by D cat
Upon turning around, they all saw three white-cloaked man standing in three different directions around them.
Their longswords were all stained crimson as their bodies emitted overwhelming bloodthirst.
CHAPTER 79 - NO ESCAPE!
"That's the white-cloaked man who killed Lord Tian An!"
"Three! How could there be three!?"It's over, it's all over! We're doomed!"
The martial cultivator who came to deliver the news earlier was trembling uncontrollably all over his body as he spoke with a voice filled with nothing but despair.
The scene of the white-cloaked man killing Lord Tian An with a single sword slashed seemed to have traumatized him.
As soon as he saw the white-cloaked man, he looked like a frightened prey that lost all sense of propriety in an instant.
*Gulp!*
Ye Lingfeng swallowed his saliva with the utmost difficulty as he muttered with a trembling voice, "How is this possible? Why did they show up here?"
"Could it be... that our Martial Experts have all been slaughtered by them already? No... that can't be true! Absolutely not!"
"That sword! It's the spirit artifact of the leader of the Alpha Lion Hunting Group!"
Ye Tian stood petrified in fear as he shifted his gaze toward the longsword in the hands of one of the white-cloaked men.
"Doesn't that sword belong to the chairman of the Red Stone Chamber of Commerce?!"
Ye Zhi exclaimed in utter disbelief, "Wasn't he supposed to be an Advanced Martial Expert? Could it be that he's also been killed?!"
"What?!"
Ye Lingfeng's face turned frozen stiff as a great sense of fear began devouring his entire being.
At this point, he clearly knew that the Martial Experts had all been killed just as Su Lang said previously.
However, he still could not come to accept such a ridiculous outcome.
After all, there were more than twenty Martial Experts! They certainly weren't people that could be underestimated or looked down upon. So, how could they possibly have been slaughtered by an insignificant brat who had just crawled up from the bottom only a few days ago?
Surely, something this absurd could only occur in one's fantasies!
"Agh!"
At this moment, the incomparably terrified martial cultivator could no longer withstand the pressure and ran frantically towards the outer perimeter of the camp.
*Swoosh!*
Upon the flash of a certain longsword, the fleeing martial cultivator was instantly beheaded.
As the head plopped helplessly on the ground, the headless corpse staggered a few more steps before collapsing onto the ground. At the same time, the blood that gushed upwards from the neck instantly dyed the soil crimson.
*Gasp!*
Gazing at the scarlet red with frightened expressions, Ye Lingfeng and others could not help but feel a certain frost shivering down their spines. It was as if a python was slithering around their entire body.
In the next moment.
"Run!"
With a loud roar, Ye Lingfeng immediately fled without any regard for the others' safety.
After all, there wasn't a single secret in this world more important than his very own life.
"Quick, protect Lingfeng and run!"
Ye Tian and the others shouted with a deep voice as they surrounded Ye Lingfeng and rushed out of the camp.
Since Ye Lingfeng possessed extraordinary talent and even had the potential to become a Martial King or even a Martial Emperor in the future, everyone surrounded him in an attempt to protect him for the Ye Family's sake.
"Don't even think about leaving today."
Su Lang spoke in a cold and indifferent voice as his bloodthirst caused everyone to tremble in fear.
As the wind beneath his feet surged forth, Su Lang dashed towards the group of cultivators along with his three clones like a hurricane with the intention to kill every single one of them.
"My son, hurry up and run as far away as you can!"
Ye Xiangming turned around and pulled out his sword as he aimed his series of slashes at Su Lang.
"The Ninth Form of the Spatial Crack!"
With a single flick of his wrist, Su Lang's Violent Spirit Sword pierced through Ye Xiangming's heart like a wyrm diving into the sea.
"Father!"
Upon witnessing this scene, Ye Lingfeng erupted into a fit of rage as his eyes instantly turned bloodshot.
Despite his grief, he did not slow down at all as he quickly fled into the distnace.
"All of you must die. Don't even think of escape my wrath alive!"
