As Ling Xiao hastily returned to the Ling Clan, someone from the Li Clan had already begun searching for his victims.
Since Li Xingyun and the others should have already returned to the clan, the Li Clan panicked.
Li Xingyun’s father cared a lot about his son, but he actually cared even more about the storage ring. He had temporarily loaned it to his son. If it were lost, he would be in great trouble.
“There are some scraps of flesh here!”
“This is a Li Clan identity plate!”
“These are traces of a fight. Were they attacked by wild beasts?”
“Quickly go search the mountains!”
In this group was a person named Li Xinghui who was Li Xingyun’s elder brother.
Since this matter was related to his younger brother, he naturally greatly cared about this search.
However, following the bloody trail leading to the corpses, they only found wild beasts chewing some bones.
One of them was a demonic beast. Unexpectedly, a peak rank four demonic beast called a Sawtooth Tiger feasted on the Li Clan corpses.
“Roar——!”
The Sawtooth Tiger roared at the crowd, causing many Li Clan disciples with insufficient strength to retreat. Some even fainted at the spot.
This Sawtooth Tiger was much stronger than the rank four demonic beast Li Xingyun and the others had previously encountered.
“Die!”
Li Xinghui’s mood was terrible!
His younger brother!
His genius younger brother had actually been eaten by a dumb demonic beast!
His sword flashed.
He also employed Gale Sword Technique, but its power was several times stronger than Li Xingyun’s. That Sawtooth Tiger didn’t even have time to wail before losing its head.
“Young Master Xingyun is awesome! Among the younger generation of the Li Clan, only he has reached the Rank Five Martial Vein realm.”
“Yes, Young Master Xinyun was pretty good, but who would have thought that he would have such a tragic death?”
“Stop talking nonsense and continue searching! Cut these fellows and see whether there’s a storage ring!”
“Yes!”
Under his command, everyone launched attacks at those wild beasts.
Without that peak rank four demonic beast, how could these wild beasts oppose the martial artists? They were instantly killed and cut open one by one.
“This doesn’t have anything!”
“This also has nothing!”
“Empty!”
Including that Sawtooth Tiger, all the beasts’ bodies were thoroughly searched, but they didn’t find a storage ring or even silver.
“Could it be that my younger brother was not killed by these demonic beasts but rather a person?”
Li Xinghui’s eyes shone with a cold light, “When I discover who you are, I won’t even leave your corpse intact!”
……
Meanwhile, somewhere in the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range.
A robust man wearing a black scarf stared at a dozen or so disciples of the Ling Clan like a wild beast.
All of them were disciples of the Genius Hall who had reached Peak Rank Three Martial Vein and condensed some gang qi. However, they differed in how much gang qi they had.
However, in front of this robust man with a black scarf, they were powerless like chicks facing an eagle.
“Damn it! I never thought we would encounter a Peak Rank Five Martial Vein Black Scarf Thief. We are so dead!”
“Yes, the other party is just toying with us. We can’t defeat him or escape. I’m afraid to say that we are already dead, fellow apprentice brothers!”
These Ling Clan’s geniuses’ eyes were bright red.
Some were full of grief and indignation, and others despaired.
At this moment, they finally understood a fundamental truth.
What geniuses? If they couldn’t grow and flourish, everything was useless.
“Hahaha, I, this old ghost, never expected that my luck today would be so good. I actually ran into so many disciples of the Ling Clan. If you all are killed, that old bastard, Ling Xiaotian, will be very distressed.”
The robust man roared with laughter. He didn’t place these people in his eyes.
“I’m afraid that the one who will die today is you!”
A lofty voice resounded, and a figure shot out from the forest.
“Senior apprentice brother Ling Yun!”
The disciples of the Genius Hall naturally recognized Ling Yun, who was ranked second.
Currently, he wore a black robe. With dashing eyebrows, star eyes, and a sword on his back, he possessed an aura of austere wind.
Many people knew that he practiced the killing sword. Therefore, if he released his murderous intent, that would truly be very frightening.
