"Whoosh!"
This sword was like a peerless sword that broke through the chaos of the void.
With a shrill sword whistle, it instantly shattered the sword technique chopped over by the high-rank martial artist and directly pierced through his throat.
"Innate Sword Technique! Innate Sword Technique! This kid has actually mastered an Innate Sword Technique!"
"Innate Sword Technique!? An Innate Sword Technique is a combat skill that is extremely difficult for even the geniuses among high-rank martial artists to master. This kid is only a fifth-rank martial artist. How could he possibly..."
"No wonder he dared to fight high-rank martial artists! A genius!? So what if he's a genius? A genius who hasn't grown up is nothing at all! Today, I, King Tianyou, will completely end you, this so-called genius!"
King Tianyou, who was about to completely wipe out the Night Hawk Demon Hunting Group, let out a loud roar.
He no longer cared about the members of the Night Hawk Demon Hunting Group and rushed towards the direction where Yun Xi was at lightning speed.
The members of the Night Hawk Demon Hunting Group, who originally thought they were in a perilous situation, were all stunned when they saw that King Tianyou suddenly left.
However, they were after all battle-experienced martial artists.
They quickly came to their senses.
The leader, Night Hawk, took a deep look at Yun Xi, as if trying to deeply remember such a terrifying person in his heart.
Then, without hesitation, he turned around and led their team to disappear into the jungle at the fastest speed.
Yun Xi's expression was cold and stern.
After condensing his essence, qi, and spirit and directly killing this high-rank martial artist head-on, his figure did not stop at all.
He charged straight towards the ruins of the ancient site in the distance.
Soon, he disappeared from the sight of the Divine Blessing Demon Hunting Group and the Night Hawk Demon Hunting Group again...
"Damn it! Damn it! Let me at him. I'm going to tear this kid into pieces with my own hands today! Snipers, lock onto his position for me!"
"Captain... the snipers have... have all been killed!"
"What!"
King Tianyou was shocked.
His gaze swept across, taking in the figures of everyone.
Only then did he gasp with astonishment discover that the Divine Blessing Demon Hunting Group, which originally had more than twenty people, now, including him, had only five people left.
And those snipers responsible for long-range suppression and scouting had all been wiped out.
The number one demon-hunting group in Holy City, a powerful group that could almost run amok in the Night Blood Forest, had actually suffered an unprecedentedly heavy blow at the hands of one person, and that person was just a fifth-rank martial artist kid.
"One person almost wiped out our 'Divine Blessing Demon Hunting Group'! How could this be possible!"
"Captain, his movement technique is incredibly fast. His sensing ability and combat awareness don't seem to belong to a fifth-rank martial artist at all! Moreover, he seems to be very familiar with this area, and it's difficult for us to catch up with him..."
"Can't catch up... he's just a fifth-rank martial artist..."
"Captain... currently, the enemy is in the dark and we're in the open, and they also have the advantage of terrain. Do you think we should... retreat?"
"Damn it! What are you talking about? If we really retreat, and it gets out that the number one demon-hunting group in Holy City was forced to flee in embarrassment by a fifth-rank kid, how will we be able to hold our heads up in Holy City in the future? I'm afraid demon-hunting groups within a hundred-mile radius will laugh at us..."
"But..."
The team member was about to say something more, but King Tianyou waved his hand:
"No need to say more! He's just a little fifth-rank martial artist. Even if he masters an amazing sword technique, so what? I don't believe he can do anything to..."
King Tianyou didn't finish his words.
As if sensing something, he let out an angry roar:
"How dare you, kid!"
With a roar, a battle-knife in his hand turned into a streak of blood-red light and slashed out, hitting a bullet heavily, splashing a small cluster of sparks.
"Courting death! You actually dared to sneak-attack my team member from such a close distance. You managed to escape from my hands once, but I won't let you succeed a second time!"
Amidst King Tianyou's loud shout, the soil layer under his feet seemed to explode, splashing in all directions.
His entire body shot out suddenly, and the battle-knife in his hand swung horizontally.
A tree as thick as a water bucket was actually chopped in half by this thunderous strike.
"Boom!"
Sawdust flew everywhere!
Behind the flying sawdust, Yun Xi's figure quickly retreated, dashing into the forest.
"If I let you get away, wouldn't all my efforts in mastering advanced scouting proficiency be in vain? Die!"
King Tianyou stepped on the ground like a shooting star.
Like a tank charging into the forest at full speed, he displayed an overbearing might that no one could resist, rapidly approaching Yun Xi.
However, as fast as King Tianyou chased, Yun Xi retreated even faster!
Growing up in the forest, Yun Xi knew the forest far better than anyone present.
He knew better than anyone how to move in the forest to maximize his speed.
In this situation, although King Tianyou was always on the verge of catching up with him, he could never deal a fatal blow, allowing Yun Xi to escape by using the terrain.
After this chase-and-escape continued for nearly a kilometer, Yun Xi's figure suddenly swayed and disappeared right in front of King Tianyou.
No matter how much further King Tianyou chased, he could no longer sense Yun Xi's whereabouts.
"Not good, a diversion!"
After chasing for nearly a hundred more meters without finding any trace of Yun Xi, King Tianyou seemed to suddenly understand something.
His face changed dramatically.
Then, at a speed even faster than when he was chasing, he frantically ran back towards the ruins of Haoran Villa.
