Shi Lang watched Schmile rushing at him with a big smile. He discovered the sadistic twist to his nature when he came out of training from Camp Ragnarok. Since then, he enjoyed crushing the wrong people, yet they tried desperately to fight against him. The terran did not hesitate; his fists were covered with lightning as he clashed with the enemy.
While the two people were fighting, the clones maintained the array over the village. Shi Lang did not have to worry about the array. He fought Schmile to his heart’s content. His fists turned into an afterimage as they clashed with Schmile. The latter had a red glow on his fists.
The terran could sense this energy was not spiritual energy. He landed a punch on the shoulder of the enemy and opened up some distance between them. He asked, “What is this energy?”
Schmile smiled wretchedly and asked, “Why do you care? Do you feel the energy invading your body? Do you feel that your lightning is useless before my blood aura?”
Shi Lang sighed and mumbled, “I have no idea why I always meet with people who think they can defeat me with puny means. Just because this is my first time seeing this energy does not mean I will be defeated.”
The next moment, strong lightning flashed behind Shi Lang, and he said, “Allow me to show you what happens when lightning comes in contact with blood.”
He assumed a fighting stance and said, “Lightning Fist, final move, Flash Burst.”
He punched out in the void, and the space around his fist shook. Shi Lang moved forward. Schmile saw the young man punch him and thought it was simple. However, he was underestimating Shi Lang very much.
This punch had a simple stance, but the lightning in his fist wasn’t. The temperature of lightning in this blow was higher than any other attack Shi Lang had used till now. His spirit energy was condensed on a higher density and thus the higher temperature.
Shi Lang’s fist was halfway in the void when Schmile roared and said, “Blood Fist, Tsunami Blood.”
A huge Tsunami of blood-red aura appeared behind Schmile as he attacked. The visual effect of the wave was so terrifying that if it were any other cultivator, they would have been stunned or scared to death. However, the terran snorted and released a hot current from his fist. The lightning flash released from his fist collided with the wave of blood, and then it was engulfed by the blood wave.
Schmile smiled and laughed, “Hahahahaha, this was your final….”
Shi Lang sneered as he looked at the frozen smile on Schmile’s face.
Boom!!!
The flood wave vanished. Shi Lang smiled and said, “That is what happens to the overconfident people.”
He crushed his attack so brutally that the backlash caused Schmile to cough up blood. His internal organs were shocked. Shi Lang did not say anything and walked over to the fallen enemy. He watched him shivering in pain, but he did not attack. He said, “You led your people on the path of destruction. Now, you must watch it through.”
He waved his hand, and the spiritual energy wave lifted Schmile in the void. The terran punched the latter in the guts and crippled his cultivation. Shi Lang said, “Now you do not have the power even to protest like they did not.”
The terran turned his head to look at the array covering the village. The people under the array were watching scenes flashing in their minds. They were all losing their minds slowly and erupting in maniacal behaviors. They were beginning to fight with each other, and the situation was becoming more chaotic.
Shi Lang watched the scene with his hands tied behind his back. The voices of the chaos increased, and they became screams. People killed each other so brutally that the streets were filled with blood. The clones looked around to see if anyone would survive the onslaught.
However, none of the people were holding back. Schmile said, “You think you are a messiah but a monster. How can any innocent soul survive this?”
Shi Lang replied, “Do you think I am like you? Others will not attack the people who do not take the initiative to attack. The test is not to see if the people have an innocent heart. The array is not only flashing the scenes in their minds but also a heart-cleansing mantra.”
…
The terran stood and watched the slaughter; the people had forgotten they were cultivators. The people had been attacking each other with great brutality. They did not use spirit energy but only physical force. However, amidst the chaos, a child walked up to the edge of the array.
The child was shivering, and the eyes were bleeding. Shi Lang furrowed his brows and said, “Oh, to think that a young child will have such tenacity in your village and survive something like this.”
Schmile did not reply to him. Shi Lang gazed at the child, and then, with a surprised reaction, he turned back to the bandit leader and asked, “This is your child?”
The bandit leader spat blood and said, “This weakling has nothing to do with me. He is an ant born to that bitch I took fancy of. That is all.”
Shi Lang furrowed his brows and said, “After this, I will have your tongue out.”
The terran turned back to look at the young child and fell into contemplation. After a few minutes, he said, “If this child survives, I will train her to be the bane of people like you. I wonder if you would like that outcome.”
Schmile replied, “Do anything you find worthy. I do not acknowledge her to be mine.”
Shi Lang realized this child was a girl. He smiled and said, “You know, the funny thing is that I seem to have a weird affinity with girl children. Even in the past, the disciples I found were girls in dire straits, and then they outshone the entire world. I wonder if this girl will be the same too.”
As he said this, he reminisced the days from the past. During his days in the academy, he taught the problem class and how the children grew up to be the idols of many generations.
…
Shi Lang waited for the chaos to come to a halt. Then he sent the message to the clones to take down the array and walked over. Schmile floated behind him in the void. Shi Lang came to stand before the child and waved his hand to raise her above the ground.
The girl opened her eyes and looked at him. Then he gazed at Schmile floating behind Shi Lang, and she asked, “Who are you?”
Shi Lang replied, “My name is Shi Lang. I am a head hunter who came to deal with the bandit village. I am the one who caused this massacre. Why do you ask? Do you hate me?”
The little girl shook her head and replied, “My mother told me that the weak do not have the right to hate the strong. Doing so will only make me fall to the demonic path. I do not wish for that to happen.”
Shi Lang nodded calmly and asked, “Do you hate those who follow the demonic path?”
The girl thought briefly, saying, “I do not know what I should feel towards them. Why should I hate all of them, or why should I not? I do not understand what I should feel.”
Shi Lang smiled and asked, “Do you want to get strong and see the world to understand your feelings?”
The girl thought for a bit and then nodded. Shi Lang asked, “Would you like to follow me as your master? I will teach you how to be strong.”
This time, the girl did not think but nodded her little head. Shi Lang asked, “Very well then. I, Shi Lang, accept you as my second disciple.”
His first disciple was Shi Tao, but the lady was still in the lower realm. The girl nodded, still floating in the void, and her eyes were still unfocused. Shi Lang asked, “Ask me for anything that you wish. It will be my gift for you as a master.” 𝒐𝓥𝗅xt.𝑐𝞸𝓂
The girl thought briefly, saying, “Can you beat this man to the pulp? Can you break his bones and leave him to die?”
Shi Lang smiled and said, “I can do it.”
Following that, the clones came forward and began beating Schmile. Shi Lang did not say much, and he just watched the girl. She was watching the scene with great anticipation. Shi Lang guessed she was about seven years old, and to think she had such hatred for the man in her heart.
The terran asked, “What is your name?”
The girl replied, “My mother named me Yu Xiedi, jade carved out of blood.”
Shi Lang smiled and patted her head as he said, “You have a good name. Blood Jade.”