After standing there dazed for a few seconds, Lu Yang immediately realized this was a good opportunity!
Wang Xuan had killed someone in the recruit camp!
He was doomed to die!
Without lifting a finger, Lu Yang could get rid of an opponent and avenge himself!
He stepped forward directly and roared.
His voice echoed through the night sky, lingering for a long while.
Wang Xuan stood before Lu Qing's corpse, still unable to make sense of what was happening, when he heard Lu Yang's voice.
"Wang Xuan, I truly never expected you to be so brazenly audacious that you'd dare kill someone in the recruit camp!"
"Who gave you the nerve to kill someone in the recruit camp? You're simply too outrageous!"
Lu Yang strode forward, berating him in grief and indignation!
His voice was loud enough to spread through the entire recruit camp!
Wang Xuan's expression changed drastically.
He had killed Lu Qing. If word of this got out, he would surely face severe punishment.
Yet before he could explain, candlelight lit up one tent after another throughout the recruit camp, and figures emerged.
Just then.
Hearing the commotion, Xu Kui flashed over in an instant.
The other Chief Banners and Banner Officers swiftly gathered as well!
When they saw Lu Qing's corpse lying in a pool of blood, the surrounding Banner Officers and recruits all changed expression drastically!
"Someone's dead!"
"Who did this? That person has some nerve, actually daring to murder someone in the recruit camp!"
"..."
Everyone cried out in alarm.
But before long, everyone's gazes fell upon Wang Xuan. His pudao was stained with blood, which dripped drop by drop onto the ground.
Wu Shan was among the crowd as well.
Seeing Wang Xuan and Lu Qing in the pool of blood, his heart skipped a beat, and fear flooded his face.
"It's over!"
"Why did Wang Xuan kill someone?!"
"No, I must report this to Centurion Yang!"
Wu Shan immediately turned and left.
Xu Kui looked at the corpse on the ground and smelled the blood stench rushing at him.
His gaze settled on Wang Xuan, his eyes icy.
"Sir Hundred Captain, this matter..."
Wang Xuan immediately wanted to explain, but a terrifying pressure abruptly descended, crashing onto him like a storm.
With a bang, he dropped to one knee!
His entire body curled up, nearly prostrate upon the ground.
"What is going on here?"
Xu Kui asked coldly.
Anyone could hear the towering fury in his voice!
Lu Yang immediately cupped his hands. "Reporting to Centurion Yang."
"I got up to relieve myself just now and saw Wang Xuan following this brother while holding a pudao. Curious, I followed them to take a look!"
"Yet the moment I arrived, I saw Wang Xuan and this brother exchange a few words. Then Wang Xuan suddenly attacked and killed him!"
"He killed him with a single strike!"
Lu Yang cupped his hands and recounted everything he had seen.
Wang Xuan's expression was exceedingly ugly.
"Sir Hundred Captain, that isn't what happened!"
"This man was a Demon-Human from the Pity Life Sect. He tried to lure me into joining the Pity Life Sect, and he even used demonic arts on me!"
"In my urgency, I acted in self-defense and fought back!"
"The Pity Life Sect?"
"Demonic arts?!"
"What proof do you have?"
Xu Kui demanded coldly.
Wang Xuan was instantly rendered speechless.
No one else had seen or heard what had just happened!
Other than Lu Yang.
But Lu Yang clearly had not heard what Lu Qing said to him; he had only seen him kill Lu Qing!
And given their existing grudge, Lu Yang certainly would not help him!
"I... have none!"
Anger surged in Wang Xuan's heart as he answered in a low voice.
His fists clenched tightly, his eyes brimming with rage!
Around them.
Hearing this, everyone could not help but shake their heads.
"This guy is finished. He dared kill someone in the recruit camp; no one can save him!"
"What a pity. I thought he was a worthy opponent, but it turns out he's nothing but an idiot!"
Seeing this amid the crowd, Fan Hong and Sun Qingfeng both shook their heads and sneered.
Based on the talent Wang Xuan had displayed at the training ground today, he was absolutely their formidable rival in the special-grade assessment!
But now!
Wang Xuan had cut Lu Qing down with one strike. Whether he could even survive was now in question!
"Men, take him away!"
"Await Centurion Yang's judgment!"
Xu Kui wasted no words. Two Banner Officers immediately stepped forward, pinning Wang Xuan down from either side!
The veins on Wang Xuan's forehead bulged as he felt the urge to resist!
He still had sixty-three Attribute Points left. If he used them all in one breath, he could completely break through to the peak of the Iron Skin Realm!
With the effect of Copper Skin Iron Bones added on top, even an ordinary Chief Banner might not be his match!
But!
Xu Kui was a Hundred Captain, at least in the Entangling Serpent Realm!
Even if Wang Xuan exhausted every trick in his arsenal, there was no way he could escape from Xu Kui's hands!
Wang Xuan lowered the pudao in his hand.
He knew that no matter how he resisted now, he had no way to clear himself of suspicion.
Watching from the side, Lu Yang revealed an incomparably smug and delighted smile.
"This guy truly deserves it!"
"I thought I'd have to find a way to deal with him, but I never expected him to seek his own death. He can't blame me for this!"
Lu Yang laughed wildly in his heart.
Just as Wang Xuan was about to be taken away, a cold shout suddenly rang out.
