Not long after.
The great hall of Black Wind Stronghold had become a river of blood, littered with corpses.
Those people who had been arrogant and overbearing moments ago had all become cold corpses.
Dai Hai stood rooted to the spot, his head buzzing.
He had never dreamed of it.
Chen Changqing was actually this powerful and terrifying—and so bloodthirsty and ruthless.
"Who... who exactly is he?"
Dai Hai muttered in a daze, goosebumps rising all over his body.
Earlier, he had thought Chen Changqing had come to Black Wind Stronghold to throw his life away.
But now, Dai Hai realized that he seemed to have greatly underestimated Chen Changqing's strength.
Knowing full well that Black Wind Stronghold had a Core Formation cultivator stationed here, Chen Changqing had still dared to charge in alone. He must have had extreme confidence in his own strength.
After thinking it over briefly, Dai Hai could not stop himself from trembling all over.
He even began to regret provoking this god of slaughter, Chen Changqing, at the tavern earlier.
When Dai Xiongfeng saw Chen Changqing slaughter everyone in the hall in such a short time, he too was greatly shocked.
Just then, Chen Changqing shifted his gaze onto Dai Xiongfeng and his son.
"Next, it will be your turn."
Hearing Chen Changqing's words, Dai Xiongfeng's expression darkened as he said coldly,
"Kid, you do not think that merely relying on your Foundation Establishment Late Stage cultivation, you can truly contend with me, do you?"
"Boom!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Dai Xiongfeng shook both arms.
In the next moment, a violent aura erupted from within him.
The imposing pressure of a Core Formation cultivator was instantly unleashed.
Right afterward, Dai Xiongfeng casually waved his hand, and a jet-black broadsword appeared in his grasp.
Violent true qi coiled around the blade, making hearts tremble.
Seeing Dai Xiongfeng reveal his strength, Dai Hai secretly let out a breath of relief and shouted,
"Father."
"Kill this bastard already!"
At that, a vicious gleam flashed through Dai Xiongfeng's eyes. The broadsword in his hand slashed straight down at Chen Changqing.
"Wind-Facing Blade Slash!"
With one slash, the blade light flowed like a river!
Looking again, the terrifying blade aura had transformed into an enormous blade that crushed down toward Chen Changqing.
Chen Changqing did not stir in the slightest at the sight.
As Dai Xiongfeng's blade force swept toward him, a thought crossed his mind, and the Shadow-Bearing Sword suddenly flew from its sheath.
The instant the Shadow-Bearing Sword fell into his hand, it transformed directly into a silver streak.
Without delay, Chen Changqing immediately unleashed a sword move from the Shu Mountain Sword Technique—Galaxy Inverted!
"Boom!"
In an instant, fierce Sword Momentum poured forth like an overturned Milky Way, vast and surging.
Wherever the sword light reached, it seemed as though countless stars were falling.
Every speck of starlight was a deadly strand of Sword Qi.
In less than a moment, Chen Changqing's Sword Momentum collided with Dai Xiongfeng's blade force.
"Bang!"
As blade and sword collided, the entire hall shook violently, as though it might collapse at any moment.
"Hm?"
Seeing Chen Changqing actually block his attack with a single sword strike, surprise flashed through Dai Xiongfeng's eyes.
But in an instant, he returned to normal and let out a savage grin.
"Kid."
"I admit that you do have some skill."
"However, you cannot kill me."
"With that little bit of strength, you are still not worth mentioning before a Core Formation cultivator!"
"Is that so?"
The corners of Chen Changqing's lips curled upward, revealing a meaningful smile.
"Boom!"
Right afterward, the Shadow-Bearing Sword in his hand suddenly slid back into its sheath.
At the same time, Chen Changqing bent forward, assuming a sword-drawing stance.
Seeing this, both Dai Xiongfeng and Dai Hai were completely bewildered.
They had no idea what Chen Changqing was trying to do.
"Boom, boom..."
Before father and son could react,
A destructive aura suddenly erupted from Chen Changqing's body!
Moreover, vast Sword Qi burst forth in an instant. Its sharpness was so keen that the very air before them seemed to have been torn apart.
"W-What is this?"
When Dai Xiongfeng saw this, his pupils abruptly contracted, and every hair on his body stood on end.
Although Chen Changqing's stance seemed strange to him,
A sudden, inexplicable sense of dread rose from the depths of his heart at that moment.
"Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique!"
Before Dai Xiongfeng could think any further, Chen Changqing directly unleashed his killing move!
"Zheng!!"
Chen Changqing suddenly drew the Shadow-Bearing Sword from its sheath.
Along with the piercing ring of a sword,
Dazzling sword light instantly tore through the void.
Looking again, a sword ray condensed as though it were tangible, carrying an unstoppable momentum as it shot straight toward Dai Xiongfeng.
"Not good!"
The sight made Dai Xiongfeng's mind quake violently!
At that moment, his whole body turned icy as the threat of death rapidly closed in.
Moreover, the sword ray was incomparably fast, leaving Dai Xiongfeng no time to think.
At the brink of life and death, Dai Xiongfeng seized Dai Hai in a ghostly lapse of judgment.
"Ah?"
The sudden development left Dai Hai utterly flustered.
"Father, what are you doing?"
Dai Xiongfeng paid no attention whatsoever to Dai Hai's cry. He directly used Dai Hai's body to block that sword ray.
"Whoosh!!"
"Bang!"
In less than a moment, the sword ray had already slashed down before Dai Xiongfeng.
Dai Hai, whom he had seized to block the sword ray, exploded on the spot beneath its strike.
Until his death, Dai Hai had never imagined it.
His own father would actually use his flesh and blood to block a sword.
"Boom!"
What Dai Xiongfeng had not expected was,
He had originally believed Dai Hai's body could block that sword ray.
Who could have imagined that after the Sword Qi blasted Dai Hai's body apart, its momentum did not lessen in the slightest as it continued slashing toward him!
"No!!"
Dai Xiongfeng roared in terror. Before he could even circulate the true qi within his body, he was cleaved in two by that sword ray.
[ Ding! ] [ Detected that the host has killed Dai Xiongfeng, chief of Black Wind Stronghold. ] [ Reward obtained: AFK Points +200. ]
Chen Changqing put away the Shadow-Bearing Sword and swept his indifferent gaze across the hall.
"Only 200 AFK Points for killing a Core Formation cultivator?"
"Is the system being a little too stingy?"
"The Heaven-Slaying Sword Drawing Technique really is formidable. At only 10% cultivation progress, it can instantly kill a Core Formation cultivator."
Chen Changqing muttered to himself in amazement.
Thinking of how Dai Xiongfeng had actually used his own son to block the sword at the moment of life and death, Chen Changqing could not help shaking his head.
"The cultivation world is just this cruel."
As he spoke, Chen Changqing took a deep breath. Then, without thinking further, he began looting Black Wind Stronghold.
"Such a grand Black Wind Stronghold only has this little wealth?"
Chen Changqing searched inside and out, only finding several thousand low-grade spirit stones, along with some low-tier pills and materials.
"Forget it! It is still better than gaining nothing at all."
Next, Chen Changqing waved his hand and stored everything in his Storage Bag.
Not long after he had become an Inner Sect disciple of Mount Shu, the sect had issued him a Storage Bag.
Although the internal space was not large, it was more than sufficient for storing miscellaneous items.
"Time to go back!"
Afterward, Chen Changqing stepped out of the stronghold and flicked his fingertip, shooting out a wisp of spirit fire.
"Boom, boom!"
Before long, raging flames devoured the entire Black Wind Stronghold, and the firelight soaring into the sky dyed half the night sky red!
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