Ganged Up On

Heavenly Saint Continent, Heavenly Dragon Empire, outskirts of Starfall Forest.

A piercing scream cut through the air.

Tang Tian felt as though his head had been struck brutally. The pain bored into his heart and sank into his bones.

Within a few breaths, the pain surged through his entire body like an electric shock.

"Ah!"

Tang Tian could not help but cry out miserably!

A fat, big-eared face, so hideous it was unbearable to behold.

Wore a savage, cruel smile!

"Damn, what the hell is this?"

That face had come far too close. Startled, Tang Tian threw a punch without even thinking.

"Ah, damn it!" The other party clutched his eye and let out a shriek even more miserable than a pig being slaughtered.

Caught off guard, his eye had been punched bloodshot, making his already ugly face even more grotesque.

"You're not dead yet? A Meridian Refining Realm piece of trash dares to hit me?" The owner of that fat face was a youth of around fifteen.

Three other youths stood around him, roaring furiously.

"You still dare fight back? Teach him how to behave! Get him!"

One of the rat-faced youths shrieked in a piercing voice.

Before Tang Tian could react, he took a heavy punch to the face, blood trailing from the corner of his mouth.

He staggered and fell flat onto the ground.

"Urgh..."

Tang Tian groaned. He took another solid kick to the stomach, and his whole body felt as though it were about to fall apart.

Then he was kicked flying into a large tree. Leaves rained down over his body, leaving him in a wretched state, his face twisted with pain.

"Damn it!"

Tang Tian knew he had only just been reborn, yet he was already being beaten savagely.

And being ganged up on at that!

"Bastards!"

Tang Tian gritted his teeth and struggled to his feet.

"Sun Zihang, you clearly beat him to death earlier. How can this piece of trash still stand up now?"

Seeing Tang Tian struggle to his feet, the fat youth was deeply displeased and roared!

Earlier, they had lured "Tang Tian" into Starfall Forest with lies and brought him to this remote corner, where they had struck with deadly intent.

Everyone had thought they had beaten "Tang Tian" to death. Just as they were preparing to turn and leave, they had been stunned by a sudden miserable scream.

Tang Tian was burning with rage. Back when he had been a top-tier alchemist, who in the world had not treated him with the utmost respect? When had he ever suffered such treatment?

"Why are you beating me?" Though rage boiled within him from the beating, Tang Tian still intended to figure out the reason first.

"You're playing dumb with this young master? Beat him to death! Is Yuexi someone a piece of trash like you can be worthy of?"

Young Master Lin covered his eye, his teeth grinding in hatred.

"Yuexi? Qin Yuexi?"

The name was both strange and familiar to Tang Tian, yet it slipped effortlessly from his lips.

A great many memories that did not belong to him instantly flooded his mind—memories from before this body's death.

This body was also named "Tang Tian." He was the son of the Tang Family head in Starfall City, and Qin Yuexi was his fiancée?

The situation was critical. There was no time to think further; he could only resolve the trouble before him first.

"You... are... courting... death!"

The four words were squeezed out from between Tang Tian's teeth, one by one.

Tang Tian, who had been about to erupt, froze on the spot.

"My cultivation? Mid-level Meridian Refining Realm?"

Tang Tian's mouth twitched.

The most basic realm for cultivators was the Meridian Refining Realm, followed by the Blood-Burning Realm, Bone-Forging Realm, Organs-Hiding Realm, Soul-Emergence Realm...

Shouldn't he have possessed cultivation powerful enough to reach the heavens and pierce the earth?

Yet after being reborn, he had become a low-level Meridian Refining Realm cultivator!

Tang Tian sensed that his dantian and meridians were utterly empty, with pitifully little vital energy. He could not help but howl, "Thieving heavens, are you screwing with me?"

Sun Zihang did not care what Tang Tian was thinking. Energy surged around his body, his aura astonishing as he pounced again.

