17: Successive defeats of Foundation Establishment cultivators, Black Demon Order

Unfortunately, they had encountered Su Yu. Had it been any other Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment Cultivator, they might not have been kept there.

After Su Yu killed Cultivator Meng, he immediately formed a sword gesture with his fingers and pointed toward the Bai Family Old Ancestor.

A streak of Sword Qi from his finger slashed toward the Bai Family Old Ancestor.

Furthermore, the speed of this finger sword was even faster than the purple bead-like Sword Pill!

This was the Profound Thunder Sword Finger that Su Yu had comprehended; its speed was far beyond what his current Sword Pill could match.

However, its power was slightly inferior.

The Bai Family Old Ancestor threw out several Magical Artifacts in succession to block the sword finger, and his speed slowed down as a result.

This gave Su Yu enough time to catch up. With a point of his finger, the Sword Pill once again crossed several hundred feet and slashed at the Bai Family Old Ancestor.

The Bai Family Old Ancestor couldn't even manage to take out a Top-grade Magical Artifact. Before his death, only one thought remained in his mind: my life is over!

After killing the two in quick succession, the Wu Family Old Ancestor had already fled over a thousand feet away.

He was already far beyond the locking range of Su Yu's Divine Thought.

Just as he thought he could escape with his life, Su Yu turned into a streak of light and flew rapidly toward him.

His speed was several times faster than that of the Wu Family Old Ancestor!

Seeing this, the Wu Family Old Ancestor gritted his teeth and stopped fleeing, turning to face the incoming Su Yu.

"Fellow Daoist Yu, I am willing to submit. I wonder if Fellow Daoist could spare me!"

The Wu Family Old Ancestor landed on the ground and, seeing Su Yu already close at hand, bowed and saluted.

Although he was somewhat reluctant, the situation was stronger than the person. If he didn't submit now, he would end up like the other two, his body dead and his Dao vanished.

Su Yu remained expressionless and simply waved his hand. Under the Wu Family Old Ancestor's shocked gaze, the purple bead sliced him in half.

"Fellow Daoist Wu, it's not that I'm unwilling to let you go, but that you were unwilling to let me go."

Su Yu shook his head and sighed.

This was the first time he had killed someone, and his emotions were somewhat complex. If the three of them had been willing to let him go when he pleaded earlier, they probably wouldn't have met this disaster.

They could only blame their own ruthlessness.

If Su Yu's strength hadn't been sufficient at the time, wouldn't he have met the same fate?

After killing the three of them, he took their Storage Pouches and incinerated their corpses completely before returning to the White Cloud Market.

At this time, the Wang Family Old Ancestor was rushing over in a hurry and happened to meet Su Yu on his way back.

"Eh? Fellow Daoist, why are you back? Is it possible you didn't find the mastermind?"

Su Yu had been out for too short a time—so short that the Wang Family Old Ancestor assumed Su Yu had returned to the market because he failed to find the perpetrators.

After all, once he received the message from Yu Family Head, he guessed that this matter must be a conspiracy.

Fearing Su Yu might fall into danger by rushing out recklessly, he had hurriedly teleported over to help.

But to his surprise, it seemed different from what he had imagined. Su Yu hadn't encountered an ambush?

But that was fine too; at least Su Yu was out of danger. Otherwise, facing the Foundation Establishment Cultivators of two families alone would have been truly overwhelming.

"It was the Foundation Establishment Cultivators of the Wu and Bai families who did it, along with a Foundation Establishment evil Cultivator."

Su Yu spoke.

"Three Foundation Establishment Cultivators attacked? Then you! *Hiss!*"

Hearing this, the Wang Family Old Ancestor was instantly horrified!

Besides the Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Wu and Bai families, there was also an evil Cultivator. Could it be Cultivator Meng?

With three Foundation Establishment Cultivators attacking, even he would have faced a certain-death situation. Yet Su Yu had returned unscathed. Didn't that mean the three of them couldn't even keep him there?

This kind of ability was simply too terrifying!

"They are dead.

Fellow Daoist, you should take advantage of the time before their clansmen learn that their Old Ancestors' soul tablets have been extinguished and try to flee en masse, and wipe them out instead."

Su Yu said indifferently, then increased his speed and quickly returned to his Immortal Cave in the market.

Only the Wang Family Old Ancestor was left standing there, stunned.

Three Foundation Establishment Cultivators, besieging a Cultivator of the same rank, were actually killed. And judging by the time, it hadn't even taken the time for a cup of tea.

One must know that if a Foundation Establishment Cultivator is determined to flee, they are very difficult to catch!

However, he couldn't afford to stay shocked. He quickly contacted his clansmen, telling them to gather their forces to wipe out the Wu and Bai families.

