Chapter 147: Consecutive Slaying

They clearly still believed that Tao Bingjun was the leader of the Purple Wind Building. When Qi Mengyu said she was from the Purple Wind Building, they assumed she was one of Tao Bingjun’s subordinates.

Zhang Zhiyang licked his lips. He said with a hint of envy, “Tao Bingjun is quite the lucky bastard. Does the Purple Wind Building really have so many beauties?”

Gao Shuxue nodded slightly. “It looks like we really should have checked out the Purple Wind Building sooner. The quality of these beauties is much better than ours.”

Zhang Zhiyang suddenly looked at Qi Mengyu and asked, “Hey, beautiful, be honest. Did that Tao Bingjun touch you? Don’t worry, I wouldn’t mind even if he did, haha…”

Before he could finish, Gong Xiao moved. She immediately unleashed “Thorn Volley” combined with “Venom Fire.”

A dozen spikes, burning with green flames, shot out, whistling through the air, and instantly reached Zhang Zhiyang.

Zhang Zhiyang was a Level 6 Spiritual Source Wielder, but he never expected these people to actually attack, especially since he was mainly guarding against Su Li and Ding Longyun. He hadn’t been wary of Gong Xiao and the two women.

He took the full brunt of the attack. With a scream, he barely managed to evade the two spikes aimed at his face, but the other dozen spikes pierced his chest and abdomen.

The moment the spikes embedded themselves in his body, the Venom Fire began to burn internally. The pain was unimaginable. Zhang Zhiyang let out a shrill shriek. His first reaction was to grab his chest and abdomen. When he did, he tore off large patches of his clothing and flesh. Blood flowed profusely from his chest and abdomen, where several coin-sized bloody holes had been burned. The holes were still expanding—a ghastly sight.

Gong Xiao’s decisive first strike severely wounded Zhang Zhiyang. She then slightly tilted her head, looked at Qi Mengyu, and said calmly, “There’s no need to waste words on people like him.”

Qi Mengyu’s face was flushed with shame.

“You damned bitch! You’re looking for death—” The men on the raft were shocked and enraged. One of them rushed to help Zhang Zhiyang. The other four immediately leaped toward Su Li’s gigantic raft.

The skinny, tall man with the machete, another Level 6 Wielder, moved without a word. He instantly landed in front of Ding Longyun and swung his machete in a cleaving motion aimed at Ding Longyun’s waist.

He was another Level 6 Spiritual Source Wielder.

His attack was fast and vicious. He was clearly a formidable fighter.

He intended to kill Ding Longyun first, then deal with Su Li. The remaining three women were obviously more valuable alive.

The skinny man attacked Ding Longyun. The other two men, both Level 5 Spiritual Source Wielders, leaped onto the raft and lunged at Su Li, intending to kill him together.

Su Li sighed faintly, almost inaudibly. He didn’t want to kill anyone.

But he had no choice…

The hilt of the Dragon Rhino Sword appeared on his chest. He gripped the hilt, and a beam of prismatic light shot out. It moved with the speed of thunder and lightning. The two men who had lunged at him only saw a flash before their eyes. Before they could understand what happened, the world tilted sideways. Their upper bodies were slowly sliding off.

With a single strike, Su Li had sliced the two men from left to right at a 45-degree angle, starting from the shoulder of the man on the left and ending at the thigh of the man on the right. Their bodies were completely severed.

“Ah—”

The moment they realized what happened, they let out earth-shattering screams. But it was too late. Their severed upper bodies crashed into the water in front of the raft, while their lower bodies collapsed onto the raft, the flowing blood instantly staining the wood red.

Two Spiritual Sources appeared. A message surfaced in Su Li’s mind.

“Level 6 Spiritual Source Wielder: Spiritual Source 14/90”

He was slightly surprised. Killing these Spiritual Source Wielders, who were one level lower than him, still yielded one Spiritual Source each.

With a single sword slash, he had killed two Level 5 Spiritual Source Wielders. Gao Shuxue, standing on the 31st-floor balcony, instantly froze. The short man beside him instinctively shivered.

Ding Longyun let out a roar, swinging his steel rod to block the machete of the skinny man who attacked him.

Gong Xiao leaped onto the raft filled with supplies, which was moored next to them.

Zhang Zhiyang, who was hit by her Thorn Volley, was now being tended to by the other man. This man extended his hand, and a faint green light shone from his palm, enveloping Zhang Zhiyang’s chest wound. Under the light’s influence, the wound was healing at a visible rate.

Clearly, this man’s special ability was healing-related.

