Chapter 238: Slaughter!

The raging wind swept everywhere.

As the Netherworld Dharma King fled, the valley fell into utter chaos.

The assassins of the Ghost Mother Sect were scared out of their wits, fleeing in panic.

Fear spread like a flood through everyone's hearts, swelling until it utterly collapsed.

"Qin Shuo!"

Xiao Changgong spoke each word, gazing at the youth standing aloft in the valley, his eyes full of sorrow and killing intent laid bare.

In the Xiao family's battle that day, the opponent was merely a Condensing True Realm warrior who could only match me for a moment by relying on a grandmaster's true gang.

In just half a month, he had actually grown to this extent.

Exhale!

He slowly exhaled a mouthful of foul qi.

Even with Qin Shuo's current physique, fully drawing the Myriad Forged Divine Weapon of Wind Thunder Valley left him feeling nearly exhausted.

Having cultivated the second level of the Dragon Elephant Divine Ability, he possessed the strength of ten elephants and the soul of a heavenly dragon, his energy nearly inexhaustible.

Yet after firing the Wind Thunder Subduing Flood Bow with all his strength, he felt fatigue, which moved him deeply.

No wonder this bow, in Wind Thunder Valley, could only be wielded by past valley masters; its usage conditions are truly too harsh.

He even doubted that Nie Jin Feng, using this Wind Thunder Subduing Flood Bow, would run out of strength after just a few shots.

Fortunately, though the Wind Thunder Subduing Flood Bow consumes greatly, its power is truly astonishing.

One arrow killed Xiao Yingqi, something even Qin Shuo hadn't anticipated.

Compared to the Dragon Spine Splitting Sky Bow, the Wind Thunder Subduing Flood Bow's power is far greater.

Investigating the reason, it is mainly because the Wind Thunder Subduing Flood Bow contains genuine wind and thunder power, which absolutely counters gang energy and external training.

Shaking his somewhat dazed head, Qin Shuo put away the Wind Thunder Subduing Flood Bow and turned into a stream of light rushing toward the mountaintop.

Crackle!

It seemed as if a thunderclap streaked across the sky.

Just moments ago, Xiao Changgong had been immersed in grief over Xiao Yingqi's death, but his scalp suddenly exploded, his rage and grief plummeting to freezing point, leaving only instinctive fear and trembling.

"Run!"

On the mountaintop, someone first broke down, screaming in terror.

Immediately after, the Xiao family's experts could no longer hold on, fleeing down the mountain as if gone mad.

Life and death in an instant!

Family, fame and fortune, revenge...

None of it matters anymore!

At this moment, all members of the Xiao family had only one thought: to survive.

As long as they could survive, they could do anything.

Everyone fled...

Only one person remained.

After the brief fear, stronger grief and indignation welled up in Xiao Changgong's heart.

He knew the Xiao family was finished!

Without Xiao Yingqi, the Xiao family's strength and status would plummet!

It would even become a stray dog hunted everywhere by the Demonic Suppression Office.

And he himself would definitely not be able to leave this valley.

Gale-force wind struck his face.

Mixed with bright, flashing arcs of electricity, they lashed his cheeks, causing pain, and even a burnt smell spread.

The youth now held a profound iron great halberd, silver-white light wings wrapped in wind and thunder behind him, and in a flash he stood before him.

This was the first time Xiao Changgong gazed so clearly at the youth.

His features were delicate, his expression indifferent.

His eyes were icy cold like a deep pool, calm and without ripples.

"Let's die together!"

Xiao Changgong roared in anger, blood tears streaming from his eyes, his features hideous and twisted.

His body swelled several times in an instant, like a huge balloon about to burst.

Swish!

Electric light flashed past.

The next second, Xiao Changgong saw a swollen, ball-like headless corpse, as if deflated, its gang energy dissipating and instantly shriveling.

"This speed..."

As the thought arose, Xiao Changgong's own consciousness plummeted rapidly, swallowed by an endless abyss in the blink of an eye.

