by D cat
Furthermore, he had also figured out the plans of the Ye Family's army, which clearly amused him.
Ye Lingfeng had divided the army into smaller groups in search of him. Originally, this would have been the right decision since Su Lang was but a mere cultivator in the Initial Mortal Realm.
However, they would never have expected Su Lang's overall combat strength to rise up to the Advanced Mortal Realm (+) over a single night!
Under such circumstances, the Ye Family's army would only be seeking their own destruction by splitting into smaller groups.
"Clone Dispatch, kill to your heart's content!"
With a single order, Su Lang dispatched three of his clones to different locations and began his hunt for the hunters.
CHAPTER 76 - THE SWEEPING SWORD
In a certain mountain stream within the territory of the Glazing Tigers.
A group of martial cultivators had just finished setting up camp. While the leader of the group, an Initial Martial Expert, was resting, two other beautiful female cultivators were giving him a massage.
At that moment, the Initial Martial Expert noticed a slight twitch around the camp and became extremely alert.
"Leader? What's wrong?"
The two beauties asked in surprise.
"It seems... to be my imagination?"
The Initial Martial Expert frowned as a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes.
The instant he was about to close his eyes and continue indulging himself in the comfortable massages of the two beauties, he suddenly noticed a white afterimage a short distance away!
"Not good!"
The Initial Martial Expert suddenly got goosebumps all over and was just about to stand up on the spot.
But it was too late!
At that instant, the glint of a certain longsword slashed across his neck as a stream on crimson drizzled down to the ground.
"Agh!"
"The boss is dead!"
When the group of martial cultivators witnessed this scene, they were instantly scared out of their wits as they frantically fled for their lives in all directions.
Since an Initial Martial Expert was just killed in plain sight without anyone knowing what happened, how could they not be frightened?
"Heh..."
The Initial Martial Expert covered his neck in disbelief as he spat out a mouthful of blood.
The light within his eyes gradually dimmed until it completely vanished, signifying his death.
An all-mighty Initial Martial Expert had just been killed without even being able to fight back.
Even at his last breath, he was still not able to see his enemy's appearance clearly.
......
In a certain mountainous forest within the territory of the Glazing Tigers.
An Intermediate Martial Expert was leading ten other martial cultivators in careful search of their surroundings.
Suddenly, a certain bush not too far away rustled slightly.
Shocked, everyone unsheathed their weapons and readied themselves in their fighting stances.
Immediately after, they noticed a white-cloaked man with a longsword in his hand leisurely walking out from the dense thickets of the forest.
"It's the rumored white-cloaked man!"
"To think we'd actually come across him here!"
"Great! This is great! We've hit the jackpot!"
Everyone's eyes widened in surprise. None of them even bothered to conceal their excitement.
After being briefed about the situation back in the city, they learned that the white-cloaked man actually had some sort of close relationship with Su Lang.
This meant that they would definitely be able to find a lead if they managed to catch him alive!
Hence, seeing the white-cloaked man was like seeing a bright gold coin waving side to side in front of them.
"Go! Catch him alive!"
The Intermediate Martial Expert was beyond elated and immediately rushed forward to claim his prize.
Not wanting to fall behind their leader, the other cultivators laughed wildely as they surrounded the man from all sides.
As the white-cloaked man stood still in place, his opponents sneered, thinking that he had been scared out of his wits.
However, what happened next froze the laughter of their faces as the gold coin waving in front of them turned out to be a trap.
At that moment, the white-cloaked man unsheathed his sword and slashed it across the air in front of him. At first, his opponents were all confused as nothing seemed happened. In the next instant, however, the glint of sword flashed before their eyes, as blood spurted out from the body of the Intermediate Martial Expert who had been sliced apart into two pieces.
"Agh! It hurts!"
Despite being cut in half, the Intermediate Martial Expert had yet to die.
Convulsing in utter agony, he cried and howled but to no avail. His face had already been distorted beyond recognition.
