Killing Jiang Xi, Mysterious Holy Cult

Lu Xuan stared expressionlessly at the petite loli blocking the alley entrance.

She swung the slime-covered chain in her small hand.

A manic grin spread across her face: "Big brother, please be gentle with me!"

With that, Jiang Xi's small body flickered. As her tender, youthful fingers moved, explosive fiery vitality erupted.

The chain whistled through the air, heading straight for Lu Xuan.

BANG!

The chain pierced through Lu Xuan and struck the wall behind him with a thwack, sending dust and debris flying.

Jiang Xi let out a perverted laugh:

"Big brother, let's enjoy this wonderful time together!"

She yanked hard on the chain in her hand.

Lu Xuan, an ordinary person, would surely be unable to stop her attack.

She intended to drag Lu Xuan away like a dead dog.

But as she excitedly pulled, the chain went taut, yet it didn't move forward even half an inch.

"Huh?"

Jiang Xi frowned slightly.

She increased her force a bit, but still couldn't move it an inch.

She tilted her head in confusion.

From the dust, Lu Xuan's figure slowly stood up, accompanied by his icy voice.

"You surprise me, because I can't detect that you're a Martial Artist."

Brushing off the dust around him, Lu Xuan's tall figure appeared completely unharmed before Jiang Xi, causing her expression to stiffen slightly.

"You, you're alright?" she asked, startled.

"No!"

She suddenly realized something and looked at Lu Xuan again, her voice turning sharp: "You're not an ordinary person, you're a Martial Artist! How is that possible!?"

Thinking this, She no longer dared to be careless. She tightened her grip on the chain with her five fingers and pulled with all her might.

However, even with all her vitality unleashed, she still couldn't pull the chain back. It was as if it were welded to the wall, unmoving.

"Don't waste your effort."

Lu Xuan tilted his head and asked seriously, "Can you tell me what method you used to hide your vitality?"

Hiding one's martial cultivation.

This question was extremely serious in Lu Xuan's eyes.

Because he possessed psychic power, allowing him to perceive the energy signatures of most beings.

Unless the opponent's strength far surpassed his by several realms, his mental power couldn't penetrate their energy barrier.

Yet, looking at Jiang Xi, She was merely a Tier 3 Martial Artist, and he couldn't perceive her.

This was completely illogical.

For the usually cautious Lu Xuan, this was definitely bad news.

"I should be the one asking you that!"

Jiang Xi, realizing she couldn't retrieve the chain, pulled out two short daggers instead.

Without giving Lu Xuan any time to react, she lunged.

"Overestimating yourself!"

Lu Xuan's thoughts stirred. The chain, which had been unmoving, seemed to come alive. It coiled in the air for half a circle and swam towards Jiang Xi.

"This, how is this possible!?"

Jiang Xi was horrified. Just as she was about to cancel her attack and flee, The chain gave her no chance. With a clang, it knocked away her daggers, bound her hands and feet, and tied her into a human-shaped dumpling before slamming her onto the ground.

"Damn it, you're actually this insidious?"

Jiang Xi struggled like a maggot.

"Insidious?" Lu Xuan raised his hand. The chain dragged the little brat up, lifting her high into the air. He then approached and sneered, "As a Martial Artist, you're trying to assassinate an ordinary person like me?"

"You call me insidious?"

His finger moved.

The iron chains tightened like a snake binding its prey, one end even piercing Jiang Xi's flesh.

"Ahhh!"

Screams echoed through the alley but would never escape it.

Lu Xuan extended his five fingers, pinching Jiang Xi's small face, and smiled faintly, "Can you speak to me properly now?"

"Who, who exactly are you?"

Jiang Xi's face was deathly pale, and she stammered, "I should have known, the monster meat I ate that day was from a high-level one. I should have known you weren't ordinary... You can manipulate objects from afar, I, I think I've seen something like this somewhere before."

Panic, fear.

She should have realized Lu Xuan couldn't be an ordinary person.

After all, Lu Ying had such great talent, how could her brother be ordinary?

But she hadn't expected him to be so powerful.

"Not answering my question!"

Lu Xuan's voice was icy, and he flicked his finger.

Pfft, the iron chain pierced Jiang Xi's other leg.

Blood gushed out.

"If you want to live, you'd better answer my question."

Lu Xuan stared at her.

One end of the iron chain dangled before Jiang Xi's eyes. What was once a plaything in her hand could now kill her with just a thought from Lu Xuan.

"I, I am a member of the Holy Cult."

Her lips trembled as she spoke slowly, "I don't even know what kind of force the Holy Cult is. They gave me an energy crystal that can suppress vitality and disguise myself as an ordinary person."

"Oh?"

