Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 82: Chapter 81: Breeze Sword Gang

The Poison Dragon, engulfed by the Purple Flame, immediately planned to use True Qi for defense.

But it was too late.

Such a great amount of Purple Flame.

Moreover, the temperature and destructive power of the Purple Flame were so terrifying that before he could react, he was already severely injured.

From a distance, a huge Seven-striped Black Python writhed in agony amidst the bizarre Purple Radiance, but within seconds, it stopped struggling.

The Seven-striped Black Python vanished, leaving only the torn corpse of the Poison Dragon.

”Disperse,” Xiao Yi walked to his corpse and lightly commanded, and only then did the Purple Flame instantly dissipate.

The Purple Crystal Spirit Flame would not vanish before completely incinerating an object unless negated by True Qi.

Thus, the notoriously infamous leader of the Poison Dragon Mountain Bandit Group outside of Mystic Breakthrough City, Poison Dragon, was dead.

The Purple Crystal Spirit Flame, which is the innate fire of the Sixth-level Demon Beast Purple Flame Lion King, is something that even ordinary Earth Origin Realm Martial Artists dare not withstand. Once touched by it, they would immediately neutralize it, not daring to be careless.

Let alone Martial Artists below the Earth Origin Realm.

The Poison Dragon’s death under the Purple Crystal Spirit Flame could only be attributed to his bad luck for encountering a freak like Xiao Yi.

Who could have imagined that a mere youth, an Innate Martial Artist, could control such terrifying flames?

At this moment, the bandits witnessing the death of the Poison Dragon immediately panicked and fled in all directions.

”The leader... the leader is dead... the other Innate Martial Artists are dead too, let’s run,” the bandits frantically fled for their lives.

As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter; with the Poison Dragon dead and the other five Innate Realm members either dead or injured, what could the remaining multitude of Mortal and Postnatal Realm do but flee?

”Hmph,” Xiao Yi snorted coldly and sent out dozens of Fire Blades.

Bang bang bang...

A series of explosions sounded, and more than a hundred bandits were instantly killed.

”Ah... this Demon Hunter is so strong, run...” amidst the explosions of flames, the bandits screamed in panic and fled. In their eyes, Xiao Yi was simply a demon.

The archers who were hidden in the dense forest had already suffered more than half casualties in the previous sea of fire.

Of the thousand bandits, only about two to three hundred could escape now.

Xiao Yi initially intended to pursue, but just as he was about to release a Martial Technique, he discovered that the True Qi in his body had been completely depleted and therefore abandoned the idea.

”The Purple Crystal Spirit Flame is indeed powerful, but it also consumes a terrifying amount of True Qi,” Xiao Yi frowned inwardly.

If he fought with ordinary flames, his True Qi would be enough to battle for a long time.

But if he released the Purple Flame, just a dozen or so of them would deplete his True Qi.

After a while, Xiao Yi’s eyebrows relaxed. Such a powerful method as the Purple Flame was worth the expenditure of True Qi, and as long as his Cultivation continued to improve, and once he had enough True Qi to release the Purple Flame at will, his combat power would certainly reach a terrifying level.

Before long, the panicked bandits had already fled in disarray.

Actually, even with his True Qi exhausted, Xiao Yi’s Physical Strength alone would allow him to hunt them down.

But after all, they were just ordinary bandits. If they continued their evil deeds in the future and encountered another Demon Hunter, they’d be on a road to certain death, so Xiao Yi couldn’t be bothered to chase them.

At this moment, Xiao Yi rummaged through the body of the Poison Dragon and pulled out a Qiankun Bag from within.

On brief inspection, most of what was inside were silver notes and gold bars, with a small portion being Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures and some miscellaneous items.

The silver notes and gold bars together amounted to about two hundred thousand taels.

As expected of an infamously notorious bandit group, their wealth was indeed substantial.

As for the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, they were all common Third-grade medicinal materials and not very valuable.

”Hm?” Xiao Yi let out a light sound of surprise. Inside the Qiankun Bag, there was actually a Cultivation Technique manual.

”Breeze Sword Gang, Mid-level Xuan Rank Technique,” Xiao Yi felt slightly surprised.

This was not a Martial Technique, but a manual of a sophisticated Swordsmanship.

A sword style that focused on speed.

Once mastered, a Martial Artist’s sword would be as swift as gusting wind, difficult for the enemy to dodge; their movement technique would be graceful and agile, like a breeze that was hard to grasp.

At the same time, it could condense the Breeze Sword Gang.

The Breeze Sword Gang, incomparably sharp.

Previously, the Poison Dragon had injured him using this sword style, and that strange Sword Qi that wounded his shoulder was Breeze Sword Gang.

”Who would have thought that Poison Dragon had a Mid-level Xuan Rank Cultivation Technique, no wonder he was so powerful, making the Demon Hunters in Mystic Breakthrough City no match for him.”

”However, this swordsmanship isn’t much help for the enhancement of my current strength, so I’ll just practice it casually,” Xiao Yi curled his lips and casually stored the manual in his own Qiankun Bag.

For speed, he had the Leopard Form from Xingyi Five Extremes; for dodging, he had the Snake Formation.

