Chapter 175 - Kill Xi Yang! (2/2)

Before Xi Yang could make any other moves, he saw the few caltrops collide with the white light. Clang clang clang! The caltrops broke but the white light continued to shoot toward him.

How could this happen?

Xi Yang saw that the white light was a Flying Dagger!

Quick!

Xi Yang’s body, which was covered with Pure Yang Construct, instantly tore open.

Xi Yang had no means of escape and he cried out when the Flying Dagger pierced a hole through his right shoulder, spitting out a mouthful of blood. Not only did the Flying Dagger leave a bloody hole in his body but it also destroyed all the meridians in his right chest.

What a terrifying Flying Dagger!

Xi Yang stumbled and fell to the ground, looking at Ye Chen fearfully.

“I’m an Elder from the Stalwarts of the Heavenly Stars Sect. If you kill me, you’ll retrieve retribution from my sect!” Xi Yang cried furiously and kept retreating. Ye Chen stood in front of him like a demon and Xi Yang felt the shadow of death hanging over him. ‘No, I don’t want to die!’

“If I’m worried about the Stalwarts of the Heavenly Stars Sect’s retribution, I wouldn’t have come to kill you!” Ye Chen laughed coldly. He did not think that a mid-Earthly Venerable Rank combatant would be so vulnerable. It seemed that Ye Chen had underestimated his Astral Body and the offensive power of his Flying Dagger. Ye Chen could feel the residue trace of Celestial Chi from the Flying Dagger that remained in Xi Yang’s body.

“Don’t kill me. I’ll pay you whatever you want but spare my life!” Xi Yang’s eyes were filled with fear and cried shrilly as he scrambled backward.

“Little Tanuki, let’s go.” Ye Chen glanced at Little Tanuki and said, “Master’s guards are coming.”

Little Tanuki leaped and took Xi Yang’s Heaven-Earth Pouch before jumping back onto Ye Chen’s shoulder. Then, Ye Chen took a few steps and disappeared into the forest.

Seeing Ye Chen leave, Xi Yang collapsed to the ground. He had thought that he was a dead man but he had never thought that Ye Chen would unexpectedly let him go. All the strength in his body seemed to drain.

Xi Yang’s organs and the meridians in his right chest were seriously injured. Even if a large number of psychics were used to heal him, he would not be able to cultivate for half a year. His eyes were full of malice. Xi Yang had escaped with his life today but he would cut Ye Chen into ten thousand pieces to relieve his heart’s hatred.

Just then, a low shout rang in the distance.

“Explode!”

With a “boom”, a rumbling sound suddenly rang from Xi Yang’s body. With eyes full of unwillingness, Xi Yang’s focus gradually faded until he fell to the ground.

Xi Yang, an Earthly Venerable Rank combatant and an Elder of the Stalwarts of the Heavenly Stars Sect, died silently as he lay on the ground with the whistling wind.

After a moment, three figures rushed up and landed in front of the deep pit.

“What happened here?” The three’s expressions changed.

An old man dressed in a purple robe jumped into the pit and saw the pool of blood on the bottom of the pit. He said lowly, “A battle occurred here earlier. Someone was gravely injured.” Then, he looked at the pieces of rubble around them. Many of the deeply buried stones in the soil had been crushed to dust. He could not help but feel horrified. What terrifying power!

“A large pit like this should be caused by a weapon such as a longsword. Only someone with the strength of a Heavenly Venerable One would be able to extend the power of the sword to five to six meters!” another person said in shock.

“Old Five, Old Six, come over here. There’s a corpse!” the third person’s voice called from a distance and the two immediately rushed over.

Soon, they saw Xi Yang’s body lying on the ground.

“Who’s this person? How did he die here?” the Earthly Venerable One called Old Five frowned and asked.

“I remember this person. His name is Xi Yang. He’s a mid-Earthly Venerable Rank Elder from the Stalwarts of the Heavenly Stars Sect!” Old Six’s words made the other two persons’ hearts tremble.

“What’s someone from the Stalwarts of the Heavenly Stars Sect doing here? Who killed him?”

“We came immediately after hearing the sounds of a battle from here but it only took a moment for the culprit to kill this mid-Earthly Venerable Rank combatant. It was the work of a Heavenly Venerable Rank combatant, so either the Sect Leaders of the Three Major Sects or perhaps it was Mingwu?” old Five asked doubtfully.

“Watch out. That combatant might not have left yet.” Old Six crouched down and checked the condition of Xi Yang’s corpse with Celestial Chi and his expression fell. “His insides are completely shattered as if something exploded in his body but his body looks intact on the surface. There’s only a wound here that seemed to be caused by a concealed weapon. The person who killed Xi Yang isn’t someone to be trifled with! It doesn’t seem to be the Sect Leaders of the Three Major Sects nor Mingwu but that person is no inferior in strength to them. Could it be that there’s a fifth Heavenly Venerable Rank combatant in the Xiwu Empire?”

“What does this person want? Xi Yang was killed here. The Stalwarts of the Heavenly Sect wouldn’t let this matter go. This trouble might end up implicating Master Apothecary Xuanyi!” Old Five was silent for a moment.

“It could be because of the medicinal pill that Master Apothecary Xuanyi is refining. They’re like dogs biting other dogs.”

“Let’s return first and report this incident to Master Apothecary Xuanyi!” Old Six blew a large pit on the ground with a palm and buried Xi Yang’s body in it. Then, he dealt with the traces of the battle around them before rushing back.

This mysterious Heavenly Venerable Rank combatant might still be on the island, so they had to be careful. If the seven Earthly Venerable Rank combatants worked together, they might be able to stand a chance but if they were attacked individually, then they would be in trouble.