Killing Above His Level

Sox truly was someone accustomed to life and death. Seeing his wife's miserable state, he did not go over to check on her. He merely comforted her, "Don't worry. Once I kill this little beast, I'll take you back for treatment. You'll be fine!"

"Mm! Be careful. He's too cunning!"

Cold sweat covered Kasha's delicate face, and her lips trembled from the pain.

Tang Jiu chuckled. "Are you preparing your last words? I can let you talk a little longer. Don't say I never gave you a chance!"

"I'll smash your head to pieces!"

Sox's eyes reddened. His beautiful, golden-haired, green-eyed wife had nearly been beaten to death by Tang Jiu. How could he possibly want to waste words with him?

With an angry roar, his yellow spirit ring flashed. "First Spirit Skill, Great Bear Paw!"

This was a spirit skill obtained from a two-hundred-year Black Bear. It could increase strength by 50%, though unlike Tang Jiu, its power could not be boosted by the number of spirit rings.

Even so, the strength enhancement it provided was extremely terrifying.

As he swung his arm around, it carried a howling gust of wind.

"Then let me show you the terror of my second spirit—Ring Restriction!"

Tang Jiu immediately placed his Spirit Ring Spirit over Sox. In that instant, Sox's Soul Power dropped three levels, and his Thousand-Year Soul Ring vanished.

"How is that possible?"

Sox's expression changed drastically.

"There's something even more impossible. First Spirit Skill, Evil Ring of Speed!"

Tang Jiu immediately activated the First Spirit Skill of his Spirit Ring Spirit. Purple light flashed over Sox's body. His speed immediately fell, while Tang Jiu's rose sharply.

Tang Jiu's White Feather Wind Swallow spirit ring had already granted him a speed boost. Combined with the speed drawn from Sox, his current speed far surpassed Sox's.

With an easy dodge, he avoided Sox's attack, then kicked Sox in the thigh, sending him sprawling face-first onto the ground.

"Your spirit... could it be a spirit ring?"

Sox was suddenly horrified. Restricting spirit rings, Soul Power, spirit skills, and even physical attributes—none of that could possibly be achieved by a single spirit ring skill.

And Tang Jiu currently had only one spirit ring.

Taking all those strange phenomena into account, Sox could think of only one possibility!

"You've got a good brain! But it's too late. If that Agility System Soul Master hadn't been injured, you might have been able to force out my trump card! Too bad. Now, I can only play you to death!"

"The First Spirit Skill of my Spirit Ring Spirit draws out your speed and feeds it back to me. My speed is now about the same as that of an Agility System Soul Master. And I have a thousand-year spirit skill, while you only have two hundred-year spirit skills. No matter how you calculate it, you're at an absolute disadvantage!"

There were only the three of them here, so Tang Jiu no longer bothered hiding anything. He indulged himself in some gloating. Seeing the stunned looks on Sox and Kasha's faces made him feel incomparably satisfied.

I'm level twenty-six, yet I defeated three people attacking me together—and even killed them instead!

Most importantly, two of them were Soul Elders!

This feels incredible!

A true battle across levels!

After finishing his taunts, Tang Jiu raised his leg and kicked at Sox. His Spirit Ring Spirit could restrict someone stronger than himself for no more than two minutes. He had already used over a minute while ambushing Kasha earlier.

In other words, he could only restrict Sox for a little over forty seconds!

"First Spirit Skill, Fury!"

"Spirit Bone Skill, Berserk!"

Tang Jiu went all out without hesitation. His strength surged, while his speed instantly rose by 30%. The power of this kick increased geometrically.

"Second Spirit Skill, Rampaging Bear King Transformation!"

Sox no longer held anything back either. Going all out, his body became even more powerful under the enhancement of his spirit skill, like a raging bear.

His Great Bear Paw slammed viciously toward Tang Jiu's incoming leg.

Bang!

Sox felt an immense force crashing into him. The bones in his bear paw nearly shattered from the kick. The opponent's strength was simply too great!

Most importantly, without the enhancement of his Thousand-Year Spirit Skill, he was at a huge disadvantage!

After landing the blow, Tang Jiu accelerated forward and punched toward Sox's abdomen. Sox had considerable combat experience. He sucked in his stomach and brought both bear paws down toward Tang Jiu's head as if smashing a watermelon.

But Tang Jiu was not foolish enough to perish together with him. With Berserk boosting his speed, he was far faster than Sox. He sidestepped with a quick broken step, evading the attack, then unleashed the most brutal combat technique from Military Fist.

Reverse Joint Technique!

Using his speed, he grabbed Sox's wrist and twisted hard. With a crack, he directly broke Sox's forearm.

Then he whipped a kick into Sox's waist.

A force of 8,400 jin, combined with terrifying speed, struck Sox squarely in the waist. Even with his Beast Spirit possessed, such damage had far exceeded his limits.

Sox flew backward through the air for seven or eight meters before crashing heavily onto the ground. He spat out mouthful after mouthful of blood. His internal organs had clearly been shattered, and he would not live much longer.

A level twenty-six Soul Grandmaster versus a level thirty-six Soul Elder—an overwhelming victory! Time taken: three seconds!

Even Tang Jiu admired himself.

Seeing Sox's miserable state, Kasha was terrified. Gritting her teeth, she looked at Tang Jiu pleadingly. "Spare me! I'll tell you everything!"

"Do you want to tell me that you're from the City Lord's Mansion? Or that you were ordered by the Nuoding City Lord? The moment I saw Zhang Feng, I had already guessed it!"

Tang Jiu walked over to retrieve his hammer from a distance and said mockingly.

Kasha froze for a moment. She had not expected Tang Jiu to have guessed even that. Then she hurriedly said, "Are you going to take revenge? I can take you there and help you deal with the City Lord!"

"The City Lord is a level-forty Soul Ancestor! You can't deal with him alone!"

"Besides, he has a close relationship with Spirit Hall. The Enforcement Team from Soul Hunting Forest lives in the City Lord's Mansion!"

Kasha revealed information about the City Lord's Mansion, continuously adding to the bargaining chips that might save her life.

Sox was dead. She desperately wanted Tang Jiu dead as well. She thought of luring Tang Jiu into seeking revenge, then joining forces with the people from the City Lord's Mansion to kill him!

"I am going to cause trouble for the City Lord. Otherwise, I won't even dare show my face in public from now on!" Tang Jiu felt that he had to go. Otherwise, carrying the identity of Tang Hao's son, he would be hunted down wherever he went.

"You agree?" Kasha's face filled with joy, though inwardly she was thinking about how to cut Tang Jiu into a thousand pieces!

Tang Jiu smiled and nodded. "But I don't trust you!"

Tang Jiu swung his hammer but did not approach Kasha, afraid that she might still have some hidden killing move. He simply hurled the hammer straight at her.

"No!~~" Kasha screamed. She did not understand why Tang Jiu had refused her, but she only managed that single cry before the hammer smashed into her stomach, ending her life completely.

Tang Jiu picked up the hammer and gave Sox another blow before finally beginning to search the two of them for valuables. The result left him deeply disappointed.

Neither of them had brought any money. They had probably thought killing him would be too easy and planned to return immediately afterward—or they had not wanted to leave too many clues for Tang Hao to find.

Tang Jiu cursed his bad luck and headed back toward Nuoding City with his hammer in hand.

"I never hold grudges. If I have a grudge, I settle it on the spot!"

Anyone who wanted him dead had to die!