A useless person with five spiritual roots? I sacrificed the proud daughter of heaven.

The young man spat out a mouthful of blood, looked at Sheng He who was frantically absorbing spiritual energy with her eyes closed, and said viciously, "I underestimated you!"

"Fifth Brother! Set it on fire!"

The man in black, known as the fifth brother, seemed to only then realize what was happening. A small flame appeared in his palm, and the vines binding him immediately retreated a few steps.

The fifth brother was overjoyed and quickly closed his eyes and began chanting incantations. In the next instant, a raging fire suddenly broke out in the inn.

The vines twisted and struggled in the fire, and soon burned to ashes.

"Fifth brother, well done!"

"Let's go!"

The young man laughed loudly and swung his meteor hammer at Sheng He again. At the same time, the other four broke free from the vines binding them and raised their broadswords to slash at Sheng He together.

Early stage of Golden Core, Middle stage of Golden Core, Late stage of Golden Core!

Just as the meteor hammer was about to strike Sheng He, Sheng He suddenly opened her eyes, bent over, and slid to the young man's side.

With a "ding!", Ao Shuang wrapped the chain around the meteor hammer, and thin vertical vines sprouted from the tip of the sword again. These vines gripped the meteor hammer tightly, actually changing its direction.

Seeing the meteor hammer about to smash into his own people, the young man's eyes widened in fury. He hurriedly used his spiritual power to try to control the meteor hammer, but no matter what he did, the meteor hammer seemed to have lost contact with him and continued to smash forward heavily.

With a loud "thud," the blades of all four knives were smashed in half, and the meteor hammer struck straight at one of the men in black.

"The third one!"

The young man shouted, and the man in black, whom he called Third Brother, was sent flying out of the inn by the immense force of the meteor hammer. His body scraped against the snow, leaving a long trail of blood.

The fifth brother rushed forward to check, and found that the meteor hammer was deeply embedded in the third brother's chest. The third brother was bleeding from his ears and nose, and his eyes were fixed on the meteor hammer.

The fifth brother carefully took the meteor hammer from his body.

"puff!"

The third brother suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood, staring blankly into the air, his hands grabbing at something haphazardly.

"Big...brother...help me...ave revenge..."

"Third Brother!"

The fifth brother roared in pain, took out a blood-red stone from his storage bag, and pounced on Sheng He with the stone.

"You wretch! I'll make you pay with your life for Third Brother!"

Sheng He raised her head expressionlessly. She had previously relied on the petals of the Azure Grass to build her foundation, and her cultivation was not very stable to begin with. This time, she forcibly increased her cultivation, and her body was already at the limit of what it could bear.

For her, the sooner these people are dealt with, the better.

Sheng He took a step back, raised his sword, and prepared to kill Lao Wu the moment he charged at him.

The young man seemed to have seen through Sheng He's intentions. He looked at the third brother, who had already breathed his last, and his eyes flashed. During the fight with Sheng He just now, he clearly felt Sheng He's cultivation level had increased dramatically. Sheng He's strength was now higher than any of the people present. If they went head-to-head, they would not come out on top.

It would be better to...

The young man raised his hand to stop the fifth brother and bowed to Sheng He, saying:

“Young lady, we were blind to your greatness. Someone offered to take your life, and we were just following the orders of the sect leader.”

“We were blind and offended you, young lady. Now that the third brother is dead, I only want to protect the remaining brothers. I hope you will be lenient. This matter was all done by me alone, and I am willing to pay with my life.”

Sheng He lowered her sword, struggling to suppress the metallic taste rising in her throat. She stared intently at the young man, trying to discern any other emotion on his face. After a long while, she finally asked slowly, "Who is it?"

"what?"

"Who is the one who bought my life?"

The young man shook his head: "I don't know his specific name, I only know that he is an outer disciple of the Qingyun Sect."

Outer disciple?

Sheng He barely needed to think; the name quickly came to mind.

Wu Yan.

The young man stepped forward, picked up the broken knife from the ground, and held it to his own neck.

"Girl, I'm willing to give my life for you, just please spare their lives."

"Big brother!"

"Brother, why not kill her to avenge our third brother!"

"Shut up!"

The young man shouted, and the remaining men reluctantly shut their mouths, but they all glared angrily at Sheng He.

Sheng He remained unfazed, and amidst the young man's shocked gaze, she raised Aoshuang's sword and plunged it into his chest.

"No."

“If your eyes were more sincere, without so much calculation, and if he wasn’t always ready to come forward and die with me, perhaps I would believe you.”

Sheng He raised his head and pointed at the fifth brother with his chin.

The fifth brother was holding the blood-red stone; if it weren't for the others stopping him, he probably would have rushed forward long ago.

"You...how did you..."

Sheng He chuckled and thrust the sword out of the young man's chest, pointing it directly at Lao Wu.

"You don't think I'm some naive and kind little girl, do you? You want to kill me, but I'm sparing your lives."

"If I let you go, will you find another chance to kill me?"

After Sheng He finished speaking, the vines sprouted from the ground again and tightly wrapped around the other three. Upon seeing this, Lao Wu immediately unleashed a large fire.

Unfortunately, it was too late. The moment the vines entangled them, Sheng He immediately raised his sword and stepped forward.

The fire burned away the vines, and the three men, clutching their necks, stared in disbelief at Sheng He, blood gushing from their necks.

The fifth brother glared at Sheng He, as if he wanted to say something.

"You...you..."

The next moment, their bodies stiffened, and they fell heavily to the ground.

The blood-red stone in the fifth brother's hand rolled far away with a gurgling sound.

"Second brother! Fourth brother! Fifth brother!"

Sheng He picked up the stone and slowly walked towards the young man.

"I almost forgot, there's one more."

"Pfft!"

The man clutched his neck and collapsed to the ground.

"call!"

Sheng He, panting heavily, leaned against Ao Shuang and took a few steps back to sit down against the wall.

After confirming that there was no more danger around, she finally relaxed her tense mind. The spiritual energy around her gradually dissipated, and her cultivation level continued to decline, eventually stopping at the early stage of Foundation Establishment.

Sheng He had somewhat anticipated this result, since her cultivation level had dropped by a small realm the last time she used this technique.

However, this time, perhaps because Shenghe had already established his foundation and his body was much stronger, he did not experience the same situation of his blood vessels bursting and him collapsing from exhaustion.

Sheng He took out several bottles of pills from her storage ring: Rejuvenation Pill, Qi Gathering Pill, Nine-Bend Purple Yuan Pill... She only vaguely recognized some of them before pouring them all into her mouth.

The Seven Killings Pavilion will not rest until the mission is completed. Once news of the five people's mission failure gets back, the Seven Killings Pavilion will definitely send new assassins to hunt them down.

She couldn't stay in Yunluo City any longer; she had to leave as soon as possible.

Sheng He rested for only a short while, and feeling that he had regained some strength, he immediately got up and left the inn.