Cultivation: I Have a Skill Level Panel

WHOOSH!

Several figures tore through the air, revealing three Tribulation Cultivators who appeared before Li Xingyue.

"Hm?!"

The burly man in the lead stared at Ji Ying's body, which had been sliced in two by sharp Sword Qi. His eyes widened in disbelief and terror as he gazed at the corpse lying in a pool of blood.

The scar-faced, burly man was also slightly surprised. 'This guy actually managed to kill Ji Ying.'

However, he suppressed the emotion in an instant.

Then, he looked at the young man before him. 'He's young, but judging by his aura, he's probably not someone to be trifled with.'

After a moment of consideration, the burly man cupped his fists and said, "Thank you, Your Excellency. The three of us have been hunting this wretch for a long time. We're grateful to you for putting her down!"

As he spoke, the scar-faced, burly man moved toward the woman's corpse, preparing to take her Storage Ring.

"Hold on!"

"She's mine!!"

"You lot, get lost!!!"

Li Xingyue flicked his sword twice toward the burly man, then pointed at the woman's body.

'How could I not know what this oaf is planning?' Li Xingyue thought. 'Trying to snatch my spoils? Has he asked my sword for permission?!'

Hearing this, the scar-faced, burly man's expression darkened instantly.

He then spoke slowly, "Your Excellency, what is the meaning of this!"

"Big Brother! Why waste words on him? He's just some kid. How strong can he be? Does he think he can ascend to the heavens or something? He probably only managed to kill that bitch because she was already heavily injured. It was just a lucky break!" the vulture-like, middle-aged Cultivator interjected.

"Shut up!!"

The scar-faced, burly man roared at the vulture-like Cultivator, then looked back at Li Xingyue with a wary gaze.

'To kill that bitch in an instant... this guy's no weakling!'

"What is the meaning of this?"

"Do you fucking need me to spell it out for you?!" Li Xingyue shot back.

"Very good!"

"We're leaving!"

The scar-faced, burly man snorted coldly and gestured for his two companions to leave with him.

But just as they were passing Li Xingyue,

suddenly,

the scar-faced, burly man's True Yuan erupted, and he roared, "Brothers, attack!!"

"Heheheh, kid, die for me!!"

In the scar-faced, burly man's eyes, although this kid was strong enough to make him a little wary, they had three people. 'Three against one—the advantage is ours!'

'No matter how strong this kid is, he'll have to fall here!'

'Hmph!'

'Anyone who dares to snatch things from me will have to kneel, even King Yama himself!!'

The burly man clenched his fist, concentrating his True Yuan. He punched out, tearing through the air and ripping space itself. The tyrannical force, like a Mountain-Suppressing titan, shot straight toward Li Xingyue!

Hearing the burly man's order, the Tall and Thin Cultivator and the fat Cultivator on the side attacked instantly as well.

The Tall and Thin Cultivator's dark claws ripped through the void, whistling through the air like steel eagle talons as they shot murderously toward Li Xingyue!

The fat Cultivator struck out with his palm, sending a Palm Seal dozens of zhang wide to crush his target!

Seeing this, Li Xingyue wasn't the least bit afraid. Instead, he sneered, "You three pieces of trash. Isn't it good to be alive? Why are you so eager to die!!"

A glint of sword light flashed in his eyes. The incomparably sharp radiance seemed to tear across the sky, exuding a breathtaking might!

The next moment, his Cultivation at the True Martial Realm Third Layer erupted. The surrounding space rippled like the surface of water.

At the same time, a Heaven-Reaching Sword Qi surged from within him. He immediately swung his Longsword, unleashing several slashes around him.

Several beams of Sword Qi soared into the air, tearing through the sky like meteors. Wreathed in tyrannical Sword Qi, they seemed capable of annihilating space itself as they instantly collided with the three incoming attacks!

BANG!

The instant they touched the three attacks, the Sword Qi crushed them with irresistible force, then continued unabated toward the three men!

The three men's faces paled in shock.

"This... How is this possible?!"

"This kid is actually so strong!!"

But as the sword light slashed toward them, their pupils shrank to the size of pinpricks.

Their hearts seemed to plummet into a bottomless abyss, swallowed by endless terror!

"Don't... Don't!"

"Brother, I was wrong!"

"Next time..."

The three cried out in horror and panic, but before their words could even fade,

the razor-sharp Sword Qi cut all three of them down. The beams of energy continued on, carving several gashes dozens of zhang deep into the earth nearby.

The residual Sword Momentum clung to the gashes, instantly pulverizing the surrounding soil and rock!

Li Xingyue gazed coldly at the corpses.

"Death was too kind."

After spitting out these four words, he flicked his Longsword, easily slinging off the bloodstains. Then, he slowly took out a white silk cloth and meticulously wiped the already clean blade.

A cool evening breeze drifted by.

A night wind rustled the surrounding trees, making them sough.

Several corpses lay on the ground, blood flowing freely.

Nearby stood a dilapidated Mountain God Temple.

The ruined Mountain God Temple was rather strange. In the dark of night, it exuded a sinister aura that inspired a deep-seated fear!

WHOOSH!

With a wave of his hand, Li Xingyue used a trace of True Yuan to collect all the Storage Rings from the surrounding corpses.

Then, his figure flickered and vanished.

Suspended in the void, Li Xingyue stood atop a phantom Longsword condensed from True Yuan. He then shot off at extreme speed toward the Great Yan Dynasty, which was not far from his current location!

Viewed from a distance in the vast night, his figure looked like a streaking sword of light, a meteor piercing the darkness as it fled across the sky!

「Meanwhile」

down below, the blood from the several corpses continued to flow, seeping into the soil.

Inside the dilapidated Mountain God Temple nearby, a broken Maitreya Buddha Statue was enshrined.

The motionless Buddha statue stood silently, its hands pressed together in prayer.

Suddenly,

a crimson light flashed in the statue's eyes, as if it were peering through space to the outside world.

The smile on its face was not quite a smile. In the dark of night, it looked utterly sinister, enough to fill one with dread.

At the same time,

outside the old Mountain God Temple,

the bleeding from the dead bodies suddenly stopped. A crimson gleam flashed through each of the corpses' pupils.

Then, the bodies that should have been dead stood up once more!!

The figures looked at one another, the corners of their mouths curling upward. The crimson light in their eyes flickered, making them look incredibly sinister and terrifying in the vast darkness!

...

Gu Yun sped through the void above the Wanyou Mountain Range.

He moved with incredible speed, crossing dozens of kilometers in an instant, fast as a fleeting bolt of lightning!

「A short while later」

Gu Yun finally arrived in the depths of the Wanyou Mountain Range. According to the information he'd received, the Dark Blood Tiger should be in a deep mountain gorge.

"Hm?!"

A trace of surprise flashed through Gu Yun's deep, dark pupils.

Down below, within the endless Wanyou Mountain Range's deep sea of trees, a colossal shadow hundreds of zhang tall suddenly appeared, tearing through the sky as it lunged to devour him!!