Reversal Kill in a Chaotic Battle

"Zheng Wugong! You actually dared to ambush Mu Family cultivators before Jade Moon Lake!"

Staring at the dark-skinned burly man at Qi Refining Ninth Layer, the Mu Family Head spoke in an icy tone, furious beyond measure.

He had remained vigilant throughout the journey, never expecting to be attacked just as they reached their doorstep.

"Kill! End this quickly!"

Zheng Wugong gave a savage grin and formed a hand seal. The Flame Great Blade beneath his feet swelled to the size of a door panel, and within the dancing flames along its blade flickered a trace of strange black light!

The flaming blade light tore through the air and slashed straight at the Mu Family Head.

At the same time, the six cultivators behind Zheng Wugong all made their moves, the weakest among them already at Qi Refining Mid-Stage.

One of them was a beautiful woman at Qi Refining Seventh Layer. She cast a vine spell, and green vines burst from the ground one after another, winding toward the Mu Family Head.

"You dare run wild before the Mu Family gates? Today, every last one of you stays behind!"

The Mu Family Head's expression darkened. He produced an Azure Flag and planted it into the ground, forming an azure wind vortex as large as a privy around himself.

He then crushed a Talisman, and a Golden Light Shield protected his body.

Puff! Puff!

Yet, facing two enemies alone, the Mu Family Head swiftly fell into a disadvantage. The light of the Azure Flag before him dimmed, while the Golden Light Shield was cleaved apart by the flaming blade light.

Four Mu Family cultivators faced five Zheng Family cultivators at Qi Refining Mid-Stage.

They too were outnumbered, and the situation did not look promising.

The soul-stirring battle caught the surviving youths completely off guard.

Many of them turned pale, their legs trembling.

Having only just entered the Cultivation World, when had they ever seen such a scene?

"The Cultivation World is too dangerous! I wanna go home and farm..." Li Ergou wailed, his voice shaking.

"You all hurry to the Lineage!"

A Mu Family youth at Qi Refining Fifth Layer sent them a voice transmission.

Lan Chang'an recognized him.

His name was Mu Yunfei. He had previously handed out Spirit Stones to the ten youths.

"That's right, run!"

"We'll only be dead weight if we stay here."

The youths reacted quickly and ran toward Jade Moon Lake.

"I'm afraid it won't be that simple."

Lan Chang'an frowned slightly and did not rush to flee.

The Zheng Family cultivators clearly held the advantage in numbers. They merely kept the Mu Family Head and the others occupied, yet ignored them.

That struck Lan Chang'an as abnormal.

Sure enough, the youths had only fled several dozen meters.

Whoosh!

A Wind Blade several feet long swept past the fastest-running youth.

He did not even have time to scream.

His head parted from his body, blood spraying everywhere.

Hiss!

The fleeing youths came to an abrupt halt, every hair on their bodies standing on end.

"There's an ambush too!"

The Mu Family Head and the four Lineage cultivators' expressions sank.

Three cultivators drifted down from a large tree beside the road.

Two men and one woman.

The leader was an Ugly Woman at Qi Refining Fourth Layer. She instructed the two young cultivators behind her:

"This is your first real battle in the Cultivation World! Follow me and kill the remaining eight Immortal Seedlings. Do not let your guard down..."

"Rest assured, Feng-Sao!"

"With Magic Tools in hand, killing these Immortal Seedlings who have just entered the gate will be as easy as slaughtering chickens!"

The two youths were around twenty years old and at Qi Refining Third Layer. Excitement outweighed nervousness on their faces.

Lan Chang'an's senses were sharp, and he heard the three of them clearly.

Clearly, the Ugly Woman intended to use Immortal Seedlings like them as whetstones for the younger members of her clan.

These Immortal Seedlings were weak in cultivation, lacked Magic Tools, and were unskilled in spells. Facing the Ugly Woman's group of three, they truly had no power to resist.

