Chapter 185 - 184: Crush to Rubble, Take Down by Force

Seeing Li Jing transform into a thunderbolt and instantly kill a Great Demon, Yulian was utterly bewildered inside the Linglong Tower.

If she wasn’t mistaken.

What Li Jing had used should be some kind of special escape skill.

Could a special escape skill be used to knock people around?

It would be justifiable if he just knocked someone away, but he actually killed someone...

A Great Demon, even if it was diluted, shouldn’t be so weak!

What’s even more outrageous is...

From the Great Demon who was reduced to charred remains in the blink of an eye, it’s not hard to deduce that the red thunderbolt that Li Jing had transformed into was the most zealous Fire Thunder among the Five Thunder.

Why could a special escape skill transform into the highly lethal Fire Thunder?

Yulian was utterly flabbergasted.

In her daze, she suddenly sensed something and turned her head back.

Before her eyes was an exquisitely carved little girl, her eyes shining like gems as she watched Yulian.

???

Yulian.

This kid...

Where did she come from?

A spirit weapon?

It doesn’t look like it...

Spirit weapons have the ability to materialize, but even materialized, they are still conceptual forms of consciousness.

The power of the spirit weapon only resides in the physical form, and the conceptual form does not possess any power.

However, to Yulian’s senses, the little girl was a tangible Fifth Boundary being and her aura was as strong as Yulian’s.

Compared to a spirit weapon, the little girl seemed much more like a Yuan Infant.

But this puzzled Yulian.

To allow the Yuan Infant to separate from the body, one needs to step into the Six Realm.

How could a Yuan Infant of the Six Realm possibly only have the power of the Fifth Boundary?

What’s more, the gender of the little girl didn’t match that of Li Jing...

Inside the Linglong Tower, Yulian was perplexed.

Seeing Li Jing transform into a Fire Thunder and kill a Great Demon, the facial expressions of the evil cultivators outside the tower were not those of disbelief but rather they burst into laughter.

"This kid is weird! Don’t get close!"

As he spoke, he was the first one to retreat explosively.

As for the five Great Demons that had revealed their transformed python bodies, they hastily retreated as well.

Despite having their powers diluted, the strength of the Fifth Boundary is still formidable.

Their retreat was not slow at all.

While retreating, they all opened their gaping mouths wide and exhaled a black flame cloud.

As the five pieces of flame clouds instantly merged into one, it spread across the sky.

Li Jing originally wanted to take this opportunity to attack, but as he encountered the ubiquitous flame clouds, he had to halt.

His special escape skill simply temporarily changed his form.

He wasn’t even wearing his Wind King Mysterious Clothing. Running into it headfirst would only end in disaster.

While facing the flame clouds that filled the sky, Li Jing’s mind worked quickly and summoned his Wind King Mysterious Clothing.

Then, five thousand variedly shaped Spirit Soldiers appeared behind him with a snap of his fingers.

Daggers, spears, swords, halberds, axes, glaives, hooks, scythes.

Every possible form of weapon manifested before him.

Inside the Linglong Tower, Yulian was taken aback by the scene unfolding before her eyes.

She wasn’t unfamiliar with the Spirit Soldier Break.

Furthermore, she had witnessed Li Jing commanding the Spirit Soldiers to fly these past few days.

She knew of the prowess of the Spirit Soldiers, they were indeed formidable in her eyes.

But, summoning so many at once was beyond terrifying!

The very next second.

The five thousand Spirit Soldiers fired all together, slamming into the flame clouds.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

As the Spirit Soldiers burst simultaneously, the resulting Spirit Qi torrent swept all around, dispersing the flame cloud to nothingness while they were at it.

A coordinated attack carried out by five Great Demons was dismantled just like that.

Yulian was dumbfounded.

Li Jing...

What’s his cultivation level?

With this level of combat power.

Who would believe that he is from the Fifth Boundary?

