At that moment, Lei Tao and Shen Changyang were locked in fierce battles with the brothers Ironwood Flying and Tie Mule, respectively.
The clash between four Eighth Rank Minor Training experts was evenly matched for the moment, their force energies spilling wildly in every direction.
Meanwhile, Jiang Bei moved as though no one stood in his way, relentlessly harvesting the lives of barbarian soldiers and Heavenly Wolf Gang members. Merit Point notifications flashed before his eyes like snowflakes.
"So you're the one who severely wounded Wei Yan?! Give me your life!"
A furious shout suddenly rang out. The Heavenly Wolf Gang's leader, Qi Hong, fixed Jiang Bei with a blade-sharp gaze and charged at him in rage.
"Good timing!"
Jiang Bei showed no fear at all.
In his eyes, Qi Hong was never some Eighth Rank Minor Training expert, but a far more bountiful source of Merit Points!
Swoosh!
Qi Hong moved as swiftly as lightning. With a shake of his Nine-Ring Saber, he unleashed dozens of blade lights in an instant, surging toward Jiang Bei's face like a flood!
Jiang Bei neither retreated nor dodged. The Mystic Cloud Saber flew from its sheath, carving a blinding white streak through the air and shattering all of Qi Hong's blade lights with overwhelming force!
Its momentum did not stop, and it stabbed straight toward Qi Hong's chest.
"Not good!"
Qi Hong's expression changed drastically. He had never expected Jiang Bei to dissolve his full-powered strike so effortlessly.
Could it be that Jiang Bei was not merely at Eighth Rank Minor Training?
After occupying the government offices, they had received a letter from the Ren-Rank Camp yesterday, stating that three squads had been dispatched. The three Squad Leaders leading them were all Eighth Rank Minor Training.
But after this exchange—
He immediately sensed that something was terribly wrong!
He hurriedly raised his Nine-Ring Saber horizontally before him.
Clang!!
A crisp clash of metal rang out.
The next moment, Qi Hong's Nine-Ring Saber was pierced straight through by Jiang Bei's Mystic Cloud Saber!
With a treasured saber in hand, iron was cut like mud!
Splurt!!
Immediately afterward, the sound of tearing flesh erupted. Jiang Bei slashed down furiously, cutting diagonally from Qi Hong's shoulder all the way to his waist.
He split the man completely in two.
"You're Eighth Rank Gre... Gre..."
Qi Hong was utterly horrified. Before he could finish his final words, the two halves of his corpse crashed to the ground.
"Gang Leader!!"
The Heavenly Wolf Gang members cried out one after another, unable to believe what they had just witnessed.
In just a few moments—
Their Heavenly Wolf Gang had first lost its deputy leader, then its leader as well!
How could these people from the Ren-Rank Camp be so terrifying?
"What?!"
Ironwood Flying and Tie Mule also noticed the disturbance, their expressions changing sharply. Catching sight of Qi Hong's body split in two on the ground, they looked up in horror and fixed their gazes on Jiang Bei.
Qi Hong was a bona fide Eighth Rank Minor Training expert, no weaker than either of them.
Yet he had been slain by this young man in such a short time?
The kid looked barely twenty. How could he be this strong?
They had fought the Ren-Rank Camp many times, yet they had never heard of such a young expert in its ranks!
"Good!"
Lei Tao and Shen Changyang's eyes gleamed at the same time, their hearts filled with shock.
If Jiang Bei's earlier severe wounding of Wei Yan could be attributed to catching him off guard—
Then this time, crushing Qi Hong head-on and killing him left no doubt as to Jiang Bei's formidable strength!
They had heard yesterday that he had crushed Xue Long. It seemed that was no exaggeration—Ren-Rank Camp had truly gained an extraordinary genius!
"Kill those two first, then butcher that brat!"
At that moment, Ironwood Flying let out a roar. His mountain-like, burly body lunged straight at Lei Tao and Shen Changyang.
He knew there was no way out now. Only a fight to the death remained. As long as they swiftly defeated Lei Tao and Shen Changyang, there would still be a chance of victory!
Seeing his elder brother charge out, Tie Mule also sprang forward. At the same time, he waved an arm, and barbarians from all around surged in like a tide, surrounding Lei Tao and Shen Changyang.
Kill!!
Ironwood Flying and Tie Mule charged in from the front, their weapons tearing through the air!
"Damn it!"
Lei Tao and Shen Changyang's expressions changed. They swiftly struck out, crushing the Barbarians around them.
But after one batch was killed, another surged forward.
At that moment, Ironwood Flying and Tie Mule had already charged in ferociously, giving them no chance to catch their breath!
Lei Tao and Shen Changyang hurriedly raised their weapons to meet them—
"Bang!!"
A tremendous crash rang out. The ground shuddered violently, splitting with dense cracks.
Lei Tao and Shen Changyang were sent staggering back, a trickle of blood spilling from each of their lips.
They had been forced into a hasty defense and had already lost the initiative.
Moreover, these Barbarians possessed immense natural strength and excelled at frontal combat. In the blink of an eye, the two had fallen into a disadvantage, wounds appearing across their bodies!
"Die!!"
Seeing this, Ironwood Flying and Tie Mule bared their fangs, murderous light blazing in their eyes. Without hesitation, they lunged forward, intending to press their advantage and kill Lei Tao and Shen Changyang once and for all!
The two men's pupils constricted. Enemies surrounded them on all sides; if they took another combined blow from these brothers, they would likely die right there, their lives ending in bitter regret!
"Ahhh—!!"
At that critical instant, a string of shrill screams suddenly tore through the sky!
The Barbarians' tight encirclement was forcibly ripped apart by a figure charging in at high speed!
