The Black Dragon Protector was beaten to death!
Hearing Qin Guan's words, everyone's faces changed drastically. Some could hardly believe it. The Black Dragon Protector had been killed by Qin Guan?
"Impossible! How could a mere Fourth Realm Martial Cultivator like you kill the Black Dragon Protector?" Zhao Zhijian shouted angrily.
"There are plenty of impossible things." Qin Guan shook his head and ignored Zhao Zhijian. Instead, he looked at Nan Yunqi. "Father-in-law, did all these people attack the Nan Family?"
Nan Yunqi hurriedly nodded. "Yes. If those bastards hadn't ambushed us, we wouldn't have ended up in such a sorry state, and so many of our brothers wouldn't have died!"
Qin Guan glanced at the people behind Nan Yunqi and saw that they were all badly injured. Many were lying on the ground, clearly having just survived a fierce battle.
A moment later, Qin Guan turned around and suddenly spread the fingers of one hand, aiming his palm at Zhao Zhijian and the others.
"Truthfully, I really don't like killing people. But you insist on forcing me to act. I truly have no choice."
"Hahaha!" Hearing Qin Guan's words, Zhao Zhijian suddenly burst into laughter.
"A mere Fourth Realm Martial Cultivator like you, killing nearly a hundred of us? That's the most..."
Boom!
As Zhao Zhijian was speaking, a terrifying green energy suddenly erupted from Qin Guan. A green vortex spun rapidly in the palm of his hand.
"You—you call that some kind of demonic art?" an Elder of the Cloud Mist Sect cried in shock.
Zhao Zhijian's pupils shrank. "The Life Gate! You're a Fifth Realm Martial Cultivator!"
Qin Guan's expression remained unchanged. The green vortex in his palm suddenly unleashed a terrifying force of attraction, as if it were going to devour everything. It was horrifying!
"Ah! Ah!"
Zhao Zhijian and the others, who were closest to Qin Guan, were dragged toward him by the powerful force. Their eyes widened in terror as they flailed helplessly in the air, trying to grab hold of something to stop themselves from being pulled forward.
The people behind Zhao Zhijian couldn't escape their fate either. One after another, they were rapidly swept toward Qin Guan.
The force of attraction grew stronger and stronger. The air around them seemed to be sucked away in an instant, letting out a piercing whistle. No matter where they were, even dozens of yards away, no one could escape Qin Guan's palm. They were all pulled toward him in one fell swoop!
Their cultivation was too weak to resist this powerful force.
As they watched the mountain of people piled up in front of Qin Guan, the family forces watching from a distance, hidden away from the Nan Family, were secretly relieved. Thank goodness they hadn't acted rashly earlier!
The Fifth Gate of a Martial Cultivator was the Life Gate, an extraordinary technique capable of seizing the life force of all living things.
Once the Life Gate was opened, a Martial Cultivator's ability to heal themself would increase at a terrifying rate. Whether the injuries were external or internal, wounds would close and damaged organs and meridians would quickly recover. Even severed limbs and shattered bones could grow back together.
Qin Guan then turned to Jia Quan and Nan Chang. "Come here."
At his words, the two hurriedly got to their feet and came over. Qin Guan opened his other hand toward them. "Life Return!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, an immense Life Force surged into Jia Quan and Nan Chang's bodies.
The two immediately felt as if they were enveloped in a powerful, warm force. Inside their bodies, strands of gentle energy quickly coursed through them, healing their wounds wherever they went.
"Ah, i-it's growing back!"
Seeing the places where their limbs had been severed, Jia Quan and Nan Chang stared wide-eyed as if seeds of life had taken root and begun to grow there. Muscle, bone, and sinew extended and intertwined layer by layer before their very eyes.
On the other side, Zhao Zhijian and the others were rapidly losing their life force. Their skin began to sag, their hair gradually turned white, and they aged at a visible rate.
"Qin Guan, let us go! Ah!"
"Qin Guan, you'll die a horrible death!"
"Qin Guan, forcibly stealing people's life force like this will bring down Heaven's wrath!"
When Zhao Zhijian and the others realized their life force was rapidly draining away, they were so frightened that they cursed Qin Guan nonstop.
"What Heaven's wrath? I'm clearly punishing evildoers. I'm doing a good deed. If Heaven wants to punish me for that, then Heaven must be blind."
Qin Guan didn't take it to heart. After saying that, he looked at Nan Yunqi and the others. "Come over. Anyone missing an arm or a leg, or anyone who's injured, hurry over. Opening the Life Gate once takes a lot out of me."
"Son-in-law, my leg is hurt!"
"Son-in-law, someone stabbed me in the stomach!"
"I..."
In an instant, everyone from the Nan Family and the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion rushed over.
"Quick, carry them over!" Nan Yunqi hurriedly took Nan Rou and Nan Qiao to carry over several seriously injured Nan Family disciples who couldn't get up.
"Don't crowd! Don't crowd! You're pressing on my wound!"
Everyone desperately shoved toward Qin Guan.
"Could someone help this old man? Could someone help this old man..."
Chen Guanxiang lay on the ground, frantic. At that moment, even speaking took a great deal of effort. His injuries were so severe that he couldn't move at all.
"Elder Chen, I'll help you."
Just then, a gentle voice rang out. Nan Rou had come back.
"Eldest Young Lady, you're a living bodhisattva. Thank you!"
Hearing Nan Rou's voice, Chen Guanxiang was so grateful that he almost cried. Only now did he understand that when a person grew old and could no longer move, they truly needed someone to look after them.
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