Ruins City.
Abandoned Amusement Park.
The Monster Potion Company's martial artists moved forward under cover of darkness.
There were many Heaven and Earth Spiritual Items, but seizing them required the right timing.
At night, monsters were active, but they were still only monsters. If they could not win, they could run.
Daytime was different.
Not only did they have to guard against monsters, they also had to watch out for other martial artist teams.
Men would die for wealth, and birds would die for food.
Sometimes, the one who stabbed you in the back was not necessarily a monster.
Human martial artists were even more fearsome.
Therefore,
the Monster Potion Company chose to act at night.
For one thing, they could avoid having a mantis stalk a cicada while an oriole waited behind. For another, they could fight the monsters without holding back.
"Captain, quite a few teams on the forums have been robbed."
A low-level Martial Artist looked toward the woman leading the way ahead, dressed in a black leather bodysuit.
The Leather-clad Woman sneered. "There's always a bunch of fools who don't fear death. Don't worry. They still don't dare provoke our Monster Potion Company."
"But... the teams being robbed were all attacked by the same person."
"Oh?"
The Leather-clad Woman stopped and extended a slender, jade-like hand wrapped in black leather. She took the electronic display and scrolled through the information.
Soon, her expression turned slightly grave.
"To dare rob so many teams alone, he's at least a High-level Martial Artist."
She was the strongest person in the team.
A Seventh-order Advanced Martial Artist.
Facing an Eighth- or Ninth-order High-level Martial Artist, she truly had no confidence.
But she was not afraid.
The Monster Potion Company had several Martial Dao Grandmasters stationed there. Not to mention High-level Martial Artists—even Grandmasters had to think twice before provoking them.
"There's no need to worry. In Jinling City, no one has dared oppose the Monster Potion Company."
The Leather-clad Woman suppressed her unease and gave the team a shot of reassurance.
Hearing this, everyone relaxed as well.
The Ghost Face Martial Artist had been made into far too much of a legend on the forums.
They said he could manipulate objects from afar, even lift huge boulders through the air and smash people with them, or take a person's head from a thousand meters away as easily as reaching into a bag.
Could that be believed?
At any rate, they did not believe it.
After walking for several minutes, the Leather-clad Woman at the head raised her hand and stopped the team from going any farther.
Her voice was cold and clear. "We're here."
Everyone looked up.
In their field of vision, a giant snake radiating green light was coiled atop the original Roller Coaster Track in the amusement park.
Under the moonlight, its scales reflected a chill gleam.
A High-level Monster, the Jade Scale Snake.
At the snake's head, in a pool of water, a spiritual herb bearing seven purple, star-shaped petals swayed gently.
"Dew Star Grass?"
Standing in the distance and constantly observing the Monster Potion Company's martial artist team, Lu Xuan raised an eyebrow.
He did not know much about martial artists.
But he knew these monsters and spiritual herbs extremely well.
The monster-clearing warehouse had posters and specialized books about them.
If anyone found fragments of these spiritual herbs in a monster's stomach while clearing monsters, they could receive a hefty reward.
Back then,
Lu Xuan had spent a month familiarizing himself with these spiritual herbs so he could try his luck in the future.
Now that he saw one, he recognized it at a glance.
"This spiritual medicine seems to be used to make psychic drugs... I wonder whether it can help my Psychic Power?"
This herb and I are fated to meet!
Lu Xuan stared at the herb with burning eyes.
He did not act rashly.
He stood where he was and watched the battle.
At that moment, the Jade Scale Snake had already clashed with the High-level Martial Artist and three other Intermediate Martial Artists.
The remaining low-level Martial Artists guarded the surroundings.
The Leather-clad Woman held a long whip and lashed it at the Jade Scale Snake.
Every strike sparked showers of sparks in the air, occasionally illuminating the dark night.
The other three Intermediate Martial Artists also displayed their own abilities, giving the Jade Scale Snake not the slightest chance to rest.
They intended to press their advantage and suppress it in one fell swoop.
"What a good way to fight!"
The corners of Lu Xuan's lips curled beneath his Ghost-faced Monkey mask. "With this kind of all-out assault, even if they kill the High-level Monster, they'll be exhausted and unable to fight again... That will be the perfect time for me to act."
Boom! Boom!
The sound of something tearing through the air rang out.
The Leather-clad Woman moved with agility, landing on the roller coaster track. She circulated the qi and blood within her body, swung the long whip in her hand, and sent blade-like streaks of firelight slashing toward the Jade Scale Snake.
Spiritual Energy released outward—a High-level Martial Artist!
Wherever the firelight passed, vegetation vaporized and steel melted into liquid.
The Jade Scale Snake's scales were torn apart, revealing one savage wound after another.
"Roar—!"
The Jade Scale Snake hissed and roared. Its hundred-zhang body writhed as it sprayed freezing breath from its mouth. Wherever it reached, frost and ice formed; if a person were touched by it, their organs would rapidly age.
The two sides fought fiercely.
After dozens of exchanges, neither could gain the upper hand.
The Jade Scale Snake was powerful, but it was outnumbered.
Half an hour into the battle, the Leather-clad Woman pushed off with both legs and shot forward. She replaced the long whip in her hand with a Pulse Cannon.
She aimed at the Jade Scale Snake's wounds and pulled the trigger.
Boom—!
A Spiritual Energy Pulse erupted.
"Roar!" The Jade Scale Snake let out a miserable cry. Several bloody holes appeared in its abdomen. Realizing it was outmatched, it developed the urge to flee and twisted its body, trying to escape.