Su Lang kicked Ye Xiangming's lifeless body away and continued to chase after the rest of the group.
With that, the hunters had officially become the hunted.
All the cultivators that Su Lang and his clones came across were all killed without mercy. Wails of pain reverberated through the forest that was quickly turning crimson with streams of blood seeping through the earth.
With all of the Mortal Realm Cultivators dead, it was now the Martial Experts' turn to suffer.
The first one to be hunted down was the Initial Martial Expert who first came to deliver the message. He was no match for Su Lang at all as he was sent to hell with a single flick of Su Lang's sword.
"Yang Tianrui, I order you to turn back and stop the enemy!"
Noticing Su Lang's presence getting closer and closer behind them, Ye Lingfeng ordered Yang Tianrui to sacrifice himself to buy more time for them without any hesitation.
"Young Master Ye... I...!"
Although Yang Tianrui was indeed the patriach of the Yang Family, he was nonetheless only a mere Intermediate Martial Expert.
After witnessing Su Lang's overwhelming combat strength, how could he be willing to turn back?
"Quick, just think about your family!"
Upon catching sight of Su Lang — hot on their tails — Ye Lingfeng immediately shouted as a wave of fear encompassed him.
"Agh!"
Yang Tianrui let out a reluctant growl before turning around to face Su Lang.
"It's you! It's all because of you that I've fallen into this pit!"
Boiling with undying hatred for the man running towards him, Yang Tianrui lifted out his sharp sword and rushed forward while gnashing his teeth.
In the next second...
Yang Tianrui's body went limp as his head flew away into the distance.
His corpse fell powerlessly as Su Lang continued to dash forward as if he just dealt with an annoying mosquito buzzing around him.
CHAPTER 80 - CORNERED
"Yang Tianrui!"
Ye Lingfeng and the other two's faces bleached pale upon witnessing Yang Tianrui's tragic death.
Despite being an Intermediate Martial Expert, he failed to stop Su Lang in his path even for a second.
That simply confirmed the fact that they were not a match for Su Lang.
In an instant, the three white figures bolted pass Ye Lingfeng's group and blocked their path of escape.
"Kill them!"
Both Ye Tian and Ye Zhi immediately unsheathed their weapons without any hesitation and charged forward.
However, the two of them were but mere cultivators below the Advanced Martial Expert Realm. How could they possibly be a match for Su Lang's three clones?
With a single move, blood splattered across the sky and tainted it scarlet.
Ye Tian was beheaded while Ye Zhi was split into two at his abdomen.
The pungent smell of blood quickly filled the air.
"No!"
Flabberghasted, Ye Lingfeng stood petrified as he screamed with a hoarse voice.
"Where do you think you're going?"
Su Lang walked slowly towards Ye Lingfeng and returned the favor.
"You... don't... don't come over!"
Slowly losing his mind, Ye Lingfeng staggered back and bumped into one of Su Lang's white-cloaked clone.
"Ah!"
Feeling as if he bumped i
nto a wall behind him, he shrieked and quickly dodged to the side.
Even then, he once again crashed into another white wall in front of him.
At this moment, it felt as if Su Lang and the white-cloaked men had surrounded him in all directions — even from the sky and on the earth beneath his feet.
"What should I do now?!"
Ye Lingfeng moved his lips and murmured in despair before plopping helpleslly down on the ground.
"Ye Lingfeng, you've stopped struggling already?"
Su Lang raised the corner of his mouth and emitted a hint of killing intent. "I seem to recall you saying something about skinning me alive and cutting my limbs apart one by one. Why don't you pick one of them for yourself?"
"No, please don't do this to me!"
"I know I was wrong. Please forgive me!"
In the face of death, Ye Lingfeng was completely terrified as he pleaded for his life.
Trembling throughout his entire body, he set aside his pride and dignity as he kneeled down and begged Su Lang for mercy.
"You want me to forgive you?"
Su Lang snorted with ridicule, "Think about it. If you had caught me, would you have let me go unscathed?"