Though Tang Tian had lost his powerful cultivation, he had once been an expert. His combat experience remained, so he should have been able to handle this...

Yet before he could even dodge, he took several solid punches to the chest. Gravely injured, he lay on the ground, unable to move.

There was an entire major realm between the mid-level Meridian Refining Realm and the Initial Blood-Burning Realm. With severe injuries, he could only passively endure the beating.

Before he could think, Tang Tian saw a foot carrying fierce momentum descending from above.

"You piece of trash, die!"

Seeing that Tang Tian could no longer resist, Sun Zihang seemed to see his head burst open and blood spray three feet high. He laughed with immense delight.

"Damn your grandfather, you really think I'm so easy to bully? Die!"

Tang Tian immediately roared. Rather than dodging, he grabbed hold of the other party's leg.

But Sun Zihang's kick carried immense force. It still instantly broke several of Tang Tian's ribs, and he spat out blood.

"You want me dead? You die first!"

Enduring the agony, Tang Tian pulled with all his strength.

"Crack!" A crisp sound rang out.

Sun Zihang screamed miserably. One of his legs had actually been torn off.

Blood sprayed everywhere, splashing over Tang Tian's face. He looked incomparably savage, like a demon.

"Not good!"

Young Master Lin's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly shouted, "Attack together!"

Who could have imagined that a mere Meridian Refining Realm piece of trash could cripple Sun Zihang, a Blood-Burning Realm cultivator?

By the time they rushed over, Tang Tian had already climbed to his feet. His lips curled into a terrifying smile.

He had already died once. If it happened again, what was there to fear?

Another youth was the first to arrive, throwing a punch.

Tang Tian barely twisted aside to evade it, seized the other's arm, and viciously twisted.

Even two fists could not defeat four hands, and he could not evade the attacks of Young Master Lin and the other youth.

"This time, let's see how you survive!"

Young Master Lin kicked straight at Tang Tian's dantian. He would cripple him first and see how he could resist afterward.

He was a mid-level Blood-Burning Realm cultivator, and this kick was both swift and vicious.

Tang Tian felt his dantian struck with tremendous force. His entire body felt as though that soul-piercing agony were tearing him apart.

At that most desperate moment, an exceedingly ancient aura surged forth from deep within his body.

Centered on his dantian, immense and terrifying power erupted through his meridians, rapidly spreading throughout his body.

This power was like an ancient savage beast awakening from slumber, and like floodwaters bursting through opened gates. In an instant, it erupted from his body and swept outward in all directions.

Young Master Lin was closest to Tang Tian and bore the brunt of the force. That terrifying power instantly spread from the soles of his feet throughout his entire body.

With a crisp "Crack!", Young Master Lin's body shattered like porcelain.

With a "Crash!", he broke into dust and ceased to exist.

The remaining three—Sun Zihang and the others—had believed Tang Tian was certainly doomed. Yet they watched helplessly as Young Master Lin vanished into thin air, their smiles freezing instantly.

The berserk, terrifying power swept over and swallowed the remaining three.

Their faces still bore smiles and excitement as their bodies rapidly cracked apart, fissures spreading over them like spiderwebs. They shattered into dust and turned to ash.

Tang Tian, who had originally been lying on the ground, actually floated up, suspended several zhang high in midair.

As the power continued to rise and spread, the phantom of a tower emerged from Tang Tian's body.

There was actually a mysterious treasure tower inside Tang Tian's body. At the critical moment, it had erupted with powerful force and protected his life.

Young Master Lin and the others had just been killed beneath the tower's power, leaving not even dregs behind.

The crisis resolved, the power contracted and formed a protective barrier.

It seemed to transform into a world of its own, enveloping gravely wounded Tang Tian and isolating him from Starfall Forest, vanishing without a trace and making it impossible for anyone to investigate.

[Author's Note]: As a newcomer, the long-planned Sword Dao Mad God has finally met everyone. I hope you all like it.