I Only Stomp on Weaklings

"What are the other two’s lifebound objects? Even this person doesn’t know. They’ve hidden them deep."

Chen Ming searched through this person’s memory, but found no information about his master and senior uncle’s lifebound objects. Apparently, this person was unaware as well.

However, the eldest’s lifebound object is the Mirage Pearl, a rare earthly treasure, so the other two’s lifebound objects shouldn’t be ordinary either.

The "Nine Nether Great Technique" is indeed a divine cultivation technique; the stronger the lifebound object, the stronger the power. If an unparalleled divine weapon were to be used as a lifebound object, at first grade, it’s unimaginable how powerful they’d become.

"According to their plan, one will block Hong Yuze, and the other will meet up in the prison with the first grade who infiltrated earlier. Together, they’ll open the third level to retrieve that Demon Sword."

From this person’s memory, Chen Ming had already learned the whole story.

Yesterday, they found Ruan Caixiong drunk, so they decisively took action, successfully subdued Ruan Caixiong and Zhou Yilan, and coerced them into revealing the location of the key.

So they launched their plan ahead of time.

That’s why Zhou Yilan wasn’t able to warn him.

Those two third-grade masters were out to get the key.

Chen Ming thought, "Going out now might run me into the first grade fetching the key..."

To be honest, the Nine Nether Sect wanting to claim the Demon Sword suppressed in the third level has nothing to do with him. He’s not with the Six Gates but wore this disguise, intending to hide in prison and rack up some experience points.

Who knew, he’d coincidentally get caught up in this mess.

Initially, he thought he could easily annihilate these Nine Nether Sect members by notifying Su Zhining and getting her to contact Six Gates.

But it turned out that Six Gates was so incompetent, getting attacked at their base by two first grades and two third grades who went on a killing spree.

Now he’s stuck in a perilous situation.

He’s now facing two lifebound-object-carrying first grades from the Nine Nether Sect, truly leaving him without any confidence.

What should he do?

Chen Ming’s mind spun crazily. Suddenly, as he looked at the corpse on the ground, a brilliant flash of inspiration struck him, and he came up with an extremely bold idea...

...

Zhou You, after successfully retrieving the key, led Zhou Yilan to the prison. With the token from Ruan Caixiong, the prison gate guards felt a bit strange but still let them through.

Great Jin had been peaceful for a long time, so there were many irregularities within Six Gates that everyone had grown accustomed to.

According to Six Gates’ rules, non-Six Gates members aren’t allowed into the prison. But with the warden’s hand-token in hand, if they refused entry, they’d be in trouble later.

The two walked into the prison, and soon the gate closed behind them.

Zhou You, disguised as a guard, walked in front, followed by the zombie-like Zhou Yilan.

They moved through the long passages, occasionally coming across corpses laying on the floor.

Zhou You’s two disciples acted swiftly, killing all the prison guards there, without alerting the guards outside the gate.

No way could those guards outside guess that the two Six Gates arrest officers holding the warden’s token were members of the Longevity Sect. Once inside the prison, they suddenly struck, killing all the guards inside.

Zhou Yilan unexpectedly asked, "Where’s senior brother? Why hasn’t he arrived yet? With his strength, eliminating Hong Yuze should be a piece of cake."

Zhou You replied, "Senior brother is outside stabilizing Zhong Danyang, preventing him from sensing anything amiss."

But Zhou Yilan knew he was lying.

Before, the three senior brothers might have been inseparable, but as their cultivation improved and they reached first grade, they were no longer the same passionate youths they once were.

The suppressed Demon Sword was one of the Nine Nether Sect’s three major demon artifacts. Whoever obtained it would be the future Demon Venerable.

Would senior brother willingly let such a treasure fall to the second and third senior brothers?

Perhaps back then it was possible, but the present senior brother is not the same as he used to be.

"What exactly is senior brother planning?"

Zhou Yilan pondered this, but after a long while, couldn’t figure it out.

Ever since she married Ruan Caixiong, she’d scarcely interacted with the three senior brothers. Back then, when avenging her father by wiping out her enemies’ families, it was the senior brothers who executed the act, which landed them on Six Gates’ wanted list.

For over a decade, Zhou Yilan knew little of the senior brothers’ business, until they came looking for her again a few years ago. She found that all three had changed.

Like many martial artists, their eyes were filled with an ambitious drive for the peak of Martial Dao, and they were ruthless in pursuing their goals.

Not long after, under Zhou You’s guidance, she arrived at the second level.

Soon after walking, she saw someone relentless in hacking at a person on the ground with a sword.

Zhou You shouted sternly, "Xiaoqi, what are you doing?"

The man turned around, a grim-looking fellow in his thirties, paid respects first then said, "Master, without realizing, I was injured by this kid, truly infuriating..."

Zhou Yilan didn’t recognize the person, nor did she know when the second senior brother accepted a disciple.

Zhou You reprimanded, "Time is urgent, do not waste effort."

