Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 1989: Chapter 1989: A Stunning Arrow

”Escaped?” The members of the Law Enforcement Team all showed disappointment on their faces, but also a trace of inevitability.

”To do something that vicious, those fiends must be Evil Cultivators.”

”Those Evil Cultivators have strange methods, truly hard to deal with.”

The Law Enforcement Team spoke, then nodded with a faint smile. ”Still, the most important thing is the safety of the Snake Origin Territory.”

”Now that all is well, it’s the greatest fortune within misfortune.”

”On behalf of the eight Main Hall Masters of the Snake Origin Territory, and all the Martial Artists of this region, we thank Deacon Xiao Xun.”

Xiao Yi nodded slightly, not saying much more.

”The Main Hall Masters of the Elephant Origin Region and the Snake Origin Territory are all down below, merely unconscious.”

”Inject Primordial Power into them and they’ll wake.”

”We’ll take our leave.”

As his voice fell, Xiao Yi flickered and flew away.

”Many thanks, Vice Hall Master Xiao Xun.” The Law Enforcement Team all cupped their fists in salute.

Even the Law Enforcement Teams of the Asura Hall and Wind Sha Hall, who had previously watched coldly, and the three halls led by the Demon Hunting Hall who’d never shown him much friendliness, were now full of respect, earnestly bowing in salute.

Xiao Yi was already far away.

And the vast Snake Origin Territory remained as it had always been.

Countless Martial Artists of every sort were either walking, resting, or cultivating.

The powers, trading companies, clans, Martial Arts Sects within were just as before.

In the major cities, the passageways were crowded with people coming and going.

In this vast Snake Origin Territory, living beings were innumerable.

Some were Martial Artists with solid Cultivation; some were weaker Martial Artists; some only had a bit of Cultivation and looked no different from ordinary folk.

They probably had no idea that just a few minutes earlier, a tremendous crisis—perhaps even a catastrophe—had been brewing in the skies above their heads.

They even less knew that their lives and deaths had once hung on a single instant, that they might have been turned to ash in a heartbeat, without leaving the slightest trace in this world.

They did not know, because they were too weak. In the eyes of Mengg Tian, Elder Tian Xie and the others, they were nothing but numerous ants.

The crisis had been resolved by Xiao Yi, because he was strong enough—so strong he could even kill Elder Tian Xie, Mengg Tian, and the rest.

This Central Region was, in the end, a place riddled with crises, where death could fall at any moment.

The evils hidden in the dark were beyond counting.

And it absolutely wasn’t just the Evil Lord Mansion alone.

As for the Eight Palaces, they did everything within their power to maintain at least a baseline of safety for this continent.

But aside from these hidden evils in the dark—

The world built by Martial Artists, piece by piece, splendid and colorful, was itself still unfathomably dangerous.

The grudges between Martial Artists, the disputes between powers—some born of love and hate, some of selfish desire, some out of sheer viciousness.

Within these countless crises, ants perhaps really could only resign themselves to fate.

Only the strong could win even a sliver of life for themselves.

That was why Xiao Yi never dared slacken his pace in the slightest.

Perhaps, compared to the people of the Snake Origin Territory, compared to most Martial Artists of this Central Region, Xiao Yi was already strong enough.

But compared to those Old Monsters, he was still just an ant that could be crushed at a whim.

He had to grow stronger—stronger than anyone.

The Central Region was fraught with peril.

Guisha City was like a microcosm of the whole Central Region, only even more dangerous, even more blood-soaked and unpredictable.

Yet in Xiao Yi’s eyes, that was merely one perilous corner on his long Martial Arts Dao.

Once he crossed it, he would become stronger.

Even if his face had been completely destroyed before, even if he had once lost all his Cultivation—

That heart of a strong man had never weakened in the slightest within Xiao Yi.

...

Ten days passed in the blink of an eye.

For ten full days, Xiao Yi did not sleep or rest, not stopping for even a moment, roaming through the various territories.

Everywhere he passed, Evil Cultivation Branches and Evil Cultivators were left with none alive.

