Chapter 42: Defeating Three Enemies, Qi Yang's Gamble

  "Your aura is decent, but unfortunately, your mystical power is too shallow, you're not even worthy of exchanging blows with me." Xǔ Yáng said calmly, his hand slowly extending forward.

  A strong suction burst out, and the cyan wind blades that shot towards him from all directions, like rivers flowing into the sea, were all drawn to Xu Yang's right palm. It was as if there was a small black hole hidden within, and no matter how many wind blades came at him, they couldn't make Xu Yang take even half a step back, his expression changing by a fraction!

  Soon, the momentum of "Broken Blade Thousand Edge" stopped, and the thin and tall mystic "Monkey" saw that Xuyang's expression was calm, maintaining his right palm stretched out posture, but a fearful color appeared on his face.

  "You're really weird, what kind of treasure have you hidden that you can withstand my killing move!" The monkey retreated cautiously while shouting loudly. Any Xuan Shi would not remain calm after their strongest killing move was easily withstood by a junior who had just started learning.

  Xu Yang's mouth curled up with a hint of mockery. People like this, when they gain power, become arrogant and reckless. Once they encounter a powerful opponent, their mental state will instantly collapse.

  The mental state has a great impact on the combat effectiveness of an Xuanzang, such as when he first faced Hong Xi, Xuantu realm's Xu Yang was able to exchange injuries and achieve the feat of killing an enemy across realms; whereas now, the thin monkey Xuan Shi is mentally disordered and can't even bring out half of his strength.

  "Monkey, be careful!" As soon as Old Huo's voice entered his ears, the thin monkey Xuan Shi was shocked to find that the cold-faced young man had stepped forward in a few steps and slapped out with his palm.

  Before his hand even arrived, the evil wind had already forced the thin and tall Mystic Scholar to feel a suffocating sensation in his chest. Following that was a scorching hot wind that smoked his hair, face, and skin, as if they were being burned. The thin Mystic Scholar subconsciously retreated, but it was too late. Xu Yang's right palm, carrying dense Fire Mystical Power, struck the Mystic Scholar's chest with a loud "Boom".

  Gaunt Ape Xuanzi was like being struck by a giant elephant, two hundred kilograms, a full six thousand kilograms of absolute strength, directly crushing his sternum, and his internal organs were also turned into a bloody pulp. Gaunt Ape Xuanzi's eyes, earholes, and nostrils all gushed out dark red blood, and his mouth was spraying fresh blood, with pieces of internal organs, it was clear he was dead.

  "Failed to control his strength..." Xu Yang shook his head, and with one move, it was such a bloody and violent scene.

  Lao Hu and Hu Tou, two Xian Shi, looked at each other in shock! This was not a young Xian Shi who had just entered the realm, but rather a fierce and wild giant beast!

  "He, he is Huo Xuan Shi," stuttered the Xuan Shi nicknamed "Lao Hu", "Huo, Huo Lao Da, let's hurry and run, he, he shouldn't be able to catch up with us!"

  On one side, the "Tiger" Xuan Shi turned around and fled without any image. He was Huo Ji Xuan Shi, thinking that even if he couldn't beat Xu Yang, he wouldn't be unable to escape.

  "Damn the tiger, it actually abandoned me and ran away first!" Old Huo had just reacted from his shock, turned around to follow the tiger's escape, but his footsteps stopped immediately, with a wooden face.

  What was happening in front of him had once again exceeded his understanding!

  That fierce beast-like young man, just as the tiger had turned around and escaped, like a swift hunting leopard, with a whoosh, he leaped over himself and pounced on the "tiger"! His speed was even faster than that of the fastest among the three, the "monkey".

  Another dull thud, Xu Yang's right palm pressed onto the "Tiger"'s back, this time he controlled his strength a bit, and there was no longer a gruesome scene of seven orifices bleeding. However, after being hit by this blow, the "Tiger"'s eyes quickly lost focus, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and it stumbled and fell over.

  "You... are you a human or a ghost?" Old Huo took two steps back, his face filled with terror.

  "I am Xu Yang, the one you want to kill," Xu Yang said indifferently, looking at Old Huo's scarred face. "I'm right here now, come and kill me."

  "No... don't come any closer!" Old Huo retreated a step in terror, shouting loudly, "Xuantu Shield!"

