Chapter 136: Chapter 134: Return of the Leader of Nightfall (Four Updates)_1
Chapter 136: Chapter 134: Return of the Leader of Nightfall (Four Updates)_1
Jian Qi'er dragged Fang Ren along as they flew, while Fang Ren wielded a Big Blood Scythe, slashing wildly at the members of the Indra Sky.
As he killed more and more people, Fang Ren noticed signs of evolution in his scythe, and the meridians within his body trembled. Power continuously surged forth from his Spiritual Root, signaling an imminent breakthrough from the Ruoshui Realm to the Chongshan Realm!
Initially, when he was just a beginner cultivator who had just acquired True Qi, Qianye told him that if he wanted to become powerful quickly, he should practice the Asura path. At that time, he was skeptical, and even when he broke through to the Yuanxin Realm, he still harbored doubts.
But now, he was utterly convinced.
The cultivation speed of the Asura path was incredibly fast. While others were biking, it was as if he was riding a rocket. And as soon as killing was involved, others might go from biking to motorcycling, while he would definitely go from rocket to shooting star!
Boom—
Jian Qi'er led Fang Ren straight through a stone wall and into a long tunnel behind it. More members of the Indra Sky continuously rushed out from within, clearly stronger than those in the middle-level war zone above.
Most of them had the power of those in the early stages to the Peak of the Xianyun Realm.
However, these people were merely minions in front of Jian Qi'er, who was at the early stage of the Azure Sky Realm, with only a few at the Peak of the Xianyun Realm posing a threat to her.
"Swift Wind Frenzy!"
With a short blade in hand, Jian Qi'er slashed through the air. Over a hundred silvery streaks flew past, instantly severing several members of the Indra Sky who were at the Early Stage of the Xianyun Realm.
"Ultimate Martial Pinnacle!"
Fang Ren transformed his scythe into ten blades, sending a red shadow charging forward. Various true meanings of weapons burst forth from his body and flew towards the Xianyun Realm practitioners, continuously slaying them.
Jian Qi'er was stunned as she followed behind. Fang Ren killed at an incredibly fast speed, and his attacks were so varied that they left enemies completely unprepared. The energy he emitted could become swords or sabers, but also spears, hammers, axes, or even bows and arrows—an unpredictable assault.
Moreover, what made one's scalp tingle was the fact that this guy completely abandoned defense; no matter how many wounds he received, as long as he could kill his enemies, he would attack relentlessly.
"What kind of perverse cultivation technique is this…"
While Jian Qi'er was still in shock, Fang Ren had already cleared the enemies in the tunnel ahead for over twenty meters by himself, leaving only a few strong practitioners at the Peak of the Xianyun Realm entangled with him.
Seeing this, Jian Qi'er immediately joined the fray, her blade Qi erupting and unexpectedly killing a practitioner at the Peak of the Xianyun Realm. She then proceeded to alleviate some of the combat pressure from Fang Ren.
Chit-chat, chit-chat—
Fang Ren's scythe instantly killed two experts at the Peak of the Xianyun Realm. Suddenly, his scythe evolved once again, and the Spiritual Root within his body came to an abrupt halt.
Whirr—
In the next instant, an even mightier power erupted from his body.
He had broken through again! He went directly from the Peak of the Ruoshui Realm to the Early Stage of the Chongshan Realm! With the additional power from the explosive pills, his current stage was at the Peak of the Chongshan Realm, only a step away from the Xianyun Realm!
"All of you, die!"
The nine scythes at Fang Ren's back suddenly transformed again, each splitting into ten identical Blood Sickles. In an instant, the entire tunnel was crowded with ninety scythes, leaving no room for enemies to pass.
As he mobilized the True Qi within him, ninety Blood Sickles sliced ahead towards the end of the tunnel, filling the whole tunnel with corpses and rivers of blood in the blink of an eye.
Jian Qi'er sheathed her broken sword, looking at Fang Ren with an expression as if she were staring at a monster: "What cultivation technique have you been practicing? You've crossed four minor realms in a short period of time!"
Fang Ren glanced at her: "Can't you tell?"
Jian Qi'er shook her head.
"Mad Dog Path," Fang Ren said offhandedly.
"…"
Jian Qi'er blinked, and seeing that he didn't want to talk, she sighed and continued, "At the end of this tunnel is a large laboratory of Indra Sky. We need to quickly rescue the cultivators inside, and also find a way to obtain Indra Sky secrets and locate the whereabouts of Indra Sky's organizations in other cities!"
"Why doesn't your organization just have a powerful member blast the ground and be done with it?" Fang Ren asked.
"No, that won't work. There's a very strong Formation protecting the big laboratory above. It simply can't be broken in the short term. Moreover, our top experts are dealing with the Tianjiang Investigation Group and, most importantly, our leader Jiang Ling has been outwitted by a mid-stage Xuanyang Realm practitioner.
We still don't know where the two are fighting, so others must break through this lab," Jian Qi'er said before rushing deeper into the tunnel.
