An instant kill!

"Help... help!" Zhao Zixuan screamed.

Behind him, a short, scrawny man in black curled his fingers into claws, and a deep, dark spiritual glow suddenly erupted from his arm!

The scrawny man reached out, grinning viciously. "Little brat, no one can save you now. Save your strength! Stop right there!"

"Stop!!"

Boom!

As his words fell, the scrawny man's arm swelled, instantly tearing through his sleeve as he grabbed for Zhao Zixuan's left shoulder!

Zhao Zixuan was about to be captured.

Not far away, Yang Yu still stood in place. His eyes shone brightly in the darkness as he watched Zhao Zixuan flee for his life, a trace of surprise in his gaze.

"To think I'd run into someone whose latent potential has erupted. He's an excellent candidate for transformation into a Blade Queen." Yang Yu shook his head in wonder. The next moment, his expression turned utterly cold!

"Consider yourself lucky."

Yang Yu spoke softly, but as the last syllable left his lips, fierce winds began howling around his body!

Whoooosh~~~~~~~~~~

Swish!!

Amid the gusting winds, Yang Yu's figure rippled like an illusory reflection.

The next moment, Yang Yu vanished from where he stood, turning into a streak of black light that shot toward Zhao Zixuan and the scrawny man!

At the critical instant, Yang Yu slipped between Zhao Zixuan and the scrawny man whose arm had swollen.

"Die!"

Cold light flashed in Yang Yu's eyes. He slammed his palm down, unleashing his full strength from the outset and striking to kill. His palm blasted straight toward the scrawny man, making even the air erupt in a deafening crack!

"No!"

The scrawny man was horrified. Sensing the terrifying killing intent bearing down on him, he trembled to his core!

Too fast!

From Yang Yu's appearance to the strike of his palm—

Yang Yu moved so incredibly fast that the man had absolutely no room to react!

As for the other three?

Their strength was mostly on par with the scrawny man's. All of them stood at the peak of ordinary mortals and had yet to enter the acquired human rank!

Now that these four peak mortals had encountered Yang Yu, an expert at the peak of the acquired human rank, they were like sheep facing a tiger. They could only await slaughter!

The scrawny man tried desperately to dodge, but his body simply could not keep pace with the lightning-fast battle.

Half a breath later, beneath the scrawny man's despairing gaze, Yang Yu's palm finally landed on his chest.

Boom!!!

The heavy sound of the impact instantly echoed through the deep, narrow alley, striking the hearts of the other three men in black like a demonic roar!

"Pfft—" The scrawny man flew backward under Yang Yu's palm strike. After spraying a long stream of blood, he crashed toward the wall like a kite with its string cut and fell utterly silent.

Meanwhile, Yang Yu glided away, swept past Zhao Zixuan, and effortlessly seized her and carried her off.

By the time everything settled down—

Yang Yu had already taken the shaken, bewildered Zhao Zixuan more than ten meters away from the three men in black.

"Tie San!"

"No!"

The other three men in black, who had trailed a step behind the scrawny man, all cried out.

Amid their startled cries, their leader stopped and turned toward Yang Yu, taking a defensive stance. The other two, one tall and one short, rushed straight to the corner where the scrawny man had fallen and checked his injuries.

A moment later, the tall man and the short man returned.

"Boss, Tie San is dead."

"One hit killed him!" Both men's faces were ashen.

"Dead?" Veins bulged on the leader's forehead, and his gaze grew even warier. In an instant, fine beads of sweat covered his brow.

He was a cautious, calculating man. The moment he heard the account of Tie San's injuries, he realized that Yang Yu possessed at least the strength of a Postnatal Lifeform.

That was a realm marking true entry into the cultivation world.

Even if Yang Yu was only at the human tier, he was absolutely not someone they could afford to provoke...

Tie San was dead?

Even if ten Tie Sans died, they would have to swallow it.

He had to stay alive!

With that thought, the leader forced a smile, lowered his guard, and bowed respectfully toward Yang Yu.

"Senior, we were attending to some business and didn't know you were passing through... Please forgive us if we disturbed you in any way."

"My name is Li Dahai. We are disciples of the Ghost Infant Sect in Shangjing City."

Seeing their leader's behavior, the tall man and the short man exchanged a glance. Then, recalling Tie San's gruesome death, they shuddered and followed his example, bowing as well.

"Wang Mang pays his respects, Senior!"

"Zeng Jiulin pays his respects, Senior!"

"The Ghost Infant Sect?" Yang Yu looked coldly at the three men.

Naturally, Yang Yu knew nothing of this sect, whose name bore the unmistakable style of the Immortal Civilization... After all, he had only recently encountered the insect civilization inheritance. Before that, he had merely lived on Earth as an ordinary person.

In the past, Yang Yu had never believed in these strange, mystical cultivators.

Naturally, he had never met a genuine "master," either.

Without any such experience, he knew nothing about the Ghost Infant Sect despite having lived in Shangjing City for quite some time.

Yang Yu did not know the circumstances of the Immortal Civilization cultivators lying hidden on Earth, but that would not interfere with what he intended to do next.

The three men's respectful demeanor gave Yang Yu an idea.

They were clearly begging for a chance to live.

If I take this opportunity to apply a little pressure and interrogate them, perhaps I can learn quite a bit about the Immortal Civilization.

Ignoring Zhao Zixuan, who trembled in his grip and had no idea what to do—

Yang Yu directly questioned the three men. "Why did you three attack an ordinary mortal without restraint?"

Ten minutes later, Yang Yu finished his interrogation.

The three men disclosed everything they knew, including why they had chased Zhao Zixuan and everything they knew about the cultivation world.

The three were outer disciples of the Ghost Infant Sect.

They actually knew very little, only that two major powers lay hidden in Shangjing City.

One of them was the Ghost Infant Sect.

The other was a mysterious organization that stood above the rest!

That transcendent organization was so powerful that even the Ghost Infant Sect was deeply wary of it and did not dare provoke it in the slightest!

"Senior."

“Since you've only just arrived in Shangjing City, we've told you everything we know.” Li Dahai lowered his head and bowed respectfully, trying to curry favor with Yang Yu.

“If you don't mind, Senior, you're welcome to visit our Ghost Infant Sect. I'm sure that once the steward hears about this, he'll be delighted to welcome you.”

The Ghost Infant Sect liked to befriend and recruit powerful experts.

At a glance, Yang Yu was clearly an unaffiliated cultivator from elsewhere.

Moreover, he was clearly an expert who had reached the Postnatal Lifeform level. Even within the Ghost Infant Sect, someone of his caliber would be exceptionally powerful. If Li Dahai could recruit him, it would undoubtedly be a great achievement!

Tie San was dead, and Li Dahai was now looking for a chance to make up for that loss.

As long as he pulled this off... he would face no punishment even if twenty Tie Sans died!

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