  Lao Hu's body burst forth with a surge of mystical energy, coalescing in front of him into a massive dark yellow shield adorned with flashing runes.

  "Earth Extreme Mystic, how can you defend yourself?"

  One punch blasted out, the Xuan Shi-level physical strength effortlessly pierced Lao Huo's Xuan Gui shield, and the yellowish-brown earth-extreme Xuan power dissipated in all directions.

  Lao He's body leaned forward, falling to the ground. In an instant, his eyes flashed with regret, perhaps if he hadn't participated in this hunt for Xu Yang, he wouldn't have died?

  There is no medicine for regret in this world. Xu Yang's punch has shattered Old Huo's heart, and nobody can save him now.

  Standing before the corpses of the three Xuan Masters, Xu Yang took a deep breath and activated the Daoyin method. In the Star Ocean, the Zhunxuan Tower at the center of the Eight Great Xuan Wheels slightly shook.

  A stream of gray gas was extracted from the bodies of the three Xuan Shi and quickly entered Xu Yang's body. At the same time, the three corpses began to decay rapidly, leaving only three dry skeletons in the end. A gust of cold wind swept by, turning them into a sky full of bone powder.

  Xu Yang felt his vital energy was abundant, and with the help of the three Xuan Shi's life essence, he stabilized the initial realm of Xuan Shi.

  "Zhèn Xuán Tǎ, indeed has the effect of absorbing the life energy of deceased Xuan practitioners to accelerate cultivation." Upon re-verifying this point, Xǔ Yáng's heart was filled with mixed emotions. Being able to quickly advance in cultivation was certainly a good thing, but absorbing the life energy from corpses was already close to demonic practices, and he didn't know what kind of aftereffects it would have, and it also seemed somewhat taboo.

  "You must stick to your heart and not engage in meaningless slaughter. If you sink to the point of killing people for corpse energy, then you will truly fall into devilry," Xuyang's heart slightly chilled. "Moreover, no matter what, I cannot let others discover this point, otherwise I may be seen as an evil demon and be surrounded and killed by all the cultivators on the Tianxuan continent."

  The battle ended, and Fei Qiu quickly jumped onto Xu Yang's shoulder, firmly holding a large piece of golden-colored rabbit meat in its paws, savoring it with relish.

  A warm little ball of meat, its fluffy fur rubbing against his ear, Xu Yang smiled slightly and stroked the fat ball's head, taking big strides towards Linshuang City.

  "These three should indeed be killed, but they were just executioners who carried out orders. Those who gave the orders from behind the scenes are even more deserving of death." Xu Yang thought of Qi Men Dao Chang's actions and his eyes involuntarily turned icy cold.

  North of Lin Yuan City.

  A gigantic arena covering an area of one hundred square meters was already surrounded by residents eager to watch the excitement.

  "This is the biggest stage between our Linwan City's two largest Taoist schools, if you miss this opportunity, it will be gone!"

  "I wonder who will win, is it Qi Men or Huo Yun Dao Chang?"

  "I think it's Qi Men, to know the master of Qi Men, Qi Lian Cheng Shifu, was already a top-notch expert at the peak of Xuan Shi ten years ago. Now, who knows, maybe he has already advanced to Xuan Zong! The master of Huo Yun Men, Yang Mu Yun Shifu, has just entered the late stage of Xuan Shi, definitely not a match for Qi Shifu." An old man holding a teapot, with an excited expression, was gesticulating wildly, as if he himself were on the stage.

  "It's not necessarily, it is said that Huoyun Daochang proposed a bet of three battles and two wins, Qi Liancheng Shifu can win one game, but he may not be able to win the remaining two games." someone retorted.

  At this moment, Qi Liancheng was sitting in the northern position of the arena, looking calm and composed on the surface, but actually, his slightly pale knuckles revealed his inner turmoil.

  After putting forward the challenge, Yang Mu Yun that fatty agreed very readily, however he also put forward, wanting three games to decide victory!

  The Fire Cloud Daochang sent some gifts to the City Master's Mansion, anyway, Lin Chen City Master Li Baiyan agreed and stated: "One party proposes a challenge, accepts one party decides the rules, very fair."

  This suddenly turned a battle that was 90% won into one with variables emerging horizontally.