Gong Xiao clapped her hands again, launching another volley of spikes coated with “Venom Fire.”

Zhang Zhiyang roared in fury. His eyes widened. He spread his arms. Two bone blades split from his forearms. He hated Gong Xiao and lunged toward her.

Su Li took a large step. Afterimages of legs appeared around his body. “Spider Walk” activated. He shot out and appeared right in front of Zhang Zhiyang.

Zhang Zhiyang’s bone blades shot out. Su Li blocked with his left arm.

He activated “Silver Armor Coating.” A layer of silver material instantly covered the skin of his left arm. Zhang Zhiyang’s bone blade struck the silver armor.

Although the silver armor only lasted for one second before vanishing, that second was enough. Su Li’s Dragon Rhino Sword shot out from below, slicing Zhang Zhiyang’s body in half.

Zhang Zhiyang had no time to scream. His body, severed in two, fell to either side. Su Li continued to move like lightning, leaping toward the 30th floor of the building and charging up to the 31st-floor balcony.

A Spiritual Source flew from Zhang Zhiyang’s severed corpse and merged into Su Li’s forehead.

“Level 6 Spiritual Source Wielder: Spiritual Source 16/90”

Slaying the Level 6 Spiritual Source Wielder yielded him two Spiritual Sources.

Gong Xiao, on the other raft, was fighting the man who had just tried to heal Zhang Zhiyang.

This man was a Level 5 Spiritual Source Wielder. His ability was healing-related, not combat. How could he be a match for Gong Xiao?

He barely managed to avoid the dozen spikes Gong Xiao launched. Gong Xiao immediately threw her military dagger, which pierced the man’s body.

He shrieked in pain. Gong Xiao clapped her hands again, shooting another dozen spikes.

The spikes plunged into the man’s face. The terrifying Venom Fire ignited in his skull.

The pain was unimaginable. His mouth gaped open, but no scream escaped. Flames erupted from the bloody holes on his face. He tumbled backward. The venom fire had reached his brain. He was clearly dead.

In just a short time, four men had been killed consecutively. Only Gao Shuxue on the 31st-floor balcony and the skinny man fighting Ding Longyun remained.

The skinny man gasped, fear in his eyes. He suddenly opened his mouth, and his long, elastic tongue shot out. The tip bore three sharp bone spurs—his special ability.

Ding Longyun was caught off guard. Bone spurs pierced his chest, and he let out a muffled groan.

The bone spurs contained a muscle-paralyzing venom. Once struck, the muscles would slowly paralyze, and the victim would lose feeling in their body. It would take at least several hours to recover.

Ding Longyun was struck in the chest and immediately felt his pectoral muscles begin to paralyze, the effect spreading outward from the wound.

The skinny man, seeing Gong Xiao rushing toward him, knew his chance was gone. His tongue attack was a surprise tactic. Once the opponent knew his ability, it would be hard to strike them again.

He abandoned attacking Ding Longyun, retreated, and jumped into the water.

He realized the situation was hopeless. Su Li’s continuous slaying had shocked him. Such skill filled him with terror. He swam quickly away, intending to flee the area.

A flash of white light shot out. The man, desperately swimming, felt something was wrong. He lifted his head out of the water, trying to see, when he saw the white light speeding toward his face.

He was a Level 6 Spiritual Source Wielder, a veteran of many battles. In that life-and-death moment, he instinctively jerked his head back, narrowly avoiding the attack. The white light flew past his nose.

He was about to sigh in relief when the passing white light suddenly arced back and exploded right in front of his face.

With a thunderous “BOOM,” the explosive force was astonishing. A giant wave, several feet high, surged up. Before the skinny man could figure out what happened, he was blasted apart. His upper body was completely annihilated, leaving only his bloody legs recognizable.

Ding Longyun’s “Air Missile” had been greatly enhanced after he reached Level 6.

Ding Longyun’s face showed satisfaction after killing the skinny man. But then, the paralysis from the bone spurs set in, freezing his smile. He tumbled backward.

On the 31st-floor balcony, Su Li’s figure shot up like lightning. He scaled the wall in two swift strides and vaulted onto the balcony.

This rapid sequence of events was astonishing. From the moment Su Li attacked, slaying three men consecutively, to his vaulting onto the balcony—it all took less than ten seconds.

Gao Shuxue had just leaped onto the balcony, preparing to jump onto the raft and help Zhang Zhiyang and the skinny man, but Su Li’s ruthless speed stunned him. His heart violently shook, and a strong sense of hesitation immediately gripped him.

(End of Chapter)