At the same time, he sent a word to the Cultivators of the Yu Family.

Inside the Immortal Cave, Su Yu looked at the purple Sword Pill suspended before him. Sensing the slight increase in power after it had slain three Foundation Establishment Cultivators and severed a Top-grade Magical Artifact, he couldn't help but fall into thought.

This Sword Pill had fought three great enemies in succession, yet its power had only increased by a sliver. He wondered how long it would take to reach Major Achievement.

The System Mall did have items to help the Sword Pill reach Major Achievement, but they cost five million Spirit Stones!

Even selling himself wouldn't cover even a fraction of that!

He sighed, withdrew the Sword Pill into his body to nourish it, and then opened the Storage Pouches of the three Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

There wasn't much in the way of spiritual resources on them.

The Spirit Stones added up to just over twenty thousand, along with a large pile of low-grade Spirit Medicines, various Ores, and seven or eight Magical Artifacts.

Among them were three Top-grade Magical Artifacts, and the rest were High Grade Magical Artifacts.

The total value of the three Storage Pouches probably didn't exceed fifty thousand Spirit Stones.

But it made sense. Most Foundation Establishment Cultivators would keep the majority of their resources in their own Immortal Caves; why would they carry everything with them?

Otherwise, if they were killed by a powerful enemy like today, wouldn't it just benefit their foe?

But it didn't matter. Anyway, the Wang Family Old Ancestor had already organized people to wipe out the Wu and Bai families.

The resources obtained then wouldn't be lacking for him.

On the other side, in a black water pool nearly ten thousand miles away from the White Cloud Market.

Inside an Immortal Cave, a middle-aged man wearing black robes, with half of his face rotted away, suddenly snapped his eyes open!

"What happened? Bai Zhan actually died? Could it be that someone from the Immortal Music Sect discovered his identity?!"

"Damn it, he had a Black Demon Order in his hand! If the people from the Immortal Music Sect get it, they'll be able to confirm the location of my Black Demon Sect."

"The Sect Master is away right now. If a Core Formation old monster takes action, my Black Demon Sect might be wiped out!"

"That idiot! Didn't I tell him to stay hidden!"

The black-robed man's voice was filled with rage, and his aura surged out wildly, shaking the Immortal Cave until it was on the verge of collapse. He was impressively at the Late Stage Foundation Establishment cultivation!

"Forget it, I must contact the other Elders to discuss a countermeasure..."

After his outburst of anger, the black-robed man calmed down and murmured... Meanwhile, on Su Yu's side, he suddenly discovered a pitch-black iron token from the pile of items.

The words 'Black Demon Order' were engraved on the front, while the back featured a skull.

Looking at this token, Su Yu couldn't help but feel some alarm and suspicion.

This token was too sinister. Just by touching it, Su Yu felt his Divine Soul become somewhat unsettled.

"This token was obtained from the Storage Pouch of the Bai Family Old Ancestor. Since it's so sinister, could it be that the Bai Family Old Ancestor was in league with Demonic Cultivators?"

Su Yu used Sword Qi to surround the token, and the sinister aura vanished. He thought to himself.

If the Bai Family Old Ancestor had ties to Demonic Cultivators, wouldn't killing him mean he had made an enemy of the Demonic Cultivators behind him?

Su Yu felt a bit of a headache.

Demonic Cultivators were like rats crossing the street in the Great Xia cultivation world.

But a starved camel is still bigger than a horse. When the demonic sects were suppressed back then, many experts still managed to escape.

If he provoked a Core Formation Cultivator, Su Yu would have no choice but to go into hiding.

The urgent priority was to get rid of this Black Demon Order.

Otherwise, if a Core Formation Expert had some tracking method to locate him, that would be disastrous!

Su Yu's face was grim as he took the Black Demon Order and flew toward the Hundred Thousand Demon Forest.

The Hundred Thousand Demon Forest was near the White Cloud Mountain Range and was the largest territory for Yao Beasts in the Great Xia cultivation world.

The Hundred Thousand Demon Forest was fraught with danger, and even Core Formation great demons existed there!

But danger and opportunity coexisted, and the rare treasures within were also countless.

Even the experts from the Immortal Music Sect and the Wood Origin Sect would come here to explore.

However, according to the travelogues Su Yu had read, the reason the Hundred Thousand Demon Forest still existed was that the two Nascent Soul powers intentionally left it there.

The purpose was to allow their Disciples to enter the Hundred Thousand Demon Forest for tempering.

Su Yu flew for several days and finally arrived at the Hundred Thousand Demon Forest. He even took the risk of entering the depths of the forest, found a water pool, and threw the Black Demon Order into it.

After doing all this, Su Yu returned to his Immortal Cave without looking back.