Fierce Kill

Three pale blue moons hung high in the sky, devoid of even a single cloud.

The primeval forest at night was quiet and deep. The wind rustled the trees, and the occasional friction of leaves was the only sound nature made.

— A field of white tulips stretched boundlessly in all directions. A beautiful maiden in a white dress stood amidst the tulip field, smiling at Gu Xiechen, who was running unsteadily. "Be a kind person, little Xiechen. Be a kind person!"

— In a grim and stuffy basement, a man covered in wounds was tied to a cross. A formidable elder with white hair trembled as he handed Gu Xiechen a dagger. "Child, this is the last lesson your father will teach you. This is a world where the strong prey on the weak, a crazy and violent era. You must survive well in this world. Kill this traitor of the family, and kill him in the most evil way you can think of!"

— White tulip petals emerged from the air, and the grim, stuffy basement crumbled under the cover of the white petals. Blood spurted from the neck of the wounded man, and the white tulips suddenly turned blackish-red, the color of congealed blood. A blinding flash of a blade streaked across, and all the tulip petals turned to dust simultaneously.

— A fierce wind swept through, and the tulips, basement, maiden, elder, and the wounded man all vanished in the wind.

— Gu Juechen, fierce and terrifying like a demon god, suddenly appeared before his eyes. Purple flames blazed in his eyes, and thick bolts of lightning flickered behind him, accompanied by a deafening roar of thunder.

"Ah!"

Gu Xiechen, curled into a ball, suddenly awoke from his dream, cold sweat seeping from his pores, quickly soaking his inner clothing. The Stalker III combat suit promptly absorbed and evaporated the sweat, leaving his inner clothing dry again. The three pale blue moons in the sky were covered by dark clouds, and violent lightning was brewing within them. Deafening thunder rumbled overhead from time to time. A strong wind swept through the dense forest, shaking the tree hollow where Gu Xiechen was. A thick, fishy smell spread through the air.

"It's going to rain heavily!"

Gu Xiechen squinted and smiled.

"A dark and stormy night for murder." With a few 'chiss' sneers, Gu Xiechen rushed out of the tree hollow like a wisp of smoke, disappearing into the dark, dense forest.

A flickering, elusive figure darted through the dark forest, making not a sound. The figure passed by tree hollows and bird nests, without disturbing the small beasts in the hollows or the birds in the nests in the slightest. The figure glided through the treetops as if it didn't exist, shooting forward with agility.

Gu Xiechen seemed to be galloping on the treetops as if riding the wind. He would occasionally stop, clinging to branches, cautiously surveying his surroundings. There was no sound in the surrounding dense forest, nor any light. Only a few fleeting shadows darted by occasionally; these were the fierce beasts that came out to hunt at night. A ten-meter-long python slithered past Gu Xiechen slowly, its tongue flicking. Its cold, slippery body brushed against Gu Xiechen's, and Gu Xiechen's eyes took on a hint of the coldness unique to reptiles.

Forward, forward. A rudimentary camp appeared ahead.

Over two hundred mercenaries slept soundly in their makeshift nests, clutching their firearms. They were like stone sculptures, making no sound at all.

Gu Xiechen crouched on a thick tree branch, about a meter wide, and surveyed the surroundings. Besides the camp two hundred meters ahead, there were over thirty sentry posts around him, each manned by three sentries. The camouflage skills of these sentries were extremely high; they had almost merged with the jungle. However, in Gu Xiechen's eyes, they still revealed many flaws.

"There's one more!" Gu Xiechen pursed his lips and smiled. "There's at least one more warrior hiding nearby. But where?"

He slowly crawled down the branch to the trunk and then silently slid down to the ground. Gu Xiechen, like a leopard about to pounce, crept forward on all fours. The wind blew through the dense forest, and the sparse tall grass swayed, making rustling sounds. Gu Xiechen had already crept to within twenty meters of the camp.

A violent lightning bolt swept across the sky, illuminating the dark, dense forest. The immense thunder made people's eardrums buzz, and the wind, carrying raindrops the size of thumbs, began to pour down with a 'huala la' sound. The dense forest was instantly dominated by a torrential downpour. The heavy raindrops hit people's bodies, causing a dull ache. The mercenaries, huddled in their nests, were all startled awake.

