Savage Beast's Bloodlust

In the eyes of Luo Ning and her maid, it was...

Sikong Jing threw a punch, and the bearded man's entire face caved in. Blood erupted as he collapsed to the ground, dead.

The scene fell into a deathly silence. The surrounding men stopped in their tracks, all of them stunned into stupidity.

"Big Brother! Big Brother Beast!"

Then came a shriek that seemed to tear the sky apart. Their leader was actually dead, finished off by Luo Ning's servant in just two punches.

One by one, they stared at Sikong Jing in disbelief, unable to process what they had just seen.

They were a band of horse bandits who ran rampant around Yunye City. Their leader, nicknamed Beast, was notorious for his cruelty. Tonight, they had been hired by the young mistress Lei Shuang of the Lei Ying Merchant Guild to commit murder, a task they had assumed would be a simple, effortless affair.

Yet now, Beast had been killed by a mere seventh-level Bright Realm cultivator—someone who had bridged an entire major stage to slay him.

This had to be a nightmare!

"Kill him! Avenge Big Brother Beast!"

A wave of frenzied cries erupted. The surrounding bandits, filled with monstrous rage, lunged at Sikong Jing.

Inside Sikong Jing's body, his true qi surged wildly. The surrounding battle cries seemed to transport him back to the battlefield, back to the days when he had braved dragon dens alone. The blood in his veins suddenly began to boil.

But this was no ordinary blood; it had transformed into the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts, violent and utterly ferocious.

"If your leader is a beast, then I must be a mad beast!"

A bloodthirsty sensation emerged, piercing through Sikong Jing's consciousness. As his words fell... ROAR!

A low growl, like that of a wild beast, erupted from Sikong Jing's throat.

He took a step forward. Kill!

Puff, puff, puff...

Streaks of blood flew before his eyes. Life after life was harvested by him as if they were mere blades of grass.

Once, as an invincible divine general, he had faced the million-strong armies of enemy nations alone. Now, these two hundred horse bandits were nothing more than paper in his eyes.

What did it matter if some were in the Dark Realm? The boiling beast blood crushed everything in its path.

The true qi of the Emperor-Slaying Prison-Breaking Art surged within his dantian, which resembled the head of a monster. The monster-like dantian seemed to open its maw, frantically spewing out streams of true qi that circulated throughout Sikong Jing's entire body.

Blood was like fire, and true qi was like oil... adding fuel to the fire!

Behind Sikong Jing, Luo Ning was dumbfounded.

She watched as the man who had sought to buy back the Jadeite Hairpin charged into the crowd. No one was his match; to touch him was to die.

"He's not human! Run! Run away!"

The bandits were terrified out of their wits. Someone let out a roar, and they all scrambled to flee.

However, Sikong Jing licked his lips and said coldly, "None of you are escaping."

Flashing out of Luo Ning's room, Sikong Jing launched a flurry of slaughter.

Outside the door, only frantic screams and pleas for mercy remained. Within a few breaths, the sounds ceased.

Sikong Jing landed, surrounded by corpses. Not a single one had survived.

At this moment, Sikong Jing's gaze fell upon Lei Shuang of the Lei Ying Merchant Guild, his eyes glowing with a red light... The next instant, he gave a violent shudder, realizing he had been far too bloodthirsty just now.

It seemed the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts and the Emperor-Slaying Prison-Breaking Art were truly not simple; they easily influenced one's state of mind.

Closing his eyes, he secretly adjusted his breathing to calm down. When Sikong Jing looked at Lei Shuang again, his eyes had returned to a clear, reddish-orange hue.

But in Lei Shuang's eyes, Sikong Jing remained the terrifying, bloodthirsty demon from moments ago. She collapsed to the ground with a thud, screaming in terror, "Don't come any closer, or my Lei Ying Merchant Guild will slaughter your entire family!"

She was truly terrified, having long since lost her earlier arrogance.

