Xiahou Ying's Regret
Tick-tock. Tick-tock.
The sound of damp, cold water dripping echoed in the confined underground space.
Xiahou Ying struggled to open her eyes, a tearing pain shooting through the back of her neck. She tried to move, only to find herself tightly bound to a stone pillar by several thick, specially made alloy chains. Her blood and qi, which were originally at the Seventh Level of Blood Nourishing Realm, were completely sealed off by a strange toxin.
In the dim, yellowish light, the instant she could see her surroundings, her pupils contracted sharply to their maximum size!
This is a huge underground slaughterhouse!
In the corner, there were more than a dozen skeletons that were not completely decomposed. Judging from the tattered clothes, they were all civilian students who had gone missing from Jinling Martial University and the surrounding area!
"You're awake? My dear junior."
A gentle voice rang out from not far away.
Han Luosheng, dressed in a spotless white shirt, was slowly and methodically cutting something into the body of a civilian martial artist who had been disemboweled, holding a scalpel. He turned his head, revealing a few drops of blood splattered on his handsome face, and a chilling smile playing on his lips.
"Han... Luosheng!"
Xiahou Ying trembled violently, overwhelmed by despair, fear, and endless regret.
She finally understood.
I finally understood the true meaning of my brother's words in his letter, "The farther you go, the better," and I also understood the cold warning from Dongfang Yueming that "the Han Family may not be trustworthy."
It's laughable that he walked right into a trap, not only failing to expose the Xiahou Family, but also handing over the clues his brother risked his life for to another group of even more hypocritical devils!
"Kill me! You monsters will be punished by heaven sooner or later!" Xiahou Ying burst into tears and cursed at the top of her lungs.
"Kill you? That would be too wasteful."
Han Luosheng put down the scalpel, wiped his hands, walked up to Xiahou Ying, and used his fingertip to lift her chin.
Just as Han Luosheng was preparing to continue enjoying the desperate expression on his prey's face...
"Boom--!!!"
A deafening roar erupted from the sky above the Han Family!
The entire underground slaughterhouse was shaking violently, and dust was falling from above!
"Um?!"
Han Luosheng's expression changed, and he suddenly looked up at the ceiling.
"They've come knocking on our door so quickly?!"
Above the Han Family.
The night seemed to be forcibly torn apart by an invisible hand.
A long blue robe fluttered in the wind as Li Changshan, the instructor leading the Capital Martial University team, stood with his hands behind his back, like a god descending to Xukong, directly above the Han Family!
Behind him stood three top geniuses from Capital Martial University, their bodies radiating the Qi and Blood Like a Dragon and tigers, unabashedly unleashing a suffocating killing intent!
"Who dares to break into my Han Family at night?!"
Below, the Han Family instantly erupted in excitement.
With a series of furious roars, seven terrifying figures, led by Han Pojun and Han Mei, soared into the sky and landed on the artificial hill and roof of the courtyard, staring intently at the four people in mid-air.
Seven [Blood Transformation Realm]!
In a place like Jinling, seven Blood Transformation Realm are enough to sweep away all resistance. Han Pojun has even reached the Blood Transformation Realm Sixth Level, his body taut with muscles, emanating a nauseating bloody smell.
"Are you all distinguished guests from Capital?"
Although Han Pojun was surprised and suspicious, he still tried to remain calm on the surface. He recognized the dragon logo on the other person's school uniform.
"My Han Family has guarded the wilderness for generations, sharing the same breath with the Great Xia military. What is the meaning of your uninvited arrival late at night, and your forceful breaking of my Han Family's formation? If you have disturbed my patriarch..."
"Generations of guarding the wilderness?"
Li Changshan, suspended in mid-air, looked down at them as if they were a group of dead men.
"A bunch of sewer Rat, do they even deserve to mention the Great Xia military?"
"Slaying demons and eliminating evil, what more needs to be said?"
Li Changshan's tone was devoid of any emotion; he didn't even seem interested in making a move, simply uttering a single word:
"Kill."
"Yes, mentor!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the three geniuses from Capital behind Li Changshan transformed into three dazzling meteors, rushing headlong down at the seven Blood Transformation Realm Variants below!
