A Demon's Path Chapter 60

"Aaahhhhhh!" Countless blood curdling screeches rang out. Elder Luo, Elder Lan, and Elder Xue killed more than 10 people in almost an instant.

Li Yuanchong stood right by Elder Ma's side, protecting him from the assault of the three Elders. A cold glint shone in Li Yuanchong's eyes, a murderous aura seething out of him. "If you want to kill my Master, you'll have to get past me first!"

Even if Li Yuanchong was a gifted child, he wasn't a match for the three green ranked Elders. However, they hesitated for a moment. The youngster before them was the grandson of Li Xuanyi from Heavenly River City, after all. Killing Li Yuanchong was tantamount to committing suicide!

In this brief moment of hesitation, Elder Ma who was known in the Sunken Wind Valley as the god of murder suddenly attacked. He split into three shadows and swiftly dashed over to the trio. They were sent flying with the force of a thunderbolt.

Elder Ma was very confident in himself. He didn't bother looking at how the trio fared, but rather spoke to Li Yuanchong, "Did you see that? That's how you use the Three Phantom Transformations in combination with the 10 Deathly Steps."

Li Yuanchong was stupefied. "Master, you're alright?"

Elder Ma's face darkened. "Were you hoping something happened to me?"

The moment the three Elders hit the ground, a group of men wearing grey masks appeared out of nowhere. They punched and kicked Elder Luo, Elder Lan, and Elder Xue to a pulp.

Luo Shang's face turned ashen. Shen Nanfeng is actually hiding such a valiant group!

The 100 warriors wearing grey masks were all green ranked Strength Soul Celestial Soul Masters! What did this imply? It meant that every single one of them was as strong or possibly even stronger than Luo Shang. Once they made their move, Luo Shang's rebellious force would be made short work of!

At the same time, Shen Xuan who had been busy with Cheng Shi during lunch escorted the 10 Great Elders as per Shen Nanfeng's orders.

Elder Hua was only a green ranked pill cultivator. The poisons he produced could only kill Chain Soul Masters of the same rank at most. Since he had to manufacture a large amount, he couldn't apportion too much poison to the 10 Great Elders. As such, they could temporarily suppress the toxins and follow behind Shen Xuan.

Luo Shang knew he had no hopes of winning with the masked group's appearance together with the escape of the 10 Great Elders. "Ling Xiao! I have to kill this boy even if I die! Batian, let's go!" A murderous gaze flashed in Luo Shang's eyes as he turned around and headed toward the Northern Jade Sect.

"Yes, Master!" Wang Batian immediately followed after Luo Shang.

Luo Shang calculated that the other sects in the grandstand would stand by him; they were people he could use. So he didn't tamper with their meals. Luckily, Cheng Qiantai and the rest had been spared.

Cheng Qiantai immediately understood Luo Shang's intentions when he saw him rushing over to them. "Huan'er, protect Xiao'er. Master will deal with this guy!"

Cheng Qiantai had already jumped down the grandstand and was hacking away at Luo Shang with his machete.

Luo Shang also took out his weapon. It was a simple and unadorned machete that was half the size of Cheng Qiantai's.

The two of them faced off in a battle of machetes. Their attacks were valiant, quick, and violent. Their silhouettes turned obscure due to their speed. What could be seen was the interaction between blade lights and green soulforces; what could be heard was the clacks of the machetes as they came in contact countless amounts of times.

With the two Sect Masters preoccupied, Wang Batian hopped down the grandstand and glared at Ling Xiao with reddened eyes. "Ling Xiao, give me back my brother's life!"

Li Yuanhuan stepped defensively before Ling Xiao and spoke in a slightly disturbed yet persuasive tone, "Brother Wang, is there really a need for this?"

"Brother Li, move aside. I only want to kill Ling Xiao!" Wang Batian fiercely said.

Ling Xiao stepped forth from behind Li Yuanhuan and coldly looked at Wang Batian. "I killed your younger brother and you want my life for that. But your younger brother killed Qian Hai. Is his life irrelevant? Although I killed some, all of them came at me with the intention to kill. Your younger brother wanted to kill me. Should I have let him?"

Wang Batian's eyes were dark red, blood seemingly about to seep out of them. "I don't care about the lives of others. I only want my younger brother back alive! But he's dead. You will pay for it with your life! Die, Ling Xiao!"

Li Yuanhuan wanted to stop Wang Batian, but he never expected Ling Xiao to rush up first.

