“Big brother, let’s take her down and have some fun! I see they have quite a few treasures on them!” The young man’s tone shifted as he said, “Leave this woman to you, I’ll deal with the other one!” As he spoke, a long sword appeared in his hand, and he swung it towards the direction where Bao Gu was! That “thumping” heartbeat was practically a living target! Anyone who couldn’t even suppress their heartbeat was so weak he could crush them with one finger!
As the young man moved, the older man also summoned a black greatsword aiming at Yu Mi, saying, “Since you’re seeking death, you can’t blame…” Before he could finish, the woman in white suddenly burst into flames, her snow-white dress turning into a fiery red gown. A transparent treasure sword with flowing flames appeared in her hand, and a fierce sword intent accompanied by a cold killing intent burst forth from her, directly attacking him. The sword intent and killing aura made his heart chill, and he didn’t hesitate to pour all his strength into his sword and slash at her.
The older man and Yu Mi moved extremely fast, their attacks fierce! It was like two bolts of lightning colliding! He shouted, “Die!” The treasure sword in his hand suddenly burst out with a flash of lightning, forming a huge lightning ball that enveloped everything within a few meters around him. A mere early-stage Golden Core cultivator, under his full-strength strike, would either die or be severely injured by the lightning.
The powerful lightning force gathered on Yu Mi, seemingly about to tear her apart in an instant, but she charged through the lightning and reached the mid-stage Golden Core older man, her Lihuo Sword spinning countless sword flowers around her!
The older man was shocked, clashing swords with her, but the air was filled with turbulent sword qi. His sword technique was extremely exquisite, seemingly covering all his vital points with just one sword. He took a deep breath, exerting a powerful force intending to blast the approaching Yu Mi away, while his long sword aimed at Yu Mi’s throat, and his left hand even threw a lightning talisman at Yu Mi, forcing her to retreat.
Yu Mi’s wrist flicked, weaving countless sword shadows in front of her into an impenetrable net, like a storm!
The lightning talisman exploded within the sword net, lighting up the sky with a blinding white light.
But the cold sword intent pierced through the explosion directly into the man’s heart.
The violent aura dissipated.
His sword tip rested on Yu Mi’s shoulder, blocked by the treasure garment she wore, unable to penetrate.
Yu Mi’s Lihuo Sword precisely stabbed into the older man’s heart, the white flames burning at his heart, causing him agonizing pain, his face twisted in agony. Yu Mi gritted her teeth and forcefully dragged her Lihuo Sword upwards, slicing from his heart through his throat and out the top of his skull. The man’s body above his heart was split in two by the Lihuo Sword, instantly killing him, and he fell straight down from the sky. She turned her head towards where Bao Gu was. Bao Gu had activated her hiding jade bracelet, and Yu Mi couldn’t see anything, only feeling her flying sword stationary in the air, holding Bao Gu motionless.
The young man, only at the early stage of Golden Core, failed to take down the little cultivator standing on the flying sword after several strikes. Seeing his companion defeated, he panicked, quickly retreated, and turned to flee.
Yu Mi’s cold voice rang out, “If you take one more step, I’ll have you dead on the spot!” As she spoke, a hot, meaty breath steamed from her mouth. The mid-stage Golden Core lightning cultivator’s full-force attack was indeed powerful, even with her Flowing Immortal Skirt and several Golden Core defensive treasures, she was still painfully electrocuted, feeling extremely uncomfortable. If not for her many treasures, the Lihuo Sword and Flowing Immortal Skirt, both late-stage Golden Core treasures given by her master, that one hard fight would have been enough to kill her ten or eight times! Even so, she was having some difficulty gathering qi, let alone making another move.
The young man, unaware of Yu Mi’s condition, was so frightened that he knelt on the flying sword, slapped himself hard, and said, “Fairy, I was blind to rob a fairy like you, please spare my life, I’m willing to give you everything I have, willing to work like an ox or horse for you, just spare my life, let me do anything! It was my fault, please spare my life.” As he spoke, he slapped his cheeks hard with both hands, making a “slap slap” sound, as if he wasn’t hitting his own face.
Yu Mi coldly glanced at him and asked, “Bao Gu, are you alright?”
Bao Gu’s weak voice responded, “I’m not okay!” She deactivated her hiding jade bracelet and appeared in the air. She sat on the flying sword, pale-faced, her hands holding the axe uncontrollably shaking, not from fear, but from the numbness caused by using the axe to block the sword strikes aimed at her.
Seeing Bao Gu, the young man’s tears rolled down! Clearly, she was just a young girl, only at the third stage of Qi Refining, and he, a proud Golden Core cultivator, had failed to take her down. The most outrageous part was that this Qi Refining stage young girl was equipped with Golden Core stage treasures from head to toe! No wonder his several strikes were blocked by her! They had just robbed someone and felt a spatial transmission energy fluctuation nearby, also hearing a heartbeat, knowing it was a low-level cultivator, probably not even at the Foundation Establishment stage. Anyone transported to this wilderness without reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, one could guess, was an easy target! Indeed, it was an easy target, but this easy target was too much for them, not only did they fail to take advantage, but they also ended up completely empty-handed.
