Chapter 237: Ch-237: Enemies turn to ashes
Wang Ming watched with a neutral expression as the sky filled with countless cultivators. Many of them were at the Core Formation Stage, and he even sensed one Golden Core Formation Realm expert. If anyone else had been in Wang Ming's place, they would have been trembling in fear, their legs turning to jelly. Despite this, Wang Ming remained calm, but the same could not be said for the girls.
They were filled with despair, their bodies trembling in terror.
"It's over," Mu Yiran said, her face turning deathly pale. She had thought Wang Ming's arrival would save them, but that hope had vanished upon seeing thousands of cultivators above them.
Mu Ning Xue had similar thoughts as her daughter and turned her eyes toward Wang Ming, searching for any trace of panic but instead saw a calm expression.
'Why is he so calm?' Mu Ning Xue thought, and an absurd idea popped into her head, but she quickly shook it off.
"Damn," Wang Ming muttered, taking a deep breath and drawing his sword. Looking at the murderous aura surrounding them, he knew he had to kill them all. This would be the first time Wang Ming had ever killed so many people, so he was a bit nervous, but he quickly steadied his nerves and flew up toward the group, under the astonished gaze of the women behind him.
Mu Zihan, who was following with his guards, finally arrived and breathed a sigh of relief when he saw his wife and daughter unharmed.
"Ning Xue, Yiran, are you both alright?" Mu Zihan rushed toward them and asked.
"Yes, we're alright," Mu Ning Xue replied, though her eyes were fixed on the sky. Mu Zihan followed her gaze, and his expression turned grim, but his eyes widened when he saw a figure flying toward them.
'Heavens, why is Disciple Wang Ming flying toward them?' Mu Zihan exclaimed inwardly as he saw Wang Ming approaching thousands of cultivators, and he himself broke out in a sweat.
The moment Wang Ming flew toward them, it caught the attention of the mountain clans.
"It's him. He's the one who killed the young master," Cai Zhi whispered to the sect leader, Pan Lie, who looked at Wang Ming with a trace of greed.
"Jie, jie, jie... he will make a fine corpse puppet," Pan Lie said with a sinister smile.
"Damn, this must be the bastard who killed our young master!" shouted one of the bandits from the group.
"Yes, look! He's also wearing the robes of the Yin-Yang Sect," said another person from the group.
"Bastard! How dare you kill our young master?" one of them shouted with killing intent, causing Wang Ming to raise an eyebrow in confusion.
"Young master?" Wang Ming questioned with a frown.
"Look at this bastard, acting confused to avoid getting killed. Even if he didn't, just standing with our enemies warrants his death!" another person shouted.
"Yes, didn't you kill our young master who arrived with sub-leader Cai Zhi?" yelled another person, pointing a finger at Cai Zhi, who looked a bit nervous as Wang Ming glanced at her. It finally clicked in his mind.
"Oh, you mean the weaklings who came with this coward? They were so weak that I didn't even break a sweat. If your young master was among them, then he was pretty weak too. Sadly for you, I don't remember the life of every weakling I've taken," Wang Ming said indifferently, causing the group to grow even more murderous.
"Audacious!" someone shouted from the group.
"How dare you insult our young master! Everyone, kill him!" another person yelled.
"I just spoke the truth," Wang Ming replied with a smirk.
"Attack!" someone commanded, and the entire group began charging at him with unrestrained killing intent.
However, before they could do anything, Wang Ming raised his sword, and a golden light enveloped the blade, causing Cai Zhi's eyes to widen in alarm.
"W-Wait! He's doing something!" Cai Zhi shouted, but the bandits didn't seem to hear her.
"Heavenly Sword Art – Second Form: World Slicing Strike!" Wang Ming called out. A golden arc shot from his sword, heading toward the charging crowd.
"Shit! Scatter! SCATTER!" Cai Zhi roared in panic, but it was too late.
In the next moment, the massive beam of sword light unleashed by Wang Ming reached their position, instantly consuming half of the bandits.
The bandits consumed by the sword light were completely disintegrated, leaving not even ashes behind. The arc continued along its trajectory until it hit the ground, causing a massive explosion.
BOOOOOM
The spot where it struck was instantly turned into a crater.
"T-This..." Mu Ning Xue, who witnessed the scene, was dumbfounded. She had seen this attack before when Wang Ming killed a corrupted beast in front of them, but the destruction this time was far greater. The difference was because Wang Ming had held back the last time to avoid destroying the mansion along with the beast.
Cai Zhi and Pan Lie looked on in horror at the devastation left behind by the attack, which resembled a battlefield that had raged for thousands of years.
'F-Fuck... what kind of monster is this? What rank was that technique? We need to escape. I need to inform the leader, or we're all dead,' Cai Zhi thought, trembling in sheer terror as she looked at Wang Ming.
Gulp.
The bandits swallowed hard as they took in the destruction, their hearts filled with fear. None of them dared to move, their eyes wide as they stared at the devastation before them.
'He must have used all of his spiritual energy. I can kill him... but let's test it out,' Pan Lie thought, his greed overshadowing his fear as he imagined having such a powerful puppet—and perhaps even learning the technique Wang Ming used.
"Do not be afraid! There's no way he can still fight after releasing such a powerful attack! He must be out of spiritual energy now! Forward! Kill him and avenge your comrades and our young master!" Pan Lie shouted.
"You—" Cai Zhi started to speak, but her words were cut off by the shouts of the disciples.
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"Yes!"
"Avenge our comrades!"
"Kill him!"
Everyone shouted at the top of their lungs, their minds clouded by anger, and they prepared to charge forward. But just then, a powerful aura burst out from Wang Ming, causing everyone's eyes to widen in terror.
'1-1-10th Stage of the Golden Core Realm... M-Monster...' Pan Lie thought in horror.