"How... how is this possible?!"
One of the Peak Mortal Realm Cultivator shouted in pure shock as his scalp was about to explode. "The white-cloakde man had only radiated spiritual energy of the Peak Mortal Realm. Yet, how did he manage to defeat Lord Tian An with a single strike?"
"Why do you care so much? Hurry up and run!"
A certain Advanced Mortal Realm Cultivator shouted and dashed far away like his life depended on it. He did not even dare to stop for a moment to pick up his shoes that had fallen off.
"Everyone, run!"
"God damn it, you stepped on my foot!"
"......"
Without any hesitation, the other martial cultivators too scattered in fear!
In contrary to their expectations, the white-cloaked man did not chase after those mere Mortal Realm Cultivators. He simply stood in place and gradually vanished.
The exact same scene was erupting everywhere.
Everything that stood in the sword's path was instantly swept away without mercy. None of the cultivators in the Martial Expert Realm managed to escape with their lives.
Within a short period of time, eight Martial Experts had already died in Su Lang's hands.
"Tsk, tsk... these Martial Experts does indeed have a lot of loot."
In his cave, Su Lang looked through the spoils of war and was constantly surprised as he clicked his tongue.
After killing the eight Martial Experts, he had already gained a total of ten middle-grade spiritual stones.
Had those Martial Experts actually prepared themselves and taken him seriously, Su Lang would definitely have gained several times the rewards.
Aside from those spiritual stones, there were also many other kinds of pills and weapons.
The weapons were especially valuable as many of those Martial Experts possessed low-grade spirit artifacts. Su Lang had obtained six of them in total.
"Come to me, my brothers, for you shall receive the rewards that you earned!"
Su Lang picked out three of the best low-grade spirit artifacts and passed them to his clones.
With their new upgraded weapons, the strength of his clones only rose once again. As long as their opponents were weaker than an Intermediate Martial Expert, they would be able to kill them with a single slash of their longswords. At this point, even the Advanced Martial Experts would not be able to withstand their barrage of strikes. It will only be a matter of time before they end up being overwhelmed by the attacks of his clones.
CHAPTER 77 - IT WAS ME, OF COURSE!
Just as Su Lang was sending his clones to hunt down the rest of the Ye Family's army...
Ye Lingfeng was having a meeting with Ye Xiangming, Ye Tian, Ye Zhi, and Yang Tianrui.
Due to the lack of communication, they still have not received any news regarding the attacks on the Martial Experts of their family.
"All the territories of the D-class Vicious Beasts in the surroundings have already been searched."
"Only the territory of the Glazing Tigers has yet to be fully scouted. I reckon tha
t we are extremely close to locating Su Lang's whereabouts. Unless..."
"Unless he dared to enter the C-class territories!"
Ye Lingfeng said with a cold smile, "Impossible, I doubt he would have the guts to enter the C-class territories! He would already be dead now if he did enter one of them."
"That's right, Su Lang is definitely hiding in the territory of the Glazing Tigers!"
Ye Xiangming said excitedly, "Once we finally catch him, our Ye Family will definitely soar into the heavens and live as kings!"
"Hahahaha!"
Ye Lingfeng burst into gales of laughter as he pictured the scene of the Ye Family rising up and becoming the top family in city.
"Young Master Ye Lingfeng!"
At this moment, an Initial Martial Expert suddenly rushed over in a panic.
"Didn't I warn you not to disturb our meeting?"
Ye Lingfeng shot a menacing glare at the Initial Martial Expert, his eyes filled with killing intent.
Despite only being in the Peak Mortal Realm, as the most talented genius and the future successor of the Ye Family, a mere Initial Martial Expert was as insignificant as an ant before him.
"Young Master Ye, something bad just happened!"
Drenched in sweat, the Initial Martial Expert exclaimed with an anxious tone, "We met up with several groups of our martial cultivators. However, they all said that their leading Martial Experts were killed!"