The moment the lightning flashed, Gu Xiechen exploded like a bomb. Unyielding Innate Qi erupted from his legs, and Gu Xiechen charged into the camp with a piercing sound of the air being broken. The Snow Soul Divine Claw flickered with an alluringly evil cold light in the lightning. Wisps of cold air emanated from his body, freezing the raindrops near his claws into hard ice bullets. With a fierce sweep of his claws, nearly a hundred ice bullets shrieked as they shot out in all directions. At least thirty mercenaries were hit in the face by the ice bullets. The ice bullets, moving three times faster than bullets, pierced their skulls, and a pungent smell of blood suddenly rose from the dense forest.

A dozen mercenaries jumped up, instinctively pulling the triggers of their firearms towards Gu Xiechen.

As the bullets left the barrels, Gu Xiechen had already charged forward more than ten meters. His face was right in front of a mercenary who was firing, and he bared his teeth and smiled at the mercenary. Before a dozen mercenaries could even turn their guns, the Snow Soul Divine Claw had already slashed through their bodies. The heavy bulletproof vests, capable of withstanding close-range shots from large-caliber bullets, were torn apart by the sharp claws. Bones and muscles were pulverized under the sharp claws. The terrifying 'crack' sound even drowned out the muffled thunder from the sky.

All the visible and hidden sentries screamed simultaneously. They roared into their communicators, but all their voices merged into a chaotic wave of sound.

The awakened mercenaries and sentries opened fire indiscriminately, unable to pinpoint Gu Xiechen's location. Gu Xiechen, like a demon beast from hell, appeared here and there, flickering in and out of the darkness. Wherever his claws, flashing with cold light, landed, everything was shattered.

The gunfire and screams lasted for less than ninety seconds before suddenly stopping. Nearly three hundred mercenaries were annihilated by Gu Xiechen. The torrential rain couldn't wash away the bloodstains on the ground. Thick blood mixed with rainwater spread across the ground, and a small pond of blood gradually formed in the center of the camp.

The wind howled, and lightning bolts continuously tore through the night sky, occasionally illuminating the dense forest.

A dark figure suddenly leaped into the air from a towering tree more than twenty meters away from the camp. A muffled gust of wind chopped down towards Gu Xiechen.

Gu Xiechen swung his claws upwards with all his might, and ten claw strikes that emanated from his body met the gust of wind head-on.

The terrifying power contained within the wind energy exploded, and the Innate Qi condensed on Gu Xiechen's claws was shattered. This person's cultivation was stronger than Gu Xiechen's, at least twice as strong. His Zakra index was definitely around 1700! However, his Innate Qi was clearly not as pure as Gu Xiechen's. Gu Xiechen's extremely compressed claw energy, like a steel knife, sliced into the meridians of the person's right palm. The chilling Snow Soul Divine Qi froze the meridians of his right arm, shattering the incoming Qi.

Both grunted simultaneously. The skin on Gu Xiechen's claws cracked, and blood continuously oozed out. With a cold smile, Gu Xiechen shot back into the dense forest. The enemy's cultivation was too strong, and Gu Xiechen did not want to confront him directly.

The warrior who had taken a palm strike from Gu Xiechen stumbled and fell into the pool of blood. His entire right arm was covered in thick ice, and a chilling energy continued to invade his internal organs.

"How could this be? How could this happen? His cultivation is clearly not as good as mine? How could this be!"

"Ah... Gu Xiechen! You get back here! You bastard!"

Gu Xiechen, who had already fled several kilometers away, vaguely heard the furious shouts coming from behind him.

"Tch, do they think I'm an idiot?"

Gu Xiechen pursed his lips and smiled.

"Hehehe, you brought this upon yourselves. Everything is just beginning!"

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Alright, this chapter is also the beginning of a major climax. The wind and clouds that Gu Xiechen, this evil dragon, needs are about to gather on Paradise Star...

Starting next week, a lot of exciting content awaits you comrades...

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