"Stop it!" the Leather-clad Woman shouted.
The remaining ten low-level Martial Artists attacked in unison.
Energy surged, and gun smoke billowed in all directions.
Under the covering fire, the Jade Scale Snake had nowhere to dodge. It was gravely wounded and crashed to the ground.
The Leather-clad Woman and the three Intermediate Martial Artists seized the opportunity and rushed forward.
Splurt!
Blades pierced through the snake's head. Blood sprayed, and the Jade Scale Snake breathed its last.
"As expected of a High-level Monster. If not for the company's newly developed weapon, it might have escaped today."
Everyone let out their breath, drenched in sweat.
The Leather-clad Woman hurriedly sat down to regulate her breathing. Even then, she did not forget to remind everyone, "Hurry and pick the Dew Star Grass. Delaying could bring complications!"
"Yes!"
Several low-level Martial Artists turned and lunged toward the Dew Star Grass in the pool.
But suddenly,
everyone froze in place, staring wide-eyed at the pool.
They saw that Lu Xuan, wearing his Ghost-faced Monkey mask, had already plucked the Dew Star Grass. He looked at them with a smile in his eyes and said, unconstrained, "Thank you all for delivering this High-level Spiritual Item."
As soon as he said this,
the Leather-clad Woman, who had been regulating her breathing while seated, opened her eyes. When she saw Lu Xuan's Ghost-faced Monkey face, her expression turned the color of pig liver.
"The Ghost Face Martial Artist!?"
The Leather-clad Woman gritted her teeth. "Sir, do you truly intend to oppose the Monster Potion Company?"
Lu Xuan put away the Dew Star Grass and nodded. "Is the Monster Potion Company very powerful? Throwing your weight around in Jinling City—do you really think you're somebody?!"
"You're not a martial artist from Jinling City?!"
"The dead don't need to know!"
Lu Xuan raised both hands. The sharp weapons within twenty meters seemed to come alive, floating weightlessly in the air.
"T-this..."
"A ghost! A ghost!"
"What kind of technique is this? How is it possible? You... splurt!"
Hundreds of blades shot out like bullets, tracing enchanting arcs through the crowd and raising sheets of blood.
Everyone had long since exhausted their qi, blood, and Spiritual Energy. They had no power to resist at all.
They died on the spot!
"You can't kill me!"
The Leather-clad Woman roared. Strangely, a golden light burst from within her body. Just as the flying blades controlled by Lu Xuan's Mental Power reached her, the golden light enveloped her. In the end, it only chopped off both her arms, while the golden light wrapped around her and flew away.
"Not good!" Lu Xuan's expression changed drastically. He focused his Psychic Power to a single point and fiercely sent a blade flying toward the Leather-clad Woman.
"Ahhh! I'm going to kill you!"
The Leather-clad Woman's voice rang across the skies of Ruins City until it vanished into the night.
Everything happened in the blink of an eye.
She had escaped!
"How is that possible?!"
Lu Xuan struggled to kneel on the ground. He stared wide-eyed at the Leather-clad Woman fleeing into the distance, his heart filled with shock.
"What kind of ability was that?"
"An immortal? Or the legendary Heaven and Earth Martial Saint?"
He did not know much about martial artists' abilities.
He only knew the cultivation realms: Martial Artist, Martial Master, Grandmaster, Martial Saint, Martial God...
What kind of existence could possess the ability to use golden light to save someone?
He knew nothing about it.
"I was careless."
Lu Xuan's mood grew heavy. "That woman's identity is probably not simple..."
What was a young lady like her doing coming to the Wilderness to train?
He slowly closed his eyes.
Lu Xuan sighed. "Forget it. In any case, it was the Ghost Face Martial Artist who killed them. What does it have to do with me, Lu Xuan?"
Zhou Shuren was Zhou Shuren.
Lu Xun was Lu Xun.
He gathered his thoughts, recovered slightly, then picked up the Storage Ring from the ground, stored the Jade Scale Snake's corpse, threw down a torch, and disappeared.
Half an hour later.
Satellite City No. 3.
The golden light descended. A graceful figure crashed into the ground, covered in blood—it was the Leather-clad Woman.
Her entire body trembled, and her eyes were filled with terror. "How is that possible? Why can someone manipulate objects from afar?"
"No, I have to report this to the company!"
"This person absolutely cannot be allowed to live!"
Her severed arms spurted blood. Unable to stand, she shouted toward the martial artists guarding the city, "I'm a martial artist from the Monster Potion Company! Take me to the hospital!"
At the same time,
she looked toward her abdomen, where a huge bloody hole had appeared.
Her Martial Dao foundation had been destroyed!
"Ahhh!"
"Ghost Face Martial Artist, I'm going to kill you!"
Lu Xuan stood atop the Ferris Wheel. His Mental Power had recovered slightly as he looked at the scene, which had been completely reduced to ashes, and let out a heavy breath.
"It's good that she escaped. It'll help confuse the various companies' forces."
He consoled himself.
In the Leather-clad Woman's understanding, the Ghost Face Martial Artist was not a martial artist from Jinling City!
That way, he could kill Xu Long and seize the Earth Dragon Egg without any burden.
The Xu Family would ultimately search for the culprit outside Jinling City. By the time they reacted, he would already be a completely different person.
"Next, I need to become stronger!"
Lu Xuan took out the Dew Star Grass and swallowed it in one bite.
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