Killing Cao Bing, Immortal Slaying Devil Sword

"No!"

Under the cover of night, Cao Bing roared. Li Ye's foot, crackling with crimson arcs of electricity, pierced Cao Bing's chest. The four strands of spiritual energy on his body shattered and recoiled inward.

Gurgle!

Cao Bing spat out a long stream of blood, his body arching backward as he was involuntarily sent flying.

With a bang, he crashed to the ground some distance away, kicking up a large cloud of dust.

Cao Bing twitched where he lay.

Although his four strands of spiritual energy combined had a force of twenty tons, or forty thousand jin.

Li Ye's current strength was twenty-eight thousand jin. When using Swift Wind Leg, his attack power doubled.

Converted into units of force, that would be fifty-six thousand jin.

Without using any spells, Cao Bing had no way to block Li Ye's kick.

"Someone has fallen!"

Nearby cultivators cried out in alarm, having heard Cao Bing's desperate cry.

Many heard it, causing a stir.

"It's from the battlefield ahead."

A woman in the Qi Gathering Realm said.

In fact, not much time had passed since Li Ye and Cao Bing began fighting.

But the commotion was terrifying, with explosions echoing non-stop, drawing the attention of many.

"What did I just see? Someone defeated the Cao Family's young master, who wielded a flying sword, with just their bare flesh."

Near the battlefield, a creature stared in disbelief.

Under normal circumstances, when two individuals of the same cultivation level fought, one with a flying sword and the other without, the outcome would be predictable.

The one without a flying sword would be unable to evade the speed of the flying sword.

But Li Ye was an anomaly; he had done it.

Bang!

Ten meters away, Cao Bing's flying sword clattered to the ground.

Li Ye stepped forward and picked it up. The flying sword vibrated, trying to break free from Li Ye's grasp, but without its master controlling it, it was held tightly by Li Ye's immense strength.

Li Ye approached Cao Bing. The latter's eyes were wide with rage, blood trickling from his mouth. He was breathing his last, clearly beyond saving.

"Is a flying sword that powerful?"

Li Ye pressed Cao Bing's Profound Ice Sword against his throat and taunted him.

"You!"

Hearing this, Cao Bing spewed another mouthful of blood. He was so enraged he nearly passed out.

He recalled how, not long ago, he had been soaring through the sky on his flying sword, tracking and pursuing Li Ye from a condescending height, full of spirit.

He never imagined he would end up in such a tragic state.

Defeated by a scrawny opponent who was unarmed.

Cao Bing felt immense humiliation.

He was utterly unwilling to accept this.

"The strong prey on the weak; this is the law of the world. I agree with it wholeheartedly, so die."

As Li Ye spoke, he ruthlessly drove the Profound Ice Sword into Cao Bing's throat.

Pfft!

Hot blood splattered from Cao Bing's throat. His eyes snapped wide open, his pupils dilating rapidly as the flame of life extinguished.

His head lolled to the side, and he breathed his last.

"Cao Bing is dead? The eldest young master of the Cao Family is dead just like that?"

"The Cao Family will be thrown into turmoil."

Creatures who witnessed the scene exclaimed in their hearts.

The Cao Family was a family of cultivators, and a very powerful one at that.

Their family had an expert at the Object Manipulation Realm guarding it.

Furthermore, a contingent of Cao Family experts was currently in the Great Desolate Forest.

Their genius had died, and the Cao Family would certainly not let this go.

Li Ye knew nothing of the Cao Family or anything like that.

At this moment, he was already holding Cao Bing's corpse and appeared in a deserted area.

"You ruined my opportunity, so I'll use your corpse to make up for it."

Li Ye thought to himself, then began to search the body.

A moment later, he found over fifty thousand taels in silver notes, some loose silver, and a bottle of red pills from the corpse.

There was nothing else.

"Body Tempering Pill?"

Li Ye recognized the pills in the bottle; there were six in total.

However, pills of this level were useless to him.

Li Ye still tried to pop one into his mouth. After chewing and swallowing it in a few bites, a faint medicinal power flowed through his body.

As expected, it had no effect whatsoever.

Corpse Incineration Furnace!

Li Ye silently chanted.

Hum!

The next moment, a glowing furnace appeared out of thin air before his eyes.

Li Ye unceremoniously threw Cao Bing into it.

A few breaths later, Cao Bing's corpse was engulfed by flames.

The life imprint began to decompose.

Scenes from his life bloomed.

Li Ye saw that Cao Bing came from a powerful cultivation family. Both his parents were experts, and every year on his birthday, countless people came to deliver gifts.

Among them were even some from various sects.

The Cao Family had an endless stream of experts.

This guy's family has such extensive connections?

Li Ye was astonished by Cao Bing's family background.

As the scenes from Cao Bing's life reached the final few frames, Li Ye's heart began to race.

