Killing

"Thousand Illusion Poison Spring!" Countless viscous gray beams laced with deadly poison burst from Xiao Yi Xian's body and shot toward Mu Li and his group.

A foul stench instantly filled the stone chamber. Xiao Yi Xian secretly glanced at Xiao Jin and found his expression unchanged. He had not been affected by her poison-type attack at all, and only then did she relax.

Using poison was frowned upon everywhere.

This method of attack was often associated with derogatory terms like despicable and unscrupulous. Xiao Yi Xian was naturally worried that Xiao Jin might look down on her because of it.

But the result was obvious now. Not only did Xiao Jin not dislike it, he even thought the move was quite effective.

"Not bad. This move's power is comparable to a Xuan-tier Intermediate Dou Technique. If you master it, there's even hope of advancing it to the Mystic Tier High-level."

As Xiao Jin finished his assessment, the poisonous beams struck the mercenaries of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group one after another.

In less than a breath, the mercenaries had no time even to scream before turning into puddles of liquid that slowly seeped into the soil.

As the liquid entered the soil, the originally lush green weeds turned yellow and withered one after another. In moments, they were covered in a thick black aura of death.

In the blink of an eye, the dozen or so mercenaries Mu Li had brought had vanished without even leaving corpses behind.

Only Mu Li remained, staring at the scene before him in disbelief.

He opened and closed his mouth, but had lost the ability to speak. He could only babble foolishly.

Xiao Yi Xian wore a disgusted expression. How had someone this stupid managed to survive until now?

Xiao Jin chuckled. "You're merely a Dou Zhe. Where did you get the nerve to act so arrogantly? The Dou Qi Continent is so vast, and there are countless people stronger than you. How did you manage to be useless and still so confident?"

Mu Li collapsed to the ground with a thud and stared at Xiao Jin in terror.

He had already seen the pair of fiery Dou Qi Wings behind Xiao Jin.

Although he was only a Dou Zhe, and although he had secluded himself in the small place of Green Mountain Town, he still knew that Dou Qi Transformation Wings were the hallmark of a Dou Wang expert.

In other words, the young man before him, who looked much younger than him, was a genuine Dou Wang expert.

Xiao Yi Xian curled her lips disdainfully. "Stop wasting your breath on him. Deal with him, then we'll return to camp."

Mu Li's eyes widened in terror. He finally recovered his voice. "Spare me, spare me, I'll never..."

The rest of his words were swallowed by deadly poison, and Mu Li followed in the footsteps of those mercenaries.

Xiao Yi Xian exhaled a breath of foul air. This was the first time she had ever taken the initiative to kill someone.

The discomfort in her heart left her face somewhat pale, and her slender body swayed slightly twice.

"They all deserved to die. Relying on Mu She's backing, Mu Li committed no shortage of bullying and tyrannizing in Green Mountain Town over the years."

"I know." Xiao Yi Xian understood that Xiao Jin was comforting her. She was not some overly compassionate saint, either.

Her distress was merely the normal physical reaction to killing someone for the first time.

After leaving the cave and taking several deep breaths, Xiao Yi Xian said, "Let's go. We'll return to camp first. After we get back to Green Mountain Town tomorrow, I plan to leave with you."

"What about all your things at home?"

"Actually, there isn't much to bring. That place wasn't my home anyway." She looked deeply at Xiao Jin. Having nothing to her name, she could make a home anywhere.

After meeting Xiao Jin, Xiao Yi Xian knew that only a place where Xiao Jin was could be considered home to her.

"I'll listen to you." Xiao Jin rubbed her head. He knew the girl was still depressed because of the killing, and was happy to coax her a little more at a time like this. "But if the mercenaries in Green Mountain Town discover that you've left, quite a few hearts in town will probably be broken."

Xiao Yi Xian smiled sweetly. "What about you? If one day I left you too, would you be sad?"

"Of course." Xiao Jin answered without hesitation. I invested a Ninth-Grade Golden Pill in you, after all.

If you leave, wouldn't my Ninth-Grade Golden Pill have gone to waste?

Although she had no idea what Xiao Jin was thinking, Xiao Yi Xian was still very happy to receive the answer she wanted.

"Let's go back." The girl spread her arms and took the initiative to wrap them around Xiao Jin's waist.

The warmth made her heart utterly peaceful. The slight agitation caused by killing someone was completely soothed at that moment.

Early the next morning, news that Mu Li and more than a dozen members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had disappeared caused an uproar in the camp.

After all, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had been responsible for guarding the camp at night. The disappearance of more than a dozen night guards meant they had slept soundly throughout the night right under the Magical Beasts' noses.

Just thinking about it made everyone uneasy.

What they did not know was that, with Xiao Jin deliberately releasing the pressure of an Emperor Realm Soul, ordinary Magical Beasts had not dared approach the camp at all.

Not to mention that this was only the outer region of the Magic Beast Mountain Range. Even if they slept for a night at the entrance to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, the Tier 6 Magical Beast inside would not dare show its head.

If it did, it would be killed instantly.

More than thirty mercenaries searched the surrounding area carefully for nearly two hours, but still found no trace of Mu Li.

Some people questioned Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Jin during that time. The two exchanged a tacit understanding, gave a few vague answers, and smoothed things over.

With no other choice, the group could only leave the Magic Beast Mountain Range first.

After returning to Green Mountain Town, Xiao Yi Xian held one final consultation and informed every mercenary who came for treatment that she was about to leave Green Mountain Town.

In truth, the mercenaries had long since guessed the answer. Ever since Xiao Jin appeared that night, they had known this day would come sooner or later.

Especially those mercenaries who had entered the Magic Beast Mountain Range with Xiao Yi Xian—the sight of Xiao Yi Xian providing Xiao Jin with a lap pillow was still vivid in their minds.

They simply had not expected that day to arrive so soon.

The woman they regarded as a goddess had actually been so eager to run off with another man.

While Xiao Yi Xian held her consultations, Xiao Jin went to take care of something else.

It was something he and Xiao Yi Xian had already discussed.

That was to wipe out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.

Mu She was fiercely protective of his own, and Mu Li was his only son. Xiao Jin and Xiao Yi Xian could simply leave Green Mountain Town, but the unaffiliated mercenaries who had entered the Magic Beast Mountain Range with Mu Li might suffer terribly.

Unable to find the murderer, there was no guarantee that Mu She would not fly into a rage and make these mercenaries join his son in death.

Xiao Jin was not the sort of person who had his fun, pulled up his pants, and walked away. He did not mind removing a menace from Green Mountain Town.

In less than the time it took to burn a stick of incense, the once lively Wolf Head Mercenary Group had become utterly silent.

Mu She, who possessed the strength of a One-Star Dou Shi, had already turned into a pile of ashes that scattered into the air when the wind blew.

After taking care of this, Xiao Jin accompanied Xiao Yi Xian as she finished her consultations for the day. The two did not even return home, instead leaving Green Mountain Town directly.