78 Fighting Ends (2/2)
Xue Wei had been fully focused on attacking, so although his body was sturdier than any other first layer Earth Warrior, it was not enough to bridge the gap between the first and third layer.
Xue Wei had used almost all of his Qi in the wanton attacks he had rained down on the criminal in an attempt to break through his defenses and wound him for good.
It was in a desperate moment he had disregarded all his defenses to ensure that his final attack would land, and when it did, he too had taken serious damage.
Now, his final Qi was made into a sharp sword once more, and Xue Wei went towards the criminal slowly.
The criminal was not unconscious, but he was riddled with wounds, one more serious than the other, and it was impossible for him to move.
Xue Wei dug the sword into the criminal's hand and twisted it. ”So you are going to teach me instead of my parents?” Xue Wei sneered.
He lifted his sword, watching the blood well up from within the wound, and then chopped down, cleanly chopping off the criminal's legs with a cold expression on his face.
After that, he severed the criminal's arms and looked on as the criminal slowly bled to death.
While watching the criminal bleed out, he said nothing. He just stood there, observing him.
The wind picked up and Xue Wei looked into the sky, after which he sighed. He shook his head. Instead of sitting down and waiting for another battle to begin, he left the formation and the arena, walking back to his tent where he sat down and started thinking back on the fights he had had.
At first he had released his killing intent and allowed for the wildness within him to shine through because he thought it would make his fighting skills better than they were when he was cool-headed, but he realized now that it was not the case.
”I am way more emotional when the killing intent has free reign,” he mumbled to himself. ”It affects my fighting style, and although it allows me to explode forth with more power than usual, I completely forget about regulating my energy consumption, which makes me last for a shorter time.”
”If I were to fight a battle with a cool head, I am able to properly make use of my Qi, but I am also unable to display the same ferocity and the same amount of strength.”
”I guess each battle is different, and depending on the battle I am fighting, I will have to determine if it is feasible to release the killing intent.”
”Although I could overwhelm the third layer criminal with my killing intent and make me gain the upper hand, I fear that if I had faced him without it, I would have long since been defeated.”
”The third layer expert is my limit. I will be able to fight someone at the third layer, but if they are a genius at the third layer, then all I can do is rely on my overwhelming strength and Forbidden Rush Movement technique to flee.”
Xue Wei nodded his head and started cultivating. He had reached a deeper understanding of the different skills he commanded, and of himself, and now was the best time to gain enlightenment.
While Xue Wei was busy cultivating, the rest of the camp was filled with a bustling atmosphere, and everyone was talking about what they had seen in the battle.
”He is the Crimson Devil! No two ways about it, that man is too inhuman to be one of us!”
”Did you see his red clothes? He must wear red so that the blood of his enemies does not show when it splashes back on him.”
”Did you see how he tortured the final person? I cannot believe that he is only as old as we are. I have never even killed someone before, but this lunatic already murdered a whole group of people, and they were even stronger than him!”
”Did you see his fights? They left my heart growing cold and my body shivering.”
”Although he is a bloodthirsty killer, I cannot help but wonder if he will be a good comrade or not. I mean look at him going on a killing spree in the middle of a beast horde. He will make it safer for the rest of us, but what if he gets so blinded by his killing intent that he cannot distinguish foe from friend? I really don't know if it is good or not for him to join us.”
The entire camp was bustling with conversations like these discussing the battles.
Those who had seen the battles retold what had happened to those who had not seen them, and many of the stories became more and more ferocious and out of hand the more they were spread.
Xue Wei was referred to as a real devil lord, and no one referred to him by name any longer – everyone now called him the Crimson Devil.
Those who had enmity with Xue Wei cleverly managed to hide this enmity, and those who wanted to reel him in for the sake of establishing a better connection between their families and Xiao Lei's all tried to get closer to him.
The days went by slowly. Some people sent messages home to inform them about the battle between Xue Wei and the captive beasts and humans, and the Crown Prince also gained knowledge about the fights.
His lips rose into a grin, and he nodded his head when he got the message.
”It seems that trying to reel him in was a good decision. Showing friendship to him will become one of the better things I have done,” he nodded his head, very pleased with himself.