Chapter 285: Those that Cross my Path (1/2)

Sensing that the group of experts was not being intimidated by their sheer numbers, the Baili experts steeled themselves for battle.

Xue Wei had been waiting for this. His lips curled into a grin, and his eyes shone with light. Bai Tianyi, Hei Gou, and Lin Xiao were also rather eager to battle as none of them had had a real fight since the time they had encountered the bandits before they arrived at the academy. Now they finally had an excuse to start stretching their legs.

The only one who was unsure of what was happening was Luoluo. She was, after all, a child in mentality, and Xue Wei wanted her to grow up as a free spirit. He wanted to protect her naivety, but at the same time, he also knew that it was highly unlikely that she had no blood on her hands, considering her real age was similar to the old monster, Bai Tianyi.

Inner Might: Qi Sword!

Wasting no time, Xue Wei instantly used his skill to create a sword out of Qi, which he then started flourishing in his hand, the grin on his face widening in anticipation.

Hei Gou readied a similar stance, the claws having already been withdrawn from his storage treasure and placed on his hands. Bai Tianyi had started circulating the spiritual energy within his body while Lin Xiao had found his staff, ready to attack the group that was coming towards them.

“What… what are you guys doing?!” the leader of the Baili team asked when he saw that these people had not an ounce of fright, but instead seemed to be preparing—or even seemed eager—to fight!

“What are we doing?” Xue Wei pretended to ponder for a moment, and then he flashed a brilliant, toothy smile and answered, “We are obviously doing you!”

The leader turned pale, but he did not withdraw. He had faith in his team, and worst case scenario—they would be badly bruised. Although he was aware of Xue Wei having already completely annihilated the previous group he came across, he had completely forgotten about this point.

Forbidden Rush!

Arcane Fist!

Windwolf Sword Slash!

Xue Wei did not hesitate at all. After speaking, he rushed forward with the Forbidden Rush movement technique, and at the same time, he launched two attacks simultaneously.

One was the fist attack, Arcane Fist, which created an illusion of thousands of fist imprints in the air, all of which were created with Qi, and all of them raining down on the body of the expert he had targeted.

At the same time, he unleashed a Windwolf Sword Slash with the Qi sword. The slash was fast, precise and sharp. Both the fist attack and the sword attack came raining down on the same person; a person who was rather weak amongst the opponents as he was merely a third layer Earth Warrior—a rank equal to Xue Wei, so there was no way he would be able to protect himself.

First, the fist attack landed, sending him reeling backward, blood flowing from his mouth. Afterward, the sword slash landed on his chest, slicing open his garments and gouging a deep wound in his chest, which immediately started spewing blood.

“Aren’t you being too violent?!” the person in charge of the Baili group yelled, as his eyes widened in surprise and horror upon seeing Xue Wei’s unbridled attack. It was as if they did not care about the consequences at all!

“Use your brain,” Xue Wei snickered as he ran forward and released another Windwolf Sword Slash, beheading the person who he had injured before. “We are already like oil and water with the Baili family. Why allow them even more people to chase us?”

Hearing Xue Wei speak so casually while killing a person sent shivers down the back of everyone present.

Yan Dalu was a calm continent. It was a place where, although ten people vanished a day, there were very rarely any murder, bandits, or blood spilled. Even when there were schemes against the different families, they rarely resorted to killing one another, even when they devolved into fights.

Yet now they had seen someone being killed right in front of them, and so casually as well. It was as if life was completely meaningless in Xue Wei’s eyes. Even as he killed, he did not blink; blood sprayed from the executed man’s severed neck, yet Xue Wei still held a grin on his face.

Not only the Baili family but everyone present suddenly felt a cold shiver run down their spine, and their eyes widened in horror.

The display of callousness was something they had never seen before, and the majority of the students had not even seen someone being killed; only those who had been out on missions like the bandit attack knew what it would be like to kill someone, or see someone being killed in front of them.

These Baili family minions had no idea of what it meant to kill. They had never truly thought about it, but now when they stood in a fight that was either kill or be killed, they suddenly felt their knees grow weak and horror filling their hearts.

“You cannot kill us!” the leader exclaimed, his voice rising a few octaves and breaking as his horror and disbelief got the better of him. He failed to sound very authoritative when his voice remained high as he continued to plead, “We are from the Baili family! Killing us is a crime against humanity; we are the protectors of Yan Dalu!”