Free Web NovelChapter 9: Chapter 9: Bloodman Slaughter
BOOM! A powerful shockwave swept out in all directions. The tables and chairs on the third floor were all shattered. Some people who were still eating had no time to dodge; they bled from every orifice, utterly dead.
After the blast, Wang Teng was thrown from the third floor, stumbling onto the cratered street below. His clothes were in tatters, and his face was pale.
The next moment, Bloodman Slaughter pursued him relentlessly, striking out with another palm.
He roared, "Slaughter Origin Blood Palm!" Blood-red Spiritual Qi materialized in the air as a massive Palm Seal, pressing down on Wang Teng. It caused the Spiritual Qi and blood in his entire body to stagnate, leaving his expression dazed.
At this critical moment, Wang Teng bit the tip of his tongue and met the attack again with both palms, which were filled with cyan Spiritual Qi.
"Cyan Yang Palm!" Wang Teng’s palms unleashed a cyan membrane of energy. The membrane contained intense heat, causing the air in its path to boil violently, like scalding water.
When the blood-red Palm Seal collided with the cyan energy membrane, the air twisted violently.
Immediately after, an intense cyan light erupted, trying to break through the blood-red Palm Seal. However, the Palm Seal was incredibly solid and possessed the ability to obliterate Spiritual Qi.
As soon as the cyan light touched it, it was like winter snow meeting the scorching sun. It melted and receded. In the blink of an eye, half of its power was worn away, and the remaining half collapsed on contact, instantly shattering and disintegrating.
"Puh!" Wang Teng coughed up a mouthful of blood, his eyes wide with disbelief as he was sent flying backward.
There was no way Bloodman Slaughter Li Gang would give up such a perfect opportunity. The moment his feet touched the ground, he immediately gave chase.
He laughed arrogantly, "My Slaughter Origin Blood Palm is a Human Tier Upper Grade Martial Technique—it’s incomparably mighty! Besides, you had no time to gather your strength. You can’t even use seventy percent of your full power. How could you possibly be my opponent? Just hurry up and die!"
"Bloodman Slaughter, do you really think I’m just a fish on the chopping block for you to butcher as you please?"
At his words, a savage look flashed across Wang Teng’s face. As he rapidly retreated, he reached into his Storage Ring and took out an Elixir. It was the size of a thumb, with a crystal-clear surface. Inside, a speck of flame-like red light flickered continuously!
Without a moment’s hesitation, he swallowed the Elixir. Wang Teng roared, his white robes billowing without any wind and his long hair flying as he channeled all his Spiritual Qi.
Wang Teng’s face turned completely red, and veins the size of earthworms bulged beneath his skin.
Seeing this, Bloodman Slaughter Li Gang was stunned. "An Explosive Pill!"
CRACK! The ground beneath his feet shattered. Wang Teng stopped retreating, his body now wreathed in a faint red glow. An astonishing momentum erupted from him, in no way inferior to that of a Spiritual Martial Eighth Layer Peak Cultivator!
"That’s right! This is an Explosive Pill!" Wang Teng growled.
After consuming an Explosive Pill, one’s Spiritual Qi would boil for a quarter of an hour, temporarily raising one’s strength by a Small Realm. With a ceaseless supply of Spiritual Qi, it could also temporarily suppress previous injuries.
It was an essential Elixir for life-or-death counterattacks. However, this Elixir was quite rare, often appearing at auctions where it would be purchased for an exorbitant price the moment it showed up.
By now, a crowd had gathered to watch, including quite a few powerful Cultivators. And among them, Gu Yun’s figure was clearly visible!
’To think a disciple from another Sect would beat me to it. A bit troublesome, but no matter. Bloodman Slaughter won’t be so easy to take down. I can feel that this isn’t his full strength. Plus, men like the Blood Butcher who live by the blade are extremely experienced. One careless slip and the tables can be turned in an instant!’ Several thoughts flashed through Gu Yun’s mind.
When Gu Yun saw the strange transformation in Wang Teng and heard the Blood Butcher mention the Explosive Pill, he immediately understood that this Wang Teng had a life-saving trick up his sleeve.
It seemed Wang Teng was determined to kill the Blood Butcher, no matter the cost.
