Chapter 251: Crushing the Wild Hunt (Part 1)

"Today is truly a good day!" Strolling through a dense jungle, Lingyun could not help but stretch his body.

After recuperating in the mansion for a period of time, the injuries on Lingyun's body had finally healed. Do not be fooled by Lingyun's relaxed and comfortable appearance when he took down the Reaper; one must know that with Lingyun's current strength, channeling the power of the Cloud Realm into his own body is no easy task.

This time, in order to finish off that Reaper in the shortest time possible, Lingyun had utilized the strongest Cloud Realm Power he was capable of wielding. For this, his body had endured significant pressure, and it was only yesterday that he fully recovered. However, Lingyun could feel that his physique was approaching a limit; as long as he broke through this limit, the Cloud Realm Power he could wield would definitely see a substantial increase.

Suddenly, Lingyun frowned. Within the perception range of his Divine Sense, several figures appeared. Judging by the direction they were advancing, they were heading straight toward him.

"One, two, three, four, five, six? A total of six people?" Lingyun muttered to himself. "Could it be those scums from the Wild Hunt? But why would they come here to find me? Could it be because of Esdeath?"

Ever since Syura brought his subordinates back to the Imperial Capital and established the Wild Hunt, he had not done a single good deed in the Imperial Capital; wanton slaughter of the innocent and forcibly seizing women from good families had become daily routines. Now, whenever people in the Imperial Capital heard the four words "Wild Hunt," they would all gnash their teeth in hatred while simultaneously trembling with fear. On one hand, they were extremely resentful of these people's actions, and on the other, they were terrified that these guys would bring disaster upon them.

Some time ago, this guy Syura even tried to harass Kurome and Seryu, only to be beaten severely by members of the Jaegers. Afterward, he and that pirate named Enshin set their sights on Bols's wife and daughter, and even nearly killed him. This behavior of theirs enraged the arriving Esdeath; if not for Syura using Shangri-La to teleport himself and Enshin away, I am afraid those two would no longer exist in this world.

Having suffered repeated setbacks at the hands of the Jaegers, Syura was naturally unwilling to let it go, but the Jaegers were extremely strong and had the formidable Imperial General Esdeath as their backing, so they could not easily make a move. They could only vent their anger on Lingyun and his companions, who appeared to be relatively close to Esdeath. However, they then encountered a problem: the three girls, including Esdeath, often went to that mansion, and if they were to run into them while attacking, the consequences could be imagined. Just as they were at their wits' end, they saw Lingyun coming out alone today and were overjoyed. They couldn't deal with the members of the Jaegers, but couldn't they deal with this guy who looked no different from a pretty boy?

With a "whoosh," a figure darted out from the jungle, pouncing toward Lingyun like lightning. Lingyun tilted his body slightly, dodging the attacker's strike. Syura missed his first strike, and the moment he landed, he braced his hands on the ground, inverted his body, and swept his legs toward Lingyun, creating a blur of afterimages. Lingyun swayed his body, drifting backward several meters like a ghost. Although Syura's attack was fierce, it failed to harm Lingyun in the slightest.

With a "clang," just as Lingyun stood steady, a blade light flashed behind him. Ibara's blade, Jiangxue, traced a sharp arc, slashing toward Lingyun's lower back. Lingyun did not move, instead pointing his right hand into a sword shape and slashing backward, sending a sharp Sword Qi sweeping out.

Ibara's pupils could not help but shrink. At this rate, before his blade touched Lingyun's body, Lingyun's Sword Qi would slice across his throat. Although he did not know how powerful this strike from Lingyun was, Ibara dared not risk his own life to test it. He was forced to abruptly halt his offensive and block with the Jiangxue in his hand.

The Sword Qi collided with Jiangxue, and Ibara instantly felt a massive force transmitted from the blade, causing him to stagger back several steps before he could stabilize himself.

"Corrosive Jade!" A cold shout came, and a jade orb carrying powerful corrosive force shot toward Lingyun.

"Vacuum Blade!" Following behind the large orb was an invisible blade of air.

Lingyun pressed his right hand against the Long sword at his waist, and then two sword beams suddenly flashed in front of him. The sword beams whistled out, knocking away the Corrosive Jade and slicing the Vacuum Blade in two.

"Looks like this one is a bit thorny!" Seeing Lingyun break their pincer attack in an instant, Syura's expression turned serious.

"Scum of the Wild Hunt?" Lingyun chuckled, straightened his posture slightly, and rested his right hand on the sword hilt.

"Careful! That's an attack similar to the Drawing Sword Technique!" Seeing Lingyun's stance, Ibara shouted a warning.

The words had barely left his mouth when dozens of blade lights flashed before Lingyun, assaulting everyone present.

Suddenly, a humming sound came; the Sword Qi Lingyun had swept out seemed to be affected by some kind of vibrational force, collapsing all at once halfway through.

"Oh, what a handsome young man; big sister likes your type the most. Don't you want to come and have some fun with big sister?" A light laugh came, and a very beautiful young girl walked slowly out of the jungle, holding a microphone-shaped Teigu in her hand.

"I wonder if the taste of your blood will be particularly delicious!" Following behind Cosmina was a young girl, none other than Dorothea of the Wild Hunt. At this moment, she was looking at Lingyun with curiosity, looking no different than if she were looking at a blood bag.

"Are you all here?" Lingyun laughed. "Then come at me together. Let me see exactly how much you're worth!"

"Go, kill him!" Syura had no intention of talking to Lingyun and was the first to rush up.

Following Syura in the charge were Ibara and Enshin. From their brief exchange just now, they already knew that the person before them was definitely not an ordinary individual; his strength might not be inferior to some members of the Jaegers, and if they dragged it out, who knew what other tricks might emerge.

Lingyun drew his Long sword, the blade turning into a mass of silver light as he met the three. Although it was one against three, the battle situation was completely unexpected to the others: Lingyun was actually suppressing all three of them by himself.

"Damn it, this guy's strength is too high!"

Syura dodged Lingyun's blade edge sideways, but was kicked flying by Lingyun. Ibara, who had the strongest close-combat ability, already had several wounds on his body, and Enshin, who was slightly weaker, looked even more miserable; a huge wound had already appeared on his body, and one could even see the white bones through the wound.

"Retreat!" Seeing his teammate injured, Champ shouted loudly, while simultaneously throwing six orbs toward Lingyun.

Lingyun forced the three surrounding him back with one sword strike, then turned his blade to sweep out six sword lights, knocking all six jade orbs away simultaneously.

At this moment, an invisible ripple suddenly assaulted Lingyun. Lingyun paused, and the Source Power within his body instantly formed a Protective Qi Shield around him. The invisible ripple slammed into the Protective Qi Shield, stirring up small ripples but failing to cause Lingyun any harm.

"How is this possible?" Cosmina could not help but widen her eyes, somewhat unable to understand why the method she had always been proud of had lost its effect in front of this person. One must know that her technique of using ultrasonic waves to injure people...

"Just some petty tricks, and you dare to show off in front of me!" Lingyun flicked the Long sword in his hand and sneered.