Soul Emperor Martial God

Xiao Yi soared through the air.

With full strength, his speed reached the extreme.

In just over ten minutes, he had returned to Black Rain City.

By then, the black rain in Black Rain City had already stopped.

"Hmm?" Xiao Yi had not yet entered Black Rain City.

But from afar, he already sensed an uneasy atmosphere within the city.

Above the vast city, a stifling and solemn aura pervaded.

The occasional sound of clashing weapons rang out, clear yet extremely piercing.

Something had happened in the city, this was Xiao Yi's first thought.

Upon reaching the city gate.

The gates were tightly shut.

Xiao Yi flashed past the city wall.

Inside the city gate, not a single City Guard was in sight.

Ahead, the vast streets were deserted.

Had it not been for the earlier sounds of weapons clashing.

Xiao Yi would have truly thought this was a dead city.

With a "da" sound…

On the city wall, a drop of black liquid fell.

It was black rain.

It seemed, some of it had remained on the city wall from before.

Now it was gradually dripping down.

Xiao Yi pinched some with his fingers, twisted it, then took a whiff.

Upon smelling it, his face drastically changed.

Just then, from afar, the sound of weapons clashing came again.

Along with a heart-wrenching scream.

Xiao Yi moved swiftly towards the sound.

The battle was taking place on a street hundreds of meters away.

On the street, there were two groups of people.

One group, with fierce expressions and wielding weapons, was mountain bandits.

The weakest among them was at the Mysterious Profundity Fifth Layer.

The other group consisted of ordinary people.

Yes, ordinary people, not even counting as Martial Artists.

Each of them was holding a weapon.

No, not really weapons, just kitchen knives and the like.

Nearly a hundred people, surrounded by a dozen mountain bandits.

"Kill them all," a mountain bandit leader with a scarred face yelled loudly.

"Fight them," the nearly hundred ordinary people said, with a resigned look of accepting their fate.

It wasn't that they were brave.

Rather, faced with death, the human instinct to survive made them fight desperately.

However, clearly.

Any one of these bandits could easily slaughter all of them.

Just at this moment, a figure swiftly approached.

"Die."

Before the figure arrived, a dozen Sword Qi had already broken through the air.

"Whiz…whiz…whiz…"

The Sword Qi was incredibly strong, instantly killing the group of mountain bandits.

The nearly hundred ordinary people, having narrowly escaped death, breathed a sigh of relief.

The next second, their legs went soft, and they fell to the ground.

Along with the kitchen knives dropping from their hands.

"Whiz," the figure arrived instantly.

It was Xiao Yi.

"What happened?" Xiao Yi approached an ordinary townsman and asked.

At the same time, he transmitted True Qi into the man to calm his panic.

"Ugh," the townsman took a deep breath and asked, "May I know who this strong person is?"

"Flame Martial Guard, squad captain, Xiao Yi," Xiao Yi replied.

"Flame Martial Guard?" Upon hearing this, everyone around suddenly rejoiced.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness, the Flame Martial Guard has finally arrived."

"Black Rain City is saved."

Xiao Yi frowned and asked, "What's going on? The streets are empty, where are the others?"

"And these mountain bandits."

"What about the City Guards, the city's martial artists, and the strong ones from the City Lord's Mansion?"

"Gone, all gone," the townsman continued shaking his head, his face filled with mourn.

"They're all dead."

"All dead?" Xiao Yi was startled.

"Uh, if not dead, then almost," the townsman said.

"The Main Mansion has been occupied by those despicable thieves."

"The city's martial artists have all been captured and taken to the Main Mansion."

"As for the other residents, they were either killed or taken away by them."

"They… they are a group of demons..."

The man spoke, his face full of terror.

"The Main Mansion, huh?" Xiao Yi furrowed his brows, his figure flashed, and he instantly left.

On the way to the Main Mansion, he encountered several groups of ordinary people being attacked.

Xiao Yi intervened each time, killing the mountain bandits.

But he noticed, the closer he got to the Main Mansion.

The denser the ordinary people became.

"Whiz…" Xiao Yi flew high up, overlooking the entire Black Rain City.

"Hmm?" Xiao Yi frowned, but there was a trace of relief in his expression.

As far as he could see, with the Main Mansion at the center, battles were happening all around.

And the reason why the city's edges were empty.

Was merely because these ordinary people had been driven, forced towards the Main Mansion.

Some resisted, hence the battles.

The only thing that slightly relieved Xiao Yi was the fact that there were not many casualties as of now.

"There are too many people, with my power alone, it's impossible to save everyone."

"If more time is delayed, and once these bandits start slaughtering."

"Millions of ordinary citizens in the city will be in grave danger."

Xiao Yi's brows were tightly knotted.

With a "whiz" sound.

Xiao Yi instantly headed for the City Lord's Mansion, not daring to delay any longer.

…

Inside the City Lord's Mansion.

Including the City Lord, all high-level martial artists within the city were captured.

Bound to the ground listlessly.

On the other side were Zhou Ping, Hu San, and others.

At the very front was a middle-aged man with a sinister expression.

It was the wanted criminal, Huoo Di.