Seeing the flame clouds disperse, five thousand more Spirit Soldiers manifested behind Li Jing. Yulian went numb.

On the other hand, the evil cultivator who had retreated from a distance was pale as a sheet.

With the secret Evil Way technique, Soul-Burning Beast Control at his disposal, he could easily "create" Fifth Boundary Great Demons.

Logically speaking, the only one in Jianghai who could pose a direct threat to him should be Chen Jing.

However, reality had slapped him in the face.

At this moment, facing Li Jing, he only had one thought.

Where the hell did this monster come from?

Does Jianghai have such a person?

Just as he was in doubt, the five thousand newly formed Spirit Soldiers behind Li Jing were divided into five groups and fired at the five Great Demons who were still retreating, swallowing them in an instant.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

As the Spirit Soldiers exploded and sent shockwaves out, the Great Demons, who had already been battered and bruised, were incessantly whining.

However, this was just the beginning.

Before the aftershocks of the explosion could even fade, five thousand Spirit Soldiers appeared behind Li Jing again and fired simultaneously.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The Big Demons, who had already been severely injured, were swept up in another round of terrifying explosions and shockwaves.

Next, came another wave of five thousand Spirit Soldiers.

Without the slightest chance to catch their breath, the Great Demons were swallowed up once again.

And then came another round.

One round later, another round came.

The Evil Cultivators were watching all of this, forgetting to fight back for a while.

This....

Is this a battle?

It’s simply a slaughter!

Just in the time when the Evil Cultivators were stunned, the eighth round of relentless spirit weapon strikes hit the five Great Demons.

As the Spirit Weapons exploded simultaneously, a prompt sounded in Li Jing’s ears.

"Experience +6096."

"Experience +6155."

"Experience +6047."

"Experience +6078."

"Experience +6111."

Five prompts heralded the demise of the Great Demons.

After killing the five Great Demons, Li Jing glanced at the person lying on the ground due to the damage to his Precious Item, then he looked at the Evil Cultivator who was standing still in the distance, and pulled a spiritual weapon rod from behind him.

No Great Demon was allowed to survive.

As for these two left, they needed to be captured alive.

Especially this Evil Cultivator.

Obviously, he was the one who commanded the Soul-Burning Beast Control.

It was quite challenging for Li Jing to beat him half to death.

The key was that the Evil Cultivator only made one move.

He wasn’t sure how tough the former was and how much force he should use.

To be on the safe side, a direct beat with a rod seemed more reliable.

Seeing Li Jing holding a Spirit Weapon rod in his hand, the Evil Cultivator’s expression sank.

He wasn’t stupid.

Just now, Li Jing didn’t attack him at all. At this moment, taking out a rod clearly indicated that he didn’t want to kill him but to capture him.

To some extent, you could say he was underestimated.

Who dares to say that they would capture someone alive in a life-and-death battle at the Fifth Boundary?

It’s either kill or be killed.

At this stage, who doesn’t have some desperate abilities?

Given the chance, you’d face death!

He glanced at Linglong Tower sheltering Yulian, and the Evil Cultivator snorted coldly. He bit his tongue and exploded a sky-high Evil Energy around his body, making a shield and summoning a grey flying knife with a wave of his hand.

Seeing this, Li Jing narrowed his eyes.

Spirit weapon.

It seemed to be of the second level.

Without giving the Evil Cultivator time to prepare, Li Jing made his move.

"Boom!"

He transformed into Yang Thunder and collided with the Evil Energy shield in an instant.

Upon encountering the utterly Positive and Hard Yang Thunder...

The Evil Energy shield that the Evil Cultivator had activated by biting his tongue felt like it was made of paper and was easily torn apart.

Li Jing rushed to the Evil Cultivator’s face and revealed his figure almost in front of the latter’s nose.

Seeing this, the Evil Cultivator’s face changed again and again. He raised his hand to grab the long knife and was about to slash at him.

But Li Jing was faster.

