participate in the trial of the Southern Barbarian's Netherworld, just to massacre them all.
As expected by Liang Hu, in just a few hours, they had already killed and robbed dozens of lone cultivators, obtaining a large number of spiritual beads.
However, Liang Hu did not get carried away by victory and continued to cautiously choose solitary cultivators as targets for assassination.
However, at this moment, he suddenly discovered that those who acted alone were not necessarily weak, and the young-looking youngster was not necessarily a lamb to be slaughtered.
Just like... Chen Cang in front of you.
From the moment he moved, to sensing the calm and ruthless color in Chen Suo's eyes, it was only an instant, but in this instant, Liang Hu felt a strong sense of extreme danger, he didn't dare hesitate, his right foot stomped heavily on the ground, using the recoil force, he quickly turned and dodged to one side.
However, it's too late.
Splash!
A flash of sword light suddenly appeared, stabbing out at an unbelievable speed, like a flash of lightning.
Liang Hu's body was still in mid-air, but the left side of his abdomen had somehow gained a sword hole, which pierced through from behind, and thick blood suddenly spurted out.
"How... is this possible? I had already reached the Innate Completion Realm eight years ago, how could I not even block a single move?" Liang Hu fell to the ground, looked down at the wound on his left abdomen with blood and water flowing out, and his face was filled with incredulity.
"Big Brother!"
"Is Lao Da injured?"
"How is this possible!"
Seeing their own boss fail with one strike and instead get stabbed by a sword, Liang Hu's men were all stunned, only to wake up like from a dream and shout in surprise.
Liang Hu was their leader, in this Nanyuan Mingyu, his innate perfection had already stood at the pinnacle, but he was stabbed and fell to the ground in one move. This...this is simply an unthinkable thing!
In an instant, in the eyes of these bloodthirsty bandits, the young man standing with his sword seemed to transform from a harmless little sheep into a ruthless and formidable warrior, making their hearts skip a beat.
In fact, with Chen Yao's cultivation, if he really fought against Liang Hu, he wouldn't dare guarantee that he could severely injure Liang Hu in one move. The reason why it was so easy to succeed this time is also due to the power of his strong divine soul.
Long before hearing Liang Hu's shout, he had already swept the surroundings with his divine soul power, and with a spiritual power comparable to that of the Zi Fu cultivators, he had clearly investigated everything within a hundred miles, without finding any trace of the evil beast group. How could he have fallen for Liang Hu's trick?
Liang Hu was completely unaware of this, treating Chen Tang as an inexperienced young girl. Underestimating her, he naturally fell into Chen Tang's trap and was defeated with a single move.
Plop! Plop! Plop!
A steady and rhythmic pace sounded, Chen Tai's expression was icy cold, he held his sword and moved forward, his heart already filled with a surging killing intent.
For these bandits who harm people, he didn't have any good feelings at all. If not for his strong divine soul sensing something was off, he would have almost fallen into their trap and lost his life on the spot. How could he possibly let them off easily at this moment?
"Brothers, get him for me! No matter how powerful he is, there's only one of him. Kill him and the evil bead on his body will be ours!" Liang Hu shouted loudly, enduring the intense pain as he crawled up from the ground.
"What the boss said is right, he's alone, what are we afraid of?"
"Right! This kid might still be carrying a large number of evil beads on him!"
"Kill!"
The bandits were successfully provoked into a frenzy, each with a crazed look in their eyes, and they charged at Chen Tang.
Chen Yao's expression remained unchanged, neither joyful nor sorrowful. Three months of arduous cultivation in the mountains and forests of Nanman, with nightly battles to the death against a great demon of the First Heaven Realm, had left him unable to recall how many wounds he had suffered or how much blood he had shed.
The actual combat experience honed in slaughter and bloodshed allowed Chen Tai to enter a state of combat the moment he decided to fight.
No hesitation, no delay, no nonsense, all attention is focused on the impending carnage, with a calm and solemn mood.
"Die!"
With a footwork of Tiantulong Baxibu, Chen Tai's wrist rotated nimbly, and the Qingchong sword in his hand transformed into countless sword shadows like a sudden stormy rain, sharp and swift.
In their field of vision, the bandits were terrified to discover that countless sword lights, like a large net made up of sharp blades, arrived in an instant, leaving them nowhere to hide.
Pffft!
In the air, a string of blood flowers burst forth like molten lava, thick blood spraying out all the way.
These three months of hard work have allowed Chen Qi to bring the "Chaotic Wind Sword Technique" to the level of 'knowing the subtleties', and in terms of sword technique, he is not inferior to the Zifu Cultivators, far surpassing these bandits who are like chickens and dogs.
