Chapter 111: Kill Them All

Xia Jiuxuan took the blood-red flower and instantly refined it, sending its essence into the Killing Arena.

This place was where the Seven-Winged Blood Dragon had fallen.

Its blood was immensely powerful, and the flower that grew from it was naturally no ordinary specimen.

With this, combined with Xia Jiuxuan’s breathing technique and some antidote pills, the toxins in his body could be quickly eliminated.

Once the poison dissipated, he could regain at least thirty percent of his combat strength.

Xia Jiuxuan first absorbed a bit of the flower’s essence, feeling a slight recovery.

He then sat cross-legged and said, “Duanmu Wan, follow my lead. Just hold them off for fifteen minutes.”

Duanmu Wan’s spiritual awareness settled on Xia Jiuxuan, surprised to find his life force rapidly recovering.

“All right, I’ll do my best to hold them back!”

Holding her spirit sword, her fiery red skirt fluttering in the wind, Duanmu Wan was breathtakingly beautiful.

“Kill!”

She raised her spirit sword and charged forward.

Earlier, she had been searching for medicinal herbs and hadn’t had time to cultivate, so her realm had only recovered to the fifth level of Innate.

On the other side, there were already four opponents at the seventh level of Innate.

Thus, it was nearly impossible for Duanmu Wan alone to withstand the assault of eleven enemies.

Especially since everyone who ventured here possessed abnormal constitutions and talents, often wielding unexpected skills.

“Foolish woman, we’ll deal with you first!”

Several men surged forward, weapons and fists aimed at Duanmu Wan.

Swish, swish!

Sword shadows danced, clashing against their weapons.

“Side seven steps, sword lift style!” Xia Jiuxuan quickly instructed.

Without hesitation, Duanmu Wan attacked as Xia Jiuxuan commanded.

Just as she moved aside, over ten attacks landed where she had previously stood.

Sword lift technique!

Her spirit sword pointed upward, and a young man crashed chest-first onto the sword’s tip.

“Side shift, phantom sword technique, draw sword side strike… retreat three zhang south, three backstabs, horizontal lift with left shift…” Xia Jiuxuan’s commands sped up.

Duanmu Wan closed her eyes, focusing entirely on Xia Jiuxuan’s guidance.

In this state, it was as if Xia Jiuxuan was controlling her movements directly.

Of course, this was possible because Duanmu Wan had excellent aptitude and quick comprehension; otherwise, no one else would understand Xia Jiuxuan’s rapid instructions and would be killed after the first move.

At this moment, Duanmu Wan moved fluidly among the enemies, perfectly evading attacks while delivering deadly counterstrikes.

“Ah!”

With a heavy sword strike, Duanmu Wan pierced through a man’s skull.

When others tried to surround and kill her, Xia Jiuxuan had already found her an escape route.

“Nine Sword Heaven Spiral, kill!”

The coordination between Duanmu Wan and Xia Jiuxuan had reached perfection.

Swish, swish, swish!

Several strikes later, those who dared to attack Duanmu Wan were all injured; two even lost arms.

“This woman... is too strong!”

Bloodied, they all retreated ten zhang.

“It’s that kid behind her! He has seen through all our weaknesses clearly!”

“Right, I tried several times to bypass her and kill that kid, but I was stopped each time!”

“Now the most important thing is to kill the kid behind her. Once he’s dealt with, everything else is easy!”

“Wang Bing, Han Long, you two hold that woman down, we’ll go kill that kid!”

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After quick discussion, they shifted their primary target to Xia Jiuxuan, who appeared defenseless.

“Kill!”

Eight men simultaneously drew weapons, attempting to rush Xia Jiuxuan.

“Seeking death!”

Duanmu Wan snorted coldly, moving swiftly to block with her sword.

“Giant bloodline, activate!”

“Wind-chasing sword blade, go!”

Two others unleashed their strongest power to attack Duanmu Wan.

Boom!