Some small trees blocking his way along the way were directly crashed through by him as he circulated his true qi, creating a rough path outline in the chaotic jungle.
However, his speed was ultimately a step too slow!
When he rushed back here, his four teammates, who had been full of vitality just moments ago, were now all corpses.
Scarlet blood kept flowing out from their wounds, exuding a desolate and tragic aura.
In an instant, the Divine Blessing Demon Hunting Group was left with only King Tianyou, a bare-handed commander!
Seeing this scene, King Tianyou, who was already extremely angry, finally erupted.
He let out roars towards the surrounding jungle:
"Come out! Get out here! Sneaking attacks from the shadows, what kind of hero are you? If you're a real man, stand up and fight me, King Tianyou, in a fair and square battle to the death! Get out here!"
The roars, like thunderclaps in the somewhat quiet forest, formed intense sound waves spreading in all directions.
Their power was no less than that of an explosive thermal weapon.
"Come out! Aren't you so capable? Now I'm standing right here. If you have the guts, come and assassinate me! Come on!"
King Tianyou roared.
The deaths of his twenty team members had completely ignited the anger in his heart.
At this moment, he wished he could catch Yun Xi with his own hands and grind him to dust.
However, his roars didn't make Yun Xi, who was in hiding, reveal himself.
Instead...
It attracted some uninvited guests!
"Hmm!?"
King Tianyou, who heard some slight commotion, immediately turned his gaze.
Then, like a hungry tiger pouncing on its prey, he suddenly charged towards a nearby jungle.
The battle-knife in his hand turned into a sharp and fierce light, directly bringing up a spray of scarlet blood mist behind the trees.
However, the owner of this blood mist was not Yun Xi, whom King Tianyou desperately wanted to kill, but a medium-sized demonic beast with a single horn on its head, pitch-black all over, somewhat resembling a wolf and somewhat like a leopard.
"Nightmare Beast!?"
Only then did he suddenly remember that the demonic beasts active in the area of Righteous Qi Mountain seemed to be these sixth-rank demonic beasts that were as fast as the wind and liked to move at night.
At this moment, because of his roar, these demonic beasts that should have come out to hunt only at night seemed to have all emerged from their hiding places.
In just a short while, three Nightmare Beasts had appeared within his field of vision.
Three sixth-rank Nightmare Beasts were nothing to an eighth-rank martial artist.
But don't forget!
The true masters of the Night Blood Forest were not humans, but demonic beasts!
Those powerful creatures lurking in every corner of the Night Blood Forest!
Once he caused a large-scale commotion in the Night Blood Forest, not only him, an eighth-rank martial artist, but even those quasi-Innate Secret Realm powerhouses at the ninth-rank realm might fall here.
Moreover, there were rumors that there were lord-level demonic beasts deep in the Night Blood Forest.
Thinking of this, although King Tianyou was filled with extreme hatred, he quickly collected some valuable items from his teammates.
He kept cursing:
"Damn it! Damn it! Kid, you'd better never let me meet you again. Otherwise, I'll make you wish you were dead! I'll make you experience the most severe torture in the world!"
After packing his things, he quickly left the open space of Haoran Villa and headed into the forest.
However, these Nightmare Beasts, which had been sleeping and were now awakened, didn't intend to return empty-handed.
The five Nightmare Beasts that had already appeared, the moment he entered the forest, pounced on him simultaneously.
Their terrifying speed, no less than that of seventh-rank martial artists, made these five Nightmare Beasts seem like a streak of pitch-black light.
In the blink of an eye, they had rushed in front of him.
"Damn beasts! Although our Divine Blessing Demon Hunting Group has suffered a great defeat today and lost twenty outstanding members, you sixth-rank animals are by no means a match for me. Die!"
The light of the knife in King Tianyou's hand flashed, and the fastest-charging Nightmare Beast was directly beheaded by this lightning-fast knife light.
Its leopard-sized body fell heavily to the ground, spilling blood.
Although demonic beasts have an innate advantage when facing humans, there is a difference of two ranks between the sixth- and eighth-ranks.
It's not an easy task for five sixth-rank Nightmare Beasts to surround and kill an eighth-rank human martial artist!
Correspondingly, it also takes some effort for an eighth-rank human martial artist to kill five Nightmare Beasts known for their speed.
Seeing that more Nightmare Beasts seemed to be coming in this direction, a fierce look flashed in King Tianyou's eyes.
He suddenly raised the true qi in his body and let out a thunderous shout:
"Divine and Ghost Saber Art!"
In an instant, this extraordinary battle-knife simultaneously slashed out hundreds of knife shadows.
Each slash made the air in the void let out a long whistle.
Under the cover of such a dense knife light, the approaching Nightmare Beasts didn't have time to display their speed and were directly hacked into minced meat!
In the blink of an eye, four Nightmare Beasts were all killed.
However, just as he unleashed a powerful move to kill four Nightmare Beasts and hadn't had time to catch his breath, a sword light suddenly burst out from the rotten branches and leaves not far from his feet, instantly filling his entire field of vision.
"Why is he ambushing here..."
"Chi!"
Blood splattered!
King Tianyou, a powerful eighth-rank martial artist, stared wide-eyed with an expression of disbelief and full of unwillingness.
He fell heavily to the ground, stirring up a thick layer of fallen leaves.
The Divine Blessing Demon Hunting Group!
Completely wiped out!