Chapter 98: Be Cautious as a Mouse in Handling Matters, Be Ruthless as a Wolf in Heart

“Die!”

A fierce shout rang out, the sword's momentum exploding violently with the sound.

Raging sword qi intertwined and slashed across, Shi Nan could only watch helplessly as his body kept separating from itself.

First the right hand, then the left foot, then his head...

Desperate and fatal, the momentum did not diminish.

In the blink of an eye, Shi Nan was turned into a pile of broken stones by the pervasive sword qi.

At this moment, Ning Xiu showed no signs of slackening; instead, his spirit was highly focused, sensing the appearance of every broken stone before him and distinguishing the sounds of each being struck by the sword qi.

Without locating the original name of the strange, no matter how many times they killed them, it would be futile.

Compared to the white-clothed and the faceless, Shi Nan was obviously much harder to deal with.

He was composed entirely of stone blocks, each looking identical, like finding a drop of water in the ocean was exceedingly difficult.

Yet Ning Xiu succeeded!

Ning Xiu stimulated his forehead ancestor orifice, trying to connect with heaven and earth, his perception suddenly becoming exceptionally sharp.

Everything before him appeared as slow motion in his eyes; he could even discern the trajectory of each stone block falling and the intricate patterns upon it.

“Found it!”

Ning Xiu's eyes lit up, the sword in his hand slightly lifting.

Sword light flared, pure and condensed.

At this moment, Shi Nan seemed to sense the danger.

A roar suddenly echoed across the heavens and earth.

In that instant, the entire mountain trembled violently.

Surrounding mud and gravel erupted, shooting towards Ning Xiu like a powerful bow and crossbow, killing intent rampant.

Facing such dense attacks, it was impossible to evade all of them, and Ning Xiu had no intention of fleeing. From the opponent's fierce reaction, Ning Xiu knew his guess was correct.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

A series of clashing sounds of metal and stone rang out continuously, like a violent storm.

Yet Ning Xiu's speed only increased, the long sword advancing forward without pause.

In this critical juncture of life and death, both sides withheld nothing, almost simultaneously unleashing their ultimate techniques!

Stone blocks surged towards Ning Xiu like waves, obscuring the sky and sun.

The sword in Ning Xiu's hand thrust forward, unstoppable!

The sword light that pierced into the stone wave first trembled, then began to shake violently.

But the hand gripping the sword was already steady.

The sword light gradually stabilized, firm as before, piercing through the stone wave and directly striking the small, inconspicuous stone at the back.

How was this possible?

It couldn't be!

At this time, Shi Nan's body was basically restored. Ning Xiu's long sword had precisely pierced his brow, and that stone surface began to show a crack.

Soon the cracks spread like a spiderweb, spreading endlessly, looking like it would shatter completely.

Shi Nan's ferocious face suddenly roared in rage.

“Since you wish to die, then we shall die together!”

Boom!

A terrifying energy fluctuation erupted from Shi Nan's body.

Ning Xiu's face finally changed color; he hadn't expected such a situation. For strange matters, information was indeed too scarce.

The light was dazzling, shooting straight into the clouds.

Then a violent explosion, and that terrifying energy fluctuation was completely released in an instant.

The entire mountain peak was instantly blown into a massive crater, the circular shockwave sweeping away all trees within a hundred meters in a moment.

After the big explosion, within a hundred meters, not a blade of grass remained.

Only a huge golden bell phantom stood tall in the world, unmoving.

The phantom gradually faded.

Ning Xiu stood at the center of the deep pit, hands gripping the sword hilt, barely holding his body upright.

The previous commotion was too great; this place was unsuitable for lingering.

This was Ning Xiu's first thought that came to mind.

He sheathed his sword and walked forward.

Drip, drop, drop...

Thick red blood flowed down his arm, dripping to the ground.

...

I don't know how much time had passed, someone suddenly appeared here.

It was the black-clothed catcher from the Six Doors.

He gazed at the broken stones everywhere on the ground and the bloodstains that were shocking to behold, his expression also changing slightly.

“It was actually possible to kill the Ghost Alliance's Shi Man. It seems the intelligence was wrong. Did we think wrong from the start? This person is not an ordinary human at all, but someone from another family who entered the Lingnan borders, trying to fish in the murky waters?”

“Sounds right. The path of the Great Qi martial way has long been severed; if it were that easy to breakthrough, how would humans have fallen to such a state.”

He lowered his head to look at his own chest, his fist unconsciously tightening, his face suddenly becoming ferocious and terrifying, but quickly returning to normal.

He slowly followed the bloodstains on the ground forward.

...

Lingnan Commandery, Six Doors.

That deep and profound grand hall remained.

The gloomy man dressed in the black fish-dragon robe appeared in the grand hall.

“Cold Hawk, according to your judgment, this person is not an ordinary human but from a family. More likely, it was people from other families who sent someone over, their purpose being to stir the stagnant waters of Lingnan Commandery?”

“Everywhere they hunt the strange ones, just to provoke friction between our imperial court and the Ghost Alliance? It's not without possibility.”

The voice came from above the grand hall.

Cold Hawk bowed respectfully: “Killing Shi Man is conclusive evidence, because even those who reach the so-called supreme realm in the eyes of mortals could not possibly survive such an explosion with their physical bodies. And this is also a message informing the Ghost Alliance that this matter is definitely not the work of ordinary people.”

“Since it's not done by mortals, then it must be us.”

The person above the grand hall chuckled lightly.

“If my memory serves me right, the Shi Man from the Ghost Alliance should have already fully completed the transformation into a mortal, and the self-explosion triggered from such close range, even you would have trouble surviving. Even if you miraculously survived, your origin would have suffered heavy injury.”

“According to what you said, this person not only reacted decisively and endured the injury to immediately leave, but also set up a trap to mislead the trackers to the wrong direction.”

“Hehe, combining his recent actions. This person handles matters cautiously like a mouse, and has a heart as ruthless as a wolf. When has such a terrifying figure appeared in the family?”

“Alright, if there's nothing else, go down.”

“Also, it's time to rein in the Ghost Alliance a bit; letting them kill so wantonly like this, we would all be doomed. Furthermore, the Six Doors should recruit a new batch of people. This matter is entrusted to you to handle.”

“So, do we still need to continue pursuing that person?” Cold Hawk hesitated for a moment, then asked.

“No need, I will explain it myself to the old man Qi at the Ghost Alliance. Whoever it is, as long as they come into my Lingnan territory, whether dragon or tiger, I will control them.”

“Yes, sir!” Cold Hawk bowed and withdrew.