We bear people have power

"I think even if you advance to the Nascent Soul stage, you should still be afraid of me," Guan Bo said casually, before making a grand entrance.

In the past, Guan Bo rarely used his aura to intimidate his enemies, mainly because the enemies he encountered were generally not much weaker than him, so aura was completely useless.

They were all at the level of Golden Core Great Demons, or even more powerful Great Saints of the Demon Clan, using their aura to crush the enemy.

This time, however, Guan Bo thoroughly enjoyed the feeling of beating up kindergarten kids. Oh, or maybe elementary school kids, it was pretty much the same thing.

Guan Bo unleashed his full power, condensing a massive barrier with his aura alone, forcing the twelve Foundation Establishment stage sword cultivators to their feet. He himself had risen to the position of having two Golden Core cultivators and two Nascent Soul cultivators. Although the Earth Core Karmic Fire had burned one of his Nascent Souls into five supernatural powers, his total magical power was still considerable, far surpassing his peers.

A few mere mortal sword cultivators, not like Nie Shuhuan who has a protagonist's halo, how could they possibly withstand it?

"Who...who exactly are you?!" The swordsman surnamed Jiang planted his flying sword on the ground and knelt down to question Guan Bo.

"Still haven't figured it out? How did someone so stupid manage to cultivate to the Foundation Establishment stage?" Guan Bo uttered a remark that no one in the world could understand.

"Let's not beat around the bush. You don't even dare to introduce yourself. Are you afraid of retaliation from our Lishan Sword Sect?"

This cultivator surnamed Jiang even revealed his own sect, seemingly hoping to discourage Guan Bo from becoming their enemy. After all, the Lishan Sword Sect is quite famous, and its sect leader has the cultivation level of the Golden Core stage, making it a super sect among mortal cultivation sects.

Guan Bo was amused. He had been thinking about how to use torture to find out the sects of these people, to avenge the wronged people of the Great Zhou Kingdom, and to make an example of them, so that those cultivators and monsters who planned to kill people to practice their skills would know what would happen if they offended the Great Zhou.

Before we even started, this thing revealed itself, which saved us a lot of trouble.

"Since you've asked so sincerely, I'll mercifully tell you. My name is Guan Bo, and I have many identities, such as the guardian deity of Luojia Mountain, the direct disciple of Bodhi Patriarch of the Xieyue Sanxing Cave on Lingtai Fangcun Mountain, and so on. However, my most important identity is the Panda Immortal Venerable of the Great Zhou Kingdom, the one you were just discussing killing. Do you understand now?" Guan Bo said with a smile.

Shocking, shocking, shocking!

I'll say it three times because it's important.

Upon hearing Guan Bo reveal his identity, the twelve sword cultivators were nearly terrified.

The man surnamed Jiang's face turned ashen, like a pig's liver. He could never have imagined that the very person he had just schemed against would suddenly appear before him. Moreover, he had arrived with such overwhelming force.

What Golden Core stage?! The information is definitely wrong.

This terrifying pressure was something even their sect leader didn't possess; it was clearly far beyond that of a demon king at the Golden Core stage.

"Alright, I've answered your question. Now it's your turn to answer mine. Did you kill the people of my Great Zhou Kingdom?" Guan Bo asked the cultivator surnamed Jiang in a stern voice.

Jiang knew he couldn't be honest at this moment, but his pride prevented him from begging for mercy in a humble manner, so he put on an expression of silently and heroically facing his death.

Guan Bo sneered, "If you can just stay silent, what's the point of magic?"

With that, a flash of light streaked across his fingertips, severing the five fingers that held the sword from the man's body.

Blood splattered, and the cultivator surnamed Jiang screamed in agony before he could no longer hold on and was forced to his knees.

"Fireseeking City, Xirong Village, a family of five—grandparents, father, mother, and their newborn child—you killed them all, didn't you?" Guan Bo asked in a cold voice.

The cultivator surnamed Jiang stared at Guan Bo in utter shock. How could Guan Bo know what he had just been thinking? Could this monster possibly have mind-reading abilities?

Guan Bo didn't care how shocked the man was. He activated his Soul-Seizing Light and directly searched the man's memories. Although a Foundation Establishment cultivator's life was quite long, making the search a bit troublesome, it wouldn't take too much time.

"You're not even going to spare the woodcutters on the mountain? Just because he cut down the tree you used to sleep under?" Guan Bo asked in surprise.

I just saw that this sword cultivator surnamed Jiang actually killed a woodcutter just because he couldn't find the tree hollow he slept in last night. This kind of behavior is even more heinous than that of a demon.

Guan Bo didn't need his reply, and with another swift movement, severed the thumb of his other hand.

And so, every time Guan Bo found someone committing indiscriminate killing, he would cut off a part of that person's body. All the fingers on both hands were severed, and in the end, even his toes were lost.

In just a quarter of an hour, this cultivator surnamed Jiang was reduced to a human stump by Guan Bo. Moreover, he didn't even save his ears and nose.

During this time, the man surnamed Jiang begged for mercy, almost smashing his own head in the process.

After realizing that begging for mercy was useless, the man started to threaten Guan Bo by invoking the Lishan Sword Sect, and even cursed him, probably wanting a quick death.

But Guan Bo remained unmoved. He'd only given him one cut for a life; the pieces he'd chopped off could be used to make hot pot.

In the end, the swordsman surnamed Jiang, seeing himself being skinned alive like a human stick, completely broke down. His eyes were vacant, his mouth was crooked, and all that remained were the instinctive twitches brought on by the excruciating pain.

Even with such severe injuries, he wouldn't die anytime soon, given his Foundation Establishment stage cultivator's physique.

Guan Bo naturally wouldn't let him die so easily. He cast two healing spells to keep him alive for a while, then said to the other sword cultivators, "As for you..."

Before he could finish speaking, the senior disciple interrupted, "Great Immortal, we haven't killed any of your people. Junior Brother Jiang has already been punished by you, so please don't implicate the innocent."

Guan Bo laughed and said, "You really have a thick skin to say 'innocent' at this time. This Jiang fellow's massacre of civilians is nothing new. Moreover, many of the people I just interrogated are not even from the Great Zhou. Do you dare to say you are unaware of his actions?"

Upon hearing Guan Bo's words, all the sword cultivators lowered their heads.

They were well aware of Jiang's usual recklessness, but firstly, because of his high cultivation level and special status, they couldn't interfere. Secondly, these cultivators regarded ordinary people as mere ants, killing them was no big deal.

"Look at you people, you know exactly what kind of person he is, but you call him your brother without a care in the world, and you even plot to kill someone together. And you still have the nerve to say you're innocent?" Guan Bo cursed.

"But we haven't done anything truly heinous yet. People in this world judge by actions, not intentions, and no one is perfect. We beg you, Great Immortal, to show mercy. Our Lishan Sword Sect will surely repay you handsomely," the eldest disciple pleaded.

"What a fine saying, 'Judging by actions, not intentions.' To say that killing you all like this does seem a little like entrapment. But don't think you can get away with it so easily. You think you consider mortals as ants, right? Well, I'd like to know if you disciples of the Lishan Sword Sect can still maintain that aloof attitude when you're beaten to a pulp by mortals."

After saying this, Guan Bo flicked his finger and a black and white lotus flower bloomed, enveloping the twelve sword cultivators inside. Then he flew towards Wuji City. This time, he was going to cause a huge disturbance and make all the cultivators in the world understand that mortals were not ants they could manipulate at will.