Chapter 86: Kill!
The night grew deeper.
Pan Zhengyang hugged his saber and slept on the ground, not caring if anyone escaped.
It wasn’t confidence that the other side wouldn’t leave, but rather that the qi momentum of his saber had drawn a circle around the area; he could sense any living creature entering or exiting.
Entering was easy, but the moment one tried to leave, he would open his eyes, draw his saber, and chop them down!
Just as he thought that, he suddenly opened his eyes and suspiciously looked toward the gate outside.
Through his qi momentum sense, he could detect something stepping over his saber qi circle, entering through the gate, and quickly approaching this place.
“Director Pan!”
With a vigorous shout full of energy, nearly twenty people filed in one after another, led by the two deputy directors of the Disinfection Bureau.
“Old Xiao? Old He?”
Pan Zhengyang snorted coldly, irritably saying, “What are you two doing here? Weren’t you ‘annihilating’ demonic creatures in the county?”
Old Xiao laughed heartily: “Director Pan is guarding the Ren Family alone; how could we not come help out? We’ve abandoned the dark for the light, abandoned the dark for the light!”
“Tch.”
Pan Zhengyang clicked his tongue, “The kid’s grown up and now you come to nurse him? Where the hell were you earlier! Damn it…”
His words cut off; he thought for a moment, then glared at these people, “Since that’s the case, you all stand guard in my place!”
Now wasn’t the time to discuss this; after the Ren Family matter was settled, he would settle accounts with them.
As for why these people came, it was definitely because Li Ye had arrived in the county, and his actions had reached their ears—or perhaps they had simply been beaten into submission and obediently came to help.
“That’s only right; we’re here to stand guard.”
Old He nodded, then suddenly shouted, “Ren Changtian! Come out!”
The shout carried a peculiar shrill whistle; soon there was movement from behind the hall. Ren Changtian, no longer showing his previous decrepit state, swiftly moved with lightness skill, staring in shock at the two deputy directors and the two disinfection squads.
“You all…”
His trembling hand pointed at them, his pupils contracting, “At a time like this…”
“That’s right, exactly at a time like this—we have no choice!” Old Xiao nodded.
Their current positions were all gathered behind Pan Zhengyang, seemingly all standing on the side of this Disinfection Bureau Chief.
Ren Changtian gripped the head of his cane tightly, his face full of disbelief, his eyes carrying sinister and a trace of resolve.
“What’s this? You want to rebel?”
Seeing this, Pan Zhengyang grinned, “Let me tell you, I’ve got your Ren Family pinned down. In this fight, it’s either you die or you die! No room for mercy!”
Ren Changtian sighed with a low head, “At this point, indeed there’s no room at all…”
“Director Pan.”
At this moment, the voices of the two deputy directors rang out from behind.
Pan Zhengyang turned his head, about to look back.
“Roar!!!”
An extremely irritable howl turned into Thunder Sound, shocking the Ren Family grounds; the power of the roar even shook the hall.
Accompanying the roar was Li Ye’s shout.
“Director Pan, kill the old one!”
Zing!
Without another word, upon hearing Li Ye’s voice, a red glow burst around him, slashing out a chaotic blade light straight toward the Ren Changtian in front of him.
The blade light clashed with the sword blade revealed after the cane exploded.
At this moment, Ren Changtian held a forward thrusting stance, his sword-gripping hand steady as a vice; the sword blade and saber glow erupted in a circle of qi waves.
Bang!
Li Ye leaped up from the motorcycle at this moment, his aura spreading like a dragon’s whiskers; the qi waves rippling from his feet made him shoot into the Ren Family hall like a jet, weaving and drifting like a Swimming Dragon the instant he charged in, his five fingers forming claws, reaching straight for those skins that had shed their head coverings, revealing their true forms as Skin-Peeling Demons.
Sizzle sizzle sizzle!
Li Ye clawed one by one; after probing into their heads, their chests were also stirred into holes, a sweep of his legs waist-cutting the Skin-Peeling Demons; in an instant, fragments of nearly twenty Skin-Peeling Demons flew about as Li Ye charged straight toward Ren Changtian in front of Pan Zhengyang.
Boom!!
At this moment, the qi waves from the two men’s weapons clashing fully dispersed, blowing Li Ye upward; he stepped several times in the air to steady his swaying form, then landed on the ground, standing together with Pan Zhengyang, who had retreated several steps before steadying himself.
He straightened his slightly disheveled clothes, looking down at the cuts on his chest and waist, narrowing his eyes slightly.
The opposing Ren Changtian flew back, landing on a wooden platform behind.
“Skin-Peeling Demons!”
Pan Zhengyang stared at the surrounding fragments, his face ashen.
“Ren Changtian!”
The Ghost Head Saber pointed straight at him as Pan Zhengyang roared in fury: “You really want to rebel!!”
“This old man has never had such thoughts.”
Ren Changtian flicked a sword flower, refusing to admit it, “I don’t know where these Skin-Peeling Demons came from; perhaps this old man was also harmed by them.”
He looked toward Li Ye beside Pan Zhengyang, lingering a few extra glances on the broken clothes at those spots, “This young friend looks unfamiliar; I haven’t seen you before.”
“I’ve heard all about you, though.”
Li Ye laughed, “All the large and small industries in Ningjiang City chant your family’s name; it took me quite some time.”
Ren Changtian was stunned, then realized, “So that’s it; no wonder Pan Zhengyang personally came to seal it off—he’s betting on you. The Skin-Peeling Demons were found by you, right?”
