Chapter 36 - A Cruel World (1/2)

There was a flash of ruthlessness in the middle-aged man’s eyes. The lean man was stunned, and before he even responded, the middle-aged man gave him a strong slap on the back.

Bang!

The lean man never expected that the middle-aged man would suddenly take action against him. He was sent flying several meters away.

“No… Ma Quan, you mean little man!”

The lean man fell on the ground, spat out a mouthful of blood, and shouted furiously at the middle-aged man.

Hiss…!

The smell of blood attracted the Jiao Python, and soon, the giant green-colored Jiao Python was dashing towards the man, biting down on him.

“Ah…!”

Chakk!

The Jiao Python bit down hard on the man’s neck, instantly beheading him. Blood spurted up several meters from the headless corpse.

This scene was bloody and terrifying. Right after that, the Jiao Python swallowed the man whole. In the meantime, the middle-aged man managed to escape another twenty to thirty meters away, clearly portraying the spirit of “I would rather ditch my friend than die myself.”

This is the ugliness of human nature. In the face of death, one could do anything in order to survive.

“That bastard! How could he be so cruel?”

This scene sparked a fire of anger in Mu Kuang’s heart, whereas Mu Feng had a calm expression on his face, as he was somebody who had experienced matters of life and death on the battlefield.

The selfishness of an ordinary cultivator could kill a person and a zealous man who held power could kill tens of thousands of people because of a conspicuous desire. He knew about this since the beginning, and that was why he was so persistent in becoming one of the powerful ones. He didn’t want his own fate to be that of a chess piece in the control of others.

After running for quite a distance, the middle-aged man tiptoed, jumped up seven or eight meters high, and grabbed hold of a tree that was on the cliff.

The cliff that he was climbing was none other than the cliff in front of Mu Feng and Mu Kuang, which was a few hundred meters away from them.

The middle-aged man grabbed hold of the tree branches and climbed up to the tree. With the help of a tree branch, he jumped up another several meter high and grabbed hold of a bulging rock. With a few more leaps, he could climb out of the canyon.

However, at the same time, the Jiao Python was right under him. It looked at the middle-aged man who was about to jump out of the canyon and hissed angrily.

There was a flash of green light from its mouth, and two blasts of two meter long green light blades fired from its mouth, aiming at the middle-aged man who was about to escape from the canyon.

The expression of the middle-aged man changed as he used his sword to block the attack. He wasn’t able to dodge the attack as he was in mid-air.

Dang!

One of the strikes was blocked by his sword, creating a clashing sound of metals.

Fortunately, his sword was a lower class Yuan Item. It took him years to save up the money for it. If it was just an ordinary sword made of iron and steel, he wouldn’t be able to block the attack.

A good weapon is able to save one’s life during a critical moment.

The explosive force of that strike sent the middle-aged man flying all way up to the top of the canyon. He was overwhelmed with joy as he was able to make use of the attack to escape instead.

However, it was still too early to be happy as there was still another strike.

Chakk!

“Ah…!”

The green colored light blade hit the middle-aged man’s left shoulder. His left arm was directly chopped off and fell off the cliff.

However, he landed on the top of the cliff that was about 60 or 70 meters high, so it could be said that he managed to escape death’s door.

The Jiao Python hissed continuously, as though it was unwilling to let the man escape. Its body was too large to slither up the steep cliff, so all it could do was to stare at the thief that stole its eggs.