Her heart was screaming in a panic: Where on earth did that little bitch Luo Ning find such a monstrous servant?

"Slaughter my entire family?"

In Sikong Jing's reddish-orange eyes, a blood-red light began to surface once more.

He lunged forward, grabbed Lei Shuang by the throat, and hoisted her into the air. "I despise it when people use my family to threaten me."

Although he had only spent a few short days with them, Su Yuexi and his parents-in-law had become untouchable existences in his heart.

A dragon has its reverse scales; touch them, and you die!

"Wait, don't kill her!"

Just as Sikong Jing was about to crush Lei Shuang's throat, Luo Ning's voice rang out.

Sikong Jing paused his fingers, asking in confusion, "She wanted to kill you, yet you won't kill her?"

Taking a deep breath, Luo Ning gently explained, "The Lei Ying Merchant Guild is much stronger than my Luoshui Jade Firm, and Lei Shuang is the most pampered daughter of the guild's master."

"If she dies here, our Luoshui Jade Firm will likely have to face a terrifying onslaught."

Luo Ning naturally wished she could kill Lei Shuang, but she had to consider the consequences.

Meanwhile, Lei Shuang, struggling in Sikong Jing's grip, regained her confidence upon hearing these words. She hissed hatefully, "Servant, if you kill me, do you think the Luoshui Jade Firm won't be destroyed as well?"

The air seemed to freeze. A sinister smirk pulled at the corner of Sikong Jing's mouth as he retorted, "The Luoshui Jade Firm? What the hell does that have to do with me?"

Snap.

Sikong Jing snapped Lei Shuang's neck instantly. The latter's eyes bulged in disbelief before she drew her final breath.

"You—how could you do that?"

Luo Ning's eyes widened as she pointed a finger at Sikong Jing. She could not believe he had actually killed Lei Shuang.

Sikong Jing, however, only knew that if he let Lei Shuang return alive, she would eventually trace things back to him and bring trouble upon Su Yuexi's family.

Therefore, he simply killed her.

Casually tossing Lei Shuang's corpse onto the floor, Sikong Jing looked straight at Luo Ning and said offhandedly, "I have fulfilled my end of the bargain. The transaction for the Jadeite Hairpin is complete. Farewell."

As his voice trailed off, Sikong Jing flashed out of the post house and vanished.

Outside the room, Luo Ning was left standing there in a daze, completely stunned.

It was then that her maidservant came running out, trembling, "Young Miss, who on earth was that man? He was terrifying."

Hearing this, Luo Ning muttered to herself, "I wish I knew."

From beginning to end, she did not even know the man's name or his background.

All she knew was that he had come to retrieve the Jadeite Hairpin for his wife, and that despite only being in the Bright Realm, he killed without hesitation, possessing a monstrous, terrifying aura.

"Young Miss, now that Lei Shuang is dead, the Lei Ying Merchant Guild will surely declare war on us. What are we going to do?"

The maidservant was badly shaken. Suddenly, her gaze turned icy as she said coldly, "Why don't we hurry back to Yunye City, investigate that man's identity and origin, and pin everything on him?"

Only then could they avoid a catastrophe for the Luoshui Jade Firm.

Luo Ning froze. The image of Sikong Jing killing just moments ago flashed through her mind, and she flatly refused, "No, we'll die!"

At the mere thought of the bloodthirsty Sikong Jing, a wave of inexplicable fear washed over her.

The moment the maidservant made the suggestion, she felt a chill run through her entire body, as if she were being stalked by a ferocious beast.

This man can only be befriended; we must never harbor any devious intentions toward him. This was the most instinctive thought in Luo Ning's heart.

Bang!

Suddenly, the front door of the post house was kicked open.

A middle-aged man dressed like a Yunye City commander strode in, followed by a large contingent of Yunye City guards.

The middle-aged man unfurled a portrait, his heavy voice booming, "Have you seen the man in this portrait? He is a criminal exiled to Yunye City who has now escaped."