The first time Kong Wu saw Bai Shen, he had already noticed an Attribute Panel floating beside him.
Even though there was nothing visible to the naked eye, Kong Wu still believed his system would not display something without reason.
Sure enough, during his later battle with Bai Shen, that Attribute Panel quietly made a circle and lurked behind Kong Wu.
Thus, he decided to turn the tables and use their scheme against them.
He discovered that although these cultivators had astonishing Strength attributes, their physical bodies were only average.
As long as he caught this treacherous old six off guard, he might be able to kill him with a single saber stroke.
And now, what appeared before Kong Wu's eyes was the utterly panicked Zhu Yin Sheng.
He had exited his previous invisible state and was currently holding a pitch-black dagger, poised to stab Kong Wu.
If Kong Wu had not been even slightly prepared beforehand, Zhu Yin Sheng might truly have succeeded.
Whether it could break through his defenses was another matter, though.
But now, Zhu Yin Sheng had already committed to his move. As he watched the Evil-Slaying Saber howl toward him, his eyes filled with despair.
Kong Wu was too fast, and the Evil-Slaying Saber was too long. He had no time to take any other measures and could only watch helplessly as the Evil-Slaying Saber came down beside his ear, chopping off his shoulder, arm, and half his body.
"Ah!"
As the two passed each other, Zhu Yin Sheng's shrill scream echoed through the dark, gloomy forest.
Was this what one expected from a Late Qi Refining stage cultivator?
Kong Wu turned around, flicked his saber to shake off the blood, and looked at Zhu Yin Sheng rolling incessantly across the ground, deeply impressed by his vitality.
He still wasn't dead.
Not only was he alive, Zhu Yin Sheng also struggled to pull a talisman from his robes and press it against his chest.
A streak of blood-red light flashed, and the wound where half his body had been hacked away miraculously stopped spouting blood.
Zhu Yin Sheng's face was deathly pale, as if the talisman had temporarily suppressed his pain.
He clenched his teeth and said weakly, "The Life-Sustaining Talisman doesn't have much time left. I have to sacrifice this brat as soon as possible if I want to survive. Once it's done, I'll ask the village chief to get you a Substitute Death Talisman..."
"Um..." Kong Wu pointed behind him and interrupted, "Who are you talking to?"
Zhu Yin Sheng turned around in confusion, only to find no one there.
He opened his mouth wide and looked toward the sky in disbelief.
There, a figure was flying into the distance, with a faint golden light shimmering across his back.
That Flying Talisman... had still been sold to Bai Shen by him.
Because Bai Shen was the son of an old friend, he had sold it cheaply. The only two he possessed had cost just three spirit stones.
And they were not the defective products he sold to Old Man Fang, either.
He turned around in despair, only to find that beneath the moonlight, a long blade-light came crashing down like the Milky Way pouring from the heavens.
"Congratulations! You killed Zhu Yin Sheng and obtained 8 Free Attribute Points." "Congratulations! You killed Zhu Yin Sheng and obtained Special Skill—Blood Burst Technique Lv1 (0/10)." Blood Burst Technique: By erupting the life force contained within one's vital essence, gain a 10% increase to the Strength attribute for 3 minutes. The increase and duration will rise as the skill levels up. P.S. The system has already removed the skill's side effects. Please use it without worry.
"Huh?"
Kong Wu froze for a moment, then his heart surged with joy.
At last, he had obtained his first skill.
And it was an enhancement-type skill at that. Though it was not flashy, its practicality more than made up for it.
The considerate system had even removed its side effects for him. Now that was what he called service!
Kong Wu
Life: 102 Strength: 25.6 Skill: Blood Burst Technique Lv1 (0/10) Free Attribute Points: 8 Special Attribute Points: None
A "Blood Burst Technique" had appeared in the Skill column of his panel, which had previously always displayed "None."
The Lv1 after "Blood Burst Technique" indicated the skill's current level, while the number in parentheses showed how many Free Attribute Points were needed to upgrade it to the next level.
The 8 Free Attribute Points he had left were not enough to level up the skill.
Even if he had enough points, Kong Wu would not spend his Free Attribute Points on upgrading the skill.
At this stage, the attribute increase gained from leveling up the skill was still inferior to directly assigning the points to Strength.
Not to mention that this skill had a time limit.
Suppressing his excitement with force, Kong Wu turned around. After watching the figure gradually shrink in the sky, he gave it a moment's thought and chased after it.
Cultivators were rare, and those capable of providing so many Attribute Points were rarer still.
Having learned from the previous Evil God Cultist, Kong Wu knew that talismans capable of flight had a limited duration. They could not keep someone airborne forever.
"Wait here."
After tossing Feng Yang a sentence, Kong Wu began sprinting.
He charged into the woods without paying the slightest attention to the trees blocking his path.
His powerful body could simply smash through the trees. Going around them would instead waste more time.
Watching Bai Shen's back grow smaller and smaller, Kong Wu had no intention of wasting time.
Behind him, Feng Yang watched Kong Wu's figure barrel straight through everything in his path and nodded instinctively.
This trip had truly broadened his horizons.
When had he ever seen a body cultivator... No, that wasn't right. Body cultivators also cultivated True Qi to strengthen their bodies.
There was no True Qi fluctuation on Constable Kong, which meant he had relied solely on his battle-tempered body to kill a ninth-layer Qi Refining cultivator.
He had noticed it the moment Zhu Yin Sheng revealed himself.
Compared with Bai Shen earlier, the True Qi fluctuation around Zhu Yin Sheng had been far more intense. He had clearly reached the peak of the Qi Refining stage and was currently charging toward the Foundation Establishment Realm.
"Phew..."
Feng Yang let out a long sigh, dropped onto the grass, propped himself up with both hands, and looked toward the starry sky.
He had originally thought that he was already one of the outstanding young disciples of Qingfeng Mountain, but now it seemed that he had not worked hard enough in his cultivation.
All night long, Feng Yang, a cultivator from a prestigious sect, could only stand to the side and watch Kong Wu sweep through and effortlessly deal with a large batch of evil creatures. It left him feeling deeply melancholy.
Not long afterward, he heard movement coming from the woods. When he turned his head, he saw that Kong Wu had returned.
Kong Wu wore a thoroughly vexed expression. He casually yanked a tree as thick as a man's waist from the ground and tossed it aside.
Qingshan County had many mountains, and the area around Baiyun Mountain was filled with steep peaks.
Relying on the speed granted by his brute strength, he had nearly caught up with Bai Shen.
Bai Shen's figure had also begun slowly descending.
For a time, Kong Wu thought Bai Shen was already as good as captured.
But beside a cliff, when he was less than a hundred meters from Bai Shen, he could only watch helplessly as Bai Shen used another talisman and flew across a mountain ravine several hundred meters wide.
Even his inhuman physical strength could not cross such a vast distance.
Thus, he could only watch Bai Shen fly toward the cliff on the opposite side.
Well, it could not be said that he had gained nothing at all. At the very least, he had thrown several stones and hit one of them.
Seeing Kong Wu's expression, Feng Yang knew he had failed to catch Bai Shen and did not dare say a word.
Meanwhile, deep in a forest far away from them, Bai Shen's face was pale. Covering his left arm, which had been severed at the elbow, he trudged onward with difficulty.
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