Although that low-level mystic cultivator had blocked Ling Xiao's powerful attack, his martial attire had been shredded into countless pieces, and he looked extremely battered and exhausted.
"Brat, I'll make you die a horrible death!" That low-level mystic cultivator roared angrily. Unfortunately, he had already disappeared without a trace of Ling Xiao.
Just as he was about to look for Ling Xiao's figure, he heard a series of screams coming from behind him.
He turned around and saw that Ling Xiao was like a wolf in a flock of sheep. Wherever he went, people were killed with one slash or one sword.
It was all because those people had already been frightened by Ling Xiao's strength to the point that they no longer had any will to fight.
The low-level mystic cultivator was so angry that his lungs were about to explode. He finally used his ultimate killing move.
Earthen Blade Strangulation!
Streaks of earthen yellow blades spread out in all directions like snakes, gradually surrounding Ling Xiao.
"Not good!" Ling Xiao's profound energy was almost exhausted. If he hadn't taken a few Qi Nourishing Pills after using that sword move, he was afraid that he wouldn't have the strength to kill the opponent's profound practitioner.
This time, Ling Xiao couldn't escape anymore. All the earthen yellow sword qi immediately closed in and smashed towards his body.
"Ah!" Ling Xiao was hit and let out a shocking scream as he flew backwards.
"Young Master!"
Lone Eagle who was not far away cried out in alarm. However, he was distracted by Golden Wolf taking the opportunity to stab him. Fortunately, it wasn't a vital point, otherwise he would have died on the spot.
"Phew!
He's finally dead. What a troublesome brat! "The low-level profound practitioner heaved a heavy sigh of relief. He had already used up eighty percent of his profound energy. If he still couldn't kill that brat, then he would be out of luck. He had never thought that a mid-level profound practitioner would be able to force them into such a difficult situation.
Out of the fifteen people he brought, in addition to the four people Jin Lang originally brought, there was a total of nineteen profound practitioners. Only four pitiful high level profound practitioners were left, and fifteen of them were killed by Ling Xiao alone.
That low-level mystic cultivator walked towards Ling Xiao. He had said that even if he had to die, he wanted Ling Xiao to die without a complete corpse. Moreover, he was finally going to get that saber and sword. Middle stage second level was worth close to ten thousand gold coins. In the group, only their group leader Green Wolf and vice-leader Fire Wolf could afford it.
"Kid, it's not an injustice for you to die in my hands!" That low-level Mystic cultivator came in front of Ling Xiao and said faintly. Then, he raised his heavy blade and was about to dismember Ling Xiao.
Suddenly, Ling Xiao, who was lying on the ground, opened his eyes. The blue crystal sword in his hand stabbed the throat of the low-level Mystic cultivator.
The low-level Mystic cultivator's eyes widened. Even in death, he still couldn't believe that the brat wasn't dead yet. Instead, he gave him a fatal blow. He died with everlasting regret!
Ling Xiao crawled up with difficulty and gave the low-level Mystic cultivator another blow, cutting off his head.
"Team … Team Leader Tu is … is killed!" A high level profound practitioner saw Ling Xiao cut off the low-level Mystic cultivator's head and was instantly scared out of his wits. He couldn't help but cry out.
The other three high level profound practitioners also saw the head in Ling Xiao's hand. His entire body was covered in blood. He walked towards them step by step like a god of death, crushing their last line of defense.
The four high level profound practitioners didn't even think and turned to flee in all directions.
Ling Xiao threw the low-level Mystic cultivator towards where Lone Eagle and Jin Lang were fighting. The two of them immediately separated.
Jin Lang looked at Ling Xiao as if he had seen a ghost and said in shock, "You … you actually killed Aardwolf!"
He looked around again and saw the corpses of his companions lying in the grass. There was not a single one of his own left. He was the only one left.
"Lone Eagle, let's get rid of him together!" Ling Xiao said faintly. At the same time, he raised his sword and saber, preparing for another fierce move.
Jin Lang didn't dare to hesitate and immediately turned to flee. His speed was shockingly fast. However, he still left behind some harsh words, "Stinking brat, I don't care who you are. Our Green Wolf Group won't let you go. And you, Lone Eagle, just you wait!"