Upon hearing that a mid-stage Xuanyang Realm expert had arrived at Tianjiang, Fang Ren's eyes twitched fiercely. If this were within the Asura path, he would definitely want to challenge a mid-stage Xuanyang Realm fighter — after all, in the Asura path, he could have countless lives.
However, there was no need to panic about the presence of a mid-stage Xuanyang Realm expert, since Jiang Ling, the leader of the Nightfall Organization, was also a mid-stage Xuanyang Realm practitioner. Two super strong fighters clashing would likely not result in a victor for at least a couple of days and nights.
Fang Ren followed Jian Qi'er with his scythe and charged into the tunnel.
The two of them slaughtered their way through the tunnel. Wounds kept accumulating on Fang Ren's body, and Jian Qi'er was also covered in injuries, but fortunately, she had the two Blood-Returning Flesh-Forming Pills given to her by Fang Ren earlier, otherwise, she would have lost her combat capabilities halfway through.
But for Fang Ren, these pains were a source of excitement. Each time he got hurt, his subconscious would involuntarily take him back to the mad experiences of his Asura path, driving him to frenzy and excitement.
Bang!
Jian Qi'er cleaved open a stone gate with a single strike, and as it split apart, what came into view was a massive space of over a thousand square meters.
Inside stood over a hundred members clad in white clothes, both men and women. Their cultivation levels were similar to those encountered earlier in the tunnels. Among them, however, were two members at the Early Stage of the Azure Sky Realm, just like Jian Qi'er, with their True Qi violently erupting, as if they had been prepared for a long time.
Next to these members dressed in white, there were beds used for experiments arranged all over the floor, probably more than three hundred. Each bed was accompanied by a small cart, constantly emitting cold air, freezing the blood, organs, corpses, and meridians on top... and these were all gruesomely harvested from living cultivators!
Next to each experimental bed, dozens of men and women were submerged in liquid tanks by some means, all naked. Through the glass of the tanks, one could clearly see all sorts of scars on the practitioners' skin.
"Inhuman!"
Seeing this, Jian Qi'er's emotions suddenly became very unstable; her eyes reddened as she roared furiously and charged directly towards the over a hundred members of the Indra Sky organization opposite her.
Seeing this, Fang Ren immediately fused the ninety-odd Blood Sickles from behind his back into the sickle in his hand.
Hum—
A gigantic Blood Sickle, a hundred meters long, materialized in the air!
Without another word, Fang Ren swung the enormous scythe towards the group of Indra Sky members below, directly crushing those at the Early Stage of the Xianyun Realm into dust. As for the peak figures of the Xianyun Realm, they swarmed towards Fang Ren and Jian Qi'er.
"Ultimate Martial Arts!"
The war scythe in Fang Ren's hand suddenly erupted with a blazing red glow, and his speed increased even further, rampaging through the enemies in the laboratory with the huge Blood Sickle.
Meanwhile, Jian Qi'er backed him up, guarding his rear while sending out hundreds of slashes of knife Qi.
After a brief period, only the two Early Stage Azure Sky Realm powerhouses remained among the enemies in the entire space.
Fang Ren was drenched in blood, his face still twisted with a ferocious smile, while Jian Qi'er was extremely emotionally unstable. She screamed in anger, charging with a broken blade towards the two Azure Sky Realm opponents.
Fang Ren was slightly faster, rushing forward to break through an enemy's protective True Qi, then delivering a punch to their chest. His sickle swiftly reaped their life away.
With one Azure Sky Realm practitioner down, Jian Qi'er engaged the last enemy. Fang Ren sent a slash their way, severing the enemy's legs.
Jian Qi'er thrust her blade through the opponent's head, her eyes bloodshot. Even after the enemy died, she fiercely stabbed their head several more times before she stopped, as if settling a deep, personal hatred.
"How do we save these cultivators?" Fang Ren asked.
"Just smash the equipment on them," Jian Qi'er replied, her True Qi bursting forth, shattering the tanks around her. Fang Ren swung his scythe, splitting half the tanks open.
Practitioners tumbled out of the experimental tanks, but none regained consciousness.
After searching the area, Jian Qi'er punched the ground, her face full of frustration as she said, "Damn it! Their secrets have already been moved!"
"It's okay, didn't we save some people?" Fang Ren said.
"It's not okay!" Jian Qi'er insisted, her eyes red as she earnestly continued, "There is no telling how many of these labs exist across Earth. Without the secrets, we have no way to locate the other experimental bases of their organization, essentially abandoning many more cultivators waiting to be rescued."
"What do we do next?" Fang Ren asked.
Glancing at the cultivators around her, Jian Qi'er responded, "We're in the midst of a great battle, so we can only save them temporarily and can't provide any more help. I'll take you to a place to heal; your body must be near its limit."
"It's fine, I can still fight for a bit," Fang Ren said.
Boom—
During their conversation, the ground above them suddenly shook violently.
Boom, boom, boom—
The sound of explosions was constant, and even the formation that Jian Qi'er referred to as "extremely difficult to destroy" above the laboratory now showed cracks.
Jian Qi'er stood there, gazing dazedly at the ground above, her face a jumble of emotions.
"The Leader... The Leader is back!"