Free Web NovelChapter 2115: Chapter 2152: I Swear Not to Be Human
"Splash..."
The sound echoed continuously as the five Divine Realm Second Level experts behind the Great Elder of the Tie Family all perished at the hands of six Tigertooth Apes, while Wu Qingxia again commanded the six Tigertooth Apes to charge at the Tie Family’s martial artists.
At the same time, in the western woods, Wu Qingxia’s guess was correct. The situation here was almost identical to theirs. The Second Elder, having taken a speed-enhancing Medicine Pill, used his swiftness to lure and kill the Tie Family’s Third Elder. ƒreewebɳovel.com
"Ding Fan!"
The Second Elder looked at Ding Fan after he commanded five Tigertooth Apes to tear apart the Tie Family’s Third Elder, then rushed over with a group of followers from the Skeleton Sect, shouting at Ding Fan, indicating he wanted to know what to do next.
Ding Fan held his Heaven Measuring Ruler in one hand and the control talisman for the five Tigertooth Apes in the other, softly saying to the five Tigertooth Apes, "Follow me."
He strode forward, with the five Tigertooth Apes obediently following behind him. The fog ahead was still thick, obscuring visibility, but Ding Fan seemed completely unfazed.
Elder Wu Ren and the top scouts of his Scout Cavalry Hall were constantly surveying. Tie Hualong and two other Divine Realm Third Level experts remained under their close watch. As long as those three did not enter, the Tie Family disciples in the woods were like lambs awaiting slaughter.
Ding Fan’s group quickly charged towards the attacking Tie Family martial artists. By now, the Tie Family warriors were no longer as panicked as before. However, with their leading Third Elder missing, they had no head to guide them, leaving them indecisive on whether to advance or retreat.
At that moment, a few Second Level warriors from the Divine Realm heard the footsteps of Ding Fan’s group charging from the front and grew cautious. Seeing the blurred figures ahead, they drew their weapons, preparing for battle.
"Whoosh~~"
A figure rushed ahead; it was Ding Fan. The Tie Family martial artists were surprised. Was this person crazy? With so many experts from the Tie Family here, he dared to charge in alone. Was he courting death?
"Take him down!"
Four Second Level experts from the Divine Realm rushed at Ding Fan; among them was a Second Level Peak expert. They thought Ding Fan was as good as dead.
But Ding Fan was not afraid. He immediately wielded his Sirius heritage, becoming a Sirius Warrior. His eyes glowed green like a beast ready to devour, his presence exuding the aura of a battlefield littered with corpses, striking fear into others.
"Hiss~" A sound of wind echoed as Ding Fan attacked. His movements were always straightforward — as soon as those Second Level experts from the Tie Family approached, his Heaven Measuring Ruler swung down. The talisman within the ruler could double his attack speed, and with the power of his Sirius heritage, his speed was akin to thunder.
The foremost Tie Family Second Level Peak expert couldn’t even see as the Heaven Measuring Ruler came down. The ruler’s speed was like a hurricane. This expert found no place to dodge, and the ruler’s length of over two meters left him unable to counterattack. Desperately, he raised his longsword to block Ding Fan’s ruler.
Ding Fan hadn’t realized the sheer power of this swing. Having just advanced to the Intermediate Second Level of the Divine Realm, his power had increased significantly. With the warrior heritage of the Sirius Elder and the talismans enhancing strength and speed within the ruler, his power was terrifying.
The Tie Family’s Second Level Peak expert never expected Ding Fan’s casual strike to be so powerful. A muffled sound, and the martial artist’s longsword flew into the air, his head making intimate contact with Ding Fan’s Heaven Measuring Ruler, turning into a pile of minced flesh.
"Who dares to stand in my way?!"
Ding Fan roared like a beast ready to devour, charging at the Tie Family’s experts.
Seeing Ding Fan’s formidable strength, the Second Elder, who followed closely behind, couldn’t help but feel a chill. He personally witnessed the Divine Realm Second Level Peak expert get reduced to pulp with a single blow from Ding Fan. His realm was the same as that martial artist’s, meaning that if Ding Fan wanted to kill him, one blow would be enough!
"Kill all Tie Family martial artists wearing black battle armor, leave none alive."
Ding Fan roared furiously at the five Tigertooth Apes following him, his Heaven Measuring Ruler relentlessly reaping lives. At this moment, he was like a God of Slaughter descended from hell.
The five Tigertooth Apes swiftly transformed into ghost-like figures, dashing forward with speed like lightning. These five Tigertooth Apes were akin to ferocious ghosts from hell, merciless as they tore through the crowd, leaving only screams in their wake. Tie Family martial artists were easily ripped to shreds, body parts and blood flying through the air, turning the place into an Asura Battlefield.
"Divine Realm First Level martial artists fall back and guard, Divine Realm Second Level martial artists follow behind Ding Fan and charge. If any Tie Family members survive, send them to the afterlife."
The Second Elder initially charged in with a group of Skeleton Sect martial artists, but with Ding Fan and the five Tigertooth Apes, his ordinary and Divine Realm First Level warriors couldn’t intervene at all.