That man was like a tiger charging into a flock of sheep. His attacks were ruthless and unstoppable. With every gesture, Barbarians were torn apart, cleaved in two, heads sent flying as blood sprayed everywhere—he single-handedly carved a bloody path straight into the heart of the battlefield!
Then, without hesitation, he unleashed a single explosive slash, a razor-sharp blade light chopping directly at the Ironwood brothers' faces!
Blood Wolf Saber Technique! Thousand Jin Armor Breaker!
Ironwood Flying and Tie Mule's expressions changed at the sudden turn of events. They had never expected Jiang Bei's reinforcements to arrive so quickly!
Even more terrifying was that—he had torn through their entire defensive line so effortlessly!
"Kill him!"
Ironwood Flying roared, murderous intent boiling in his eyes.
Qi Hong alone could not handle Jiang Bei, but could the two brothers working together really fail to kill this brat?
At almost the same instant, he and Tie Mule attacked together, fiercely meeting Jiang Bei's incoming Mystic Cloud Saber!
"Bang!!"
The instant the blades collided, a thunderous boom erupted like a lightning strike. Force surged outward, sending dust and dirt flying!
"Pfft!!!"
Ironwood Flying and Tie Mule spat blood at the same time, their bodies flying backward beyond their control.
They crashed through several buildings along the street before barely managing to stop twenty meters away!
The remaining Barbarians were terrified by the sight, their morale plunging instantly.
Lei Tao and Shen Changyang's eyes widened as they stared at the young man's back standing before them—that seemingly slender figure now appeared incomparably towering, like a mountain!
"Brother Jiang... when did he become this strong?"
Shen Changyang's throat bobbed as he muttered in astonishment.
Jiang Bei's instant kill of Qi Hong earlier had been shocking, but it could still be explained as seizing an opening and catching him off guard.
But this time, he had faced two opponents alone in a head-on clash!
There could not possibly be so many opportunities to exploit.
This was pure, genuine strength!
Sending two Eighth Rank Minor Training Barbarians flying with one strike—if they had not witnessed it with their own eyes, they would never have believed Jiang Bei was capable of such a feat!
If word of this returned to Ren-Rank Camp, no one would dare believe it!
"Could it be... Brother Jiang has already reached Eighth Rank Great Training?"
Lei Tao suddenly thought of a possibility and abruptly turned to Shen Changyang.
Shen Changyang looked back at Lei Tao. Their eyes met, and both saw the deep terror in the other's gaze.
Not far away, Guo Xiu Yong, still fighting desperately, was likewise completely stunned by this scene.
He and Jiang Bei had grown up together since childhood, as close as brothers, yet lately he had increasingly felt that he could no longer see through this friend of his.
It was not that their feelings had grown distant, but Jiang Bei's progress in strength... was simply too monstrous!
He had merely gone to Death Squad Camp once, yet undergone such an enormous transformation. Could it be that Death Squad Camp, though seemingly a place where survival was nearly impossible, was actually a cultivation treasure ground capable of rapidly increasing one's strength?
Otherwise, how could Jiang Bei's heaven-defying strength be explained?
"Cough... cough cough!"
At that moment, within the distant ruins.
Ironwood Flying and Tie Mule staggered to their feet, trembling all over, covered in blood and riddled with wounds.
They coughed violently twice, spraying blood with every cough.
Mixed within the blood were fragments of their internal organs.
They slowly raised their heads and looked at Jiang Bei ahead of them.
There was no trace of contempt left in their eyes.
In its place was pure fear and wariness!
Eighth Rank Great Training... this was a genuine Eighth Rank Great Training!
In the Ren-Rank Camp, Eighth Rank Great Training practitioners were generally captains. They had never imagined that the Ren-Rank Camp would send over a brat not even twenty years old.
Who was actually an Eighth Rank Great Training practitioner!
"Whoosh—!"
Just as they were struck with terror, the whistle of something cutting through the air rang out again. Jiang Bei charged at them once more like an arrow released from a bow!
Blade light flashed coldly, brimming with murderous intent!
It sent a chill through both their hearts.
"Run!!"
Ironwood Flying roared and turned to flee without the slightest hesitation.
Tie Mule followed close behind.
But how could their speed, grievously wounded as they were, compare to Jiang Bei using Cloud Shadow Steps?
In merely a moment.
Jiang Bei had caught up behind them.
The Mystic Cloud Saber in his hand came crashing down!
"Pfft!!"
Tie Mule's head flew into the air and rolled across the ground.
Scalding blood splashed across Ironwood Flying's face ahead of him.
Ironwood Flying turned back to see his younger brother's miserable corpse, and his eyes instantly reddened.
"Brother!"
He let out a heart-wrenching roar.
But a cold blade light swiftly filled his vision.
He jerked his head around, only to feel a chill at his neck. He reached up to touch it, but found nothing.
"Thud!"
Ironwood Flying's head fell to the ground as well.
Thus, these two Barbarian leaders were completely slain.
Together with Qi Hong and Wei Yan.
All four Eighth Rank Minor Training practitioners of East Camp City had been beheaded by Jiang Bei!
With Ironwood Flying and Tie Mule dead.
The remaining Barbarians naturally became loose sand, collapsing into a rout.
They were quickly wiped out by the three ten-man squads.
Jiang Bei did not merely stand by and watch. He had no intention of letting these Barbarians' Merit Points go, so he charged into the crowd and fought alongside the other soldiers.
A short while later.
Corpses littered the entire street, and blood flowed like a river!
Whether Barbarians or members of the Heavenly Wolf Gang, every last one of them was killed. Not a single survivor remained!
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