44: Someone was killed out of nowhere, and it turned out to be Jin Sheng?

Two hours later.

Hunyuan Mountain was now a field of ruins. Towering flames illuminated the night sky, and over twenty mangled corpses lay scattered across the ground.

The Hunyuan Sect, the overlord of the Cultivation World in the Southwest region of the continent, had dramatically had its gates breached and its entire Sect slaughtered by just five Loose Cultivators!

"Two cowards ran away at the very beginning. They probably jumped into the river; I couldn't find them."

Venerable Xuan Long spat in dissatisfaction.

"Forget it, they were just Early Stage of Qi Refining small fry. Let them go."

Venerable Jin Sheng chuckled, completely unbothered by the blood at the corner of his mouth. "It's time to tally the spoils."

"Yes, yes, time to tally the spoils."

Venerable Hua Yue's eyes darted around. "This hunyuan cauldron is a Medium Grade Second-tier Magical Artifact. In Kang Country, it's worth at least several thousand Spirit Stones..."

Venerable Xue Chui interrupted with a cold snort. He was the first to grab the hunyuan cauldron and said in a heavy voice, "According to our prior agreement, I get first pick of the spoils. The hunyuan cauldron belongs to me!"

The atmosphere suddenly froze.

No one spoke.

Venerable Xue Chui slowly backed away, a flash of killing intent passing through his eyes. "What? Do you want to go back on your word?"

"Agreements are dead, but people are alive."

Venerable Ling Er glanced imperceptibly at Venerable Xuan Long and suddenly spoke.

A white jade hairpin flipped between her fingers. "I wouldn't mind if Fellow Daoist Blood Hammer wanted other things, but how precious is this hunyuan cauldron? Don't you think you're being too greedy, Fellow Daoist?"

Venerable Xuan Long also spoke up at the right time: "Fellow Daoist Spiritual Ear is right."

"Moreover, we were the ones who fought tooth and nail to kill Old Man Qian Yang just now. Fellow Daoist Jin Sheng even suffered significant injuries for it."

"Fellow Daoist Blood Hammer only cleared out a few small fry on the side, yet you want to take the hunyuan cauldron? Isn't that a bit much?"

Venerable Hua Yue maintained her smiling expression and didn't speak, but she moved a bit closer to Venerable Xue Chui's position.

In the blink of an eye.

The small group of five Loose Cultivators was about to fall apart.

Seeing this, Venerable Xue Chui laughed out of sheer anger. "Fine, fine!!"

"Without my Second-tier Talisman, you wouldn't even have been able to break this grand formation, and yet you're talking to me about 'afterwards'!"

"Then all of you can just die—"

"Wait a minute!!!"

Just as tensions reached a breaking point, Venerable Jin Sheng suddenly spoke, and everyone turned to look at him.

"What brilliant insight does Fellow Daoist Jin Sheng have?"

"Cough, cough~"

Venerable Jin Sheng pretended to be heavily injured, coughing up a few more mouthfuls of blood, and advised earnestly, "Fellow Daoists, have you forgotten our previous agreement?"

"Alliance! Alliance!!"

"Hunyuan Mountain is such a sacred land for immortals. If any one of the five of us stays here alone, we'll be outnumbered and simply unable to hold it!"

"Not to mention other places, just in this Southwest region, the Yellow Heaven Cult and Thousand Spirits Sect Alliance, as well as the Wind Fire Gate and so on—which one of them is easy to mess with?"

"Only if we work together with one heart can we defend Hunyuan Mountain, and even establish our own Sect in the future, turning it into our own sacred cultivation ground!"

While he spoke, Venerable Jin Sheng's body was slowly moving toward Venerable Xuan Long.

"I'm sure all of you are like me, having suffered enough as Loose Cultivators, right?"

"Now that we've finally occupied such a Spiritual Vein, how can we turn against each other for such a small profit?"

These words were spoken with such sincerity.

It actually caused the situation on the scene to cool down slightly; at least it wasn't as tense as before.

However, in the next instant!

*Clang—*

Just as he finished speaking, Venerable Jin Sheng suddenly lunged, his Gold Sword Magical Artifact slashing horizontally across Venerable Xuan Long's neck.

*Thump~*

A head, with shock still lingering in its eyes, rolled to the ground, and crimson blood instantly erupted like a fountain.

"Fellow Daoist Xuan Long!!!"

Everyone else was stunned.

Especially Venerable Ling Er.

Her pretty face changed drastically. Her trembling finger pointed at Venerable Jin Sheng, and her body instinctively moved away from him, but she moved toward... Blood Hammer.

"Jin Sheng, you—"

Before she could finish, a Blood Hammer Magical Artifact appeared before her eyes.

That was her final memory!

"Boom——————!!!"

Accompanied by a loud explosion, dust rose everywhere.

The charming and lovely Venerable Ling Er was smashed into a pile of pulp, dying with her eyes open.

In just a few breaths, the group of five was down to three!

"Tsk!"

"A pair of dogs, what were you trying to pull in front of me?"

Clearly, Venerable Xue Chui and Venerable Jin Sheng had planned this long ago.

Occupying Hunyuan Mountain?

Venerable Jin Sheng never had such a thought.

He only wanted the Resources of the Hunyuan Sect.

