Night Owl Squad Wiped Out

Chu Han stared at the members of the Night Owl Squad with burning eyes. Their heads were worth a great deal of money too.

Night Owl in particular was the most valuable, as a 4th Rank Martial Artist.

Naturally, Chu Han would not let them go.

"You're courting death!"

Night Owl flew into a rage. Lightning-attributed Origin Energy surged wildly through his body, all of it gathering on the longsword in his hand. In an instant, the entire blade was enveloped in lightning.

"Kid, you dared to kill my brother and even set your sights on our squad. Today, I'll tear you to pieces!"

Thick hatred rang in Night Owl's voice. He immediately turned into a streak of lightning and shot toward Chu Han at incredible speed.

It was Night Owl's strongest martial skill: Swift Thunder Stab!

He had used this very move to heavily injure the Black Mane Lion King earlier.

The terror of this move lay not only in the sharpness of the sword technique itself, but also in the ultimate speed granted by lightning-attributed Origin Energy.

Especially against opponents weaker than himself, it could often kill in an instant.

Ordinary 3rd Rank Martial Artists could not even see his afterimage, much less evade it.

Even fellow 4th Rank Martial Artists would find it difficult to avoid being hit without speed-type abilities.

It was Night Owl's greatest reliance for roaming the wilderness all these years.

In Night Owl's eyes, Chu Han had killed a 3rd Rank Martial Artist through a sneak attack, so at most he was at the level of a "quasi-4th Rank." There was no way he could withstand this all-out strike.

As long as he pierced Chu Han's heart, this farce would be over.

As lightning flickered, Chu Han's vision blurred, and he immediately closed his eyes.

He had been lurking in the shadows, observing and analyzing Night Owl's battle with the Black Mane Lion King. He knew full well that he could not dodge this move.

But he had not gained nothing. Through his observations, he had already grasped the attack trajectory, characteristics, and weaknesses of this move.

When Night Owl used this move, in pursuit of speed, he concentrated all his Origin Energy in his sword and legs. The Origin Energy Armor around his body temporarily vanished—this was precisely his opening!

A trace of madness flashed through Chu Han's eyes as he activated Stone Skin, and a pale gray sheen instantly spread across his entire body.

Then he abruptly twisted sideways!

"Pfft!"

The lightning-wreathed longsword instantly pierced through Chu Han's left shoulder. Violent lightning immediately coursed through his entire body, while the flesh around the wound was seared by the high-temperature electric current, bringing excruciating pain.

But compared to the pain Chu Han had endured while absorbing lion blood to cultivate, this was far too little to affect his movements.

Chu Han had already compressed the strength of his entire body into his right fist. At the very moment Night Owl's sword pierced him, he drove a vicious punch into Night Owl's chest!

"Bang!"

A dull, thunderous boom rang out as the force of Explosive Fist detonated within Night Owl's body!

Night Owl had no time to deploy his Origin Energy Armor for defense. His internal organs were directly shattered by the violent force, and every bone in his chest was crushed to pieces.

Night Owl's vision went black as a sweet, metallic taste surged up his throat.

He spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with fragments of shattered organs, then flew backward and slammed heavily into the rock wall of the cave.

Covering his bleeding left shoulder, Chu Han slowly straightened.

His Stone Skin defense had offset part of the lightning damage, and his physical body was as tough as that of a mutated beast.

Although his shoulder had been pierced and his body scourged by lightning, it had not damaged his foundation.

Compared to Night Owl, his injuries could only be considered minor.

His battle plan had worked—and worked splendidly! Night Owl had already lost the ability to fight him.

What delighted him even more was that, at that hair's-breadth moment between life and death, he had suddenly gained a new insight into movement techniques.

His basic movement technique, which had originally reached a miraculous level, had now broken through to the realm of perfection!

Perfection! My basic movement technique has finally broken through to perfection! Chu Han rejoiced inwardly.

If he had to face Night Owl's Swift Thunder Stab again, he was now absolutely confident he could dodge it completely!

