"Kid, I'll let you die knowing why. These two are the prized students of Master Leo, a fourth-tier alchemist from the Jianma Empire—Young Master Galle and Miss Mokley, genius alchemists! In your next life, remember to open your eyes wide and figure out who you can offend and who you can't!"
Hearing Hun Changqing's question, a burly man, as large as a small mountain, stepped forward, letting out a wild, unrestrained laugh.
Thick eyebrows, large eyes, dark skin, and massive limbs created a striking visual impact.
The mercenaries around them also burst into laughter, looking at Hun Changqing and Hai Bodong, who were surrounded, as if they were two corpses.
Their eyes were filled with mockery; years of mercenary life had twisted their minds, and they enjoyed watching their prey struggle before death.
The aura of hundreds of people surged and swelled, their battle qi rising, countless chaotic battle qi intertwined in the air, the energy of heaven and earth was greatly disturbed and unstable, and the entire street trembled slightly.
As countless battle qi intertwined and rose, people's vision became slightly distorted and blurred, and hundreds of pressures locked onto Hun Changqing and his companion.
Looking at the colorful battle qi and the mercenaries with mocking expressions, Hun Changqing curled his lip.
"Boring, Hai Bodong, deal with them, I'll wait for you at the city gate."
After throwing down these words, before anyone could react, Hun Changqing stepped into the air, as if there was an invisible staircase in front of him, slowly walking towards the sky, his black robe fluttering in the wind, making everyone feel that the scene before them was like a nightmare in the dark night.
"Gulp..."
At this moment, the scene was silent, with only a few sounds of swallowing saliva.
"Void...Void Stepping...No wings?!"
"A...A Dou Zong expert!"
"Is...is this true?"
"So, we came here to find a Dou Zong expert?!"
...
At this moment, everyone's hearts were shrouded in fear and despair. The burly man was covered in cold sweat, wanting to say something, but his throat was blocked, and he couldn't utter a sound.
The two alchemists were also terrified and collapsed to the ground, trembling and muttering,
"Dou...Dou Zong?! Hai Bodong...The Ice Emperor?"
The handsome man's face was filled with disbelief. He seemed to finally realize that he might have really kicked a hornet's nest this time, no, a rock-solid one!
The young girl was already pale with fright, kneeling on the ground, trembling uncontrollably, and a foul smell emanated from her lower body.
Hun Changqing had already stepped into the void and slowly left, leaving only an old man with white hair.
The burly man who had spoken earlier, suppressing his fear, stammered,
"M-Sir, I was blind and didn't recognize you..."
However, before he could finish, he met the old man's eyes, which gleamed with excitement.
No one knew how frustrated and powerless Hai Bodong had been these past few days.
He was inexplicably left at home when someone broke in, stole his years of hard work, and nearly killed him. Now he was being forced to follow him to that eerie canyon, his fate uncertain.
Hai Bodong's heart was already filled with rage. He dared not resist Hun Changqing because he was too strong, but the sudden appearance of this group allowed him to vent his anger. If it weren't for Hun Changqing's silence, he would have already attacked!
Now that Hun Changqing was telling him to handle things, how could he listen to the burly man's nonsense! His aura, that of a peak Dou Ling, erupted without reservation.
As his Dou Qi surged, the temperature plummeted, and a thin layer of frost appeared around the shop.
Suddenly, a chilling white mist filled the air, enveloping everyone present, plunging them into a blinding whiteness.
Hai Bodong opened and closed his palms, condensing countless tiny ice threads. With a flick of his wrists, the ice threads shot skyward, shimmering with a faint blue light, and swept towards the mercenaries.
"Ah..."
"No..."
"Captain...save me!"
"Someone help me!"
The countless ice threads were like the sharpest blades in the world. Wherever they sliced, blood splattered, limbs flew, and heads were severed.
With each flash of blue light, a mercenary's life was reaped. In an instant, the entire street was filled with desperate screams and wails, blood staining the street crimson, severed limbs scattered in every corner.
"Roar!" "
Rock Shield Wall!"
At this moment, the burly man who had been struggling to resist the entanglement of the ice threads suddenly let out a deafening roar.
Yellow battle aura instantly enveloped him, and the surrounding rocks rapidly coalesced, quickly forming a rock wall to block the ice threads, sharper than blades.
For a moment, the ice threads were unable to break through the rock wall's defense. Seeing this, the burly man was overjoyed, increasing the injection of battle aura and slowly moving backward, clearly intending to escape.
However, Hai Bodong, with his crystal-clear vision within the white mist, saw everything clearly. He sneered inwardly and formed a hand seal.
"Mystic Ice Blade!"
As soon as Hai Bodong finished speaking, countless ice threads gathered around him, combining and intertwining to finally solidify into a beautifully crafted short blade, emanating a chilling aura. With a
"whoosh,"
a sound of air being torn apart rang out, and the ice blade shot towards the retreating burly man with incomprehensible speed.
The ice blade was so fast that it left afterimages, tearing through the air and unleashing a series of buzzing sounds.
In the blink of an eye, the ice blade was already in front of the burly man. His pupils contracted sharply, his eyes filled with madness. He mobilized all his battle qi, using the rock wall as a shield to try and block the ice blade.
However...
"Whoosh!"
The rock wall was pierced by the ice blade like tofu, and the burly man behind the wall could not escape its attack.
With a whoosh
and a thunderous boom
, a flash of blue light appeared, and the burly man's head, splattered with blood, shot skyward. His eyes were wide open, filled with disbelief, as if he couldn't believe he was dead.
Houses within hundreds of meters behind him were also cleanly severed by the ice blade, collapsing with a deafening roar. The broken surfaces were smooth as mirrors.
...
Gradually, the white mist dissipated, revealing a scene of utter carnage on the street. Blood-stained frost covered the streets, and the thick stench of blood lingered. The once wailing street was now silent.
All the mercenaries had already succumbed to this grand ice feast, leaving only…
"No…don't kill me!"
"Please spare me!"
"My master is pill king Gu He, if you let me go, I will ask him to refine pills for you!"
…
The two once well-dressed young men and women were now a sorry sight, their faces streaked with tears and snot, their bodies filthy, trembling, completely terrified by the hellish scene before them.