Chapter 106: Chapter 106: Cannot Rest in Peace
’What’s going on?’ Wang Xuan’s heart jumped. An Explosive Profound Pill was supposed to last for a full half-hour, but not even enough time for an incense stick to burn had passed, and the power of the pill within him was already growing chaotic.
"It’s working, just like Xuan’er said!"
Ye Batian and Ye Zhanyun exchanged a glance, a look of elation appearing in their eyes. They immediately renewed their attack on Wang Xuan’s Jiuwei and Juque acupoints.
Forced to protect his weak spots, Wang Xuan was put on the defensive, allowing the other two to seize the initiative again.
"Fourth Brother, haven’t you killed that brat yet? Kill him and get out of here! I’ll be right behind you." With his weak points exposed, Wang Xuan dared not linger. He backed away, roaring, and happened to glance in his fourth brother’s direction. He froze.
He saw Ye Xuan, like a leaf in the wind, dancing gracefully. He moved with an ethereal, almost magical footwork that made him seem like a phantom. No matter how furiously Wang Cong attacked, he couldn’t even graze the boy’s robes.
In fact, Wang Cong’s furious, frenzied attacks only made him look clumsy and desperate.
"Fourth Brother, what’s going on? He’s just a mere Warrior, kill him already!" Wang Xuan roared. "You’re a powerful Earth Martial Artist!"
Wang Cong was both shocked and enraged. His opponent wasn’t strong—he was clearly just a Third Layer Warrior, no match for him in speed or power.
And yet, every time he attacked, it was as if Ye Xuan could see the future, dodging before his palm strikes even landed. Such brilliant predictive ability was simply divine. Wang Cong had never seen, let alone heard of, such a thing in the Royal City.
’This kid is just a teenager, a Third Layer Warrior. Where did he learn such an exquisite Body Technique?’
"Hahaha." Ye Batian had also been stunned by Ye Xuan’s Body Technique, but he recovered in an instant. Seizing the moment Wang Xuan was distracted, he suddenly jabbed a finger at his Jiuwei acupoint.
SPURT!
Black blood sprayed from his mouth as Wang Xuan was sent flying backward, a wretched sight. The Profound Qi in his body surged wildly, as if he were about to explode.
He roared in a fury, "Fourth Brother, are you retarded?! Brute force trumps skill! You’re a First Layer Earth Martial Artist! If you can’t hit him, can’t you use a martial skill with a wide area of effect? Idiot!"
Wang Cong had been fighting in a daze. His brother’s words were like a splash of cold water. He crossed his hands before his chest, mobilizing all his Profound Qi. His palms shot up, combining with the black snake martial soul above him, and then he slammed them down.
"Rampaging Black Snake—Landslide!"
In an instant, the black snake martial soul and a terrifying amount of Profound Qi formed a massive black tornado. A violent gale erupted, and the air churned like a tempest, completely engulfing the ten-meter radius around Ye Xuan. There was no escape.
"Xuan’Er!"
Panicked, Ye Batian and Ye Zhanyun shot forward, but how could they possibly make it in time!
But from within the raging tempest of Profound Qi, Ye Xuan suddenly burst out laughing. "Rampaging Black Snake? Landslide? This pathetic level of power dares to call itself a rampage? It’s just a little earthworm wiggling. Profound Finger Break, shatter!"
Through his savage glare, Wang Cong saw Ye Xuan lightly point a finger. The movement wasn’t particularly fast, but it seemed to contain some infinite profundity, landing perfectly on the weakest point of his overwhelming attack.
Wang Cong’s heart jumped, but he still sneered. "Profound Finger Break? Seems quite profound, even finding the weak point of my attack. But you’re just a Third Layer Warrior. So what if you found the weak point? My martial soul and Profound Qi are enough to crush you. This is what you call brute force trumping skill! Die!"
The terrifying black snake martial soul and its Profound Qi crashed down.
Ye Xuan smiled faintly. "Brute force trumping skill is right, but there’s another saying: a thousand-mile dike collapses from a single anthole. Watch carefully how I break your squirming earthworm. Collapse!"
HUMMM!
Ye Xuan’s right finger vibrated. The Devouring Martial Soul inside him began to circulate, and his Profound Qi condensed into a fine needle that shot into the tornado unleashed by Wang Cong.
A cracking sound echoed. To Wang Cong’s horror, fissures suddenly appeared on the surface of the raging tornado. At the same time, his black snake martial soul transmitted an intense feeling of dread, as if it sensed a terrifying presence within Ye Xuan’s body, causing it to shrink back on its own.
BANG!
With that single touch, the fierce winds dispersed. Wang Cong’s eyes bulged in absolute terror. Before his horrified gaze, Ye Xuan’s finger silently tapped the center of his forehead.
SQUELCH!
Blood sprayed from the back of his head. Wang Cong’s eyes bulged wide as his body fell rigidly to the ground. He died with his eyes open.
"A heavily injured First Layer Earth Martial Artist dared to lecture me about brute force trumping skill?!" Ye Xuan scoffed, his disdainful voice echoing softly through the mountain forest.
Everyone present was completely stunned.
Although Ye Batian and Ye Zhanyun had heard about Ye Xuan killing Blood Fang of the Blood Saber Stronghold, seeing it with their own eyes was still a shock on the level of a tidal wave.
On the Celestial Profound Continent, geniuses who could challenge those at higher cultivation levels were not unheard of; there were quite a few, in fact. But for someone like Ye Xuan, a Third Layer Warrior, to kill a First Layer Earth Martial Artist was simply unprecedented.
