NOVPUB"We won... Shi Bupo and that demon monster, both have been slain by Mr. Su!"
Li Song, Li Xue, and others, their hearts raced with excitement. They had thought today would be the day their family was annihilated, yet this mysterious Mr. Su appeared like a divine warrior, vanquishing both Shi Bupo and the Elder Council’s Tan You with an unbeatable stance, killing them on the spot.
"What... What do we do now? The Family Head is dead..."
"Should we... surrender?"
The ones most anxious and unsettled were undoubtedly the forty or fifty martial artists from the Shi Family, who looked at each other, unsure of what to do next.
"Kill them all... Leave none alive!"
Su Changkong’s expression was icy as he flashed into the midst of the group of Shi Family martial artists. With the Giant Ape Illusion’s hands grasping, the martial artists nearby could hardly even move a finger.
"Pff, pff, pff!"
Su Changkong’s five fingers came together like a blade, and with each swipe of his palm blade, the heads of Shi Family martial artists fell to the ground, their blood soaking the earth red.
"Let’s fight him!"
Some spirited Shi Family martial artists, eyes red with rage, activated their bloodline divine skills to fight to the death against Su Changkong. Yet in his eyes, they posed no threat. With each sweep of his palm blade, heads fell, without the slightest mercy.
What Su Changkong paid attention to was merely to use his movements to dodge their bloodline imprints as they died; otherwise, it would be quite troublesome.
The members of the Li Family were shocked by Mr. Su’s massacre, yet they felt no innocence in the slain martial artists of the Shi Family.
They, the Li Family, had not provoked the Shi Family, yet the Shi Family had come with the intent to exterminate their lineage. Had it not been for Su Changkong, those Shi Family martial artists would surely have shown their bloodthirsty faces!
Before long, the ground was littered with corpses. These martial artists from the Shi Family were essentially elites, having reached the Innate Level, and the Shi Family, who occupied Stubborn Stone Mountain, certainly weren’t lacking in Innate Qi, capable of cultivating a sufficient number of Innate Martial Artists!
This undoubtedly benefited Su Changkong, who could refine dozens of strands of Innate Qi with the Turtle Breath Technique!
"Adding the Innate Qi I’d previously accumulated, I have more than seventy strands of Innate Qi now. That should be enough to make some progress in the Turtle Breath Technique, right?"
Su Changkong mused to himself.
No matter how much Innate Qi he had, it was never too much for him. His Turtle-breath Function absorbed Innate Qi swiftly, enhancing it greatly. If he could reach the peak and progress further, it would cause a qualitative change. However, this required hundreds to nearly a thousand strands of Innate Qi, a truly difficult feat to achieve.
The other items of interest were the two demon monster Crystal Cores, one a mid-grade Crystal Core from the robed old man, and the other a high-grade Crystal Core from Tan You!
Especially that high-grade demon monster Crystal Core, it was definitely the highest quality one could obtain in the mundane world. Even within the Life Extinguishing Association, only a Five-Qi Grandmaster could be granted one by the Master of the Association. Once successfully fused, they would become a member of the Elder Council.
"Mr. Su... Thank you for your assistance today. Without you, our Li Family would not have survived this catastrophe."
Li Song came forward, expressing his gratitude.
"It’s nothing... Among them were my own enemies. It just so happened I took care of them along the way."
Su Changkong shook his head, feeling quite pleased. This trip had garnered him a significant bounty. He had successfully broken through to the 11th realm in the Five Animal Frolics and also eliminated a powerful adversary in Tan You!
Glancing at the corpses on the ground, Su Changkong pondered aloud: "Head of Li Family, the Literacy Paradise is no longer safe. If Shi Bupo could enter the Literacy Paradise, then behind the Shi Family there must be unfathomable powerhouses. It would be best for your Li Family to leave."
That eye of Shi Bupo had been but an ordinary stone, possessing such abilities; Su Changkong guessed it might well be a true ’Divine Skill’!
The one who gave Shi Bupo that eye, if not a Martial Saint, was likely a master possessing a ’Divine Seed.’ Currently, for Su Changkong to face such a level of master, the outcome was uncertain, with victory or defeat difficult to predict.
Back in the Chi Dragon Hall, the Divine Seed that erupted on its own nearly cost him a prolonged struggle to escape and survive, while man-made control over a Divine Seed, utilizing its Divine Skills, would have potentially overwhelming power, even if not quite reaching the level of a Martial Saint, yet likely sufficient to sweep through anyone below a Martial Saint.
Without knowing the full extent of such a master’s abilities, it was unwise to face them head-on.
Having reached the 11th level in the Five Animal Frolics, Su Changkong could take down a high-level practitioner like Tan You head-on, but he wasn’t arrogant enough to think he could now act without fear.
Hence, Su Changkong thought it would be wise to return to the Great Flame Empire. Within the Great Flame Empire, he had connections with the Spirit Taoist Sect, Cangyun Sect, and even the Demon Suppressing Department. He would first use their help to procure some Spiritual Medicine to enhance his cultivation to the full 12 Heavenly Pulses.
Together with the Blade Intent that Su Changkong had already mastered, he could easily complete the step of uniting the Five Qi in his Sea of Consciousness, becoming a true Five-Qi Grandmaster, and there was still room for his strength to rise!
"Hmm... our Li Family will leave Book Fragrance Mountain within the next couple of days,"
Li Song nodded solemnly upon hearing this, understanding the reasoning Himself.
The Li Family had long declined, while the Shi Family, with its thousand-year heritage, had as its ancestor the Martial Saint Stone King from a millennium ago.
Now, with Shi Bupo and forty or fifty Shi Family elites dead in Literacy Paradise, the Shi Family would certainly not let this rest. They might even alarm the top-tier powerhouses from the Shi Family’s ancestral grounds. If those individuals were to come knocking, it would signal the day of elimination for the Li Family.
Therefore, it was best to pack up and move the entire clan away from Book Fragrance Mountain, or even the Wuji Empire, and seek refuge afar; better to live displaced than to be annihilated.
