Chapter 431: Chapter 430: The Might of Xu Jian
Facing Duanmu Cheng’s inquiry, Yang Fei didn’t pay him any attention. Duanmu Cheng was from the Duanmu Family, and those he brought with him were also from the Duanmu Family’s forces, which included several elite experts. For Yang Fei, although these people were not at fault, since Duanmu Hai and Duanmu Yun had killed his uncle, they were just a little interest he had come to collect.
Like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, Yang Fei charged into the crowd without hesitation, acting swiftly and ruthlessly.
Wang Lei also gave it his all. The two of them attacked from opposite sides towards the middle, like two sharp daggers slicing open gaps through the Duanmu Family’s group of dozens.
"Bastards, kill them for me!"
Duanmu Cheng’s eyes were split with rage as he bellowed loudly.
Without needing his orders, the Duanmu Family’s dozens of skilled fighters hesitated not a moment to besiege Yang Fei and Wang Lei.
At the same time, they split some of their people to charge towards Qi Hongshao and Xu Jian in the center of the arena.
Qi Hongshao was stunned by Yang Fei’s formidable combat prowess, but knowing she could not let the Duanmu Family’s people take control in the heart of the encirclement, otherwise it would bog down Wang Lei, she decisively pulled out her long whip and swept it towards the attacking enemies.
Xu Jian smiled slightly and said, "Stand behind me."
As he spoke, he stepped forward to position himself in front of Qi Hongshao and Hong Lei. With a casual wave of his hand, a black fog rolled toward Duanmu Cheng.
"Be careful, it’s poison fog!"
"Ugh!"
"Ah!"
Someone inhaled the poison, immediately covering their throat with their hands, unable to make a sound.
Others let out harrowing screams, clawing at their faces in agony as they collapsed to the side.
It was the first time Qi Hongshao and Hong Lei had seen Xu Jian use his skills. The domineering effect of the mass attack toxin he unleashed with a wave of his hand, kept the enemies from daring to get close, which instantly shocked them.
"Sister, where did you find such powerful helpers?" Hong Lei couldn’t help but ask.
Qi Hongshao opened her mouth, her gaze drifting toward the figure slicing through the crowd.
She didn’t have such powerful helpers, it was all him.
In her gaze, that person, wielding a steel saber, moved with pride and authority, even dominating when up against Innate Realm fighters, like a god of war.
Qi Hongshao was momentarily dazed.
Duanmu Cheng, with strength approaching the Innate Realm, had intended to capture Qi Hongshao and Hong Lei as hostages, but he hadn’t expected that the old man accompanying the two women would be a master of poison. He immediately halted, not daring to advance.
He focused his gaze on Xu Jian and asked, "Are you a senior from the Poison Sect?"
The Poison Sect was one of the Eight Great Forces. Although the sect’s top experts were few, their superior mastery in the use of poisons had earned them a unique place in the Hidden Sect world, and ordinary forces dared not provoke the Poison Sect.
Xu Jian heard the term Poison Sect for the second time. He thought that he should make contact with the Poison Sect when the opportunity arises to see if there was a chance to enhance the Xu Family Poison Skill.
"My Duanmu Family has always been on good terms with the Poison Sect. If the senior wishes to take these two women away, you could just state your name, and I would naturally give the Poison Sect this face. Why must you take direct action and harm the harmony between our two families?" Duanmu Cheng, seeing that Xu Jian did not answer, continued.
He wanted to leverage the relationship between the Poison Sect and the Duanmu Family.
But Xu Jian was not someone from the Poison Sect. He scoffed at Duanmu Cheng’s intentions and said coldly, "Don’t take on tasks that exceed your ability; with such limited skills, you still insist on stirring up trouble, really losing face for the Duanmu Family."
Duanmu Cheng’s face flushed red, he said sternly, "Are you truly intent on opposing the Duanmu Family?"
"You still don’t have the right to ask me such questions," Xu Jian said coldly.
Duanmu Cheng, enraged, said, "Surround them. I refuse to believe he has enough poison on him to take down all of us."
