Chapter 136: Quick Battle, Quick Decision (Please Subscribe)

The calm was shattered in an instant!

Five old patrol guards were smirking and bubbling with malice when they were suddenly ambushed.

Du En, lurking in the shadows, unleashed a pile of talismans the moment he struck!

They were all spoils of war scavenged previously, all standard second-tier mid-grade, with power equivalent to a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator casting a mid-grade spell they had just begun to master.

In the blink of an eye, everything from golden light, wooden stakes, water whips, fireballs, to earth cannons—one could say everything was there—burst forth all at once, like a surging tide, directly engulfing them and catching the five fellows completely off guard.

"Holy shit!"

"Damn!"

"Who..."

Except for Du En, who had been intentionally left behind and was now acting alone.

At the same time, he raised his other hand, collecting all the items that had exploded out.

Because Du En had already reached his close proximity, and the second-tier high-grade copper melon hammer he had obtained from Zhao Jinlin was swung down violently to smash him.

Du En had also received the transmission, but by the time he arrived slowly, manipulating his Iron Ox Shield and timing his speed, the gathering and surveying activities here had already concluded.

At the same time, Du En had already appeared before this last one, his heavy footsteps causing the ground to tremble slightly, forcing the surviving old patrol guard to turn his head sharply to look.

Of course, it was not entirely without 【traces】.

Four explosions merged together, shaking the already ruined lawn until it trembled continuously, and also dispersing the smoke and dust, causing that lucky one who hadn't been hit by the self-destruction to stumble with his lips, staring blankly at the four miserable human bodies as they fell with a thud at the blast site.

Boom!!!!

Pfft!

The magical artifact shattered, and he suffered a backlash.

Thus, they quickly realized that this time, the evil cultivator was actually not stingy about using the various items he had scavenged, unlike in the past where he only favored various types of evil arts.

Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth—all sorts of things came crashing down, pressing them until they couldn't breathe; their magical power flickered unsteadily, and once a gap appeared in their defenses, they would be breached from behind.

He stood quietly among the crowd, silently watching Xiang Tao, who was currently being stared at by everyone.

After burying the bodies and erasing the traces, Du En counted the harvest he had just replenished, which was enough for his cultivation grind for the next month, while quickly turning and running back to his patrol sector without looking back.

The five men's cries of alarm rose suddenly and then stopped abruptly; for a moment, they could only hurriedly muster their magical power, prop up several layers of protection, and struggle bitterly amidst the raging wind and waves.

Asking like this seemed deliberate.

Just as the annoyance in his heart subconsciously sprouted, Du En's next wave of attacks followed immediately.

In fact, his senses and divine sense were the sharpest, and he had long known the answer, but he still wanted to get an unexpected reply from the mouths of his other subordinates.

Then.

These all fit the style of an evil cultivator who comes without a shadow and goes without a trace, and likes to play with corpses!

"What about the Sentry Jade? Since the situation happened within its range this time, there should be some records, right?"

Although many traces were left this time, after appraisal, they actually reached a bizarre conclusion.

Either dead or injured; in any case, they couldn't get up for the time being.

For example, the corpses mysteriously disappeared without a single trace to follow, and the perpetrator was bizarrely abnormal, not exposing even the slightest clue.

"But..."

This old patrol guard did not have Du En's moderately accomplished Artifact Manipulation Art to effectively avoid the backlash caused by the self-destruction of magical artifacts, nor did he have a sufficiently tough physique or thick enough magical power to withstand the remaining shockwaves, so he was now vomiting blood in large mouthfuls.

Now that evil cultivators were rampant, they were naturally arranged to guard the base, and then Xiang Tao sent out a transmission spell, calling the patrol guards near this place to gather together and rush to the scene of the incident.

What kind of damn fellow would dare to...

Smoke and dust rose, and the lawn was no more.

