Wipe them all out

Whoosh...

A wind rose in the alley, making the cold, damp air feel even more oppressive.

At that moment, Yang Yu's face was also shrouded in darkness, hidden completely within the murk.

Li Dahai and his two men waited in terror.

The fate of all three would change irrevocably with Yang Yu's next words.

The surroundings were terrifyingly quiet.

A moment later, Yang Yu spoke.

"You want to invite me to the Ghost Infant Sect?"

"Would your Ghost Infant Sect welcome me?" Yang Yu's voice was soft, yet it reverberated through everyone's heart like the tolling of a great bell. At the same time... an icy killing intent spread unchecked.

"Senior, our Ghost Infant Sect enjoys befriending powerful figures from all walks of life. If you're interested... you're certainly welcome to visit, enjoy yourself, and dine with us. Our Ghost Infant Sect would gladly cover all your expenses." Li Dahai trembled all over, his teeth chattering, but he still forced himself to answer.

The other two men beside Li Dahai had already lost the ability to speak.

The killing intent Yang Yu exuded was so overwhelming that they were on the verge of a mental breakdown... Though they possessed strength at the pinnacle of mortal limits, far beyond ordinary people, and could even fight a squad of gun-wielding special forces soldiers barehanded.

But however powerful mortals at their pinnacle might be, they were still mortals.

When they faced someone like Yang Yu, who had entered the postnatal lifeform realm and possessed immensely powerful life-soul energy... the pressure welling up from the depths of their souls crushed them immediately.

Neither physically nor mentally did they have any power to resist!

Watching the disgraceful display of the three men before him, Yang Yu suddenly threw back his head and laughed.

"What a joke!"

"Invite me over? How ridiculous!"

"Ha ha ha ha..."

"Senior! Senior! Why are you laughing?" Li Dahai paled in alarm and hurriedly asked. At the same time, he realized things were going badly. His feet shifted slightly, ready to abandon his two subordinates and flee at any moment.

He might not be able to outrun Yang Yu, but as long as he ran faster than his two subordinates, he would still have some hope of escaping!

"I killed a disciple of your Ghost Infant Sect, and now you're inviting me to visit? Do you expect me to deliver myself to your doorstep for slaughter? If you want to save your skins, at least find a better excuse. Do you really think I'm as easy to fool as a three-year-old?" A cold gleam flashed in Yang Yu's eyes, and towering azure light instantly surged from the arms hanging at his sides!

"Senior, the man who died was named Tie San. He was merely an outer disciple of our Ghost Infant Sect! Why would our sect make an enemy of you over a mere outer disciple?"

"Senior! Spare our lives!"

"We know nothing, and we saw nothing! Please spare us, Senior!" Li Dahai and the others hurriedly offered explanations while desperately begging for mercy.

Wreathed in immense azure radiance, Yang Yu looked like a god of slaughter descended from the heavens as he scrutinized the three men with the bearing of a judge.

Yang Yu spoke, his voice thunderous!

"I would like to let you live."

"Unfortunately..."

"I don't want to invite too much trouble right now. Only a dead man's silence can put my mind at ease. So... all of you can die!"

As his words fell, Yang Yu became a streak of azure light and charged at the terrified, despairing trio.

"Kill!"

Rumble...

A thunderous explosion of air erupted over the ground.

In a flash, the air in the alley surged backward, driven by Yang Yu's incredible speed until a patch of vacuum formed.

In less than half a breath, Yang Yu reached the tall, black-clad man to Li Dahai's left in a blaze of azure light. He slammed his palm down, unleashing a mountainous surge of air. Before the tall man could even blink, the blow shattered his skull and killed him!

"No!"

"No, no!"

"Run! Split up!" Witnessing what had happened in that instant, Li Dahai and the shorter black-clad man shouted in horror and fled.

Yang Yu was far too strong.

The gap between them was so obvious that they could not muster the slightest thought of resistance.

At that moment, both men made the same decision!

Run!

Split up!

Although the alley had only one passage, there was still considerable space between its walls. If they fled separately, Yang Yu would have to delay pursuing one while he chased down and killed the other.

That tiny difference in time might buy them a precious chance to survive!

Even if that hope was vanishingly slim...

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

The two men bolted for their lives.

Yang Yu stopped coldly in place and did not continue the pursuit.

Zhao Zixuan, who had caused all this, was already scared senseless. He stood blankly a short distance away, too frightened to move. Even though Yang Yu had saved him, Yang Yu's figure still seemed as terrifying as a devil in his eyes.

And it left a nightmarish impression that he would never forget for the rest of his life!

"Running?"

"Hmph! Do you think you can escape?" Yang Yu's expression was icy as he spread his hand, then clenched it.

"Giant Mantis Beasts!"

After that explosive shout, space rippled in the dark alley, and several enormous, ferocious silhouettes flashed into view.

Hiss—

Amid a chorus of insectile hisses, eight Giant Mantis Beasts shot after them like lightning.

Just how fast were the Giant Mantis Beasts?

Each one was every bit as powerful as Yang Yu at the peak of the acquired human rank. With their nimble, vigorous mantis bodies, they were even more agile than he was!

Now, bursting forth at full speed, they quickly caught up to Li Dahai and his remaining man...

Soon, agonized screams rang out from the darkness.

When everything settled, Yang Yu's life-soul perception detected only the life signs of the eight Giant Mantis Beasts, himself, and Zhao Zixuan in the alley.

Li Dahai and the other Ghost Infant Sect disciples were all dead!

Not even their corpses remained.

Several Giant Mantis Beasts were cleaning up the battlefield... To minimize the chances of the Ghost Infant Sect uncovering anything, the bodies of its members naturally had to end up in the Giant Mantis Beasts' stomachs.

With even the corpses devoured, investigating would naturally become much harder.

A few minutes later, Yang Yu dug up the canvas bundle he had buried earlier, containing a large quantity of antiques and treasures.

Meanwhile, the Giant Mantis Beasts finished cleaning up the battlefield.

Without further hesitation, Yang Yu grabbed Zhao Zixuan, who stood dazed beside him, then abruptly became a streak of light and rushed toward the mouth of the alley.

"Let's go!"

With Yang Yu's low shout, the two became blurs and vanished from where they stood.

The Giant Mantis Beasts faded into the void one after another like illusory bubbles, returning directly to the Life-Soul Space.

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