"Young Master, should we chase?" Lone Eagle asked.
Ling Xiao didn't say anything. Instead, he took out Dew Returning Pills and Qi Nourishing Pills and threw them into his mouth. At the same time, he threw a few to Lone Eagle.
After a while, he found that Jin Lang had indeed escaped far away. Ling Xiao's mind relaxed and his whole body went limp and collapsed.
"Young Master!" Lone Eagle immediately rushed forward to support Ling Xiao.
"I'm fine. I'm just exhausted. Quickly sit down and recover your Profound Qi." Ling Xiao said weakly and immediately sat down.
Lone Eagle looked at Ling Xiao with a complicated expression and also sat down to recover his Profound Qi.
A light breeze blew past, and the blood-stained grass looked like deadly scythes. Only two people sat cross-legged like statues.
… …
In another dense forest in the mountain range, nearly a hundred people were searching for something. A few ferocious beasts and low level Spirit Beasts were frightened by this group of people's murderous aura and fled in all directions.
In the end, this group of people stopped in front of a clear stream to rest.
These people were all filled with the aura of the wilderness. They were all wearing the same mercenary martial attire with a sinister wolf head on their chest. It was obvious that they were from the Green Wolf Group.
The burly leader asked the person beside him, "Where did Jin Lang and Aardwolf go?
Didn't you say to gather here before noon?
Why are they nowhere to be seen? "
The person beside him said indifferently, "Don't worry, Captain. Captain Jin and Captain Aardwolf might have encountered some Spirit Beasts and were delayed. Let's rest first. There is a mark left by the Vice Captain in front of us. Even if they haven't arrived yet, they will follow after seeing the mark."
The burly leader frowned, obviously dissatisfied, but he did not say anything else. He immediately changed the topic and said, "Yesterday, Fire Wolf sent a message saying that he found traces of Leng She and Wei Dai 'er. He chased them all the way, but I don't know if he caught up with them. This road clearly leads to the depths of the mountain range. Could it be that Leng She and Wei Dai' er went to find the secret realm?"
The person beside him pondered for a moment and said, "We have already killed most of the Cold Snake Group. The Cold Snake siblings have nowhere to run. It is indeed possible that they are in danger. If the secret realm really exists and they get it, I'm afraid …"
Before that person could finish, the burly leader interrupted, "The secret realm belongs to our Green Wolf Mercenary Group. No one can get their hands on it."
After saying that, he punched a huge tree, and the huge tree broke with a loud sound.
… …
In the direction of the mountain range, there was a man and a woman looking for something with a rag in their hands.
The man was cold and handsome, but his clothes were torn in many places, and his hair was messy. He looked a little embarrassed, and there was a hint of grief and indignation on his face. The woman, on the other hand, had a charming face, and her chest was moving up and down, looking magnificent and very attractive. She had a slender waist like a snake, and every part of her body was full of temptation to men.
"Big Brother, do you want to continue?" The woman asked the man.
If Ling Xiao was here at this moment, he would definitely recognize this woman as his good sister, Wei Dai 'er. The man beside her, who was about 35 years old, was Wei Dai' er's big brother, Leng She. He was also the leader of the second largest mercenary group in Meteorite City, the Cold Snake Mercenary Group.
It was a pity that the Cold Snake Mercenary Group only existed in name now. More than half of their 200 brothers had been killed by the Green Wolf Mercenary Group, and some of them could not stand the killing and left the group. Now, only the two of them were left in the group.
"Enter, why not? Since we've already come this far, our brothers can't die in vain. We must obtain everything in the secret realm, and when we become stronger, we must slaughter the Green Wolf Mercenary Group!" Leng She clenched his fists and shouted. It was obvious that the fire of vengeance in his heart was burning fiercely.
Wei Dai 'er also revealed a sorrowful expression and said, "Big Brother, I'm sorry. If I had handed over the secret realm map, perhaps … perhaps it wouldn't be like this."
