Hunting God Era

Chapter 190 The Matter of Killing
"Shadow Ghost!"

Li Ye's sudden appearance prompted the other five to immediately attack Hou Yu, who was standing there.

The withered old man suddenly straightened up, his shriveled fingers pointing almost directly at Hou Yu, his hoarse voice so shrill it made the surrounding air tremble.

His withered body trembled violently with rage, and his turbid eyes shot out a cold, venomous light.

"You actually had illicit relations with the imperial court!"

The other four also turned to Hou Yu in unison, their killing intent like tangible ice spikes, instantly blocking all his escape routes.

"I don't!"

Hou Yu's voice suddenly rose, his body taut like a bowstring, "If I were to betray you, why would I come back covered in wounds? Are you all blind?!"

He pointed to the still-dry dark red bloodstains on his chest; he had been injured from forcibly breaking through that strange pressure.

However, the murderous aura emanating from the five people around him reminded him that this matter could not be resolved peacefully.

"Shadow Fiend Soul-Slaying Thrust!"

Hou Yu lunged forward, pulling out two daggers with a flick of his wrist. Shadows seemed to come alive, gathering on the daggers and condensing into vortexes, transforming into two sinister, twisted shadow spikes that tore through the air and hurtled straight at Li Ye's throat and heart.

Having known each other for so many years, I know their temperaments very well. They are all suspicious and wary of each other, and they would never talk about brotherhood. If they really suspect someone, no matter if there is any evidence, he will definitely be targeted.

It's not the thief you should fear, but the one who has his eye on you. Now that today's events are over, he'll definitely be on your mind. If I act now, I can salvage the situation and at least get myself out unscathed.

Li Ye didn't even lift his eyelids, he just chuckled lightly, and just as Hou Yu's shadow stab, which seemed to tear through the air and caused a strange phenomenon, was about to arrive, he simply uttered a single word.

"Certainly."

hum!
The entire hall seemed to freeze for a moment. Hou Yu's forward-leaning figure suddenly stiffened. The two shadow thorns, which were three inches away from Li Ye's chest, seemed to have hit an invisible wall of mud, and the whole thing was frozen in place.

No, not just the body!
Just like before, all the true essence and supernatural powers within his body were frozen.

Like light shining into a dark place, forcing the shadow into a corner, the light does not fade, and the shadow does not expand.

And they don't even have the right to disappear.

After all, where the light shines, there will always be shadows, but where the shadows appear is determined by the position of the light.

Hou Yu's face showed despair, "You're not..."

Having lived for so many years, he wasn't stupid; he figured it out in an instant.

That wasn't some strange suppression that he forcibly broke through; Li Ye deliberately let him go so that he could find their hideout!

After all, no matter what, this guy was able to enter the Primordial Era!

"His sword!"

Hou Yu shouted, "Take his sword away! That sword is supernatural!"

Whoosh!
As soon as he finished speaking, the figure that had been flickering like a candle flame vanished instantly. In a flash, Li Ye felt a loosening at his waist, and the Heaven-Slaying Sword disappeared.

Upon closer inspection, the sword was already in the figure's hand.

The person, whose features were indistinct and who seemed to be swaying, appeared to be wearing a smug smile.
"I know your magical artifacts are extraordinary, but it's a pity you're such a hothead. Didn't your elders in the court tell you not to casually enter demon realms that others have already occupied?"

They all knew Li Ye; after all, he had killed their representative and caused quite a stir in the human world, which would be easily investigated.

But they didn't take it seriously either.

It's estimated that this sword is quite extraordinary, capable of slaying three realms with a single strike; it's a great magic weapon.

If you sell it, you should be able to get a lot of treasures in return.

"The speed is good."

Li Ye wasn't surprised at all. If a fourth-realm martial artist didn't even have this much skill, then all their cultivation would have been in vain.

"But who said I can't kill without a sword?"

He looked at Hou Yu, his five fingers spread wide, "If my authority can truly be broken, then it has nothing to do with you."

"That just means my cultivation is not yet up to par."

His five fingers gently clenched around Hou Yu, who was as stiff as a puppet.

"As one wishes."

With a single grasp, Hou Yu's expression instantly turned to terror, and his entire body collapsed with a loud bang, as if crushed by a mountain.

This is Li Ye's own power.

But beneath this crushing force, there was another force impacting him, causing him to dissolve even more mysteriously, like a cheap wax figure thrown into strong acid.

Starting from the head, it silently decomposes and dissolves, melting away skin, muscles, bones, and internal organs.

The entire process was breathtakingly fast, yet it was imprinted with unparalleled clarity in the eyes of the remaining five ghosts.

In just one breath, only a few wisps of smoke remained, rising from the spot, unlike the gray mist and smoke surrounding it.

The feeling was like the first snow meeting the bright sun, melting away without a trace, or like light completely filling the surroundings, leaving no shadow to hide and only dissipating.

