112 Breakthrough (1/2)

Hei Gou was exhausted, but he was still energetic enough to make fun of their hopeless situation.

Xue Wei could not help but snicker when Hei Gou gave him the thumbs up, shaking his head in amusement.

He moved towards the figure that had appeared in their vicinity with the Forbidden Rush technique's ghostly movements, and he used the Inner Might technique to create a sword from Qi.

Kill first, ask question later was Xue Wei's current state of mind. Although the humans they encountered on the way might not try to kill them, it was possible they would inform the Primordial Beast Hunters of their location should they encounter each other – and then their chase would be never-ending.

It was better if no one noticed them, and those who did were better off dead.

It was a lie to say that he was not nervous. He was a simple fourth layer Earth Warrior, an expert so weak that he was not able to withstand a single strike from a Heavenly Warrior, and even Sky Warriors would give him no other option than to flee.

Although he might be able to fight those a bit stronger than him, he was not confident in being able to fight Sky Warriors.

He possessed the Forbidden Rush, an amazing movement technique that allowed him to move with unprecedented speed, which was now what he used to launch an attack on the person who was moving towards them.

The sword in his hand was thin and made from Qi. Xue Wei was ready to attack with it, and his eyes turned sharp. His mouth curved up into a slight smile that conveyed his excitement at the prospect of fighting someone.

Although he was worried, he was also excited. He had been hunted for so long now without the ability to fight back, so for him to be able to fight this figure meant that he could vent some of his frustrations.

The distance between them vanished in mere moments before Xue Wei saw the person who was on his way towards them.

He looked to be in his mid-twenties, and it appeared that his cultivation had stagnated at the sixth layer of the Earth Warrior rank.

This individual was clearly someone who had just gotten out of the army the previous summer; his age was just about right.

When one ended their military career, they returned to their homes and had to find a new place in their lives. This particular man had most likely chosen the life of a mercenary and was out hunting for the weaker Fierce Beasts and searching for herbs he could sell for some easy cash.

”Lucky person, to survive the army,” Xue Wei thought to himself, ”but his luck ended the moment he started heading towards us. I wonder if it is his good luck or his bad luck to have lived a little longer!”

Xue Wei's personality was genuinely gentle and friendly, but he felt something arise within him. A primal feeling of wanting to kill and this feeling was incredibly hard to suppress. In fact, it surfaced and completely changed his emotions, making him feel no sadness and no empathy towards anyone else. To him, the only thing that mattered was himself and his close ones.

Xue Wei felt no remorse about the fact that he was about to kill a man who had done him no harm, but when he thought about the fact that this man staying alive might prove to be dangerous to Hei Gou, and also himself, he felt that there was no other option than to kill him.

The strong survived in this world, while the weak would become enslaved or killed.

The person who was on the way towards them was still unaware of the danger that was fast approaching him, and Xue Wei intended for it to continue in this fashion.

Just as Xue Wei was about to descend upon the person, the latter of the two finally noticed that something was wrong.

He lifted his head, and his eyes widened in surprise when he saw that a light beam was heading for his neck.

Xue Wei's Inner Might sword was so fast that only a beam could be seen. When the mercenary lifted his head, a puzzled look on his face, he suddenly felt confused.

His eyes showed bewilderment, his body tensed up, and moments after it no longer mattered. His head had been cleanly severed from his body. Even in death, this young man never realized what had happened to him. In fact, he never even managed to close his eyes, as they kept staring into the distance with a puzzled expression.

Just as the person died, Xue Wei felt that his body shook. The last couple of months, where Xue Wei had been on constant alert, it had been difficult for him to find time to cultivate, which hindered his progress past the fourth layer of the Earth Warrior rank.

On the other hand, the constant vigilance had caused his spiritual energy to undergo an evolution. It had become stronger on a daily basis, making his mind and soul much more powerful than that of a normal Earth Warrior. In fact, his soul was currently as strong as Hei Gou's, a beast with a strength equivalent to a Sky Warrior.

At the same time, his mentality had also undergone a series of changes. He had gone from being a naive young man with a bit of knowledge to now know what the world was like.

He had been forced to look at what his own morals were like, what he believed in, and what goals he had in life, which tempered his martial heart and made him that much more certain in himself and his path in life.