by D cat
"Ah... it certainly feels much better to be in my actual body."
Su Lang took a deep breath and stretched his limbs.
Despite gaining the ability to control his clones to a great extent, it was nevertheless quite awkward.
As his clones lacked the fundamental requirements to be a human being, it felt like he had transferred his mind into a lifeless corpse.
"Aghhh, my hand!"
Meanwhile, Ye Lingfeng was still screaming at the side, his snot and tears streaming down his face like a waterfall.
Having been treated like an ancestor of the Ye Family since he was born, he had never suffered such agonizing pain before.
Moreover, this pain did not just affect him physically, but also mentally.
After all, he would end up as a cripple from now on, unless he consumes a precious medicinal pill that allowed his limbs to grow back.
However, those types of pills were usually concocted with Tier 9 medicinal ingredients, so how could they be obtained so easily?
CHAPTER 88 - THE FEARLESS YE FEIZHANG
"Tsk, tsk. You shouldn't blame me for this."
Su Lang laughed, "If you want to blame someone, then blame Ye Feizhang for talking too much. To think that he would even dare to attack me."
"But you can now rest assured since Ye Feizhang promised to pay five million gold coins as ransom for your worthless life."
"Grandpa promised to save me?!"
"That's great, I no longer need to die!"
Ye Lingfeng quivered like a leaf, his eyes filled with both affliction and relief.
When Su Lang sliced off his arm, he thought his grandfather had given up on saving him.
Upon receiving the good news, his eyes widened in excitement.
"Oh, don't get too excited. Look... you broken arm is bleeding again."
Su Lang sneered and threw him a healing pill. "Take it so that you won't bleed to death."
"Yes, of course. Thank you, Lord Su."
Ye Lingfeng was beyond horrified the moment he saw his blood spurting out of his severed arm like a water fountain. As such, he immediately swallowed the healing pill he received.
......
On the other side, in the Ye Family Mansion.
Ye Feizhang boiled with rising anger to the point that he spurted out blood. Upon witnessing this sight, all the members of the Ye Family were completely stunned
"Patriarch!"
Ye Lin, Ye Feizhang's trusted aide, came back to his senses and supported Ye Feizhang from the side. "Please calm down! Our Ye Family will not be able to function without your guidance!"
"Get lost! Do you think I need your help?!"
Ye Feizhang waved his arm and flung Ye Lin dozens of meters away.
"Patriarch, please calm down!"
The rest of the Ye Family members who also wanted to step up and comfort their patriarch all knelt on the ground in fear.
"You bunch of trash, hurry up and gather five million gold coins for me at once!"
Ye Feizhang pointed at everyone and declared with bloodshot eyes, "If you fail do so within the span of a day, you will all be buried next to Lingfeng's grave!"
"Yes, sir!"
The members of the Ye Family did not even dare to sweat as they hurriedly kowtowed.
"Now, get lost!"
Upon hearing Ye Feizhang's fierce roar, everyone disappeared without a trace within three seconds.
Seeing everyone leave, Ye Feizhang stood in place like a statue, his face alternating between a red and green tint. Who knows what he was thinking about at that moment?
Immediately after, a cold light flashed in his eyes as he turned around and stomped towards the study room.
*Bang!*
As the entrance to a small secret room opened, a luxurious small box could be seen placed on top of the stone platform in the middle of the room.
As soon as he opened the box, Ye Feizhang took out a black pill from within.
"The Darkness Condensation Pill!"
Ye Feizhang held the pill in his hand and trembled slightly.
This precious Tier 9 medicinal pill had the ability to greatly increase one's strength upon its consumption.
However, as the price for resorting to such methods, the person who consumes it would start rotting all over and die after 24 hours. Furthermore, the process would be extremely painful.
Even so, Ye Feizhang had already made up his mind to cast his life aside for his family's future.
He truly believed that Ye Lingfeng was the final hope of the entire Ye Family and that no one else could compare to his potential.