A martial artist who had dominated the human world for a hundred years was completely wiped out, and even the smoke dissipated in the end.

It was as if he had never appeared.

A deathly silence instantly enveloped the hall.

Li Ye seemed to casually brush away a speck of dust, his gaze calmly sweeping over the remaining five people.

The look in his eyes wasn't like looking at a person, nor was it at any fourth-realm martial artist; rather, it was as if he were looking down at five rats who had finally been discovered.

This is how power should be used.

If restraint is used well, the opponent will have no ability to fight back.

All you need to do is integrate your true essence into the authority.

Especially those whose physical bodies haven't been trained yet, seemingly all of whom haven't practiced the Vajra Gate.

The improvement of one's martial arts realm is also an improvement based on the foundation; it is impossible to raise it out of thin air.

If you don't practice the Vajra Barrier in the second realm, you will naturally lack the relevant power in the third realm. The fourth realm is just a further step on the basis of the third realm, and you will still lack the foundation if you are not solid.

It doesn't just appear out of thin air.

No matter how strong a fourth-realm martial artist is, they are not a perfect ultimate martial artist. Even if they break through all six levels of the Heavenly Origin Realm, they are only perfect in their own eyes when they reach the fourth realm.

One should exercise restraint.

Power can indeed be created out of thin air and exerted through arbitrary control.

"All right."

Li Ye's voice was not loud, but it clearly pierced through the deathly silence, striking the hearts of the five people who were beating because of Hou Yu's sudden death.

"Those who wanted to experiment have already finished. Do you still want to do this? Who's next?"

His gaze fell upon the ghostly figure in the lamplight, who had taken his sword and maintained a smug, self-satisfied air.

Pfft!
With just one glance, the man quickly knelt down, his knees slamming heavily onto the cold, hard black stone slab.

"I surrender!"

Without a word, he raised the longsword with both hands and respectfully handed it to Li Ye.

"Lord Li, I am willing to cooperate with the imperial court, I only beg to spare my life!"

He sensed it in that one glance.

That strange power, as if it were completely enveloping and filling him, transformed his ethereal energy into solidified energy.

Unlike Shadow Ghost, his code name in the Six Ghosts Gate is 'Virtual Ghost'. His supernatural abilities are different from Shadow Ghost's ability to move by borrowing shadows. Instead, they are more like ethereal beings, making him unpredictable and impossible to truly grasp.

But at this moment, he was also completely restrained. If his ethereal energy were solidified, wouldn't he be like a target?

Is this the Three Realms?

This is a monster! They've all lived for many years, and when faced with a crisis, knowing they can't escape, they don't even have any wishful thinking left; they just want to survive.

Only by surviving can there be any martial arts, and only then can there be any future!

"Hypotheosis!"

The withered ghostly figure roared fiercely, raising its dry hand, about to shoot out a wisp of gray-green true essence carrying the aura of decay.

But at the same time, he actually retreated backwards immediately, using this feint attack as an opportunity to escape.

"Cracked? Withered?"

Through the 'Ruyi', Li Ye immediately discovered the guy's Five Elements.

The combination of earth and wood should possess the power to cause decay and depletion.

"joke."

Li Ye chuckled, turned his head slightly, and exhaled a breath of fresh air.

This is not a ruyi (a type of scepter), it is a 'devouring ghost' (a type of scepter), which means to purify turbid air and bring withered trees back to life.

There's not even a need for Ruyi to deal with it, as Li Ye's own Devouring Ghosts technique is designed to counter this power.

"Ugh!"

The withered ghostly figure let out a shrill, distorted scream. In that instant, its withered, twig-like arms returned to fullness, like an old person turning into a young person, brimming with vitality.

It looked good at first glance, but the suddenly youthful arms didn't match his overall look, as if they were from a different style, so they quietly fell off.

His right arm was severed cleanly at the shoulder blade, the cut was smooth as a mirror, and not a drop of blood flowed out.

With a thud, the severed arm fell to the ground and was quickly buried. In an instant, it broke through the soil and sprouted a new shoot!
"As you wish, as you desire, may your divine power manifest itself according to my will!"

At this moment, Li Ye shouted, and the four ghosts who were preparing to escape when they saw that things were not going well were all frozen in place as if they had been frozen in place by a magic spell.

It is large in size, but not in terms of physical strength. Instead, it is a strange 'powerful ghost' that exudes a powerful aura. Once its aura is broken, it deflates like a punctured balloon.

It transformed into a giant skin that hung on the skeleton, maintaining its human form.

Using strange insects and venomous insects as bait, the 'insect demon' dressed in southern Xinjiang attire looked as if he had seen a bird catching insects, his face turned pale with fright, and he dared not move.

Skilled at plundering and stealing, he exudes a violent and ruthless aura, like a mouse cowering on the ground in fear of a cat.

