After the group had raced two hundred miles, Li Yunjing dropped onto the ground and called out weakly, "Senior Brothers, let's take a break! I really can't run anymore."
"Damn it! What a useless piece of trash!"
The Outer Disciple surnamed Wu couldn't help cursing again.
"Enough. Let's rest for a while."
Senior Brother Han was breathing slightly hard. He, too, had reached his limit after racing two hundred miles in a quarter of an hour.
They had seven days to travel just a thousand miles. Why were they moving so fast?
Wasn't it so they could deal with Li Yunjing more easily?
If they drained Li Yunjing's magic power, then, like now, even an ordinary person could poke him to death!
At that moment, the four Outer Disciples saw what a sorry state Li Yunjing was in, and finally let their guard down.
Once they had rested and reached Emerald Forest Ridge the next day, they could finish him off!
Li Yunjing lay on the ground for a full quarter of an hour before finally staggering to his feet. Bent over, he slapped his thighs to ease the fatigue.
The four Outer Disciples watched as Li Yunjing ambled toward them.
The four grew slightly wary, but it was only instinct.
They knew Li Yunjing was only at the second layer of the Qi Refining Realm. Their earlier journey had also given them a chance to test his strength.
A piece of trash like him posed no threat at all.
Especially now, when he was as limp as a noodle. The four didn't take him seriously in the slightest.
If this weren't a poor place to make their move, they would have gladly finished him off right there.
"Senior Brothers, if we keep traveling at this speed, I'm afraid I won't be able to hold out much longer! We still have six days, anyway. Couldn't we slow down?"
Li Yunjing sat down beside the road, leaning against a tree in the woods, and spoke to the four Outer Disciples two zhang away.
"How come you have so little magic power? With that little, you still dared accept an Outer Disciple's mission?"
The burly man surnamed Wu leaned against a tree as well, looking at Li Yunjing with amusement as he mocked him.
But inwardly, he was already plotting. Once they reached their destination, he would make sure to put Li Yunjing through hell, torturing him to death slowly!
That would let him vent his frustration over his cultivation going poorly!
"Alas, what could I do? I offended someone. Who knows what kind of revenge is waiting for me when we reach Red Sun Valley?"
Li Yunjing spoke as though utterly despairing, looking like he had lost all will to live.
"Oh? Something like that happened?"
The four Outer Disciples were startled at first, then pretended they knew nothing about it.
"Forget it. I don't want to talk about unpleasant things."
Li Yunjing replied impatiently, then took some provisions from his Storage Bag and began to eat.
Seeing this, the other four put aside their worries. One by one, they took out provisions or water to replenish their strength a little.
Suddenly, a cold glint flashed in Li Yunjing's eyes. His limp body, slumped against the tree trunk, tightened in an instant!
Magic power surged through him. He swung a vicious punch at the silent Outer Disciple nearest to him. Golden light dazzled across his enormous fist as it tore through the air with a thunderclap, striking first and shattering the man's head!
It was like a smashed watermelon, a mangled mess!
"Not good!"
The three Outer Disciples beside him were horrified. They had never expected Li Yunjing, that useless piece of trash, to strike back so soon after leaving the sect!
Their original plan had fallen apart completely!
Looking at the corpse that had fallen in front of him, Li Yunjing moved like the wind. He kicked the headless body toward Senior Brother Han. At the same time, a cold glint flashed in his hand as he swung the Cold Star Sword at the Outer Disciple surnamed Wu.
"You little bastard! You dare ambush me?"
The Outer Disciple surnamed Wu roared in fury. A flash of light appeared in his hand, and his standard-issue Cold Star Sword flew out to meet Li Yunjing's attack!
"Big dummy! You're nowhere near my match when it comes to fighting!"
Li Yunjing sneered, no longer the timid and submissive figure he'd been earlier. He was nimble and explosive, like a hunting leopard.
"Shhk! Shhk! Shhk!"
With nine swift, sweeping slashes, Sword Qi shot from the Cold Star Sword. The strands converged without dispersing, forming specks of starlight.
"Argh..."
The burly man surnamed Wu let out a scream. He had managed to protect his head and torso, but through a moment's carelessness, Li Yunjing had cut off one of his arms.
It was the right arm he held his sword with. The Cold Star Sword fell to the ground. Grabbing the spurting wound, the burly man surnamed Wu staggered backward in panic.
"Beast! You dare!"
The other two charged at Li Yunjing, especially Senior Brother Han, who had just kicked away their dead companion. They attacked almost simultaneously.
"Five Elements Spirit Talismans!"
Li Yunjing seemed to have anticipated this. His left hand was already in his pocket, gripping the five talismans issued by the sect.
The five talismans were swiftly activated in his hand. He sent them flying at Senior Brother Han and the scrawny Outer Disciple!
The talismans of the Divine Firmament Dao Sect were formidable.
Even cultivators past the seventh layer of the Qi Refining Realm would be injured if they were struck unawares.
In an instant, five-colored light erupted, about to explode right in front of the two men!
Seeing the five talismans fly toward them, the two fled backward in terror, trying to evade them.
Amid the rumbling explosions of the five spirit talismans,
Li Yunjing seized the opportunity to rush after the burly man surnamed Wu. A cold gleam flashed from the Cold Star Sword in his hand, and with one slash he took off the man's head.
In Senior Brother Han and the Thin Man's disbelieving eyes, their two companions had been killed one after the other by a mere third-layer Qi Refining Realm cultivator.
"Nine Stars in One Sword—Cold Star Dots!"
After killing the burly man surnamed Wu, Li Yunjing swiftly turned around, whipping like a divine dragon's tail. The Green Edge Longsword in his hand trembled repeatedly. Strands of true qi passed through the blade, gathering into deadly sword radiance that shot at Senior Brother Han and the Thin Man, who had just staggered out of the blast zone!
"Li Yunjing, you beast! I never thought you'd be this devious. Everyone got you wrong!"
Senior Brother Han roared in fury. Knowing this sword strike was no ordinary attack, he raised both hands, and an oval shield appeared, blocking his front.
All of this happened in the blink of an eye.
Seeing that Senior Brother Han would be difficult to kill, Li Yunjing immediately changed the direction of his sword and attacked the Thin Man instead!
When it came to close combat experience, Li Yunjing had far too much.
In these three years, he had killed at least eight hundred people, if not a thousand!
What kind of scene hadn't he seen?
What did it matter that this was his first fight with cultivators?
As long as he moved fast and caught them off guard, they were no harder to kill than ordinary people!
"Vajra Talisman!"
The Thin Man reacted as well. A talisman flashed in his palm, forming a golden barrier like a Golden Bell that flipped over and encased him.
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