Chapter 58: First Battle in the Chaos Zone
Chapter 58: First Battle in the Chaos Zone
Originally, starting a slaughter in the Chaos Zone was meant to intimidate.
But after seeing the people who had once surrounded and killed his adoptive father, the killing intent deep within Ling Yi finally erupted uncontrollably.
This aura, completely different from before, could be felt not only by Qian Luoying but even by the two poor kids, Jiang Yuntong and Mo Yunwu.
“Master, is Uncle okay?” Mo Yunwu asked with a pale face.
Jiang Yuntong, however, opened the car door, grabbed his sword, and jumped out of the vehicle.
Even though his stomach was still churning, at this moment, he wanted to be with his uncle.
Qian Luoying had no time to answer Mo Yunwu. She opened the car door, and with a flash of her figure, she appeared directly behind Ling Yi.
And by now, in that brief time, the two martial arts experts of the Golden Body Realm had also fixed their eyes on Ling Yi!
“You little brat have quite a long life, still daring to act tough? I’ll finish you off!”
One expert at the fifth level of Golden Body unleashed an invisible protective energy from his body and charged straight at Ling Yi.
The other expert, at the fourth level of Golden Body, moved like a ghost. With a flash of his figure, he attacked Ling Yi from another direction!
Bullying the weak with strength?
Using a cannon to kill a mosquito?
That didn’t exist here.
This was called a lion using its full force even when hunting a rabbit!
Boom!
A blue light erupted from Qian Luoying’s body.
It formed a sword energy that instantly pierced through the center of the fourth-level Golden Body expert’s forehead.
The protective energy of the Golden Body was as fragile as paper before a Dao Enlightenment Divine Ability. This Golden Body Master stared with wide eyes, unable to believe what had happened, then fell to the ground, dying a miserable death on the spot!
Ling Yi’s earlier massacre on the long street, in the eyes of some, was not considered intimidation.
Anyone with a slightly higher realm wouldn’t pay much attention to Ling Yi’s seemingly crazy slaughter.
Would anyone feel terrified because a child stepped on a bunch of ants?
No.
But they would be scared by an adult who could kill a cow with a single slap!
Because they weren’t as sturdy as a cow!
Boom!
A massive wave of energy instantly exploded between Ling Yi and that fifth-level Golden Body expert.
Even if Qian Luoying wanted to intervene, time-wise it was already too late.
Because from the moment Ling Yi got out of the car, he hadn’t paused for even a second.
A mouthful of blood sprayed from Ling Yi’s mouth, but the blade in his palm simultaneously shattered the opponent’s protective energy and slashed across his neck.
His throat was severed on the spot!
Blood sprayed out like a fountain, chillingly beautiful.
Until death, the opponent couldn’t believe that he had been killed in one move by a young man a whole major realm lower than him.
“Ah!”
With a furious roar, Jiang Yuntong drew his sword and charged at the others!
Qian Luoying, who had just casually killed a fourth-level Golden Body expert, had originally paused for a moment. She still hadn’t grown accustomed to life-and-death battles of this level.
But after seeing Ling Yi risk injury to kill that Golden Body expert, the flame inside her that had never truly been ignited before suddenly blazed fiercely!
Vast swaths of blue light swirled and danced around her body. Step by step, she moved forward. Wherever she passed, everyone showed expressions of terror and fell one after another.
“Dao Enlightenment!”
“A Dao Enlightenment Master has made a move!”
“This is a Divine Ability, run!”
“Get out of here fast!”
Many people let out desperate howls.
They couldn’t even believe that a Dao Enlightenment Master had actually entered the fray like this.
Compared to Ling Yi’s seemingly effortless and casual way of killing enemies, Qian Luoying’s method was simply ethereal, like an immortal…
It was just too easy!
The crushing superiority brought by this realm, this dimensional strike from above, was utterly despair-inducing!
Among this group, only those first two who were killed were Golden Body experts. The rest were either at the Meridian Unlocking or Pressure Point Strike level.
They had stayed outside intending to block the escape of those inside. Who could have imagined the Great Demon King would return from the outside…
Finally mustering his courage, Jiang Yuntong faced a Meridian Unlocking expert but was instantly knocked flying, vomiting large amounts of blood.
But before that Meridian Unlocking expert could press his advantage, a dark blue light from nowhere pierced through the center of his forehead.
A dot of bright red. He died with eyes wide open.
In less than a minute, this place… once again transformed into a hell on earth.
The poor little Mo Yunwu had just gotten out of the car. Seeing this scene, she squatted down again, retching dryly.
Snot and tears flowed together.
