Bei Feng nimbly climbed to his feet, shock written all over his face. "Boy, how are you still alive?"
Shi Teng snorted. "Hmph, my fate is mine, not Heaven's. Even the King of Hell can't take me away!"
Bei Feng continued, "Then what about our village's old Sacrificial Spirit?"
At that, a strange delight rose in Shi Teng's heart.
Wasn't this a case of trying to steal a chicken only to lose the rice used as bait-and his life besides?
Shi Teng's eyes flashed, and he clenched both fists, his voice icy. "I'll send you to join him right now!"
Disbelief spread across Bei Feng's face. "Th-this is impossible! That suanni may be old, but he's still an Array Formation Realm expert. How could you have escaped him?"
"Nothing is impossible!"
Suanni leaped out of the woods nearby, streaks of lightning flashing around his body. He showed not the slightest sign of age; instead, he looked even more imposing than before.
Seeing Suanni standing beside Shi Teng, Bei Feng froze completely.
Not only had this boy escaped Suanni, but they seemed to be on good terms.
Shi Teng sprang into the air and smashed a Qilin Arm strike toward Bei Feng. "Now you can die with your eyes closed!"
Sensing Shi Teng's tremendous power, Bei Feng leaped away, intending to dodge.
But Shi Teng was simply too fast.
Before he could evade it, the Qilin Arm strike had already slammed into his lower abdomen.
"Pfft!"
Bei Feng spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying again, crashing heavily into a massive tree.
More than a dozen Bei Village warriors immediately lunged at Shi Teng.
Shi Teng lightly stamped his right foot. An overbearing aura swept outward, sending all of them flying.
Shi Teng slowly walked up to Bei Feng and looked down at his scrawny body.
He no longer felt the slightest pity.
If you cut the weeds without pulling out their roots, the spring breeze would bring them back!
Bei Village truly took after the bei beasts-wolves and bei colluding in wickedness, scheming with old, calculating minds.
"Go join your Sacrificial Spirit!"
With a slight stir of Shi Teng's will, a stream of Scarlet Emperor Fire Emperor Qi erupted from his second heavenly grotto, forming a huge vortex that enveloped Bei Feng's body.
In an instant, he was reduced to ashes.
With Bei Village's leader slain, its forces collapsed like a landslide.
And after witnessing Shi Teng's overwhelming strength, the other Bei Village warriors had already lost every scrap of fighting spirit.
Though Shi Linhu and the others were badly wounded, they fought on despite their injuries, turning defeat into victory in an instant and capturing dozens of Bei Village warriors.
Shi Linhu was covered in blood, with several broken arrows still embedded in his body.
But now that they had won a resounding victory, he was delighted.
He walked over with his huge axe on his shoulder, his face full of joy. "Little Teng, it's wonderful that you're all right! I was just about to kill that brat to avenge you!"
With a slight stir of his will, Shi Teng immediately unleashed Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Rain, letting it fall over all the Stone Village warriors.
Looks of bliss spread across their faces as their wounds began to heal rapidly.
Shi Linhu asked, "Little Teng, what should we do with those Bei Village prisoners?"
A glint of murderous intent appeared in Shi Teng's eyes, and his voice was cold. "Kill them!"
Shi Linhu's brows twitched, shock appearing on his face.
"Do... do we really have to kill them? They all look rather pitiful. They must have only followed their chief's orders when they invaded Stone Village with him!"
Shi Teng said, "Uncle Lin Hu, have you ever considered what would have happened to you if I hadn't arrived in time?
Would they have thought you were pitiful and let you go?"
"Well..."
Shi Linhu gritted his teeth and said coldly, "Kill them!"
More than twenty Bei Village warriors lost their heads in an instant.
Just then, Shi Teng suddenly remembered the ancient battle halberd Old Bei had mentioned earlier.
Shi Teng had a hunch that, although the old fellow was cunning and calculating, he probably hadn't been lying about the ancient battle halberd.
"Wait!" Shi Teng called loudly.
Shi Feijiao's raised saber stopped in midair.
Fortunately, Shi Teng had called out in time, or even the last prisoner would have been gone.
Shi Teng walked up to the last Bei Village warrior.
Watching his fellow villagers die one after another, the Bei Village warrior couldn't stop trembling.
Even his trousers were wet.
"What's your name?"
"Bei... Bei Chongniu!"
Chongniu-spirit surging up to the stars of the Dipper and Ox, battle qi turning into a horse. Not a bad name.
"Tell me, does Bei Village really have an ancient battle halberd?"
Bei Chongniu trembled uncontrollably, his words tumbling out. "I... I don't know!"
Shi Teng's brows shifted slightly, and an imposing glare shot from his eyes. The fellow's scrawny body shuddered again.
The warriors of Bei Village all seemed rather thin and frail.
"I... I really don't know. But there is a great halberd standing right in the middle of our village. It's been there since I was born.
The village elders said it fell from the sky a very, very long time ago. No one in the village can pull it out!"
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Shi Teng's mouth. "So it's true after all!"
"Uncle Lin Hu, do you know where Bei Village's territory is?"
Shi Linhu replied, "I do. We're already in Bei Village's territory. Keep going farther in, and we'll see a small village!"
"Mm, then let's pay Bei Village another visit!"
"All right!"
The group immediately set off toward Bei Village.
After they passed through several stretches of dense forest, an open plain appeared beyond them.
Shi Linhu continued, "Little Teng, they say Bei Village's people are close kin to the wolf clan. This territory is also called Wolf Valley. I'm worried that if we go any farther, we'll run into huge packs of wolves!"
Shi Teng raised his head and glanced at Suanni following behind them, then said in a low voice, "Don't be afraid. That fellow is an Array Formation Realm expert!"
"The Array Formation Realm? What realm is that?"
"Anyway, it means he's very, very, very strong!"
Fortunately, their luck held, and they encountered no wolf packs along the way.
Countless caves appeared at the far end of the plain, with many used implements inside them.
But there wasn't a single person in sight.
It seemed this was where the people of Bei Village lived. After receiving the news, they had all fled.
Shi Teng couldn't be bothered with them.
What interested him most was still that ancient battle halberd that had fallen from the sky.
Shi Teng searched the surrounding area for a long time before his gaze finally settled on a mountaintop.
A pitch-black great halberd stood straight atop the peak.
It looked utterly ordinary, yet it faintly exuded a profound, ancient aura. It had to be a treasure.
Shi Teng leaped up and landed on the mountaintop.
As he looked at the enormous battle halberd, excitement spread across his face.
It was pitch-black throughout, without the slightest trace of rust despite its exposure to wind and sun.
Surely it had to be a divine weapon!
Shi Teng was brimming with excitement. Old Bei had said no one had managed to pull this battle halberd out for hundreds of years. He wondered whether he could.
He gripped the battle halberd tightly with both hands, exerted his full strength, and let out a furious roar.
"Up!"
To his surprise, he pulled the great halberd out of the ground with ease.
Shi Teng held the great halberd tightly, looking utterly bewildered. Why was this different from what he'd imagined?
The thing was certainly rather heavy, but apart from its weight, there seemed to be nothing special about it.
[Ding! Congratulations, host. You have obtained Ordinary Black Iron Long Halberd ×1.]
Shi Teng's emotions rose and fell. An ordinary black iron long halberd... I've already taken my pants off, and this is all you're showing me?
Only then did Shi Teng notice Suanni suddenly sprinting into the distance. Gripping the great halberd, he hurried after him.
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