"In your eyes, are other people’s lives worthless? If they displease you, they should just die?"
Shen Lang crouched on the ground, looking at the sobbing Xiao Tong and asked calmly.
"SOB SOB SOB!" Xiao Tong wailed, continuously kowtowing to Shen Lang.
Where was the superior air of a genius he had displayed back in the Wooden Man Alley?
"Junior Brother Shen Lang, I..."
Xiao Tong raised his head, a vicious glint flashing in his eyes. His poised right hand shot out like lightning, striking Shen Lang’s chest!
An overwhelming blast of icy qi surged from his arm. In an instant, Shen Lang was completely frozen into a huge block of ice!
"Hahaha! Go to hell, you bastard! You’re still far too naive to ss with !"
Xiao Tong cackled maniacally. With his left hand, he viciously brought his palm down on the head of the ice-encased Shen Lang!
"Shen Lang!" Shu Lan shrieked, drawing her bow and firing three arrows in quick succession at Xiao Tong.
She was the only one among them who could attack from such a distance.
But it seed it was already too late to stop it...
Just as Kou Xiaotian and the others watched in horror, a hand shot out from inside the block of ice, grabbing Xiao Tong’s left thumb in a flash!
Then, with a sickening CRACK, the hand bent backward, brutally snapping Xiao Tong’s thumb.
"AHHH!"
Xiao Tong scread and yanked his hand back with all his might.
Before he could fully retract his hand, the thick ice encasing Shen Lang exploded outward.
Large shards of ice slamd into Xiao Tong, sending him flying backward as he spat up a mouthful of blood.
BANG!
Debris scattered as Shen Lang, his eyes brimming with killing intent, left behind an afterimage and instantly caught up to the airborne Xiao Tong.
His palm, carrying a surge of Powerful Qi that filled Xiao Tong with despair, slamd into his chest!
THUMP!
Xiao Tong’s body slamd into the ground, gouging out a deep, human-shaped crater.
If Shen Lang had rely broken a few of his bones back in the Wooden Man Alley, this palm strike had utterly annihilated Xiao Tong’s life force.
There was absolutely no possibility of a miracle.
Xiao Tong’s eyes bulged as blood continued to gurgle from his mouth.
He wanted to say sothing, but he couldn’t get a single word out.
"I killed those n because they tried to kill , even though I had no quarrel with them. Your resentnt toward , on the other hand, is understandable—after all, I humiliated you in public. But I still overestimated you. I thought you rely possessed the so-called pride of a genius, holding a grudge and wanting revenge because I defeated you. I never imagined you would go so far as to attack our fellow disciples, who had done nothing to you..."
"But you not only wanted to kill , you tried to kill all our fellow brothers and sisters. Worse, you had designs on our junior sister. That is sothing I absolutely cannot tolerate."
"Your actions have shown that I, too, often make mistakes. That I, too, can be conceited."
"I show absolutely no rcy to anyone who acts on their desire to kill , no matter who they are. So... I’m afraid you have to die, too."
Shen Lang crouched down and slid the Suru Ring from Xiao Tong’s hand. Then, he chopped down with his right hand.
A wave of Sword Qi sliced through the air, severing Xiao Tong’s neck as if it were nothing.
His head lolled to the side, all life extinguished.
Then, with a flick of his finger, he sent a fireball into the crater, incinerating Xiao Tong’s corpse completely.
Kou Xiaotian and the others, who had just rushed over, stared dumbfounded at the scene, utterly speechless.
To be fair, those n had tried to kill them, so getting killed in return was to be expected.
However, Shen Lang’s thods were so swift and ruthless that it frightened even these people who had only known him for a short ti.
Killing a person, after all, was different from killing a Demon Beast.
Their minds were completely blank. Their lips parted and closed, but they had no idea what to say.
"AHH!"
Suddenly, Shu Lan scread and threw herself into Xia Xiaoting’s arms, her right hand still pointing at the corpse of one of the n Shen Lang had killed earlier.
Xia Xiaoting and the others turned to look, and their faces instantly drained of color.
They saw countless tiny black insects crawling out from a wound on the back of one of the n Shen Lang had killed!
"What... How is this possible? Why are there insects coming out of the corpse?" Kou Xiaotian asked, fighting the urge to vomit.
Xia Xiaoting’s eyes lit up as she asked, "Could this be the Southern Border Gu Technique?"
"No, this should be the work of the Beast Emperor Palace, a Profound Iron Level Influence from Yunfeng Country," Shen Lang said, shaking his head. "This man was already dead when we encountered him at the market in the valley. He was being controlled by an Insect Technique, but the others simply didn’t notice."
"That’s horrible! How can sothing like that exist?" Xia Xiaoting said with a frown. "What kind of deranged person would control a mber of our Profound Dao Sect with insects?"
A sharp glint flashed in Shen Lang’s eyes as he spoke. "Similar Magic is rare. The Witch Race in the Deep Barbaric has this kind of Gu technique, but it’s slightly different. This particular version is likely a thod used by the Beast Emperor Palace, a Profound Iron Level Sect from Yunfeng Country."
