Chapter 49 (1/2)
“Wh… wh… wh… why are you killing my entire family…” Sun Zhu roared in almost insanity. Blood tears were already flowing out of his eyes. He didn’t want the life of unrest, all he asked for was stability. He worked hard to do kind deeds in usual times, but in the end…
“That’s because you don’t know how precious this item is. Don’t mention a hundred nobodies of your Sun family, if there was really a need, even if it landed in the hands of those opinionated big family clans, it’s also worth it to kill thousands of people to get my hands on this item. Because only the dead can keep secrets. This item is too precious, I don’t want to be killed before I can submit it. If you know how precious this thing is, you would know, all of you need to die. Even a newborn cannot be spared, because someone will have the means to get some news. Only dead people tell no tales.” Yan Zhenfei said cockily. However, he swallowed two low-quality pills that he had saved for years and catalyzed them as soon as possible.
He was merely at the third level of the True Qi Realm. He’d killed more than a hundred people at one go and even battled Sun Zhu. If he hadn’t infiltrated secretly at the start and killed off most of the people, he really wouldn’t be able to do so this completely. It was detestable that when he’d just killed the month old baby that he actually didn’t realize there was a little girl in hiding. Otherwise, even if he wasn’t a true killer in the organization designated to completing missions, he wouldn’t have to cause such a huge stir when wiping out a family of merely more than a hundred people in such a remote village. Then he wouldn’t have to fight this Sun Zhu until now.
As such, Yan Zhenfei was also close to running dry right now, but he had to get his hands on this item. He wouldn’t tell anyone. Otherwise, they might kill him directly.
At present, he looked as if he was speaking conceitedly, but actually, he was also recovering. He just needed to recover twenty to thirty percent of his energy to be able to kill this Sun Zhu. Seeing that his guts were about to flow out, and he should be drained of his blood soon, at this rate, the circumstances were in his favor. Yan Zhenfei had a great plan. Dragging things out was to his advantage, and at this point, there was still some time to daybreak. In this remote village, he didn’t need to fear anything, either. After killing this fellow and getting the item, from then on, he…
“You… thud…” As Sun Zhu retreated and backed onto the steps in the courtyard, his footing staggered and he tripped, his body sitting backward. He propped himself up with the broken sword but could no longer stand back up.
“Haha, turns out you’re also dying, then there’s no need to say more…” Yan Zhenfei was immediately put at ease with one look. He was really afraid that this old fellow would retaliate before he died. After all, right now, he was more or less at level one of the True Qi Realm.
“Boom…” Just then, a person suddenly dropped from the sky behind Sun Zhu. As he fell too quickly, he directly broke through the roof behind Sun Zhu and landed below.
What’s happening? Yan Zhenfei stopped abruptly in his steps and lifted his head to look at the dark sky. He could see anything, why did something drop down all of a sudden.
“F*ck, damn it.” At that moment, Ren Jie’s extremely upset curses sounded from the room. Although it wasn’t too piteous, Ren Jie, who barely managed to remain standing after falling through the roof and landing on the table below, cursed angrily.
Ren Jie had heard the entire conversation between Sun Zhu and Yan Zhenfei earlier. Clearly, the smiley old man had discovered the situation here through his divine sense at the last minute. He’d brought Ren Jie here intentionally and even specially told Ren Jie that he wouldn’t interfere. If Ren Jie would, he could act on his own, and if he wouldn’t, he could just watch.
At present, the smiley old man was in the air looking down. He’d seen many incidents crueler than this. Given his current divine sense, if he spread it out completely, he would always be able to find all sorts of tragedies. Today, he wanted to let Ren Jie the rascal truly witness bloodshed and have a look at this world’s true colors. However, the intensity of Ren Jie’s reaction had still exceeded his imagination. In his opinion, the children of big family clans usually ought to be more aloof when faced with such situations. After all, they’d been influenced by their surroundings from a young age. Towards such killing, vying, mutual suspicion and deception, they weren’t too bothered either, but he didn’t expect Ren Jie to explode once he arrived.
