by D cat
But before they could recover from their shock, another white-cloaked man vanished into thin air from where he stood.
Immediately after, Su Lang's spiritual energy rose once again, sweeping across the entire valley like a wild hurricane.
"The Peak Martial King Realm!"
At that moment, Ye Feizhang's eyes bulged out, almost falling out of its sockets.
Meanwhile, Ye Lingfeng's soul was already on the verge of leaving his physical body from his fright.
"You're already that horrified? I haven't even used my full power yet!"
Su Lang sneered and devoured yet another clone as his spiritual energy rushed out like a tsunami.
"The Quasi Martial Emperor Realm?!"
Ye Feizhang screamed in pure horror with a heart-wrenching voice.
On the side, Ye Lingfeng's body turned limp as he collapsed heavily to the ground. Although a rather sharp piece of rock had pierced through his anus, he did not react whatsoever as if his soul had already floated away from his physical body.
CHAPTER 91 - UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
"Oh my God, please tell me that this isn't real!"
Ye Feizhang was screaming hysterically in his mind.
After all, he had consumed a precious Darkness Condensation Pill and sacrificed his own life just to raise his strength by an entire small realm.
On the other hand, Su Lang kept breaking through the realms one after another by seemingly doing nothing whatsoever. And he had done so until he reached the Quasi Martial Emperor Realm!
Ye Feizhang was started to doubt his entire life.
Stared at Ye Feizhang and Ye Lingfeng who wore completely different expressions, Su Lang revealed a cold smile and lifted out his Property Panel.
[Name]: Su Lang
[Race]: Human
[Qualification Level]: Turbid Body
[Realm Level]: Quasi Martial Expert
[Attack Level]: Quasi Martial Emperor
[Defense Level]: Advanced Martial King +
[Movement Level]: Peak Martial King +
[Endurance Level]: Advanced Martial King +
[Skill Mastery]: Infinite Heart Sutra, Soul Chasing Sword Arts (High-rank, Entry-state), Thunder Filament Arts (Low-rank, Middle-state), True Lightning (Low-rank, Middle-state), Astral Thunder Technique (Low-rank, Entry-state);
Tyrant Armor Body Forging Technique (Intermediate-rank, Entry-state), Cloud Threading Silk Steps (Intermediate-rank, Entry-state), Ethereal Martial Body Forging Technique (Intermediate-rank, Entry-state), Nine Elephants Mountain Treading Technique (Intermediate-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 5), One-click Treasure Hunting Function (Level 3)
"Is there even anyone capable of defending my attacks at this point?"
Su Lang sneered coldly and unsheathed his Violet Spirit Sword as his body emitted a terrifying killing intent.
"Lingfeng, hurry up and run for you life!"
Horrified by this turn of events, Ye Feizhang grabbed Ye Lingfeng and threw him far into the distance.
Immediately after, he grasped firmly onto the longsword in his hands and rushed toward Su Lang without any regard for his own life.
At this moment, Ye Feizhang's only thought was to protect the final gleaming hope of the Ye Family.
However, he never took into account the possibility that Ye Lingfeng could have been tormented by Su Lang to the point of losing his sanity. In fact, Ye Lingfeng had already been traumatized greatly and would not be able to recover from it even if he managed to escape alive.
"Soul Chasing Sword Art: Pierce!"
Glaring at Ye Feizhang who was dashing over, Su Lang snorted coldly and stabbed his blade forward with a straightforward yet firm stance.
"Soul Chasing Sword Art: Condense!"
Reacting just in the nick of time, Ye Feizhang barely managed to block the attack using a defensive technique from Soul Chasing Sword Arts.
*Clang!*
The ear-piercing sounds of metal clashing produced a massive shockwave that reverberated through the atmosphere.
In that instant, Ye Feizhang's body arched backwards like a fully-charged bow and flew into the far distance as he crashed heavily into a large boulder.
*Crash!*
The boulder exploded with a loud bang as debris flew all over, covered by a thick cloud of dust.
Filled with utter despair, Ye Feizhang spat out a mouthful of blood, his eyes beginning to lose the specks of light within.
