My Crazy Upgrade System

Chapter 297: Chapter 296: Quick and Decisive

Yi Tianyun’s sudden appearance startled them all. He was so quiet they had no idea when he had materialized in front of them.

"Who’s there... Hmm? Not one of the Spirit Race?" Wu Peng looked Yi Tianyun up and down, then frowned. "I don’t know where he came from, but he’s lost in here just like us. And he gave me a scare... Kill him."

Wu Peng was furious at being startled. He was already in a foul mood from being lost, and now some idiot had shown up, just as lost as they were. The consequence for scaring him? A death sentence!

"Yes, Lord Wu!" a nearby Spirit Race traitor immediately complied. He turned his head and snarled, "I don’t know how a Cultivator like you snuck in here, but unfortunately for you, today is your last—"

BANG!

The Spirit Race traitor was sent flying backward. After tumbling several times, he was utterly lifeless.

"Ding! Successfully killed a Spirit Race traitor. Gained 350,000 experience, 3,600 Madness Value, 200 Sin Value. Divine Rune Mastery Proficiency increased by 800 points! Obtained Martial Arts: Celestial Spirit Step, Celestial Spirit Palm. Obtained Item(s): Celestial Spirit Pen (Mid-Grade Soul Artifact), Tyrant Pattern Paper (Rare)."

It was a one-hit kill, without a shred of mercy.

"Hmm, what was that you were saying?" Yi Tianyun looked at the corpse on the ground and said nonchalantly, "My apologies, I attacked before you finished speaking. I saw you were all lost and was actually thinking about leading you out. Who would’ve thought you’d try to kill me... Since that’s the case, I’ll just kill you all instead!"

The next moment, he charged forward. He sent a Spirit Race traitor flying with a kick, then did the same to a Netherworld Empire soldier. Those he kicked away collapsed to the ground and never got back up.

"How dare you!"

Seeing this, Wu Peng flew into a rage. He drew a blood-red Demon Blade and slashed out. A bloody light soared toward the sky as countless skulls poured out of the blade, making the forest seem even more sinister and terrifying. One could only imagine how much blood had stained this Demon Blade and how much Essence Blood had been used in its tempering to reach such a level.

The attack was certainly tyrannical, but while the main crimson blade light shot toward Yi Tianyun, the residual energy waves slammed into the giant trees at the side. Yet, they didn’t leave so much as a scratch. This was precisely why they couldn’t simply chop their way through the forest; the trees were incredibly hard and would require a great deal of effort to fell. Who knew how much time it would take to cut them down one by one.

"Star Absorption Technique!"

Yi Tianyun extended a hand, and a terrifying suction force drew in the crimson skulls, converting them into experience points that flowed into his body. For him, an attack like this posed no challenge whatsoever.

"So what if I am?"

Yi Tianyun let out a great laugh. In a flash, he was right in front of Wu Peng, his speed far surpassing his opponent’s. He used no weapon, simply smashing down with his bare fist. Unleashing his domineering Dragon God Bloodline, his power exploded in an instant!

THUD!

Wu Peng was sent flying, smashing into one of the giant trees. The tree only swayed slightly from the terrifying impact, but a deep indentation was left in its trunk. As for Wu Peng, a large section of his chest had caved in. Indeed, few could withstand such a ferocious punch.

"Urgh..."

Wu Peng let out a muffled groan as he slid to the ground. He coughed up a mouthful of blood, and his consciousness began to fade.

’No wonder he was so tough. He’s wearing some high-grade armor.’ Yi Tianyun’s fist ached slightly, but his punch was simply too overpowering. He hadn’t even needed to activate Mad Damage Mode to beat Wu Peng half to death.

Even wearing a top-grade Soul Artifact as armor was useless; he was still beaten half to death with a single punch. Its immense piercing power was too much for even a top-grade Soul Artifact to block completely. freewёbnoνel.com

"L-Lord Wu..." The remaining guards and Spirit Race traitors trembled, looking at Yi Tianyun in terror. "Y-You... Do you realize who you’ve just attacked? H-He’s Lord Wu of the Netherworld Empire! You’ve made an enemy of the Netherworld Empire!"

"Can’t you people come up with a new line? You always try to intimidate people with the Netherworld Empire’s might. Am I blind? Can’t I see the armor you’re all wearing?" Yi Tianyun shrugged helplessly. "My dear Holy Daughter, why haven’t you made your move?"

The words had barely left his lips when a silver light flashed. Several guards were instantly Frozen into ice sculptures. A silver whip then lashed out and, with a CRACK, shattered the ice sculptures to pieces! It was an incredibly vicious move; no one would have expected it to come from a woman’s hand. She was swift and decisive in her killing!

One of the Spirit Race traitors, however, didn’t die. Half of his body was Frozen solid, rendering him completely immobile. Her formidable ice power froze everything in an instant!

"H-Holy Daughter..." The Spirit Race traitor was scared out of his wits when he saw Ye Qingxuan appear before him.

"Oh? You still call me Saintess? Do you think you have any right to address me that way anymore?" Ye Qingxuan looked at him and sneered. "Rest assured, I will eliminate you traitors one by one. I am going to conduct a complete cleansing of the Spirit Race!"

"H-Holy Daughter, th-this isn’t my fault! I-It was all Elder Thundercloud! He’s the one who instigated us! If we didn’t follow him, we would have been killed..." The Spirit Race traitor pleaded desperately for his life. He didn’t want to die here.

"And you think I’d believe that?" Ye Qingxuan fiercely cracked her silver whip. With a loud THWACK, the Spirit Race traitor was sent flying, his lower body shattering on impact.

Once frozen, a body becomes extremely fragile. A single heavy blow from the silver whip was enough to shatter it to pieces.

The Spirit Race traitor let out a horrific scream as blood flew everywhere. He collapsed to the ground, writhing in agony.

"Shi Yun’an. Back in the Spirit Race, you were extremely close to Thundercloud. You often ran his errands, even acting as his enforcer to punish our own people. When Thundercloud chose to join the Netherworld Empire, you joined his faction without hesitation and helped him capture our most talented clansmen," Ye Qingxuan said in a grim voice. "As the Saintess of the Spirit Race, I will never wrong a single one of my kin, nor will I ever let a single traitor go free!"

Hearing this, the color drained from Shi Yun’an’s face, leaving it ashen. It was clear all his information had been gathered; denial was impossible.

CRACK!

Ye Qingxuan brought her whip down hard one last time, giving Shi Yun’an a quick death. At least now he would die knowing exactly why. frёewebηovel.cѳm

After killing Shi Yun’an, there was no satisfaction in Ye Qingxuan’s beautiful eyes, only pain. Shi Yun’an was a traitor, true, but no one wants to kill their own people—especially when the Spirit Race’s population was already so small. No one wanted things to turn out this way.

Watching from behind, Yi Tianyun said nothing. He knew that Ye Qingxuan was in great pain, but some things simply had to be faced.