Two Divine-Level Talents Guard Lin Lianshen, Gui Qie Strikes to Kill

A man who had started killing exotic beasts and people at thirteen had a sensitivity to killing intent so formidable that others could scarcely imagine it!

Xiao Fan didn't like talking about his past.

Whenever he spoke of it, it sounded like he was gilding his own face, so he merely tossed out a casual remark: practice made perfect.

But Wang Guangyi's powerful frame trembled. Finally, he bowed to Xiao Fan again, looking at him with reverence, then turned and left.

"You should leave," Xiao Fan said calmly to Li Kai and the other two.

"I have a feeling you won't be able to take part in the battles ahead!"

In the end, the Fourteenth Squad left the mystic realm.

Xiao Fan began taking stock of his spoils.

His luck was good. Among the contents of the four storage rings, there really was an amplification-type martial art!

Current mission progress: (6/30).

There were also three or four ordinary martial arts, all fourth tier or higher!

Xiao Fan's eyes sharpened as he counted on his fingers. Good heavens, once he finished learning the ones whose progress bars were filling in the background, the Demon Man Scripture could advance!

And once he finished absorbing those two portions of king blood and four portions of noble blood, he should be able to break through to lesser grandmaster!

He was only halfway through this trip, yet his improvement had already been tremendous!

But Xiao Fan felt vaguely uneasy. His danger sense was telling him that the real war seemed not to have begun!

A strong sense of urgency followed Xiao Fan. He had to hurry and absorb those portions of essence blood, then collect flames and try to raise the Heavenly Soaring Fire to seven stars!

If he was lucky and could kill an alien genius of sufficient stature, maxing out all the martial art progress bars in the background, that would bring another qualitative transformation!

Elsewhere, Wang Qingtian strode ahead in anger. "Why did you stop me!?"

"Old Yi, you're back. Tell me, if it weren't for the ancestor, why would Xiao Fan have saved me?"

"I cursed him and humiliated him, but he still saved me. That doesn't make sense in the first place!"

After landing, Wang Guangyi sighed. "Young master, do you want to hear Xiao Fan's exact words?"

At that, Wang Qingtian's heart suddenly leaped into his throat. For some reason, he was a little afraid, but...

"Yes! Why wouldn't I?"

"Xiao Fan said he hoped you could grow stronger, because he wants to defeat the true Hegemon-King of Western Chu in a contest of strength!"

Wang Qingtian's powerful frame shuddered!

Humiliation. Naked humiliation!

Didn't that mean he wasn't the Hegemon-King now? That he was completely unworthy of his talent?

He clenched his fists, veins bulging on his forehead. He wanted to argue, to curse Xiao Fan, but when he turned and caught the looks in his elders' eyes, he swallowed his words.

He had already disgraced himself this badly. If he said any more... he would only disgrace himself further!

Just then, Wang Guangyi sighed again. "Young master, let's go out."

But the sensitive Wang Qingtian completely exploded. He roared, "What the fuck do you mean?"

"Why should we leave!?"

"Do you think I'm a piece of trash too? That I'm fucking useless in this mystic realm and can only hold you back?"

"I'm telling you, I'm going to kill an alien, or I'm not leaving!"

Burning with shame and anger, Wang Qingtian left his four guardians behind and ran madly ahead.

It took only an instant for someone to realize they were a piece of trash, but accepting that bloody truth was very, very hard...

How could Wang Guangyi dare leave the young master behind? He hurried after him, but didn't dare get too close, sighing inwardly all the while.

Outside, Lin Wugui suddenly began to feel nervous.

So far, twenty humans had come out and thirteen had died, leaving sixty-seven inside.

Thirty aliens had died and twelve had come out, leaving fifty-eight.

But the Ghost Sheep Demon King looked utterly unperturbed. Even when he heard of Xiao Fan's exploits, he was only a little surprised.

And when he had just received word from an alien who had come out, he had even smiled, looking perfectly at ease.

Who exactly had he sent to kill Lin Lianshen? How could he be so confident?

As soon as Du Lian got away from Xiao Fan, he contacted another alien prodigy!

"There's a complication! That son-in-law of the Lin Family is strong, very strong. He's the third Super God Class genius!"

"What realm? What's his talent? What attribute is his element?" The voice sounded very composed.

Du Lian replied, "Martial Artist Ninth Stage. His talent is only venerable, and his element is fire. His main strengths are his physique and combat awareness. He's rather unusual!"

"Du Lian! Someone like that definitely isn't the third one. It's all right, it's not a big problem. I've already found Lin Lianshen."

