Shanty Town Terror

Lu Wanyuan advanced cautiously toward the market, his heart uneasy.

Though he was invisible, he still didn't dare let his guard down. He knew he wouldn't be safe until he made it inside the market.

Half an hour passed. The market came into view in the distance. When he saw it again, he felt a little excited, though he had no idea why!

He finally breathed a sigh of relief. Once he crossed the shantytown on the market's outskirts, he could enter the market and be safe!

At a glance, the shantytown had been utterly transformed. The aftermath of the battles was everywhere: ruins, broken walls, and smoke hanging in the air.

There weren't even any groans anymore. The place was completely silent, with bodies sprawled all over the ground. The sight was simply unbearable.

These had all been cultivators who once dreamed of cultivating immortality. They had come to Bayberry Market, never imagining that one day they would all be caught in the crossfire and fall dead without cause.

A single bout of chaos had turned the place into this. Seeing the scene,

Lu Wanyuan was glad he had gritted his teeth and rented a place inside the market back then. If he had lived in the shantytown outside, he would surely have ended up like the corpses before him, with little chance of escape!

This was the Cultivation World!

The sorrow of low-level cultivators!

He had no time to linger in grief. Instead, he hurried through the ruined houses.

He could feel violent Spiritual Energy Fluctuations nearby. Cultivators were definitely fighting!

At that moment, he no longer had any desire to get involved or play the Yellow Bird.

All he wanted was to keep his life. He immediately hurried forward!

Crack!

Lu Wanyuan felt as if he had stepped on something and jumped in fright. He looked down.

The floor gave way beneath him.

A half-burnt crossbeam had fallen to the ground, and he had stepped right on it. Unable to bear his weight, it snapped at once, making a tremendous noise.

Then he plunged down, and the quiet house promptly came crashing down around him. He was suddenly exposed to danger.

He had been as careful as could be, yet somehow he had still stepped on something and made a noise.

Perhaps they had heard him. The cultivators who had been fighting nearby suddenly stopped.

They weren't stupid. They immediately realized someone was hiding nearby, hoping to play Yellow Bird!

If they kept fighting until both sides were badly wounded, someone else would profit. So they stopped in unison.

They all stared toward the direction the sound had come from!

If someone wanted to play Yellow Bird, they would have to find that Yellow Bird first.

They quickly headed toward the source of the sound to see who it was.

The moment Lu Wanyuan made the noise, he knew things were bad. Though he was invisible, he knew he couldn't leave any traces nearby. Otherwise, they would discover him, and that would be a huge problem.

That was why he had been so careful all along, trying not to make a sound or leave any traces. Otherwise, they would follow the signs and find him.

Sure enough, he saw two cultivators rushing toward him. He knew they had discovered him.

Seeing this, he stopped caring about their Cultivation Realm or their strength. There was only one choice in his mind: either they died, or he did!

If he wasn't stupid, he knew he had to make sure they died!

The question now was how he could kill the two of them.

The two people flying toward him were one tall and one short. They both looked like trouble, swaggering with scarred faces.

People like them had surely lived by the blade for years. They were far stronger than someone like him, who had little experience in battle.

The two of them had fixed their eyes on him. If he didn't strike back now, they would attack as soon as they got close, leaving him no chance to respond. He would be dead for sure.

After all, he was trapped between a rock and a hard place. To avoid being discovered, he had deliberately passed through a damaged house, and the crossbeam had fallen from its roof.

So making a quick escape from here wasn't an option, especially since the two of them were coming so fast.

If he didn't strike back, he was dead.

Seeing no other choice, he had to use his ultimate move: the Sky Thunder Seed he had been unwilling to use.

He had planned to save it for Ouyang Tingting. His strength still wasn't enough to face her, so when he ran into her recently, he hadn't brought it out.

But now he was at death's door. There was no way he could hold back.

With a thought, he tapped the 'Sky Thunder Seed x3' Entry. The leaf immediately changed to 'Sky Thunder Seed x2,' and the count dropped by one.

An object appeared in his palm: a ball about the size of his hand, with a pull ring on the side.

It was exactly like a hand grenade.

Lu Wanyuan had no time to think. He yanked the pull ring with his left hand, and the Sky Thunder Seed began to sizzle, bright flashes bursting from it as sparks flew everywhere.

He immediately threw it at the two men rushing toward him.

It traced a graceful arc and landed right in front of them.

As soon as he threw it, he dropped to the ground, afraid the Sky Thunder Seed's blast wave would hit him.