They were all restrained by Li Ye's power.

"Tell me about it."

Li Ye reached out and a chair flew through the air and landed behind him. After he sat down, he looked down at the group.

"You...you haven't asked yet?" the ghost asked, trembling.

"Locust Cult"

"A few years ago, a woman codenamed 'Locust Mother' approached us, asking us to distribute goods in the Jianghuai region. All we had to do was deliver the goods to designated locations and sell them to those merchants!"

“Once the task is accomplished, it will give us some spiritual essence, which is the primordial chaos that has long been broken.”

"The location of our Six Ghosts Sect is unknown to anyone. There is also a 'road' in the shadows that connects to the underground waters of the Great Lake and leads to the Yangtze River. We used this as a trading point to receive their goods."

Li Ye had only uttered three words when someone immediately answered before he could.

The one speaking was not the ghost, but the 'withered ghost' who had lost an arm and had just been acting angry.

"This time the quantity of goods they provided is even greater. They said that if it can be done, they will give us a place in the overseas Yuan Chu."

"We were stuck in the middle in China and got tired of it. When we heard that lawlessness was rampant overseas, we got interested and took this job."

"But you killed our representative, which is why you sent Shadow Ghost to make contact!"

The withered ghost finished speaking in one breath, then kowtowed to the ground, "My lord, spare my life! I am still useful! The Six Ghosts Sect has a lot of intelligence that you can use!"

"When an adult first establishes a great cause, he will certainly need ears, and I am willing to be his ears!"

Upon hearing this, Li Ye was stunned.

He didn't even finish asking the question.
The other party told them everything at once.

As he spoke, the others, fearing they were too slow, began to chime in with their own information.

"My lord, the trading point that the Locust Mother has set this time is at Jiangkou Wharf, right here in your Ningjiang!"

"Yes, yes, it's in seven days, that's settled, we'll go pick you up then!"

"Every word is true, I dare not lie, and the Locust Mother herself will also arrive!"

Seeing their voices clamoring together, Li Ye frowned slightly, and that one expression silenced everyone.

"Really."

Li Ye sighed and shook his head, saying, "I originally thought that the Four Realms Divine Illumination was something that extraordinary people could do. How could you rats like you become Divine Illumination?"

Of the four realms he had encountered, there was Tian Zhixing, who was willing to accept defeat and stubbornly adhered to his principles.

Arrogant and conceited, but daring to take action, he is considered both brave and resourceful among those who play with fans.

There is also the King Hall, who entered the sect himself as a bridge.

I've never seen anything like this before.

Just like his initial feeling, he was like a rat in the gutter.

How could someone like that achieve the Four Realms? Nobody knows how the Opening Origin Realm was cultivated.

"He's not even as good as the previous one, your fellow disciple. At least he didn't say anything and attacked me instead. I can't afford to use someone who's two-faced. Let's skip him!"

Li Ye stood up, placing one hand on his head. "This ghostly figure and that black aura, even though they're both black, I find them all shameful!"

Snapped!
As if rummaging through something, his hand pulled downwards.

"Strike the Demon!"

A jet-black suit of armor, along with a mask, covered Li Ye's body.

boom!
Instantly, he threw a punch directly at the direction of the withered ghost.

A condensed, almost tangible black aura shot through the air, faster than the limits of visual perception, and rushed into the withered ghost's body.

The other person first seemed to come back to life like a withered tree in spring, becoming full of vitality and youthful again, forming a young man with slanted eyes.

The next instant, the young man's body swelled up, as if he had overdone it, and he turned into pieces that fell to the ground, took root in the earth, broke through the stone slab, and sprouted new shoots.

A withered tree comes back to life in spring; the dead are reborn.

Whoosh!
Immediately afterwards, Li Ye flashed in front of the Ghost Hunter and pressed his hands down.

puff!
A burst of scarlet blood mist, mixed with shattered internal organs and bone fragments, suddenly exploded, like a strange and fleeting crimson firework.

The intense stench of blood overwhelmed the earthy smell emanating from the primordial world, and a trickle of blood mist fell, staining the cold ground red.

Violence begets violence, and force begets tyranny.

The ghost was unable to move, and Li Ye grabbed it with a casual grab. Its withered and empty body completely collapsed, as if it had lost its bones and died a violent death.

Bluster will eventually be exposed and severely punished.

As for the insect ghost, Li Ye didn't even get close. After killing the ghost, he casually flicked his hand, bringing out a black blade of energy that swept away all the worms and toxins on its body, turning them all into ashes.

The potent poison is then steamed at high temperatures until it turns to ashes, which is clean.

They were going to take action anyway; once they got the intelligence, they killed him.

As for whether it's true or not, even if we spare them, it might not be true.

But if we kill them, we'll lose our channels. Even if it's not true, Jianghuai will still be an impenetrable fortress.

(End of this chapter)