Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World Chapter 1607 - 826: The Game Should End_2
Previously on Longevity Martial Arts: Grinding Experience in the Chaotic World...
These three were the leaders of the three elite teams dispatched by Xiao Beixuan!
Upon receiving the copper bell summons, they did not rush to the plaza immediately. Instead, they searched the eastern district’s edges based on previous clues about Blood Jade’s disappearance. There, they sensed the powerful aura of Gu Sheng soaring through the sky and tracked him down!
"Kid! Was it you who destroyed the Young Master’s offering? You’ve got guts!"
The burly man, holding a giant axe, spoke with a booming voice as the axe pointed at Gu Sheng, unleashing a violent killing intent.
"Why waste words with him? Anyone who dares ruin the Venerable’s plan deserves only death!"
The ghost-faced masked man’s voice was hoarse, like metal grinding, with an icy chill.
Around him, black smoke surged, faintly echoing with ghostly cries.
The enchanting woman giggled, her voice seductive yet poisonous.
"Little brother, you seem delicate. Why not let sister pamper you well before sending you off?"
The bone flute in her hand shook gently, releasing an invisible wave that intricately affected the Divine Soul.
Gu Sheng’s form halted abruptly, hovering in mid-air.
He gazed coldly at the three blocking his path, his eyes icy.
Three Human King Realm experts! By their aura, they’re certainly not mediocre newcomers to this realm!
Especially the ghost-faced masked man, who felt the most dangerous to him.
He slowly scanned his surroundings.
Below was a bottomless valley, shrouded in black mist. The path behind him led back, but surely pursuers were rushing from there.
On the left and right were steep black cliffs, jagged rocks, nowhere to hide.
Enemies blocked the way ahead, pursuers approached from behind, cliffs and valleys surrounded him!
Gu Sheng slowly clenched his fist, his True Yuan within him surged like a dormant volcano.
His gaze like lightning fixed on the ghost-faced masked man, his voice calm with no disturbance.
"Those who block me will die."
Gu Sheng sped through the air, his eyes sharp like a hawk, scanning the Secret Realm’s land below.
He noticed the disciples of Wuya Sect, originally scattered throughout the Secret Realm for vigilance and searching, were now hastily converging towards the core area.
Even if occasionally a disciple noticed his Sky-controlling silhouette, they only cast wary or puzzled glances, not intercepting or alerting others.
"Just as expected! Xiao Beixuan can perceive the life and death of the offerings! With all offerings exterminated, he must be raging, summoning all hands to besiege the core area!"
Gu Sheng felt relieved, even more convinced of his previous judgment.
Destroying the offerings was like stirring a hornet’s nest; the core area was now certainly a den of dragons and tigers, filled with masters.
Though unafraid, he wished not to plunge into heavy siege immediately.
The pressing matter was to find Zhao Boyang and his group! Plus, the enigmatic and potentially more dangerous than Xiao Beixuan, Jin’er!
He swiftly recalled the location of the cave where Zhao Boyang and others were last hiding while manipulating the Blood Jade puppet.
It was at the eastern district’s edge in the Secret Realm, a concealed spot covered by huge vines and fallen stone pillars.
Determined, Gu Sheng changed direction, heading towards the remembered spot, suppressing his aura, lowering altitude, and swiftly gliding along the undulating mountains and deep valleys.
...
Time rewinds to before Gu Sheng’s consciousness was forcibly returned to his main body.
Inside the concealed cave covered by vines and stone pillars.
Blood Jade’s body spewed a torrent of black-red foul blood from the seven apertures under Jin’er’s brilliant golden finger, emitting a non-human shriek before collapsing softly to the ground.
It lost all vitality and aura, becoming a genuine corpse.
The sudden change plunged everyone inside the cave into chaos-like silence!
"Lord Blood Jade... is dead?!"
Several surviving Martial Artists, initially brought by Jin’er (in fact puppets secretly controlled by her), showed shock and confusion, instinctively retreating a few steps, at a loss.
Zhao Boyang, Old Xiong, and Old Array were even more shaken!
