Chapter 374: Coercion

"That little beast finally came. To enter the city, he had to spend several days in a brothel—no wonder among the Ten Heroes, he was the last to achieve Gang Qi Dacheng."

Su Su Qiming's eyes flashed with viciousness, and he growled in a low voice, "Don't kill him directly. I want to ask him whether he has any connection with the Blazing Saber Guest."

He had received an anonymous letter saying that Xu Yang might be in league with the Blazing Saber Guest.

But the other party had not written a real name, and the letter only reminded that they might be in league.

This guess coincided with his original thought.

Of course, even if the other party could produce evidence that Xu Yang and the Blazing Saber Guest were in league, he would not dare to brazenly kill a disciple of the Ziyang Sect.

In secret, there were as many people in Qingyang City who dared to kill Ziyang Sect disciples as carps crossing a river, but almost none who dared to do so openly.

They were, after all, a Wudaomen Sect—if a disciple was brazenly killed and they didn't even fart in response, the disciples would inevitably become estranged.

"Disciple understands. I ask Master to back up this disciple." Su Jie said.

He was also at the Gang Qi Dacheng cultivation base, but he was a pill master, well protected by the Su family, and the number of times he had fought in life-and-death battles could be counted on one hand.

Xu Yang was, after all, a Ten Heroes genius. Although he had only just achieved Gang Qi Dacheng not long ago, he could not guarantee that he could take Xu Yang down with a hundred percent certainty.

"You useless thing. Your Gang Qi Yi Jing is already complete. Even if your combat experience is inferior to his, with your vigorous Gang Qi you can suppress and kill him.

He's a barefoot country boy with no background. He achieved Gang Qi Dacheng only a little over a month ago, and his Gang Qi isn't even a third of yours.

Use him to practice with confidence. With me here, he won't stir up any waves."

Su Su Qiming snorted coldly, very dissatisfied with Su Jie's cautious words—this was a sign of lacking ferocity.

Although a pill master rarely fought, he must have ferocity.

"Dizishou Sect."

Su Jie's tone became firm. His body suddenly rose like a great bird, swooping down toward Xu Yang below.

In mid-air, his Gang Qi Dacheng cultivation base erupted fully, bringing up a fierce gale of Gang Qi.

"Xu Yang, prepare to die!" Su Jie roared.

His palm pierced through the air, emitting a muffled thunder-like sound as it slapped toward Xu Yang.

"Still not tempered enough!"

Almost at the same moment, Su Su Qiming stood up from the mountain.

This disciple Su Jie had indeed been protected too well, his combat experience was too poor—clearly he could have launched a sneak attack, yet he had to shout out loud to warn the opponent.

It was fine when one's cultivation base was higher than the opponent's, but if evenly matched, such a shout meant losing the initiative.

Xu Yang had long since sensed the gaze filled with killing intent, and was not panicked. However, the other party calling out his name still surprised him slightly.

At the instant Su Jie's large palm was about to strike his body, his figure suddenly vanished on the spot.

He did not counterattack, only evaded.

The person standing on the mountain had a deep, profound aura, his gaze icy and bone-piercing, bringing him tremendous pressure.

As expected, that was a martial artist who, like him, had already undergone Marrow Washing.

"Boom!"

Gang Qi erupted. Su Jie's palm force missed, and the spot where Xu Yang had been standing was struck by the Gang Qi, immediately blasted into a huge crater. For a moment, dirt and stones flew in all directions, dust billowing.

"This is not the place to fight."

Xu Yang turned and plunged into the mountain forest.

He did not know the identity of that Marrow Washing martial artist, and had no confidence in finishing him off quickly.

A Marrow Washing fight would inevitably create a huge commotion. If the battle dragged on too long, it would easily be discovered.

Setting aside the exposure of his true cultivation base, if this person's identity and background were significant, it would be troublesome—neither killable nor releasable.

"Where do you think you're going? Leave your life behind!"

Su Jie scattered the dust, only to see Xu Yang's figure flash through the forest and vanish.

Without the slightest hesitation, he swiftly leaped up and gave chase.

"Think you can escape?"

Su Su Qiming tapped his toe against the ground, dirt and stone shattered, and his body, like a bolt of thunder, tore through the air as he too chased in the direction Xu Yang had disappeared.

In the forest, two figures pursued in succession, Su Su Qiming following unhurriedly behind.

This disciple Su Jie had too little real-combat experience. Give him more time to temper himself. Having a cultivation base with nothing to show for it, if one lacks the corresponding combat experience, one is no different from a waste.

"Ah…"

Suddenly, a shrill scream tore through the silent mountain forest, startling flocks of birds into flight.