Chapter 673: Horror; Recklessness
Chapter 673: Horror; Recklessness
Seeing that everyone had gathered, Qiu Yi said, “Tonight is our last chance. It is also Lone Wolf’s last chance. I hope everyone will go all out. Otherwise, we might end up losing our lives.
“I have spoken with Zhuo Ping. No matter who gains the proof of completion, they will not take any of Lone Wolf’s treasures. The treasures will be distributed to everyone else.”
Right after Qiu Yi spoke, the others’ eyes lit up. Someone immediately smiled. “This is good. Even though we will not get contribution points, the treasures on Lone Wolf would be sufficient to make up for our losses.”
“This is a pretty good suggestion. We agree.”
The others agreed. They knew that with Zhuo Ping and Qiu Yi working together, they would no longer have any opportunities to take advantage of the situation. If they got the treasures on Lone Wolf, they would have profited in this endeavor.
Qiu Yi shifted his gaze to the silent Zhong Li and asked, “Brother Zhong Li, what do you think?”
Zhong Li smiled and replied, “I will just do whatever Young Master Qiu says.”
As for Xiao Chen, who had not spoken yet, everyone ignored him. They thought that as an Inferior Grade Martial Monarch, he would not reject this idea.
“Good. In that case, let us make an agreement first. When Lone Wolf appears, all of us will use our best moves immediately without saying anything.”
In high spirits, Qiu Yi continued in a magnificent tone, “Immediately kill Lone Wolf without giving him any chance to catch a breath.”
“Kill Lone Wolf and distribute his treasures!”
The morale of the crowd blazed high after Qiu Yi’s speech. They hated that Lone Wolf did not appear immediately so they could send their attacks at him and kill him.
“Bang! Bang!”
Just when the crowd became very excited, loud sounds came from above as a hole opened in the eaves overhead, and a giant hand descended with lightning speed.
This giant hand immediately grabbed the head of the person who just spoke. Then, this arm quickly swelled up before everyone’s eyes, transforming into a thick beast’s arm.
With a ‘pa’ sound, the beast claw pulled up, bringing that cultivator along and tearing up the roof as it did so.
Everyone saw a masked, black-clad Lone Wolf giving off an overwhelming baleful aura. He had appeared on the roof at some point. His injured arm from yesterday had already recovered back to normal.
“Did you say you want to kill me?”
Lone Wolf laughed loudly and pulled his hands apart. That cultivator screamed in terror before he was torn into two. His internal organs and blood spilled out.
The sudden situation startled them all. They originally thought that Lone Wolf would arrive the same way as in the previous nights, flying over directly from the city gates.
No one had expected Long Wolf to be so daring today, lying in ambush nearby.
The cultivators initially felt like their brains had short-circuited. After seeing a person being torn apart, many horrified cultivators were utterly stunned. Their earlier bravado immediately vanished.
“Xiu!”
While everyone was stunned, Lone Wolf, whose arms had already transformed, moved at lightning speed. His wild attack killed another three or four people on the spot.
“You are seeking death! Surround him!”
Qiu Yi and Zhuo Ping immediately reacted. They shouted ferociously and charged at Lone Wolf.
Who knew, Lone Wolf was not greedy. After killing a few people, he laughed loudly and quickly flew away.
“After him!”
Lone Wolf’s surprise attack completely messed up the agreed-upon plan, but Qiu Yi and Zhuo Ping could not be bothered with that. They immediately set off in pursuit.
When the others woke up from their shock, they cursed and drew their weapons before quickly giving chase.
Xiao Chen and Zhong Li both leaped up at the same time, tracing Lone Wolf.
When facing Lone Wolf, who had both his arms transformed under the full moon, Qiu Yi and Zhuo Ping acted as the main force like before.
The two of them knew that tonight was their last chance, so they did not hold back. Their Quintessence surged as they sent out various sorts of killing moves.
Lone Wolf, who had been able to find time to do other things while fighting Qiu Yi and Zhuo Ping the previous night, had no choice but to passively defend himself.
The remaining cultivators had fierce glints in their eyes. With the mindset that this was the final battle, they all pushed themselves to the limit, continuously sending attacks at Lone Wolf.
Loud explosions resounded continuously in the night sky. As human figures flashed, Lone Wolf gradually accumulated injuries on his body.
Several sect disciples were in even sorrier situations; Lone Wolf directly slashed them in half with one swipe of his claws.
However, no one retreated. Things had already gotten this far. If anyone turned tail, the advantage that Qiu Yi and the others obtained would immediately fall by the wayside.
As Xiao Chen and Zhong Li joined the battle, the situation in the air quickly changed. Lone Wolf gradually lost ground.
Lone Wolf let out a low, ferocious roar, and his body swelled up. His black clothes ripped apart, and he transformed into a Fiend.
After his complete transformation, Lone Wolf’s aura became even more ferocious. With his scarlet eyes, he glared at a cultivator attempting to attack him from behind.
A horrifying baleful aura turned into a sea of blood and corpses, as well as images of hell. All sorts of negative emotions appeared in that cultivator’s head, distracting him.
“Pa!”
Lone Wolf laughed maniacally and sent out a palm strike. A black palm wind looking like the massive hand of a strange beast exploded when it smashed into that cultivator. That badly mangled cultivator died on the spot.
A ruthless look appeared in Qiu Yi’s eyes as he said, “We were just waiting for you to transform completely. Zhuo Ping, stop hiding it!”
Zhuo Ping did not say anything. Her expression turned cold, and her aura became more terrifying.
