Soul Emperor Martial God

"Stop them," Huo Di bellowed.

His subordinates were about to make a move.

"Halt," Xiao Yi uttered in a low shout.

Instantly, Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy surged and restrained these several individuals.

Among Huo Di's subordinates, the strongest was but at the Mystic Breakthrough Eighth Layer.

To deal with them,

Xiao Yi didn't even need to resort to his sword momentum.

Merely using the Spiritual Energy Restriction was enough.

At this moment, Zhou Ping and the others, totaling ten, had already made a swift departure.

Most of the mountain bandits outside were in the Mysterious Profundity Realm.

Only a few were in the Mystic Breakthrough Realm.

After all, they were only there to deal with ordinary people; their power wouldn't be too strong.

They were probably just Huo Di's ordinary subordinates.

Zhou Ping and the others should have no problems dealing with them.

At this time, Xiao Yi cast a faint glance at the half-space above the City Lord's Mansion.

There, a blood-colored bead was present.

The bead was rapidly absorbing the vitality around it.

And the source of that vitality turned out to be the bound City Lord on the ground, as well as the martial artists of Black Rain City.

"Blood Intent Pill," Xiao Yi frowned slightly.

Upon hearing this, Huo Di was shocked anew, "To recognize the Blood Intent Pill at a glance."

"You must be a high-grade Alchemist."

"Such a figure, to merely be a deputy commander of the Flame Martial Guard?"

"Who exactly are you?"

Huo Di had already put away his previous contempt, his expression turning somewhat grave.

Xiao Yi shook his head, his voice grave, "So it turns out you were refining the Blood Intent Pill."

"No wonder you were slaughtering the city."

The Blood Intent Pill, a Peak of Sixth-grade elixir.

However, it was not a normal elixir.

It was a type of evil elixir that had been explicitly forbidden from being refined.

It required a large amount of Essence Blood from human martial artists.

Its effects were somewhat similar to the Heavenly Will Pill.

But while the Heavenly Will Pill only increased a martial artist's perceptive abilities for a brief period,

The Blood Intent Pill not only increased perceptiveness,

But it could also instantly bring the user into a state of enlightenment, Unity of Heaven and Man,

And even increase Cultivation from thin air.

Simply put, it boosts Cultivation as well as overcomes Martial Arts Bottlenecks.

And its effects are immense.

Of course, the price is a vast number of lives.

Black Rain City was not a large city with sufficient martial power.

Even if Huo Di captured all the martial artists within the city, it would definitely not be enough.

Hence, he had no choice but to slaughter the city.

Allowing the city's hundreds of thousands of ordinary civilians' faint vitality to take their place.

"You're merely at the Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer Cultivation, yet you can refine a Peak of Sixth-grade elixir."

"With your talent for refining,"

"Had you not committed such grievous slaughter today,"

"You would surely have a place among the top echelons of the Flame Martial Kingdom in the future."

"What a pity."

Xiao Yi said sternly, already starting to mobilize the True Qi within his body.

"A place among them?" Huo Di let out a cold laugh.

"No, I want it all."

"Regardless of who you are, today, become the nourishment for the Blood Intent Pill."

Having said that, Huo Di made his move in an instant.

Xiao Yi, utterly unafraid, held the Unrivaled Sword in his hand, piercing out with a thrust.

The two sides clashed.

But, merely after one exchange, Huo Di was forced to retreat.

A mere Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer, Xiao Yi didn't even take him seriously.

The martial artists bound on the ground were greatly surprised and delighted.

"Tsk tsk, this young man is quite formidable."

"He has injured Huo Di in a single encounter."

Bang... Bang... Bang...

At this moment, Huo Di suddenly waved a large hand.

Countless powders appeared out of thin air.

When the powders came in contact with the air, they instantly transformed into a multicolored gas.

The gas spread extremely fast, and in an instant, it enveloped the entire City Lord's Mansion.

"Hmm?" Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows slightly and quickly swallowed a pill.

This was a seventh-grade Detoxification Pill.

Anything below seventh-grade poison could not harm Xiao Yi in the slightest.

However, the other martial artists could not withstand it.

"Cough, cough..." The City Lord and others bound on the ground began to cough violently.

Some with weaker Cultivation even began to suffer from skin ulceration.

"Seal," Xiao Yi uttered in a low voice.

An extreme cold air appeared.

It froze the other martial artists, isolating them from the poison gas.

"Full of tricks, it's time to capture you quickly," Xiao Yi shouted lowly.

His figure flashed, instantly disappearing from the spot.

When he reappeared,

He was already in front of Huo Di.

Xiao Yi delivered a punch.

"Ugh," Huo Di spat out blood.

"So strong," Huo Di's face was full of disbelief.

"Just a team captain, how could he possess such power?"

Xiao Yi did not respond, chopping down on Huo Di's neck with the side of his hand.

Huoo Di lost his fighting abilities in an instant.