In ten days, the territories he had cleared reached a shocking number of over one hundred and fifty.

The Cultivation Items and poisons he harvested were roughly equal in value to twenty High Grade Spirit Veins.

The large batch of Evil Cultivator missions he had taken on were now almost all completed.

If he went on another few days of mad cleansing, he could return to Guisha City to hand in the missions.

However...

Xiao Yi frowned.

As for contending for the Ghost Hunting King, he had almost no certainty.

After all, the Guisha Festival came once a year, meant to select the most outstanding Ghost Hunter of that year.

The other Ghost Hunters had started taking missions a year in advance, all in preparation for the Guisha Festival.

He had less than a month. No matter how crazily he completed missions, it was hard to catch up.

”If only there were more Six Stars missions,” Xiao Yi frowned as he pondered.

Most of the missions he had completed so far were Three Stars and Four-star; Five Stars were very few.

As for Six Stars, he had none.

Those Six Stars missions were never ordinary; first, their difficulty was extremely high; second, there simply weren’t many of them.

Take, for example, the mission to take the head of the Old Dean of Heavenly Que Academy—that was a Six Stars mission, but who dared take it?

And who could even complete it?

No, in fact he had completed one Six Stars mission—killing Elder Tian Xie.

Yet Xiao Yi was somewhat puzzled by this.

Elder Tian Xie was, at best, on the same level as Tu Qianqiu, with strength around Forty Thousand Dao.

This level was far from Six Stars mission standard.

At most, it was Four-star Peak, approaching the standard of a Five Stars mission.

Xiao Yi shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

Over this more than half a month, he had already done his best.

Swoosh...

Just as Xiao Yi was pondering, a shocking sky-breaking sound suddenly came from afar.

Almost the instant the sound appeared, a sharp arrow had already pierced through the air.

The arrow shot straight at Xiao Yi’s head.

Xiao Yi’s eyes were quick; he reached out and grabbed.

The shaft of the arrow was caught in his hand.

At this moment, the arrowhead was less than a few centimeters from his skull.

”Such a fast arrow.” Xiao Yi’s eyes flickered with surprise.

He looked around; within ten thousand miles, there wasn’t a single figure.

In other words, this arrow had been loosed from over ten thousand miles away, yet its power was still this fierce.

This was the terrifying part of an Arrow Dao Warrior—taking a life from ten thousand miles away, killing invisibly.

”Will you come out yourself, or shall I invite you?” Xiao Yi’s eyes turned cold as he stared into the distance.

Swoosh...

Another sky-breaking sound came.

A sharp arrow flew from over ten thousand miles away.

But this time, there was a figure stepping on the arrow, riding it over.

In just an instant, the figure arrived a dozen meters before Xiao Yi.

”Lingg Hong?” Xiao Yi frowned slightly.

The newcomer was actually one of the Eighteen Mansions’s Talents, Young Master of the Arrow Star Mansion, Lingg Hong.

At this moment, Lingg Hong’s Cultivation had actually reached Supreme 9993 Dao.

And that previous arrow had at least the power of Supreme 9995 Dao.

Buzz...

Suddenly, a formless force surged over.

It was Soul Power.

The invisible Soul Power suddenly Illusioned into countless ghostly phantoms, baring their fangs and brandishing claws as they lunged to devour Xiao Yi.

”Scram.” Xiao Yi barked coldly.

The formless ghosts in the air shattered in an instant.

Beside Lingg Hong, a figure appeared out of thin air.

”Heu Youu.” Xiao Yi frowned.

Heu Youu, one of the Eighteen Mansions’s Talents, Young Master of the Illusion Light Mansion.

His Cultivation was likewise at Supreme 9993 Dao.

Xiao Yi frowned. In his impression, the talent of these two, while not the very bottom among the Eighteen Mansions’s Talents, was at best slightly above the middle tier.

Yet now, the strength and Cultivation they displayed had even surpassed Ye Liu and Ran Qi, those two who were enough to rank in the top three among the Eighteen Mansions’s Talents.

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The second update.