Quadruple Kill! (Seeking Monthly Votes, Continued Reading)

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The sword radiance Li Yunjing unleashed struck the Golden Bell, producing the sound of clashing metal as if the light barrier were made of solid matter.

After nine consecutive stabs, Li Yunjing still could not break the defense to slay the gaunt man.

"A perfect opportunity!"

Seeing this, Senior Brother Han retracted the shield in his left hand to partially cover his body, while a large hammer appeared in his right. The hammer glowed with golden light as he swung it toward Li Yunjing's back!

"You want to kill me? It won't be that easy!"

With a "bang," the heavy hammer slammed into Li Yunjing's back, forcing him to spit out a mouthful of blood!

However, a jade-colored radiance suddenly bloomed from his back, neutralizing ninety percent of the blow's force.

He had intentionally taken Senior Brother Han's strike head-on!

Taking advantage of Senior Brother Han's moment of shock, Li Yunjing twisted his sword hilt from his waist, forcibly channeling his power to thrust backward!

"Shing!"

The strike was unexpected; the sword radiance flickered, fast as lightning, and pierced directly into Senior Brother Han's heart.

The sword intent was sharp, the killing intent boiling—a perfect fusion of martial arts and the immortal path!

Such a genius strike completely exceeded Senior Brother Han's expectations!

"Ah..."

Senior Brother Han let out a miserable cry and slowly toppled over.

An expression of disbelief remained frozen on his face.

Even at the moment of death, he seemed unable to believe that he had been killed so easily.

"Thud!"

Senior Brother Han's corpse hit the ground heavily, his eyes wide open, his expression incomparably ferocious.

"Senior Brother Han!"

The remaining gaunt man, seeing this, turned pale with fright. He let out a shout and, instead of fighting, turned and fled toward the edge of the forest!

"Want to leave? You're too late!"

Li Yunjing sneered, his body suddenly taking flight.

A flash of light erupted from his Gale Boots, and he soared through the air like a bolt of lightning, pursuing the gaunt man.

"Shing! Shing! Shing!"

Streaks of Sword Qi flickered in the air, bursting with cold light as they struck at the gaunt man one after another.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

The effect of the Vajra Talisman on the man's body seemed to reach its limit under Li Yunjing's relentless barrage. After fleeing only ten miles, the golden light on his body was shattered by a single strike from Li Yunjing!

"Scorching Flame Divine Palm!"

Realizing he could not escape, the gaunt man's face filled with despair. He suddenly turned back and unleashed palm strike after palm strike, exhausting all his mana to form waves of scorching flames that shot toward Li Yunjing!

Serpents of fire flew through the air, surging toward Li Yunjing!

"You are far from enough!"

A trace of disdain flashed in Li Yunjing's eyes. Mana swirled within his body, and his immense aura stirred the surrounding earth and stone, creating localized force fields.

The earth and stones, manipulated by Li Yunjing's mana, collided and exploded in mid-air, extinguishing all the fire serpents and kicking up a sky full of yellow dust.

"The Falling Rock Technique is just a trash-tier minor spell; how could you possibly cultivate it to such a level?"

The gaunt man couldn't help but exclaim in shock; this was completely beyond his imagination.

The Falling Rock Technique was a benefit provided by the sect, available to all upon entry. He naturally knew it too, but with his level of skill, he could never unleash the power Li Yunjing had just displayed!

How on earth did this man cultivate?

To have mastered a spell to the point of proficiency within just one month of joining the sect?

"You don't understand the world of geniuses! Since you chose to stand against a genius, your pathetic end was already sealed!"

Li Yunjing sneered. In an instant, the Cold Star Sword flashed, piercing the gaunt man's throat.

To ensure he was truly dead, the sword light flashed once more, and with a "puff," it severed the gaunt man's head.

In the blink of an eye, the four outer sect disciples Ye Long had sent to kill Li Yunjing had all perished at his hands.

Li Yunjing's figure flickered as he hoisted the gaunt man's corpse and returned to the site of the previous battle, where he swung his sword once more to decapitate Senior Brother Han.

Immortal cultivators possessed many secret arts; even as an outer sect disciple at the Qi Refining stage, Li Yunjing did not dare to be careless.

Before reaching the Golden Core stage, no matter how strong an immortal cultivator was, they could not escape death once their head was severed!

The four outer sect disciples had to be thoroughly dead; otherwise, if word got out, Li Yunjing would never be able to clear his name.

By severing the heads of all four, he completely extinguished their life force.

This matter had to be handled cleanly.

All of this was finished in a total of three minutes.

Li Yunjing stood quietly in the forest, calming himself down as he radiated his divine sense toward his surroundings.

He certainly did not want anyone playing the role of the oriole behind the mantis while he was busy collecting his spoils!

Finally, after searching repeatedly and finding nothing unusual, Li Yunjing felt at ease.

Li Yunjing swiftly stripped everything of value from Senior Brother Han and the other three.

There were four high-grade sect-issued Daoist robes, two of which were damaged; even if they were intact, he would not dare to sell them.

That would be a death wish.

He doubted any shop would dare to purchase "Divine Firmament Dao Sect" standard-issue magical artifacts.

The four of them also possessed "Cold Star Swords," all of which were high-grade magical artifacts.

Including their outer sect disciple identity tokens, these people had a total of twelve high-grade magical artifacts on them.

What a pity! No matter how good these things are, they cannot see the light of day!

Li Yunjing sighed helplessly and proceeded to destroy their flying swords, Daoist robes, and identity tokens.

In the end, he scattered the fragments and buried them in various corners of this dense forest.

This caused Li Yunjing great heartache!

Especially the outer sect disciple identity tokens.

They all contained the four men's contribution points, but Li Yunjing absolutely dared not transfer those points to his own identity token.

If he were to actually do that, he would be nearing his death.

That would be a self-incriminating act, as if he were worried he wasn't dying fast enough.

After the conspicuous magical artifacts were destroyed and thoroughly buried, Li Yunjing used a spell to burn the corpses of Senior Brother Han and the others into ashes.

To prevent the sect from tracing them, Li Yunjing specifically disposed of the ashes by throwing them into a distant stream to be washed away by the current.

The ten "Hundred Treasure Pouches" were kept close to his body; he still had to complete his sect mission.

He had no intention of killing people and fleeing.

Li Yunjing had calculated that Wei Henian was not a figure who could cover the sky with one hand within the sect.

Whether he sought help from Yu Yunyi or Fu Chao, both would pull him through at critical moments.

Especially Fu Chao, who treated this as a game.

He was eager for Li Yunjing to live longer so he could bring more trouble to Wei Henian.

Based on this alone, Fu Chao would definitely shield him from this incident.