“You were the one who said it earlier, wasn’t it? Only dead people tell no tales. Then you can prepare to die.” Ren Jie walked out of the room. He’d used his divine sense in the air earlier. The tragic state of the entire Sun family had been thoroughly imprinted in his mind. Amongst the more than a hundred people in the Sun family, most were powerless elderly and children and ordinary servants. Only slightly more than twenty were guards. The children of their servants and the children of the Sun family were more than a dozen. It could be seen that the Sun family really treated people well, even the children of their servants were allowed to live together. But right now, the adults, children, everyone was dead.
Whether it was in his previous life or this life, Ren Jie had never thought himself to be some hero or good man, and neither had he ever thought about these matters. He’d even felt it was pretty good to be a dandy young master in the Ren family right now, but he was still upright and had his own bottom line.
“Haha, a rascal in the Body Refinement Realm actually has the audacity to say these words…” Although Yan Zhenfei couldn’t get a clear look at Ren Jie, he could tell that he was someone in the Body Refinement Realm and instantly found it utterly laughable.
Towards such a jerk and inhumane fellow, Ren Jie did not want to waste any extra words on him. In the next moment, he used the strength in his legs and charged out.
It was merely bursting out using the energy in his body. Ren Jie was close to the maximum speed of the Body Refinement Realm. Thus, in seconds, he was right in front of Yan Zhenfei.
“Seeking death.” Although the True Qi in his body had been expended, he was a being in the True Qi Realm, after all. When he saw a rascal in the Body Refinement Realm actually conceitedly charge forward head-on, Yan Zhenfei casually lifted his long sword. The True Qi in his body surged and promptly adhered to his long sword, radiating a layer of faint light. Speed and strength were totally unmatchable by the usual Body Refinement Realm, this was a True Qi Realm being. From level three, one would be able to circulate the True Qi to his weapon and increase the attack power of the weapon, and even his speed and strength would surpass that of a Body Refinement Realm by a long stretch.
It was really Qi that far surpassed the Body Refinement Realm in essence. One was like a grain of iron sand, while the other was like fine steel, their strength and power were vastly different.
Ren Jie looked like he was charging fiercely, but when he came to the front of Yan Zhenfei and was about to be struck by his long sword, he suddenly moved aside, his steps changed mysteriously, and his body slanted as it rolled horizontally, alarmingly sticking to the long sword and avoiding it.
However, Ren Jie’s hands had already formed the All-Kill Array and went straight for Yan Zhenfei’s throat. The All-Kill Array was no joke. Although Ren Jie wasn’t yet good enough to be the ultimate-grade in combat, to normal people, he was already there. His subtlety and strength immediately showed right now.
“Oh no!” Yan Zhenfei never would’ve expected that this rascal in the Body Refinement Realm to have advanced combat skills. His own strongest sword technique was merely a middle-grade combat skill. This subtlety was a hundred times better than his own. In a critical moment, he raised his arm to protect his throat.
“Zap… ah…” Ren Jie directly gripped Yan Zhenfei’s arm and ripped it violently, tearing out a piece of flesh from his arm. It was so painful that Yan Zhenfei shrieked and his long sword spiraled, slashing at Ren Jie while he moved back.
Right now, at his best, Yan Zhenfei could use the power of level one to two of the True Qi Realm. Whereas the strength of Ren Jie’s Qi, the power in his body was at the ninth level of the Body Refinement Realm. Although his cultivation was only at the fourth level of the Body Refinement Realm, as he still had the gravity force from the 288 vigor rings from the Jade Emperor Refinement Technique, it was being suppressed. However, the power in his body was still there, the strength of his Qi could also match up to an average person in the eighth level of the Body Refinement Realm.
Most importantly, the All-Kill Array that Ren Jie used was totally ingenious. He didn’t have to fight recklessly and could overwhelm Yan Zhenfei. All-Kill Array, it locked down all eight directions and would definitely kill the opponent. Every strike hit a vital part, every strike aimed to kill.
From every angle, it was so fine that it left one in astonishment and disbelief. Regardless of how Yan Zhenfei changed, Ren Jie’s changes would always be able to threaten him.