Thud!

The hideous head rolled down the mountaintop, carving a long blood line across the ground.

"Die together?"

Qin Shuo looked back at the already fallen headless corpse and said indifferently:

"You're not worthy!"

He stepped forward, about to clear out the small fry taking the chance to flee.

Suddenly, in his sea of consciousness, the Taotie Cauldron trembled violently,

The Spiritual Link Mystic Jade also seemed to sense it, like a red-hot branding iron, emitting a blinding light.

"Huh?"

Qin Shuo's gaze turned, scanning the mountain peak, finally settling on Xiao Yingqi's body.

He approached, holding a black-iron great halberd, and saw a golden object slowly emerging from his brow.

One inch, two inches, three inches…

Finally, Qin Shuo saw the full appearance of that thing.

It was a golden arrow, illusory yet substantial, its whole body emitting a hazy golden light.

A familiar, sharp arrow intent emanated from the arrow shaft.

And on the golden arrow shaft, a faint, dim ghostly figure twined about, muddled and dazed, with vacant eyes.

Who else could it be but the recently deceased Xiao Yingqi?

"Ghost?"

Qin Shuo raised his brow, and saw the golden arrow tremble slightly, shattering the soul into white mist, which it then absorbed.

"A golden arrow that can absorb souls?"

Qin Shuo felt even more astonished.

Soon, the characters appearing on the Taotie cauldron answered his doubts.

【Ingredients: Sun-Shooting Golden Arrow (rough casting)】

【This arrow takes the sun-shooting arrow intent left by the ancient divine archer Hou Yi as its carrier, forged by refining the souls of demons and evil spirits; it is a yin-extreme-yang ghost arrow, the bane of all demons and evil spirits!】

【This arrow possesses the ability to absorb souls, converting ghostly power into ghost-arrow power, specifically to counter demons and purify all evil spirits!】

【Refining yields: Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique·Collapsing Clouds Shattering Moon (complete), divine person's will comprehension (1/9)】

【Current energy sufficient; proceed with refinement?】

Sun-Shooting Golden Arrow?

Condensed from the arrow intent of the Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique?

Gazing at the golden arrow floating before him in midair, Qin Shuo felt a little dazed.

If his guess is correct, the Sun-Shooting Arrow Technique that Xiao Yingqi learned must have been passed down from this golden arrow.

And the sun-shooting arrow intent carried by this golden arrow is exactly what the arrow god Ye Motian obtained on the Ten-Thousand-Foot Divine Mountain when he taught the Xiao clan's ancestors their arrow technique—Collapsing Clouds Shattering Moon.

Thus, the true master of this Sun-Shooting Golden Arrow is about to reveal himself.

"Having endured six hundred years without dispersing, this Sun-Shooting Golden Arrow is truly marvelous!"

Qin Shuo felt somewhat moved.

Six hundred years of time, even if forged from refined iron, should be covered in rust.

But this arrow, condensed from divine soul will, still exists in the world—truly miraculous.

His thoughts surged, but Qin Shuo's hands were not idle; he lightly tapped a finger, touching the illusory golden arrow.

Swish!

Qin Shuo only felt a flash of golden light before his eyes,

and when he opened his eyes again, the Sun-Shooting Golden Arrow had already arrived in his sea of consciousness.

With the arrival of the Sun-Shooting Golden Arrow, the Spirit-Linking Profound Jade suddenly burst forth with a more dazzling light.

And on the wall of the Taotie cauldron, the silver-armored, golden-whiskered Taotie also emitted a greedy eagerness, as if it could hardly wait to fully refine it.

"Not so fast!"

Qin Shuo forcibly suppressed the urge to refine the Sun-Shooting Golden Arrow on the spot, grasped his black-iron great halberd, and pursued down the mountain.

Since breaking through to the second level of the Dragon-Elephant Divine Ability, his strength and physique have more than doubled; a forty-catty black-iron blade felt weightless in his hand, greatly limiting the exertion of his power.

