Chapter 013: Slaughter

In a dense jungle, Yang Tian's body was hidden within, his blood and qi restrained, the rich blood and qi inside him like a pool of stagnant water, with only a faint breath.

His eagle-like eyes stared ahead. Ten zhang away, under a tree that took three men to encircle, two disciples of the Star Martial Arts Hall were urinating.

"Old Wang, that little bastard Yang Tian sure knows how to hide. It's been almost ten days, and we brothers have to suffer here. I wonder what the hall master wants with Yang Tian?" One of the young men, pulling up his belt, cursed.

"Tsk, it has been ten days." The guard called Old Wang nodded, then patted the young man's shoulder, glanced around, and whispered, "We must not separate. I hear this kid is very sinister. Seven or eight of our hall's guards have died at his hands."

"Old Wang, who told you that? Is it accurate?" Hearing this, the young man's face changed slightly, and he said incredulously, "I heard those guards died in the mouths of beasts. Yang Tian has only been training for how long? Impossible, right?"

"Hmph, don't worry about who told me. Whether it's true or not, the important thing is to stay alive. We brothers are together; even an eighth-level beast can't do anything to us. We must not separate." Looking solemnly at the young man, Old Wang warned.

Seeing Old Wang's serious expression, the young man couldn't help but nod, a chill rising in his heart. He had seen decisive killers, but someone as young as Yang Tian with such methods might well carve out a future.

Just as the young man's heart trembled, Yang Tian's prone body moved. His body was like a drawn bow, his spine twisting like a crouching dragon. He stomped his foot, and a tremendous force erupted.

Swish! Swish!

The sound of air tearing exploded, the shattering sonic boom startling the two. As the young man came to his senses, a black shadow had already flashed before his eyes. What met his gaze was a slightly immature face, but at this moment, it curled into a sneer.

"Not good!" Seeing this, Old Wang's face changed drastically. At the same time, the dormant blood energy within Yang Tian erupted completely, crimson light rolling forth, making him seem like a blazing furnace.

This surge of blood energy washed over Old Wang, causing the blood energy within his body to slowly congeal. Without any hesitation, Old Wang fled toward the rear.

"Bang!" A fist shot out directly, fast as lightning, the crimson fist light tearing through countless vacuums, causing even this space to ripple slightly as the crimson light surged forth like a flowing ribbon.

"Boom!" Facing the fist now inches away, the young man's terrified mind spun, and his azure crystalline palm slashed out fiercely.

"Crack!"

Blood energy clashed, and a crisp sound of bone breaking rang out abruptly. At the same time, the young man's body was sent flying, hurtling backward, breaking a large tree at the waist before crashing to the ground.

Pfft.

A mouthful of rebellious blood suddenly spat out, the young man's terrified gaze swept over Yang Tian, his body trembling violently. Yang Tian's fist force was not only fierce and powerful, but the released blood energy was like a blazing fire, impacting the wisp of blood energy within him, making it impossible for his entire body's blood energy to coalesce in a short time.

Bang!

Yang Tian's movement technique surged again, a whip kick smashing directly into the young man's chest. Accompanied by a scream, several sounds of bones cracking exploded. With cold eyes fixed on the body from which life was fading, Yang Tian snapped off the void ring worn by the young man and shot toward the fleeing figure ahead.

The burly man called Old Wang was desperately fleeing forward when a miserable howl suddenly rang through the sky. Old Wang's rapidly running body trembled violently, the fear in his eyes utterly unconcealed.

"Aoow!" A sudden beastly roar came from the grass ahead of Old Wang. A spotted falcon leaped out, opening its bloody maw and lunging toward Old Wang's body.

"Beast, get the hell away from me!" Old Wang's face twisted savagely. The blood energy in his body surged without reserve. As he leaped into the air, he punched toward the spotted falcon's belly.

"Crack!" A dense sound of breaking bones exploded. The fierce light in the spotted falcon's eyes dimmed sharply.

"Not bad, a one-hit kill on a fifth-level beast." Yang Tian walked over slowly from behind, pursed his lips, and his words of faint praise were laced with endless mockery.

"Yang Tian, you and I have no enmity. Spare me, and I, Wang, will surely repay you handsomely in the future." Gazing at Yang Tian's footsteps, Old Wang suddenly cupped his hands and smiled.

"Spare you?" Yang Tian was a bit taken aback.

"Yes, Yang Tian, you and I have no enmity. I, Wang, will surely repay you handsomely in the future." Old Wang lowered his head, but a trace of venom flashed in his eyes.

"Go to hell!"

The big man suddenly roared. An iron spear appeared in his hand, and a spear light at its tip tore through countless vacuums, exuding a sharp aura.

The iron spear vibrated and swept across, sending out over a dozen purple spear lights that pierced the vacuum.

Facing the incoming spear energy, Yang Tian threw a punch without any flourish. A startling killing intent surged forth with the fist light. His whole body blazed with red light as he threw several punches in succession, each one fierce and unyielding, directly shattering the spear energy.

"This kid is indeed strange." Seeing Yang Tian easily neutralize the attack, Old Wang's pupils contracted slightly. This blood weapon was nearly high-grade; he had spent most of his fortune to acquire it, and it could even match a cultivator at the eighth level.

"Ha!" Old Wang suddenly let out a deep shout. The blood energy in his body poured entirely into the spear shaft. Then he rotated his arm, and as the spear spun, a three-foot-long spear light shot out.

"Bang, bang..." Bones ground together like thunderclaps. A blazing sun appeared on Yang Tian's fist, emitting dazzling red light, and violent energy fluctuations spread out.

"Boom, boom!" The blazing sun hung in the air, radiating boundless power as Yang Tian urged it.

Suddenly, Yang Tian punched the blazing sun. The sun tore through the vacuum, bringing a rolling wave of scorching heat. Old Wang's face changed drastically—the energy contained in the sun was extremely violent and would directly burn him to a crisp.

"Crack, crack..." The spear shaft cracked, and narrow fissures quickly spread across its entire length. Yang Tian's blood energy suddenly trembled, and the blazing sun abruptly exploded, shattering the spear shaft.

Swish, swish!

Seeing the iron shards flying, Yang Tian's hand grasped the air. In an instant, as his fist opened, a burst of force surged out, pulling the iron shards in the air and shooting them toward Old Wang's body.

Bang, bang! Where the iron shards struck, blood flew everywhere. Countless shreds of flesh danced in the air, blood and bone splattering.

Old Wang cast a venomous glare at Yang Tian. At this moment, he was filled with regret—if he hadn't let that young man go, he wouldn't have been defeated so utterly.

With a cold gaze fixed on the body from which life was fading, Yang Tian strode over, yanked off Old Wang's void ring, and dashed off into the distance.