"Arrogant! Do you really think we're made of clay?!"
Han Pojun and the others were also completely enraged! Now that they had been seen through, there was no point in pretending anymore!
"Roar--!"
In an instant, the seven high-ranking members of the Han Family simultaneously let out inhuman roars!
Han Pojun's body suddenly shot up, transforming into a mutated giant rhinoceros clad in heavy bone armor and the size of a heavy tank! The alluring Han Mei's lower body transformed into a giant spider's abdomen, spewing out countless purple spider silks containing deadly poison!
Seven Blood Transformation Realm Variants simultaneously revealed their true forms, and a terrifying, bloody gust of wind instantly swept through the entire Han Family!
However, the prodigies of Capital Martial University demonstrated what the most outstanding foundation of the Great Xia truly is!
Those two prodigies, who were only at the Blood Refining Upper-Tier Perfection realm, actually managed to withstand two Early Blood Transformation Realm Variants without being at a disadvantage, thanks to their near-perfect Profound Grade Profound Truth and impeccable combat awareness!
Meanwhile, the top prodigy of Capital, who had reached the Blood Transformation First Level, wielded a spear that moved like a dragon and struck like lightning. He fought against three Variants, including Han Mei, all by himself, and even seemed to be gaining the upper hand!
"A bunch of useless trash!"
Seeing the situation was dire, Han Pojun, transformed into a giant rhinoceros, roared and charged directly at Li Changshan, who was in mid-air, with his massive horn protruding from his body!
Die!
"Noisy."
Li Changshan's eyes turned cold, and he reached out from under his robe, striking the air with a swift motion.
"Bang!"
The invisible true energy transformed into a giant hand tens of feet in size, and with overwhelming force, it slammed Han Pojun's enormous rhinoceros body into the ground like swatting a fly!
The earth trembled, and dust billowed into the sky! Han Pojun coughed up blood, most of his bone armor shattered, and he couldn't even get up!
Is that all you've got?
Li Changshan's gaze pierced through the layers of buildings, staring straight at the ancient ancestral hall deep within the Han Family compound.
"Han Changfeng, since you're still alive, stop hiding like a coward. Come out and face your death."
"Well..."
A deep, aged sigh, filled with endless weariness and desolation, slowly drifted from inside the ancestral hall.
"Squeak--"
The two heavy wooden doors of the ancestral hall opened automatically.
Han Changfeng, leaning on a cane and with a face full of age spots, walked out with faltering steps. He looked so weak, as if a gust of wind could blow him over.
"Instructor Li, I, Han, have shed blood for the Great Xia." Han Changfeng coughed twice. "This old man... only wants to live, to see the Han Family continue... Can't you make an exception for me?"
"Survive?"
A flash of extreme disgust and coldness crossed Li Changshan's eyes.
"A Qi Gathering Realm martial artist of the Great Xia Dynasty, in order to prolong his own existence, actually condones his family's younger generation raising humans as food!"
"Han Changfeng, you have disgraced all martial artists! You are no longer worthy of being called a human being!"
Upon hearing these words, the last glimmer of humanity in Han Changfeng's already cloudy eyes was completely extinguished.
"Since you're not giving this old man a way out..."
"Then let's die together!"
Han Changfeng suddenly threw away his cane!
"Boom--!!!"
An extremely terrifying and immense true energy, far surpassing all Blood Transformation Realm cultivators, suddenly erupted from this dying body!
However, this true energy was mixed with a nauseating dark purple blood-red light!
"Snap! Snap!"
Han Changfeng's withered muscles rapidly expanded, tearing his clothes instantly! A dense layer of purple scales grew on his skin, and his ten fingers transformed into sharp bone claws half a foot long!
His originally aged face was twisted into a hideous, veiny face!
The foundation of the Qi Gathering Realm, coupled with the violent mutation of the Variants blood essence!
At this moment, the terrifying pressure unleashed by Han Changfeng even caused the surrounding air to groan in agony, unable to bear the weight!
"Today, I will use your true energy, the essence of your Capital instructor, to help me break through to the next realm!"