8: Wang Fugui: This boy must not be kept!

Bang—

With a muffled thud, Li Ergou didn't even have time to scream; his eyes bulged instantly, bloodshot.

He clearly felt a violent force tear through his protective spiritual energy.

The Eight Extremities Crushing Force penetrated his chest, directly through to his back!

“Ugh ah—”

The robes on his back burst open, pulverized by an invisible wave of spiritual energy, and the surface of his skin showed a clear, concave outline of an elbow strike.

A suffocating sensation instantly engulfed all of Li Ergou's consciousness like a tide; his body flew backward ten zhang and crashed into the valley.

Boom!

The rock wall trembled slightly, and a few brokenstones fell.

Li Ergou's eyes were wide, and his mouth opened and closed slightly.

“Impossible…”

As soon as he spoke, his body went limp and slid down.

His heart and meridians shattered; he died upon impact!

The entire valley instantly fell into a deathly silence.

Chu Feng slowly retracted his elbow, looking coldly at the remaining people.

Since they harbored murderous intent towards him, they should be prepared to be killed.

The throats of the nine people all simultaneously swallowed, frozen in place, not daring to move.

Level 9 Qi Refining!

This was not an existence they could contend with!

Li Ergou's corpse lay not far away; what good would it do even if they all attacked together?

“Senior Brother Chu, Senior Brother Chu…”

Zhao Mang was the first to break down, falling to his knees with a thud, his voice trembling uncontrollably.

“Senior Brother Chu, please spare my life! It was Li Ergou who forced us to do this!”

He had already broken through to Level 4 Qi Refining; even if he couldn't win first place in this assessment, he would definitely be able to join one of the ten branch courtyards.

Li Ergou was already dead; he didn't need to fight Chu Feng to the death, let alone being unable to win.

Even if he took ten thousand steps back, there was no enmity between him and Chu Feng, so why bother?

The others, seeing this, also knelt and kowtowed like pounding garlic.

“Senior Brother Chu, please see clearly! We were all forced!”

“Please be merciful and spare us; I, I'll give you all my spirit herbs!”

“After we leave, we guarantee to follow your lead!”

Watching the ugly display of the people who had just been so aggressive, Chu Feng showed a playful smile.

He slowly extended a finger, his calm voice overriding all the pleas for mercy.

“Today, among you, only one person will leave this valley alive.”

As soon as these words were spoken, the pleas for mercy abruptly ceased, and the color drained from the faces of the nine people.

Only one could live!

Hearing this, Zhao Mang suddenly looked up and shouted with a fierce but inwardly weak tone.

“Chu Feng, you harm so many fellow disciples, aren’t you afraid the academy will find out?”

Lin Wan, standing nearby, couldn't help but twitch the corner of her mouth slightly; why did those words sound so familiar?

However, the next scene that unfolded instantly made her forget to breathe, her jaw almost hitting the ground.

Because as soon as Zhao Mang finished speaking, he suddenly attacked without warning.

A palm strike, imbued with all his spiritual energy, fiercely slammed into the back of a short, stout disciple beside him.

That short, stout disciple suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, looking back in disbelief.

“You—”

He had just uttered one word when his body fell limply.

Chu Feng raised an eyebrow, secretly admiring Zhao Mang's meticulous thinking.

With just one sneak attack, he had been the first to kill a companion who was also at Level 4 Qi Refining.

This way, Zhao Mang's chances of survival greatly increased.

Everyone knew they could never be Chu Feng's opponent; their only path to survival was to be the last one alive.

After a brief, deadly silence, the remaining eight people, with bloodshot eyes, pounced on their companions.

“Kill!”

“Brother, don't blame me!”

“Go to hell!”

Lin Wan struggled to stand up, only feeling how ironic the scene before her was.

The original alliance disintegrated in an instant with just one sentence from Chu Feng, and they began to kill each other.

Chu Feng stood to the side, as if watching a monkey show.

If he had acted personally, these nine people would have scattered, and it would have been hard to ensure no one escaped.

He only needed to give them a glimmer of hope, and these people would kill each other; not a single one would get away!