Thus, he unhesitatingly drew this long-sealed thousand-catty halberd, and only then did the feel improve.

Zizzle!

Qin Shuo stepped on electric light, like a humanoid lightning bolt charging down the mountain peak.

The Xiao clan members frantically fleeing heard a thunderclap explode behind them, and were instantly scared witless.

Pfft~

Qin Shuo's current speed rivals that of a falcon; in the blink of an eye he reached behind a fleeing Xiao clan elder, raised his blade and cut off the head—

In just a few breaths, three people were beheaded in succession, like cutting weeds with a blade.

He seemed like a bolt of electricity weaving through the forest, changing direction seven times and slaying seven people in a row.

After achieving great perfection in viscera refinement, his true qi had become abundantly vigorous to an extremely strong degree,

and the Lightning Divine Tread, evolved from Divine Foot Technique, Wandering Dragon Riding the Wind Step, Thunderclap True Gang, and Magnetism True Gang, became even more miraculous,

in an instant he could traverse a hundred zhang, and even borrow the wind to turn, moving with effortless agility.

"Fourth Brother!"

"Yinghuai!"

"Damn, let's fight him!"

Seeing Qin Shuo's ferocious advance, giving them no chance to survive, many Xiao clan masters were roused to ferocity, bellowing as they turned,

and charged at Qin Shuo!

One of the Xiao clan elders, having accomplished viscera refinement, had innate true qi surging like a tide, incomparably brave.

Yet Qin Shuo merely lifted his halberd upward, and the man was instantly split in two at the groin, his entrails scattering across the ground, blood spraying skyward.

"Devil! You devil!"

The few Xiao clan youths who had originally rushed at Qin Shuo with hot-blooded courage, upon seeing the elder's miserable death, felt their ardor plunge to freezing point.

However, before their fear could fully spread, they saw the halberd fall like a mountain, smashing them directly into a pile of minced flesh.

Ferocious!

Ferocious!

Unstoppable!

At this moment, Qin Shuo was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, madly harvesting.

Where the thousand-jin heavy halberd passed, minced flesh flew everywhere, even bones were smashed into fragments.

In less than the time it takes to burn half an incense stick, all the Xiao family experts who participated in the ambush were slain.

Looking around, the valley was filled with severed limbs and broken arms, minced flesh and bone shards scattered across the ground; over ten people had died here, yet not a single intact corpse could be assembled.

A rich scent of blood permeated the entire valley.

Qin Shuo's fierce and ruthless killing methods made the Ghost Mother Sect assassins who were still fleeing feel their hair stand on end.

They broke into a frantic run, spreading farther apart from each other, hoping to increase their chances of escape.

"Qin Shuo, this matter arose solely because of the Xiao family; now all Xiao family experts have been slain, do you still insist on exterminating them to the last?"

Someone roared in anger.

Bang!

Facing such a foolish question, Qin Shuo's only response was a heavy halberd strike that split heaven and earth.

With just one blow, that person's head shattered like a watermelon, and his body was torn apart into five pieces by the violent force.

"Surrender!"

"We surrender!"

"Colonel Qin, we surrender!"

Under Qin Shuo's merciless slaughter, someone finally could not bear it, suffered a mental breakdown, and knelt to surrender.

However, the response to them was still only an extremely cruel and terrifying slaughter.

Pfft-pfft-pfft~

Clusters of blood blossoms burst forth in the mountain forest!

Only when the entire mountain forest had fallen completely silent, with nothing but Qin Shuo's own faint breathing left, did he stop.

"One got away."

Qin Shuo gave a fierce shake, and the blood and flesh clinging to the Profound Iron Great Halberd were instantly flung off.

He stood amidst the scattered corpses and broken bones, gazing into the distance, a cruel cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

You like to run, huh?

Well, Qin Mou also wants to see where you rats in the gutter are hiding.

I'll give you all at once……

Root them out completely!