Xu Jian laughed out loud, reaching through the air toward Duanmu Cheng.
Power Elements in the surroundings quickly stirred.
Duanmu Cheng suddenly felt a tremendous pressure surging toward him, horrified, "Late-stage Innate?"
How... How could this be possible?
"How unlucky can I get to encounter so many formidable figures all at once?"
Moreover, this old man is a master of poison.
With his mastery of Poison Skill, my men can’t even get close, not to mention that this guy is also a high-level expert in the Late-stage Innate Realm?
Amidst his shock, Duanmu Cheng waved his palms high into the sky.
At the same time, the two Innate Realm masters by his side were responsible for his safety; they both struck simultaneously, blasting towards the void.
Xu Jian, who had long stepped into the Late-stage Innate Realm with his Physical Body Realm, was not only powerful in his Divine Soul but had also reached the formidable level of Half-step Divine Travel Realm. At this moment, although his intention was only to control Duanmu Cheng, his power was still formidable.
The void emitted a series of muffled thuds, as several forces invisibly dispersed.
Duanmu Cheng grunted, staggering several steps backward.
The expressions of his two guards grew serious, one of them stayed by his side and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Four, we must leave, immediately."
Duanmu Cheng was furious. "Damn it, we have so many people; how can we let them intimidate us? Attack, we must not lose the face of the Duanmu Family."
The guardian’s brow darkened.
Is he still being stubborn at a time like this?
Although we have more Innate Realm experts on our side, there is a significant disparity in combat power with the enemy.
Didn’t you see those two young men fighting as if they were entering an uninhabited territory? The people we brought have already suffered over twenty casualties. Aside from a few powerful masters who are still fighting bravely, the rest are trembling with fear, not daring to step forward.
After Duanmu Cheng spoke, he looked around, about to scold everyone to attack together when he caught sight of the scene in the middle, and felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
That fast?
Seeing the twenty-odd corpses lying on the ground, he felt utterly unwell.
How did it come to this?
These were all talents from the Duanmu Family.
The weakest among them were all above the Seventh Rank of Energy Transformation Realm, including several at the Peak of Energy Transformation Realm, whose combat power was not much inferior to those in the Early Stage of Innate Realm.
Furthermore, just yesterday, his elder had given him five elite guards, all of whom were at the Middle-Late Stage of the Innate Realm, ranking among the first-class masters in the entire Hidden Sect World.
Such a lineup, now showing signs of being crushed, was utterly unbelievable.
"Run!"
Duanmu Cheng took a deep breath of cold air, realizing it was crucial to save his own life, and immediately started to retreat, planning to flee.
Xu Jian gave a cold smile and said, "Can you really escape?"
As he spoke, a fierce light burst from his deep eyes, and an invisible force of Divine Soul Power slammed into one of the Innate Realm masters by Duanmu Cheng’s side.
The Innate Realm master was highly vigilant and sensed something was wrong. He let out a terrifying roar, trying to invigorate his spirit to resist the enemy’s Divine Thought attack.
This tactic did have some effect, yet there was still a gap in the strength of their Divine Souls between him and Xu Jian. Suddenly, the man spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, and as if struck by a heavy blow, he flew several meters backward.
Duanmu Cheng’s vision blurred, and Xu Jian, like a phantom, appeared next to him, grabbing his throat in one motion.
A horrifying suffocation swept over him instantly, Duanmu Cheng’s eyes widened in terror as he looked at the elder before him, opening his mouth to plead for mercy, but no sound came out.
Xu Jian did not even glance at Duanmu Cheng. His swift gaze fixed on the severely injured Innate Realm master he had attacked with his Divine Thought, his eyes narrowing.
"Pfft!"
A mouthful of fresh blood burst from the man’s mouth, his Sea of Consciousness suffered another violent attack, and right there, his Divine Soul shattered, leaving him like a walking corpse, a complete idiot.
A master of the Divine Travel Realm, whose Divine Soul can kill!