At this moment, the young girl had long forgotten the sword at her waist and the dreams in her heart.
Being a heroine wasn’t that easy.
Then, the sound of intense fighting came from inside the manor.
Ling Yi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with the back of his hand and looked toward the manor.
Qian Luoying, however, only looked at Ling Yi, her voice full of heartache mixed with a hint of reproach: “Why did you have to do it yourself?”
Perhaps even she hadn’t noticed that in such a short time, she had already begun to regard Ling Yi as one of her own.
“Sister, do me a favor. Go and kill all those who invaded the manor. Leave not a single one…” Ling Yi took a deep breath, looking at Qian Luoying.
He actually wanted to say one more thing, but the Enchantress in his mind desperately held him back, forbidding him to say it.
Qian Luoying glanced toward the manor. Without hesitation, she nodded. With a leap, her entire body transformed into a blue light and flew inside.
“Are you stupid? Could you really say that? If you had said those words, she would have felt really bad inside!” the Enchantress criticized.
“You know what I wanted to say?” Ling Yi asked.
“Of course! Weren’t you just going to say: have her help you kill people in the manor, and then you’ll give her the second half of the Cultivation Method?” The Enchantress scoffed coldly. “You really don’t understand women. She’s willing to help you simply because she wants to. If you turn her goodwill into a transaction, she’ll be very hurt, and it won’t be long before she leaves you.”
Ling Yi: “…”
“Wasn’t this always a transaction? Didn’t we make her stay through a deal?” Ling Yi was puzzled. “Besides, she’s an Elder of the Heaven’s Gate Sect. She can’t stay in the mortal world for too long. She has to leave eventually, right?”
“You must have been single for eight lifetimes!” the Enchantress fumed mockingly.
As if you’re some love guru. Besides, I only see her as a sister…
Ling Yi felt quite innocent.
Then he looked at the injured Jiang Yuntong and asked, “Are you alright?”
Jiang Yuntong shook his head, spitting out another mouthful of blood: “Uncle, I’m fine.”
Ling Yi took another look at the pitiful girl crouching there, Mo Yunwu. “What about you, my dear niece?”
“I… blech…”
Mo Yunwu had no strength left to speak. There was nothing left to vomit, but her body still trembled. She looked up at Ling Yi with a miserable expression, tears streaming down her face, saying, “I want to go home…”
Ling Yi walked over, pulled her up, helped her into the vehicle, then also helped Jiang Yuntong into the vehicle.
Only then did he say to Mo Yunwu, “It’s alright now. After this, things should calm down for a while. When you want to go home, just have your master take you back.”
“Mmm…” The young girl nodded weakly with tears in her eyes.
The fight inside the manor quickly ended with Qian Luoying joining in.
Luckily, those who came were all at the Golden Body level, none had reached Dao Enlightenment.
The Golden Body cultivators on their side all sustained some injuries, but none were serious.
All the Golden Body cultivators who had charged in from the other side were stopped, about a dozen in total.
The results of this battle could be called glorious!
Even placed in the context of a conflict between two countries, it would count as a major victory.
Over an hour later, Ling Yi, Qian Luoying, Qin Hao, and Gu Tong were sitting together again.
Ling Yi looked at Qian Luoying. “Sister, are Yun Tong and Yunwu alright?”
Qian Luoying shook her head. “They’re fine. Yunwu fell asleep, younger sister Qianxue is keeping her company. Yun Tong’s injuries aren’t too serious. He’ll recover after a few days of rest. No need to worry.”
Qin Hao looked at Qian Luoying. “We really must thank you this time, Elder Qian…”
Qian Luoying looked at him and said, “Don’t thank me. If you want to thank someone, thank Ling Yi. I helped him.”
Still that blunt elder sister.
Gu Tong looked at Ling Yi and said, “This time we were quite lucky. No grandmasters of the Dao Enlightenment Realm appeared on their side, and we took out a whole group of their Golden Body cultivators. Whether these were their own people or paid-for hires, they will definitely feel the sting of this loss.”
Ling Yi slightly furrowed his brow. “They certainly suffered a great loss, but the fact that no Dao-Entry Grade powerhouses appeared is still a bit surprising. So, I think this was likely just a high-intensity probe. Though they failed, they’ve probably gauged some of our hidden cards.”
Gu Tong spoke from the side. “We just received word. Senior Wang Tingjian is already on his way back. Furthermore, we now have another ace up our sleeves.”
Ling Yi could clearly sense the excitement in Gu Tong’s words.
He raised an eyebrow. “What do you mean?”
Qin Hao said in a low voice, “The protectors around my father are already on the way. We just spoke. The earliest they can arrive is midnight!”