Yu Mi quietly absorbed some spiritual energy from two medium-grade spirit stones to recover a bit, then took a couple of sips from a bottle of spirit wine to ease her condition. She looked at the young man with a swollen face from his own slaps, and without warning, struck with her sword again! Standing on her flying sword, holding the Lihuo Sword, she attacked the young man with lightning speed.
The young man was prepared, seeing the situation turn sour, he turned his flying sword to flee, reaching for his storage bag to take out a spirit talisman to attack Yu Mi, trying to buy time to escape.
His speed was fast, but Yu Mi’s was faster. Riding her flying sword, she flashed past him, her Lihuo Sword slicing across his neck! The young man only felt a burning pain in his neck, then saw himself plummeting down, while his body continued to fly forward on the flying sword. He opened his mouth to scream but couldn’t make a sound, watching himself fall rapidly, his body on the flying sword flying forward for several meters before falling.
Yu Mi struck again in mid-air, her sword qi blasting the young man’s head, directly shattering it. She landed on the ground, found the young man’s headless body, searched him thoroughly, and then set him on fire, also finding the previously fallen mid-stage Golden Core man’s body, now deformed from the fall, searched him, and burned him as well. She handled everything cleanly and efficiently, clearly not her first time doing such things.
Bao Gu, having never witnessed murder and robbery before, trembled and called out, “Senior… sister…” Her master sister seemed like a completely different person at this moment. She timidly asked, “He was begging for mercy and even swollen his own face, why did you still kill him?”
Yu Mi glanced at Bao Gu and said, “They attempted to rob and kill us first. Coming out to rob, if they can overpower someone, they kill and loot, if they can’t, they kneel and beg for mercy, slap themselves a few times, leave some robbed items, and think it’s settled, wouldn’t that be too profitable?” She paused and continued, “For such robbers, if we let them go and they have other accomplices, once he goes back and calls them, we would be in danger. Even if he has no accomplices, what if he encounters someone searching for us and leaks our whereabouts? Letting him go would be putting ourselves in danger. Today we let him go, who can guarantee he won’t rob and kill others in the future? If they come out to do this kind of robbery and killing, they must be prepared to be killed in return.”
Bao Gu thought for a moment and cautiously asked, “Senior sister, would you also rob and kill?”
Yu Mi laughed in annoyance, “Aren’t I robbing and killing right now?” She understood Bao Gu’s meaning, her tone softened, “In the cultivation world, we don’t provoke trouble lightly, but if unavoidable, once we make a move, we must not show mercy or hesitate, we must be decisive and clean, otherwise, it’s playing with our own lives, only to die in someone else’s hands, becoming a stepping stone for others.”
Bao Gu nodded, “I understand!”
Yu Mi added, “Also, when facing an enemy, make full use of all resources around you! You’re so much weaker than that early-stage Golden Core cultivator, why didn’t you ask the broken monkey on your shoulder for help?”
The so-called “broken monkey,” Duobao Spirit Monkey, quickly covered its eyes and face with its little paws!
Bao Gu turned to look at the Duobao Spirit Monkey on her shoulder, saying, “It’s so small, how could it help?”
Duobao Spirit Monkey quickly spread its paws, nodding its head like pounding garlic, even arrogantly wrapping its monkey arm around Bao Gu’s hair in a flattering gesture!
Yu Mi snorted in amusement. Small? Being small doesn’t mean weak!
Bao Gu said, “If I’m really in danger, senior sister will definitely come back to save me.”
Yu Mi glared at Bao Gu, “Save you? He’s a whole realm higher than me, if I’m distracted, I can’t even save myself, how could I have the time to save you? You’re dreaming! If you encounter danger, figure it out yourself, relying on others is as good as waiting to die!” She continued, “If you dare to be a burden to me, believe it or not, I’ll throw you into the mountains to fend for yourself?”
Bao Gu nodded vigorously, “Senior sister, I understand!”
Yu Mi took another half bottle of spirit wine to replenish her energy, without even checking the spoils of war, she picked up Bao Gu onto the flying sword and quickly left. The place had witnessed a fierce battle, and being in the air, people within tens of miles could feel it, it wouldn’t be long before someone came looking.
Bao Gu stood in mid-air, looking down at the mountains stretching endlessly below, seemingly without end. She knew Yu Mi’s speed was extremely fast, with this speed, they should have left the eight hundred li Yun Ling long ago. She said, “Master sister, this is the first time in my life I’ve left Yun Ling, where are we now? These mountains are so vast.”
Yu Mi said, “We’re still within the Yun Ling Mountain range.”
Bao Gu frowned, “That’s not right, we left using a teleportation formation, and you’ve been flying for so long, with your speed, we should have left the eight hundred li Yun Ling long ago!”
Yu Mi exclaimed, “Eight hundred li Yun Ling!” She staggered, causing the flying sword to shake, and said, “Who told you Yun Ling is only eight hundred li? Eight hundred li is nothing, Xuan Tian Sect’s territory is even larger than eight hundred li!” She was so frustrated by Bao Gu! She seriously doubted if Bao Gu could survive a day if left alone in the cultivation world. She took a deep breath and said, “Yun Ling is known as ten thousand li, the ten thousand Yun Ling Mountain range! Bao Gu, I beg you, never mention the eight hundred li Yun Ling again when you go out, we can’t afford to lose face like that!” Bao Gu’s naivety made her want to cry.
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