The images showed Cao Bing arriving at the Great Desolate Forest with a group of family elders and cousins.

Judging by the expressions of these people, there might even be an expert in the Object Manipulation Realm among them.

I've gotten myself into trouble.

Li Ye cried out that things were not good.

Chii!

At that very moment, a beam of light and mist shot out, instantly entering Li Ye's body and circulating throughout him.

The breathing technique of the Nine Heavens Crimson Thunder Art was triggered, absorbing the power of the light and mist.

Li Ye's strength began to increase, rising from 28,000 jin to 30,000 jin.

An increase of one ton of strength.

Chii!

Suddenly, the Corpse Incineration Furnace emitted another beam of light and mist.

This beam of light and mist shot directly into his mind.

A piece of information appeared: Immortal Slaying Devil Sword, a supreme sword art from the void, possessing the power to destroy all things.

A sword art?

Li Ye was stunned. But he couldn't enter the Qi Gathering Realm yet and couldn't comprehend the Great Dao of heaven and earth. No matter how powerful this sword art was, he wouldn't be able to practice it.

No, I have the Exquisite Sword Heart.

Perhaps I can still comprehend the sword art.

Li Ye suddenly realized. The thought of throwing the Profound Ice Sword into the Corpse Incineration Furnace to be burned along with Cao Bing was instantly dismissed.

Since he had found a sword art, he might as well keep Cao Bing's Profound Ice Sword.

"Daily Divination can only be used once a day, and I've already used it today. This place is not safe to stay for long, I should leave first and come back tomorrow."

Li Ye thought.

His current strength was insufficient to roam the cultivation world, and he still cherished his life.

As for the Golden Ginseng, Li Ye could only pray that it wouldn't be captured by someone by this time tomorrow.

Thus, Li Ye took advantage of the night and began to rush towards the outer reaches of the Great Desolate Forest.

Not long after, the news of Cao Bing's death spread throughout the Great Desolate Forest, causing a huge uproar.

"Father, Eldest Brother has been killed."

In a certain forest, a woman in red said with tear-filled eyes.

"What?"

The high-ranking members of the Cao Family in the forest were stunned, then erupted in overwhelming killing intent.

"Who was it?"

"No matter who it is, find him and kill him at all costs."

Numerous Cao Family experts roared.

A dense killing intent spread far and wide, making the scalps of nearby passing cultivators tingle.

"I've been searching for a day and haven't seen a shadow. It seems this Golden Ginseng and I have no fate. Let's go, let's go."

"There are too many experts. Even if I find it, I can't take it away. I'm leaving too, going home to sleep."

Some people began to give up and leave the Great Desolate Forest.

Li Ye suddenly darted out, blocking the path of a few people, and asked curiously, "Brother, in your opinion, who will get the Golden Ginseng in the end?"

This question instantly attracted the interest of several nearby experts.

A burly man with a beard said, "In my opinion, it's very likely to be the Patriarch of the Mu Family, Mu Xiao. He is an expert at the third level of the Object Manipulation Realm."

Another person refuted, "No, no, it should be Feyhong Immortal of the Purple Sword Palace. Her strength is also at the third level of the Object Manipulation Realm."

A third person laughed heartily, "Mu Xiao and Mu Rongfeihong certainly have hope, but others might not necessarily lack it."

"Besides these two, there are also Zhong Jian and Qi Tao from the Demonic Sect. Qi Tao has a bead that can sense the fluctuations of medicinal power. Lu Bai of the Void Heaven Hall has formidable strength and also possesses a rare treasure, rumored to be a mirror that can lock onto targets. He has already locked onto the Golden Ginseng, but the Golden Ginseng is moving at the bottom layer, making it inconvenient to capture, and it has escaped him several times. With so many experts in the Object Manipulation Realm, it's hard to say who will ultimately obtain the Golden Ginseng."

Li Ye listened with a pounding heart.

Are there people from so many factions in this Great Desolate Forest?

It seems the difficulty of snatching the Golden Ginseng is far greater than he imagined.

More than half an hour later, Li Ye returned to the Corpse Refining Courtyard.

Just as he was about to cultivate the Immortal Slaying Devil Sword, he suddenly thought of a problem.

His right wrist was injured, deep enough to see bone. He would definitely use his right hand to practice swordplay, but how could he practice now that it was injured?

"Eh, it's scabbed over."

Li Ye was shocked and stared blankly at his scabbed wound.

It scabbed over in just over half an hour?

Although it hadn't healed completely, it no longer affected his combat ability.

Could this be the benefit of reaching the thirteenth layer of Body Tempering, making his physique far surpass that of ordinary people?

Li Ye was overjoyed.

With such astonishing recovery power at the thirteenth layer of Body Tempering, he strongly suspected that by continuing to cultivate the Nine Heavens Crimson Thunder Art, he might one day achieve immortality.