Lu Xuan's gaze shifted to a necklace on Jiang Xi's chest.

To his Mental Power perception.

This thing was completely undetectable.

He flicked his finger, and the necklace floated into his palm.

Concentrating his Mental Power to probe it, Lu Xuan felt like he had hit an invisible wall, preventing his Mental Power from penetrating.

"Interesting."

He put the necklace away.

Covering his cultivation with Mental Power was very draining. This item would be perfect for him.

"Can you let me go now?"

Jiang Xi pleaded.

Lu Xuan didn't respond. He asked again, "The Holy Cult should be an evil force. You specialize in destroying people's martial foundations and then recruiting them?"

Hearing this, Jiang Xi's eyes widened. "How did you know?"

Lu Xuan didn't answer, rubbing his chin as he pondered, "In that case, Shen Liyue isn't a good person either. Her strength is probably hidden even deeper. A Martial Master, or a Martial Dao Grandmaster?"

So many schemers.

No wonder he had died three times in his previous life.

This world was too dark. Everyone was hiding like dogs, and if you weren't careful, you'd be killed in an alley.

"The Holy Cult, this organization needs to be closely monitored."

If Jiang Xi hadn't exposed herself today, he would have fallen into a trap.

"Hey, can you hear me?"

All color had drained from Jiang Xi's face, blood flowing from her legs to the ground, pooling into a puddle.

She felt like she was dying.

"Didn't you say you'd let me go?"

Lu Xuan glanced sideways, looking at the pleading in her eyes, and snapped his fingers.

Ching!

The iron chains binding Jiang Xi tightened rapidly, like sharp blades, crushing Jiang Xi into countless pieces of flesh and blood.

"So little information, and you still want to live?"

Lu Xuan scoffed disdainfully, collected her storage ring, casually threw a fireball, and disappeared from the alley.

This incident made him even more vigilant.

He constantly scanned his surroundings.

Until he snuck into the black market and sold everything remaining for money.

All the spirit herbs sold for five hundred thousand Federal Coins.

The flesh and blood of other Monsters sold for three hundred thousand.

Jiang Xi's storage ring didn't hold much; she was poorer than him.

In short, He hadn't even earned a million from this trip to the black market.

"The black market is indeed black."

Lu Xuan returned home after finishing everything.

His sister was still cultivating.

He didn't disturb her and quietly returned to his room, opening the Martial Artist Forum.

"What kind of organization is the Holy Cult?"

He typed in the search term.

Instantly, countless related contents popped up.

The official explanation was as follows--

"The Holy Cult can be considered Demonic Cultivators. These are people who are unwilling to become ordinary after their martial foundation is damaged. Initially, the Human Federation did not reject these forces that believed in surviving desperate situations, and even provided them with assistance. After all, being able to send Martial Artists back to the battlefield was a great thing... However, a hundred years ago, the Holy Cult's new generation of leaders developed an evil technique that devoured others' foundations to repair their own. Countless young talents were deeply harmed, and the Federation had no choice but to encircle them. But they allowed a portion of people to escape with this evil technique. Moreover, after a hundred years of development, it is unknown if the Holy Cult has developed even more horrific evil techniques. Any Martial Artist who encounters them..."

The Holy Cult, a force that everyone condemned.

"To use another's foundation to supplement one's own foundation, this..."

Lu Xuan felt a chill down his spine after reading the general introduction.

"No wonder they targeted my sister. Her displayed talent is enough to attract the Holy Cult's attention."

"Tsk, trouble!"

Lu Xuan was filled with a headache.

Soon, he calmed down and sorted out the current situation.

He was hiding his strength, but he had two enemies lurking: the Xu family and the pharmaceutical company.

Once exposed, he would surely die.

The problem was not yet solved.

His sister was now targeted by the Holy Cult.

Lu Xuan was unclear about their motives for wanting his sister to join the Holy Cult.

But he knew one thing.

He was in great danger now.

"Shen Liyue is a ticking time bomb."

"This woman's strength is not low; with my current power, I absolutely cannot defeat her. Once she knows of Jiang Xi's death, she will inevitably suspect that I'm hiding my cultivation. Although she can't directly attack me, she will definitely probe constantly, especially by using my sister as a test..."

What should I do?

Lu Xuan was troubled.

Shen Liyue was a Ninth-order Martial Artist on the surface, but her true strength was unknown.

Directly killing her would surely fail.

"Therefore, the only way now is to have my sister go to the four major academies in advance."

Lu Xuan opened his smart wristband and entered Xu Xin's contact information.

Just as he was about to call, an email with an exclamation mark suddenly popped up before him--

[Sender: Lu Xuan]

[Type: Will]

[Recipient: Lu Xuan]