The two young men at Qi Refining Third Layer alone, armed with Magic Tools, could slaughter them all.

"Time is limited. Kill them quickly!"

The Ugly Woman struck first. She could not even be bothered to produce a Magic Tool; with a casual Wind Blade, she cut another female Immortal Seedling in half at the waist.

Only seven Immortal Seedlings remained.

Among them, only three or four knew one or two spells.

"Zheng Yan, let's compete and see who kills more!"

The two youths laughed wildly. Like tigers charging into a flock of sheep, they controlled their Magic Tools and rushed in to kill.

Hmph!

Lan Chang'an knew he could not sit still and wait for death. He rubbed out a fire bullet the size of a pebble at his fingertips and suddenly attacked one of the youths.

The Fireball Art was one of the less powerful fire-element spells.

It was the only offensive spell Lan Chang'an had learned from that rogue cultivator Daoist.

However, in Lan Chang'an's hands, this fire bullet's power and speed were more than fifty percent greater than before.

"So fast!"

The young cultivator jumped in fright and hastily controlled his Magic Tool Iron Sword back to defend himself.

Bang!

The flames exploded. Most of their power was blocked by the Magic Tool, but a few sparks still left the young cultivator singed and disheveled.

"You little beast!"

The young cultivator flew into a rage. A single fire bullet posed little threat, but it had made him lose tremendous face.

After all, his opponent was merely an Immortal Seedling at Qi Refining First Layer.

The young cultivator controlled the Magic Tool Iron Sword, preparing to unleash a furious strike.

"Yan'er, be careful!"

A sharp gust of force stabbed toward him, and the Ugly Woman in the distance cried out a warning.

However, it was already too late!

Lan Chang'an's body dragged an afterimage behind it as he closed in within the blink of an eye.

He flicked out a finger, releasing a three-foot beam of force!

The young cultivator named Zheng Yan stiffened, staring blankly at the bloody hole in his chest.

The three-foot beam of force had pierced through his heart.

This was the supreme martial art Lan Chang'an had cultivated, Celestial Finger Flick.

The earlier Fireball Art had merely been a smokescreen.

"A Martial Arts Innate Realm expert cannot be underestimated."

After killing Zheng Yan, Lan Chang'an spoke lightly.

He picked up the Magic Tool Flying Sword his opponent had dropped.

Amid the Ugly Woman's shocked and furious roar, he rapidly retreated.

"Zheng Yan..."

The other young Zheng Family cultivator cried out in horror. He froze briefly, and his fierce offensive slowed.

The Immortal Seedlings gained a moment to catch their breath.

Fight!

Encouraged by Lan Chang'an, the few youths who knew spells joined forces and counterattacked the other young cultivator at Qi Refining Third Layer.

"Yan'er—"

The Ugly Woman at Qi Refining Fourth Layer roared furiously, her eyes filling with bloodshot veins as she pursued Lan Chang'an with bone-piercing killing intent.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three Wind Blades slashed toward him in succession.

Spells that could instantly kill the other Immortal Seedlings had no effect on Lan Chang'an.

His powerful divine sense gave him sufficiently keen reactions.

With a Martial Arts Grandmaster's movement speed, he would not be at much of a disadvantage even against Qi Refining Fourth Layer.

"An Innate martial artist?"

The Ugly Woman ground her teeth. She quickly calmed down and produced a Small Bronze Bell.

Lan Chang'an's expression changed. Without a second thought, he flung three fire bullets behind him.

The Ugly Woman wore a mocking expression and neither dodged nor evaded. She poured all her mana into the Small Bronze Bell before her. With a hum, it formed a Bronze Light Shield, like an inverted bronze bowl.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The three fire bullets struck the Bronze Light Shield and exploded violently.

The Small Bronze Bell's luster weakened by thirty percent.

"The power of those fire bullets?"

