Chu Mingyue, I'm Telling You to Get Lost!

Commander Qin's eyes flashed with a cunning and sinister glint.

He had been looking for an opportunity to provoke Xu Jie and lure him into a trap.

He hadn't expected Xu Jie to walk right into it himself!

Therefore, Commander Qin's attitude became even more arrogant. He shut down any possibility of negotiation, acting as if he had Xu Jie completely cornered.

After all, he was a mid-tier Rank 2 Martial Artist and didn't pay any attention to Xu Jie, a student in the Blood Moving Realm.

If handled correctly, with so many Martial Artists witnessing Xu Jie kill a Guard Army soldier, he wouldn't even need much trouble. They could simply capture Xu Jie and send him back to the city to be sentenced to death.

Because killing a Guard Army soldier during wartime was a serious crime with extremely severe punishment!

"Wait!"

Just then, Chu Mingyue ran over. She came to Xu Jie's side, glancing with shock at the mercenary still struggling on the ground and the small girl's corpse not far away. She roughly understood what had happened.

Although Chu Mingyue was furious internally, believing these mercenaries deserved to die, she forced a smile and tried to cover for Xu Jie.

"Commander Qin, there might be some misunderstanding here!"

"Misunderstanding?"

Commander Qin swept his lecherous, greedy gaze over the alluring and beautiful Chu Mingyue and sneered mockingly.

"What misunderstanding is there? This brat is audacious enough to kill my brother right in front of so many of us Martial Artists. He's as good as dead!"

This is bad!

Chu Mingyue's pretty face instantly changed color, and she felt a bit flustered and at a loss.

Once Xu Jie was convicted of killing a Guard Army soldier during wartime, just as Commander Qin said, he would surely die!

As Chu Mingyue didn't know what to do, her face showing panic, Commander Qin changed the subject with an evil grin.

"Of course, it's not like there's no way to resolve this. We all know Xu Jie is a prodigy. At worst, we can just say my brother died by the mouth of a Demonic Beast. Who knows what happens in the wilderness? However, Miss Chu might have to make a sacrifice, hehe!"

Hearing their commander say this, the mercenaries nearby all whistled and burst into laughter.

Chu Mingyue's expression changed drastically. First, she was extremely angry, trembling all over.

Then, she glanced at the silent Xu Jie, her heart falling into extreme turmoil.

Chu Mingyue knew very well the price she would have to pay to silence these mercenaries, but it was for Xu Jie...

"Chu Mingyue, you're useless!"

Suddenly, Xu Jie, whose hands were torn and bloody, coldly reprimanded her.

"You're a peak Pulse-Opening Realm Martial Artist, yet you're being controlled by these trash. Have you been cultivating into a pig? Besides having large breasts, what else are you good for?"

Xu Jie was waiting for the mercenary group to assemble, preventing any stragglers from escaping.

He didn't quite understand what these mercenaries were waiting for, waiting to die?

As for Chu Mingyue...

She was utterly useless!

Hearing this, Chu Mingyue was instantly furious and felt incredibly wronged.

"I'm doing this for you! How can you..."

"Then, get lost! Get as far away as you can!"

"What... what did you say?"

Chu Mingyue was stunned. She met Xu Jie's cold and heartless gaze and felt a sense of distance she had never experienced before.

This almost made her cry. She then turned and ran off in a huff, disappearing into the night.

Sensing Chu Mingyue's aura fading away, Xu Jie felt a slight sense of relief. He didn't want such a good woman to fall into the hands of these scumbags.

Commander Qin frowned at the sight, feeling like the duck had flown away. Before he could lament, Xu Jie looked up and scanned the mercenaries who had mostly arrived. Without a word, he attacked.

He gripped the hilt of the battle saber on the ground with his blood-stained hand and swept it across ferociously.

In an instant, the dozen or so people in front were cut in half at the waist. Commander Qin's face contorted, and he roared.

"Xu Jie, you're courting death!"

Xu Jie remained silent. He looked at Commander Qin, who was charging at him with his saber menacingly. Xu Jie shifted the blade, unleashing his true strength in the wilderness for the first time.

Mid-tier Rank 2!

With one strike, Commander Qin lost all combat ability!

Under Commander Qin's disbelieving gaze, Xu Jie brought his saber down from above, piercing his chest and pinning him to the ground.

What happened before their eyes was too fast. The surrounding mercenaries hadn't even reacted before Xu Jie had instantly killed the strongest among them, Commander Qin.

Of course, Commander Qin wasn't dead, or rather, Xu Jie didn't intend to kill him so quickly.

He simply pinned Commander Qin to the ground with his saber and leaned down, saying softly.

"Don't worry, I won't let you die so easily!"

"You... urk!"

Commander Qin, continuously vomiting blood, couldn't speak. All he could do was stare in utter terror as Xu Jie, wielding his battle saber, began slaughtering the surrounding mercenary members.

At this moment, Xu Jie seemed to have transformed into an executioner!

With every saber strike, several mercenaries were cut in half, falling to the ground and struggling in agony.

Most of the mercenaries were only at the Blood Moving Realm cultivation level, unable to withstand a single strike from Xu Jie, let alone escape his pursuit. They could only watch as they were bisected.

Chu Mingyue, hiding in the shadows and not having left, watched all of this in stunned silence.

What she hadn't expected was that Xu Jie could instantly kill Commander Qin, a mid-stage second-rank expert.

Furthermore, the vital energy and cultivation aura Xu Jie had just unleashed were definitely at the Pulse Opening Realm!

Had Xu Jie truly broken through to the Pulse Opening Realm on his own?!

Before, when Xu Jie told Chu Mingyue that he could break through by himself, she had thought he was just putting on a brave face.

Yet, in just a few days, Xu Jie had actually broken through a major realm on his own.

How had Xu Jie managed it!?

Given Chu Mingyue's background and knowledge, even though she had never seen a prodigy at the ninth level of Blood Moving, she had heard of prodigies at the eighth level of Blood Moving.

That person had caused a sensation throughout Xia Country at the time, possessing an incredibly monstrous talent and being full of ambition, admired by countless people.

In the end, after consuming an immense amount of resources, it took him over two years to break through to the Pulse Opening Realm.

Meanwhile, some of the Martial Artists his age had already reached the Bone Forging Realm.

This just went to show how terrifying the breakthrough difficulty was for the eighth level of Blood Moving. What kind of difficulty would it be for the ninth level?

Yet, Xu Jie had entered the Pulse Opening Realm on his own in less than two days, and had even directly cultivated to the mid-stage of Pulse Opening!

The fact that Xu Jie had broken through to Pulse Opening alone in such a short time had deeply shocked Chu Mingyue.

It was even more shocking than Xu Jie's ruthless and audacious slaughter of the mercenary group at this moment.

As a result, after the hundreds of mercenary members in the village were quickly killed or injured, with only a few escaping.

Chu Mingyue suddenly snapped back to reality and looked again at Xu Jie, who was walking towards the still-living Commander Qin with his saber.

To be precise!

None of the mercenaries Xu Jie had cut in half in the village had died.

They were still struggling on the ground like zombies, writhing and howling, their cries reaching extreme levels of misery.