77: The Genius

"If you want to save people, you must first get past us!"

A dozen masked men in black sneered.

They stepped forward to block the Martial Artists from the academy who were trying to help.

Nearby, some Patrol Guard members happened to be patrolling.

Upon hearing the shouts, they immediately joined the battle, but it was still a drop in the bucket.

Li Canglan narrowed his eyes, blending into the crowd as he tried to see the specific situation within the billowing smoke.

However, he only saw a man in black, holding a giant axe, carrying out a bloody slaughter on the street.

Anyone who might still have a breath left in them was hacked down by him without hesitation.

The axe blade unleashed long waves of Qi and blood; no one could survive under his axe.

"P-please, don't kill me."

A pedestrian trapped under a car, streaming with tears and snot, tried to beg for mercy.

But what awaited them was the man in black's axe.

"It looks like this guy isn't sure if he has killed the target,"

Li Canglan thought to himself,

"That's why he wants to kill every single survivor."

In the dense fog, Li Canglan quietly changed his appearance.

He sensed that the strength of this man in black should be around Two-star.

Although his Aura was strong, it wasn't as if he lacked the power to fight.

"The Descent Faction deserves to be killed by everyone!"

If they only believed in peaceful coexistence with other races, no one could interfere with their thoughts.

But to welcome the other races, they even chose to ruthlessly kill their own compatriots.

Such people deserve to die!

Li Canglan drew his combat saber; this was the weapon he had brought with him after returning to the martial arts hall.

He hadn't expected it to come in handy right now.

The surrounding wails meant the man in black did not notice that death had quietly approached him.

Eight Directions Thunderclap!

Wind Sweeps Ten Thousand Thunders!

After getting close, Li Canglan's entire body's Qi and blood were mobilized frantically.

Two bolts of thunder swept out like winding pythons of lightning.

Boom!

The two lightning pythons struck the man in black, causing him to vomit blood and fly backward.

"Those who can still move, find a way to escape on your own!"

Li Canglan roared and flashed into the smoke.

He still needed to deal with the man in black and couldn't spare the effort to save these injured passersby.

Just after he left, several bullets landed where he had originally stood, creating a few small craters.

"How dare you ambush me? Go to hell!"

The man in black, who had reached the level of a Two-Star Martial Artist, roared, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and quickly pursued in the direction Li Canglan had fled.

Li Canglan's eyes narrowed as he held his breath and focused.

The moment the man in black passed the position where he was hiding, Thunderbolt Slash struck down!

Boom!

Thunder exploded.

"I've been waiting for you!"

The man in black sneered, turned around, and struck with his palm.

A loud bang was heard.

Li Canglan felt his arm go numb and staggered back a few steps.

The man in black only took one step back before pursuing again.

However, Li Canglan had already rolled into the smoke, using the wrecked vehicles as his cover.

"Are all Two-Star Martial Artists this strong, or is this person sent by the Descent Faction unusually capable?"

Li Canglan thought to himself.

He had already reached the Late Stage of One-star, and a dual-attribute Late Stage One-star at that.

Even without counting his S and A-rank talents in lightning and wind elements, he shouldn't be weaker than a Peak One-star.

Furthermore, when he was at the Middle Stage of One-star, he had once hunted a Peak One-star Demonic Beast.

Even if there was a gap between him and a Two-Star Martial Artist, in a surprise attack, he shouldn't be at such a disadvantage.

However, the surrounding screams and the sounds of battles between other Martial Artists gave him a chance to hide.

Li Canglan quietly crept behind another man in black.

He slashed out with Thunderbolt Slash.

Boom!

A blinding cold light struck down.

That man in black had never expected someone to ambush him.

His head flew into the air, offering no resistance to the combat saber.

Just then, Li Canglan suddenly heard a whistling wind from behind him.

Like a long arrow piercing the air, a stream of light rushed towards Li Canglan at an extremely high speed.

Li Canglan's eyes narrowed, and he executed Stepping Wind Steps.

At the critical moment, Li Canglan dodged the man in black's axe blade.

But the sharp wind still scraped his cheeks, causing pain.

Bang!

The earth trembled, the ground cracked, and countless stones flew up.

The man in black had immense strength; he almost instantly pulled out his battle axe and slashed horizontally.

Li Canglan's eyes changed slightly, wind rose under his feet, and he retreated rapidly.

The Raging Wind Thunder Eagle's wind elemental power was stimulated to the limit, bolstering his Stepping Wind Steps to put as much distance as possible between them.

But the man in black's battle axe slashed out an axe beam several feet long, which he could not dodge.

Li Canglan drew his saber and struck with Thunderbolt Slash.

Bang!

Borrowing the opponent's impact force, Li Canglan took the opportunity to put some distance between them.

At the same time, a bright green air vortex swirled in the palm of his left hand.

"Wind Sweeps Ten Thousand Thunders!"

Two thunder snakes, assisted by the gale, instantly crossed a distance of more than ten meters.

Seeing the blinding lightning, the man in black's pupils shrank violently.

Those two bolts of thunder earlier had injured him quite badly!

He hurriedly swung his battle axe, slashing down with an orange-yellow axe beam.

One bolt of thunder was smashed to pieces, but the other exploded fiercely on his chest.

Blood splattered everywhere, leaving a mangled mess of flesh!

On the other side, Li Canglan was having a hard time too.

But his goal was to delay time and buy a chance for other pedestrians to run away.

Moreover, as long as he waited for the school's high-level personnel to intervene, this crisis would be over.

Li Canglan circled around the vehicles and soon heard voices not far away.

"Finally found you!"

"As long as we kill you, our mission for today will be complete!"

"Anyone who hinders the Holy Lord's descent is a sinner!"

Li Canglan felt a chill in his heart and transformed into a stream of light, rushing quickly toward the direction the voices came from.

A student wearing tattered school clothes lay on the ground, covered in blood.

A taxi that had been smashed into two halves had one half pressing down on his thigh.

Even though he used all his strength, he couldn't break free.

Watching the man in black get closer and closer, the student's eyes were filled with panic.

"D-don't kill me."

He kept begging for mercy, trying to find a chance of survival in the face of death.

However, the man in black just shook his head.

"We have already given you a chance. Since you refuse to welcome the Holy Lord's descent, there is only one path left: death!"

After speaking, he raised his blade and slashed down at the student.

"I... I don't want to die!"

Invisible ripples spread out from the student's mouth, shaking the man in black until he was dizzy.

This person was clearly also an Ability User!

It was just unknown how the news leaked and he was targeted by these Descent Faction people.

The man in black's brief dizziness signaled the failure of his mission.

Bang!

It was not thunder, but the sound of a gunshot!

The bullet, trailing a scorching tail of flame, struck the man in black's arm.

Li Canglan had never practiced marksmanship.

Across a distance of dozens of meters, with his eyesight, he could only ensure he didn't lose the target.

He couldn't achieve a headshot with one shot!

However, all he wanted was to briefly hinder the opponent.