After the time it takes to drink a cup of tea.

When the last scream gradually faded in the valley, only Zhao Mang remained, swaying unsteadily.

He was covered in blood, his robes torn, and his body bore more than a dozen scars of varying depths.

His spiritual energy was almost exhausted, sustained only by a strong will to survive.

“Chu Feng, you must keep your word!”

The cold smile on Chu Feng's face remained, and his peripheral vision glanced at a long saber that had fallen at his feet.

“Of course.”

Hearing this, Zhao Mang's expression instantly relaxed.

However, at the very moment his guard dropped, Chu Feng kicked the hilt of the saber.

Whoosh!

The sound of air being torn suddenly rang out!

A cold glint flashed, and the long saber instantly pierced through Zhao Mang's chest.

Pfft—

The ecstatic expression on Zhao Mang's face instantly froze; he looked down at the saber hilt in his chest in disbelief, blood gushing from the corner of his mouth.

“You… you tricked me!” he said.

Chu Feng extended his index finger, wiggling it slightly at him, his tone carrying a hint of mockery.

“I said only one of you would leave alive.”

With that, he raised his hand and pointed to Lin Wan, who was standing nearby.

“However, that person is her.”

In the last moment of his rapidly fading consciousness, Zhao Mang's eyes shifted, looking at Lin Wan, who was full of shock.

Only now did he understand that the “you” in Chu Feng's words also included Lin Wan.

From the very beginning, Chu Feng had never intended for any of them to leave alive.

If they had scattered and fled, perhaps there might have been a chance to live.

Unfortunately, it was too late to understand all of this.

Zhao Mang's body fell heavily backward, kicking up a cloud of dust.

After dealing with these people, Chu Feng bent down and picked up the bundles on the ground, which contained the spirit herbs these ten people had plundered.

With these spirit herbs, no one could surpass him in the second assessment.

Chu Feng picked up all the bundles and turned to look at Lin Wan.

Seeing this, Lin Wan subconsciously took a step back.

She had just witnessed Chu Feng killing Li Ergou and the others, so was he now going to silence her?

“Don't, don't kill me.”

Unexpectedly, Chu Feng walked up to Lin Wan and placed the bundle that originally belonged to her into her arms.

“This is your bundle.”

Lin Wan clutched the bundle in her hand, stunnedand couldn't help but stand rooted to the spot, a trace of remorse rising in her heart.

He returned her spirit herbs, yet she had judged a gentleman with the heart of a villain.

“Senior Brother Chu, I'll help you.”

Lin Wan took a deep breath and immediately stepped forward to help Chu Feng gather the earth vein spirit mushrooms in the valley.

However, just as the two finished gathering the earth vein spirit mushrooms, a figure appeared at the entrance of the valley.

Wang Fugui looked at the corpses in the valley, his heart greatly shaken.

These were the ten strongest people in the Servant Yard, and they had all died here.

“Chu Feng, you actually dare to harm fellow disciples; die!”

Hearing the furious roar, Lin Wan suddenly turned her head.

She instinctively stepped in front of Chu Feng and began to explain.

“Elder Wang, it's not what you see; it was Li Ergou and the others who wanted to team up and kill Senior Brother Chu—”

“Silence!”

Wang Fugui only needed an excuse to kill Chu Feng; he didn't need to know the truth of the matter.

He had to complete the task given by the Saint Son; there would be no chance to act once they left the secret realm.

However, when he sensed the aura around Chu Feng, he couldn't help but tremble.

“You actually broke through to Level 9 Qi Refining!”

Chu Feng gently pushed aside Lin Wan, who was in front of him; he knew that Wang Fugui would kill him no matter what, so there was no avoiding it.

“What, are you going to act personally now?”

“Since you know, then surrender obediently and await death!”

Wang Fugui suppressed the surprise in his heart; in just one day, Chu Feng had broken through to Level 9 Qi Refining.

Whether Chu Feng had hidden his cultivation before or had gained an enormous opportunity in the secret realm, this growth rate was astonishing.

This child must not be allowed to live!