"What?!"
Ye Lingfeng's pupils shrank instantly as he said, "Tell me about the situation in detail. How many Martial Experts have been killed? Who is the culprit?"
"The culprit is the white-cloaked man!"
The Initial Martial Expert took a deep breath before continuing, "As for the deceased Martial Experts, I heard that they are the commanders of the Flying Fish Hunting Group, the Mountain Threading Hunting Group, and the Black Wind Hunting Group!"
"We actually lost three Martial Experts?!"
"And it was all done by the white-cloaked man? Aren't they mere cultivators of the Intermediate Mortal Realm?"
Ye Xiangming shouted in disbelief, "Did you guys make a mistake?"
Not only Ye Xiangming, but even Ye Lingfeng and the others felt that it was ridiculous and unreal.
"It's a hundred percent the truth!"
The Initial Martial Expert shook his head frantically, "I even heard that all three of them were killed with a single slash of a sword!"
"Killed with a single slash?!"
Instead of fuming with rage upon hearing those absurd words, Ye Lingfeng instead burst out laughing, "Do you even know what it takes to kill an Initial Martial Expert with a single slash of a sword?"
"It would, at the very least, require the combat strength of an Advanced Martial Expert!"
"Could it be that those white-cloaked men actually possess such strength?!"
"I'm starting to suspect that you are a spy sent by the Martial Alliance, Bao Family, or Yu Family to disrupt our plans! Tell me, are you a spy?!"
"I am most certainly not a spy!"
The Initial Martial Expert shook his head, wanting to cry.
"Humph!"
Ye Lingfeng snorted coldly, "If you speak of the truth now, it will be too late later."
At this moment, another terrified martial cultivator of the Ye Family suddenly rushed over.
"Young Master! Lord Tian An was killed!!"
The martial cultivator rushed over frantically and knelt on the grounds. His eyes were completely bloodshot as if he had just escaped from hell itself!
"What did you say?!"
"Lord Tian An was killed?!"
Ye Lingfeng and the others were utterly stunned.
"We encountered the white-cloaked man and originally wanted to capture him alive..."
The Ye Family warrior said with a dejected expression, "However, we never expected him to be able to slice Lord Tian An apart with a single sword slash!"
"No... this is impossible!"
Ye Lingfeng's eyes burned with rage as he exclaimed, "Lord Tian An is someone who has touched the boundary of the Advanced Martial Expert Realm. How could he be killed with a single sword slash?"
"How are the white-cloaked men capable of such feats? This can't be real!"
"Tell me, did the Martial Alliance or one of the two other families get involved? Did they?!"
"Absolutely not!"
The man answer his question with a faint voice.
"Then, who is the one responsible for that?!"
Ye Lingfeng suddenly turned around with his disheveled hair, looking like a complete madman.
"It was me, of course!"
Su Lang pushed aside the leaves as he walked out of the dense thickets with a menacing smile.
CHAPTER 78 - WELL SAID!
"Su Lang, it was you all along!"
Ye Lingfeng's eyes almost popped out of its sockets when he saw Su Lang.
Ye Xiangming and the others stared at Su Lang as if they had seen a ghost, unable to believe their own eyes.
"Exactly, it was indeed me all along!"
Su Lang smiled calmly, "Yep, I hunted down all of the Martial Experts with intentions to kill me."
"Ye Lingfeng, I really have to thank you for giving me the chance to pick them off one by one!"
"If you had not split them into smaller groups, I would never have been able to kill the dozens of them by myself."
"You killed them all?! That's not possible!"
Ye Lingfeng's entire body shook uncontrollably in rising anger as he exclaimed, "Even if you have broken through to the Peak Mortal Realm, it shouldn't be possible for you to kill all of our Martial Experts!"
"Do you really think so?"
Su Lang curled his lips and asked, "Then I will give you a chance. Why don't you ask your subordinates to locate the corpses of those Martial Experts?"