"Humph!"
Su Lang snorted mercilessly as he was just about to deal the final killing blow.
At that moment...
"Show mercy!"
A loud shout echoed through the valley as three figures charged towards his direction. It seemed that they had just arrived at the chaotic scene.
"Who dares to interrupt me?"
Su Lang frowned and shifted his menacing glare towards the source of the voice.
Upon doing so, he noticed a man with a dignified appearance boasting of his broad chest. That man appeared to be quite a powerful figure.
As for the other two men following him by his side, one was a fat man with two curved eyebrows that were as thick as ink while the other man was eight feet tall wearing a thick beard.
Seeing how all three of their bodies were fluctuating with dense spiritual energy, Su Lang could tell that they were all cultivators in the Martial King Realm.
After thinking for a moment, Su Lang concluded that these three men were the other three Martial Kings of Red Maple City.
"Guardian Yin Zhou! Patriarch Bao Zheng! Patriarch Yu Feng!"
Upon seeing their sudden appearance, Ye Feizhang immediately burst into cries of joy.
Though he did not know why those three men suddenly showed up, he knew that his grandson would be in a safe position with these three men holding Su Lang back.
"Patriarch Ye, how could you...?"
When Yin Zhou and the other two arrived at the scene, they looked at Ye Feizhang in utter disbelief.
Never in a million years would they have expected the dignified patriarch of the Ye Family, who had broken through to the Martial King Realm, to be beaten up to such an extent.
At that same time, they did not think that Su Lang would become so strong in such a short period of time.
The terrifying aura emitting from his body was one belonging to that of a Martial Emperor!
That was simply unbelievable!
But with the truth standing right before their own eyes, they had no choice but to believe it.
Yin Zhou and the other two were originally interested in Su Lang's secret.
After witnessing the current miserable state of Ye Feizhang, on the contrary, they had no choice but to set aside their greedy thoughts.
In this world, it was an unfortunate crime for the weak but a natural blessing for the strong to possess a treasure in their hands.
"Patriarch Ye, allow me to treat your injuries."
Although Bao Zheng hesitated for a moment, he nevertheless took out a bottle of pills and walked toward Ye Feizhang.
"Stop right there!"
"What a coincidence for the three of you to suddenly appear here together at such place, not to mention in such a relaxed manner!"
Su Lang revealed a wicked smile. "Could the three of you also be coveting my secret?"
CHAPTER 92 - NO ONE CAN SAVE YOU TODAY!
Upon hearing those words, Yin Zhou and the other two were completely taken aback.
How long has it been since anyone dared to speak to them in such a manner?
Despite instinctively fuming with rage, the three of them restrained themselves to prevent making the situation any worse.
Seeing Ye Feizhang lying on the ground like a dead dog, if they were to erupt in anger now, they would simply be seeking death.
"Umm..."
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br /> Yin Zhou smiled awkwardly and muttered, "I have heard many things about you. Today..."
"Don't bother with the formalities and just get straight to the point."
Su Lang interrupted. "Are you coveting my secret or not?!"
Knowing the huge commotion between him and the Ye Family, it was completely reasonable for him to assume that Yin Zhou and the others had already investigated the situation.
Even so, an investigation was but a mere investigation. It would not matter if they kept the information to themselves. On the contrary, if they dared to reveal their fangs and brandish their claws, Su Lang would immediately slaughter them mercilessly.
"This... Of course not!"
Though Yin Zhou was displeased by Su Lang's attitude, he nevertheless suppressed his temper.
"That's good."
Su Lang snorted coldly. "But if you dare interfere with my revenge, I will not hesitate to kill every one of you."
With that, Su Lang walked towards Ye Feizhang with the longsword in his hand.
"Mister Su Lang, the Ye Family has already paid a great price. Ye Feizhang is also in such at wretched state..."
Yin Zhou stepped forward and said with a chuckle, "Look, can we just stop here?"
Shifting their gazes towards Su Lang at the same time, Yu Feng and Bao Zheng thought that Su Lang would put this matter aside for Yin Zhou's sake.