He did not need the grace and agility of this Swordsmanship.

In terms of attack, both the Mountain Shattering Slash and the Purple Flame were far stronger than the sword qi of the Breeze Sword Gang, making it superfluous.

Thinking thus, Xiao Yi absorbed the Martial Souls of the Poison Dragon and the other bandits. After roughly touring the bandit’s lair and finding nothing else of interest, he left.

...

Xiao Yi traveled towards the direction of the Sky-splitting Sword Sect, not lingering long, even when passing by large cities.

If he encountered large groups of mountain bandits along the way, he would effortlessly exterminate them, for he had accepted many tasks to rid the area of bandits.

Should he come across demon beasts, he would kill them for their inner cores and Demon Beast Essence Blood.

Time flew by, and a month passed in the blink of an eye.

Xiao Yi’s days were spent in the same monotonous travel.

By his reckoning, he had traversed nearly twenty large cities, drawing ever closer to the Sky-splitting Sword Sect.

Today, he slowed his pace slightly and entered the closest large city.

There, a Demon Hunting Hall existed where he intended to turn in his completed tasks.

Northern Mountain County had a total of ten Demon Hunting Halls, one every dozen or so cities.

Demon Hunters could turn in or accept tasks at any of these halls.

Although the Demon Hunting Halls were scattered, they were part of a single force with a complete system.

Upon entering the Demon Hunting Hall, the noise hit him immediately.

Like the other halls, many Demon Hunters were conducting business, and numerous Martial Artists were there to issue tasks.

Xiao Yi approached the Task Department and handed over his token.

The staff member at the Task Department glanced at the token and muttered, ”Oh? A task from the Mystic Breakthrough City Hall?”

With that, he took out a task manual and some records, carefully comparing them.

After a while, he nodded and said, ”Hmm, the records show that the leaders of these bandit groups are all dead, their followers either dead or gravely injured and scattered. You can consider the tasks complete.”

After speaking, he counted up and said, ”Fifteen Fourth Level Tasks completed, each worth 30 points, for a total of 450 points. Your Task Points have been recorded, and here is your reward.”

Xiao Yi took back his token and reward.

”Do you require anything else, Mr. Yi Xiao?” the Demon Hunting Hall staff member inquired.

Xiao Yi shook his head and, after accepting a pile of new tasks, he left.

Before leaving, he clearly noticed the other Demon Hunters in the hall whispering among themselves, their eyes occasionally casting surreptitious glances at him.

Xiao Yi frowned slightly, shooting them a cold glance, then quickly departed.

The surrounding clamorous Demon Hunters immediately cleared a path for him.

”Hisss, such terrifying murderous intent. Just one look and I’m trembling all over,” a middle-aged Demon Hunter exhaled sharply, surprised as he watched Xiao Yi’s retreating figure.

”What’s with that guy? Although his face is hidden, he seems to be just a youth. Why is he reeking of blood?”

Some familiar Demon Hunters nearby said, ”Don’t you know who that was just now?”

The middle-aged Demon Hunter shook his head, his expression confused.

Another Demon Hunter explained, ”Haven’t you heard? Recently, some maniac surfaced from nowhere, targeting bandit dens exclusively. In just a month, he has wiped out fifteen large bandit groups.”

The middle-aged Demon Hunter exclaimed, ”I’ve been taking a break from tasks lately, just enjoying life. But, to annihilate fifteen large bandit groups in just a month? That’s impossible, right?”

”What’s impossible,” the other Demon Hunter retorted, eyes wide, ”Do you know about the Green Ghost Mountain Bandits two hundred li from our city?”

The middle-aged Demon Hunter replied, ”Of course, I know. Green Ghost is an Innate Ninth Layer Martial Artist. He had three Innate Eighth Layer subordinates and over a thousand bandits under his command, nobody dared to provoke them.”

The nearby Demon Hunter scoffed, ”Just yesterday, they were wiped out, including the leader Green Ghost. Not a single one escaped, all done by that masked youth we just saw.”

The middle-aged Demon Hunter hissed again, taking in another cold breath.

Demon Hunters were usually busy with tasks and rarely chatted inside the Demon Hunting Hall. But now, whether acquainted or not, all gathered to join in the excitement.

”There’s more. I saw that masked youth while I was out slaughtering demon beasts a few days ago. Tch tch, whether lone Third-level Demon Beasts or packs of them, as long as they encountered him, they were all slaughtered, quite impressive.”

”Just by the rumors I’ve heard, this guy, when he encounters demon beasts, he hunts them; when he encounters bandits, he kills them, sweeping through them all the way. There are even those who think he might be a Mysterious Profundity Realm Warrior.”

”Young yet so powerful, an emerging talent from God knows where. He might well be a genius from some super clan out on a training expedition.”

”....”

Many Demon Hunters around showed looks of surprise and admiration.

Listening to the endless chatter of others, the middle-aged Demon Hunter interjected, ”Do you know the name of that masked youth?”

”Yi Xiao,” the assembled Demon Hunters replied in unison.

...

Outside the Demon Hunting Hall, Xiao Yi could faintly hear the Demon Hunters’ conversation and shook his head helplessly.

He did not linger any longer, heading out of the city to continue on his journey.