Next to Huoo Di stood a dozen martial artists, all exuding extraordinary momentum.

Their Cultivation, the weakest had reached the Sixth-Layer Mystic Breakthrough, most were at the Seventh Layer.

"Hahaha," Huoo Di laughed coldly.

"From today onward, Black Rain City belongs to me, Huoo Di."

"You wish."

Bound to the ground was a middle-aged man with a calm expression.

It was the City Lord of Black Rain City.

"Huoo Di, a few days ago, you wreaked havoc in my Black Rain City and killed people indiscriminately."

"This matter has already been known to the Flame Martial Guard and the Golden Armor Guards."

"They will not let you off."

"It won't be long before you are captured."

"Stop now before you cause greater disasters."

"Hahaha," Huoo Di laughed heartily to the sky.

"Golden Armor Guards? If that bunch of trash could handle me, would the Flame Martial Guard need to step in?"

"As for the Flame Martial Guard..."

Huoo Di sneered dismissively, looking towards Zhou Ping and the others.

"Aren't these the Flame Martial Guard? They've been caught by me like dead dogs."

Saying so, Huoo Di's face twisted venomously.

"With the 'Black Rain' from Black Rain City, enhancing my subordinates' Cultivation rapidly isn't difficult."

"Today it is Black Rain City, another day, I will seize the entire Meteor County."

"Delusional talk," the City Lord of Black Rain City retorted coldly.

"Once the Prince of Meteor County learns of the situation here, you will die a worse death than us."

"Prince of Meteor County?" Huoo Di sneered ominously.

"He won't find out about this so soon."

"Within today, Black Rain City will fall completely into my hands."

"It won't be long before my Cultivation greatly increases."

"By then, even if the Prince of Meteor County comes, he will be no match for me."

"Hahaha."

"Madman, you want to massacre the city?" the surrounding martial artists exclaimed in shock.

"So what if I do," Huoo Di replied with a fierce expression.

"Oh, right, there's also a Deputy Captain of the Flame Martial Guard."

Saying this, Huoo Di instructed his subordinates, "Go search for them; make sure this little rat doesn't escape."

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared.

"No need, I am here."

The figure landed softly and spoke faintly.

Huoo Di looked at the person in front, frowning, "Who are you?"

"Deputy Captain of the Flame Martial Guard, Xiao Yi."

The person was indeed Xiao Yi.

"Deputy Captain?" Zhou Ping and others were first startled, then panicked.

"Deputy Captain, run! Huoo Di is a madman."

"Go back to the base immediately, find the Deputy Commander."

"You are no match for him."

"Thinking of running? No way," Huoo Di yelled.

His subordinates immediately surrounded the area.

"Hmph," Xiao Yi snorted, and with a wave of his hand,

Countless Sword Qi slashed out.

The ropes on Zhou Ping and the others snapped instantly.

However, Zhou Ping and the others fell to the ground, powerless.

"Hahaha, thinking of saving your teammates for help?"

"It's useless," Huoo Di laughed loudly.

Zhou Ping gritted his teeth, "Deputy Captain, it's no use, don't bother about us."

"We've been hit by Soul-breaking Powder, our Cultivation has been dispersed."

"I know," Xiao Yi nodded.

Then, a surge of True Qi entered everyone's bodies.

Soul-breaking Powder, a peak Fifth-grade Elixir.

Ground into a powder for attacks,

It can suppress someone's Cultivation in the short term.

Effective against anyone below Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer.

However, this stuff is tough to refine.

Moreover, its attack speed is slow; it's hard for enemies to fall victim to it.

As for Xiao Yi knowing about everyone's Soul-breaking Powder,

It was naturally due to the 'Black Rain' he smelled earlier.

If he wasn't mistaken, these Soul-breaking Powders had been spread into the spiritual energy clouds earlier.

Finally coming down with the Black Rain,

It caused all martial artists to lose their combat abilities,

Allowing Black Rain City to be conquered in a very short time.

"It's no use." Huoo Di sneered dismissively, "My Soul-breaking Powder, how can it be broken by your True Qi."

As expected, the True Qi that Xiao Yi transmitted into everyone's bodies

Was dispersed by a strange force.

This force was the Soul-breaking Powder.

"Little rat, it's over, take him down," Huoo Di had only wanted to see Xiao Yi make a fool of himself.

"Hmph," Xiao Yi scoffed coldly.

The next second, an extreme coldness instantly made the temperature in the City Lord's Mansion plummet.

This extreme chill entered the bodies of Zhou Ping and the others,

Instantly trapping the potency of the Soul-breaking Powder.

The next second, everyone's Cultivation was restored in an instant.

"How is this possible?" Huoo Di was shocked.

"To be able to rapidly locate the effect of the poison within someone's body."

"You're an Alchemist, and your grade is definitely not low."

Xiao Yi didn't respond, but instead turned to Zhou Ping and the others.

"Immediately rescue all the residents of the city, kill all the Mountain Bandits."

"As for the Main Mansion and Huoo Di, leave them to me."

Xiao Yi stated faintly, his Unrivaled Sword materializing in his hand.

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The fifth update.