After all, Yin Zhou was the Guardian dispatched by the League of Martial Cultivators to oversee Red Maple City.
However, Su Lang didn't buy it.
"You want me to stop here? What nonsense!"
Su Lang sneered, "No matter the price they end up paying, my parents will never come back to life. Blood can only be paid with blood."
"Although that may be the case, I've just received a warning from my superiors that something unusual will soon take place in Red Maple City. I reckon that a Vicious Beast Tide is about to erupt at any time!"
Yin Zhou revealed a distressed expression and lowered his posture once again. "Whenever the Vicious Beast Tide appears, Red Maple City would always fall into an unstable state. As such, we will need Ye Feizhang's strength to defend the city."
"Su Lang, please spare his life and allow him to fight for Red Maple City. What do you think?"
"Hoh? The Vicious Beasts Tide is about to erupt?"
Su Lang raised his eyebrows and sneered. "So what if it's the Vicious Beasts Tide? They're nothing more than a bunch of weak insects!"
Immediately after, Su Lang's figure twitched and vanished from his spot.
"Not good!"
Yin Zhou and the others' expressions twisted drastically.
By the time they reacted to his actions, however, Su Lang had already flashed in front of Ye Feizhang.
"Go to hell! No one can save you today!"
With a flick of his arm, Su Lang's sword descended like a bolt of lightning and struck down on Ye Feizhang's skull.
"No!"
Ye Feizhang let out a furious roar before being slashed in half by the sword.
Upon the terrifying explosion of lightning, his corpse burned into a pile of ashes.
[Ding! You have obtained a Spatial Ring, a high-grade spirit artifact...]
As the system notification sounded in his mind, Su Lang's heart finally felt at ease.
"You...! You really killed Ye Feizhang!"
Bao Zheng spoke with a trembling voice as he pointed his finger at Su Lang with a mix of grief and rage.
Yin Zhou and Yu Feng were also astonished, for Su Lang had just slain the sole Martial King of Ye Feizhang's generation just like that!
"What's wrong? Do you have a problem with me?"
Su Lang turned around and stared at Bao Zheng with lingering killing intent.
*Gulp!*
At that instant, Bao Zheng's neck shrank as he swallowed down a mouthful of saliva.
Since he was inferior to Ye Feizhang even before he consumed the Darkness Condensation Pill, how could he dare to provoke Su Lang and become his enemy?
"Humph! If the three of you dare to say another word, don't blame me for killing you without mercy."
Su Lang sheathed his longsword and left behind his warning before taking his leave.
But right at this moment...
A chilling darkness suddenly enveloped the entire world as the clear sky was covered by a thick layer of dark clouds.
At the same time, a strange aura could be felt spreading out between heaven and earth.
In the next moment, hundreds of blood-red pillars of light shot up into the sky, serving as the warning signals of the hundreds of strongholds around Red Maple City.
"This is...?!"
Yin Zhou and the other two's expressions instantly turned grim.
"The Vicious Beast Tide that happens once every ten or so years?"
Su Lang's expression darkened as well. Having experienced this kind of phenomenon before, he naturally knew what it meant.
CHAPTER 93 - HEAVENLY FLAME: GREEN LOTUS DRAGON FLAME
*Roar!*
A violent roar suddenly resounded through the entire area.
Looking towards the source of the roar, Su Lang noticed a sabertooth lion — four or five time its normal size — starting menacingly at them with bloodshot eyes.
He could tell that the sabertooth lion's strength had increased by at least half a small realm under the influence of the strange aura.
Moreover, it appeared to have gone berserk as it glared at Su Lang fearlessly.
*Roar!*
In the next second, the sabertooth lion charged over in an incomparably fearsome manner.
"Hmph!"
Aiming at the sabertooth lion, Su Lang kicked a stone lying on the ground towards it, blowing its head off.
Upon its death, the sabertooth lion shrank back to its original size.
"It really is the Vicious Beast Tide!"
