30: C30 An Effortless Massacre

C30 An Effortless Massacre

"Go to hell, you wicked beast!"

Exuding a strong and tyrannical aura, the middle-aged man raised his Nine Ring Broadsword high up into the air and enveloped its sharp blade with layers of fierce Genuine Qi, which released a terrifying sword intent.

Slashing down with his blade, the shining aura, more than ten meters long, pierced through the air and shot towards the Ghost Canine.

*Roar!*

Analyzing the incoming attack with its fierce eyes, the Ghost Canine spat out a mouthful of black mist.

The black mist gave off an eerie and chilling aura.

Furthermore, it even had a strong corrosive effect.

Upon making contact with the black mist, the shining aura of the blade flickered as its power quickly weakened under the corrosive effects.

Witnessing its effects, the middle-aged man frowned as his expression turned incomparably serious.

Pushing off with the tip of his toes, he quickly retreated and dodged the black mist spewed out by the Ghost Canine.

"To think that these Ghost Canines are only equivalent in strength to a cultivator at the peak ninth level of the Body Tempering Realm!"

"In spite of that, the black mist that it emits has a nasty corrosive effect that can deal fatal damage to even the experts in the Qi Gathering Realm. What an annoying skill to deal with!"

Watching the scene from the darkness of the forest, Ye Lan muttered to himself.

"Tyrant Blade Technique!"

In the midst of the battlefield, the middle-aged man suddenly bellowed and released his Fighting Soul. Behind him, an image of a dark blade appeared and released a strong sword intent.

At the same time, the Nine Ring Broadsword in his turned turned jet-black as if it had been forged out of black gold.

The Tyrant Blade Technique, a middle yellow-rank martial technique, was the middle-aged man's strongest trump card.

Upon its activation, with his current cultivation level, it would even be enough to deal a fatal blow against a Peak First Stage Qi Gathering Cultivator.

"Die!"

A thunderous roar shocked through the air at that instant.

With a single wave of the broadsword in his hand, a ray of dark aura slice through the air and slashed down on the Ghost Canine.

Wherever the dark aura passed by, strong winds howled as waves of air billowed, seeming as if space had been sliced into two halves.

*Roar!*

Upon witnessing the overpowering martial technique of the middle-aged man slashing down on its body, the Ghost Canine could only stare in awe at the berserk blade intent being emitted.

Its fierce eyes revealed a trace of a human-like fear.

Although it wanted to dodge the incoming attack, it simply couldn't as its legs were frozen in place.

*Swoosh!*

As the long ray of dark aura swept across the open space, the Ghost Canine was easily sliced in half.

At that moment, a blood-red Beast Core sudden flew out from within and was caught by the middle-aged man with a raise of his hand.

"Branch Sect Master Qu, watch out!"

In the distance, a Celestial Wolf Sect member suddenly shouted loudly.

Upon feeling the vicious aura coming up from behind, the middle-aged man quickly turned around and sent out a ray of blade energy without hesitation.

*Pwish!*

At that moment, an even thicker dark mist began corroding the ray of light released by the middle-aged man.

Without any other layers of defense, another Ghost Canine — much larger and more vicious than the previous one — rushed towards the middle-aged man like a gust of wind as it swiped its brandished claws along his chest.

*Shiiiikk!*

Suddenly, a stream of blood splashed everywhere as the sound of clothes being torn resounded through the air.

Struck by the claws of the Ghost Canine, the chestplate of the middle-aged man shattered instantly as a large claw wound appeared on his chest.

*Boom!*

In the next instant, the middle-aged man's body curled up into the shape of a charged bow as he flew out like a cannonball, crashing heavily into a faraway boulder. As it shattered into pieces, the rubble exploded into the night sky.

As the dust and debris slowly dispersed, the figure of the middle-aged man appeared.

With blood trickling down the corner of his mouth, his face turned bleach pale while his entire body was riddled with countless wounds.

"The Ghost Canine King?!"

Lifting his gaze, the middle-aged man realized that the Demonic Beast that attacked him was actually the Ghost Canine King, a first-level Spirit Beast that was comparable to a cultivator in the first stage of the Qi Gathering Realm.

"Dammit, I didn't think that we'd come across it!"

Spitting out another mouthful of blood, the middle-aged man's entire body turned limp and collapsed helplessly onto the ground. Staring at the Ghost Canine King from afar, he could not help but smile as his face turned paler by the second.

When a Demonic Beast reaches the rank of the Spirit Beast, it would obtain a certain level of intelligence.

As a first-level Spirit Beast, the Ghost Canine King naturally possessted a bit of intelligence.

Having assessed the cultivation of the middle-aged man from the side earlier, the Ghost Canine King determined that both of them would inevitably suffer great injuries if they were to clash head-to-head.

Thus, it took advantage of the opportunity when the middle-aged man was facing another Ghost Canine to sneak in an attack from behind and deal a fatal blow on him.