On the other side, Night Owl struggled to his feet and coughed up another mouthful of blood.

He stared at Chu Han, his eyes filled with incredulous terror. He roared furiously, "Impossible! How could you dare fight like that? Trading injury for injury!"

He had never seen such a mad opponent!

From the very beginning, he had underestimated Chu Han's ruthlessness and decisiveness, and he had underestimated the strength of Chu Han's body even more.

But what he had never expected was that this young Martial Artist, who looked like a student, had broken his killing move the instant he struck!

His move did indeed have a flaw, but it existed only for the fleeting instant when his Origin Energy Armor disappeared.

Yet Chu Han had seized that split-second opening and delivered a fatal blow.

What kind of monstrous talent did that require?

Night Owl could not believe that such a genius truly existed in this world.

I've lost... A thread of despair rose in Night Owl's heart.

He knew he had suffered heavy injuries, his Elemental Power had scattered, and he was no match for Chu Han at all.

His eyes flickered, and he suddenly put on a different expression, smiling at Chu Han. "Friend, I failed to recognize Mount Tai before me. Your strength is so formidable—there's no need for us to fight to the death. Why not join my Night Owl Squad? I'll make you vice-captain, and from now on, we'll split the squad's resources fifty-fifty! As for that Black Mane Lion cub inside, I'll offer it to you with both hands. What do you say?"

The moment those words came out, the remaining members of the Night Owl Squad were dumbfounded.

Their captain, usually vicious and brutal, had actually taken the initiative to show weakness—and even offered such generous terms. It was clear that their captain had truly been driven into a desperate corner.

Looking at Night Owl's hypocritical face, Chu Han curled his lips into a cold smile. "If I kill you, your resources will be mine, and so will the cub. Why go to all that trouble?"

A trace of ruthless resolve flashed through Night Owl's eyes. An imposing aura surged from him. "Don't get too smug! Though I'm badly wounded, I may not be without the strength to fight! I don't think you've reached Rank 4 yet, have you?"

Chu Han could not be bothered to waste words. He answered with action.

With a shift of his feet, backed by a basic movement technique honed to perfection, his Spirit Cat Steps carried several phantom afterimages as he instantly arrived before Night Owl.

Night Owl's pupils contracted sharply. He had not expected Chu Han's speed to become so fast!

In a panic, he gathered the last of the lightning-attribute Elemental Power within him and raised his sword to counterattack.

But the Blood Shadow Battle Saber in Chu Han's hand flashed with a streak of saber light. He unleashed the Gale Saber Technique to its utmost, moving so fast that only an afterimage remained.

"Sshk!"

Night Owl's sword-wielding right arm was severed by Chu Han in a single slash!

"Aah!"

Night Owl let out a miserable scream as blood gushed wildly from the stump of his arm.

Before Night Owl could recover his senses, Chu Han's saber had already slashed out again.

"Pshht!"

Another streak of saber light flashed past. Night Owl's head shot into the sky, leaving behind only a headless corpse, utterly devoid of life.

The remaining members of the Night Owl Squad were immediately scared out of their wits and turned to flee toward the cave entrance.

Even Night Owl was dead. They were even less of a match for Chu Han.

Chu Han's gaze turned cold. He became an afterimage and caught up to them, his saber light flashing as he slaughtered every last one.

Thus, the Night Owl Squad was completely wiped out.

Chu Han then stored the heads of the Night Owl Squad members in his spatial ring and proceeded to loot them.

He stored all of their weapons and the materials they carried in his spatial storage. Among them, Night Owl's sword was of the highest quality.

What delighted Chu Han even more was that he found a spatial item on Night Owl's body—a necklace.

"Looks like everything Night Owl has plundered and looted over the years is in here."

Chu Han put away the spatial necklace without checking it in a hurry.

He also stored the corpse of the Rank 4 Black Mane Lion King in his spatial storage.

Only after finishing all this did he clutch his injured left shoulder and head deeper into the cave.

There, a priceless Black Mane Lion cub was still waiting for him.