Yu Feng's face turned bleach pale with shock. "Why did it have to erupt at such a crucial moment! Since the city wall is undergoing maintenance, its defenses aren't even 80% of its original strength!"
"Furthermore, Ye Feizhang is dead!"
No longer caring about whether or not he could defeat Su Lang, Bao Zheng pointed at him and shouted, "Look what you've done! Now, we don't even have enough strength to defend against the Vicious Beast Tide."
"It's all your fault! We've already begged you so much, yet you..."
"Enough!"
Yin Zhou immediately interrupted Bao Zheng, knowing that he would be doomed if he dared to continue complaining.
With that, Bao Zheng finally calmed down a little as he stared at Su Lang with a trace of fear in his eyes.
"Mister Su Lang, I'm afraid we'll have to trouble you to take action during this decade's Vicious Beast Tide!"
Turning back around, Yin Zhou clasped his hands and bowed to Su Lang with a sincere expression.
"Of course."
Su Lang nodded lightly.
As a human himself, he didn't want Red Maple City to be destroyed by the Vicious Beasts.
"That's great! I, Yin Zhou, will forever be grateful!"
Yin Zhou bowed in gratitude. With Su Lang's help, the resistance against the Vicious Beast Tide would definitely be much easier!
"There is no time to lose."
Yu Feng said anxiously, "Let's go back and deploy our defenses."
At this moment, however, Bao Zheng suddenly shouted in horror, "Look! What is that?!"
Everyone looked in the direction of Bao Zheng's pointing finger and saw five gigantic Vicious Beast, hundreds of meters tall, trudging down the land in the distance.
Those five Vicious Beasts derived from different species, which included the black wolf, red fox, gigantic elephants, golden tiger, and a huge green snake with a white horn protruding from its forehead.
The white-horned green snake was enveloped by a layer of green flames that disintregrated anything in its path.
Furthermore, its flame slithered like a living creature as it slith
ered through the air, drawing out many abstract dragon-shaped patterns.
"That is.... That is the Heavenly Flame: Green Lotus Dragon Flame!"
Yin Zhou's face bleached pale as his eyes lost all focus. He then said wth a quivering voice, "It's over.... It's all over now!"
"What do you mean it's over?"
"Aren't they simply C-class Vicious Beasts with inflated bodies?"
Su Lang asked in confusion as he shifted his gaze towards Yin Zhou and the other two who seemed to have fallen into despair.
"Those are indeed C-class Vicious Beasts.... However, that Crystal-scaled Green Snake possesses a Heavenly Flame!"
Bao Zheng said in an incomparably anxious tone, "Don't you know what a Heavenly Flame is? Don't you know...."
"Mm?!"
Su Lang's eyes turned cold as he purposely shot out a trace of killing intent.
Feeling a terrifying sense of danger enveloping his entire body, Bao Zheng immediately turned silent out of fear.
"Humph!"
Annoyed by Bao Zheng's attitude, Su Lang would have long since killed him if it wasn't for the Vicious Beast Tide.
"Mister Su, please calm down. Allow me to tell you more about it."
At this moment, Yin Zhou said with a defeated expression, "The Heavenly Flame is a special type of flame created by the heavens and earth!"
"There are currently a total of twenty-two different types of Heavenly Flames known to humanity. Furthermore, they're divided into four different grades: Heaven, Earth, Mysterious, and Yellow-grade"
"The one surrounding that particular Vicious Beast's body is the Yellow-grade Heavenly Flame: Green Lotus Dragon Flame!"
"However, even a Yellow-grade Heavenly Flame like the Green Lotus Dragon Flame is already extremely terrifying!"
"Once refined for one's own use, it would be equivalent to mastering that of a high-rank attribute cultivation technique to the profound-state!"
"Furthermore, it is said that the Heavenly Flame had other miraculous effects, but that isn't something that I can confirm."
"Wow! The Heavenly Flame is actually that awesome?"
Su Lang sucked in a breath of cold air and widened his eyes in shock.
Since it could be compared to a high-rank attribute cultivation technique in the profound-state, how much would one's combat strength increase by if they were to get their hands on one for themselves?
