Unrestricted Dao Lord

Xie Guanchao cautioned.

"Thanks for the warning. I’ll be careful."

Zhang Su remained at the Martial Arts Arena, gathering information.

Many disciples cast glances toward Zhang Su from time to time.

"So that’s Zhang Su. I heard he’s the one who killed Jiang Taizhen from the Five Elements Sect."

"That’s right, that’s Senior Brother Zhang Su. Jiang Taizhen of the Five Elements Sect was hailed as a ’Little Celestial Pride’ and had achieved Three Meridians Unite, yet he died at Senior Brother Zhang Su’s hands. And at the time, Senior Brother Zhang Su only had an Outer Force Cultivation."

"It’s unbelievable. Someone with an Outer Force Cultivation managed to kill Jiang Taizhen, a master at the Peak of Inner Force who had achieved Three Meridians Unite?"

Many of the Martial Artists at the Martial Arts Arena had only arrived in Hengshan County within the last month.

They had only heard stories of Zhang Su’s exploits.

But they had never seen him in person.

Zhang Su listened all morning.

In the afternoon, Zhang Su returned to his quarters.

He needed to get into peak condition. Come nightfall, he would step onto the battlefield once more.

Zhang Su had two main goals for returning to the battlefield.

The first, of course, was to earn merit. This was the most important thing.

Second, he wanted to improve his fourteen Martial Techniques and Cultivation Techniques in the crucible of combat.

If he could find the right opportunity, there was a chance his fourteen Martial Techniques and Cultivation Techniques could reach Perfection, and then he would gain Compatibility Value.

This was also very important.

’Merit and Compatibility Value... I can’t do without either one. I want them both! If I encounter someone at the Huajin realm... I wonder, could I kill a Huajin Martial Artist now?’

Zhang Su felt the surging Inner Strength within his body.

He felt incredibly powerful.

He was so much stronger than he had been a month ago.

The breakthrough in his Cultivation had led to a qualitative leap in his power.

If he were to encounter a Huajin master, Zhang Su would no longer be afraid.

However, he wasn’t certain whether he could actually kill a Huajin Martial Artist.

He would have to test himself against one to truly know the strength of a Huajin Martial Artist.

Huajin Martial Artists had a profound understanding of the transformations of Power, rendering exquisite moves mostly useless. To beat them, you had to be either faster or stronger.

Zhang Su also possessed a keen perception, which was even more miraculous than a Huajin Martial Artist’s understanding of Power transformations.

As for a Huajin Martial Artist’s explosive power, it was essentially a burst of Inner Force.

And Zhang Su wielded the Great Three Yang Power, which was even stronger than his previous Little Three Yang Power formed by Three Forces Unite.

He wasn’t afraid to clash head-on, even with a Huajin Martial Artist.

His only real disadvantage was that his physical constitution was slightly inferior to a Huajin Martial Artist’s.

But Zhang Su had other advantages.

For example, his Great Three Yang Power was Extreme Yang and incomparably ferocious.

Then there was his Body Technique, which was no worse than Xie Guanchao’s. In fact, boosted by the explosive burst of his Great Three Yang Power, his Body Technique could now be even stronger.

And another example: his Divine Intent.

His Wind and Thunder Sword Technique had birthed a Divine Intent, making its speed unimaginably fast.

He now possessed true Inner Force, which was enough to sustain his Divine Intent-infused Wind and Thunder Sword Technique in continuous combat.

Zhang Su had too many advantages.

Of course, no matter how many advantages he had on paper, he would only know for sure after an actual fight.

The sky gradually darkened.

Zhang Su opened his eyes.

He glanced at the sky.

His own condition had been brought to its peak.

So, Zhang Su rose, left his room, and made his way to Drum Tower Street.

SWOOSH.

Without a moment’s hesitation, Zhang Su left the encampment, his figure completely melting into the night.

He was once again a hunter stalking the night, ready to kill his prey at any moment!

...

Bai Jinghong had long since recovered from his injuries.

However, the recovered Bai Jinghong seemed to have learned some flexibility.

He was no longer a lone wolf, but had formed a team.

He had even teamed up with Yu Jingjing.

The team had five people in total.

Besides Bai Jinghong and Yu Jingjing, the other three members were also from the Five Great Martial Veins.

Anyone able to enter the Five Great Martial Veins was surely a genius among the Inheritor Disciples.

But upon reaching Hengshan County and experiencing the carnage, they had all come to accept reality and dutifully formed a team.

Titles like ’Inheritor Disciple’ and ’potential’ were worthless in the face of true life-and-death battle.

After all, potential doesn’t instantly translate into strength.

Disciples from the Five Elements Sect wouldn’t spare them just because they were Inheritor Disciples of the Guiyuan Sect.

In fact, the Inheritor Disciples had suffered considerable losses during the fighting in Hengshan County.

However, all five of them knew that they weren’t truly alone; two Guardians were secretly following them.

The two Guardians would only appear if Yu Jingjing and Bai Jinghong were in a life-or-death situation.

At that moment, all five were being extremely cautious, suppressing their auras and keeping their movements to a minimum.

"There’s a Five Elements Sect team over there. Five of them, all Inner Force. Senior Brother Bai, are we doing this?"

The group still looked to Bai Jinghong as their leader.

Although Bai Jinghong was arrogant, his strength was undeniable; he was indeed the strongest of the five.

"I recognize one of those five—Zhao Yan from Li Fire Peak. He’s attempting Triple Meridian Cultivation, so he’s ambitious, but it’s a shame he can’t even achieve Two Meridians Unite. Still, Zhao Yan’s strength is decent. I fought him when I was traveling alone last time, and we were at a stalemate for a while. But I’ve had a breakthrough recently and my strength has increased greatly. I can definitely defeat Zhao Yan now!"

Bai Jinghong glanced at Yu Jingjing and the others, his voice low. "We are all geniuses from the Five Great Martial Veins. You’ve all familiarized yourselves with the battlefield, and each of your strengths has improved greatly. This squad of Zhao Yan’s... I think we can take them!"

Yu Jingjing and the others exchanged glances.

Truth be told, they were tempted.

After all, it was a team of five Inner Force practitioners. If they successfully wiped them out, they would each earn thirty merit points.

That would be a pretty good haul.

"Let’s do it!"

"I agree."

"Senior Brother Bai Jinghong’s strength is incredible. Since he can handle Zhao Yan, what do we have to fear?"

The other four all agreed.

Having fought in Hengshan County for nearly two months, they were a far cry from their former selves.

"Good. On my command."

Bai Jinghong slowly closed in on Zhao Yan’s team.

"Kill!"

The next moment, Bai Jinghong shot toward Zhao Yan.

"Something’s not right..."

The next moment, Zhou Mu made his move.

As Yu Jingjing’s Guardian, he seemed to have sensed something.

Unfortunately, it was too late!

WHOOSH.

A jet-black spear instantly shot toward Yu Jingjing.

The towering Sikong Shuang had been hiding right behind Zhao Yan’s team.

It was as if they had been waiting for this very moment.