Duanmu Wan’s attention was on Xia Jiuxuan; caught off guard, she was struck by the giant bloodline warrior’s palm.

Sent flying, she swung back with two sword strikes, severing the attacker’s shoulder.

“Ah! Damn woman, you’re courting death!”

Enraged, he charged forward.

A massive sword wildly slashed toward Duanmu Wan’s head.

Meanwhile, eight experts had closed in on Xia Jiuxuan.

“Kid, die!”

Boom, boom, boom!

They attacked together, their ferocious strength enough to pulverize Xia Jiuxuan.

But at that moment, a cold, sinister smile curled at Xia Jiuxuan’s lips.

“You only realize now to gang up on me? Sorry, you’re too late.”

Rumble!

An explosive force burst forth, sending all eight flying.

Whoosh!

A shadow streaked toward Duanmu Wan.

Clang!

The giant sword struck a palm.

“What... what’s happening?!”

The giant bloodline warrior’s eyes filled with terror.

His full-strength strike had been stopped by the palm of a dying kid? Impossible.

Fear gripping him, he tried to retreat.

But his giant sword was gripped tightly by Xia Jiuxuan’s hand.

Crack, crack, crack...

The force shattered the sword, and the giant bloodline warrior was torn apart, dying on the spot.

The valley fell into a terrifying silence.

Everyone stared at Xia Jiuxuan as if seeing a demon.

They were so frightened they couldn’t even summon the courage to flee.

After killing that man, Xia Jiuxuan reached out, pulling Duanmu Wan into his embrace.

“You worked hard this time.”

Xia Jiuxuan knew well that without Duanmu Wan’s timely return with the Dragon Blood Flower, he wouldn’t have had even the slightest chance to survive.

Duanmu Wan turned her head, their eyes meeting.

“Hard work? I was almost bullied! You’re responsible, hmph.”

Xia Jiuxuan released her waist and stepped forward.

“I’ll make it up to you.”

Time to kill!

Xia Jiuxuan vanished from sight, and wherever he passed, the remaining men’s legs were shattered.

“Ahhhh!”

Pained screams echoed through the canyon.

“Brother, calm down, listen to me…”

Swoosh!

A sword sliced a throat.

Immediately after the kill, Duanmu Wan flew over and took the man’s treasure.

“Don’t kill me! It’s all my fault for being careless…”

Stab!

A sword pierced his heart.

Duanmu Wan continued collecting treasures.

“You said you’d compensate me, so all these spirit weapons are mine now, hehe.”

Xia Jiuxuan replied faintly, “So greedy?”

Duanmu Wan coquettishly said, “Just greedy! Last time when I was badly injured, you snatched over two thousand spirit crystals from someone else. Who’s really greedy?”

Xia Jiuxuan rolled his eyes, speechless, pretending not to hear.

For the last one, Xia Jiuxuan prepared to kill.

“Wait, this one’s the sleaziest and most hateful. Let me handle him.”

Duanmu Wan stepped forward.

The first person she encountered earlier was this ugly man, who had leered at her and said many lewd things.

“Auntie, I was wrong. Please give me one chance. I beg you.”

He wept bitterly, full of regret.

Swish!

One sword struck between his legs.

“Ah!”

He writhed in pain as his manhood was severed.

“I’ll spare your life, but I’ll make you suffer.”

Duanmu Wan took his spirit weapon and kicked him away.

The kicked boy with a twisted face slammed heavily into the rock wall, creating a hole.

“Huh?”

A sinister black mist poured from the hole.

“Ah!”

Within three breaths, the boy tainted by the dark mist dissolved into a thick liquid.

“No good!”

Xia Jiuxuan frowned, grabbing Duanmu Wan and swiftly fleeing forward.

“Rage!”

A cold, piercing scream echoed from the hole.

A black-armored humanoid creature appeared.

Its crimson eyes fixed tightly on the direction Xia Jiuxuan was escaping.