Chapter 199: Kill (2/2)
He was an extremely cautious person. After exchanging blows with Junior Leopard for so long, he already understood that he had completely underestimated his strength. From the start he let Junior Leopard gain the advantage by killing 2 Level Six experts with one blow. That was his greatest mistake.
If those 2 Level Six experts were still around, he wouldn't fall into such a situation. Now that two people on his side had died and one was scared stiff, the only fighting strength was himself. He had also fallen into a bitter fight. Facing the unfathomable fist intent and the fist methods which Junior Leopard hadn't revealed, if he decided to clash head-on, even if he won he would have to pay a huge price for it. In the end, he was paving the way for someone else. Instead of letting things develop this way, he might as well retreat now and wait for an opportunity. Anyway, he had a celestial device on his hands. With the value of this device, the opponent wouldn't let go of it easily. He would think of ways to get back this celestial device. At that time, the timing and location wouldn't be chosen by Junior Leopard. Just like today, Junior Leopard made use of the terrain to kill the 2 Level Six experts in a flash. Next time, he could use a terrain that was advantageous to himself.
In Yuezhou's Governors Mansion, apart from him who was at Level Seven, there were 6 other Level Six experts. Now that two had died, there were still 4 left. Making use of the terrain, and adding 4 Level Six experts had caused the celestial device to lose half of its strength. Even if Junior Leopard possessed a weird fist intent, he had the confidence to subdue him.
After all, until then he hadn't held any precaution towards the fist intent displayed by Junior Leopard. However, he wouldn't make the same mistake the next time around.
As a Level Seven expert, if he couldn't even accomplish this, then he wasn't worthy of being a Level Seven expert.
Hence, he began to retreat.
Junior Leopard obviously wouldn't let him retreat so easily.
He also understood the old man's selfish calculations. Furthermore, everything was going on well in his plan. How could he let the opponent escape when things were going in his favor?
Even the opponent's retreat was within his calculations.
Under the Black Hole Fist Intent, it wasn't easy to retreat.
It was only the opponent's decisiveness that was out of Junior Leopard's expectations. He actually threw aside his weapon and only focused on retreating.
”You no longer have any path for retreating!” Junior Leopard coldly smiled. His body squirmed forward and shot towards the old man like an arrow leaving a strung bow.
”It is just a Genuine Weapon. Do you really think it could break my Gang Qi!”
When the old man saw Junior Leopard rushing over, his face had a trace of anger. Just now he was caught off guard and he let Junior Leopard pierce through his Gang Qi and injure his shoulder. This led him to believe that Junior Leopard was holding a Secondary Heavenly Weapon. However, after clashing with the Emerald Pearl sword a few more times, he gradually calmed down. This was not a Secondary Heavenly Weapon at all.
The first time he got injured was because he wasn't mentally prepared. Furthermore, Junior Leopard's sword contained an extremely hot and destructive energy. That was why the Gang Qi broke apart.
In the ensuing attacks, the destructive heat disappeared, causing the old man to speculate.
”Perhaps he could only release that kind of terrifying hot attack a few times only?”
This kind of thinking, of course, could be right. Junior Leopard was a Level Six expert. Even if he had extremely surprised him in the course of the battle, a Level Six expert was after all just a Level Six expert. Even if he had a method to break through the Gang Qi, it was impossible for him to use it continuously. If not, the difference between Level Six and Seven wouldn't be so big.
Now Junior Leopard came rushing forward. He then began to be cautious again. Maybe Junior Leopard would use that destructive hot attack again. Subconsciously, he began to circulate his own Gang Qi to fend off Junior Leopard's sword. Now that he was prepared, he vaguely looked forward to seeing whether Junior Leopard's sword would be able to pierce through his Gang Qi or not.
Seeing the approaching Gang Qi become dense with a gray colour, Junior Leopard's eyes flashed a hint of mockery.
His right hand holding onto the sword released it and he actually threw the Emerald Pearl sword away.
The old man's eyes violently shrunk. His pupils shrank to the size of a needle. An endless fear permeated through his whole body.
”Oh shit!”
Junior Leopard's sword left his hand and was rushing towards his Gang Qi. It was deflected off with no doubt by the Gang Qi, not dealing any damage at all to it.
After his short sword left, Junior Leopard flipped his hands. His both palms slammed forward. At the same time, the green light enlarged in front of his chest. However it was covered by his black cloak, thus the old man was unable to see clearly the situation.
Both his palms violently clashed with the Gang Qi. He had nowhere to run to.
”Pu---!” A dull sound was heard. The palms collided with the Gang Qi. Both of their bodies became still. At the same time, Junior Leopard's fist intent disappeared. The bugs on the corpses lost control and started flying everywhere. The whole house was once again enshrouded in a haze.
Within this haze, a green light lit up and then faded. Junior Leopard's palms were forcefully pressed onto the Gang Qi. He felt as if both of his hands had been stabbed by thousands of needles. The corner of his mouth twitched and he yelped. However, he didn't take his hands away.
The vibrating ripples that were dense like jade poured out from his palms. At the same time both of his hands, beginning from the elbows, began to spurt out blood from every pore. A thin cloud of blood was wrapped around both of his hands.
The green ripples led the gray colour Gang Qi, and within just a moment, the gray Gang Qi followed the green ripples and started vibrating. This vibration quickly affected the old man's whole body.