"Wait!"
A deep, forceful voice sounded out. Everyone's hearts tightened as they hurriedly turned to look!
They saw Yang Tianfeng striding over with the gait of a dragon and the step of a tiger.
"Greetings, Centurion Yang!"
Upon seeing Yang Tianfeng, everyone immediately dropped to one knee.
Even Xu Kui likewise knelt on one knee!
"What exactly happened here?"
Yang Tianfeng moved swiftly, crossing over a hundred meters in one step before arriving here.
He swept his gaze around and asked with an unpleasant expression.
The moment he had received Wu Shan's message, he had rushed over in a frantic hurry.
Wang Xuan was someone he thought highly of. Though he had yet to give Wang Xuan any tangible reward, he had still hoped that Wang Xuan would bring him a pleasant surprise!
Yet.
There had been no pleasant surprise—only a fright.
Wang Xuan had killed someone in the recruit camp!
The instant he learned this news, he immediately rushed over.
Xu Kui cupped his hands and replied, "Reporting to Centurion Yang."
"Wang Xuan followed Lu Qing out at night. For some unknown reason, he suddenly attacked and killed him. I was about to take him away and interrogate him about the reason."
"Murder?"
Yang Tianfeng's gaze fell on Wang Xuan, and he saw Lu Qing lying in the pool of blood as well.
His expression immediately darkened.
"Wang Xuan, get up and answer me."
"What exactly happened?"
At his words, the two Banner Officers released Wang Xuan.
Wang Xuan stood up and cupped his hands. "Reporting to Centurion Yang, I have been training in the military camp these past two days, but I often felt that someone was watching me."
"After looking into it, I discovered that the person spying on me was Lu Qing!"
"Tonight, I noticed Lu Qing leaving the barracks, so I followed him to see whether I could find out why he had been spying on me!"
"But that man tried to lure me into joining the Pity Life Sect, to worship the Holy Mother of Pity Life. He even said he could give me power!"
"At the time, he pressed me step by step. I had no choice but to act, intending only to drive him back, but I never expected to kill him with one slash!"
The moment those words came out.
Yang Tianfeng's expression abruptly changed!
The Pity Life Sect!
Could this man have been a spy sent by the Pity Life Sect?
Yang Tianfeng knew that several days ago, Wang Xuan had destroyed the Pity Life Sect's altar, stopped the Blood Sacrifice, and killed so many Demon-Humans of the Pity Life Sect.
If the Pity Life Sect bore a grudge against Wang Xuan and sent someone after him, that would be entirely understandable.
However.
Before his words had even faded, Lu Yang hurriedly said, "Centurion Yang, you must not believe Wang Xuan's nonsense. If this man were truly a Demon-Human of the Pity Life Sect, how could he have been cut down so easily?"
"And there wasn't even the slightest sign of Demonization!"
Everyone nodded upon hearing this.
Even the most ordinary followers of the Pity Life Sect could undergo Demonization, gaining terrifying strength.
If Lu Qing truly were a Demon-Human of the Pity Life Sect, how could Wang Xuan have so easily killed him with one strike!
Yang Tianfeng looked at Wang Xuan and asked again, "Wang Xuan, you say he was a Demon-Human of the Pity Life Sect. Do you have any other evidence?"
Wang Xuan shook his head helplessly.
Evidence?
Where would he find any evidence?
Even now, he had not figured out what exactly was going on.
Xu Kui took over, saying, "Centurion Yang, there is not the slightest fluctuation of demonic energy on this man. I checked just now as well. He was an ordinary person."
For a moment.
Yang Tianfeng's brows knitted tightly, and his mood became incomparably irritated.
He was willing to believe Wang Xuan's words, but there was no evidence proving Wang Xuan's innocence.
According to Great Yuan law.
Unjustified murder in the recruit camp was punishable by death!
"Men, take the corpse away."
"As for Wang Xuan..."
"Throw him into prison and await interrogation and sentencing!"
With the facts laid out before him, Yang Tianfeng could not simply release Wang Xuan.
Lu Yang was overjoyed.
"Centurion Yang is wise."
Lu Yang then stepped forward with several other recruits and carried Lu Qing's corpse away.
Yet Lu Yang did not notice that, the instant he lifted Lu Qing's corpse, a drop of black blood stained his hand.
Wang Xuan stood where he was. Beyond his anger, he felt an even greater sense of helplessness.
"That damned bastard—had he planned all this from the start?"
Wang Xuan clenched his fists.
What he could now be certain of was that Lu Qing's death had definitely been intentional on Lu Qing's part!
As for the purpose...
Wang Xuan did not know.
The two Banner Officers casually seized Wang Xuan from either side, preparing to escort him away and lock him in prison.
Seeing this, the other recruits could not help but sigh.
Such a bright future, wasted just like that!
But just then, a streak of sword light suddenly shot down from the sky, landing before them in an instant.
The sudden arrival of the sword light gave everyone a fright, and fear filled their faces.
When Yang Tianfeng saw the sword light descend, his gaze sharpened and a smile appeared on his face.
As the sword light faded, it revealed a figure clad in white.
It was Li Qingyi.
"So it's Young Master Li. May I ask what brings you here so late at night?"
Yang Tianfeng asked with a trace of respect.
Li Qingyi's expression was cold as he looked at Wang Xuan. "Release him."
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