Chapter 412: The Strange Path (2/2)

Crack... Crack... Klink... Crack...

Those were the sound of throats breaking.

It felt like autumn all over again, when the nuts cracked.

The formation of Shi family army was dense to begin with. And Ye Chong was simply talented at crowd control. They were fighting a losing fight anyway since their flasks contained a massive poison which could have hurt their allies if simply thrown.

The slaughterhouse ran smoothly.

The wails continued.

22 seconds lapsed.

Corpses were all over the ground. Dents could be found over the throats. Ye Chong was expressionless as he stood back.

It was a total massacre.

Thought the spectators in fear.

Nobody would have expected this young alchemist being also a martial arts practitioner, a brutal one too. He was indifferent, satanically indifferent that he did not even bother to have another look at the bodies on the ground.

The apprentices would probably be having nightmare tonight. Guan Jin's eyes went wide like saucer, her face was pale as in disbelief she looked at the kind, inquisitive Brother Zhu Ling being at the bloody pool.

God of Slaughter...

Thought Guan Zhengyuan, feeling his heart just skipped a beat. Somehow the title appeared in his mind.

People were expecting a battle in alchemy but this young man simply finished everybody without using a single flask, that was something new in the ridge. No one had done this before. May Night's Ridge was a residence filled with alchemists, there was no practitioner before.

Finishing challengers with brutal force... would this count as victory...? There were debates regarding Guan family's success since the ridge committee never said one would be allowed to take on challenges only with alchemy.

There was one thing that did not require debates however - Guan family was untouchable and should never be touched! Ever since that incident, no one had come to their porch despite all the bloodshed at other families.

Ye Chong had demonstrated the cruelty of war to the people. The brutal gruesome side of the war too. They had never seen a hand-on-hand before and Ye Chong had shown them. People were stunned and became very convinced that Ye Chong would be a true horror because of the fact he knew both alchemist and martial arts.

Shi family had suffered a great loss this time. One-third of the family's force got all wiped out in less than a minute. These master-alchemists-to-be were not even able to last till the end.

The debate went on as people argued, ”What's wrong of using martial arts when taking on challenges anyway?”

Guan family remained low on this, as they had their gates tightly shut and forbade everyone from leaving the house.

The incident had also affected the committee, that Guan family was assigned with the most resources this year. Guan Zhengyuan was very delighted since that only signified the elevated status of his family in the ridge.

5 days later, Guan family had also submitted a report on possible improvements that could be made on bilayered liquid tempering technique. That was an earth-shattering discovery. The ridge was shocked again. The technique was an invention by Guan Ling and was recognized as the top recent invention years ago. Attempts on improving the technique had been ongoing ever since, but nobody had succeeded so far. And they actually submitted a report on it?

People once doubted the standard of that mysterious boy till they saw the report. They were totally convinced. On the cover page the author might be ”Guan Jin”, the daughter of the family, but everybody could feel the contribution of that someone between the lines.

It looked like Guan family was hopeful of resurrection, while the other families were bitter at it.

Why can't it be our family that gets a talent out of nowhere?