Yang Lingtian's eyes flashed with killing intent.
Since the other party had already harbored murderous intent, he had no reason to overthink it. He would simply kill them in return.
Suddenly, Yang Lingtian moved. To ensure he could kill with a single strike, he directly used the Movement Technique Flowing Cloud Wind Movement.
He shot toward Huang Hao like a bolt of lightning, leaving behind only an afterimage.
A silver-white gleam flashed and vanished as it stabbed toward Young Master Huang Hao at astonishing speed.
"Young Master, watch out!"
The two middle-aged men standing behind him, who were suspected to be Foundation Establishment experts, suddenly paled. Yang Lingtian was simply too fast.
Before they had time to react, Yang Lingtian's sword was already thrusting rapidly toward Huang Hao's throat. It was too late to save him.
"Pfft!"
Faced with that lightning-fast sword gleam, Huang Hao, who was only at Qi Refining Level 9, had no time to react before the long sword pierced through his throat.
Young Master Huang Hao's eyes were stretched wide as he stared fixedly at Yang Lingtian before him.
His gaze was filled with disbelief and overwhelming unwillingness.
He had never imagined that Yang Lingtian would truly dare to attack and kill him outright.
The faces of the two middle-aged men, seeing the long sword already buried in Young Master Huang Hao, changed drastically. In an instant, their complexions turned deathly pale.
They had been responsible for Young Master Huang Hao's safety, yet he had been killed right under their noses.
They could not imagine how furious the Huang Family's head would be upon hearing the news, nor did they know what punishment awaited them.
At that thought, both men shuddered with fear, and their gazes toward Yang Lingtian filled with fury.
If they could not kill Yang Lingtian or capture him and bring him back today, they truly would have no way to answer to the family head.
"Brat, you actually killed Young Master Huang Hao! Prepare to die!"
Without the slightest hesitation, the two men's auras erupted. Weapons in hand, they charged toward Yang Lingtian.
Feeling their auras, Yang Lingtian's expression darkened. One was at Foundation Establishment Early Stage, and the other was at Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
This is going to be troublesome.
Yang Lingtian then engaged the two men in a fierce battle. The powerful shockwaves of their clash directly reduced the restaurant to a heap of ruins.
The fierce battle between Yang Lingtian and the two men entered the view of the onlookers outside.
Some people saw Young Master Huang Hao's corpse and were all struck pale with shock.
"Who is this person? He actually dared to kill Young Master Huang Hao, the Huang Family's son, in Liuyun City. Does he not want to live?"
"It's over, it's over. He won't be able to escape Liuyun City."
However, some people looked delighted. "Haha, good riddance!"
"He usually acts lawlessly, bullying us just because he's the Huang Family's son."
Before long, the battle here attracted more and more spectators.
Yang Lingtian also understood that the longer he lingered here, the more dangerous his situation would become.
If the Huang Family sent someone even stronger, he might truly be unable to escape.
With his current strength, facing a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage expert was not a problem.
But if he encountered a Foundation Establishment Late Stage expert or a Foundation Establishment Peak expert, it would be troublesome!
A sharp glint flashed through Yang Lingtian's eyes. He used his Movement Technique, his footsteps shifting slightly.
His lunging body suddenly veered a short distance to the side, dodging an attack from the two men.
He then used his sword technique. His right hand trembled as he unleashed his full strength.
The long sword in his hand transformed into a curtain of sword shadows that surged toward the two men. Powerful Sword Qi sent them flying backward.
Yang Lingtian did not hesitate. He used his Movement Technique, his body sweeping past like a ghost as he fled rapidly into the distance.
Foundation Establishment experts still could not fly through the air, so he could only keep leaping away.
The onlookers in the crowd tactfully cleared a path one after another.
Yang Lingtian was extremely fast. A single leap carried him over a hundred meters.
Each time he landed, both feet struck the ground heavily, launching his entire body into the air and sending him flying at tremendous speed.
Then his body descended as lightly as a feather, landing on the ground before he continued sprinting forward without losing any speed.
The two men followed close behind, relentlessly giving chase.
At that moment, a powerful aura came from the distance. It was the aura of a Foundation Establishment Peak expert.
"You actually dared to kill Young Master Huang Hao! Today, you won't escape even if you grow wings!" A furious roar followed.
Yang Lingtian's expression turned solemn. Even a Foundation Establishment Peak expert had come.
If he were caught, he might truly lose his life here.
Although he had used the Movement Technique Half-Step Flowing Cloud, making him so fast that even a Foundation Establishment Middle Stage expert could not catch him,
he was still far slower than a Foundation Establishment Peak expert.
Yang Lingtian knew that he had to bring out his trump card!
Without hesitation, he took out the flying Spirit Artifact Imperial Sky Boat rewarded by the system, stepped onto it, and urged it with all his strength.
With his Foundation Establishment Early Stage cultivation, he could not yet unleash the true speed of this Mid-grade Spirit Artifact.
Even so, it pushed his speed up to that of a Foundation Establishment Peak expert—and he was flying through the air at the same time.
The expressions of the two men chasing him changed drastically, their faces filled with astonishment.
"What kind of treasure is that? How can it suddenly make him so fast?"
"That speed is comparable to Foundation Establishment Peak, isn't it?"
The two men knew they could no longer catch up, but they still had to give chase—at the very least, they had to make it look as though they were trying their hardest.
