88: Chapter 88 Marquis-Level Combat Power

Hahaha...

After another bout of wild, arrogant laughter, the Wrinkled Old Man suddenly pointed at a corpse below the altar and said:

"White Elephant King, now you will not only lose the life of your precious granddaughter, but you will also lose Xibai Pass."

"What do you mean?" The White Elephant King was confused at first, until he followed the direction of the Wrinkled Old Man's finger and saw the corpse that had lost all signs of life; he was completely stunned.

Suddenly, a buzzing sound filled his mind, and it went blank.

His granddaughter was dead; his granddaughter was dead.

How could this be? She was a Great Sun Realm, a Great Sun Realm Divine Venerable; how could she die so easily?

The White Elephant King's entire state of mind was damaged, his cultivation realm even began to waver, and he looked like he had instantly aged many years.

"My Lord, now is not the time to be sad; the entire population of Xibai Pass is still waiting for you to save them."

Kang Dalei shouted loudly, waking the White Elephant King from his grief over the loss of his granddaughter.

However, at this moment, the Wrinkled Old Man was laughing with extreme satisfaction.

Influenced by the death of Bai Xuaner, the White Elephant King would certainly not be able to exert even half of his combat power. As long as he dealt with the person in front of him, the demon race would be able to occupy Xibai Pass, one of the great city passes of the world.

Therefore, he had to lure Kang Dalei further into the mist so that he would have no time to attend to Xibai Pass.

Thinking of this, the Wrinkled Old Man directly flashed and escaped to the rear.

But how could Kang Dalei let him have his way now? After the Wrinkled Old Man fled, he directly pressed his two fingers together, turning his baleful aura into swords. In just a moment, he conjured millions of baleful aura swords behind him.

"Want to run? Did you ask me first?"

Once the baleful aura swords were unleashed, the surrounding mist actually began to dissipate under the influence of the baleful aura. In just a few breaths, Kang Dalei and the White Elephant King inside the mist could see the blurred outline of Xibai Pass. By the time Kang Dalei gathered ten thousand baleful aura swords, the entire area outside Xibai Pass was affected by his sword energy, and the mist was completely scattered.

"Dying under this strike, you can be considered the first person of the Marquis-level to do so."

His two fingers fell, and the ten thousand baleful aura swords attacked the Wrinkled Old Man simultaneously. Under these countless sword shadows, the Wrinkled Old Man immediately cried out in pain and was pierced into a sieve.

Following him to death was the dark, dense swarm of demon beasts outside Xibai Pass.

A single strike to slay ten thousand demons; under this strike, every demon beast was killed instantly, including the demon kings who were also slain in one stroke.

Kang Dalei's Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin; every sword possessed attack power no less than that of the Great Sun Realm.

However, the consumption from executing this move was equally great.

After wiping out the demon beast swarm outside Xibai Pass, Kang Dalei had reached the edge of collapse. Without his baleful aura and his body reaching its limit, he was now no different from an ordinary person.

Fortunately, the two women, Qingyi and Chengyi, were by his side.

After Kang Dalei used Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin to kill all the demon beasts, the two women returned to his side in time.

"Master, are you alright?"

Seeing that the two women's faces and bodies were covered in blood, Kang Dalei smiled and then collapsed.

It was not until half a month later.

In Qingya Residence, in the bedroom he had previously occupied, Kang Dalei, lying on the bed, slowly opened his eyes.

"Where am I?" As soon as Kang Dalei spoke, Qingyi and Chengyi rushed in from outside the room.

Upon seeing Kang Dalei wake up, the two women were overjoyed.

"Master, you've finally woken up."

Chengyi threw herself into Kang Dalei's arms, crying like rain.

"Chengyi thought she would never see Master again."

There was another bout of sobbing.

In the end, it was Qingyi who pulled Chengyi away, preventing her from wiping snot and tears all over Kang Dalei's chest.

After a while, when he had regained his strength, Kang Dalei asked about recent events.

Upon hearing Kang Dalei ask about the current situation, the two women were filled with anger.

