Wang Xiaoqiang joyfully opened his eyes, only to see a group of Two-Headed Arrow Leopards charging at him, snatching the four corpses under the tree and then howled twice at Wang Xiaoqiang in the tree but did not attack. Carrying their effortless prey, they quickly left the scene.

Wang Xiaoqiang disregarded this, he did not jump down from the tree but waited quietly for his "prey" on the tree.

Finally, after one Incense Stick Time, the "prey" appeared—it was that leader named Luoo Ge. Surprisingly, the sloppy old man and the bright young girl did not come together.

The Loose Cultivator known as Luoo Ge truly deserved to be the leader, indeed he acted more steadily than his four followers.

Although the fate of his four brothers was unclear, he still managed to maintain a calm demeanor. His steps were extremely steady; there was not a hint of panic and, from the beginning, he was very careful to always maintain a Spiritual Energy Protective Shield.

Being bold yet meticulous has always been the hallmark of great achievers.

Without the bodies of his four brothers to draw his attention and fray his nerves, he focused entirely, observing carefully and detecting the young man in the tree from a distance through the fluctuations in spiritual energy.

His gaze fixed on Wang Xiaoqiang, a strange expression appeared on his face. Then, he immediately realized the seriousness of the situation.

"Haha, you've also come to die, why didn't the old man and that girl come together? It'd be nice to have company on the Netherworld Road!" Wang Xiaoqiang said quite naturally.

It was like a cold joke, but it was utterly humorless and instead made Luoo Ge, with his Sixth Transformation Cultivation, feel a chill run through his entire body.

"Where are my brothers, did you kill them?" Luoo Ge forcibly calmed his mind and asked.

"No wonder you are the leader, you truly are a wise one," Wang Xiaoqiang laughed.

"You brat, pay back my brothers' lives," Luoo Ge's eyes were split with fury. Enraged, he rushed to the bottom of the tree and, gathering his Spiritual Power, struck the tree with a punch.

Spiritual power surged, robust as if tangible, it struck the tree trunk, punching a huge hole in the not-so-thick tree.

The tree, carrying Wang Xiaoqiang on it, fell down.

The broken trunk of the tree thunderously hit the ground. However, Wang Xiaoqiang had jumped away before the tree fell.

Facing Luoo Ge, with his Sixth Transformation Cultivation, Wang Xiaoqiang was unperturbed. He stepped forward and walked up to the furiously towering man.

Already at the First Transformation Cultivation, he was confident in taking down this Sixth Transformation Loose Cultivator.

He could completely take the initiative and finish him in one move.

Quietly standing still, he waited for Luoo Ge to make a move.

Luoo Ge sneered at him, his eyes wolf-like.

He had seen through the young man opposite long ago—with just a First Transformation Cultivation, and apparently just recently advanced. With his rich combat experience as a Sixth Transformation Immortal, he was confident he could completely crush his opponent; he wanted to exterminate this cruel fellow with one punch.

Thinking this, Luoo Ge hesitated no longer, sneered, and stepping forward, he thrust out a punch directly at Lin Xiaotian's chest.

Surging Spiritual Energy billowed, and on his fist, it suddenly transformed into two wolf shadows.

"Ow…ow…"

Accompanied by two soul-shaking wolf howls, the two wolf shadows, baring teeth and claws, pounced towards Wang Xiaoqiang.

Wang Xiaoqiang's heart chilled, and he swiftly retreated three steps, drew out the Penglai Immortal Sword, urged his Spiritual Power, and quickly slashed four times.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The mighty and fierce wolf shadows were directly slashed into pieces by the Penglai Immortal Sword, and then, under the incredulous gaze of Luoo Ge, the fourth sword light, unstoppable by anything, struck him in the chest.

The next moment, Luoo Ge's large body flew out.

Tracing an arc in the air, he listlessly fell. At this moment, his entire chest was cut open by the Immortal Sword, his body stiffened for a moment, then lay motionless.

Before Luoo Ge died, Wang Xiaoqiang rushed up to him, drew the Dagger Fish from his waist, slashed open his abdomen, then released 300 Spiritual Springs which absorbed all the Spiritual Power and True Yuan inside his body, finally the 300 Spiritual Springs split into 600.

Wang Xiaoqiang's internal count of Spiritual Springs reached 10,300, the 10,300 Spiritual Springs vibrated slightly together, then softly rotated, at this moment, Wang Xiaoqiang's cultivation made a small step toward the Second Transformation of the Immortal.

A cold smile playing on his lips, Wang Xiaoqiang walked towards the forest area where he had been hiding previously.

......

In the grassland of the forest, beside the Shadow Flying Tiger, the Sloppy Old Man and the bright young girl were still sitting.

Compared to the contentment previously, the Sloppy Old Man's expression now held some gravity, but he didn't yet show signs of panic or fear. He puffed on his smoking pipe while squinting towards the direction from which Luoo Ge had left, as if waiting for something. There was a hint of expectation in his eyes, mixed with some anxiety.

"Dad, why haven't they come back?"

The bright young girl's face showed signs of panic. In fact, ever since she heard the tragic screams outside the forest and saw the remaining four individuals leave and not return, she had already surmised that something bad must have happened to them, but still, she asked the redundant question. Being new to the Martial World, she dared not easily confirm her thoughts, so she sought confirmation from her father.

"They are not coming back," the old man said calmly, without turning back, a cool, thin smile curling at his lips.