Ling Yi was slightly stunned, showing some surprise. “Tell me quickly!”
Qin Hao stood up. “The situation back there is still not great. My second brother has entered the Cabinet, and they couldn’t wait to start announcing new policies.”
Ling Yi glanced at Qin Hao. “What new policies? Military downsizing? Cutting military spending?”
Qin Hao shook his head. “During such a sensitive time, they aren’t that foolish. They just dispatched envoys to invite diplomatic missions from Great Chu and Zhao Country to re-negotiate the matter of Eastern Sea City’s ownership.”
“Negotiate ownership?” Ling Yi’s brow tightened into a deeper frown.
Gu Tong sneered coldly. “To this day, Eastern Sea City is still territory of our Great Qin. It was just forcibly occupied and partitioned by Great Chu and Zhao Country. All these years, to save face, our official stance has been that it’s ‘leased.’ In reality, from the day Eastern Sea City was taken until now, we haven’t received a single coin of payment! Moreover, even for a colony, there should at least be some unequal treaty, but in fact, there is nothing! They occupied it by force, just like bandits.”
Ling Yi looked at Gu Tong. “So this time, those capable people in the Cabinet plan to present them with a lease agreement?”
Qin Hao sighed, nodding somewhat gloomily. Then he said, “This news is still in the top-secret stage for now. That protector by my father’s side, on official records, has been dead for many years. Now he lives in this world using another person’s name. So apart from a very few individuals, no one knows of his existence. Even I only just found out. He was the one to bring me this news and inform me of my father’s attitude.”
Ling Yi asked, “What did the Monarch say?”
Qin Hao: “My father said his body is indeed completely worn out, like a lamp out of oil. He feels he might live two years at most, maybe not even that long. He asked me to pass a message to you: he was deeply saddened by Principal Shen’s death. He wanted to go pay his respects at the time, but his heart was willing while his strength was insufficient. He asks you not to grieve too much and to live well. He told the protector to tell me to protect myself well. He said he will find a way to finally clear away those obstacles for me, and then have that protector and Wang Tingjian escort me back to Great Qin…”
When Qin Hao reached this point, his eyes had already reddened. He looked at Ling Yi. “Ninth Brother, I really wish I could kill my way back right now, sweep away all those vile things, and stay by my dad’s side. These years… he has truly had it so hard, never living a single day of peace.”
Gu Tong chimed in from the side. “Everyone is anxious. That group led by Sun Qingbo clearly wants to use this opportunity to make it a done deal, to settle everything once and for all. By then, even if the Monarch recovers his health, it would be too late to turn things around.”
Ling Yi murmured, “This is because selling out the country isn’t thorough enough for them? Aren’t they afraid of being cursed throughout the ages?”
Gu Tong sneered. “Do you think people like them care about morals or conscience, or fear retribution?”
Qian Luoying sat quietly to the side, listening. She had no interest whatsoever in such matters.
At first, she simply thought that people’s struggles for fame and profit were utterly pointless. But upon further reflection, her Sect Leader had already reached such a high realm, yet wasn’t he still greedy for the treasures inside that Grotto Abode?
Therefore, the secluded, reclusive Sects that always felt themselves so lofty were not much nobler than this mortal, dusty world after all.
And her own indifferent nature had, because of this assignment, unexpectedly gained an invaluable Cultivation Method…
So, things in this world really are hard to explain clearly.
After returning to his room, Ling Yi asked the Enchantress, “What do you think, if at this time the Monarch’s body recovered its health, would he deal with that group?”
The Enchantress sneered. “What are you thinking? It’s rotten from the roots. Unless a new ruler ascends the throne!”
Ling Yi sighed.
The Enchantress said, “You aren’t even a sesame seed-sized official. What’s the point of worrying about this? This has nothing to do with you.”
“You yourself were dragged into this by force. If it were me, I would have refused that fellow Gu’s request from the start. It’s just that you value loyalty, a fancy way of saying you’re a fool.”
“Still, you performed quite well today. Decisive in killing, acting like a real man. Even that girl Qian Luoying obviously gained new respect for you.”
“So, just hurry up and cultivate!”
“No one’s strength matters as much as your own strength. Today you had a Dao-Entry Expert protecting you. Tomorrow you might not.”
“Be a male creature that radiates an aura of great power! That’s what attracts people.”
“A fine, grown man must never make himself smell of milk with no backbone, worse than some girl!”
Ling Yi: “…”
The earlier part was fine, but what kind of reckless words were these at the end?
The Enchantress is just the Enchantress, not like normal people.
Fine. Time to cultivate!