Therefore, he sought after more than saving Ye Lingfeng's life as he wanted to kill Su Lang. By doing so, he would not only avenge his deceased descendants, but he would even get rid of Ye Lingfeng's future obstacles.
"Su Lang, I no longer value this life of mine anymore. Don't think you can make it out of this situation alive either!"
Ye Feizhang gritted his teeth to the point of bleeding as his eyes were about to split open. Then, he immediately brought the black pill into his seclusion room.
......
Half a day later.
Ye Lin walked in front of the seclusion room and announced, "Patriarch, we have sold a large amount of our assets and raised five million gold coins!"
Upon hearing those words, the door to the room slowly creaked opened as Ye Feizhang walked out.
Although he seemed to be filled with vigor and determination, there was a hint of death buried deep in his eyes.
"Where are the gold coins?"
Ye Feizhang stared at Ye Lin who was half-kneeling and asked with a cold tone.
"They're all here!"
Ye Lin replied as he instantly dragged over a bulging bag.
Without even thinking, he knew that there was definitely a large amount of spirit stones within.
Ye Feizhang took the bag and placed it into his Spatial Storage before saying, "Pass down my order. From now on, Ye Lingfeng will be inheriting my position as the Ye Family's patriarch!"
"Patriarch!"
Shocked by his sudden declaration Ye Lin suddenly had a bad feeling rising up from his heart.
"Just do as I say."
Ye Feizhang waved his hand and walked towards the gate.
At the same time, in the territory of the Glazing Tiger.
"It should be about time."
Su Lang glanced at Ye Lingfeng and said, "Let's go to the territory of the Sabertooth Lion."
Five clones stood obediently around him. By this time, his dead clone had already reformed.
"Yes, Lord Su!"
Ye Lingfeng endured the agonizing pain and nodded nervously.
Hearing his response, Su Lang stopped looking at Ye Lingfeng and walked away.
Just as he took his first step...
[Ding! True Lightning had broken through to the middle-state!]
CHAPTER 89 - SWORN ENEMIES
"Hell yeah!"
In his burst of excitement, Su Lang could feel his body becoming much lighter. It was obvious that his movement level had increased once again.
In the blink of an eye, Su Lang switched the automatic cultivation of True Lightning to the Tyrant Armor Body Forging Technique.
With that, the system was now cultivating the Astral Thunder Technique and the Tyrant Armor Body Forging Technique.
The former could increase one's offensive power while the latter could make up for the deficiencies in defense.
With a thought, Su Lang asked, "System, how long will it take for these two cultivation techniques to advance to the middle-state?"
[Host, the Astral Thunder Technique will only need ten more hours to reach the middle-state.]
[As for the Tyrant Armor Body Forging Technique, it will take 15 hours to break through to the middle-state.]
"Since the Astral Thunder Technique has already been cultivated for about 10 hours, the entire process should've taken a total of 20 hours."
"On the other hand, the
Tyrant Armor Body Forging Technique will take a total of 15 hours. It seems that this Low-rank Attribute Cultivation Technique is more difficult to learn than the Intermediate-rank Body Forging Techniques."
Just as Su Lang was in deep thought...
Another system notification popped up.
[Ding! The Sea of Cultivation has been filled. Does the Host wish to break through?]
With the aid of the pills and the ridiculous cultivation speed of the One-click Cultivation Function, the small white figure in his mind had once again turned golden!
"Wow! Two pieces of good news at the same time?"
Su Lang's brows raised in his surprise as his eyes opened wide in exhiliration.
Of course, he chose to break through.
*Whoosh!*
Similar to his other breakthroughs, the fluctuation of spiritual energy gathered around Su Lang like iron fillings attracted by a strong magnet.
Upon witnessing this scene with his own eyes, Ye Lingfeng was immediately dumbstruck.
"What the hell?! He broke through again?!"
Ye Lingfeng felt like he had seen a ghost as he exclaimed in shock, "He went from an ordinary person to the Peak Mortal Realm within the span of a few days, and now he's broken through to the Quasi Martial Expert Realm?!"
