Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Actually, Ye Yun was more concerned about the residents of Stone Village that he had been living with. He was not that cruel and heartless. He could not bear to see them die.
Still, Ye Yun was shocked and excited by the Shu Shan Sword Method and how it had flipped the tables for him.
Ye Yun arrived at an intense scene where countless people were arguing over the corpse of Suan Ni.
They were so engrossed in proving their point and being right that no one had noticed that Suan Ni’s corpse had moved slightly while it lay by the lake.
No one noticed, except Ye Yun.
Ye Yun was extremely puzzled. “D*mn, Suan Ni isn’t completely dead yet. Could it be that he wants to wait for the humans to end their dispute before suddenly attacking and killing them? Under this situation, the earlier the arguments end, the closer these people are to death.”
Ye Yun continued analyzing the situation and realized that the people closest to Suan Ni’s corpse were the residents of Wolf Village and Stone Village.
The desolate beasts that retreated earlier had returned. They could sense that Suan Ni’s Qi flow had dissipated and they were no longer afraid, especially of wiping out the human race.
So now, the human race appeared to be in a stalemate with the desolate beasts. Fortunately, the people of Wolf Village and the desolate Stone Village were on guard.
But there was the issue with Suan Ni faking its own death too.
Ye Yun noticed Shi Hao behaving strangely. The boy had noticed something amiss about Suan Ni’s body and probably had the same suspicion as Ye Yun about the corpse. Since he was on-site, Shi Hao must have noticed some clues too.
Shi Hao was indeed a cultivation prodigy to be able to observe such details. No one else besides the future Desolate Heaven Emperor could do this.
The air suddenly split and an arrow shot towards Shi Hao.
The people of Wolf Village wanted to get rid of Shi Hao!
And their actions obviously triggered the Stone Village cultivators to spring into action.
The desolate beasts saw the change in the humans’ behavior and decided to watch the situation unfold first.
“How detestable! They are deliberately bullying us, aren’t they? How could they shoot arrows at a four-year-old child?” Huang Feijiao gritted his teeth as he gripped his saber and walked towards the person who shot the arrow.
Stone Village and Wolf Village started to fight each other. Soon, the desolate beasts decided to join in too. The lakeside turned chaotic as everyone became caught up in the battle. Everyone except the owner of a pair of dark green eyes lurking in the darkness.
It was the guardian spirit of Wolf Village. It was waiting for an opportunity to attack. When the time was ripe, he would retrieve Suan Ni’s body. Even though everyone in Wolf Village worshiped him every day, it was almost instinct for any stronger being in this world to prey on the weak. Suan Ni’s corpse was right before it, so how could the guardian spirit pass up such an opportunity?
But getting Suan Ni’s blood essence was its personal mission. The guardian spirit still had to help Wolf Village get rid of Shi Hao who had been deemed as a potential threat due to the strange runic Qi flow around him.
Ye Yun, on the other hand, had also noticed the Wolf Village’s guardian spirit nearby through his Clairvoyance.
With this ability activated, nothing went unnoticed by Ye Yun.
It was a pity that his physical body was very far from here so he couldn’t give any pointers to anyone. All he could do was remain in the shadows, like the Wolf Village’s guardian spirit.
But Ye Yun was ready to make his move, if necessary. If the Wolf Village’s guardian spirit attacks Shi Hao, Ye Yun would swoop in with his newly-acquired Shu Shan Sword Method and let the guardian spirit know that it had messed with the wrong person.
Moreover, Ye Yun had the Breath Concealing Technique so no one would be able to sense his presence. He might even be able to trigger a mission by the system!
The last mission he had been given was related to helping others. So if he made his intention to help again clear this time, would he be able to get the system to give him a new mission with some good rewards?
If what he hoped for happened, he might have just unlocked the way to take advantage of the system and upgrade himself!
After all, the previous mission’s reward helped him go from the Sprout to Growth stage.
Ye Yun activated the Art of Nine Revolutions Essence as he thought of the matter.
By the lake, Suan Ni was indeed pretending to be dead just as Shi Hao and Ye Yun suspected. He wanted to deceive everyone to lower their guard around him, then when he was on his last breath, launch a surprise attack.
Back at Stone Village, those who had remained – the elderly, weak, women, and children were still waiting for the cultivators’ return. Despite the descent of the night, the remaining villagers were still waiting by the willow tree, not able to sleep until they knew that their loved ones were safely home.
Unfortunately, some of the people they had been waiting for were already injured.
The cultivators from Wolf Village had sent out a pack of wolves with magical treasures while shooting arrows and attacking from afar, giving no way for those of Stone Village to dodge. Some of the latter had been bitten by the wolves while some others had been pierced by arrows.
Shi Hao was also starting to get exhausted after fending off the multiple attacks with the power of his runes. And he was not without injuries either.
One of his fair and tender arms was covered with a long gashing wound that made his flesh look like a bloody mess. Despite his counterattacks, he did not kill anyone. He simply restrained the enemy or defended himself by deflecting incoming attacks.
Today’s incident had unfolded too unexpectedly which put them at a disadvantage. Eventually, everyone from Stone Village had been covered in wounds and Shi Hao realized that he had no choice left but to start killing.
The bright moonlight shone down on the battlefield as a figure with a fair and innocent face attacked his enemies. Despite how well the moonlight illuminated his movements, there was not a hint of expression on Shi Hao’s face as he watched his enemies fall before him.
He moved with an unwavering heart, determined to take out all the enemies. Seeing his companions injured and killed had finally made him understand only the fittest survived in this world.
If someone bullied him, he would not simply sit back!
The number of people killed by Shi Hao kept increasing. Although he was only a weak-looking four-year-old child who stood half a meter tall, the energy flowing within his body was beyond measure!
Witnessing the deaths of his people made him sorrowful.
He stopped attacking and started to pray to the willow tree guardian spirit to appear and help his people and prevent any more of them from getting injured.
However, the moment Shi Hao let his guard down, the Wolf Village’s guardian spirit attacked him from behind, intending to finish off the child in one move.
Ye Yun’s eyes narrowed as he immediately activated the Shu Shan Sword Method.
Swoosh! The sword Qi surged like the wild wind as it burst forth from the grass and swept across the land with a ferocious sharpness.
As it flew to its enemy, the sword Qi condensed and transformed into a sword, shooting straight across the sky, leaving behind a whirlwind in its wake.
Like a real sword, the condensed sword Qi gleamed with a bright and pure light that radiated a cold and murderous aura. It moved at an unstoppable momentum and upon closer look, one might just be able to see the sword Qi surrounded by strands of a dense mist of green light and blood Qi that would be difficult to notice otherwise..