Xiaoqi apologized fearfully, "Disciple knows the mistake."

"Where’s Xiao Jiu?"

"He went ahead to find the senior uncle."

"Lead the way."

"Yes."

Xiaoqi led the way in front.

Suddenly, Zhou Yilan noticed the two swords hanging from Xiaoqi’s waist. Her eyes froze because she recognized both—Gu Xianyu’s swords.

Among them, one was the Demon Sword infused with terrifying demonic qi.

Could it be, the one just killed was actually Gu Xianyu?

She instinctively glanced back at the corpse on the ground.

No!

This isn’t Gu Xianyu’s body!

In an instant, many thoughts flashed through her mind. She looked up at Xiaoqi and felt a hint of realization.

Gu Xianyu holds a Demon Sword. Despite being only Third Grade in cultivation, he can wield the sword’s power to contend with a First Grade.

How could he be killed so easily?

However, Zhou Yilan was still a bit skeptical, "It’s strange, why can’t I sense the demonic qi from that Demon Sword anymore?"

...

Soon after, they passed through another door and entered a different area.

The place seemed more sinister; the walls were constructed from extremely hard Mystic Gold Stone, making it difficult for even a First Grade expert to break through.

There were iron bars made from a metal called Black Essence Refined Iron, which is ten times harder than ordinary steel. Each bar was as thick as an adult’s arm, and for a First Grade expert to break it with Gang Yuan, it would require considerable effort.

This was specifically used to imprison First and Second Grade experts.

Xiao Jiu stood in front of a cell, crazily slashing the door with his knife, making a clanging sound.

Seeing this, Zhou You’s forehead throbbed with a vein as he shouted, "Xiao Jiu, what are you doing?"

These two disciples were really worrisome. How did they both go mad here?

"Master!"

Xiao Jiu turned his head, showing both anger and joy on his face, "You’re finally here. Those prison guards locked themselves inside the cells. The cells here are too sturdy for a disciple to open; all the keys are with the prison guards..."

He briefly explained.

Zhou You heard this, glanced at the cell, but saw no one. Judging by the breathing, they were hiding near the wall on this side of the door.

The cells here were fully enclosed, with only a small opening in the door for food delivery, preventing observation of the corners on either side from outside.

These rats were indeed cunning.

Zhou You said, "Don’t waste time here. Ignore them for now; go find your uncle."

Xiao Jiu originally wanted to mention that his brother had just acquired a Divine Weapon and could give it a try, but hearing this, he dared not say more, "Understood."

At this time, Xiaoqi spoke up, "Master, I’ll stay here to prevent these people from escaping and signaling."

Zhou You gave him a approving look and nodded, "Fine."

Then, Zhou You led his junior sister and disciple deeper inside.

This section of the cells was used to imprison Second Grade individuals. First Grade expert cells were deeper inside.

Once Zhou You and the others were far away, Xiaoqi stood at the door and said in a deep voice, "Throw out the keys to the three cells holding criminals, and I’ll spare your lives!"

No movement from inside.

"Hmph!"

He snorted coldly. "Mingfeng Sword" unsheathed itself, drilling into the small opening, "I’ll give you three seconds to consider. Three, two—"

"Wait!"

"Mercy."

"Here’s the key..."

"..."

Moments later, "Mingfeng Sword" slowly emerged from the hole, carrying three keys.

Xiaoqi, or rather Chen Ming, collected the three keys and walked towards the nearest cell holding a Second Grade criminal.

Earlier, he had a stroke of inspiration. He used the Disguise Technique to impersonate the Third Grade named Xiaoqi, swapped clothes, and managed to fool everyone.

This action carried some risk, but he had no choice but to gamble.

Fortunately, he gambled correctly.

Zhou You did not detect anything amiss, however, Zhou Yilan did give him several curious looks, which suggested she might have suspected something.

This woman, with her discerning eye, could identify the issues with the "Mingfeng Sword" which wasn’t surprising she could see through things.

It appeared she was also under their coercion. Since she did not expose him, it proved that both of them were still on the same side.

"Regardless, let’s earn some experience points first."

Chen Ming arrived at the door, glanced inside, and saw an elderly man with graying hair chained by five thick iron chains suspended mid-air, posing like a star.

This criminal was a Gang Leader, as the records showed, he colluded with pirates to abduct many boys and girls and sold them to pirates. He committed many atrocities and deserved death.

Chen Ming took out the key and opened the heavy cell door.

The elder hanging mid-air displayed excitement in his eyes, "Are you here for a prison break? If you free me, I can lend you a hand."

Having heard the chaos outside, he clearly knew what was happening.

Chen Ming did not speak, simply unsheathing the "Mingfeng Sword".

With a tearing sound.

The long sword pierced through the elder’s heart suspended mid-air. The elder’s excited expression froze; even until his death, he couldn’t understand why this person wanted to kill him.

Why?

[You have slain an LV82 enemy and gained one million experience points.]