Especially Zhao Boyang, who just confirmed Blood Jade was controlled by Gu Sheng, only to see it annihilated by Jin’er’s single finger!
The stark contrast left his mind blank!
"Don’t panic!"
In a critical moment, Zhao Boyang suppressed his inner turmoil and shouted sternly!
As a seasoned Holy Academy disciple, he knew it was crucial not to lose composure!
His gaze like lightning swept through the people inside, finally locking onto the silent and steady mid-aged Martial Artist (Old Array/Chen Zhen)!
Earlier, this person questioned Gu Sheng’s (Blood Jade’s controller) identity. Now with Blood Jade’s violent death, while his face showed some shock, deep in his eyes there seemed to be little surprise, yet carrying an... appraisal?
"Old Xiong! Protect Miss Jin’er!"
Zhao Boyang decided promptly, instructing the equally doubtful burly man (Old Xiong), while stepping forward vaguely to shield Jin’er, yet his eyes intently watched the mid-aged Martial Artist.
"Chen! And the rest! Fall back! Stand guard on the spot! Without my command, no rash moves!"
He instantly divided the cave’s people into two sides: himself, Old Xiong, and the protected Jin’er.
The other was led by the questionable mid-aged Martial Artist (Chen Zhen), whose background was unknown, appearing particularly suspicious.
He had to stabilize the situation and figure out what truly happened!
Though Old Xiong’s mind worked slower than Zhao Boyang’s, he unfailingly executed his commands.
Upon hearing, he roared, his hulking body guarding Jin’er’s side-front, muscles bulging, True Yuan swelling, vigilantly eyeing the opposite.
The mid-aged Martial Artist (Chen Zhen) watched Zhao Boyang and Old Xiong’s defensive postures, then glanced at Blood Jade’s corpse, his lips curling into a bizarre arc.
He slowly raised his head, his previously stable eyes turning sharp and cold, even with... mockery?
"Hehe..."
A low laughter escaped his lips, but this voice was no longer the previous deep male voice; instead, it transformed into a gentle laziness mixed with authoritative female voice!
In Zhao Boyang and Old Xiong’s horrified eyes, the mid-aged Martial Artist’s face rippled, and his form swiftly became slender.
In just a blink, a tall, breathtaking, mystically lazy black-skirted woman replaced the former mid-aged Martial Artist, standing gracefully there!
It was Jin’er!
"Jin... Miss Jin’er?!"
Zhao Boyang felt struck by lightning, his pupils shrinking to needle size!
He was incredulous, staring at the familiar yet strange beautiful face, his mind buzzing!
The soft, knowledgeable array-master woman he always thought needed protection, was this whole time disguised, lurking among them?!
Moreover... the methods she just displayed...
Old Xiong was even more dumbfounded, his mouth agape, wide enough to fit an egg, pointing at Jin’er, stuttering.
"You... you... you aren’t..."
"It’s me."
Jin’er slightly parted her red lips, her voice returning to the former coldness, yet now sounded bone-chilling to Zhao Boyang.
She calmly surveyed Zhao Boyang and Old Xiong’s shocked faces, glanced at the unconscious Old Xiong (another one), and Old Array on the ground, finally stopping at the equally dumbfounded Martial Artists she brought along.
"What a pity. I had wanted to play a bit longer."
Jin’er shook her head a bit, her tone regretful, yet carried absolute control.
"However, it’s about time the game ended."
Before her words ended, she casually waved her right hand towards the Martial Artists she brought along!
An invisible yet immensely powerful force enveloped the ten-plus Martial Artists, making their souls tremble!
The confusion and horror in their eyes instantly vanished, replaced by an absolute, hollow submission!
As if puppets controlled by invisible threads!
"Kill them."
Jin’er’s voice was flat, as if discussing a trivial matter.
The ten-plus controlled Martial Artists instantly roared, their eyes gleaming blood-red, True Yuan erupted without reservation, fearlessly charging at Zhao Boyang, Old Xiong, and the unconscious Old Xiong and Old Array on the ground!