"You should clearly know that ever since the Ye Family murdered my parents and attempted to kill me , I would hunt every single one of you down until my final breath!"
"Su... Lord Su!"
Having lost his composure entirely, Ye Lingfeng uttered with a trembling voice and tried to defend his himself, "Those things have nothing to do with me."
"The one who sent your parents to the territory of the D-class Vicious Beasts was my grandfather. Furthermore, the one who wanted to kill you was my sixth brother. I really did not participate in any of those plans."
"Sure, you weren't involved with those matters, but what about this most recent one? Didn't you want to hunt me down and even torture me to death?"
Su Lang snorted coldly, "You led so many people to surround and kill me, yet you still expect me to let you go unscathed?"
"This was also my grandfather's order!"
"Lord Su, I really understand that what I did was wrong!"
I should never have coveted your secret nor brought my men to hunt you down!"
"Lord Su, you certainly are the brightest star in the azure sky. In fact, you are the sun. Please forgive this lowly maggot kneeling before you."
"I will give you anything in my possession except for my life. I really only want you to spare this worhtless life of mine."
Ye Lingfeng's entire appearance was disheveled as he continued to kowtow madly to Su Lang. He looked even more miserable than a girl who sells her body to pay for her father's funeral.
"You're willing to do anything as long as I spare your life?"
After hearing Ye Lingfeng's words, Su Lang's lips curled up into a rather mysterious smile.
"Yes, that's exactly it!"
"You can have anything you want!"
Ye Lingfeng — not exactly in a normal state of thinking — nodded like a rattle drum, failing to notice Su Lang's expression.
"Alright, I accept your conditions."
Su Lang sheathed his Violet Spirit Sword back into its scabbard with a satisfied smile on his face. His three clones mimicked his movements.
"Thank you, Lord Su! Thank you so much, Lord Su!"
Feeling as if he had just survived a disaster, Ye Lingfeng hurriedly kowtowed a few more times.
"Listen carefully. There's a few things that I want from you."
Su Lang said with a cunning smile, "First of all, as the most important disciple in the youngest generation of the Ye Family, you must have learned all sorts of techniques of the Ye Family. I want those techniques."
"No problem, Lord Su. I know all the techniques of the family!"
Ye Lingfeng nodded immediately, as if he wanted to announce the Ye Family's techniques to the entire world in order to save his life.
"Don't worry."
Su Lang casually threw out a pen and a few books, "Take your time and write every single one of them down carefully. Make sure you don't miss out on a single word, for even I do not know how miserable of a fate you will suffer then."
"You can rest assured, Lord Su."
Ye Lingfeng nodded and bowed down like a dog. "I have already memorized every single one of the Ye Family's cultivation techniques. I will not miss out on a single word."
After saying that, he laid on the ground and started writing down everything he knew as his fate truly depended on it.
"As for my second condition..."
Su Lang looked down at Ye Lingfeng and continued, "You will have to give me five million gold coins as ransom for your life!"
CHAPTER 81 - LEVEL 5 CLONE DISPATCH FUNCTION
"Five... five million gold coins?!"
Dumbfounded by his request, Ye Lingfeng almost lost his grip on the pen.
"What?"
Su Lang frowned and said, "Could it be that the Ye Family can't even take out five million gold coins?
"I've already robbed five to six hundred thousand gold coins from a few of your shops!"
"Those shops may have been the most important ones, but it still shouldn't be most of your Ye Family's wealth, right?"
Lord Su! Even so, we don't have five million gold coins! "
On the verge of tears, Ye Lingfeng exclaimed, "Unless we borrow from the other three major powerhouses or sell our assets, we can only give you so many gold coins."
"Well, that's a relief, isn't it?"
"No matter what method you use, I want five million gold coins, otherwise..."
A cold killing intent flashed before Su Lang's eyes as he continued, "Don't even think about escaping my wrath!"
"No, please don't kill me!"
Ye Lingfeng's entire body trembled as cold sweat started pouring down like a waterfall. "I am the future of the Ye Family, so my grandfather will definitely pay the ransom to get me back!"