Leng She patted Wei Dai 'er's shoulder and said, "You don't have to blame yourself. This map was originally obtained by our people first, and it was the Green Wolf Mercenary Group who unscrupulously snatched it from us. We're just taking it back. Moreover, the Green Wolf Mercenary Group has long wanted to eliminate us, and we're just doing this with a good reason. Let's go, there's no point in thinking too much."
Wei Dai 'er nodded, and the two of them continued to walk deeper into the mountain range.
What they did not know was that there was a black shadow quietly following them not far away.
… …
At night, a cold wind blew, and Ling Xiao and Lone Eagle had already woken up from their meditation.
Ling Xiao had overexerted himself, and even though he had absorbed the Dew Returning Pill and the Qi Nourishing Pill, it was not enough for him to recover his profound energy, and his body was still very weak.
He had escaped from death this time, and he was extremely glad that he had cultivated the Vajra Five Transformation Technique. Otherwise, he would not have survived under Aardwolf's final attack, and it was precisely because of this that Ling Xiao was able to kill Aardwolf by surprise.
This Aardwolf's strength was obviously much stronger than Lan Kuangsheng from the Lan Family, and it seemed that he was an expert who had advanced to the Mystic Realm for a long time. Otherwise, he would not have been able to force Ling Xiao into such a sorry state.
Lone Eagle was not as strong as Ling Xiao, but he had experienced many life and death situations over the years, which made him very resilient. Furthermore, he had consumed the Dew Returning Pill and the Qi Nourishing Pill, and now that he had recovered fifty percent of his profound energy, it was not a problem for him to protect himself.
Ling Xiao ordered Lone Eagle to cut up the Phantom Leopard, and took the leopard's skin, fangs, tendons … and some other valuable things to pack up. Then, he started a fire and roasted the leopard's meat.
Ling Xiao took the opportunity to collect the spoils of war. There were a dozen or so corpses of the Cyan Wolf Regiment's mercenaries, and every one of them had at least a few healing pills, valuable weapons, and gold coins. He couldn't let these go to waste.
After an hour, Ling Xiao took off his exhausted body and piled all the spoils of war together.
There was a pile of mid-grade to high-grade weapons, a low-grade second-grade heavy blade, thousands of gold coins, dozens of Dew Returning Pills, and Qi Nourishing Pills. On top of that, Ling Xiao also found a Cold Arrow Holster on the low-grade Mystic Realm cultivator.
"Lone Eagle, what's this?" Ling Xiao asked Lone Eagle as he wore the Cold Arrow Holster on his hand.
Lone Eagle turned around and found that Ling Xiao had pointed the Cold Arrow Holster at him. He couldn't help but exclaim, "Young Master … don't play around with this, you'll die."
Ling Xiao put down the Cold Arrow Holster and said, "Are these little things that scary?"
Lone Eagle wiped his cold sweat and said, "I didn't think that this Aardwolf would have something like this on him. Fortunately, he didn't use this against you, or else we would have died."
"Is it really that powerful?" Ling Xiao didn't understand.
"This is a Hidden Sleeve Holster. It's a type of hidden weapon that contains poison. It's extremely fast and kills without leaving a trace. If caught off guard, even a high-grade Mystic Realm cultivator could be hit and die from the poison. I just don't know where this Aardwolf got it. Fortunately, he didn't use it just now." Lone Eagle clearly had a certain understanding of this item.
"So vicious. If every mercenary had one, then wouldn't their Azure Wolf Regiment be invincible?" Ling Xiao said with lingering fear. "How could it be that simple?
There are only three or four sets of this Hidden Sleeve Holster in Meteor City, and they were all made by our city's highest grade Master Refiner, Master Li. The workmanship is extremely meticulous, and the difficulty is extremely high. This Hidden Sleeve Holster is rated as a high-grade second-grade cold weapon. It's that easy to use, but Master Li feels that this cold weapon is too vicious, so he swore that he would never make this kind of cold weapon again. Two of the sets have already been destroyed by Master Li, and the other two that were lost have fallen into unknown hands, "Lone Eagle explained.
"So that's how it is. This thing is really not bad, I like it." Ling Xiao said as he put on the Cold Arrow Holster.
This Hidden Sleeve Holster had even saved Ling Xiao's life in the future.