The Foundation Establishment Peak expert behind them soon overtook the two men and rapidly pursued Yang Lingtian in the direction he had fled.
This Foundation Establishment Peak expert was also deeply shocked. He could tell that Yang Lingtian was using a flying Spirit Artifact.
Such artifacts were even rarer than offensive and defensive Spirit Artifacts.
A trace of greed appeared in his eyes. "This brat actually possesses such a treasure."
"No wonder he dared to kill someone in Liuyun City. So he had something to rely on."
After fleeing continuously, Yang Lingtian urged the Imperial Sky Boat and escaped from Liuyun City.
The Foundation Establishment Peak expert behind him was still hot on his heels.
"Hmph. Activating a treasure like that must consume Spiritual Power. Let me see how long you can keep it up."
At that moment, Huang Qi, the Huang Family's head, was entertaining several old friends inside the Huang residence.
Suddenly, a servant hurried over to report, "This is bad, Family Head! Young Master Huang Hao has been killed."
Upon hearing this, Huang Qi and his several old friends all paled drastically.
The powerful aura belonging to a Golden Core expert involuntarily erupted from Huang Qi as he roared in fury, "What? Who was it? Who dared to kill my son!"
The servant replied tremblingly, "It was that Yang Xiangtian..."
He then recounted the entire process to Huang Qi without leaving out a single detail.
"Useless! Useless! Are the two Foundation Establishment Realm guards I assigned to my son useless?"
"They actually allowed someone at Foundation Establishment Early Stage to kill him right under their noses!" Huang Qi roared, blazing with rage.
Huang Qi then stormed out, intending to personally capture Yang Lingtian and bring him back.
However, several hours had already been wasted. Yang Lingtian had already fled into the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
The Monster Beast Mountain Range had complex terrain and was home to countless monsters.
Relying on the terrain, and with the Foundation Establishment Peak expert pursuing him already quite far behind, Yang Lingtian managed to shake off the expert's pursuit after entering the Monster Beast Mountain Range and fleeing nonstop.
Although Yang Lingtian had escaped his pursuer, he still did not dare lower his guard.
He had now provoked the Huang Family, one of the Five Great Families of Liuyun City. They could not possibly let the matter rest.
Thinking back on it, Yang Lingtian could not help sighing.
He had only just provoked the Lei Family, and now he had provoked the Huang Family as well.
What was more, this time the matter was far more serious. He had killed their son.
With the Lei Family, he had merely made their son kneel.
Even so, Yang Lingtian still did not regret it. If one wanted to become a powerhouse, one had to be utterly fearless.
If others did not offend me, I would not offend them. If others offended me, I would certainly strike back!
Since Yang Lingtian had not been captured, Huang Qi, who had returned to the Huang residence, was furious.
"Someone, go place a massive bounty and mobilize the entire family's strength. Find that damned Yang Xiangtian for me."
"When you catch him, I will skin him alive."
Soon afterward, portraits of Yang Lingtian were posted throughout Liuyun City and several nearby cities.
The alias Yang Xiangtian that he had used also spread throughout those cities.
Yang Lingtian knew that he could not return to Liuyun City. He could not even go to the several nearby cities.
Otherwise, once he was discovered, he would be in trouble.
He continued urging the Imperial Sky Boat, sometimes stopping to travel on foot. After two days of travel, he finally left this section of the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
Along the way, he killed countless monsters that came to harass him and finally arrived at a desolate, sparsely populated region.
There was a road here, marked by the tracks left behind by countless traveling carriages.
Ahead, a group of people driving several carriages was slowly approaching Yang Lingtian.
Yang Lingtian guessed that they were probably a merchant caravan. It did not look very large, numbering only a few dozen people.
He walked along the road at a normal pace and soon encountered the merchant caravan.
Several sturdy guards on the caravan stared at Yang Lingtian with sharp gazes.
Yang Lingtian did not know where this place was and had been thinking of going over to ask for directions.
When Yang Lingtian was less than ten meters from the merchant caravan, both sides stopped at the same time.
"Who are you, and why are you blocking the road?" one of the burly men at the front of the caravan shouted harshly at Yang Lingtian.
Yang Lingtian cupped his fists. "Gentlemen, I lost my way while passing through here."
"Could you point me in the right direction? What is this place, and which way is the nearest city?"
Upon hearing this, quite a few people frowned slightly and exchanged glances.
If they were mercenaries who traveled outside year-round, they were either very familiar with the surrounding terrain or carried a map.
Almost no one would claim to have gotten lost like Yang Lingtian.
Clearly, these people did not readily believe Yang Lingtian's words. Instead, they grew wary, suspecting that he harbored ill intentions.
"Cut the crap. Get the hell out of the way, or don't blame me for being rude."
One of the hot-tempered burly men shouted loudly.
Yang Lingtian's expression darkened slightly as he said coldly, "I only asked for directions. You can refuse to answer."
"But watch your mouth. Don't throw your life away over a single sentence."
As soon as he said this, the group opposite him darkened their expressions.
The weapons in their hands shifted slightly, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.
At that moment, a relatively deep voice came from behind.
"Friend, aren't you going a little too far?"
As the voice fell, a middle-aged man riding a horse slowly came over from behind.
The middle-aged man's expression was slightly gloomy. Chilling intent surged in his eyes as he looked at Yang Lingtian with a piercing gaze.
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