"Tch, you're simply putting on an act!"
Ye Lingfeng recovered from his shock and snorted coldly, "If you claimed to have killed one of our Martial Experts, I would certainly have believe your words."
"However, you didn't even take the time to think before spouting such nonsense! Apart from the five Martial Experts in this camp, there are a total of twenty-six other ones hunting you down outside. How could you find them within such a short period of time, let alone killing them all one by one?"
"Even a cultivator in the Martial King Realm would not be capable of achieving such feats! You're simply uttering nonsensical words!"
"Nice try, I have to admit that I was almost scared to death by a powerless bastard like you!"
Ye Xiangming took a step forward and stared at Su Lang with pure disdain, "It's certainly a shame that your words did not scare a single one of us. Su Lang, you are the one who overestimated your own strength."
"Humph, Su Lang, those few subordinates of yours must have surely been captured by those martial cultivators of ours by now!"
Ye Lingfeng regained his high and mighty demeanor ad continued, "You are but a mere cultivator in the Peak Mortal Realm. No matter how strong you are, how can you defeat five of our Martial Experts at the same time?"
"Throughout this life of mine, I have heard of and met all kinds of arrogant people. However, I've never seen anyone as egotistical as you. Now, where else can you run to?"
Upon uttering those words, Ye Xiangming, Ye Tian, Ye Zhi, Yang Tianrui, and the Initial Martial Expert immediately made their moves and surrounded Su Lang.
At the same time, the other cultivators of the Mortal Realm circled around the perimeter to prevent Su Lang from escaping. Furthermore, a few of them quietly left the area to call for reinforcements.
"Tch!"
Su Lang looked around at everyone and shook his head with a sneer.
"You're still laughing?"
Ye Lingfeng raised his chin in disdain and said, "Despite smiling on the surface, you must actually be extremely terrified, right?"
"Haha, don't be afraid. I, Ye Lingfeng, am actually quite fond of geniuses like you!"
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"As long as you tell us how you managed to raise your cultivation from nothing to the Peak of the Mortal Realm in just three days, I promise that there will be a place for you in the Ye Family in the future!"
"When the times comes, our Ye Family will be able to look down at everyone from the top of the city. As for you, Su Lang... you will also receive an important position at the top of our family. Doesn't that sound amazing to you?"
"But if you have no intentions of handing over your secret, then don't blame me for not being polite!"
"I, Ye Lingfeng, will personally let you taste the noble service of the Twelve Dragons Torture. When that times comes, you will not even be able to beg for death!"
"I will give you exactly one minute to consider. You can either choose to enjoy a good life or a life worse than death!"
"Hahahaha, well said!"
Su Lang laughed and even clapped his hands.
"Make your decision!"
Ye Lingfeng looked at Su Lang in contempt and continued, "I'm going to start counting now."
From his perspective, Su Lang was but a mere fish waiting to be slaughtered.
On the other hand, he was the fishmonger with the knife in his hands. It was now only a matter of time before he pries out the peerless secret from Su Lang's mouth.
"Ye Lingfeng, why are you acting so confident? Could your actions be solely based on your own conjectures?"
The smile on Su Lang's face turned colder by the second. "Why don't you guys look behind you and see who's the one surrounding who?"
Ye Lingfeng and the others were immediately taken aback when they heard those words.
In the next instant, Ye Lingfeng laughed uncontrollably, "Su Lang, did you think you could escape simply by making us look in the other direction?"
"Alright, I will do as you say. Everyone, why don't we take a look behind us? I want to see whether that bastard can really run away under my nose. Hahaha!"
Amidst his laughter, Ye Lingfeng took the liberty to turn his head first. The others quickly followed him with mocking expressions.
In the next moment, Ye Lingfeng was like a goose that had its neck pinched as his laughter came to a sudden pause.
The others' expressions of ridicule froze in that instant as if an intense blizzard had just blown past them.
