Before long.
The great hall of Black Wind Stronghold had become a river of blood, corpses strewn everywhere.
Those people who had been so arrogant and overbearing moments ago had all become cold corpses.
Dai Hai stood rooted to the spot, his mind buzzing.
He had never imagined, even in his dreams,
that Chen Changqing would be so powerful and terrifying—and so bloodthirsty and murderous.
"Who... who exactly is he?"
Dai Hai muttered blankly, goosebumps rising all over his body.
Earlier, he had thought Chen Changqing had come to Black Wind Stronghold seeking death.
But now, Dai Hai realized that he had vastly underestimated Chen Changqing's strength.
Knowing full well that a Core Formation cultivator guarded Black Wind Stronghold, yet still daring to come alone, Chen Changqing had to possess immense confidence in his own strength.
After thinking it over for a moment, Dai Hai could not stop himself from trembling.
He even began to regret provoking Chen Changqing, that God of Slaughter, at the tavern earlier.
After seeing Chen Changqing slaughter everyone in the hall in such a short time, Dai Xiongfeng was also shocked beyond measure.
Just then, Chen Changqing shifted his gaze to Dai Xiongfeng and his son.
"Next, it will be your turn."
Hearing Chen Changqing's words, Dai Xiongfeng's expression darkened as he spoke coldly:
"Boy, you don't really think that, with your Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation, you can contend against me, do you?"
Boom!!
As soon as the words fell, Dai Xiongfeng spread his arms.
The next moment, a violent aura erupted from within his body.
The oppressive might of a Core Formation cultivator was unleashed in an instant.
Then, with a casual wave of his hand, a pitch-black saber appeared in Dai Xiongfeng's grasp.
Violent true qi coiled around the blade, sending chills down one's spine.
Seeing Dai Xiongfeng reveal his strength, Dai Hai secretly let out a breath of relief and shouted:
"Father!"
"Kill this bastard already!"
At that, a ruthless gleam flashed through Dai Xiongfeng's eyes. The saber in his hand came crashing straight down at Chen Changqing.
"Wind-Meeting Saber Slash!"
With one slash, saber light surged like a river!
In the next instant, the terrifying saber radiance transformed into an enormous blade that pressed down upon Chen Changqing with overwhelming force.
Chen Changqing remained utterly unmoved at the sight.
As Dai Xiongfeng's saber force came at him, a thought flashed through his mind, and the Chengying Sword shot from its sheath.
The moment the Chengying Sword entered his hand, it became a silver streak.
Chen Changqing did not hesitate, immediately unleashing a sword move from the Shushan Sword Technique—Star River Inversion!
Boom!
In an instant, savage Sword Momentum poured forth like the Milky Way overturning, vast and mighty.
Wherever the sword light reached, it was as though countless stars were falling.
Every ray of starlight was a lethal strand of Sword Qi.
In less than a moment, Chen Changqing's Sword Momentum collided with Dai Xiongfeng's saber momentum.
Bang!
As saber and sword collided, the entire hall shook violently, as if it could collapse at any moment.
"Hm?"
Seeing Chen Changqing block his attack with a single sword strike, surprise flashed through Dai Xiongfeng's eyes.
But in the blink of an eye, he returned to normal and let out a sinister laugh:
"Boy."
"I admit that you have some skill."
"But you cannot kill me."
"With that little strength of yours, you are still far from enough before a Core Formation Realm cultivator!"
"Is that so?"
The corners of Chen Changqing's lips lifted, revealing a meaningful smile.
Boom!
Immediately afterward, the Chengying Sword in his hand suddenly slid back into its sheath.
At the same time, Chen Changqing bent at the waist, assuming a sword-drawing stance.
Seeing this, Dai Xiongfeng and Dai Hai were both utterly bewildered.
They had no idea what Chen Changqing was doing.
Rumble...
Before father and son could react,
a destructive aura abruptly erupted from Chen Changqing's body!
On top of that, vast Sword Qi burst forth in an instant. Its sharpness made the very air before them seem as if it had been torn apart.
"W-what is this?"
Upon seeing this, Dai Xiongfeng's pupils shrank sharply, and every hair on his body stood on end.
Though he found Chen Changqing's stance strange,
deep in his heart, an inexplicable sense of dread arose at that moment.
"Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique!"
Before Dai Xiongfeng could think further, Chen Changqing directly unleashed his killing move!
Clang!!
He abruptly drew the Chengying Sword from its sheath.
Along with the piercing ring of a sword that echoed through the air,
dazzling sword light instantly tore through the void.
In the next moment, a sword radiance condensed as solid as substance, carrying an unstoppable momentum as it shot straight toward Dai Xiongfeng.
"Not good!"
The sight made Dai Xiongfeng's heart and mind quake violently!
At that moment, an icy chill swept through his body as the threat of death rapidly closed in.
Moreover, the sword radiance was unimaginably fast, not even allowing Dai Xiongfeng time for much thought.
At the critical moment between life and death, Dai Xiongfeng seized Dai Hai without thinking.
"Ah?"
The sudden turn of events left Dai Hai completely flustered.
"Father, what are you doing?"
Dai Xiongfeng paid no heed whatsoever to Dai Hai's cry. He directly used Dai Hai's body to block that sword radiance.
Whoosh!!
Bang!
In less than a moment, the sword radiance had already struck before Dai Xiongfeng.
Dai Hai, whom he had dragged over to block the sword radiance, exploded on the spot beneath the descending slash.
Until his death, Dai Hai had never imagined
that his own father would use his flesh and blood to block a sword.
Boom!
What Dai Xiongfeng had not expected was this.
He had originally thought Dai Hai's body would be enough to block that sword radiance.
Who could have imagined that after the Sword Qi blasted Dai Hai's body apart, it would not lose any of its force and would continue slashing toward him!
"NO!!"
Dai Xiongfeng roared in terror and fury. Before he could even circulate the true qi within his body, he was cleaved in two by the descending sword radiance.
[ Ding!] [Detected that the host has killed Black Wind Stronghold's Great Chief, Dai Xiongfeng.] [Reward obtained: AFK Point +200.]
Chen Changqing put away the Chengying Sword and swept his indifferent gaze across the hall.
"Only 200 AFK Points for killing a Core Formation cultivator?"
"Isn't the system being a little stingy?"
"The Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique really is formidable. At only 10% cultivation progress, it can instantly kill a Core Formation cultivator."
Chen Changqing muttered to himself with a sigh.
Thinking of how Dai Xiongfeng had actually used his own son to block the sword at the moment of life and death, he could not help shaking his head.
"The cultivation world is just this cruel."
As he spoke, Chen Changqing took a deep breath. Then, without giving it much thought, he began looting Black Wind Stronghold.
"A mighty Black Wind Stronghold, and this is all it has?"
Chen Changqing searched inside and out, only finding several thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, along with some low-tier pills and materials.
"Forget it. It is still better than gaining nothing at all."
Then, with a casual wave of his hand, Chen Changqing stored everything in his Storage Pouch.
Not long after he became a Shushan Inner Disciple, the sect had issued him a Storage Pouch.
Though the space inside was not large, it was more than enough for storing miscellaneous items.
"It is time to go back!"
Afterward, Chen Changqing stepped out of the stronghold and flicked his fingertip, sending a wisp of spirit fire shooting forth.
Boom! Boom!
Before long, raging flames swallowed the entirety of Black Wind Stronghold. The soaring blaze dyed half the night sky red!
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