One should remember that Ye Lingfeng was someone who possessed a high aptitude from cultivation. In spite of that, he had only managed to touch the threshold of the Quasi Martial Expert Realm after plateauing at the Peak Mortal Realm for a whole year and a half.
He, Ye Lingfeng, had been extremely proud of his achievements until witnessing Su Lang's ridiculous feats with his own two eyes.
On the other hand, Su Lang paid little to no attention to Ye Lingfeng's reaction.
With that, he glanced through the changes that he underwent in his Property Panel.
Upon doing so, he noticed that his Realm Level had advanced to the Quasi Martial Expert Realm.
Furthermore, all his other attributes had also increased drastically.
Going down the list of attributes, his Attack Level has risen to the Intermediate Martial King Realm, his Defense Level to the Quasi Martial King Realm, his Movement Level to the Initial Martial King Realm, and his Endurance Level to the Quasi Martial King Realm.
"The Intermediate Martial King Realm!"
A hint of excitement flashed across Su Lang's eyes as he exclaimed, "Although I can't compare to Ye Feizhang in terms of offensive prowess, I will definitely be able to defeat him by using the skill, Devouring Clone. Hehe..."
Since every clone eseentially possessed the same strength as Su Lang, even devouring one would increase his overall strength tremendously!
After further calculations, Su Lang estimated that devouring one or two of his clones would be enough to defeat Ye Feizhang.
"I wonder what kind of face the partriarch of the Ye Family will make when he gets beaten up by me."
Su Lang walked forward with a faint sneer on his face.
About two hours later.
Su Lang and Ye Lingfeng appeared in a certain valley located in the territory of the D-class Sabertooth Lion.
This was the meeting point that Su Lang had previously decided on.
At this time, a tall old man was sitting cross-legged on a huge boulder in the midst of the valley. That old man was Ye Feizhang.
"Ye Feizhang, we meet again!"
Su Lang asked with a cunning smile, "I wonder if you really have prepared the five million gold coins?"
"Su Lang! I finally get to see you in person!"
"But what about Lingfeng? Where is Lingfeng?!"
When Ye Feizhang's glare shot towards Su Lang, his originally composed expression turned incomparably ferocious as his eyes flushed crimson.
It was certainly a pity that Ye Feizhang only got to meet the true mastermind responsible for the past several incidents after his Ye Family was on the brink of destruction!
However, who asked him to provoke Su Lang in the first place?
"Grandfather! I'm over here. Quick, save me!"
Ye Lingfeng rushed out between Su Lang's clone and shouted in a pleasant surprise.
"Lingfeng, don't worry, I will save you immediately!"
Ye Feizhang was overjoyed to see his grandson once again.
Immediately after, he took out a bundle from his Spatial Storage. "Su Lang, this bag contains that five million gold coins that you so dearly want!"
"The gold coins have been exchanged for a total of two hundred middle-grade spirit stones and three high-grade spirit stones. Even one of them amounts to a large sum."
"Let me analyze the bag first!"
Su Lang raised his eyebrows indifferently. "Otherwise, how would I know whether they're real or not? Are the spirit stones really in there?
"Don't go too far!"
Ye Feizhang said with undying rage.
"Wasn't it a reasonable request, especially in such negotiations? What are you getting so angry for?"
Su Lang smiled. "If you refuse to accept my conditions, then we can just forget about the deal."
CHAPTER 90 - DEVOURING CLONES
"Wait!"
In that instant, Ye Feizhang panicked slightly and gave in as he exclaimed, "I'll let you check it!"
Immediately after, he poured out the spirit stones from his bag and showed them to Su Lang one by one.
"Okay, the number is just as you said."
After the inspection, Su Lang nodded his head in satisfaction. "Let's proceed with the trade now."
With that, Su Lang supported Ye Lingfeng by his shoulder and slowly walked forward.
"He's coming over alone? How dare he act in such a careless manner?"
Upon seeing this scene, a trace of surprise flashed across Ye Feizhang's eyes.