She sent out nine surging sword Qi linked in a line from her slender sword. Each sword Qi created ripples in the air; it could shatter mountains or break apart rivers.
The nine sword Qi merged into one, looking like a ferocious flood dragon baring claws and fangs, and rushed at Lone Wolf.
Three sharp cries came from Qiu Yi’s body. A flame burned around his body and formed three giant golden flame birds.
A close look would reveal that these three flame birds were extraordinary. Each of the flame birds contained an incredibly sharp sword intent.
This gave the giant birds formed of Quintessence not only strong explosive power but also exceptional penetrative strength.
“Boom!”
Two killing moves equal to an Inferior Grade Heaven Ranked Martial Technique landed continuously on the transformed Lone Wolf with the support of Quintessence.
“Charge!”
The other cultivators storing up power did not wait for the fallout from the explosions to dissipate. They raised their momentum to their peaks and turned into streams of flowing light, attacking with the weapons in their hands.
“Bang! Bang! Bang!”
Intense metallic clangor came from within the shock waves. Each ‘clang’ sounded like thunder booming out. No one in Heavenly Water Pavilion would be able to sleep well on this night.
Xiao Chen carefully observed and discovered that the transformed Lone Wolf was still fighting valiantly despite the bombardment of attacks.
Lone Wolf continued to clash head-on with Qiu Yi and Zhuo Ping, occasionally attacking and mangling up a few of the weaker cultivators that flew over.
Even though Lone Wolf faced two sect disciples of equal cultivation to him plus the harassment of a group of lesser Medial Grade Martial Monarchs, Xiao Chen’s side was still suffering heavy losses. They could not land any decisive blows on Lone Wolf.
Just the thought of this was incredible. Unexpectedly, the combat experience and the baleful aura accumulated by killing people had such strong effects in a real fight.
Xiao Chen paused for a while before charging over again and rejoining the group besieging Lone Wolf.
The battle was unusually arduous. When facing the completely transformed Lone Wolf, no one held back anything. They expended their Quintessence recklessly, locking him firmly in their encirclement.
After such a long assailment, the ferocious Lone Wolf revealed a trace of frustration in his eyes. He made a forceful attack and broke out of the encirclement, quickly fleeing towards the city limits.
“After him. We cannot let him escape again this time. Even if we have to chase him to the ends of the world, we have to kill him!” Qiu Yi shouted coldly and took the lead in charging forward.
The others did not hesitate at all. Given the rare opportunity, they naturally were unwilling to admit defeat.
Xiao Chen sheathed his saber and stood upright. He did not give chase but just watched the group of people pursuing Lone Wolf. He felt that there was no need.
Zhong Li, who had not given chase, either, arrived before Xiao Chen. As he moved closer, he smiled gently. “Brother Xiao, are you not going to follow?”
Xiao Chen shook his head and replied, “There is no need—”
“Pu chi!”
Before Xiao Chen finished speaking, Zhong Li, who had already arrived within two meters of Xiao Chen, immediately stopped smiling.
The killing Qi suppressed in Zhong Li’s eyes burst forth and surged out. He fired a saber light as he drew his saber with lightning speed with his right hand.
With the support of a perfect fifty-percent-comprehended saber intent, the resplendent saber light shone as bright as the sun. The full moon in the sky seemed to pale in comparison.
As Xiao Chen was caught off-guard and Zhong Li was too close, blood spurted out of Xiao Chen’s neck just when he placed his hand on the saber, and his head fell off.
The head that floated in the air had its eyes wide-open, giving off the appearance of an unresigned death. The body that lost its head quickly fell towards the ground.
A red light spread in the eyes of the white-haired Zhong Li. He radiated killing Qi, and the cultured aura that he previously gave off vanished completely.
Zhong Li’s aura now became as berserk and ferocious as a wild beast’s. As his gaze swept around, it woke fear in people’s hearts.
The corners of Zhong Li’s lips curled up into a cold smile as he looked at Xiao Chen’s headless body indifferently.
Zhong Li gave Qiu Yi and the others, who were chasing after Lone Wolf, a profound look and smirked. “The sect disciples are as gullible as ever. After I’ve done what I have to do, I will finish them off.”
Everything had gone according to Zhong Li’s plan. He felt really great as a sinister smile bloomed on his face. Then, he headed for the City Lord’s Residence.
“I have not massacred to my heart’s content for a very long time already. I seemed to have stagnated in the development of my baleful aura.”
Zhong Li stuck out his red tongue and licked his dry lips. He could not help but tremble with excitement, appearing quite malevolent.
However, Zhong Li did not notice that Xiao Chen’s headless corpse had kicked up a vast dust cloud after it landed on the ground. And when the dust had finally settled, only a small and exquisite wooden sculpture lay there quietly.
Unable to contain his excitement, Zhong Li advanced at a rapid pace. In a few breaths, he arrived at the gates of the City Lord’s Residence.
However, Zhong Li noticed something strange. Unexpectedly, no guards stood in front of the City Lord’s Residence. This made the bloodthirsty Zhong Li feel somewhat disappointed.
“There is no need to rush. There will be plenty of opportunities later.” He smiled cruelly and sent out some energy from his right palm, shattering the heavy doors to dust.
When Zhong Li entered taking large strides, the scene that he expected of people running around in panic did not occur.
Surprisingly, despite such a big commotion like the destruction of the main gates, not a single cultivator of the City Lord’s Residence came out to investigate.
Zhong Li felt that something was wrong. He quickly walked forward. As time passed, his expression became increasingly unsightly. There was not a single soul in the vast City Lord’s Residence.