The Fire Captain sneered. Although he had no idea where these plum blossoms had come from, the fact that they dared to block his attack was simply laughable.
Flames burst from his entire body, becoming even sharper.
A blaze roared skyward, engulfing the plum blossoms.
“Idiot. If it were snow, I might have a slight headache, but burning plum blossoms with fire is child’s play!”
The Fire Captain revealed a triumphant smile.
“Is that so?”
A chilling female voice cut through the air.
When they looked again, the plum blossoms had actually escaped the embrace of the crimson flames. Each petal remained vibrant and undamaged, showing no trace of having been scorched.
The Fire Captain only had time to display a shocked expression before he felt a sharp pain in his throat.
The breath of life was stripped from his body.
“Ah…”
Miserable screams rang out almost simultaneously.
With the Fire Captain dead, the remaining pirates of his squad were harvested like driftwood on the ocean, their lives as worthless as weeds.
The watching martial artists were stunned.
Ling Xiao had not even lifted a finger, yet the person helping him was so terrifyingly powerful.
This young man was not some lone wanderer. All their earlier guesses had been wrong.
Son of Heaven!
Emperor of the Heavenly Dynasty!
How could someone with such status lack allies?
People kept saying the Water God Temple was mighty and the One-Eyed Pirate Crew was vicious, yet many overlooked the fact that the Heavenly Dynasty Empire had only recently overthrown the True Demon Empire.
Behind Ling Xiao stood a formidable power as well.
Death spread along the long street. Nearly three hundred pirates from the Fire Captain’s unit were completely slaughtered.
They died just as inexplicably and just as frustratingly.
“Tsk tsk, killing Ling Xiao really isn’t easy.”
The onlookers couldn’t help but click their tongues in private.
“Now that you think about it, ever since Ling Xiao arrived on the Divine Phoenix Continent, he has offended more than one expert, yet the result is always the same. Those who offended him either died or were crippled, while he not only survived but grew stronger and stronger!”
“It seems that unless a representative from the Water God Temple personally acts, the One-Eyed Pirate Crew might be completely wiped out today.”
“That Ling Xiao is truly calm. Even now he’s still eating, showing no intention of fighting.”
People genuinely admired this young man more and more. Whether he was pretending to show off or not, he had every right to do so.
Anyone else would be incapable of pulling it off.
Princess Yun Ya had long since set down her bowl and chopsticks, smiling bitterly as she looked at Ling Xiao. She had thought that the more time they spent together, the better she would understand him, yet now she suddenly realised that the more time they spent together, the less she understood him. He only grew more mysterious.
Almost every day he seemed like a different person.
What shocked her most was the identity of the first person who had stepped in to help Ling Xiao.
If she was not mistaken, it had to be Feng Ming Piaoxue.
She truly admired her. Back in the capital of the Divine Phoenix Empire, Feng Ming Piaoxue had regarded Ling Xiao as an enemy, yet today she was willing to help him, even if it meant offending the Water God Temple.
This youth really possessed extraordinary charm.
His looks, martial skills, medical expertise, and intelligence, everything about him radiated a strange allure.
No one in this world was perfect, and Ling Xiao was no exception, yet many of his flaws also carried a fatal attraction.
Arrogance and insolence, when displayed by others, were derogatory terms.
But on him, they became compliments.
Because when others acted that way, they usually ended in tragedy.
For him, it always ended in comedy.
At that moment, Ling Xiao finished the last mouthful of his tofu pudding, casually tossed the final steamed bun into his mouth, swallowed, and then spoke indifferently, “Everyone from the One-Eyed Pirate Crew, listen well. I’m in a good mood today and don’t feel like going on a killing spree, so you had better not test my patience. Whoever attacks me, I will kill without mercy.”
The pirates of the One-Eyed Pirate Crew shrank back once more.
Ling Xiao had not even made a move, yet the Fire Captain and his entire squad had been annihilated. To him, the rest of them were nothing more than fish on a chopping board. If he said he would kill, he could wipe them out effortlessly. There was simply no chance of turning the tables.
Everything that had happened in Sin City over the past two days proved one thing.
Ling Xiao was absolutely not a soft-hearted person.
On the contrary, he was extremely ruthless!
Especially toward enemies, he basically never showed mercy.
If he said he would kill, he would definitely kill. He was not joking.
“Captain Shark, Captain Turtle, Captain Wind, the three of you attack together. With your strength, are you really going to fear a mere Ling Xiao?”
A cold voice came from the representative of the Water God Temple.
He was furious and wanted to act personally.
But if he did, it would mean the Water God Temple was truly getting involved, and they would inevitably become enemies with both the Heavenly Dynasty and the Divine Phoenix Empire.
Although the Water God Temple did not fear them, it would disrupt their plans.
Therefore, he now only hoped that the remaining three captains of the One-Eyed Pirate Crew would prove useful.
“Yes, sir!”
Captain Shark, Captain Turtle, and Captain Wind were all half-step Cavern Heaven realm martial artists, slightly weaker than the Fire Captain but still at the mature stage.
If any one of them fought alone, they might not be Ling Xiao’s match, but if the three joined forces, and with the assistance of their three squads, killing Ling Xiao was still possible.
Who cared about being shameless?
As long as Ling Xiao died, even if people cursed them for being shameless, they wouldn’t mind.
The three exchanged glances and shot forward almost simultaneously. The sound of inner force exploding rang through the air. All three were incredibly fast.
So fast that many martial artists could not even track them with their naked eyes.
Especially Captain Wind, who truly moved like a gust of wind.
“Captain Shark from the Sea Shark clan, Captain Turtle from the Turtle clan, and a human Captain Wind who possesses a wind-type martial spirit. Your One-Eyed Pirate Crew really does collect every kind of freak.”
Ling Xiao gave a faint smile. Behind him, a vast world faintly emerged.
Sun and moon alternated, day and night shifted.
It exuded an aura of grandeur and eternity.
Suddenly, an enormous heaven-devouring beast, Taotie, crawled out from the darkness. Its two ferocious eyes, like the sun and moon, stared fixedly at the approaching attackers.
An icy, terrifying aura instantly seeped into the bodies of every martial artist present.
“The Taotie martial spirit? This kid has actually fully integrated the Taotie martial spirit into his techniques? How long has it been? How did he do it?”
In the crowd, Mang Tian gnashed his teeth in hatred and jealousy.
“Petty tricks. Kill!”
Captain Shark, Captain Turtle, and Captain Wind were indeed startled.
But they were, after all, captain-level pirates who were vicious by nature. Even a trace of fear could not completely suppress their savage hearts.
A gigantic shark condensed from water-blue heavenly yuan force!
A massive turtle shell gleaming with earthy-yellow light!
A madly spinning tornado!
Three attacks hurtled toward Ling Xiao almost simultaneously.