Since the Spiritual Vein couldn't be taken away, then... dig it up!

"Now, only you are left."

The two of them turned their gazes toward Venerable Hua Yue, who was looking wary and constantly backing away.

"Fellow Daoists, everything can be discussed!"

"If you push me too far, I'll drag one of you down with me no matter what!"

Blood Hammer and Jin Sheng glanced at each other but said nothing, instead continuing to press forward.

"Fellow Daoist Magnificent Moon, if you are willing to give up the Resources of Hunyuan Mountain, the two of us might not be unable to let you leave!"

"Impossible!"

"Fellow Daoist Magnificent Moon, you're making things very difficult for us."

In an instant, the chaotic battle began again.

"Boom—!!!"

"Not good!"

"Difficult? Then don't bother doing anything at all!"

With a face full of fury, Venerable Hua Yue, under the shocked gazes of Jin Sheng and his companion, sacrificed a second-tier soft sword Magical Artifact.

"Damn it, Magnificent Moon, you bitch, how do you have a Second-tier Magical Artifact??"

"None of your business!"

Sharp Sword Qi raged wildly, carving out sword marks dozens of zhang long on the ground. Soil and stones shattered along the way, and grass and trees flew everywhere. The whistling sound of the air being torn apart made one's scalp tingle.

Seeing how skillfully Venerable Hua Yue controlled the sword, it was clear she had been refining it for quite some time.

To think they had known each other for so many years!

Venerable Hua Yue had actually never shown it in public?

"Fellow Daoist Blood Hammer, let's attack together!"

At this point, Jin Sheng and his companion clearly couldn't give up the immense interests of the Hunyuan Sect.

They could only steel themselves and charge.

However, after he charged, he suddenly realized that Venerable Xue Chui was retreating.

This guy had snatched the hunyuan cauldron from the ground and directly fled... "Blood Hammer! You fucking sold me out!!"

...October 12th.

Somewhere in the north of Hong Country, in the sky.

The high-altitude astral winds were like bone-scraping steel knives, tearing at the riddled protective spiritual light.

Venerable Jin Sheng staggered as he flew on his sword. Every time he circulated his magic power, it pulled at the deep cracks in his internal organs, causing heart-piercing pain.

After Venerable Xue Chui snatched the hunyuan cauldron, he alone ultimately couldn't defeat Venerable Hua Yue.

If he hadn't run fast at the end, he really would have died there!

"That damned bitch!"

"Once I return and gather the Loose Cultivators of Jin Sheng Mountain, I'll definitely show you!"

All his efforts had come to nothing.

Venerable Jin Sheng's face was almost distorted with rage.

Just then, the clouds ahead shifted, and a black dot appeared from the distance.

It was two Golden Eagle Yao Beasts of good quality.

On the back of the larger eagle, there was even a stranger Cultivator. His aura was only at the Middle Stage of Qi Refining, and he was flying rapidly toward him.

An indescribable irritability suddenly flared up.

The violence accumulated from his heavy injuries and the frustration of fleeing instantly found an outlet. He didn't even bother to think further.

He charged directly toward the Golden Eagle.

"You're an eyesore to me. Consider yourself unlucky, junior!"

"Junior, die!!"

Golden Sword Qi slashed down across the sky.

In his expectation, this person would immediately be sliced in half along with the Golden Eagle.

But at this moment, a sudden change occurred!

"Buzz—!"

The clear chime of a sword rang out instantly.

A brilliant, majestic, and solid Purple-gold sword light erupted from the long sword in the Cultivator's hand.

Initially a single line, it instantly expanded, stretching a hundred zhang across the sky.

It swept down toward the terrified Venerable Jin Sheng!

Fast! Precise! Ruthless!

In this instant, memories of his life began to flash before Venerable Jin Sheng's eyes.

"Another Second-tier Magical Artifact?"

He had rarely seen a Second-tier Magical Artifact in his entire life, yet today he had encountered two in a row.

"Forget it! Forget it! Forget it!"

He shook his head with a bitter smile and gave up resisting.

His protective spiritual light was instantly annihilated like paper.

In the next instant, he felt the world spinning, as if he saw his own head.

Then, everything in his vision vanished.

His consciousness sank into eternal darkness.

As a Loose Cultivator, he had lived a mediocre life for his entire existence.

At the end, he had finally waited for an opportunity and thought to gamble everything with his schemes, yet he still ended up with nothing.

"Heaven wants me dead!"

..."Who is this guy?"

When the yu king sword Qi swept the mangled corpse in front of him, Yu Xuzi couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

He had been flying perfectly fine in the sky.

Suddenly, this guy acted like he had gone mad and directly attacked him without a word.

So, of course, he didn't hold back.

He just killed him.

What made it a bit inexplicable was that he didn't even know this person.

Peak Qi Refining, yet heavily injured—his identity shouldn't be simple.

He wondered if there would be trouble?

"Whatever!"

Yu Xuzi shook his head, directly took the Storage Pouch from the man's body, and then set a fire to burn him to ashes.

"Ground to dust and scattered to the winds—who will know I killed him?"

He still had to continue on to Hunyuan Mountain.

Wait, Hunyuan Mountain?

Yu Xuzi was stunned.

He seemed to have guessed who this person was.