In Chen Xiao's daily writings of "Self-Reflection Record", when he evaluated his own combat strength, he had already noted 'Under the Purple Mansion, there is no unbeatable hand'. Even with the picky eyes of Dongfu Zhiling Ji Yu, who has lived for nearly a million years, did not raise any doubts about this, which can be seen from Chen Xiao's combat strength that has transformed to what extent.
Cough... Cough...
The six bandits' pupils suddenly widened, their faces twisted and stiff, with a bloody hole in each of their throats, and a hoarse, eerie voice came from their throats before they crashed to the ground.
Until death, they did not expect that Chen's swordsmanship was so fast, so fast that they had not even made a move before they fell to the ground and died.
The remaining five bandits held up their stiffened weapons in mid-air, staring blankly at the bodies of their companions who had fallen to the ground in a heap. A massive fear surged through their entire body, as if an invisible hand was choking their throat, and they even forgot to breathe!
Although they were bandits, none of them had any innate boundary cultivation. In this southern barbarian underworld, it wasn't that they hadn't encountered formidable opponents before, but relying on their numerical superiority, they could usually emerge victorious in the end. However, at this moment, facing Chen Tai's eyes which shone with a fierce and murderous aura, they suddenly realized that there was actually such a huge gap between innate boundaries!
He's dead!
In the blink of an eye, all six congenital realm companions were dead...
Their morale was like a snow mountain collapsing, and as they stared at Chen Tai who looked like a demon, the five bandits let out a terrified shriek and wanted to run away.
Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!
The green sword was like a fleeting cloud of smoke, the bewildering sword light brought with it a sharp whistle, easily piercing through the backs of the five bandits, wherever it passed, blood flowers splashed.
In these three months, Chen Tai had been fighting for his life against those ferocious and cunning innate realm great demons. He understood an extremely important principle: when dealing with any enemy, never hold back, and it's always safest to kill them as quickly as possible.
He didn't hold back, in his eyes, these vicious and evil thieves were all beasts, and their deaths were not worth mourning!
"I surrender all my evil deeds, I beg of you, young hero, don't kill me!"
Liang Hu was stunned by everything in front of him, until he saw Chen Tai walking towards him with the Qingchong sword dripping with blood, his legs trembling and falling to the ground with a loud thud, letting out a terrified scream.
Chen Xiao was unmoved and expressionless, his face unusually cold and indifferent.
"I'm going all out against you!"
Seeing Chen Xiao's resolute determination, Liang Hu couldn't help but smile wryly. Under the stimulation of the fear of impending death, he suddenly sprang up from his body, and a black dagger had appeared in his hand at some point. His body pounced forward, and the dagger stabbed fiercely into Chen Xiao's abdomen, aiming for the dan Tian acupoint.
Splash!
The sword flashed, and Liang Hu's head and body separated, flying far into the air. A thick column of blood suddenly spurted out from the neck of the severed head, splashing all over the ground.
At this point, Liang Hu and his gang of thieves were all annihilated on the spot!
If anyone saw this scene, they would inevitably be shocked by Chen's ruthless and decisive move.
"There are over 10,000 evil pearls here. These guys must have killed many cultivators in this place. It's truly a heinous crime, and they deserve to die."
Liang Hu took out a pouch from his body, glanced at it briefly, and Chen Tang was amazed by the large number of pearls while feeling increasingly disgusted with these thieves who were guilty of numerous crimes.
"In this Nanyuan Mingyu, even if one's cultivation is high, their strength will still be restricted to the Xiantian Dacheng boundary. Su Jiao and Li Hua are probably no exception, but as Zifu realm cultivators from prominent families, they must have many powerful trump cards. If I were to encounter these two, I'm not sure who would win or lose..."
She put the obtained bead into the storage ring, Chen Xiao silently pondered for a moment, shook her head and turned to leave.
Back at the camp, Du Qingxi and the other two had just finished their meal. Seeing Chen Yao return, they didn't think he had just gone through a bloody battle, so they simply greeted him before setting off immediately.
Chen Xuan would never mention this matter again. Following behind, after a stick of incense worth of time had passed, the surrounding scenery suddenly changed.
The originally lead-gray sky suddenly turned into a dark red color, and a repressive and violent breath mixed with scorching air rushed towards me.
There is no longer a thick gray haze here, the field of vision is extremely broad, and you can see the distant mountains and giant stones that are steep and enter the clouds. The ground is still flying with gravel, and there is not a single blade of grass growing.
Far away, a faint and terrifying howl echoed through the dark red sky, making people feel extremely oppressed.
"From this moment on, we will be entering a bloody mountainous region. Real danger and slaughter are about to begin. Everyone must be careful."
A cold and snowy voice floated up, Du Qingxi gazed at the distant world that seemed to be dyed in blood, her expression was already a heavy condensation.