In the next moment, he lifted the bundle of spirit stones and walked towards Su Lang.
As the two parties approached each other by the second, the tension in the atmosphere started to become more apparent.
Only after they were three meters away from each other did they finally come to a halt in their steps. While Ye Feizhang handed over the spirit stones, Su Lang pushed Ye Lingfeng towards him, successfully completing the trade.
"Let's go!"
Ye Feizhang supported Ye Lingfeng by his shoulder and immediately led him back to a safe distance.
In a flash, they arrived at the peak of the valley.
"Tsk, tsk, are you really that afraid of me?"
Su Lang stared at Ye Feizhang's desperate actions and revealed a hint of ridicule.
"Hahahaha! Me...?! Afraid of you?!"
Ye Feizhang shot his menacing glare down at Su Lang and said with a cold smile, "Su Lang, you bastard, do you know how excited I am to see you? Do you even know how much I want to burst out laughing right now?"
"I initially thought that you would send one of your subordinates over to do the exchange. Thus, I even specially prepared this Life-chasing Bird to track you down if that were the case."
"However, I never expected you to be reckless enough to personally appear before me. Hahahaha! You really are too arrogant for your own good!"
"Without Lingfeng as a shield, do you think that you can escape from my wrath unscathed simply by relying on those white-cloaked subordinates of yours?"
"Keep dreaming, you brat! In order to get rid of you once and for all, I have even resorted to taking the Darkness Condensation Pill. Even if you and your subordinates gang up on me all at once, I would have no problem killing every single one of you!"
"And before you die, I will even be kind enough to personally teach you what it means to offend the Ye Family. When that time comes, you will wish that you've been killed instead as you will suffer a fate worse than death!"
With each word spoken, Ye Feizhang's expression turned even more twisted and sinister. His hatred for Su Lang was simply too intense to describe with mere words!
"The Darkness Condensation Pill? That doesn't sound like a safe thing to consume. You
must be agonizing in pain even at this moment, right?"
Su Lang chuckled and mocked, "It's certainly a shame that your suffering will ultimately be in vain, for you will be the one to die today!"
"You think you can kill me? What a ridiculous joke!"
Ye Feizhang burst into gales of wild laughter as a terrifying aura surged from his body.
In an instant, the entire valley was enveloped in his strange aura.
Noticing the sudden change in atmosphere, Su Lang raised his eyebrows with slight curiosity.
"Don't you see? This is my current power! I'm now much stronger than any other ordinary Advanced Martial Kings!"
Ye Feizhang looked down on Su Lang and roared, "Su Lang, you can't even run for you life at this point. How exactly are you planning to kill me?!"
"That's right! Su Lang, you piece of sh*t, did you actually think you could defeat my grandfather? Stop dreaming!"
Ye Lingfeng also jumped up and clamored, "After my grandfather subdues you, I will skin you alive, cut you into two pieces, and tear apart every single one of your limbs to vent the rage accumulated within me!"
"Su Lang, you stupid brat!"
Ye Feizhang exclaimed with a face filled with utter disdain, "If you're willing to kneel down and beg for mercy, I may consider letting you suffer one or two less tortures!"
"Ye Feizhang, your strength had indeed surpassed my initial expectations."
"However, did you think you could defeat me just because you have advanced to the Advanced Martial King Realm?"
Su Lang's lips curled into a sneer. "Let me tell you, you are the one who will die today!"
"Enough with all that nonsense, you stubborn brat!"
As Ye Feizhang snorted coldly and unsheathed his longsword, a trace of wickedness flashed in his eyes.
But just as he was about to attack...
"Devouring Clone!"
With a single thought from Su Lang, one of his clones disappeared without a trace.
In that instant, a powerful wave of spiritual energy burst from his body!
"What? Isn't that the aura of an Advanced Martial King?!"
"No! How could this be possible? How can a mere Quasi Martial Expert emit such powerful aura?"
The pair of grandson and grandfather stood petrified in shock and disbelief.
