“Your Majesty, leave those corpses to me. Please rest and recover from your wounds.”
Since Hua Fuguang had already pledged her allegiance to Ling Xiao, she naturally wanted to prove her worth.
She knew she was no match for Corpse Granny, but dealing with the corpses that Corpse Granny had revived was something she could handle.
“Mm.”
Ling Xiao did indeed need time to heal. If he continued fighting, his injuries would certainly worsen.
As a result, he, the one so many people despised, ended up as the idle one. He sat there, healing while observing the battles.
The fight between Leng Mei and Corpse Granny was evenly matched, though Corpse Granny clearly had far more combat experience.
Moreover, she was not limited to controlling corpses. Her own fighting prowess was extraordinarily fierce.
Hua Fuguang found the corpses relatively easy to handle, but she could not end that fight quickly either.
The battle between Feng Ming Piao Xue and Zhang Tiande had her slightly on the back foot, but for the moment, a winner could not be determined.
As for the clash between Yun Ya and the Yan representative, there was an element of tacit understanding.
Yun Ya could easily kill the Yan representative if she wanted to, but she did not. Although she wished to cooperate with Ling Xiao, she was not one of his people after all. Holding the Yan representative back was enough for her.
There was no need to kill him for Ling Xiao’s sake and form a mortal enmity with the Water Temple.
This situation left the onlookers utterly thrilled.
When had they ever witnessed such slaughter among so many Cave Heaven realm martial artists? It was simply too shocking.
“It seems some people are destined to draw water with a bamboo basket in vain. Ling Xiao appears isolated with no backing, yet whenever someone wants his life, they always fall short. He has far too many friends, does he not?”
“Indeed. The One-Eyed Pirate Crew will have died for nothing. Bi Bo Island will gain no advantage either. As for the Water Temple, this battle has cost them not only the One-Eyed Pirate Crew but also the Double Flower Pirate Crew. Their influence in the Sin City sea domain will have to be rebuilt from scratch.”
“It is not that I fail to understand. The world simply changes too quickly. Why do I feel that every time Ling Xiao seems about to be killed, the outcome is always completely different from what we imagined?”
“It is not the world changing quickly. It is that we all know far too little about Ling Xiao. Who among you truly understands his real strength?”
Many people could not answer this question.
They assumed Ling Xiao’s cultivation was at the Ten Directions Heaven level, but was it really?
Even if it was, his combat power was likely far beyond that of ordinary Ten Directions Heaven cultivators.
After a short while, Ling Xiao’s internal injuries had fully healed.
With medicinal pills combined with the healing ability of the Saint King Eye, this was truly no issue for him.
Once his body had recovered, Ling Xiao turned his gaze towards the martial artists from the Heavenly Dragon Trading Company and Bi Bo Island.
These people were merely Celestial Human realm warriors. Although numerous, in front of Ling Xiao, they were nothing more than clay dogs and pottery chickens.
Especially now that his cultivation had broken through to the early Ten Directions Heaven stage and he had comprehended the sword domain, these people had no way to deal with him at all.
A cold smile flickered in his eyes, and a hint of menace rose on his face.
You want to kill me? Then I will annihilate your entire force, leaving not one alive!
Heavenly Dragon Trading Company?
Bi Bo Island?
Anyone who provokes me, Ling Xiao, or my Heavenly Dynasty shall die!
The people from the Heavenly Dragon Trading Company and Bi Bo Island saw Ling Xiao’s expression and felt the powerful pressure he released towards them.
Every one of them could not help but tremble, their hearts filled with terror.
“This is bad. That madman is going to attack us!”
Though afraid, the warriors from Bi Bo Island and the Heavenly Dragon Trading Company were, after all, seasoned veterans of the martial world. Facing a seventeen-year-old brat, they might be terrified, but for the sake of face, they could not simply flee.
If they did, it would be far too humiliating.
“Ling Xiao, you thief! What do you think you are doing? Do you intend to make an enemy of our Heavenly Dragon Trading Company?”
Both groups voiced the same question.
“Nonsense! You came to kill me. Am I not allowed to kill you in return? If you die, do not blame me. Those who kill shall constantly be killed. It is that simple!”
Ling Xiao found these people truly laughable.
Make an enemy of them?
The situation was already one of irreconcilable enmity, yet they still said such things. Had water flooded their brains?
“Everyone, do not fear him! He is just one person. With hundreds of us joining forces, how could we not be his match?”
Despite their inner fear, the people from Bi Bo Island and the Heavenly Dragon Trading Company gathered together. They knew that fleeing now would be useless. Their only option was to resist.
Otherwise, given Ling Xiao’s personality, he would never let them leave alive.
Watching their actions, Ling Xiao said nothing more. His sword domain reappeared.
In the mountain-river world behind him, the light from the scarlet sun grew even brighter.
Light Sword Domain!
It could illuminate everything, slay everything, destroy everything!
The whistling of swords rang out incessantly, forming a battle song of slaughter.
“Fight!”
Among the hundreds of martial artists, about two-thirds chose to confront Ling Xiao head-on. They all attacked and charged towards him.
The remaining portion turned and fled outright. They had already witnessed the terror of Ling Xiao’s sword domain. It could even injure the Poison Soul Venerable at the Third Cave Heaven realm. How could they, mere Celestial Human realm warriors, resist it?
They had to escape!
Whether those charging forward or those fleeing, all were enveloped within Ling Xiao’s Light Sword Domain.
A mocking smile appeared on Ling Xiao’s face. Sword lights shot out like rays from the scarlet sun.
These people had travelled vast distances to take his life. If he did not entertain them properly, would that not be failing their enthusiastic hospitality?
Sword beams flashed past!
Screams rose one after another!
The martial artists from the Heavenly Dragon Trading Company and Bi Bo Island were all swept into this rain of slaughtering swords.
Not a single one escaped.
They watched wide-eyed as their bodies were pierced again and again by those rays of light.
Bone-chilling pain surged continuously from within their bodies, making them tremble all over.
Why?
Why are we the ones dying?
We clearly came only to kill an insignificant nobody in the martial world!
Why!
We are unwilling!
Whether warriors from the Heavenly Dragon Trading Company or Bi Bo Island, at this moment, they shared only one thought: regret and unwillingness.
They had followed Zhang Tiande, Corpse Granny, and the Poison Soul Venerable here, full of confidence and vigour.
Was it not just to kill a Celestial Human realm nobody? Any one of them could have done it.
How could there be any danger?
Yet now, cruel reality taught them a truth: never underestimate those obscure and unknown figures.
Perhaps within their seemingly insignificant bodies lay the most terrifying power.
“You beast! Stop this at once!”
Corpse Granny and Zhang Tiande shouted almost in unison.
