"What happened? Why did Li Xin's signal disappear? Can you still track his location?"
Liu Wu Shuang, who was sprinting along the ground, questioned Xiang Yutao as he flew overhead.
"I'm not receiving it either, but judging by his last known location, he's not far ahead. Keep going. He's going to die today!"
Xiang Yutao replied, then flew ahead first. Even among Psychics, the differences in strength could be enormous, so he had no fear of a youngster like Li Xin, who had awakened his spiritual force less than two months ago.
"What's that?"
But the next moment, he saw a dark figure hurtling toward him, moving far faster than he was. That speed had already reached twice the speed of sound!
"How could it be him?"
When he saw the approaching man's face, Xiang Yutao's pupils contracted in disbelief. This was the target he had come to hunt?
"Why couldn't it be me? If you want to kill me, you'll have to pay with your life!"
The corners of Li Xin's mouth rose slightly as he looked mockingly at the dumbstruck Xiang Yutao.
He had deliberately revealed strength at the advanced war general level earlier to throw his enemies off and make them mistake it for his true strength.
His enemies were cautious, and those who had come to hunt him this time were strong, but they could never keep up with how quickly Li Xin grew stronger!
"Die!"
Li Xin controlled fifteen flying swords, sending them at Xiang Yutao from fifteen different directions along bizarre, shifting trajectories.
"Damn it!"
As a fellow Psychic, Xiang Yutao knew perfectly well that he must never try to intercept the flying swords of a Psychic with stronger spiritual force in midair, nor should he even think about fleeing. Neither was possible!
So Xiang Yutao decisively moved his shields in front of him and sent his throwing knives circling around him, blocking as many incoming flying swords as possible.
At the same time, he flew toward Liu Wu Shuang below. The two of them had to join forces to have any chance of surviving.
Unfortunately, Xiang Yutao had overestimated his defenses and underestimated the power of Li Xin's flying swords.
Even though he blocked Li Xin's flying swords with three shields and numerous throwing knives, those swords carried the power of a high-level war god.
All fifteen flying swords slashed down together. Their terrifying force dented all three shields and even shattered his spiritual force's hold on them, driving the shields straight into Xiang Yutao's body.
Splat!
Crushed between shields on three sides, Xiang Yutao suffered internal injuries in an instant. He vomited blood as his body plummeted even faster toward the ground.
"Damn it, didn't he awaken his spiritual force less than a month ago? How could he be this strong?"
Liu Wu Shuang was utterly dumbfounded when he saw Li Xin defeat Xiang Yutao with a single blow. He knew perfectly well that Xiang Yutao was stronger than he was.
If even Xiang Yutao couldn't withstand one strike from Li Xin, wouldn't stepping in be suicide?
Run!
At that thought, he abandoned any notion of saving Xiang Yutao. Driven by nothing but terror, he fled at full speed.
He had only just become a war god, with many years of life and a vast fortune left to enjoy. How could he accept dying out here in the wilderness?
"Bastard! You idiot! You're still trying to run at a time like this?"
Seeing Liu Wu Shuang flee, Xiang Yutao was so furious that he vomited even more blood. He couldn't understand how Liu Wu Shuang dared to run from a Psychic whose strength rivaled that of a high-level war god.
Whoosh!
Just as Xiang Yutao had said, fleeing from Li Xin and exposing one's back was sheer idiocy.
How could Liu Wu Shuang's running speed possibly outpace flying swords traveling at twice the speed of sound?
"Oh no!"
Sensing danger behind him, Liu Wu Shuang hastily changed direction, trying to dodge the flying swords.
But as Liu Wu Shuang dodged, the flying swords changed direction too.
Splat!
Four flying swords pierced Liu Wu Shuang's limbs with lightning speed, severing the tendons in all four.
"Aaaah!"
Liu Wu Shuang fell just as fast as he had been running. With his limbs nearly severed, he crashed to the ground like a dead dog, unable even to stand.
While Li Xin pursued Liu Wu Shuang, Xiang Yutao immediately drove ten throwing knives forward with all his strength. Like ten nimble snakes, they attacked from every direction.
"Hmph!"
Li Xin snorted coldly at the sight. Riding atop two flying swords, he dodged Xiang Yutao's sneak attack at tremendous speed.
At the same time, Li Xin sent fifteen flying swords hurtling toward Xiang Yutao again like fifteen meteors.
Splat!
Already gravely wounded, Xiang Yutao could no longer withstand Li Xin's flying swords, which effortlessly severed his limbs.
"Tell me your bank account number and password!"
Holding his battle sword, Li Xin planted his foot on Xiang Yutao's chest and pressed the sword's tip against his throat. Blood trickled continuously from beneath the tip. One slight push would end his life.
"Heh. If I tell you, will you spare me?"
Even in defeat, Xiang Yutao refused to bow his proud head.
"The moment you decided to kill me, your death was sealed. The only difference is whether you die sooner or later, and whether you die easily or suffer a fate worse than death."
"You must have heard of an ancient punishment called death by a thousand cuts. They slowly carved ten thousand cuts into the condemned person's body, keeping them conscious throughout the execution."
As Li Xin spoke, he began guiding his flying swords over Xiang Yutao's body, cutting him little by little. Every pass through his skin and muscle brought excruciating pain.
"Aaaah!"
"Stop! Stop! I'll tell you! I'll tell you!"
Li Xin had only reached the ninety-ninth cut when Xiang Yutao could no longer endure it. He had no choice but to reveal his bank account number and password.
"Good. I'll make it quick!"
The moment Xiang Yutao revealed them, the Eternal Divine Brain accessed the network and transferred all 1.2 billion of his savings into Li Xin's account.
"You-you can't kill me! I have close ties to the Wang Family in Capital City! If you kill me, they'll never let you get away with it!"
When Liu Wu Shuang's turn came, he was utterly terrified. To save himself, he invoked the name of his backers, hoping it would give him a chance to survive.
"The Wang Family in Capital City? Just a powerful family without even a single expert beyond war god. If they dare reach for me, I'll cut them down!"
Li Xin snorted coldly and immediately began torturing Liu Wu Shuang.
"Aaaaah!"
"Spare me! Spare me! I'll tell you, I'll tell you..."
Liu Wu Shuang's resolve was considerably weaker than Li Xin had expected. By the ninth cut, he had already been forced to confess.
After transferring Liu Wu Shuang's 800 million in savings into his own account, Li Xin gave him a quick death.
"That takes care of the trouble with the Liu Family and the Tiger Shark Squad. Now I can focus on getting stronger."
Previously, he had refrained from hunting lord-level monsters as a precaution against those two. Now that the threat was gone, he would naturally go hunt lord-level monsters.
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