Continuous Slaughter

No one had expected Huo Hai to suddenly abandon his previous method and accelerate instead. No one dared to get close enough to directly monitor Huo Hai's movements; they could only rely on scattered clues, making it impossible to react in time.

By the time they reacted, who knew how much time had already passed. Since he had made his decision, Huo Hai would no longer run away. If someone blocked the road ahead of him, then he would kill that person.

If a group of people blocked him, then he would kill the whole group. If tens of thousands stood in his way, then he would slaughter every last one who dared block him, until no one dared stop him again. As long as he held fast to his heart, did not kill merely for the sake of killing, and did not lose himself in slaughter, wouldn't that be enough? Huo Hai had completely thought it through.

"Hehe, this must be the true meaning of being a bad person. I was far too naive before. A scourge lives for a thousand years. On this continent, not only will I live for a thousand years—I will live longer than anyone else."

Huo Hai roared inwardly, and his footsteps quickened once more. Without realizing it, the blood throughout his body began to boil, and his cultivation rose again. Spiritual energy tempered his blood another layer deeper.

In this state, Huo Hai's speed kept increasing. Even Ji Mu, who was close to the Spirit Blood Peak, found it somewhat difficult to keep up with him.

"What is wrong with this guy? Why did he suddenly become so fast, and why is his aura so powerful? Seriously, if I hadn't cultivated movement techniques, I probably couldn't even keep up. Could this little fellow be deliberately trying to shake me off? Hmph, am I really so easy to ditch? I want to see just what you can do."

How could Huo Hai know what Ji Mu was thinking? At this moment, he completely ignored the point cards around him. Whenever he encountered spirit beasts, he avoided them from afar. Aside from the more than two hundred Star Gu he kept by his side to protect himself, he scattered all the rest.

One hundred Star Gu constantly monitored the surrounding area, while the remaining Star Gu gathered ahead, ready for battle at any time. Before long, Huo Hai encountered the people closest to him. These people were constantly searching around for something.

"Hmph, so you are the tracking experts. Good. Since you dared come looking for trouble with me, then go die." Huo Hai hardened his heart, his blood boiling. It seemed that slaughter had made his entire body excited.

At Huo Hai's command, the Star Gu immediately attacked them. Several Star Gu flew out and swiftly pierced the throats of those people searching for him. Before they could even make a sound, the Star Gu bit them to death. Then a large number of Star Gu flew over and began devouring the corpses. In only a moment, nothing remained of them.

Huo Hai glanced over, his eyes filled with disdain. "Hmph, they did not even have a single point card. They were nothing but hired hands. What bad luck." Once the panic in his heart was released, the discomfort he had felt vanished completely.

What Huo Hai had to do now was wipe these people out completely. Ji Mu frowned and watched Huo Hai with a worried expression. Huo Hai's current state was very wrong; it seemed she had heard of it somewhere before. What exactly was wrong with this state?

Huo Hai paid no attention to any of that. After eliminating those people, he ran forward again. Before Huo Hai arrived, the Star Gu had already thoroughly scouted the road ahead. Soon, Huo Hai learned the route taken by the main force. Not long afterward, Huo Hai hid high in a tree and saw the large group below—a band of more than eighty people.

"Why is it him?" Ji Mu frowned at the group and murmured softly.

Huo Hai's hearing was extremely sharp. Perfect Foundation Establishment was no joke. Hearing Ji Mu's voice, Huo Hai turned and asked, "Who is that person? You know him?" Huo Hai himself did not realize that his words were brimming with killing intent.

Perhaps startled by the killing intent in Huo Hai's voice, Ji Mu's body actually trembled. She then took a deep breath and said softly, "That person is a Rogue Cultivator. Among the younger generation of Rogue Cultivators in our Western Frontier, he is very famous. His father is the leader of a very large mercenary group. Of course, such a group is nothing to us."

She secretly glanced at Huo Hai. Seeing that he made no other move, Ji Mu's turbulent heart gradually calmed down.

"Because of his father, he has great prestige among mercenaries and adventurers. Wherever he goes, he can gather a large team around him. Of course, he does not mistreat those people either, so he has a very good reputation among them."

Huo Hai nodded. "As far as I am concerned, is this person dangerous?" The killing intent in Huo Hai's tone had not weakened in the slightest. At that moment, Huo Hai was like a massive powder keg, ready to explode at the slightest spark.

Perhaps she had already grown used to it, for Ji Mu showed no reaction. "Like other mercenaries, he deeply hates people from great Lineages like us. As long as he gets the chance, he will make trouble for us. If he had ever done anything too outrageous, he would have been eliminated long ago. I think he definitely will not easily let go of today's opportunity. Chances to kill a Lineage disciple are rare."