"Boom!"

A pale white Thunder suddenly appeared, swallowing up the arm of the Evil Cultivator who was holding the long knife.

The Evil Cultivator’s arm stiffened, and he felt an icy coldness attacking his body through his arm, causing his arm to lose sensation.

Water Thunder!?

The Evil Cultivator was taken aback, and promptly used his Evil Energy to shatter the coldness in his body.

Having lost the upper hand, he decisively withdrew.

Could Li Jing let him run away?

Of course not.

They were face-to-face, so how could he let him slip away?

"Whoosh!"

Li Jing’s Spirit Weapon rod whistled through the air and hit the Evil Cultivator on the head.

Stick technique?

Li Jing didn’t know it.

But as someone who had embarked on the path of Body Refining, his strength was great enough.

With a rod on the head, the Evil Cultivator’s vision turned black, and he fell to the ground with a "thud".

In that instant, the only feeling he had was that his head had been hit by a high-speed bullet-head train, almost cracking his skull.

This...

What kind of brute force is this?

Could humans possess such power?

Doubts emerged in the Evil Cultivator’s mind.

Before he could figure it out, Li Jing swung the Spirit Weapon rod in his hand and hit him on the back.

"Crack!"

A crisp sound, and the spine broke.

Before the sound fell, four Spirit Weapon short swords hovered vertically and shot down.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!"

In succession, the Evil Cultivator, whose spine had dreadfully been broken, had his four limbs pinned to the ground by the Spirit Weapon short swords.

"Explode."

The nightmare-like voice sounded.

"Boom boom boom boom!"

The four Spirit Weapon short swords exploded simultaneously, breaking his limb joints on the spot.

All this happened in an instant.

Before the Evil Cultivator had any time to feel the pain, he let out a shocking scream and fainted on the spot.

Just as Li Jing was about to hit him again, seeing him faint, he frowned and withdrew his hand.

This Evil Cultivator was really weak.

So, he was done....

Having limbs and spine severed, for those in the Fifth Boundary, was essentially nothing.

They could grit their teeth and continue to fight.

But this guy, he’d actually fainted from the pain....

Is that Fifth Boundary cultivator not able to tolerate this bit of pain?

But after rethinking it, Li Jing felt relieved.

Evil Cultivators pursue a deviant path in their sword cultivation, famous for their cruelty and fast advancement.

Unlike regular cultivators who follow a set course, progressing step by step.

A regular Fifth Boundary, even one with extraordinary talents, would need at least twenty to thirty years of hard work.

But that’s not the case for Evil Cultivators.

As long as they’re ruthless enough, and don’t die halfway, they can reach the Fifth Boundary in just three to five years.

Their cultivation level is high.

However, their foundations are unstable, their determination is weak, and their experiences are far less than those of regular cultivators. They can’t even talk about having resilience.

Looking at the evil cultivator with severed limbs lying motionless on the ground, not even trying to stop his own bleeding, Li Jing, carrying his Spirit Soldier long staff, approaches the man from the fourth boundary lying on the ground.

This Fourth Boundary man was conscious.

He was just immobile due to the damage to his Precious Item.

As he watched Li Jing effortlessly slaughter the six Great Demons, and then casually knocked out the evil cultivator by breaking his limbs, he felt a chill throughout his body.

Who exactly was this young man....

A patrol officer?

Impossible!

The North City Patrol Branch didn’t have any one from the Fifth Boundary!

Even if they did, their combat power wouldn’t be so crazy!

Seeing Li Jing approach him with the Spirit Soldier staff, the Fourth Boundary man trembled with fear, feeling a warm flow quietly flowing in his crotch.

Seeing this, Li Jing stopped his step.

This Fourth Boundary guy, who looked quite old, had actually wet his pants.

Am I really that scary?

Dismissing the Spirit Soldier staff in his hand, Li Jing waved his hand to call back the Linglong Tower, and looked at Yulian.