The old man's facial expression stiffened. His eyes flashed a surprised expression. His body violently trembled, and his mouth opened slightly as if he wanted to shout something out. However, he didn't manage it in the end.
Infinite Trembling Contemplation!
The old man's body vibrated with the cyan ripples and was trembling at a high speed as if he was standing on a vibrating wooden board. However, this did not last for too long.
In a breath's moment, the Gang Qi collapsed under the vibration. The old man's body was also smashed into pieces. A dense blood fog splattered in all directions and cleansed the air of the bugs from the corpses. The interior of the room became cleaner. In the crispness, there was a dense bloody scent permeating the air.
Using the Infinite Trembling Contemplation to kill the old man in one strike, Junior Leopard wasn't well either. Both of his hands were trembling. Even though the entire secret skill's circulation was completed in the Dragon Chimera skull External Elixir, it still had to be transmitted through his palms and released. Just the last step alone caused both of his hands to suffer serious injuries.
However, it was worth the price as he had just killed a Level Seven expert.
It was indeed worth it.
”My estimations are not wrong. This Infinite Trembling Contemplation can scatter Gang Qi. It can even make use of the Gang Qi to connect to the opponent's body and kill him as a result!” Junior Leopard looked at the pile of flesh in front of him and he smiled. Using the tip of his foot, he kicked a black box with his real force. Hence, when the box was flying up it shattered to pieces. The 42 Demon Devil Needles that were confiscated by the old man were once again under Junior Leopard's control.
”Don't kill me. I beg you, don't kill me. I will give you whatever you want. I can give you anything!” Junior Leopard's gaze turned to Ruan Xiuwen as he regained control of the needles. Ruan Xiuwen then woke up from the shock and began crying out loud.
The old man's death dealt him an extremely big blow. A Level Seven expert died so easily without an intact corpse in the hands of this strange black-cloaked man.
Yes, his corpse was non-existent!
This made him think of Gao Yulou. At this time, he was able to confirm that this black-cloaked man akin to a devil was the same person Xiao who kidnapped the bride at Qinlingjun City.
That time, he also caused a Level Seven expert to die without remains.
”Stop shouting anymore. If I want to kill you, it is pointless to shout!” Junior Leopard slowly walked to the front of Ruan Xiuwen.
Ruan Xiuwen's face had quite a lot of the old man's blood splattered on it. He didn't wipe it off. In other words, he hadn't realized it at all. He cautiously looked at Junior Leopard who was walking towards him. With every step that Junior Leopard took, he would retreat a step.
He retreated till he was at the door. His leg stepped on empty air and he fell backward and landed with his buttocks on the floor.
”Please, please, no, don't come over. Don't come over!”
Even if he was already planted on the floor, he still used both of his hands to support the back. Both his legs were kicking on the floor for retreating.
”Once you move again, I will kill you!”
Junior Leopard spoke softly as he walked towards him. His speed was neither slow nor fast.
Ruan Xiuwen's movements stopped. He didn't dare to move. He sat on the floor and looked at Junior Leopard with an imploring look on his face.
”Don't be afraid. I don't want to kill you, but you must cooperate with me!”
”Yes yes yes, I will!” Ruan Xiuwen hurriedly nodded.
As Junior Leopard looked at his surroundings, his brows slightly furrowed. At this moment the inn was empty, however, there was still a little presence within the inn's surroundings. Their cultivation was not bad, at least at Level Four or Five. Even though the old man had scared a few people off, there were still those who wanted to fish some benefits and hid around here.
”I have something to ask you, however it is not suitable to ask here!” In between words, Junior Leopard lifted Ruan Xiuwen's collar and then his body up. At the same time, his right hand transmitted a fiery pain, which caused him to breathe in cool air.
”This Infinite Trembling Contemplation really causes great damage to bodies. No wonder it is a secret skill. Its power is great, however, no one is able to fully unleash it!” Junior Leopard said to himself. He raised his hand and lifted Ruan Xiuwen up. He circulated the Floating Geese Body Movement and ran out of the inn.
Those experts waiting outside ready to jump on an opportunity hadn't reacted in time and they just saw a person dragging a half-dead person out. His speed flabbergasted them.
They hid in the dark and didn't give a chase because almost all of them clearly saw what the people looked like.
What they saw was that the person being dragged was Young Master Ruan Xiuwen. This Young Master was being dragged in midair and no one from the inn was giving chase. What did that represent?
It meant that the mysterious person who caused such a ruckus in the inn had already defeated the four men including Elder Yun, the Level Seven expert. He forcefully abducted Ruan Xiuwen, but what happened to the other three? That was what they were most concerned about.
About thirty minutes after Junior Leopard brought Ruan Xiuwen away, numerous figures rushed into the inn. In an instant, shocked cries erupted. Following that, the soldiers from the Garrison Mansion also rushed over. After 1 hour, the entire Goldenrim Commandery entered into an emergency state. As for all of these, it seemed to have no connection to Junior Leopard.
At a place about 300 feet away from Flyingcrane Restaurant, an old man who was opening a small store gazed at Flyingcrane Restaurant with a doubtful expression.
”What is this lad doing? he, however, caused such a ruckus, but I got off easy!”
His fingers lightly tapped on the small store that he was carrying on his shoulder. On his thumb, there was a ring that had a golden chicken engraved on it and was flashing a mesmerizing golden light under the bright sun.