Next, like playing baseball, with one swing he hit one person, knocking the other four, who looked like they had been blown to death but actually still had a breath left, all to the same spot.

It was a pity that there was no such accident.

One could only see that layer of thick earth armor covering him, a full ten feet tall, looking majestic and awe-inspiring, like a divine soldier descending from heaven, but not a single sound could be heard, as if it were not a living creature, but a clay statue that had truly come to life!

More crucially, in the hand of this earth-armored divine statue, a copper melon hammer was lightly held, and as it approached with its strides, it also expanded crazily; when only five steps remained, it was already held high, and the shadow it cast directly enveloped the old patrol guard's entire body and surroundings.

Fortunately, there was still that set of defensive magical artifacts; although they were also struck until their spiritual light flickered incessantly, they ultimately allowed him to withstand this wave of sudden, dense strikes.

Xiang Tao asked this, appearing intentional.

Du En's strides continued, and he took out another stack of talismans, activating them without looking back, spreading them over the scene to destroy the remaining traces.

The camp leader was currently full of anger: "So you're saying, you didn't catch his tail again, right?!"

"Evil cultivator!!!"

Clang~

The aggressive magical artifact struck the earth armor, sparking a flash of fire with a clang, seemingly about to follow up and ignite something, but the next moment it was like an ordinary blade hitting a hard steel plate, falling weakly and limp, only to be stepped on and crushed directly.

This old patrol guard held onto his last breath, shouting angrily to bolster his courage; having no other choice, he raised both hands, squeezing his magical power to try and hold it off.

"You, you, don't come over here!"

All sorts of things emerged, all of which were collected into his pocket.

Four sets of defensive magical artifacts exactly identical to what they were currently wearing—that is, the set of beast-hide armor—suddenly flew over, penetrated the smoke and dust, and pounced in front of four of them; while they were still swaying and their bodies were stiff, they directly self-destructed.

Taking the opportunity to finish the harvest.

However, fortunately, there were only three people in the camp whose cultivation was higher than his: one was naturally the camp leader Xiang Tao, at the Foundation Establishment Perfection, different from ordinary people and the hardest to deal with; the other two were Xiang Tao's trusted confidants, at the late stage of Foundation Establishment, who rarely appeared and were usually responsible for guarding the formation hub.

"Ah!"

Because everyone present knew that these Sentry Jades could only be activated by the camp person-in-charge and those responsible for daily patrols in the sector, and they simply couldn't do it.

It was as if it wasn't just a ten-foot-tall earth-armored divine statue approaching, but a high mountain toppling over toward him!

He was naturally unwilling to be killed, so he immediately raised his hand and unleashed his magical artifact.

Because Xiang Tao would be coming soon.

Pfft-thud~

The hammer fell, its form instantly turning into a puddle, and was then swept away by Du En's shifting momentum, flying out of the recording range of the Sentry Jade.

Therefore, he needed to end the battle quickly on his end.

But he didn't give a second thought to any of that mess right now; he only widened his eyes until the corners split, seeping blood.

This old patrol guard was absolutely terrified; it wasn't as if he hadn't encountered larger demonic beasts or magical artifacts in the past, but this life-taker before him brought a completely different sense of terror.

His divine sense swept the surroundings, seeing only a chaotic scene that was still turbulent and unclear; looking with the naked eye, there was only a mess of debris and smoke on the ground, and the view was equally poor and blurred.

It was similar for the corpses, aside from the extra step of burial.

Our own people fighting our own people!

Whether it was magical artifacts or talismans, they were all produced by the camp or supplied by the border town!

As the outpost camp entered a state of defense, there were additional contact markers for each patrol guard; when a person died, feedback would appear at the camp, naturally letting them know that something had happened here.

Xiang Tao knew this too, but he asked anyway, laying the groundwork.

So, he took a wide stride as a matter of course to the spot where the Sentry Jade was located, cast a spell to manifest it, and began to review the day's records in front of everyone.

(End of this chapter)