Chapter 390: Murder

Chapter 390: Chapter 390: Murder

Yi Xiaoyao was already seething with rage from Ji Min’s sudden attack, a frigid chill emanating from him. Now, hearing that this woman wanted to cripple his Cultivation, the coldness intensified. A terrifying aura erupted from him in an instant, and a flash of Killing Intent burst from his eyes.

’Is this what they call a sparring partner?’

What on earth had Yi Xiaoyao done? Ji Min had failed to sever his arm, so now she wanted to cripple his Cultivation?

Everyone on the training ground drew closer. Several of them with powerful auras surrounded Yi Xiaoyao.

"Minmin, that brat didn’t hurt you, did he?" a few young men of seemingly similar status to Ji Min asked with concern as they approached.

Ji Min shook her head, but the coldness in her eyes didn’t lessen in the slightest. When she trained with others, no sparring partner had ever dared to treat her this way, nor had she ever been so startled.

In her anger, Ji Min had tried to cut off Yi Xiaoyao’s arm to vent her frustration, but Yi Xiaoyao had audaciously dodged it. This enraged her even further, prompting her to demand that his Cultivation be crippled.

"Miss Ji Min, don’t you think you’re going a little too far?" Yi Xiaoyao said coldly.

A cold glint flashed across Ji Min’s face as she barked, "Who the hell do you think you are? You have the right to question me?"

"How ridiculous. You ask people to spar with you, but you only allow them to lose, never to win. Everyone else is afraid of your family background, so they go easy on you at every turn, yet you’re too blind to see it. You’re just deceiving yourself. What’s the point of training like this? It only serves to inflate your hollow, baseless arrogance. In a real life-or-death battle, you would’ve died countless times by now!"

Yi Xiaoyao’s words were sharp and hit their mark, causing the faces of everyone around to change. It wasn’t that they didn’t know all this; it was that no one dared to say it. They knew the consequences of speaking out.

The blue-robed youth who had brought Yi Xiaoyao here looked especially despairing. Yi Xiaoyao was a dead man, and he would most likely be implicated.

Sure enough, the fury in Ji Min’s eyes looked murderous. She roared, "First, cripple his Cultivation! Then, chop off his limbs! And finally, deliver him to Liu Ting!"

Immediately, the young men surrounding Yi Xiaoyao erupted with Spiritual Power. They pitied him, but this was the Ji Family. Angering a direct descendant would surely end badly for them.

Yi Xiaoyao unleashed his own cultivation aura, his expression turning grim. He had come to the Ji Family intending to meet Ji Hao and bring this Cyan Emperor faction under his control, but he never expected to run into something like this.

But Ji Min was a member of the Ji Family, after all, and Yi Xiaoyao had a friendly relationship with Ji Hao. Since she was Ji Hao’s sister, he didn’t want to escalate things too far. That would make it harder to subdue the Ji Family.

"Ji Hao is my friend. You’d better consider his stance before you lay a hand on me."

Yi Xiaoyao glanced at the people closing in on him and spoke coldly, causing them to freeze in place.

Ji Min’s gaze, sharp as a blade, shot toward him. She suddenly seemed to realize something, and the cold glint in her eyes intensified.

"So, Ji Hao sent you to humiliate me on purpose!"

Ji Min said icily, "I can’t touch Ji Hao, but you’re just an outsider. Even if I kill you, what can Ji Hao do to me?"

The moment she finished speaking, the people around Yi Xiaoyao understood her meaning and attacked him in unison.

’So after all this, you bitch don’t even have a good relationship with Ji Hao.’

Yi Xiaoyao finally understood. The internal relationships in these great families were truly complex. But if that was the case, he no longer had any reason to hold back.

"Get lost!"

A furious roar accompanied a punch infused with Destruction Will. The Void Third Realm youth who attacked from behind was sent flying backward, his arm shattering as he spat blood.

He slashed out with his sword again. The four people attacking from the front retreated in haste, their expressions changing drastically as a terrifying Sword Mark appeared on the ground at their feet.

Yi Xiaoyao stood against many, completely fearless.

The domineering, murderous aura emanating from him was especially potent. As he stood there holding his sword, no one dared to take even half a step forward.

This kind of murderous aura wasn’t something one could gain through Cultivation. It was amassed from killing, a form of momentum that could seize a person’s very soul.

The young people present were either the same age as Yi Xiaoyao or, at most, a few years older.

Some of them were pampered and spoiled Ji Family disciples. The others, the sparring partners, may have endured some hardships, but at their age, how many could compare to Yi Xiaoyao, who had slaughtered countless people and possessed such an overwhelming murderous aura?

Yi Xiaoyao took a step forward; they took a step back.

"Go, get Ji Hao for me."

Yi Xiaoyao said to the blue-robed youth, who hurried away.

Then, Yi Xiaoyao looked at the crowd on the training ground with a cold smile.

"What’s wrong? Weren’t you going to chop off my limbs and cripple my Cultivation?"

His voice was filled with derision. These people were utterly pathetic.

Ji Min also felt the murderous aura around Yi Xiaoyao. Startled, she immediately shouted at the others, "What are you standing around for? There are so many of you, and you’re afraid of one man?"

At once, fierce looks appeared in everyone’s eyes. Being intimidated by a single person was utterly humiliating.

Following that, several people brandished their weapons and lunged at Yi Xiaoyao. Streaks of light carried a sharp aura; it had to be said that these disciples from prominent families weren’t entirely worthless.

But before Yi Xiaoyao, they were still completely outmatched.

Originally, as a Void Second Realm cultivator, Yi Xiaoyao was already invincible within the Same Realm and could easily kill enemies two minor realms above his own. Now that he had awakened three types of Power of Will, even fighting opponents three realms higher was no problem.

Besides, everyone on this training ground was around his age. Barely anyone here could pose a threat to him.

Seeing them surround and attack, Yi Xiaoyao snorted coldly. He brandished his sword, flashed forward, and charged into the crowd to meet them head-on.

With a single sword strike, he parried three incoming weapons. The Destruction Will on his blade erupted, and a gale of Sword Qi sent all three weapons flying.

At the same time, the three assailants’ bodies were instantly split into six pieces. Blood splattered everywhere in an incredibly gruesome scene.

The others who were charging forward all swallowed hard.

Yi Xiaoyao showed no fear of the Ji Family’s power whatsoever. His sword showed no mercy. He was actually killing them!

One after another, more figures collapsed as corpses, making Ji Min’s heart tremble.

Just then, a fiery flash appeared before Ji Min. The ice-cold edge of a sword was pressed against her neck. She felt the skin of her throat being pierced just slightly, and trickles of blood were seemingly devoured by the blade.

Ji Min looked up in terror, only to be met by Yi Xiaoyao’s icy gaze, which sent a chill down her spine.

Everyone around them stopped fighting, their expressions turning ugly. So many of them had failed to handle a nineteen-year-old at the Void Second Realm. He had even killed nearly ten of them and captured Ji Min.

Of course, no one could have predicted that Yi Xiaoyao would dare to be so audacious in the Ji Family’s territory—one of the three great powers—or that he could unleash such formidable combat strength.

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