Even though Ling Xiao wasn't weak, after all was said and done Wang Batian was two ranks higher than him. Ling Xiao's only hope was with his mental attack. If he couldn't injure Wang Batian with it, he had no hope of competing; his other techniques simply wouldn't do.

Although Li Yuanhuan believed Wang Batian didn't have a treasure to guard against mental attacks on him, he wouldn't take the chance. He rushed up to block them. But he was a moment too late.

Bang!

Pcht!

The crisp sound of a fist slamming into a body along with the sound of a sharp weapon cutting through skin rang out. Ling Xiao and Wang Batian's bodies crisscrossed. They had switched positions.

"This…" Wang Batian uttered with much difficulty as he looked at the deep wound on his chest.

Ling Xiao was holding a sword that was glittering like frost and snow in his hands. Its blade was a meter long, not even five centimeters wide, and incomparably sharp. A stray strand of Ling Xiao's hair gently fell on the extremely thin blade and soundlessly broke into two.

"Soul Murdering Sword," Ling Xiao said matter-of-factly. "It's the prize I received from Shen Nanfeng just now."

"Then why…" Wang Batian couldn't say another word, regardless of how he tried.

Ling Xiao slowly walked to Wang Batian's side. He wore an intermittently visible armour. "This is another prize I got. It's the Ground Dipper Armour that can block the full forced attack of a green ranked Chain Soul Master."

Wang Batian fell on the ground with a thud. His eyes which were filled with discontentment and bitter resentment looked up at the sky, as though he was blaming the heavens for giving Ling Xiao such generous treatment.

The disciples from the Northern Jade Sect and the Everlasting Pool Sect saw Ling Xiao finish Wang Batian off in a single move. Their eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets. He was too valiant! He was only a red ranked Chain Soul Master, yet he actually killed a Chain Soul Master two ranks higher than he was!

Ling Xiao was only at the red rank, but his strength was comparable to an orange ranked Chain Soul Master. Add to that the sturdy Ground Dipper Armour and the sharp Soul Murdering Sword and an average unguarded yellow ranked Chain Soul Master simply wasn't his match.

That didn't mean Ling Xiao could truly compete with a yellow ranked Chain Soul Master. If they wanted to flee because they realised the monster Ling Xiao was, there wasn't the slightest thing he could do about it.

Ling Xiao had no worries about future repercussions after killing Wang Batian. He turned his gaze to the fight between Cheng Qiantai and Luo Shang.

The two of them were evenly matched. They were tightly locked in battle and it was practically impossible to discern who had the upper hand. Based on Ling Xiao and Li Yuanhuan's current sight, it was even impossible to see Luo Shang and Cheng Qiantai's figures.

However, Ling Xiao still had his perverted mental strength. After he used it to lock in on Luo Shang's position, he unleashed a thunderbolt and struck Luo Shang.

Ling Xiao was up to his old tricks again. This was the move he previously used in the Moon River Sect to harrass You Songxi. This time, his target was Luo Shang.

Luo Shang was caught off guard and hit by Ling Xiao's thunderbolt. Even though the power behind it was negligible, it infuriated Luo Shang.

"Ling Xiao! I, your father, swear I'm not human if I don't kill you!" Luo Shang madly roared out. But his voice soon dissipated after Cheng Qiantai hacked out at him again. He didn't make another peep and quickly dodged to the side.

Pkk! Ling Xiao unleashed another violent thunderbolt. It exploded on Luo Shang's head, turning his tidy hair into a chicken’s nest.

Luo Shang was fuming with rage. He wanted to curse, but Cheng Qiantai's machete came pouncing at him. He dodged to the side, only to be struck again by another thunderbolt from Ling Xiao.

Anger, grief, and shock… Countless negative emotions clouded Luo Shang's mind. He was about to go insane as he screamed, "Aaahhhhhh! Ling Xiao, I'm going to stake it all! Die!"

Luo Shang could finally understand how You Songxi felt at the time for he felt the same now. He recklessly brandished his machete and formed a beautiful cross of green soulforce, disregarding the dangers of leaving his back open to Cheng Qiantai. The cross made out of green soulforce was about three meters long and three meters wide. It whistled as it flew toward Ling Xiao at high speed. There was no way Ling Xiao or Li Yuanhuan could dodge it!

Neither Ling Xiao nor Li Yuanhuan tried to run. They simultaneously moved and positioned themselves in front of Cheng Yu.

Cheng Yu was deeply shocked. Senior Brother, Ling Xiao… Even if I die now, it will not be in vain with you guys treating me this way!

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