"Master, you don't know, those people are simply shameless."

Finally, the two women told Kang Dalei about what had happened while he was in a coma.

After hearing everything that happened during his coma, he laughed.

"His son is dead, and he still wants to share the war merits? What did the White Elephant King say?"

Qingyi shook her head, "Ever since Bai Xuaner died, the White Elephant King has aged a lot. But this servant heard that he wants Master to take his place and guard Xibai Pass."

"Me?" Kang Dalei's expression was uncertain.

The White Elephant King's lifespan was about to run out, and he would certainly enter the secret technique of 'a moment is a thousand years', but Xibai Pass needed someone to guard it.

But why him? There were no benefits.

"By the way, you two said that people from the Great Zhou Dynasty royal family came?"

Qingyi and Chengyi nodded and said very excitedly:

"Yes, because Master killed ten thousand demon beasts this time, lifted the siege of Xibai Pass, and even killed several demon kings, the Great Zhou Dynasty specially conferred upon you the title of Marquis Wanjian based on your war merits and combat power. You enjoy first-rank official power, and apparently, there is also a fief."

"Congratulations, Master, you have been conferred as a Marquis."

Qingyi and Chengyi were incredibly excited.

As if they were the ones who had been conferred as a Marquis.

But immediately, the two of them let out a cold snort and said angrily:

"Originally, the Great Zhou Dynasty said they would reward Master with a divine weapon, but it's all because someone behind the scenes tripped us up and snatched Master's reward away."

Kang Dalei shook his head indifferently.

"I don't care about the reward; did you get the demon beast cores from the ones I killed?"

The two shook their heads again, looking indignant.

"Does Master remember that young man who previously made a bet with you on who could lift the siege of Xibai Pass, and whoever won would marry Bai Xuaner?"

"It was him; it was the Marquis-level Divine Venerable from his family who cut in and said his son died in battle while cooperating with you. If it weren't for his son, Master, you couldn't have wiped out so many demon beasts."

"So the original demon cores were divided by him. Master could have received half of the demon cores, but when my sister and I went to the supplies department, they said the demon cores had already been taken by that Marquis, and they even asked us for bribes. My sister and I were so angry that we beat that person up."

Chengyi pouted, her face full of killing intent.

If it weren't for the fact that Master was still in a coma and she was afraid there would be no one to take care of him, she would have long since self-destructed to kill that bastard.

After the two women finished speaking, seeing that Kang Dalei's expression had also darkened, the two looked at each other and took out some demon cores from their pockets, saying:

"Master, this is what my sister and I obtained while killing demons outside the pass before. There are about a hundred in total; we give them all to you."

Hearing that there were demon cores, Kang Dalei's previous gloom was instantly swept away.

Taking the demon cores handed over by the two women, he gently stroked each of their faces and said:

"Don't worry, some people want to court death, and even the gods can't save them. After you two return to the Fishing Village, I will help you break through to the Undying Realm."

Kang Dalei put away the demon cores and decided to go and meet this so-called bullshit Marquis-level Divine Venerable.

In this Cangyuan World, no one could take his things.

Let alone a mere Marquis, even a King wouldn't do.

[Ding-dong, congratulations to the Host for completing the mission to save Xibai Pass. Based on the Host's 60% completion rate, the rewards are now being distributed.]

[Ding-dong, congratulations to the Host for obtaining the secret technique 'Universe Borrowing Method', which can increase your baleful aura by three times for a short period.]

[Ding-dong, congratulations to the Host for obtaining the divine weapon 'Sky Frost Sword'.]

[Ding-dong, congratulations to the Host for obtaining the divine weapon 'Earth Frost Sword'.]

[Ding-dong, the Heaven and Earth Frost Swords can be combined into one to unleash power far exceeding that of a divine weapon, possessing Marquis-level combat power.]

"Marquis-level combat power, huh?"

Kang Dalei took out the two swords and casually threw them to the two women, Qingyi and Chengyi.

"See if they feel right in your hands."