A Novel Way to Commit Suicide

In the darkness, a crossbow bolt pierced through the mountain forest, accurately striking a sentry perched on a treetop.

The bolt went straight through the sentry's throat, preventing him from uttering a sound.

The sentry fell limply from the treetop. Before he hit the ground, Old Li caught him and gently lowered him, making no noise.

Pushing aside the bushes, a massive mountain villa, hidden within the forest, appeared before them.

Lin Zikai lowered his voice, "My Lord, it's in there."

"Black Dog and I only caught a glimpse and vaguely heard them discussing some 'sacred tree,' but before we could listen closely, we were discovered by an old man in purple robes."

The Scholar spoke, "What's the situation inside?"

Lin Zikai's expression turned grim as he shook his head. "Not good. I only glanced inside and saw dozens of animal carcasses, plus seven or eight human ones."

"Those bodies were all shriveled. Thinking back now, they were likely drained of their vital essence."

Shen Qing looked at the somewhat dilapidated mountain villa before him, the pungent smell of blood filling his nostrils.

You bunch of scoundrels are causing trouble on my turf and killing my men?

All the Imperial Guards looked at Shen Qing.

"My Lord, how do we attack?"

Shen Qing's face remained impassive, his tone flat. "How do we attack? We'll smash our way through."

Killing intent surged in the eyes of all the Imperial Guards. Smashing their way through meant killing everyone.

The next moment, Shen Qing lunged out like a leopard, his movements so fast they created afterimages.

The Imperial Guards swiftly drew their steel sabers and followed closely behind.

But in the next moment, all the Imperial Guards froze in shock. Two of them even stumbled.

Shen Qing's left foot suddenly gathered overbearing Internal Energy. Combined with the power of Body Sanctification and the destructive force of the overbearing Internal Energy.

A single kick unleashed even produced a sonic boom.

With a bang.

The wall collapsed like paper under Shen Qing's kick, debris flying and dust filling the air, creating a gap seven to eight meters wide.

The Imperial Guards swallowed hard.

So that's how we smash our way through?

A literal, physical smashing!

"Who's there?"

There were still quite a few evil cultivators within the mountain villa. They were all drawn out by the tremendous noise.

A cold glint flashed through the dust. Shen Qing emerged like a vengeful spirit.

Qing He, carrying the overbearing Internal Energy, struck the nearest evil cultivator directly.

With a single strike, the evil cultivator disintegrated like a watermelon.

His body flickered. Shen Qing's right hand suddenly formed into a claw, gripping another evil cultivator's neck. With a slight squeeze, blood splattered as the evil cultivator's neck snapped.

Shen Qing held the evil cultivator's head in one hand and Qing He in the other, his foot planted on the corpse. He smiled at the evil cultivators in the courtyard.

"Who am I? The vengeful spirit has arrived."

As soon as he spoke, from the mist behind him, Imperial Guards emerged one after another, standing behind Shen Qing with murderous intent, like little demons.

Shen Qing slowly raised his right hand, the tip of his blade pointing at the evil cultivators in the courtyard. His voice wasn't loud, but it was filled with murderous intent.

"Kill."

The next instant, the Imperial Guards let out battle cries and charged at the evil cultivators in the courtyard.

Soon, the courtyard descended into chaos.

Just then, from a dark corner within the mountain villa, two figures rapidly approached Shen Qing, one with a punch and the other with a palm strike aimed at Shen Qing's head.

Shen Qing let out a cold laugh, sheathed his blade, and showed no intention of dodging.

The two sneak attackers rejoiced. "How bold! Daring to take our brothers' attack head-on."

The next moment, Shen Qing raised his hands and calmly caught both their punches and palms. The two looked as if they had seen a ghost.

They were evil cultivators who absorbed people's vital essence. Their Internal Energy might not be pure, but their physical strength was definitely far greater than ordinary people's. Normally, cultivators of the same realm couldn't match their strength.

Let alone now, with two of them attacking together. To have it caught so easily?

The two gritted their teeth, pouring all their strength into their attacks, even channeling their Internal Energy recklessly.

Yet Shen Qing remained completely still, his expression serene.

"Lin Zikai was right. Your attacks are like a child's tantrum!"

With terrifying strength, he grabbed both their hands and flung them away.

Shen Qing directly unleashed the Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer.

The two Houtian Realm evil cultivators were treated like hammers by Shen Qing, smashed violently into the ground, again and again.

Each strike made the ground of the manor tremble lightly.

The next moment.

Shen Qing grabbed the two of them and leaped high. The two evil cultivators drew a beautiful semicircle in the air, then crashed heavily to the ground.

With a bang.

The ground was even dented with a small pit. The two lay like dead dogs in the deep pit, not a single piece of good flesh left on their bodies.

"Stop!"

An aged roar came from outside the courtyard.

Shen Qing sneered, stepped on one's shoulder, and exerted force. Blood splattered as Shen Qing ripped off both of the evil cultivators' arms from the root.

Just then, a short, white-haired old woman ran in from outside the courtyard.

The two lying on the ground weakly said, "Mom... save us..."

Of course, Shen Qing heard this clearly.

So they were family. Looking closely, the two on the ground indeed bore some resemblance to the two Shen Qing had killed in the woods earlier.

What a family business.

But that was good, saving him the trouble of wiping out each family one by one.

Shen Qing looked up, smiling brightly, revealing two rows of pearly white teeth.

"You're their mother? You seem to have come a bit late."

After speaking, he threw the two arms in his hands to the old woman. The old woman simply watched the arms fall before her.

Only now did overwhelming rage surge into her heart.

"Imperial Guards? What did I ever do to you!"

"You deserve to die!"

Shen Qing cursed.

"Spider-Man rides a horse, you ride a Peter."

"You creatures who suck human blood can say that? Is your brain not working well? I finally understand why your four sons are dumber than the last; it turns out their mother is a complete idiot."

And who offended him? Did the people whose blood he sucked offend him?

They recognized the Imperial Guards' uniform and were still spouting nonsense.

Since the Imperial Guards have arrived, it's to wipe out your family; do you expect them to reason with you?

If you're afraid of the Imperial Guards wiping out your family, then don't suck human blood.

The old woman roared and raised her hand, pointing her finger at Shen Qing. Several blood arrows shot out from her fingertips, heading straight for Shen Qing.

"Blood Arrow Technique!"

He had seen the bodies of his two sons in the forest earlier, one torn in half, the other with half his head brutally lopped off.

And here at the manor, his other two sons had their arms brutally ripped off.

The old woman was certain Shen Qing was a strength-based martial artist, so a direct confrontation would be unwise.

She was at the eighth level of the Houtian Realm, while Shen Qing was at the sixth, a clear advantage.

Secondly, strength-based martial artists were slightly slower in speed and agility. Using ranged attacks was her second advantage.

Thirdly, Shen Qing had killed her four sons consecutively, so his Internal Energy and stamina must be depleted, while she was in peak condition. This was her third advantage.

Three advantages lead to ten thousand advantages, victory after victory.

"Die!"

Her blood arrows were extremely fast, and in the blink of an eye, they were in front of Shen Qing.

The old woman seemed to have anticipated that Shen Qing would be unable to dodge and would be riddled with blood arrows.

But the next moment, Shen Qing stepped out with Carefree Steps, leaping several meters in a single stride, perfectly dodging the Blood Arrow Technique.

The old woman's expression froze. How was this possible? Why was he so fast despite his immense strength?

Meanwhile, Shen Qing could no longer hold back his laughter.

"Forcing your vital blood out of your body?"

"What a novel way to commit suicide."