Soul Emperor Martial God

"Sir, I will say it again, release my disciple and we can let this matter go,"

True Qi surged around the woman as she spoke coldly.

She was no fool; the young man before her dared to publicly kidnap her disciple in Spring Breeze City.

This proved that he was no ordinary individual.

If unnecessary, she wished to avoid making an enemy.

Most importantly, she couldn't discern Xiao Yi's Cultivation level, naturally making her apprehensive.

Xiao Yi remained silent.

The woman said coldly, "We have no grievances or enmity with you, sir, why must you meddle in this trivial matter?"

Xiao Yi said indifferently, "To me, this is no trivial matter."

"Oh?" The woman frowned and asked, "Could it be that those missing people include your friends and relatives?"

The woman's expression relaxed a bit as she said, "If that is so."

"Sir, just tell me your name, and I will release them."

"No." Xiao Yi shook his head, unwilling to continue with this pointless talk.

With a wave of his hand, a prohibition fell thunderously.

The woman was immediately immobilized.

She was merely at the Earth Origin Fifth Stage.

For Xiao Yi, dealing with her required only a casual prohibition.

Then, Xiao Yi levitated and tossed the woman next to Meng Luo.

The woman fell heavily and glanced at Meng Luo's current state, instantly becoming very anxious.

"Meng Luo, you... could it be..."

At this moment, Meng Luo was only clad in a thin robe.

Although the robe was wide enough to prevent any indecency,

it was visibly clear there was nothing else underneath.

"You misunderstood, Master," Meng Luo quickly explained.

The woman hurriedly pulled out a set of clothes for Meng Luo from her Qiankun Bag.

Xiao Yi turned around, hearing rustling noises behind him.

After a while, the noise ceased, and Xiao Yi turned back around.

Meng Luo had put on her clothes.

"Alright, now you can tell me who you are," Xiao Yi asked indifferently.

The woman pondered for a moment, then truthfully said, "I am the Lianhua Sect Master, Meng Lianhua."

"The Lianhua Sect?" Xiao Yi murmured to himself.

He had heard of this name before.

It was a medium-sized force outside Spring Breeze City, entirely comprised of women.

The strongest in the sect was a martial artist at the Earth Origin Fifth Stage.

It seemed she was the woman before him.

"What about the people behind you?" Xiao Yi asked directly.

"This..." Meng Lianhua hesitated.

Xiao Yi's expression chilled, "Ladies, I have been polite to you solely because you are women."

"But do not think that I am a soft-hearted person."

"If I can kidnap someone, I am prepared to kill as well."

"Sir, please calm down!" Meng Lianhua was startled.

They hadn't even fought, yet she had been instantly immobilized by Xiao Yi.

She already realized the young man before her was not someone she could afford to provoke.

Meng Lianhua said reluctantly, "It's not that we do not want to tell you, sir, but that we cannot."

"If we did, we would also die."

"Plus, observing that sir is so young yet has such Cultivation, you must belong to some major power."

"But let me tell you, sir, the person behind this matter is not someone you can afford to provoke."

"If you continue to investigate further, even the major power behind you may not be able to protect you."

"It's even possible that your support could suffer as well."

Xiao Yi's expression turned cold, "Do not think I am unaware of the Scorching Fire Pill Poison in your bodies."

True, both Meng Lianhua and Meng Luo had Scorching Fire Pill Poison in their bodies.

That was exactly why Xiao Yi had directly approached Meng Luo earlier.

In fact, he could not initially confirm whether the disappearances had connections with Spring Breeze Square or Joy Building.

Both places had too clever and cautious methods of deflecting suspicion.

Xiao Yi had only followed his intuition in approaching Spring Breeze Square.

Then, after detecting the Scorching Fire Pill Poison on Meng Luo,

he finally confirmed his suspicion and captured Meng Luo.

The Scorching Fire Pill was unique to the Flame Holy Sect.

Probably, other than the elders of the Flame Holy Sect and the renowned Saint Child, no one else knew how to refine it.

The essence of this elixir was extremely faint, hard to detect.

Only an exceptionally skilled seventh-grade Alchemist could possibly sense its presence in others.

Xiao Yi's skills were undoubtedly refined, most crucially, he had specifically noted this elixir's essence when he was at the Flame Holy Sect.

Thus, he had directly discovered the essence of the Scorching Fire Pill on Meng Luo at Spring Breeze Square,

further affirming the link between these places and the disappearances.