The Ugly Woman could not help being moved. The three fire bullets Lan Chang'an had launched were actually several degrees stronger than before, nearing the level of a cultivator at Qi Refining Third Layer.

After repeatedly casting the Fireball Art, more than half of Lan Chang'an's mana had been depleted. His Evergreen Mana was continuously recovering.

"Die!" Cold light flashed in the Ugly Woman's eyes.

The Small Bronze Bell rang out with a clang that deafened the ears. Nearby youths of lower cultivation bled from their noses and mouths.

A ring of pale golden ripples swept toward Lan Chang'an at terrifying speed.

"A soundwave attack that shakes the soul?"

Lan Chang'an's mind wavered slightly before recovering in an instant.

Celestial Fiend Devil Sound!

He circulated his Innate True Qi and took a fierce breath. His belly and cheeks ballooned like inflated bladders.

It was another peerless martial arts technique.

Roar!

Sand and stones flew everywhere as a Sha Qi soundwave shaped like a tiger's roar collided with the incoming pale golden ripples.

Even with the Small Bronze Bell weakened by thirty percent, it still crushed and swallowed the Celestial Fiend Devil Sound.

In the end, only ten to twenty percent of the pale golden ripples remained. Lan Chang'an protected himself with Innate True Qi and endured them head-on with his powerful physique.

His body staggered backward, his blood and qi churning.

The trace of strange soundwave force that seeped into his organs was ultimately dissolved by the Ancient Evergreen Mana.

"How is that little thief possible?!"

The Ugly Woman stared in utter disbelief, finding it truly impossible to accept.

Her bell Magic Tool specialized in soundwave attacks and carried a slight soul-capturing effect, yet that brat had neutralized it unharmed with a spell combined with a martial arts soundwave technique.

After neutralizing the fatal strike.

Lan Chang'an rapidly widened the distance and prepared to activate the Blood Burning Art.

This technique could forcibly raise his cultivation to Qi Refining Third Layer Peak, but its side effects were rather severe.

Fortunately, his opponent's Magic Tool killing move required quite obvious casting motions and could not be used repeatedly at high frequency.

The Ugly Woman's killing intent did not diminish, and she still wanted to pursue him.

"Retreat!"

At that moment, Zheng Wugong shouted urgently from afar.

Lan Chang'an glanced over and discovered that beside the Mu Family Head stood a Single-Horned Exotic Beast that released lightning. It resembled both a horse and an ox.

The Single-Horned Exotic Beast possessed strength comparable to Qi Refining Eighth Layer and forced back the beautiful woman at Qi Refining Seventh Layer.

Then, the Single-Horned Exotic Beast swept its icy gaze toward the Ugly Woman and charged this way.

"Go!"

The Ugly Woman's fat face twitched as she called for the junior at Qi Refining Third Layer, who was still locked in fierce battle, to leave.

The Zheng Family cultivators retreated in haste.

Lan Chang'an understood that even with the Single-Horned Exotic Beast added to the battle, the Zheng Family cultivators still had the strength to fight.

But near the Mu Family residence, the Zheng Family cultivators did not dare prolong the battle. Their strategy had always been to end things quickly.

The moment thunder rumbled!

A bolt of lightning struck down and killed the slowest young Zheng Family cultivator at Qi Refining Third Layer.

The Zheng Family retreated at the cost of two cultivators at Qi Refining Third Layer.

Meanwhile, four Immortal Seedlings of the Mu Family died in the chaotic battle.

Who had profited and who had lost was obvious at a glance.

Lan Chang'an recovered his mana and examined the Magic Tool Flying Sword in his hand.

"Pah! So poor..."

He had thought it was a Low-Grade Magic Tool, but after inspecting it, he discovered it was an Inferior Magic Tool with several flaws on its surface.

Lan Chang'an considered it.

Then he walked over to the corpse of the cultivator named Zheng Yan whom he had killed.

He carefully searched the body to see whether there were any other Spoils of War.