38 Killing Inten (2/2)
Xue Wei did not like the idea of losing control over himself, and he knew that he had to be more careful in the future so that it would not happen again, but he also knew that this was his very first life-and-death struggle. He might have experienced some real difficulties had it not been for this strange baleful killing intent growing within him.
Xue Wei was not the only one who had sat down to cultivate, but where Xue Wei was looking back on the actions he had made, the others were trying to restore their Qi after having been forced to use all the energy that they had to kill the snakes.
Some were trying to heal their wounds, using herbal plants they had brought with them from home or trying to purchase herbs from those who had some by paying them.
Everyone knew that their fate now was in the hands of the captain. If he failed the battle against the Sand Snake, then the Sand Snake would kill everyone present. But if the captain won, then the Sand Snake would die, and they could resume their journey.
It took a full three hours from when the snakes appeared until the giant Sand Snake that had arrived died. The captain had killed it, but he too was looking ruffled, and his clothes were disheveled.
He quickly cracked open the skull of the beast and picked up something that looked like a faceted gem, the beast's core.
”We need to keep moving right away,” the captain yelled out, but his face turned ugly when he saw that at least a hundred to two hundred of the youngsters had died in the attack of the Sand Snakes.
”Do a death count; write the name of those who died and then we move. The likelihood of another Sand Snake coming is very low, but it is still possible.”
The guards got to their feet and gathered all the dead youngsters. They laid them in a line, and the captain found a set of papers and took a count. After this, he humphed a few times before he packed the papers away again, not allowing anyone else to see the papers.
”Okay, we start moving now!” the captain called out, and everyone started to follow him once more, away from the sight of carnage.
Where no one had dared to talk before because of the warnings that the captain had given them, now none of them dared speak because they had realized that this warning was real.
They were bound to run into problems along their travel, which took months, and now they knew that it was indeed a deadly journey they had embarked upon.
While they dared not speak, many were looking at Xue Wei with horror in their eyes, but some also had curiosity while others had veneration.
Strength was what determined one's future accomplishments, and no one could question Xue Wei's strength anymore.
Many of these commoners had heard about Xue Wei's meteoric rise, but they had had a hard time believing it. Now when they saw his raw power on display in a fighting environment, no one questioned his strength any longer.
Xue Wei was completely unaffected by the many gazes he got, and he was not even the slightest bit worried about the other experts. What he worried about was his killing intent. Why did he have such killing intent hidden within himself?
He could not understand it; was it because he had experienced something bloody in his past, or was he merely just inherently a lunatic?
Xue Wei wished that Xiao Lei was by his side so that he could discuss with his uncle about how he felt, but he also knew that this was not an option. He only had himself to rely on.
Not going to give up, Xue Wei spent all the time on the road searching his body, yet no matter how much he searched it, he found no hidden secrets other than the peculiar pearl-like dantian.
The following two days were completely normal. No one dared to speak with Xue Wei, not even Shen Mu or Luo Zhirou spoke with him, but they would often look at him with worried eyes, while Li Jian had started a rumor that had spread fast, saying that Xue Wei was a bloodthirsty killer that would kill all of them if given the chance.
Xue Wei did not care about it, but many of the commoners and noble-born were filled with worry and distrust towards Xue Wei. They feared that he would use the power he had displayed earlier to attack them.
Thinking about this, Xue Wei could not help but snort in contempt. He was only a ninth layered Ordinary Warrior, while there was a Sky Warrior as a captain. Even if he wanted to get rid of the others, he did not have the opportunity to do so.
All in all, the only one that Xue Wei wanted to kill was Li Jian, but he also knew that it was impossible as things were now.
No matter what he did, the Sky Warrior captain would notice it, and that would be the same as signing his death certificate.
Xue Wei was not that stupid. As a result, he kept his murderous thoughts to himself. He knew that he and Li Jian would one day face off against one another, and that when that time came, Xue Wei should be able to kill him as easily as killing chickens. Although he was only a ninth layered Ordinary Warrior, he almost had the same strength as an Earth Warrior. Although any average Earth Warrior could fight Xue Wei to a standstill, no one in the Ordinary Warrior rank was able to beat him.