"So what if you took an Explosive Pill, kid? Die for me!"
’He even has a life-saving treasure like an Explosive Pill. He might have other valuable treasures on him too.’ At this thought, Bloodman Slaughter’s momentum surged even higher, and he slammed a ferocious palm toward Wang Teng.
SWOOSH! The air was pierced by the blood-red Palm Seal, sending ripples surging forward with enough force to seemingly kill Wang Teng in a single blow.
Wang Teng let out a long howl at the sky! The red glow around his body suddenly flared by thirty percent, and the intense Spiritual Qi fluctuations shook the surroundings.
"You want to kill me? You’re courting death!" Wang Teng’s expression turned vicious. He neither retreated nor dodged. Instead, he drew a circle in the void with his hands. A mass of cyan-red energy gathered in the air, forming a cyan-red sphere of light that blasted toward the massive blood-red Palm Seal.
BOOM!
Nearby buildings cracked open with several large fissures. The shockwave, powerful enough to kill a tiger or an elephant, radiated outward, sending the surrounding crowd of onlookers tumbling and crying out in pain.
After each of the combatants retreated five steps, they clashed once more.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
The winds from their palms howled and afterimages blurred. The continuous crackle of their energy blasts echoed without end. The two fought from south to north, from high to low, from the street to the roof of the tavern—everywhere became their battlefield!
After a long while, Bloodman Slaughter suddenly retreated at high speed, landing on the roof of a residence.
"Trying to stall for time? No way!" A cold smile touched the corner of Wang Teng’s mouth as he leaped into the air and swung a palm strike.
Bloodman Slaughter showed no intention of dodging. He simply raised his right palm and met Wang Teng’s Cyan Yang Palm head-on.
BANG!
After the massive explosion, Wang Teng was sent flying backward and slammed into the wall of the tavern, his body mangled beyond recognition. His eyes flew open as if he’d seen a ghost. "You’re despicable! You were hiding your strength."
Hearing this, Bloodman Slaughter Li Gang just chuckled lightly.
’Winner takes all. The one who lives to the end is the true victor.’
’These young pups have no idea what it means to keep an ace up your sleeve.’ He had broken through to the Spiritual Martial Eighth Layer Peak long ago, but he had always hidden his strength for fear of being hunted by someone even stronger.
Then, Wang Teng’s eyes went wide as he breathed his last, unwilling to accept his fate. In the moment before his death, regret consumed him.
He regretted taking this mission. He regretted not running away immediately after using the Explosive Pill.
Even seeing Wang Teng die, Bloodman Slaughter was not at ease. He launched a blood-red Palm Seal through the air, shattering the man’s chest to deliver a final, killing blow. Only then did he slowly approach the body, preparing to loot it and take the Storage Ring.
"What a Bloodman Slaughter. Truly worthy of someone who has survived so many hunts. You’re really something else," a clear voice called out from a distance.
Bloodman Slaughter stopped in his tracks. He followed the sound with his eyes, his expression turning grim. "Who’s there?"
Gu Yun approached from a distance.
Bloodman Slaughter sized Gu Yun up. He saw a man in a pale cyan robe with a long saber at his waist. He had deep-set eyes, a high-bridged nose, and a handsome face.
He detected that Gu Yun’s aura was only at the Spiritual Martial Eighth Layer Late Stage.
If Gu Yun were a Spiritual Martial Ninth Layer Cultivator, he would have fled without a second thought. But someone at the mere Spiritual Martial Eighth Layer Late Stage wasn’t even worth his notice.
"Bloodman Slaughter, you’ve got some skill, but not much," Gu Yun said nonchalantly.
Bloodman Slaughter furrowed his brow. The other man’s calm tone made him feel a sense of danger, as if he were about to become the fish on the chopping block.
But he dismissed the thought as soon as it appeared. ’Impossible. He’s just a Spiritual Martial Eighth Layer Late Stage cultivator. Even if he’s a genius, he’s no match for me.’
Bloodman Slaughter suddenly grinned ferociously. "More than ’some skill.’ In my eyes, you’re already a dead man."
Before his voice had even faded, Bloodman Slaughter stomped his foot hard. The ground instantly cracked as he rapidly swung a blood-red Palm Seal toward Gu Yun.