The girl felt a slight heaviness in her heart and said, "Father, are you saying that they are all dead?"

"Exactly. Haha..." The old man laughed hysterically.

"Father, how can you still laugh?" The girl looked at him in surprise.

From her childhood, she and her mother had lived deep in the Vast Mountain, barely seeing the outside world and rarely seeing her father; thus, to her, this old man was as good as a stranger, despite the blood relation.

The sloppy old man said, "Of course, Father will laugh. Now that they're dead, I've saved a large sum of money on wages. Are you saying Father shouldn't be happy? Haha..."

The girl stared at her father's smiling face, finding it somewhat unbelievable. She shook her head sadly, thinking that she still didn't understand her father.

Suddenly, she said anxiously, "Father, if they are all dead, then we are in danger too."

"Child, do not be afraid, I am here!" the old man comforted his daughter, and in doing so, he comforted himself too. The situation was dire, and even he felt uncertain.

Finally, under the sloppy old man's eager yet anxious gaze, a young man emerged from the woods with an upright and graceful posture, calm and composed. The old man's gaze sharpened; it was the very same liar with no cultivation base who had been dragged away by Zhongzi earlier.

However, the sight of the young man didn't cause much shock or surprise to the old man; it was only when he saw the smile on the young man's face that he paused slightly. That moment, his gaze became a bit distant,

When the figure of the young man appeared in the bright-eyed girl's black agate-like pupils, like a startled little rabbit, she suddenly jumped up from the grass, staring blankly at the approaching young man, her heart pounding violently; this second encounter lacked the romantic fantasies of their first, leaving only shock and panic.

"Father, he, he... he has cultivation, and he's in the First Transformation of the Immortal!" the girl stammered. After saying that, she dared not utter another word, fearing what might happen next.

"He's here to kill us." Watching the young man who had now approached closer, the old man narrowed his squinted eyes, a glint of murderous intent flickering within. Instinctively, he touched the storage ring on his thumb, which stored several medicine pellets.

Catching this detail, Wang Xiaoqiang halted and smiled, "No need to be so tense; I won't kill you until I clear up one thing!"

"Hmph, young man, you dare to be so arrogant with just a First Transformation Cultivation?" The sloppy old man squinted again, yet he didn't remove his hand from the storage ring. Someone who was capable of easily eliminating Luoo Ge and his five companions certainly wasn't simple.

"Assume that I am arrogant," said Wang Xiaoqiang, "but I have the capital to be arrogant, so please answer my questions honestly. Maybe if I'm pleased, I might let you go!"

"Speak," the old man conceded in front of the young man at this critical time, not wishing for a battle. If peace could be achieved, he obviously preferred it.

"What did you do to this Shadow Flying Tiger?"

Having killed five loose cultivators, Wang Xiaoqiang had turned back, not primarily to attack the old man and the young girl, but for the Shadow Flying Tiger. After all, having spent some time together, there was some affection; now that the Shadow Flying Tiger was lying motionless on the ground, he needed to understand whether it was dead or just unconscious.

Returning to the woods and seeing the old man and the girl still unwilling to leave the Shadow Flying Tiger, he was surprised but quickly understood their ulterior motives. Hence the question.

The old man, finding the question rather odd, thought to himself that it seemed the young man had a connection with this eighth-level demon barbarian. With that in mind, the old man nonchalantly said, "Don't worry, it's just unconscious."

"This must be your doing, what exactly do you want?" Wang Xiaoqiang's words carried a hint of anger and sharpness.

"We were just trying to..." The girl began to interject, but was silenced by a stern glance from the old man.

The old man shifted his gaze from the girl back to Wang Xiaoqiang and said coldly, "That's none of your business!"

"Seeking death!"

With a shout of anger, Wang Xiaoqiang struck out with his palm. Rolling Spiritual Energy surged forth, aiming at the old man.

The sloppy old man's expression tensed, and he backed up three steps, raising his right hand to conjure a Spiritual Energy Protective Shield.

Boom!

The sudden palm strike hit the Spiritual Energy Protective Shield.

The Spiritual Energy Protective Shield merely vibrated but showed no signs of breaking.

However, the old man did not take pride in this; instead, he watched Wang Xiaoqiang more warily. He could tell that Wang Xiaoqiang's palm strike was just a test of his Spiritual Power Cultivation, using only a fraction of his strength.

After releasing the palm strike, Wang Xiaoqiang drew back his hand, raised it above his head, and with a slight gathering of energy, he unleashed another palm strike toward the old man's head, maintaining a distance of three meters.

Those with profound Spiritual Power Cultivation didn't fight with brute physical force but used Spiritual Energy to harm their opponents.

This palm strike was executed with full force, tremendously more powerful than the previous one. In an instant, Metal Element Spiritual Energy roared, condensing into three dazzling flashes of lightning on his palm.

The next moment, that Spiritual Energy lightning executed a strike at the old man.

Boom, boom, boom!

Three peals of thunder burst forth. Three lines of lightning surged forward simultaneously.

The already cautious old man dodged in a flash, but still a step slow under the tremendous oppressive force; his body's Mystic Qi protective shield was grazed by the lightning and instantly dispersed.The old man stabilized his mind, quickly conjured another layer of Spiritual Energy Protective Shield, and cried out in alarm, "Metal Element Spiritual Energy, are you the Supreme Patriarch of the Immortal River?" (To be continued. If you like this work, you're welcome to cast your votes at Qi Dian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)

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