“Is this interesting, Ren Changtian!”
Pan Zhengyang angrily said, “We’ve already started fighting, so no more hiding! Today, your whole family is done for!”
“Caution and prudence is this old man’s way of handling things.”
Ren Changtian slashed with his cane sword, “But you’re right; since we’ve started, we must decide a winner. The Ren Family will annihilate the Disinfection Bureau infiltrated by Skin-Peeling Demons in Ningjiang City. As for evidence…”
He glanced at the surrounding Skin-Peeling Demon fragments, “It’s everywhere.”
Just as his words fell, a group of people somewhat resembling Ren Changtian jumped out around the hall, while more footsteps sounded; unbeknownst at some point, another batch of Skin-Peeling Demons had gathered around, and behind the Skin-Peeling Demons were some humanoid monsters with human skins haphazardly pieced together into barely human shapes, hunched over with sharp teeth and claws.
Human Skin Slaves.
Unlike before, these Skin-Peeling Demons seemed to have consciousness, densely surrounding them together with the Human Skin Slaves, but not harming the Ren Family people.
Pan Zhengyang clicked his tongue, looking at Li Ye, “I’ll kill the old one; the rest are yours. Got confidence?”
“Ha!”
Li Ye twisted his neck, “I could handle it even before you arrived!”
“Arrogant!”
Ren Fusen, the second oldest in the Ren Family, coldly said, “You’ll soon become food for the Skin-Peeling Demons!”
“And our cultivation!” Ren Caihua, the third oldest, shrieked shrilly.
“That actually reminds me…”
Li Ye pulled out an Essence Blood Pearl from his pocket and casually tossed it toward one person.
The receiver was a younger member of the Ren Family, who paused upon seeing it was an Essence Blood Pearl.
“That’s your great uncle’s incarnation.”
Li Ye’s words left him even more dazed on the spot.
“Xing’er!”
Upon hearing this, Ren Changtian’s hair stood on end; just as he was about to step forward, Pan Zhengyang slashed with a saber, his body closing in, the red saber glow cutting through a large section of wall behind, forcing Ren Changtian straight back and leaving space for Li Ye.
“One, two, three—eight, nine, ten.”
Li Ye scanned around, counting casually, “Ten living people: three in Second Realm, the rest in Dragon Gate. With so few, I suggest you concentrate your combat power together—nine people, no, all the Skin-Peeling Demons are here, so make ten pearls; the strongest among you fights me, then gets killed by me for a family reunion.”
“After all, I don’t have time to waste with you. After finishing you, I need to find that thing—it’s coming, I know; that pearl hasn’t moved.”
These words made the three Ren Family elders’ faces change.
“Attack!”
Thud!
As soon as Second Brother Ren Fu’s words fell, Li Ye rippled qi from his feet, charging like a cannon in a leap overhead; his hands in armored gloves reached straight out, gripping Ren Fu’s shoulders and tearing.
White Tiger Leaps Over the Stream, splitting the heavenly gate!
Rip!!
Ren Fu was directly split in two; the tear was even a smooth cut—better to say it was forcibly ripped open.
Bang!
The two halves of the body were smashed toward those Skin-Peeling Demons and Human Skin Slaves; Li Ye moved in the air, his feet kicking wildly as he plunged straight into the demonic creature group; whether hands or feet, each grab and probe, each kick and flick brought fierce qi force.
Either torn to shreds here, or probed into holes; a kick from his leg armor waist-cut and flung them broken, a flick exploded chests and heads.
Like a dragon wantonly rolling in the sea.
Swimming Dragon coils the imperial banner, rolling wind and clouds!
Whether people or demons, none could withstand a single exchange against Li Ye’s weaving and rolling; they merely became mangled things splattering to the ground.
It wasn’t that they didn’t hit him; it was just that before that Vajra Pass with gates open defense, slicing his clothes was already impressive.
Their attacks instead created more openings, letting Li Ye attack freely.
Ren Family Third Brother was clawed by Li Ye into a heart hole, pierced clean through and died. Ren Family Fourth was kicked by Li Ye with his head exploding.
Several who seemed around Li Ye’s age or a bit older were effortlessly torn to shreds, kicked in half.
Swimming Dragon stirs the sea, raising wind and waves; Li Ye rolled a few circles in these waves, and the demonic creatures and people that had filled the hall now all lay covering the ground, with only a few Skin-Peeling Demons surviving.
They didn’t run; after Li Ye stopped, they pounced even more ferociously.
Bang!
Li Ye swept a horizontal kick like a crescent moon, slicing open these few Skin-Peeling Demons’ bodies, then stomped forward, crushing the head of the Skin-Peeling Demon in front.
Corpses littered the ground, with only him standing proudly!
No, there was still one…
Li Ye shook his hands, walking straight toward that Ren Family younger member who had received his great uncle’s incarnation, who didn’t know if from fright or fear of death, didn’t dare to act.
“Do you know where the head of these Skin-Peeling Demons is? That Yaksa one.” Li Ye asked.
The Ren Family younger member instinctively shook his head.
Bang!
Li Ye punched his head exploding, letting the Essence Blood Pearl roll to the ground; he lifted his foot to step on it, crushing the pearl into a pool of blood.
“Either up or down…”
Li Ye scanned around, “The place isn’t that big; you can’t run!”
This place didn’t even need asking; the pearl’s guidance had stopped, and the Skin-Peeling Demons had all arrived here.
That Yaksa was right here!
Just find it!
Sorry for the delay; one million words today.