“Senior apprentice brother, don’t worry about us! Quickly escape! This fellow is a Peak Rank Five Martial Vein martial artist. You are not his opponent!”
The disciples of the Genius Hall all knew that Ling Yun’s cultivation was only Peak Rank Four Martial Vein. If his opponent were a weak Rank Five Martial Vein martial artist, he might be able to fight.
However, the gap between a Peak Rank Four and a Peak Rank Five Martial Vein was too big.
Even for Ling Yun, it would be courting death.
“You all, leave!”
Ling Yun indifferently said as his momentum suddenly increased.
“What? Rank Five Martial Vein! When did Senior Apprentice Brother Ling Yun breakthough?”
“My God! The first seat might truly change owners this time.”
“That might not be the case. Senior Apprentice Brother Feifan might also have broken through to Rank Five Martial Vein!”
“No matter what, this year’s finals will be interesting to watch! Also, we’re saved!”
Ling Yun’s sudden strength gave the Ling disciples great confidence. It reached the extent that they relaxedly commented on the finals!
“Rank Five Martial Vein? Not bad. Not bad.”
That black scarf robust man was stunned before laughing. “Well, you are still not my opponent!”
Not to mention that his being a Peak Rank Five Martial Vein martial artist, even if he were just a lower Rank Five Martial Vein martial artist, he wouldn’t fear Ling Yun.
Since he cultivated a body refining technique and a defensive martial art, his defense was astonishing. At his current realm, even if he fought a Rank Six Martial Vein martial artist, he wouldn’t suffer a loss.
“Speak less nonsense. Die!”
Ling Yun didn’t speak any nonsense; he directly pulled out his sword. His sword was lightning fast, appearing in front of that black scarved man in an instant.
A sword stabbed the bandit.
“Clang!”
It sounded like metal had collided. Sparks flickered on his robust body, but the sword failed to leave even a scratch.
“Hahaha, child, as I said, you are not my opponent!”
The man roared in laughter before striking out with his palm at Ling Yun’s head.
Iron Eagle Claw!
His hand was like a claw forged from steel. Coupled with gang qi, it gleamed with a pallid light. This terrifying claw attack truly resembled a bird of prey hunting for food.
Naturally, this was an advanced martial art that when coordinated with his advanced body refining technique had its might grow to terrifying proportions.
“Die!”
Ling Yun just smirked at this attack.
Suddenly, a terrifying will that seemed to have substance emerged from his body and condensed around his black sword.
This aura was honestly too terrifying, making people as if they had entered hell.
That was the aura of death!
Or the aura of doom!
That black scarved man froze!
“Sword Intent!”
Sword intent could not only enhance the attack, but also, even more terrifyingly, it could affect an opponent’s mental state.
Obviously, this sword intent had stunned the robust man.
Then, a sword quietly pierced his throat and cut off his neck like the doings of a ghost.
“Ling Yun’s Massacre Sword Technique is truly terrifying. Every time it appears, people tremble with fear!”
“Why are you afraid? The one who should be afraid is Ling Xiao. He’s done for in the finals!”
“Yea, Ling Xiao seriously injured Ling Feng, and Ling Yun is Ling Feng’s younger brother. Ling Yun will certainly take vengeance!”
“Ling Xiao?”
Ling Yun shook the blood off his sword and sneered, “He is unqualified to make me use sword intent.”
“Yes, Senior Apprentice Brother Ling Yun has already broken through to Rank Five Martial Vein! Now, he’s certainly not any inferior to Senior Apprentice Brother Feifan!”
“Coordinating with sword intent, even if Senior Apprentice Brother Feifan has already broken through to Rank Five Martial Vein, Senior Apprentice Brother Ling Yun might still not find him a worthy opponent!”
“There are only six days left before the finals. I’m truly looking forward to them.”
“Let’s go back. This mission was honestly too dangerous.”
The disciples followed Ling Yun back to the Ling Clan.