The two men running toward him had, of course, seen Lu Wanyuan throw something. They hadn't paid it much attention.

After all, they could tell at a glance that his Cultivation Realm was two minor stages below theirs. They were both at Qi Cultivation Level 7, late-stage Qi cultivators. How could someone as insignificant as him possibly threaten them?

That was why they had calmly let him throw it, wanting to see what tricks he thought he could use against them.

Even when he was at such a disadvantage, he still dared to struggle like this. What a strange fellow!

The object itself didn't look unusual. It was pitch-black, and at first they thought it was a stone, so they didn't pay it much attention.

But when it landed in front of them, they saw sparks bursting from it, and a strong, choking smell rose from it.

They immediately sensed it was dangerous and tried to flee to the side.

Boom!

A deafening explosion erupted right in front of them!

Then a small mushroom-shaped cloud rose into the sky. A massive shockwave swept outward, like a hurricane.

Crash, crash!

The houses within ten zhang collapsed in an instant, and even Lu Wanyuan was crushed beneath a dirt wall.

It came down on him with the weight of a mountain. He immediately spat out a mouthful of blood. His organs felt displaced, and his bones had snapped.

A wave of agony surged deep into his mind, and his whole body trembled.

He regretted it now. Why had he left the market at all? And why had he gone alone? Wasn't it because he had been too greedy, or too bent on revenge?

Without enough strength, he had still run around recklessly!

If he could turn back time, he would definitely plan things through more carefully.

Without absolute confidence, he would never leave the market, even if someone beat him to death!

The Cultivation World was far too dangerous. He hadn't even been trying to play Yellow Bird just now; he'd only wanted to return to the market safely. Yet those people had still fixed their eyes on him, looking as if they wanted to kill him.

Fortunately, he had reacted quickly and used his strongest move. Judging by the results, its power was truly immense.

But this was his first time using a Sky Thunder Seed, and he hadn't protected himself properly. That was how things had ended up like this.

Now he had killed a hundred enemies at the cost of eight hundred of his own.

He had no idea how the other two were doing.

On the other side, the two men also came to their senses amid waves of pain.

They hadn't expected the explosion to come so suddenly. They hadn't had time to react. They had seen a flash, then heard a tremendous boom, and passed out without knowing what had happened.

When the two of them came around, they found themselves flung hundreds of meters away.

They were completely blackened, to the point they hardly recognized themselves. There wasn't a single patch of unburned skin; they looked as if they had been badly scorched, and their whole bodies burned with pain.

Their faces and hair were singed and smoke-blackened. Worst of all, their clothes had vanished, leaving them completely bare!

Humiliation! This was absolute humiliation!

They never imagined two high-level cultivators could be reduced to this by a low-level cultivator.

How were they supposed to show their faces in the Cultivation World after this?

The two of them flew into a rage. Gritting their teeth against the pain, they got to their feet.

"Die!"

They didn't even have time to put on clothes before rushing to kill Lu Wanyuan. This was more than any uncle could bear—yet even an aunt wouldn't stand for it!

They had never imagined one person could do this to both of them, especially someone as insignificant as him. It was simply unthinkable.

They immediately took out their magical weapons. The taller one wielded a Long Whip, while the shorter one drove a Long Sword toward Lu Wanyuan.

But when Lu Wanyuan heard their voices, he knew they weren't dead. He also understood that their Cultivation Realm was far higher than his.

That meant he absolutely couldn't let them have a chance to attack. He couldn't withstand attacks from both of them at once. He just couldn't.

If he couldn't do it and didn't want to die, he had to strike first. Otherwise, he'd be at their mercy.

His mind raced, and he came up with a plan in an instant. In such a dangerous moment, he had to bring out every bit of his potential.

If he held back, he'd end up in a coffin, and none of it would matter.

He took out his Ghost Head Saber and quickly sent it flying toward the two men, chopping down with the force of splitting a mountain!

Then he immediately used up the 'Sky Thunder Seed x2' Entry. He pulled the rings on both seeds in his hands, then sent them right behind the Ghost Head Saber.

In the blink of an eye, the whole sequence was complete.

He knew this was truly the most dangerous moment yet. He was badly injured and had no chance of fighting them head-on. He could only catch them off guard.

The Ghost Head Saber would draw their attention up front. The two Sky Thunder Seeds behind it were the real killing blow.

Once he was done, he immediately shut his eyes.

He had done everything he could. Whether he could kill the two men now came down to this one move!