"Tell everyone to purge the humans from the mystic realm, then gather at the coordinates I send. Don't waste time. Let's finish this sooner!"

Du Lian raised an eyebrow. He had already found him?

"Then I'll head over right away!"

At the very edge of the Fire and Flame Mystic Realm, the demon Gui Qie, who had dark red horns growing from both shoulders, gazed silently at the fifth-tier tempering pool before him, somewhat moved.

The Federation's investigative capabilities were so formidable that it had located this tempering pool, which exceeded the mystic realm's limits, before the realm had even opened.

Dark purple Undying Fire surged wildly in the tempering pool. All around it, there was not a trace of life, only a scene of deathly silence.

At the heart of the flames, half of Lin Lianshen's face was twisted in pain, while the other half... was nothing but bone. The Undying Fire had reduced his skin to ash.

But flesh was slowly regrowing over those bones. Once everything was restored, Lin Lianshen would finally have barely gained control of the Undying Fire.

Expressionless, Gui Qie slowly drew a blood-red tachi and walked forward one step at a time, his attention intensely focused!

He was absolutely certain that the third super genius was nearby. As soon as he made a move, his opponent would launch a sneak attack.

Then it would come down to who could hold their nerve longer!

Lin Lianshen couldn't withstand the slightest mishap right now!

Suddenly...

"Here you are." The corners of Gui Qie's mouth curled up, and he raised his tachi behind him without hesitation!

Clang!

The sound of blade striking sword rang out. From that sound alone, he could almost confirm his opponent's identity!

If it was her... she would probably use that move!

Gui Qie abruptly looked up, sweeping his gaze around him!

A sense of extreme cold rose in the scorching mystic realm. At some unknown moment, ice flowers had suddenly formed across the sky above Gui Qie, and they fell wildly like swords piercing through hearts!

And mixed among those razor-sharp ice flowers were eight treasured swords. Being hit by an ice flower wasn't much of a problem, but a strike from one of those swords could leave him wounded.

And that still wasn't the end. From the side, a streak of icy light more than forty meters long suddenly swept toward him, swift as an aurora and sharp enough to seemingly cut through anything!

Everything before it had been a feint. This was the real attack!

Yet Gui Qie, standing amid countless traps and seemingly about to die the next instant, remained utterly calm and even gave a mocking laugh.

"That's it?"

"Sword Shadow Instant Movement!"

His figure vanished in an instant.

Rumble...

Every attack missed. The next instant, Gui Qie floated motionless high in the air, more than two hundred meters away, a pitch-black longsword resting on his shoulder and a blood-red tachi in his hand. Two demigod artifacts!

The Blood Demon Maru and Annihilation!

At that moment, a woman drifted down to where Gui Qie had been standing. Dressed in a long, snow-white gown, she stood astride a flying sword.

Eight flying swords radiating a bone-chilling cold circled behind her.

The woman's brows were like distant mountains, and her skin was as crystalline as ice. But her eyes were utterly cold, and hidden in the depths of that coldness was a towering flame of hatred.

The corners of Gui Qie's mouth rose wildly, and he said, his eyes full of mockery, "I never expected it to be you!"

"Li Qingqiu."

"Divine-level talent: Heavenly Extreme Ice!"

"Divine-level talent: sword type!"

"Realm: Lesser Grandmaster Second Stage!"

"Combined divine artifact: Cold Heart Nine Swords!"

"Divine-level martial art: Aurora Sky-Cleaving Sword."

"Two divine-level talents. That's no less rare than a mythical-level talent."

"It's just a pity your sword skills aren't up to scratch, and your ice is mediocre too."

"That sneak attack just now... was truly stupid, just like the supposedly loyal and heroic Li Family fifteen years ago."

"You were really lucky back then, escaping slaughter at my father's hands."

"Although I was only three at the time, I was there. You probably didn't know, did you? Your mother was violated to death. Those cries of agony, that naked, snow-white body-as white as the clothes you're wearing today. I'd nearly forgotten, but you've brought it all back!"

"Even now, thinking about it is still so thrilling!"

"Hahahahahahaha!!!"

His shrill, mocking laughter echoed wildly through the sky.

Li Qingqiu knew perfectly well it had to be a lie! Her mother would surely have chosen to self-destruct or take her own life!

But she still flew into such a rage that she lost her reason. Her face contorted, and she charged straight into the sky with her sword!

Surging sword light, imbued with a biting chill, slashed out wildly.

A hint of ridicule appeared in Gui Qie's eyes. Humans really were trash. She had fallen for such an obvious attempt to get inside her head?