Chapter 468 - 467: Resolved
"Spare the three of us brothers’ lives?" Lie Cheng was taken aback. Liu Long and his men were equally stunned. They had expected him to offer some kind of reward; who knew the offer would be to spare their lives?
"Damn it, Big Brother, he’s toying with us!" Lie Feng’s gaze went cold as he drew the longsword from his waist, glaring deathly at Yi Tianyun.
Lie Cheng raised a hand to signal them not to be rash, but his eyes were already brimming with killing intent. "It seems you think you’re strong enough to take on our entire group by yourself?"
He was, of course, including Liu Long’s group. They would be joining the fight as well, making a total of six Core Condensation Realm experts. Anyone who wasn’t a fool could figure out who had the better chance of winning. The Tiger Hunting Brothers in particular had astonishing cultivation levels, giving them a decisive advantage in any fight.
"What do you think?" Yi Tianyun regarded him with a placid expression. "Kill him for me, then jump in for a swim, and I’ll let you live."
"Did I hear that right? We kill them, and then we have to jump in for a swim? What do you take the Tiger Hunting Brothers for?" Lie Cheng exploded with rage. "Do you really think you’re invincible? So what if you’re a Beast Tamer? Go on, make the Netherwater Sharks charge up here and attack me!"
They weren’t worried at all about Yi Tianyun being a Beast Tamer. The Netherwater Sharks were formidable, but Yi Tianyun’s control was limited, especially on the shore. How could he command the Netherwater Sharks to come up? Netherwater Sharks couldn’t walk on land, let alone swim on it.
Even though their cultivation had reached the Core Condensation Realm, their intelligence was undeveloped. Their control over Spiritual Power was nowhere near as refined as a Cultivator’s, so they were completely incapable of flight.
Core Condensation Realm experts, however, could fly by projecting their Spiritual Power, essentially using it to lift themselves into the air. The principle was entirely different.
"He doesn’t need the Netherwater Sharks. We’re more than enough!" Leng Hu brandished his great-ax, ready for battle.
"Just you lot?" Lie Cheng sneered. "I’ve lost count of how much trash like you I’ve killed. Countless others have groveled for mercy at my feet, but in the end, they still..."
A figure flashed before him. Before Lie Cheng could even react, a palm was already swinging toward his face. SLAP! The blow landed heavily.
Lie Cheng felt a sharp pain in his cheek as he was sent flying backward, sliding a great distance before stumbling to a halt. His face was grotesquely swollen, an unknown number of teeth had been shattered, and blood poured from his mouth. It was a ghastly sight; he was instantly disfigured.
In the next instant, a figure shot forward and planted a foot on Lie Cheng’s chest. "Groveling?" the figure asked coolly. "You were saying something about groveling?"
With that, Yi Tianyun stomped down viciously. THUMP! Lie Cheng’s body was driven into the ground. The force of the impact made him cough up a mouthful of blood; it felt as if all his internal organs had been pulverized.
The sudden development left everyone stunned. Lie Cheng, the one with the highest cultivation, had been killed in an instant. And the one who did it was none other than Yi Tianyun! A lad who looked so young, yet possessed such terrifying, explosive power.
"I, I..."
"Die!"
Yi Tianyun stomped down hard. THUD! Lie Cheng was crushed completely into the earth, his life force extinguished. How could he possibly have withstood such overwhelming power?
"Ding! Successfully killed Lie Cheng. Gained 1,200,000 Experience, 4,800 Madness Value, and 1,000 Sin Value. Obtained Martial Arts: Tiger Hunting Step, Wild Impact. Obtained Items: Antitoxic Pill, Tiger Hunter’s Claw, Fivefold Experience Pill."
’That Sin Value is ridiculously high, even more than those government ministers. It’s not that the ministers killed fewer people, but that the things these guys did were so utterly depraved it caused their Sin Value to skyrocket.’
In the blink of an eye, Lie Cheng was dead. When Yi Tianyun turned to look at the others, a chill shot through their hearts. ’How can such a monster exist!’ Lie Cheng had the highest cultivation level, yet he was killed instantly. This meant Yi Tianyun’s cultivation was vastly superior to their own.
"B-Big Brother!!" they cried out in anguish. The big brother they respected so deeply had been killed just like that.
’No way... Yi is that strong? He killed the leader of the Tiger Hunting Brothers so easily...’ Ren Liangchen and his companions were dumbfounded. They knew Yi Tianyun was skilled—his ease in killing the Netherwater Shark proved he wasn’t weak—but they never imagined he was this powerful!
An expert at the eighth level of the Core Condensation Realm, killed in just two moves without getting half a word out.
Liu Long and his men felt their legs tremble. They had thought the Tiger Hunting Brothers were fearsome, but it turned out this young man was the most terrifying one here! ’To kill Lie Cheng in an instant... just how high is his cultivation? Peak of the Core Condensation Realm?’
They didn’t even dare to let their thoughts drift to the Void Spirit Realm. Achieving the Void Spirit Realm was an incredibly difficult feat, making such experts exceedingly rare. While there were many cultivators at the peak of the Core Condensation Realm, those at the Void Spirit Realm were pitifully few.
One only had to look at the Netherworld Empire to understand. Anyone who broke through to the Void Spirit Realm was granted the rank of Grand General or became a high-ranking minister. The difficulty of cultivation was immense, and the status it conferred was equally extraordinary.
"Last chance," Yi Tianyun said, his gaze cold. "Will you jump in for a swim, or do I have to ’help’ you in with a kick?"
Lie Feng and the other brother swallowed hard. Faced with Yi Tianyun’s terrifying pressure, what should they do? Jump? Or not?
"You... you killed my big brother! I’ll fight you to the death!" Lie Feng roared. He chose not to surrender. Instead, he brandished his weapon and charged, unleashing his full power in a single thrust.
He moved like a gust of wind, his thrust piercing through the air. His speed was astonishing, accelerating to its peak in an instant and leaving an afterimage in the onlookers’ eyes.
Yi Tianyun didn’t even bother to look, simply lashing out with a vicious back kick. THWACK! The powerful blow sent Lie Feng flying straight into the Nether River.
KERPLUNK!
Lie Feng gradually sank to the bottom of the Nether River, never to surface again. Even if that kick hadn’t killed him outright, it had left him severely wounded. In his condition, how could he possibly swim? He could only sink deeper and deeper, lost to the river forever.
"Second Brother... I’ll get you for this!" Hunting Rock roared, lunging at Yi Tianyun, ready to risk it all in a fight to the death.
"Looks like you have a sense of loyalty. In that case, you can go join him!" Showing no mercy, Yi Tianyun rushed forward with even greater speed, aimed a fierce kick at Hunting Rock, and sent him flying into the Nether River.
KERPLUNK...
Another man fell into the water, never to resurface. The Nether River didn’t allow things to float; it only pulled them down. Thus, he would only continue to sink to the bottom, never to rise again.
And just like that, in the blink of an eye, the insufferably arrogant Tiger Hunting Brothers had been dealt with.