"The Beast Emperor Palace? Is that the terrifying Sect that can control Demon Beasts?" Kou Xiaotian asked, his face full of fear. "It’s said that every disciple of that Sect has one or more Spirit Beasts that they raise from a young age. Their beasts are all incredibly powerful."
"They’re all the way in Yunfeng Country, so why would they co here? And to kill our fellow disciples, no less!"
Shen Lang shook his head. "Their purpose here is unknown. If there really are people from the Beast Emperor Palace near the Profound Dao Sect, we might be able to find sothing out by catching a few for questioning."
At this, a strange glint appeared in Shen Lang’s eyes.
Just a few months ago, when he killed Yuwen Huaji, Black Impermanence from Blood Evil Island—one of the strongest forces in Yunfeng Country—had snatched Xu Daolin away right under the noses of Shark’s Kiss and other powerful experts.
Black Impermanence hadn’t appeared in Purple Chu Country alone, either; he had brought a group of his disciples with him.
This group included the n who had ambushed Hong Yu and were subsequently killed by Shen Lang’s Immortal Celestial Saber.
And now, a disciple of the Profound Dao Sect had fallen victim to the Beast Emperor Palace’s Insect Technique...
Entering another Sect’s territory and acting so brazenly would, in most cases, be treated as an act of invasion.
It was the sort of thing that could easily ignite a major war.
Yet these Sects had done so regardless, which made the situation very strange.
’Is it for the Blood Ancestor Tomb, or for the Elental Power Fragnts?’ Shen Lang sank into thought.
’Whichever it is, this is definitely not a coincidence! I suppose I’ll have to look around the Profound Dao Sect and see if I can find anyone from the Beast Emperor Palace.’
Shen Lang’s eyes flickered. He walked over and placed his finger on one of the corpse’s wounds.
The rice-grain-sized insects pouring from the wound suddenly sped up, swarming up his finger.
In no ti, they had completely enveloped his forearm in a terrifying sight.
"Junior Brother, be careful! Those insects can devour a Spirit Light Shield!"
Xia Xiaoting, who was close behind, cried out in alarm. She could clearly see the insects gnawing away at the Spiritual Power Protection Shield on Shen Lang’s arm!
"So they are White Jade Insects," Shen Lang said thoughtfully.
Kou Xiaotian was taken aback. "The insect is completely black, so why is it called a White Jade Insect? We’ve never heard of them..."
"White Jade Insects that haven’t fed on blood are entirely white and translucent, just like white jade. The more blood they consu, the blacker and more powerful they beco. Only after death do they revert to their white, jade-like color."
"These insects devour Spiritual Power and blood to strengthen themselves. Their mouthparts can chew through Profound Iron, and as soon as they touch skin, they’ll burrow into the body of a person or a Demon Beast. They’re an extrely dangerous type of Demon Insect."
"Chew through Profound Iron..."
Kou Xiaotian and the others jumped in fright, turned, and ran, not stopping until they were more than ten ters away.
’He doesn’t seem bothered at all by sothing so terrifying. Truly, the skilled are also fearless! But we can’t afford to ss with sothing like that...’
Xia Xiaoting patted her chest repeatedly, still looking shaken.
"Don’t worry. Without soone controlling them, these insects aren’t very aggressive. Thunder Power is their bane."
As Shen Lang spoke, he shook his arm. Thunder Power instantly erupted from his forearm, which was covered in White Jade Insects. ZAP! CRACKLE! Arcs of electricity flashed across it!
The thick layer of White Jade Insects imdiately rained down, pattering onto the ground.
The mont they hit the ground, the completely black insects began to change color.
In just a mont, they had turned translucent and jade-white, just as Shen Lang had described, causing Kou Xiaotian and the others to marvel from a distance.
’A disciple of the Profound Dao Sect, controlled with an Insect Technique... These people have so nerve!’
A cold glint in his eyes, Shen Lang struck each of the four corpses with his palm. A wave of frigid qi rolled out, freezing the bodies solid, along with the White Jade Insects that were still pouring out. He then stored them all in his Suru Ring.
’What a powerful Ice Technique!’ Watching his every move from afar, Kou Xiaotian and the others were startled once again.
The longer they spent with Shen Lang, the less they seed to understand him.
Not only had he comprehended an enviably powerful Sword Intent, but he also cultivated a potent Thunder Elent Technique...
And now, on top of the Thunder Elent Technique, he had just displayed an Ice Technique even more formidable than Xiao Tong’s!
’That guy... he wasn’t lying when he said he’d dabbled in techniques of every elent... He’s just too strong!’
Thinking back on her previous actions, Xia Xiaoting’s face flushed red.
’Thinking about it now, Shen Lang has never been pretentious or arrogant.’
’Every word he said was true, yet I went out of my way to target him, mock him, and show him no respect at all...’
’I wonder if he resents for it? What if he still rembers all those things I said to him... Oh, what am I going to do? Ugh, I’m just... I’m really...’
Xia Xiaoting felt a heavy weight in her chest, an awful, uncomfortable feeling.
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