The Splendor of That One Finger

"Come on, come chase me! Bleh, bleh, bleh!"

"As if you four short-legged dogs, you weak-kneed shrimps, could ever catch me!"

Bu Wuchen taunted them from time to time, infuriating all four.

That made them all the more eager to hunt him down!

As a result, their originally fan-shaped encirclement quietly turned into a headlong pursuit, each man for himself.

When all four had lined up one behind another, the fleeing Bu Wuchen abruptly turned around.

A smile bloomed at the corner of his mouth. "Heh, now's the time..."

"Huh? Why did he turn around and stop?"

"Eh? Why do I see a hint of a smile on his lips?"

Just as these questions flashed through their minds, Bu Wuchen moved!

He raised his right arm, and an immensely powerful beam of mystic light abruptly burst from the tip of his index finger-

"One Finger Crosses the Yellow Springs!"

Whoosh!

The finger beam blazed like a rainbow. The instant it appeared, startled birds took flight throughout an area several hundred paces across!

As for those pursuing Bu Wuchen, they were only twenty or thirty paces away;

faced with that suddenly appearing finger beam, which reached them in the blink of an eye, they had no time to react!

Pfft!!

Li Duanfeng, who had overtaken the others during the pursuit and reached the very front, had his chest pierced in an instant-an instant kill!

How could this happen?

After that thought flashed through his lingering consciousness, he was utterly dead.

After piercing Li Duanfeng's body, the lethal might of One Finger Crosses the Yellow Springs shot straight toward the second target on the same line-

Pfft!!

A bloody hole opened right through Qiu Chaoyang's abdomen;

blood streaked a straight red line through the air like the exhaust of a jet plane!

Pfft!!

The third sound of flesh being pierced came from the finger beam blasting through Qian Dali's head.

After meeting the resistance of the three "meat shields" ahead, One Finger Crosses the Yellow Springs had lost a considerable amount of both power and speed;

only then did Feng Jieshuang, who was running at the rear, have time to react. She barely twisted sideways and escaped the finger beam's drilling strike!

Three instant kills in a flash of lightning!

How horrifying was this sight to Feng Jieshuang?!

Li Duanfeng, Qiu Chaoyang, Qian Dali...

They had all been at the peak of the ninth layer of the Qi Observation Realm!

With the four of them working together, they could have held their own for a short time even against a cultivator at the first or second layer of the Qi Control Realm.

How could they possibly have been killed instantly by a single strike?!

Yet Bu Wuchen himself pursed his lips, looking somewhat unsatisfied. "Tsk, I actually failed to get four kills-a quadra kill. What a shame, what a shame..."

Although Feng Jieshuang did not understand a few of the words Bu Wuchen muttered to himself, hearing them still plunged her into an icy cavern!

Clearly, the power of that strike had already exceeded this girl's comprehension.

Her body trembling slightly, Feng Jieshuang slowly backed away.

Her fairly pretty face was filled with horror. "How is this possible?!"

"You were clearly fleeing in a panic just a moment ago. How could you suddenly... suddenly..."

Bu Wuchen grinned. "Heh, let me teach you a term: 'positioning.'"

"First, I find a way to lure you into a straight line, then use my ultimate move to score an N-kill. Get it?"

"Too bad you escaped at the end, so I couldn't unlock the 'quadra kill' achievement..."

Feng Jieshuang's lips quivered, and her delicate, pretty face grew slightly pale.

In the time it took to turn her head, she had gone from "hunter" to "prey";

that enormous gulf was no less than falling from heaven into hell!

The next instant, the girl dropped straight to her knees and pleaded in a trembling voice, "Dear senior, the one who wanted you dead was Lin Liang, the young master of the Lin Lineage;"

"I was only forced into this by him..."

"Please spare my life. You can make me do anything!"

As she reached the end, whether deliberately or otherwise, the woman arched her kneeling body into an exceedingly seductive pose.

In a beguiling voice, she said, "For sparing my life, dear senior, I would willingly serve as your slave or maid and do everything in my power to repay you..."

Her expression was hesitant and pleading, delicate and endearing.

In truth, her other hand, hidden inside her sleeve, quietly twisted at the wrist, shaking a tiny willow-leaf-shaped poisoned dart out of her sleeve pocket...

Who would have thought that, faced with her seduction, Bu Wuchen would simply remain where he stood, wearing a mocking smile that said, "Go on, I'll watch your little performance."

He said mildly, "Heh heh, who knew I'd get to admire such a seductive display from a woman deep in these mountains and ancient woods?"

Feng Jieshuang grew a little anxious and decided to add fuel to the fire.

She writhed as she crawled on her knees toward Bu Wuchen;

at the same time, she said pitifully, "As long as you like it, dear senior~"

"I-I know I was in the wrong first, and I only wish to atone. Naturally, whatever you want me to do, dear senior, I'll do..."

"Oh? Really?"

The corner of Bu Wuchen's mouth curled upward.

As he looked at the extremely sultry figure before him, the youth's gaze only grew colder. "But I have no interest in wearing someone else's worn-out shoes. What do you suggest?"

Only then did Feng Jieshuang abruptly realize that the methods she had always used against men, which had never failed her before, had failed...

Her humiliation turning to fury, she fiercely flicked her hand-

Whoosh!

The willow-leaf poisoned dart shot straight toward the space between Bu Wuchen's brows!

Fortunately, Bu Wuchen had never dared let his guard down. Watching the concealed weapon's approach, he tilted his head and let the poisoned dart skim past him.

In just the time he spent dodging the poisoned dart, Feng Jieshuang, who had turned and run the instant she threw it, had already darted far away.

As she fled, she did not forget to take out a pale-yellow mystic pill and swallow it...

To get the system reward, I have to kill all four of them.

I can't let her escape!

Bu Wuchen's heart tightened, and he hurriedly gave chase.

The roles of hunter and prey were now completely reversed.

But even now, Bu Wuchen's expression remained grave.

Because he could feel that very little mystic Qi remained in the mystic abode of his dantian.

So, as he pursued her, he called out to unsettle her mind. "Hey, you don't really think you can escape, do you?"

"Didn't you mention it earlier? The only way in or out of this Night Forbidden Forest is the path we came along."

"And my lady bodyguard is standing guard outside without budging an inch!"

"With that icy-cold temperament of hers, if you fall into her hands, it'll probably be a hundred times more painful than dying by mine, won't it?"

Amid the chase, Feng Jieshuang suddenly wheeled around for a counterattack!

The Gang Qi on her sword tip shot straight toward Bu Wuchen's face like a venomous snake's flickering tongue!

His expression changed drastically in alarm.

Fortunately, Instant Shadow-Piercing Steps had just finished its cooldown, and he activated it without hesitation-

Whoosh!

After a rush of wind, Bu Wuchen narrowly avoided that devious sword strike.

His gaze abruptly sharpened as he looked at Feng Jieshuang. "This woman's presence..."

"The Qi Control Realm?!"