"Humph, in that case, write a blood letter."
Su Lang said with apathy, "I will personally hand it to your grandfather. Whether you live or die will solely depend on whether your grandfather gives me the ransom money or not!"
"Yes... of course!"
Ye Lingfeng trembled as he bit his finger and started writing the blood letter.
At this moment...
[Ding! The Thunder Filament Arts has reached the middle-state!]
This system notifcation came off as a rather pleasing surprise for Su Lang.
"I wonder whether achieving the middle-state Thunder Filament Art increased my attributes or not?"
With a hint of anticipation in his mind, Su Lang opened the Property Panel.
[Name]: Su Lang
[Race]: Human
[Qualification Level]: Turbid Body
[Realm Level]: Peak Mortal Realm
[Attack Level]: Peak Martial Expert +
[Defense Level]: Advanced Martial Expert
[Movement Level]: Advanced Martial Expert +
[Endurance Level]: Advanced Martial Expert
[Skill Mastery]: Infinite Heart Sutra, Thunder Filament Arts (Low-rank, Middle-state), True Lightning (Low-rank, Entry-state), Nine Elephants Mountain Treading Technique (Intermediate-rank, Entry-state)... Soaring Flower Sword Arts (Low-rank, Entry-state), Nimble Feather Footwork (Low-rank, Entry-state), Floating Willow Sword Arts (Low-rank, Entry-state), Sky Splitting Sword Arts (Low-rank, Entry-state), (Part of the technique has been omitted)...
[Activated System Functions]: One-Click Cultivation Function (Level 5), One-Click Martial Arts Function (Level 5), Clone Dispatch Function (Level 4)
"As expected of an attribute cultivation technique!"
Su Lang's lips curled up into a smile as he continued, "It seems that one is capable of increasing their combat strength by an entire small realm upon reaching the Martial Expert Realm."
The cultivators with the combat strength of a Peak Martial Expert was no more than a handful in the entire Red Maple City.
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It could even be said that Su Lang was now standing above the hundreds of thousands of people in Red Maple City.
With the help of the system, it certainly would not take long for him to overpower of the Martial Kings within Red Maple City!
After fantasizing about his future, Su Lang turned his attention back to his Storage Space.
Wiping out the entire army of the Ye Family, Su Lang had killed a total of 31 Martial Experts.
Naturally, he received an abundance of spoils from the hunt.
In addition to getting more than 20 middle-grade spiritual stones, he gained even more low-grade-spirtual stones and gold coins!
"The amount of gold coins I earned from this hunt should allow me to upgrade the Clone Dispatch Function to the next level now."
Su Lang exclaimed in pure excitement, "System, quickly deposit all of the gold coins into my balance!"
In the mysterious space, the numbers behind the gold coin icon began to rise.
A second later, the number broke past a million!
"There are indeed one million gold coins!"
Su Lang's eyes lit up as he shouted, "Upgrade the Clone Dispatch Function immediately!"
[Ding! Consuming one million gold coins, Upgrading the Clone Dispatch Function to Level 5, Increasing the number of available clones by one!]
[Ding! Congratulations on upgrading the Clone Dispatch Function to Level 5! You have obtained the additional abilities, 'Perfect Possession' and 'Devouring Clone!]
[The skill, 'Perfect Possession,' allows one to attach all their thoughts to the body of the clone and control it as if one were using their own body.]
[The skill, 'Devouring Clone,' allows one to consume a selected number of clones. For the span of half an hour, your battle prowess will increase drastically. However, the clones that you consume will enter a cooldown period.]
[Ding! Host, congratulations on upgrading the first three functions to Level 5. You have obtained the right to activate the new function. You only need 100 gold coins to activate it!]
The series of system notifications made Su Lang gasp intensely.
The benefits of this particular upgrade were beyond his imagination.
It was even more terrifying than the time he had just activated the Clone Dispatch Function!
He was especially excited by the 'Devouring Clone' ability as it would also his cultivation to increase tremendously for a period of time.
