Whoosh!
Ling Xiao flew out of the training room to the courtyard.
After all, he had no opponents to swap pointers with in the training room. Now, he truly wanted to test the might of his sublimity <Bull Demon Technique-Meteorite Baleful Fist>.
Boom!
He casually punched and crushed a decorative stone in the courtyard.
This power was comparable to the all-out attack of the rank four Howling Wolf that he had once encountered in the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range.
“Not bad. My attack is much stronger than an ordinary Rank Four Martial Vein martial artist’s. If I incorporate my martial will, my power will be even stronger. Now, there is a great chance of entering the top three in the finals!”
This punch greatly pleased him.
The attack power of an advanced martial art that had entered sublimity was not inferior to some weaker peak martial arts.
Hong Qi looked at Ling Xiao with a contented smile.
He then suddenly pulled a book from his sleeve. Although a bit tattered, it was still relatively intact.
“It’s time to give this thing to that little fellow. I thought he would never need it in his lifetime, but I never thought that his strength would progress so quickly.”
As he was about to call for Ling Xiao, a loud noise erupted outside.
Ling Fei hastily came in and yelled, “Ling Xiao, something happened! A little beggar came to look for you.”
Hearing “little beggar,” Ling Xiao immediately thought of his former playmate and rushed out.
A little beggar even younger than Ling Xiao sat outside. He was just six or seven years old but unexpectedly covered in blood.
“Big Brother Ling Xiao, Grandpa Hong, quickly go save everyone! Otherwise, they will all die!”
Ling Xiao didn’t ask any more questions. He made Hong Qi care for the little beggar before flying away. He didn’t bother to hide his movement technique.
<Soaring Cloud Steps-Flood Dragon Transformation> was used at full strength.
Ling Fei was dumbstruck at his lightning-fast figure and muttered, “Compared to his movement technique, I am a frog in a well.”
Not long after, Ling Xiao arrived at the beggars’ union’s gathering spot in Heavenly Peak City, a broken-down temple outside the city.
The beggars’ union was a pitiful group that begged for food and supported each other.
When he arrived at the broken-down temple, the ground was covered in blood and corpses.
“Gouzi! Gouzi, wake up!”
“Luobo! Luobo, didn’t you say that you would become my wife when you grew up?”
“Uncle Liuzhi! You can’t die! I said that I would let you live a good life after becoming rich!”
“Uncle Luoguo! Grandpa Xiazi! Shidun! You all, ah——! Who was it? Who did this?”
There were over 20 people here. Other than that little kid who had fled to notify him, no one else had survived. They had all been cruelly murdered.
Why?
Ling Xiao’s eyes burned red. He had never wanted to kill someone like this before!
Eh? That is…
Ling Xiao noticed some footprints and immediately followed them.
On the main road leading to Heavenly Peak City, several people strolled while chatting and laughing.
Blood stained their clothes.
One among them was Li Xingyun, who Ling Xiao had previously met in the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range.
“Senior apprentice brother Xingyun, congratulations on achieving great success in your Gale Sword. Your single sword slash killing over 20 people was truly beautiful!”
“They were just beggars. It’s nothing amazing.”
Li Xingyun smiled somewhat complacently.
“Senior apprentice brother Xingyun, not only has your Gale Sword achieved great success, but you’ve also broken through to Rank Four Martial Vein. If you meet that fellow Ling Xiao again, you can easily take that fellow’s dog life.”
“That’s natural. I will never forget our enmity from the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range!”
Now that his strength had risen, he naturally thought of retaliating.
At that time, he hadn’t dared to personally make a move because he was unsure of victory.
However, now it was different. When Ling Clan hosted its annual competition, their Li Clan also had its ow.
In the Li Clan’s annual competition, not only had he won every match in the elimination rounds and acquired first place, he had also never even used his full power.
Just now, he had gone to the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range to hunt demonic beasts and even killed a rank four demonic beast, which had once given him great troubles, with one sword swing.
Therefore, he was currently bursting with confidence.
On the way back, he had run into a little beggar begging for food who had attracted his killing intent.
In his Gale Sword Technique was a move named——Interlinked Sword.
This move could attack multiple targets.
On a whim, he had killed over 20 beggars with a single sword move.
Naturally, he hadn’t known that there was a little beggar playing in the nearby thick grass.
After killing them, he hadn’t had even the slightest remorse. Instead, he had complacently enjoyed achieving great success in his Gale Sword Technique.
“Did you kill those beggars?”
A figure descended in the middle of the road and released a cold voice that seemed to have come from the depths of hell.
“Ling Xiao?”
Li Xingyun would never forget this face. Since the incident of the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range, he had taped pictures of Ling Xiao in his room to motivate himself.
“Hahaha, yes, I killed them! Did they have any relation with you?”
He smiled, but a hint of killing intent flared in his eyes.
This could be regarded as enemies meeting on a narrow road. Moreover, this was the wilderness; it was a good place to kill people.
Ling Xiao similarly recognized Ling Xingyun.
He suddenly remembered those Black Scarf Thieves he had encountered before. Could this fellow be the one who had spied on him?
Whether that was true or not, since Ling Xingyun had killed his loved ones, he would die today!
“Today, you all will die!”
Receiving a definitive answer, Ling Xiao no longer hesitated.
Li Xingyun had broken through to Rank Four Martial Vein, but what about it? If he went all out, Li Xingyun wouldn’t last three moves.
As for the remaining ones, one move would be enough.
“Hahahaha!”
“Did I hear you correctly? That fellow is going to kill us.”
“That’s a funny joke!”
“A trifling Peak Martial Pupil dares to be so rampant!”
“Senior apprentice brother Xingyun, he’s not even putting you in his eyes.”
The Li Clan’s disciples laughed after a moment of stunned silence. They all regarded Ling Xiao’s words as a joke.
However, their comments ceased.
Ling Xiao moved.
With his movement, a sword light shot out.
Those Li Clan’s disciples taking pleasure in mocking him suddenly felt pain along their necks.
Afterward, panic appeared on their faces.
Then, they all fell to the ground without breathing.
“You! You actually dared to kill them! Do you truly want to instigate a war between the Li Clan and the Ling Clan?” Li Xingyun hadn’t expected Ling Xiao’s sword to be so fast.
He hadn’t had any time to block it; all his fellows had died.
A dozen or so Li Clan disciples with cultivations at Rank Three Martial Vein had died just like that. The strongest one had even reached Peak Rank Three Martial Vein and been about to breakthrough to Rank Four Martial Vein. Unexpectedly, all had died so easily.
“After I kill you, no one will know what happened here today!”
Ling Xiao planned to kill everyone present to prevent any secrets from being disclosed. He wouldn’t let anyone escape alive. Otherwise, he might truly trigger a war between the Li and Ling Clans. At that time, the Ling Clan might not protect him.