"It’s your turn to perform."

"...."

Yulian, who had finally come out from the Linglong Tower, remained silent.

In less than five minutes.

Li Jing had killed six Fifth Boundary Great Demons, and casually knocked out a Fifth Boundary Evil Cultivator.

Strictly speaking.

He didn’t even use a Spirit weapon....

If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would never have believed it.

But the truth was right in front of her, she had to believe it.

Staring blankly at Li Jing dressed in blue, Yulian took a deep breath, walked over, and smiled at the Fourth Boundary man who was scared to pee.

Facing her smile, the Fourth Boundary man, whose face was originally full of fear, suddenly showed a look of fascination.

Yulian turned her head.

"Anything you want to ask, you can ask now."

"Alright."

Li Jing agreed and asked.

"Who are you, and who is the Evil Cultivator with you?"

In response to his two questions, the Fourth Boundary man on the ground made a dull reply.

"My name is Lu Wenhua, from the Lu family. The Evil Cultivator with me is Song Jingyan, a helper that our family head brought over from overseas with a lot of money."

Song Jingyan?

Li Jing turned his head curiously.

That’s a good name, and it’s given quite generously...

Withdrawing his gaze, Li Jing considered the situation.

There were many large and small families in Jianghai City, but they were all business-oriented families like the Meng family. He hadn’t heard of any cultivating families existing among them.

Among the seven great families in the Capital, there was a Lu family.

Adopting a confirmatory attitude, Li Jing asked.

"Is the Lu family one of the seven great families in the capital?"

"Yes."

Lu Wenhua nodded his head.

Getting his response, Li Jing furrowed his eyebrows.

Yulian, who was standing aside, was also slightly taken aback.

This was a sensitive issue, and she had been aware of it beforehand.

But it was really unexpected to have a connection with one of the seven great families in the capital.

"What are the Evil Cultivators that the Lu family brought planning to do?"

Li Jing asked again.

"They planned to use Great Demons to divert Chen Jing, the head of the North City Patrol Branch, and attack Morning Star Prison to create chaos and take advantage of the chaos to rescue someone."

Lu Wenhua responded stiffly.

"Who are they rescuing?"

"I don’t know. The family head didn’t specify."

"Do you have any other help in Jianghai?"

"I don’t know. I was just responsible for contacting Song Jingyan and passing on messages to the family head...."

Before he could finish his sentence, Lu Wenhua’s face twisted in horrible pain. His body stiffened, and he became silent in an instant.

Such a sudden change left Li Jing and Yulian stunned.

Is he dead?

The two looked at each other. Li Jing voiced his question.

"Would your charm kill?"

"I didn’t kill him."

Yulian spoke softly, leaned over to check on Lu Wenhua, and then spoke curiously.

"His spiritual Qi is depleted, and he died as his cultivation disbanded."

Li Jing stayed silent.

How did Lu Wenhua just die from diet of disbanded cultivation out of nowhere?

If the Lu family had left any confidential measures in Lu Wenhua’s body to prevent him from being controlled or charmed, he should have died by now.

A remote annihilation method is even more impossible.

At this moment, they were in the subspace created by the Boundary Stone, completely isolated from the real world.

Others wouldn’t even know what happened to Lu Wenhua, how could they possibly act from afar?

Li Jing looked back doubtfully.

Song Jingyan, who had passed out, lay motionless with no oddities.

Yulian followed suit, frowning immediately afterwards.

"The other person is dead too, no signs of life."

?

Li Jing slowly typed out a question mark.

Song Jingyan is dead too?

Walking over quickly, Li Jing found that Song Jingyan had indeed died and had somehow become a corpse.

What...

What happened?

Looking around the subspace, Li Jing narrowed his eyes.

As the saying goes, there must be a demon if something out of the ordinary happens.

Lu Wenhua and Song Jingyan suddenly died one after the other in the subspace, it didn’t make sense to blame it on the real world.