Even if that Earth Martial Artist was already heavily injured.
It was simply the stuff of legends!
"Fourth Brother... Damn it, I’ll kill you!" Wang Xuan roared in anguish. A savage glint flashed in his eyes and, in a blur, he shot toward Ye Xuan.
BOOM!
The Profound Qi detonated, shattering the very air in a ten-meter radius. Channeling all the Profound Qi in his body, Wang Xuan appeared before Ye Xuan like a Demon God bent on destruction.
With his weakness exposed and Wang Cong dead, he knew that no matter how strong he was, he could not defeat both Ye Batian and Ye Zhanyun. He instantly made a decision: kill Ye Xuan and then flee.
As long as he could kill Ye Xuan, he would be satisfied with the outcome of this trip.
"Not good!"
Ye Batian and Ye Zhanyun had been frozen in shock. By the time they heard Wang Xuan’s roar, he had already made his move.
The black Profound Qi and his martial soul’s power seethed. Before the attack even arrived, the terrifying Sword Qi had already plowed deep furrows in the ground behind Ye Xuan.
"Haha, die!"
Wang Xuan’s face was a savage mask. The thought of Ye Xuan dying by his hand filled his heart with a wave of ecstatic pleasure.
But a cold smirk played on Ye Xuan’s lips as he said calmly, "What an idiot. A moment ago was your best chance to run, but you decided to attack me instead. No wonder you’re still just a Second Layer Earth Martial Artist. All brawn and no brains. You deserve to die here."
"Pfft!"
Ye Batian and Ye Zhanyun were so angry they nearly coughed up blood. The enemy’s attack was moments away, and Xuan’er was still in the mood to make jokes! They were so furious they felt dizzy and almost fainted.
Wang Xuan’s eyes were bloodshot. He gave a savage laugh. "The one who’s going to die here is you."
"Is that so?" A sharp glint suddenly flashed in Ye Xuan’s eyes.
"Go!"
Three beams of azure light shot from his hand, streaking toward Wang Xuan at an astonishing speed.
"So this is the source of your confidence? Sword Roams the Void!"
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
The black short sword in Wang Xuan’s hand vibrated, instantly slicing apart the three beams of light Ye Xuan had launched.
"Now let’s see what other tricks you have! Die!" Wang Xuan’s face was savage, his eyes filled with venom, as his black short sword stabbed down like a bolt of lightning.
Suddenly—
SQUELCH!
He felt a sharp pain in his back. The streams of light he had just split apart had somehow appeared behind him, instantly piercing his protective Profound Qi and sinking deep into his body.
"This... impossible!"
SWISH! SWISH! SWISH!
The three streams of light shot through his body, erupted from his chest, and then pierced straight through his head.
Wang Xuan’s body fell limply to the ground, his eyes wide open, staring fixedly at Ye Xuan.
To the very end, he didn’t understand how he had died.
HUMMM!
Three azure flying knives vibrated as they landed back in Ye Xuan’s hand. They were as clean as new, without a single trace of blood on them.
"Xuan’er, are you alright?" Ye Batian and Ye Zhanyun finally arrived, their faces etched with lingering fear.
"Of course I’m fine. He was only a Second Layer Earth Martial Artist, how could he kill me?!" Ye Xuan said calmly, brimming with confidence.
’Only a Second Layer Earth Martial Artist?’
Ye Batian and Ye Zhanyun exchanged a helpless, wry smile. Just moments ago, this same Second Layer Earth Martial Artist had left them flustered and at their wits’ end.
They never imagined he would die at Ye Xuan’s hands in the blink of an eye. If it hadn’t happened right before them, they would have never believed it possible.
’This grandson of ours is terrifying enough to make one tremble.’
Furthermore, if Ye Xuan hadn’t identified Wang Xuan’s weakness, the outcome of their own fight against him would have been very much in doubt.
Then, the three of them immediately began to collect the loot.
"Hm? What kind of Pill is this?" On Zhou Bing’s body, Ye Batian found a completely blood-red Pill that emanated powerful Profound Qi fluctuations. It seemed even more fearsome than the Explosive Profound Pill that Wang Xuan had taken.
"That’s... a Third Grade Blood Burst Pill!" Ye Xuan identified it at a glance.
Blood Burst Pill?
Ye Batian and Ye Zhanyun exchanged a look, and a sense of lingering fear rose in their hearts. They couldn’t help but look at Ye Xuan in unison.
When they had first found Wang Xuan and his men, their original plan had been to attack together, quickly kill the two First Layer Earth Martial Artists, and then slowly wear down Wang Xuan and Zhou Bing to kill them one by one.
It was Ye Xuan who had changed their strategy, having Ye Batian confront them openly while Ye Zhanyun lay in ambush. This allowed them to first kill one of the Second Layer Earth Martial Artists, which is how Zhou Bing had fallen so quickly.
Looking back now, the two of them couldn’t help but marvel at how perfectly correct Ye Xuan’s decision had been.
As for this Blood Burst Pill, while they had not heard the name, they had heard tales of such a thing.
Its power was far more terrifying than an Explosive Profound Pill. Once consumed, any Earth Martial Artist’s strength would increase by two or three times in a short period, and their Profound Qi would become incomparably violent.
Of course, the side effects were also horrific. The lightest outcome was having one’s meridians completely severed, becoming a cripple. The worst was one’s body exploding, leaving no corpse behind.
If Zhou Bing hadn’t died, he absolutely would have taken the Blood Burst Pill in that moment of life and death. If that had happened, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
The mere thought of it sent a chill down Ye Batian’s spine.