The next second, just as Xiao Yi was about to pick up Huoo Di,

A shadowy figure attacked in a flash.

"Hm?" Xiao Yi frowned and counterattacked with a burst of Sword Qi.

"Hmph." The shadow sneered.

Xiao Yi's Sword Qi dissipated instantly.

"An Earth Origin Realm Martial Artist." Xiao Yi furrowed his brow.

The shadow had already reached him, reaching out to grab Huoo Di.

"Think you can take someone from my hands?" Xiao Yi scoffed.

He held onto Huoo Di with one hand and faced the enemy with the other.

However, the strength of the newcomer seemed to surpass Xiao Yi's expectations.

The shadow launched a palm strike.

Xiao Yi, along with his sword, was sent flying.

The shadow, meanwhile, snatched away Huoo Di.

"Puh." Xiao Yi spit out a mouthful of fresh blood, his expression growing serious.

"Earth Origin Ninth Layer."

Indeed, the figure before him was a martial artist of the Earth Origin Ninth Layer.

Shrouded in a black robe, his face was indiscernible.

At that moment, Huoo Di, catching his breath, said to the shadow beside him, "Kill that brat for me."

"I want to flay his skin."

"And soak him in Black Poison Water, subjecting him to the most horrific torment under heaven."

Upon hearing this, the shadow did not move.

"What are you dawdling for?" Huoo Di scolded.

Still, the shadow did not respond and looked solemnly at Xiao Yi.

The martial artist's instincts told him that he did not have the confidence to handle Xiao Yi.

As this thought appeared, he instantly picked up Huoo Di.

And took away the Blood Intent Pill that had not yet fully formed in mid-air.

The next second, he swiftly retreated and escaped.

"Trying to run?" Xiao Yi shouted coldly, as the Unrivaled Sword was already back in his hand.

Instead, he took out the Blood Slaughter Sword and immediately gave chase.

Just then, the distant shadow suddenly threw something.

The object materialized, instantly becoming six massive entities.

"Six Fire Puppet Balls." Xiao Yi was startled and quickly retreated.

"Break."

With domineering sword force, he engaged the Heaven and Earth Martial Arts Power and restricted the six Flame Puppets.

Now, the Sky-splitting Sword Demon's Domineering Sword Technique.

Xiao Yi had mastered 90% of it.

With 80% mastery back then, he could easily trap a Heavenly Origin Realm Elder.

Now, six Flame Puppets with the power of the Earth Origin Ninth Layer naturally didn't pose a threat to Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi waved his hand.

The six Flame Puppets were easily subdued and dissipated by the sword force.

The Flame Puppets vanished.

Xiao Yi was about to pursue, but the shadow and Huoo Di had already disappeared.

Meanwhile, behind him, the City Lord of Black Rain City and the city's martial artists each spat out a mouthful of bloody spittle.

Clearly, the injuries they had sustained earlier were severe.

Now, their wounds had worsened.

"Damn it." Xiao Yi gritted his teeth and halted his pursuit.

He turned around and began to heal everyone.

After half an hour,

Including the City Lord and other powerhouses, their injuries were all stabilized.

"Team Leader Xiao Yi, we are very grateful for your help this time," thanked the City Lord of Black Rain City with a clasped fist.

"No need to be polite, it's my duty," Xiao Yi waved his hand.

At the same time, Zhou Ping and the others had also returned.

"Team leader, all the mountain bandits have been killed."

"Hm." Xiao Yi nodded.

...

Ten minutes later.

From afar, dozens of figures swiftly approached.

The City Lord of Black Rain City and the others were immediately startled.

Zhou Ping and his team also readied themselves for battle.

"There's no need to panic," said Xiao Yi. "They're our own people."

Sure enough, as the dozens of figures landed, it turned out to be Tang Huowu, Xu Qian, and Tie Jiushan from the three other divisions.

"Team Leader Xiao Yi." The three greeted with a bow.

"Hm." Xiao Yi returned the bow.

"Where's Huoo Di?" Xu Qian asked first.

The intelligence of the Flame Martial Guard was remarkably swift.

The situation in Black Rain City had been reported back to their base even before Huoo Di made his move.

These three divisions had been ordered to come to their aid.

"He got away," Xiao Yi answered plainly.

"What, he escaped?" Xu Qian frowned deeply.

"Team Leader Xiao Yi, Huoo Di only has Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer Cultivation, and you couldn't capture him?"

"Each member of the Flame Martial Guard is elite."

"They are invincible within their own cultivation level."

Tang Huowu also frowned and said, "Team Leader Xiao Yi, this mission was extremely urgent."

"The Deputy Commander's order was that we must capture Huoo Di."

"What do we do now?"

The other Flame Martial Guards also spoke, "We rushed here from the base and it took some time, that's one thing."

"You had already arrived in Black Rain City."

"And Huoo Di still slipped away right under your noses."

"We're not taking the blame for this."

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First update.