Bringing the focus back,

at this point, Xiao Yi coldly stared at the two women.

"Don't think if you do not speak, I have no other means."

Having said that, Xiao Yi narrowed his eyes and turned away.

Meng Lianhua and Meng Luo, although useful to Xiao Yi, were not people he planned to kill.

Xiao Yi turned around silently.

Meng Lianhua and Meng Luo didn't dare to utter a word.

The atmosphere fell into a bizarre silence.

...

Time gradually passed.

Half a day later, another figure rapidly approached from the distance.

The man was a middle-aged robust man, his aura surging. He was at least a Martial Artist of Earth Origin Fifth Layer.

"Master Meng," the man landed and immediately noticed Meng Lianhua and Meng Luo bound by prohibitions.

"Who are you?" he then turned his gaze towards Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi's mouth curled into a cold smirk, "So someone did come to rescue you."

Having said that, he waved his hand grandly, and a prohibition fell until the man too was captured.

"How strong!" exclaimed the middle-aged robust man in shock.

"Who is this?" Xiao Yi looked towards Meng Lianhua and asked.

Meng Lianhua answered truthfully, "He's the Divine Armor Sect Master."

"Divine Armor Sect," Xiao Yi nodded.

He knew of this power.

It was a mid-level power within Spring Breeze City.

The disciples of the Sect were extremely skilled in defense, practicing a Divine Armor Skill.

Clearly visible was a layer of armor condensed from Primordial Power on the body of the Divine Armor Sect Master.

Although the Divine Armor Sect Master was only of Earth Origin Fifth Stage, this armor protected him against any attacks from anyone below Earth Origin Sixth Layer.

At this point, Meng Lianhua had already explained the situation.

The Divine Armor Sect Master suddenly burst into a rampant cold laugh, "Hahaha."

"Boy, you dare to probe into our backers?"

"You're tired of living."

"Enough noise," Xiao Yi slapped him across the face.

The Divine Armor Sect Master was sent flying, spitting blood.

The armor on his body shattered entirely.

Meng Lianhua and Meng Luo, standing to the side, swallowed dryly in fright.

"Boy, you won't be pleased for long," the Divine Armor Sect Master wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said coldly.

"The people backing us are not something you can provoke."

"I and Master Meng are also not ones you can provoke."

"We're only three hundred miles out of Spring Breeze City, it won't be long before a myriad of powerful people will come for your life."

"I'll be waiting," Xiao Yi smirked coldly.

"If they come, I'll capture them."

Actually, this had been Xiao Yi's plan all along.

During his investigation in Fierce Tiger County these past days, he found an overwhelming number of powers here.

The relationships between the small and large powers were intricately complex and extremely troublesome.

To investigate alone within them was too difficult and time-consuming.

Xiao Yi had no interest in wasting time.

Capturing those involved was undoubtedly the simplest method.

Everything, resolved through force.

Furthermore, regarding the disappearances happening around Spring Breeze City,

The core of it was Meng Luo; no, more precisely, it should be the Lianhua Sect.

Now that both Lianhua Sect Master and Meng Luo were in his hands,

And he already had arranged the place to save them at Joy Building.

Surely, someone would come behind to rescue them.

The Divine Armor Sect Master was just the beginning.

...

Indeed, time gradually passed.

Another half-day later, a group of figures rapidly approached from a distance.

The tea was an elder.

"Divine Armor Sect Master, Master Meng, you have been missing for a whole day; something unexpected really did happen."

After saying that, the elder coldly glared at Xiao Yi.

"Boy, you dare to capture our people; you're tired of living."

"Take him down!"

The elder waved his hand grandly, and his subordinates made their moves.

"Bind," Xiao Yi shouted lowly.

A terrifying prohibition fell, capturing dozens of people including the elder.

"How powerful, how is this possible?" the elder exclaimed in great shock.

Xiao Yi gave a cold laugh and asked, "And who is this?"

Meng Lianhua responded with a grim face, "He's the Xuanmu Sect Hierarch."

...

Time went by gradually.

Three days later, Xiao Yi looked at a dense crowd of people behind him, his expression extremely somber.

In three days, the powers that came to the rescue reached over twenty groups.

He had also captured over twenty different Sect Leaders and Hierarchs.

"Good lord, no wonder you've been so reckless and arrogant," Xiao Yi said coldly.

"I really want to see, just how many powers are involved."

...

First release.