Raising his hand to manipulate seals, Li Jing chided, "Heavenly Eye, open."

The eye on his brow opened.

Consequently, Li Jing’s gaze was immediately drawn to the spirit weapon sword lying next to Song Jingyan’s body.

Under the observation of the Sky Eye Technique, the sword accumulated a strong evil energy.

Song Jingyan was dead, so how could his spirit weapon accumulate evil energy on its own?

"Linglong!"

With a soft call, the Linglong Tower materialized beside Li Jing.

Without needing his instructions, the Linglong Tower transformed into a golden light shooting towards the sky, then fell down as a hundred-zhang high tower with a loud bang.

"Boom!"

With a loud noise, the whole subspace trembled three times.

Song Jingyan’s corpse was crushed to dust, and his spirit weapon sword was shattered.

As the sword shattered, a transparent body full of blood managed to escape, attempting to run away.

Seeing this, Li Jing’s face grew stern.

There really was something wrong with the sword!

The blood-filled transparent figure was indeed in the shape of Song Jingyan.

Dammit!

He was careless!

Meanwhile, Song Jingyan attempted to escape, but ended up hitting the wall of the Linglong Tower and rebounding back.

Then a plump little hand slapped him down like swatting a fly, and a short leg stomped on his head and exploded it.

"You dare to escape after entering, did you ask your grandma?"

A childish voice rang out as Song Jingyan, who’d become a weird existence through some kind of method, vanished soundlessly.

The bloody transparent figure, as if it had never existed, slowly faded away.

After confirming the man’s complete death with his Heavenly Eye, Li Jing wordlessly stretched out his hand to recall the Linglong Tower and put it away.

Killing Song Jingyan was something he ordered with his thoughts.

But Linglong, the kid, is a bit of a drama queen.

She’s just a little girl, how can she act like a grandma?

Yulian looked at Linglong as she easily managed to attack the now intangible Song Jingyan at the "physical level" and eliminated him in a few moves, she couldn’t help asking.

"Who is the little girl in your spirit weapon...?"

"Spirit Weapon."

Li Jing replied, removing the Boundary Stone and dispersing the energy inside it.

...

As the subspace disappeared, they returned to the real world.

After learning from Li Jing that the little girl in the Linglong Tower was a Spirit Weapon, Yulian didn’t ask more.

The world is full of wonders.

A Spirit Weapon with a cultivation level of the Fifth Boundary isn’t as strange as Li Jing’s incredible combat power.

If she really wanted to ask, she’d probably never finish with her questions.

Seeing that they had returned to the real world, Yulian murmured.

"Is everything done now?"

"For now."

Li Jing replied.

As he spoke, he took out his phone, composed a message, and sent the information he had obtained to Chen Jing.

After a while, Chen Jing replied.

"Let it rest for now. You escort Yulian home first, then come to my office."

Upon seeing the reply, Li Jing put away his phone.

"Let’s go, I’ll take you home."

Yulian hummed in agreement and as they walked towards the exit of the club, she whispered.

"The matter involves the Seven Great Families of the Capital. You should be careful in the future. The Seven Families are not ordinary. If they find out you foiled the Lu family’s plans, they will definitely seek revenge."

"It’s not a big problem, I can handle any fights or plots."

Li Jing said indifferently, glancing at her curiously.

"Do you know about the Seven Great Families?"

"I stayed in the capital for a while before coming to Jianghai and heard a bit about them."

Yulian spoke, then looked over at him.

"You’re very powerful, but don’t underestimate the energy of the Seven Great Families. Each of them has at least a thousand years of development and a profound background. Heed my advice and be more careful in the future."

Hearing this, Li Jing paused for a moment and silently nodded.

He is not one to ignore advice.

Yulian’s claim of having just "heard a bit" about them clearly wasn’t as simple as she made it out to be.

She probably had some contact with one of the Seven Great Families in the Capital, hence her wariness.

...