Chapter 21: Chapter 21: Misty Iron Palm Skill! Divine Power Level 6
"Not good! This kid is a Divine Power Realm Martial Artist!"
The young man with the folding fan had the highest cultivation among the three, having already reached the Qi Sea Realm Ninth Layer.
The moment he saw Su Bai cut down the burly man in a single strike, the reality of the situation hit him, and his face filled with terror.
A Divine Power Realm Martial Artist was far beyond their ability to fight!
Such Martial Artists possessed not only boundless strength but also astonishingly powerful defenses. They were simply not someone a Qi Sea Realm Martial Artist could ever hope to challenge.
"Yan Ji! We’ll join forces!"
"Kill!"
However, the young man wasn’t a fool. He knew very well that with his speed, it would be difficult to escape Su Bai’s pursuit. It was better to join forces with the woman beside him and fight Su Bai to the death.
Only then might they have a sliver of a chance at survival.
The young man crushed the fan in his hand, then activated some unknown special Cultivation Technique. His entire body began to rapidly expand!
Immediately after, he unfurled his fist into a palm and viciously struck out at Su Bai’s head!
A Fifth Grade Technique! The Misty Iron Palm Skill!!
Faced with such a ferocious palm strike, Su Bai’s expression remained unchanged. He raised his right hand, a golden light spilling from between his knuckles.
He met the man’s palm with his own.
BOOM!
The instant their palms met, the young man’s face went pale, his heart seized with terror.
It felt as if his right palm had just struck an indestructible boulder!
His entire right hand felt like it was about to shatter!
The bones in his hand shattered, a mangled ruin of flesh and blood.
PFFT!
The young man spat out a large mouthful of fresh blood and fell like a bird with a broken wing, landing in a bloody heap, unable to move.
Meanwhile, the woman at his side gritted her teeth, took out a long black whip, and unleashed a demonic Cultivation Technique. Her entire body began to emit a faint aura of Demonic Qi.
Then, seizing the opportunity while Su Bai was engaged with the young man, she lashed out with her long whip and bound Su Bai’s arms!
"Heh heh... you’re caught in my Demon Whip, boy. You’re dead!"
As she spoke, the woman fiercely channeled her power into the Demon Whip!
A deep, dark Demonic Qi immediately erupted from the whip, trying to invade Su Bai’s body!
Her Demon Whip was forged from the remains of a special demonic beast and could generate a wisp of Demonic Qi, possessing the terrifying power to invade one’s Sea of Consciousness and devour their mind!
In the past, any Martial Artist bound by her whip would ultimately have their will devoured by the Demonic Qi, becoming an obedient puppet!
At this moment, her scarlet eyes glinted with a sinister light.
It was as if she could already picture the delightful sight of Su Bai’s consciousness being consumed by the Demonic Qi!
VMM!
Su Bai activated his Golden Body Technique, ignoring the Demonic Qi’s assault. With just a slight exertion of force, he snapped the black whip!
Then, he crushed the remnants of the black whip into fine black powder!
"Th-this is impossible!"
Seeing her Demon Whip crushed to dust, the woman let out a piercing shriek.
Su Bai struck in a flash, his fist hurtling toward Hong Yi’s head!
SPLAT!
Blood sprayed through the air!
Hong Yi was dead!
’Damn it!’
’How could this kid be so powerful!’
The young man, collapsed on the ground, stared in utter shock as Su Bai displayed such incredible power, instantly killing Hong Yi, the most terrifying of the three.
He thought he had already taken Su Bai seriously enough, assuming he was just hiding his true strength.
But he could never have imagined that Su Bai was actually a Divine Power Realm Martial Artist!
In his estimation, Su Bai at most possessed Qi Sea Realm cultivation!
That alone would have been surprising enough.
But a Divine Power Realm cultivation was simply terrifying!
"Su... Su Bai... no... Lord Su Bai!"
Seeing Su Bai approaching him slowly, Treasure Saber in hand, the young man struggled to his feet, trembling uncontrollably.
His heart filled with panic as he looked at the placid Su Bai. He hurriedly fell to his knees and groveled.
"Lord Su Bai, as long as you don’t kill me, I’ll be your slave! You can have all the treasures I’m carrying!"
At this moment, terrified and desperate to live, he kept talking.
"That’s right! And... I can tell you where the Sword King hid his treasure hoard! There are tons of valuables buried there!"
"There are even three Sixth Grade Techniques!"
"And... urgh..."
However, before he could finish speaking, Su Bai had already grabbed his neck. Then, as the man stared back with a look of pure hatred, Su Bai crushed it in an instant!
And with that, all three of them were dead at Su Bai’s hands.
"Foolish."
"Once you’re dead, your things are mine anyway."
Su Bai shook his head and then began to search their bodies.
Unfortunately, he only found some silver notes and Elixirs, and nothing else.
「Afterward.」
Su Bai entered the temple and checked on Li Da’s wife, Xiao Rong, who was unconscious, as well as the little girl lying in her arms.
’Hmm... good, they’re still breathing.’
After confirming that the two were only unconscious, Su Bai breathed a silent sigh of relief.
’I should clean this up.’
Then, Su Bai stood up and looked at the three bodies lying outside the temple, an idea forming in his mind.
Although this place was far from the Imperial City and quite remote, with the falling snow helping to cover the scent of blood, it was still necessary to take precautions.
BOOM!
After a moment’s thought, Su Bai swung his right fist and, after some time, blasted open a deep cave into the mountainside behind the temple.
Then, he threw all three bodies into the cave and blocked the entrance with a large amount of earth and stone.
This way, he wouldn’t have to worry about them being discovered anytime soon.
After briefly cleaning up the bloodstains at the scene, Su Bai brought Li Da’s wife and daughter to a corner of the mountain path.
There, Li Da was lying on a large rock, unconscious.
Earlier, when the two of them were heading up the mountain, Su Bai had sensed several rather powerful auras inside the temple at the summit.
In order not to reveal his own strength and to ensure Li Da’s safety, Su Bai had knocked out the frantic Li Da, who was desperate to save his wife, and placed him on this rock.
"Uncle Da!"
After a while, at Su Bai’s call, Li Da opened his eyes and woke up.
When he saw his wife and daughter beside him, safe and sound, he wept with joy, a smile appearing on his lips.
Seeing the three of them huddled together in an embrace, a relaxed smile spread across Su Bai’s face.
Then, Su Bai decided not to disturb their reunion.
He gave a wave, then got up and left.
Watching Su Bai’s departing figure, Li Da hugged his wife and daughter, his heart filled with immense gratitude.
"Su Bai... thanks..."
His lips moved slightly as he muttered to himself.
He would remember Su Bai’s help for the rest of his life.
...
「Back in his personal palace.」
Su Bai quickly checked the three lottery chances he had just obtained.
When he had killed the three of them earlier, the Purification Tripod had stirred, granting him three lottery chances!
Su Bai chose to use them.
BOOM!
The next moment, a noticeably larger roulette wheel appeared before Su Bai’s eyes.
Because the three people he had killed this time were all in the Qi Sea Realm and relatively strong, the Experience Points rewards on the wheel had also increased somewhat.
A moment later, Su Bai’s three lottery chances were all used up.
’My luck is pretty good! I actually hit the jackpot!’
His luck was good this time; he had won two hundred thousand Experience Points!
The next moment, he allocated all of these Experience Points to his Realm!
RUMBLE!
A surge of pure energy filled Su Bai’s body!
After refining this surge of energy, Su Bai slowly opened his eyes.
His cultivation had successfully broken through to the Divine Power Sixth Layer!
His strength had greatly increased!