It fully understood that, as long as it could get rid of that middle-aged man, the rest of the members of the Celestial Wolf Sect would not pose much of a threat to it at all.

*Roar!*

Without giving him any time to rest, the Ghost Canine King stomped on the ground and dashed towards the middle-aged man to finish him off.

The other members of the Celestial Wolf Sect who were fighting for their lives in the distance turned ghastly pale when they saw the Ghost Canine King charging towards the middle-aged man with the intention of dealing a killing blow.

If the middle-aged man were to die now, it would only be a matter of time before the rest of them suffered the same fate under the Ghost Canine King as well.

"Am I, Qu Jingchun, going to die in such a tragic fashion?"

The middle-aged man wanted to stand back up to block the attack, but his efforts were to no avail. After suffering such heavy injuries all around his body, he did not even have the strength to move his finger whatsoever, much less block another attack from the Ghost Canine King. Thus, he could only sit down helplessly as accepted this harsh reality.

*Whoosh!*

Suddenly, a certain figure tore through the air from the side.

In the midst of the middle-aged man's despair, a dark figure suddenly appeared out of thin air and and stood directly in front of him.

Seeing the figure before him, the middle-aged man was naturally dumbstruck as he realized that it was a youth in his teens!

"Get out of the way!"

Upon seeing the sudden appearance of the teenage boy, who looked as if he was about to fight the Ghost Canine King head-on, the middle-aged man startled awake and used his remaining strength to shout loudly.

Despite his efforst, the teennage boy did not move whatsoever as he stood in place unmoving while staring at the incoming attack of the Ghost Canine King.

The teenage boy that sudden appeared could only be Ye Lan who had been hiding in the shadows and spectating the battle the entire time.

At this moment, Ye Lan had already activated his Eye of Crimson as his pair of dark pupils turned blood-red in an instant.

A single look into his eyes would cause one's soul to tremble in fear.

"Kneel!"

Opening his crimson red eyes, Ye Lan looked straight into the eyes of the approaching Ghost Canine King and shouted in a domineering tone.

All of a sudden, the initial ferocity of the Ghost Canine King died down as it came to a stop five meters away from Ye Lan. The middle-aged man gazed in astonishment as he witnessed the Demonic Beast kneel down obediently at Ye Lan's feet.

"This…"

The middle-aged man muttered softly as he looked at the ridiculous scene before him with an expression of disbelief.

He could not understand why the Ghost Canine King was listen to commands of the youth standing before him.

"Uncle Qu, do you mind lending me your Nine Ring Broadsword?"

Ye Lan looked back at the middle-aged man and asked with a smile.

Snatching the broadsword from the middle-aged man's hands, he lifted it and slashed down on the Ghost Canine King's neck.

*Pshh~*

Under the complete control of Ye Lan, the Ghost Canine King could only sit still as it was killed with by Ye Lan with a single slash — unbeknownst to it.

Gawking stupidly at the absurdity of the scene before him, the middle-aged men gasped in utter disbelief as his jaws dropped down to the ground.

Various emotions surged like raging waves in his mind.

'Dear heavens! I, Qu Jingchun, am not hallucinating, am I? Is there a loose screw in that Ghost Canine King's mind? How could he just obediently kneel on the ground and accept its death as if it was only natural?'

Standing in the distance, the other members of the Celestial Wolf Sect too witnessed the scene when the Ghost Canine King kneeled respectfully at Ye Lan's feet as if it was waiting to be slaughtered.

Naturally, all of them stood dumbstruck in place.

A single thought simultaneously shocked through their minds: 'Holy f*ck, am I dreaming?!'

Ignoring the many shocked expression directed towards him from all directions, Ye Lan grasped tightly on the Nine Ring Broadsword and activated his Flashing Shadow Steps before quickly rushing towards the other Ghost Canines.

With the help of his Eye of Crimson, Ye Lan controlled the remaining Ghost Canines and made them kneel down at his feet.

One after another, he slashed down on the necks of those Ghost Canines with the utmost ease.

In just a brearth's time, the pack of Ghost Canines with strength comparable to a Peak Ninth Stage Body Tempering Cultivator was slaughtered by Ye Lan.

"This... Has the world gone crazy? Or did I lose my mind?"

Watching the scene unfold from the side, the middle-aged man muttered with a face filled with shock.

"Branch Sect Master Qu!"1

After waking up from their moment of stupor, the members of the Celestial Wolf Sect dashed towards the injured middle-aged man and inspected his injuries before supporting him up.

Having just come back to his senses, the middle-aged man waved his hand and smiled, indicating that he was fine.

"Uncle Qu, how are your injuries?"

After dealing with the rest of the Ghost Canines, Ye Lan walked slowly in front of the middle-aged man and handed the Nine Ring Broadsword back to its rightful owner.

"You... Have we met before?"

Upon hearing Ye Lan's words, the middle-aged man's face was filled with surprise.

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