Moreover, those five Tigertooth Apes were too ferocious. If his men approached, they’d be easily killed by mistake, so he ordered the Divine Realm First Level warriors to retreat with the ordinary martial artists, while he led several Second Level warriors following closely behind Ding Fan.
In the battlefield ahead of Ding Fan, they didn’t dare to go. Those five Tigertooths were fierce, but Ding Fan was even fiercer. Any Tie Family martial artist, regardless of realm, would find the Heaven Measuring Ruler crashing down relentlessly, leaving only a trail of corpses, not one body intact.
"Retreat, everyone, retreat quickly."
"Run, these monsters are terrifying, even my Divine Realm Second Level can’t withstand them."
"Run, hurry, if we don’t run now, we’ll lose our lives here."
The mist was still so thick that you couldn’t see anything ahead. The people of the Tie Family were terrified, with many having been torn in half by the Tigertooth Apes without even clearly seeing what was happening. From the start of the battle, in just the blink of an eye, nearly a hundred martial artists had perished, leaving the surviving martial artists frightened out of their wits, only thinking about fleeing, unable to resist any longer.
Some Divine Realm Second Level martial artists of the Tie Family tried to stop Ding Fan and the five Tigertooth Apes, hoping to help the Tie Family’s martial artists escape, but they quickly joined the fleeing crowd. Ding Fan and the others were too terrifying, and the Tie Family’s martial artists simply couldn’t resist.
At this time, Ding Fan had lost himself in a killing frenzy, no longer caring whether the opponents were experts. The five Tigertooth Apes followed behind him, killing anyone they saw. In particular, Ding Fan was no less impressive than the Tigertooth Apes; with a sweep of the Heaven Measuring Ruler, it was as if human lives were nothing more than grass clippings in his hands.
The Second Elder and his subordinates also killed with uninhibited joy. Since the battle at Great Python Mountain, they had never killed so freely. Today, they seemed to have returned to the peak of their days in the Skeleton Sect, following behind Ding Fan, slaughtering as if they were butchering chickens and sheep.
Ding Fan and the others fought their way out of the forest. Looking back, only about two hundred of the more than eight hundred from the Tie Family remained, with most of the Divine Realm Second Level experts dead.
On Wu Qingxia’s side, it was much the same as with Ding Fan. Nearly three hundred from the Tie Family managed to escape, with her six Tigertooth Apes clearing the way. The Fourth Elder and the others found it all too easy to kill; hundreds died almost instantly at their hands.
"Whoosh..."
At this time, Tie Hualong rushed toward the inside of the island after seeing the signal flares indicating the deaths of the Tie Family’s Great Elder and Third Elder.
But he didn’t need to rush into the island. He hadn’t even reached the edge of the forest when he was blocked by his own island’s fleeing martial artists. The faces of these martial artists were full of fright, clearly scared out of their wits.
"What happened, where’s the Third Elder?"
Looking at the Tie Family martial artists in front of him, Tie Hualong roared in fury. When he saw those two signal flares, he felt something was amiss. Both elders were at Divine Realm Third Level, and unless they faced certain death, they wouldn’t have sent such a signal flare.
"We don’t know!"
"We couldn’t see anything clearly, just felt ghostly shadows flashing by, and we lost many people."
"Island Master! Let’s retreat, or we’ll all die here. Those monsters are too terrifying."
The retreating Tie Family martial artists shouted to Tie Hualong, utterly terrified. Going back in was not an option for them.
Hearing the report from those Divine Realm Second Level experts, Tie Hualong hesitated. He initially wanted to charge into the forest, but now he couldn’t understand the situation.
So he decided to wait and see. Soon, more people fled out, each terrified, and Tie Hualong became panicked as well. He decided to first assess the situation, not hastily entering the dense fog in the forest, as unclear visibility made rash actions unwise.
After a while, no more people ran out of the forest. Looking at those who had escaped, Tie Hualong was filled with terror. Over eight hundred people had gone in, yet fewer than three hundred came out, and the Third Elder with Divine Realm Third Level strength and his Divine Realm Second Level experts were nowhere to be found. Where could they be? Could they have perished in the forest?
At that moment, he suddenly heard footsteps. A young man holding a weapon like an iron rod with sword blades on both ends walked out!
The young man stopped not far from the forest and said to Tie Hualong, "Tie Hualong! I thought you were someone of note, but you can only watch your men die here. How do you deserve such a grand reputation?"
Tie Hualong had met Ding Fan before, though not much contact was made, so they weren’t familiar with each other. However, Tie Haijiao, standing beside him, recognized an enemy and called out to Tie Hualong, "Father, this bastard injured me; he’s Ding Fan. Avenge me and kill him."
"Want to kill me? With his cowardly look, maybe in his next life."
Ding Fan made an insulting gesture toward Tie Hualong, then turned to walk back into the forest, but at a very slow pace, as if waiting for Tie Hualong to catch up.
Tie Hualong was furious with Ding Fan, but as the leader of a faction, he quickly calmed down. Something strange was going on with Ding Fan being so brazen, so he waved to his men and shouted, "Everyone retreat to the warship, withdraw immediately."
"Ding Fan, just wait. Today you won’t survive. If I don’t kill you, I swear I won’t be human!"
Tie Haijiao also realized something was wrong; entering the forest recklessly wouldn’t end well.
