21: Chapter 21 Saving the Day

Lei Wujie was mid-air, his right hand already reaching out toward Commander Qin Hu, intending to seize him from a distance.

Commander Qin Hu felt his entire body tighten as his movements became sluggish.

"You bastard! I am the Commander of the Imperial Guard, after all. Even if I die, I'll knock out a few of your teeth!" With a fierce look in his eyes, he didn't retreat. Instead, he took a heavy step forward, pouring all his True Qi into his Embroidered Spring Blade without reservation. With a violent roar, he slashed down fiercely toward Lei Wujie!

"Go to hell!"

However, the gap in their strength was simply too vast. Although there was only one word's difference between a Grandmaster and a Great Grandmaster, their power was as different as clouds and mud.

*Crack!*

The moment Lei Wujie caught Commander Qin Hu's Embroidered Spring Blade, it shattered into pieces like fragile glass!

Before the fragments of the blade even hit the ground, Lei Wujie's figure had already appeared in front of Commander Qin Hu.

"Lord Imperial Guard, are you ready to die?" Lei Wujie's smiling expression made Commander Qin Hu's scalp tingle instantly.

"This time, am I really going to the underworld!? No, I... I'm still young, I've only just married three wives!" In an instant, many images flashed through Commander Qin Hu's mind.

He could only watch as Lei Wujie's palm drew closer and closer to his face! Before the wind from the palm even reached him, the terrifying pressure already made the skin on his face ache!

Commander Qin Hu's pupils constricted. With no way to dodge, he could only close his eyes and await death.

A cold sneer curled at the corner of Lei Wujie's mouth.

However, at that critical moment—

"Watch out!" Baiyun Mountain's urgent warning suddenly came from behind him!

"Hmm!?" Lei Wujie couldn't help but frown. Though he didn't know why, he trusted Baiyun Mountain's judgment implicitly. He forcibly withdrew his palm strike and kicked off the ground, instantly retreating backward!

*Whoosh!*

A faint sound of something cutting through the air passed right by his right arm!

Even though he retreated extremely fast, his right sleeve was still silently sliced open. Immediately after, a cold, piercing pain shot through his arm as a five-inch wound, deep enough to see the bone, suddenly appeared. Blood gushed out instantly!

"What was that?!" Lei Wujie slammed his left hand onto the wound, using his powerful True Qi to stop the bleeding. His expression turned extremely ugly; in that split second, he hadn't even seen what had injured him!

Right then, a tall and upright figure walked slowly from the rear of the Imperial Guard formation.

In his hand, he carried a masked person in black who was unconscious.

"I... I'm not dead, hahahaha! I'm not dead!" Having survived the ordeal, Commander Qin Hu's back was soaked in cold sweat. Seeing the newcomer, he was overjoyed and hurriedly scrambled to his feet to rush over.

"Your... Your Highness! You're finally back!"

Who else could the newcomer be but Xia Jin!?

Xia Jin casually tossed the unconscious man in black at Commander Qin Hu's feet. His gaze swept over Lei Wujie and the others, and a faint smile appeared on his face.

"Remnants of the Demonic Cult, gathering for rebellion and trespassing into the capital. Today, how do you wish to die? This Prince... can grant your wish."

Xia Jin's words were calm, yet they contained an ultimate dominance, as if the Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters before him were nothing more than lambs to be slaughtered.

Hearing this, both Lei Wujie and Baiyun Mountain's pupils shrank slightly.

This 'Emperor of the Underworld' really was as domineering as the rumors said!

The two of them stepped forward in unison with great tacit understanding, standing side by side.

"It seems you are the one guarding Great Xia, the 'Emperor of the Underworld' known as Great Xia's strongest Great Grandmaster of this era." Baiyun Mountain's calloused hands involuntarily clenched as he stared fixedly at Xia Jin.

