Timely Return

Why hadn't the Late True Qi Realm expert behind the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion made a move yet?

Looking at the situation inside the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion, this was the common thought among the onlookers. Some time had already passed since the conflict began, and the situation inside the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion had become extremely dire, yet the rumored Late True Qi Realm expert behind it was still nowhere to be seen.

Some people had even begun to suspect that the rumors were false.

It was not only the onlookers who had this question. Two people secretly watching the situation at the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion were wondering the same thing. The difference was that they had different reasons for paying attention to the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion.

"What audacity! You actually dared to lay a hand on someone from my Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion. You're courting death."

Just as the situation inside the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion was about to worsen once again, an enraged voice, carried by True Qi, reached the ears of everyone present. The immense True Qi carrying the voice left many people with lower cultivation levels ringing in both ears.

Then, a figure appeared inside the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion at astonishing speed. Other than the two people hidden in the shadows, no one could see how he had entered the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion.

One of the people concealed in the darkness had only seen several afterimages and had not been able to make out the figure clearly.

Only after the figure came to a stop did everyone realize that he was a middle-aged man dressed in white. This man was Bi Changsheng, who had just returned to Ningyun City.

After returning to Ningyun City, Bi Changsheng had first gone to the Demon Extermination Society to submit his mission and, while he was there, submitted an application to exchange for the second layer of the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Law. He had then hurried back to the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion, never expecting to see such a scene from afar.

He had immediately used a Divine Movement Talisman on himself and rushed over at full speed.

Rage!

At this moment, Bi Changsheng felt fury surging into the heavens. This was the first time he had lost his temper since coming to this world—and never before had his anger been so great.

Whether it was Uncle Fu and Liu Zhengqing, who had accompanied him from his very first day in this world, or Little Black, who had joined only a few months ago but was utterly loyal, Bi Changsheng regarded them as the most important people and possessions in this world.

Now that he saw them being bullied like this, how could Bi Changsheng not be furious?

"Who gave you the audacity?"

Bi Changsheng's True Qi erupted throughout his body as he spoke to the group in a chilling tone.

Bi Changsheng had previously revealed his current appearance and Late True Qi Realm cultivation at the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion, standing behind it. This was no secret in Ningyun City. Yet this group, whose highest cultivation was only the Late Qi and Blood Realm, had actually dared to come and cause trouble. Bi Changsheng was certain that someone was directing them from behind the scenes.

He's here!

When they saw Bi Changsheng erupt with an aura far surpassing that of an ordinary Late True Qi Realm martial artist, the onlookers became excited. It seemed the rumor that a Late True Qi Realm expert was backing the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion was true.

The onlookers could already imagine the fate of the people causing trouble at the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion.

"Forget it. Whoever instructed you, the outcome will be the same anyway."

Bi Changsheng, his heart ablaze with fury, had no patience to wait for the group to answer. He spoke to himself, then unleashed a dense killing intent and charged at them.

The leading man at the Late Qi and Blood Realm was no longer arrogant. His heart filled with terror, he was intimidated by Bi Changsheng's killing intent. Before he could react, a streak of Sword Qi slashed out from Bi Changsheng's hand and cleanly severed his head.

Before dying, the man's heart was filled with confusion. Why hadn't the person hidden in the shadows—whom he had regarded as his greatest support and who had instructed him to do this—made a move yet?

When the others saw their leader killed so cleanly by Bi Changsheng, they immediately turned and tried to run.

Even the man who had been lying quietly on the stretcher opened his eyes. He suddenly sprang up, circulated all his blood and qi, and activated his movement technique in an attempt to flee. He was actually a martial artist at the Early Qi and Blood Realm.

But how could Bi Changsheng let them have their way? He chased after them, intending to slaughter them all.

At that moment, another change suddenly occurred.

A heaven-shaking aura belonging to a Condensing Gang Realm Grandmaster erupted not far from the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion. A gigantic palm more than ten zhang wide, formed from Gang Qi, slammed directly toward Bi Changsheng inside the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion.

This was an attack launched by the person who had seen only Bi Changsheng's figure from the shadows. Bi Changsheng had moved too quickly, and before the man could react, the leader had already been killed. When he saw that Bi Changsheng still intended to pursue the remaining people, he decisively made his move.

Danger!

The instant the Gang Qi palm came crashing down, Bi Changsheng sensed an intense crisis. Fortunately, this crisis was not fatal to him.

However, Bi Changsheng could only temporarily abandon his pursuit of the group and focus on dealing with the Gang Qi palm.

The Gang Qi palm was already about to descend upon the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion. Bi Changsheng no longer had enough time to use Jade Burn or the Self-Sacrificing Sword. He could only rapidly stack his True Qi in his right hand. Once he had stacked it thirteen times, he swung his sword.

Sword—Thirteen.

A heaven-piercing streak of Sword Qi, no weaker than the Gang Qi palm, cleaved out from the Qingfeng Sword and slashed toward the Gang Qi palm.

Because Bi Changsheng's foundation was exceptionally deep, although he was only at the Late True Qi Realm, he could already contend with an Early Condensing Gang Realm martial artist when he unleashed his full strength.

Moreover, although the Thirteen Swords of Qingfeng could no longer keep up with his cultivation, Sword—Thirteen, which he had comprehended from the Thirteen Swords of Qingfeng, was still a powerful sword technique.

On top of that, the other man had made a hasty move, and this palm had not been unleashed with his full strength.

Boom!

With all these factors combined, the heaven-piercing Sword Qi Bi Changsheng swung directly shattered the Gang Qi palm. The powerful shockwaves swept across many shops on both sides of the street. Even the second floor of the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion, which Bi Changsheng had protected, could not escape unscathed and collapsed by more than half.

The shockwaves from the collision between the Sword Qi and the Gang Qi palm did not merely reach the shops along both sides of the road. They also swept toward the surrounding onlookers.

When the Grandmaster's aura first erupted, the onlookers had been astonished that the situation had taken another turn. They had originally thought that everything had been decided once Bi Changsheng made his move, never expecting that the group causing trouble would have a Condensing Gang Realm Grandmaster behind them.

What shocked them even more was that Bi Changsheng could fight across realms, using powerful Sword Qi to blast apart the Condensing Gang Realm Grandmaster's attack.

But after recalling the might of the Condensing Gang Realm Grandmaster's strike, they did not dare think any further. Only one thought remained in their minds: flee.

But it was already too late. Quite a few people were injured by the impact of the shockwaves. This was the might of a Condensing Gang Realm Grandmaster's attack!

Even after being injured, the crowd endured their wounds, rose to their feet, and desperately fled the scene, lest they be caught in the shockwaves of another clash between the two experts.

After shattering the Gang Qi palm, Bi Changsheng did not stop. Instead, he continued pursuing the group that had caused trouble at the Crimson Blood Pill Pavilion. They had also been struck by the shockwaves, delaying their escape for a while.

Though it had only been a brief moment, it was already enough given Bi Changsheng's speed.

Bi Changsheng caught up with them. The long sword in his hand swept out mercilessly, and the Sword Qi brimming with killing intent harvested their lives.

"How dare you lay a hand on members of my Dan Cao Hall in front of me, Yang Chaoxing? You're courting death!"

After Bi Changsheng killed the group, an enraged roar came from the place where the Grandmaster's aura had erupted moments earlier. His words unmistakably revealed his identity.

He was Yang Chaoxing, the Condensing Gang Realm Grandmaster of the Dan Cao Hall.