Ji Mu secretly glanced at Huo Hai again, wanting to see how he would react to this news.

Huo Hai narrowed his eyes slightly, releasing a dangerous gleam. Fortunately, his back was to Ji Mu, so she did not see it. "Then he intends to harm me. Good. If I kill them, there will be nothing to worry about."

What? Huo Hai was going to kill people just like that? From what he said, it sounded as if he intended to kill all of them. She had originally thought Huo Hai would merely eliminate their leader, or display his overwhelming strength before negotiating with them. But Huo Hai's actions showed not the slightest sign of wanting to negotiate. Wasn't this simply the behavior of a killing demon? Wait, a killing demon—this was bad.

Ji Mu suddenly understood Huo Hai's current state. He was in an extremely dangerous condition. Unfortunately, before she could say anything, Huo Hai had already charged out. The instant Huo Hai moved, the Star Gu had already begun acting in advance.

Muffled groans rang out one after another, and more than half of the mercenaries fell at once. Before the others could recover from the sudden upheaval, Huo Hai had already rushed out. He held sharp, fang-like bone spikes in his hands. As his spiritual power circulated, they gave off a faint fluorescent glow.

Two mercenaries who were still standing there dumbly were directly pierced through the heart by Huo Hai. Blood sprayed out and splattered all over Huo Hai's face. He did not wipe it away. His eyes began turning bloodshot, his blood boiling ever more fiercely, until only one word remained in his heart: kill.

Fortunately, Huo Hai still kept some Star Gu protecting himself. Otherwise, who knew what might have happened.

"Who are you? Why are you attacking us?" one mercenary shouted, while cautiously watching the surroundings. Some unknown hidden weapon was attacking them. Just now, a flash of light had sent more than half of them to the ground. Judging by how they struggled, the thing might even be poisonous. Who would dare be careless?

Huo Hai said nothing and continued slaughtering. Fortunately, those who had reacted were now able to dodge and block. Though they were injured, they did not let Huo Hai have his way. Huo Hai's eyes were red. There was nothing in his heart but a single word: kill.

"Damn it, stop asking! This person is our target—kill him!" At that moment, a handsome young man in the middle of the crowd suddenly shouted. Everyone looked carefully. Wasn't this fellow precisely their target?

But weren't there supposed to be two of them? Could the other one be the person who had just used those hidden weapons?

Yet events no longer allowed them to think that much. As Huo Hai continued fighting, his combat techniques changed from their initial clumsiness to becoming increasingly skilled. The two bone spikes in his hands were like two sharp swords. Every move was direct, yet followed an exceptionally tricky path. Their lethality grew stronger and stronger; every strike existed only to kill.

Huo Hai did not know when to advance or retreat, which made them angry as well. But since he was an enemy, they would kill him. Then they could see whether there was a way to save the others. They had yet to realize that the people lying on the ground had already died in that short span of time.

"Hmph, you are the one who wants to kill me, right? Go die!" Huo Hai had heard that voice as well. He spun around and charged toward the man. The madness and bloodthirst covering his entire body filled everyone with fear.

Unfortunately, the gap in cultivation and numbers was a chasm Huo Hai could not cross. Once his opponents became fully serious, Huo Hai's attacks could no longer gain any advantage. Suddenly, a spray of blood flew through the air as someone's short sword sliced across Huo Hai's shoulder. The sensation of pain traveled from his body to his brain. The pain cleared Huo Hai's mind for a moment.

The Star Gu had only been automatically protecting their master. There were too few of them, and they had not been able to protect him in time. The other attacks they had failed to intercept had already been blocked by the Star Gu. Huo Hai had regained some clarity, but the others were shocked.

What was going on with this person? Why was his protective spiritual power harder than steel, and why did it seem to possess corrosive properties? The moment their weapons touched his spiritual power, countless marks appeared across them, densely packed in a huge mass.

"Damn it, what is going on? Star Gu, wipe them out!" At Huo Hai's mental command, the Star Gu that had been inside the wounds devouring corpses all stopped at once, then rushed out from those wounds. They directly attacked the people who had not yet died. After Huo Hai lost himself, these Gu Insects, which had little intelligence, had become difficult to control.

Now that he had regained some clarity and ordered the Gu Insects to attack, the unlucky mercenaries realized that their doom had come. Following the habit they had formed earlier, the Star Gu aimed first for their opponents' throats.

Several hundred Star Gu attacked at once. This time, every person had become a target. Once the Star Gu moved, not only ordinary mercenaries, but even the experts among them could not withstand the beetles' penetration.