"Oh? This Prince has too many titles; I can't quite remember them all myself." Xia Jin stared closely at Baiyun Mountain before saying with a faint smile, "You are not a Great Grandmaster from within Great Xia's borders, yet you dare to wade into these muddy waters! You truly don't know the meaning of death! How about this: I'll give you a chance. If you kill him and join me, I'll let you off today. What do you say?"

"You...!" Standing to the side, Lei Wujie's face instantly turned as black as a pot's bottom. At a time like this, the opponent actually wanted to sow discord!

"Hmph! What a pity! If you hadn't shown up, you might have lived a little longer today. Since you're in such a hurry to die, I, Cult Leader Lei Wujie, will personally send you to the afterlife!"

[Ding! Key information detected: 'Ming Cult Leader Lei Wujie'... Matching information... Match successful!]

[Triggered Mission: Behead!]

[Mission Content: Kill the one hundred and sixty-three remnants of the Demonic Cult present!]

[Mission Reward: Demonic Heart Crossing (Entry-Level), eighty years of cultivation.]

Just then, the System prompt sounded in Xia Jin's mind again, making him startle slightly.

The opponent just said some harsh words, and that's enough to trigger a mission?

His gaze fell on Ming Cult Leader Lei Wujie again, and his expression became somewhat strange... It was like he was looking at a walking experience orb.

"Are you finished!?" Xia Jin's tone suddenly became impatient. "Are all you Demonic Cult remnants here? Hurry up and come at me together. This Prince... doesn't want to waste time."

"Arrogant!" Lei Wujie took a deep breath, laughing in extreme anger. "Since you're so eager to be reincarnated, this Cult Leader will satisfy you!"

With that, he suddenly pulled a metal whistle from his robes, put it in his mouth without hesitation, and blew with all his True Qi—

*Tweet——!!*

A sharp, ear-piercing whistle with immense penetrating power rang through the night sky, carrying far into the distance.

Lei Wujie lowered the whistle, a confident, cruel smile reappearing on his face. "Xia Jin! Today, the three of us Great Grandmasters will join forces. Let's see how you end up without a grave!"

"Three Great Grandmasters?!"

As soon as these words were spoken, almost everyone's expression changed drastically, except for Xia Jin's!

Commander Qin Hu gasped, his palms becoming damp without him realizing it. Even Su Xuanji, who had been standing behind Lei Wujie waiting for Xia Jin's command, had a flash of horror in her eyes.

Three Great Grandmasters? Not two? This Lei Wujie really did have a hidden card up his sleeve.

However...

One breath, two breaths, three breaths...

They waited for a full ten breaths, but absolutely nothing happened.

The cruel smile on Lei Wujie's face froze. Why was there no movement from the other Great Grandmaster he had made an agreement with?

"This... is impossible?!" A chill surged up from the soles of his feet.

"Hehehe."

A soft laugh broke the suffocating silence.

Xia Jin raised his hand and unhurriedly pointed at the unconscious man in black he had tossed at Commander Qin Hu's feet.

"I say, Great Cult Leader Lei, that third Great Grandmaster you mentioned..." His tone carried undisguised mockery. "You couldn't possibly mean this trash that I casually knocked out, could you?"

Hearing this, Lei Wujie frowned. His gaze followed Xia Jin's finger to the man in black lying on the ground. When he saw the ring on the man's right index finger, his eyes instantly narrowed.

"Scarlet Flame Ring?! 'Blazing Sun Hand' Xie Feng!?"

He suddenly turned his head to look at Baiyun Mountain.

At this moment, Baiyun Mountain's face was also so gloomy it looked like it could drip water. Although Xie Feng's strength was slightly inferior to his, he specialized in stealth and assassination! Even he wouldn't want to face him.

But he hadn't expected that Xie Feng would be captured alive by Xia Jin without a sound! To what terrifying level had this 'Emperor of the Underworld's' strength reached? This man was not someone they could defeat!

"Run! Run quickly!!!"

"Even if the two of us join forces... we are absolutely no match for him! Let's go!!"