System's Grand Gift! (Seeking Collection Votes, Thank You!)

Chapter 23: The System's Grand Gift! (Seeking collections + votes, thank you!)

In a flash, Pei Ling lunged forward. The Aversion to Life Saber drew a vibrant red arc through the air, slashing fiercely towards Miao Chengan's head!

Miao Chengan's face turned ashen. The talisman in his hand was only a moment away from activation. He dodged to the side.

However, all his spiritual energy was currently poured into the talisman, making his body heavy, far heavier than usual, and he couldn't react in time.

Despite his best efforts, he only narrowly avoided the fatal blow, but his shoulder was still deeply cut by the saber's edge!

With a scream, one of his arms flew off. At the same time, the talisman in his hand finally completed its final activation, emitting a faint glow and transforming into a long sword. Its sword qi was chilling as it shot out!

The long sword, with an unstoppable momentum, rushed towards the nearby wall.

With a cracking sound, the previously undamaged wall now had a hole the size of a bowl. The long sword whistled away, disappearing into the night sky, never to be seen again.

Miao Chengan watched this scene, the color draining from his face instantly. He felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar!

This was a sword talisman given to him by his elder brother, his trump card for survival.

But now, having suddenly lost an arm, he couldn't control it due to the intense pain. Not only did he fail to hit Pei Ling, but he also drained all his spiritual energy!

This talisman is so powerful!

Pei Ling looked at the hole in the wall, his pupils contracting sharply. If that talisman had hit him just now, he would have been crippled or killed.

Fortunately, his saber was faster!

I wonder if Miao Chengan has any similar talismans. I must kill him quickly! With this thought, Pei Ling unhesitatingly swung his saber towards the opponent's neck!

Just then, a figure suddenly leaped from behind him. Zhou Yi, with disheveled hair and a venomous expression, held a short dagger that glowed with a green luminescence, clearly coated in poison. He leaped high into the air and plunged it fiercely towards Pei Ling's back.

Pei Ling immediately sensed the wind and, without hesitation, slashed his saber backhand. As the blade passed, Zhou Yi's abdomen gushed with blood, and he was sent flying backward!

With a "bang," Zhou Yi overturned several tables and chairs before continuing to crash into the wall, dragging a thick trail of blood as he slowly slid to the ground, completely still. His life or death was unknown.

Only one left!

Pei Ling raised the Aversion to Life Saber again and slashed at Miao Chengan.

A flicker of despair and unwillingness flashed in Miao Chengan's eyes. He shouted, "My brother is from the Inner Sect..."

Before he could finish, the Aversion to Life Saber had already sliced across his throat. A splash of crimson erupted, Miao Chengan's eyeballs bulged, and then his entire body slowly collapsed...

Seeing this, Pei Ling finally relaxed his tense nerves.

He let out a heavy sigh, gave the System a one-star review, and after a moment's rest, his stamina had almost recovered. He immediately got up to search the belongings of the three.

Excluding compensation for the furnishings in the room, just three Outer Sect disciples meant a fine starting from thirty thousand Low-grade Spirit Stones, capped at ninety thousand!

If he couldn't pay within three months, he would go from being an Outer Sect disciple to cultivation material to be divided among the various peaks of the Sacred Sect.

"These three all had powerful backing, so their wealth must be considerable." Pei Ling thought this and searched the entire room as quickly as possible. However, besides a few bottles and jars on the table, the most valuable items were three storage pouches of different designs.

The problem was, even though the three were dead, their storage pouches still had restrictions. Pei Ling tried various methods but couldn't open them.

As for the bottles and jars, they looked like they were for healing, but apart from the Qi and Blood Pills "gifted" by the System, Pei Ling didn't recognize any of the others.

"This is a bit troublesome..." Pei Ling gathered the storage pouches and the pills together. They didn't look valuable at all. This pile of trash was unlikely to fetch even five Spirit Stones.

After a quick assessment, he decided to entrust the cultivation of the Blood Fiend Saber Technique to the System, to complete Fairy Li's ten-day deadline: "System! I want to cultivate, select [Blood Fiend Saber Technique], [Temporary Cultivation - Smart Duration], [One-Click Auto-Cultivation]."

The System cheerfully came online: "Ding dong! Smart Cultivation System is at your service..."

Soon, a series of prompts began to flood the screen. "Ding dong! Detected host's spiritual energy depletion, the System will gift you five Foundation Establishment Pills for free..."

"Ding dong! Detected host is injured, the System will gift you three Rejuvenation Pills for free..."

"Ding dong! Detected host..."

A moment later, the System, controlling Pei Ling's body, took the last pill and swallowed it. It turned its heel and looked down at the bodies of Miao Chengan and Zhou Yi lying in pools of blood. It reached out and grabbed the Aversion to Life Saber: "Ding dong! Detected host lacks the vital essence of Qi Refining Stage cultivators. The System will gift you two Qi Refining Stage cultivators for free."

Before the voice faded, the almost invisible blood mist from the Aversion to Life Saber erupted, splitting into two in mid-air and lunging towards Miao Chengan and Zhou Yi!

"Ah!!!!" Zhou Yi let out a heart-wrenching scream. This startled Pei Ling. So this guy wasn't dead; he was faking it!

How insidious!

But the blood mist lunging towards him was filled with greed, and it didn't stop just because he was alive. Instead, it intensified its plundering of his vital essence.

Zhou Yi's face contorted in agony, as if undergoing a brutal torture.

He was already critically wounded and dying, clinging to a sliver of hope to slip by unnoticed. Otherwise, Pei Ling wouldn't have been so quiet while resting earlier, nor would he have failed to sneak attack. Now, he couldn't hold on for long. His screams quickly faded, and soon, like Li Siguan before him, his entire body was drained of all blood, vital energy, and spirit, his soul returning to the Aversion to Life Saber.

The blood mist, just like with Li Siguan moments before, tore his soul to shreds without mercy! Meanwhile, Miao Chengan was truly dead. The blood mist that entered his body quickly returned, pulling a streak of blood with it. The color of the Aversion to Life Saber finally turned a vibrant crimson again.

After Miao Chengan's soul was also torn to pieces, the System finally issued a prompt: "Ding dong! Qi Refining Stage cultivator gifting complete! The System will continue to cultivate for you..."

As it moved, it lightly stepped over the corpses of Miao Chengan and Zhou Yi. Their bodies, drained of vital essence and souls by the Blood Fiend Saber Technique, like Li Siguan's before, disintegrated into ash within moments, scattering with the gust of wind stirred by the Aversion to Life Saber, leaving little trace.

Pei Ling's heart was now devoid of emotion. He wouldn't be surprised by anything this idiotic System did now.

The System continued to cultivate the Blood Fiend Saber Technique again and again. Just as the eastern sky began to lighten and Pei Ling started to feel anxious, he suddenly felt a lightness all over his body.

It was as if he had suddenly broken free from a small box. The weight of the Aversion to Life Saber instantly became as light as a feather, as if it didn't exist at all!