Chapter 259: Chapter 256: Too Monstrous (Part 2)
A grisly spray of blood erupted from his back, leaving a terrifying hole that went straight through his torso, revealing shattered organs within.
"Hngh... You..."
Qin Bashan’s eyes bulged, staring in disbelief at the arm that had pierced his chest. He opened his mouth, but only torrents of black blood mixed with chunks of his organs poured out.
The light in the eyes of the infamous "Ghost Hand Asura" faded rapidly, and his body collapsed like a sack of mud.
The shocking, fatal blow all happened in the span of a single breath.
Meanwhile, Xia Lie and Huang Chong were still plotting how to team up and take down Qin Yu.
When the thunderous explosion of Ming Jin rang out, they instinctively turned their heads to look.
The sight struck them like lightning, leaving them frozen in place, utterly dumbfounded.
’Impossible!’
’The First Chieftain... is dead?’
’The Ghost Hand Asura, undefeated in the Ten Islands Waters, a master at Flesh Refining Realm Perfection... was punched clean through the chest by that young man?’
The next moment, a bone-chilling fear completely overwhelmed them. Xia Lie and Huang Chong reacted almost simultaneously. Like startled rabbits, they pushed off the ground with all their might and fled madly toward the stockade gate.
"And where do you think you’re going!"
Qin Yu had been watching them intently. Seeing them try to escape, she wasn’t about to let them go. Especially not Xia Lie, the man who had murdered three of her junior brothers. ’I will kill him today!’
"Feather Flying Sword!"
With a sharp cry, Qin Yu’s longsword transformed into a streak of light, stabbing viciously toward the fleeing Xia Lie’s back.
Already severely injured, Xia Lie let out a strange yelp when he heard the air being torn apart behind him. He threw himself into a desperate sideways roll, narrowly avoiding the sword.
At that moment, Su Yu, who had just finished his battle, also set his sights on the two fleeing men.
"BANG!"
The ground beneath Su Yu’s feet shattered. His figure blurred into an afterimage, instantly catching up to Huang Chong, who was running ahead.
The next instant, reflected in Huang Chong’s terrified and despairing eyes, an iron fist reeking of blood grew rapidly larger.
"No—"
"SPLAT!"
Su Yu’s punch landed as if smashing a ripe watermelon. Huang Chong’s head exploded on the spot, splattering red and white matter all over the ground.
Meanwhile, Xia Lie, who had just dodged Qin Yu’s sword, was scrambling to his feet to continue his escape.
"WHOOSH!"
A smooth Flying Locust Stone shot through the air like a bullet, landing with a sharp CRACK! precisely on his shinbone.
The ferocious Spiral Force shattered his leg bone instantly. Xia Lie let out a piercing shriek and collapsed to his knees.
"SQUELCH!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Qin Yu closed the distance like a bolt of lightning and viciously lopped off his right arm with a single slash.
Blood gushed out. Xia Lie writhed on the ground in agony, letting out another bloodcurdling scream.
"You murdered three of my junior brothers! That was for them!"
Qin Yu’s eyes burned with hatred as she snarled. Her sword swung again without mercy. With a wet *thwack*, she cleanly severed Xia Lie’s other arm at the shoulder.
Before Xia Lie could even get out a desperate plea for mercy, Qin Yu’s eyes turned cold. With a sharp flick of her wrist, her sword became a streak of frigid light that decisively pierced his throat.
Xia Lie’s screams stopped abruptly. His body convulsed a few times, and then he was still.
And so, on the vast Ghost Mist Island, the three infamous Flesh Refining Realm chieftains of the Black Water River had all been executed.
The remaining ordinary Water Bandits had long since broken and fled during Su Yu’s terrifying massacre, where he seemed like a God of Slaughter descending upon the mortal realm. Now, Su Yu had single-handedly slaughtered almost everyone on Ghost Mist Island.
Gazing at the corpses strewn across the ground, then at the calm, slender figure in the distance, Qin Yu’s heart was filled with profound shock.
’Senior Brother Su... he just can’t be judged by normal standards.’
’He’s a monster!’
’Killing a Flesh Refining Realm Perfection master while only in the middle stage... and slaughtering everyone on Ghost Mist Island all by himself!’
’If news of such a shocking achievement were to get back to Black Stone City, I can’t even imagine how many people it would stun!’
’The White Ape Martial Arts Hall will surely revere him as its leader in the future!’
’His achievements will one day far surpass my father’s!’
Qin Yu thought this with absolute certainty. Her gaze toward Su Yu was now filled not only with awe, but also with a fervent admiration.
Su Yu calmly swept his gaze over the scene, ignoring the carnage on the ground.
He tilted his head up slightly and used his perfected Lingxi Beast Taming Technique to communicate silently with the Cyan-Scaled Sea-Exploring Swallow circling in the sky.
After confirming there were no other survivors or hidden threats on the entire Ghost Mist Island, he gave a slight nod.
’Next up, time to collect the spoils.’
Su Yu walked over to a well in the center of the water stockade, drew a bucket of water, and washed the bloodstains and bits of flesh from his body. Then, with a flicker of his consciousness, he calmly retrieved a clean, white martial robe top from his storage ring and put it on.
Just then, Qin Yu, having composed herself, walked over. A flash of astonishment crossed her beautiful eyes when she saw this.
"Senior Brother Su, is that... a legendary storage artifact?"
Su Yu nodded. He had no intention of hiding it from her, since he would soon be plundering Ghost Mist Island’s treasury and stuffing everything into his storage ring.
With a thought, he pulled a large watermelon out of the storage ring.
CRACK!
Su Yu formed a blade with his fingers and split the watermelon in two, handing one half to Qin Yu. He then squatted down by the well without a care for his image and began devouring the other half.
After the exhilarating, all-out explosion of power and slaughter, he was physically exhausted, his mouth parched. This watermelon was a specialty from the finest restaurant in the city and had been kept fresh in his storage space. It was cool and sweet now, the perfect thing to quench his thirst.
Qin Yu held her half of the watermelon, a peculiar expression on her face as she watched Su Yu squatting on the ground and chomping on the fruit, completely lacking the airs of a master.
’Senior Brother Su is truly unpredictable.’
’He was so domineering in battle, but now, eating a watermelon, he seems just like an ordinary person.’
This stark contrast actually made the Senior Brother Su before her feel more real, and at the same time, even more unfathomable.
"Senior Brother Su," Qin Yu said with a small laugh after taking a bite of the sweet watermelon. "Since you have a storage ring like this, collecting the spoils from Ghost Mist Island will be much easier. We can pack up all the large and valuable treasures and take them with us!"
"Mm," Su Yu said, spitting out a few watermelon seeds. He glanced at her. "You don’t seem very surprised by this storage ring."
Qin Yu nodded and explained, "My father has one, too. I’ve heard him mention them before. These ancient treasures weren’t actually that rare in the distant past. But later, as the path of Martial Arts became popular, everyone focused on cultivating their physical bodies and Qi and Blood, so there was no way to train one’s spiritual consciousness. Without a strong spiritual consciousness to act as a key, these things became useless chunks of metal, and so they gradually fell out of use."
She paused for a moment before adding, "However, even though most Martial Artists can’t use them nowadays, the materials and value of the rings themselves are still astounding. Senior Brother Su, you should try not to reveal this item so easily in front of outsiders in the future. It’s best to avoid attracting trouble."
"Mm, don’t worry. I know what I’m doing." Su Yu smiled faintly, tossed the clean-eaten watermelon rind aside, and stood up.
"Time to loot!"
