#420 - The Return of the Soldier
The Qin family's three Sovereign Emperors wanted to flee, but were restrained by Lingfei's vines. Before they could break free, Jun Wuxie's fist imprint slammed towards them.
Qin Keqing's delicate body trembled, and she closed her eyes.
Although she had no affection for the people of her family, they were, after all, her kin.
She would not beg Jun Wuxie for mercy, but she couldn't bear to watch them die before her eyes.
Just as Jun Wuxie's fist was about to strike a Qin family Sovereign Emperor,
a powerful aura suddenly descended, enveloping the entire stone bridge and its surrounding area.
Under this aura, Jun Wuxie felt his body weighed down by a thousand tons, his reaction speed greatly reduced, as if Mount Tai was pressing down on him.
Furthermore, the target in front of him suddenly vanished from sight, wrapped in a surge of true energy.
Almost simultaneously, a hand descended from the distant sky, arriving in an instant, and grabbed towards Qin Keqing.
Jun Wuxie's pupils constricted.
The opponent's speed was too fast, so fast that he couldn't react!
He wanted to rush over to rescue her, but it was already too late.
Qin Keqing's face paled.
Lan Lan, in her arms, let out a low whimper, and the horn on its forehead flashed with blue light.
Runes shot out, condensing into a dragon scale shield, perfectly covering Qin Keqing and itself beneath it.
With a 'bang' sound,
the hand grabbed onto the dragon scale shield, erupting in a piercing metallic tremor, sparks flying.
Blue ripples spread across the shield's surface, then surged outwards, actually shaking the hand away.
A surprised exclamation faintly echoed from the distant sky.
The hand was about to fall again.
At this moment, Jun Wuxie rushed to Qin Keqing's side, directly enveloping her with his golden blood energy sphere.
The hand immediately stopped in the air, hesitating for a long time before failing to descend.
Clearly, in the current situation, continuing to attack would inevitably impact Jun Wuxie.
Doing so would very likely provoke the War Saint.
Hmph!
A cold snort exploded in Jun Wuxie's ears.
The hand retracted, and the suffocating aura rapidly dissipated.
"Keqing, it seems your Qin family has gone to great lengths to marry the Nan family. Even such a strong expert has taken action. I'm becoming more and more interested in the Nan family!"
Jun Wuxie revealed a thoughtful expression.
The Qin family's Hunter Guild was an existence that could rival Dominator-level forces.
The Yunling Nan family was merely a quasi-Dominator level force.
For a Dominator-level force to attach itself to a quasi-Dominator level force seemed laughable and difficult to understand.
But since the Qin family was doing it, there must be something fishy.
"Wuxie, have I caused you great trouble?"
Qin Keqing's expression dimmed. The one who had just attacked must have been an old ancestor of her family.
She also realized that the family's determination to marry the Yunling Nan family was so firm that even such a figure had intervened.
"What nonsense are you talking about? I just think things are getting more and more interesting. Don't overthink it."
Jun Wuxie smiled and comforted her, looking at the broken stone bridge, he couldn't help but shake his head. This would require so much manpower and resources to repair.
"It's time to return to Jubao Zhai."
He didn't dare to be careless anymore, and released his Semi-Saint level perception.
He wasn't afraid of anything else, but he was worried that if he wasn't careful, a Saint Realm expert from the Qin family would suddenly attack and take Qin Keqing away.
If that happened, Qin Keqing would definitely be placed under house arrest.
And he had no strength to rush to the Hunter Guild headquarters to bring her out.
Passing through the sparsely populated area, they finally stepped into the bustling streets.
Along the way, Jun Wuxie was very cautious, his spiritual sense never relaxing for a moment.
As they were about to arrive at Jubao Zhai, an extremely dangerous feeling surged into his heart.
His heart skipped a beat, and he sensed a wisp of cold killing intent.
That wisp of killing intent seemed to be hidden in the crowd, moving with the crowd, but he couldn't lock onto its exact location.
"Move quickly!"
Jun Wuxie turned around, facing the dense crowd, and quickly retreated towards Jubao Zhai.
Qin Keqing, holding Lan Lan, and Yue Yao and Lingfei looked around vigilantly, retreating all the way to the entrance of Jubao Zhai.
Jun Wuxie stopped halfway, causing the wisp of killing intent to continue to lock onto him.
He didn't continue to retreat, fearing that the person lurking in the dark would turn around and attack Qin Keqing and the others.
Clearly, the main target of the attacker was him.
"Wuxie!"
Qin Keqing anxiously called out at the entrance of Jubao Zhai.
She also felt the terrifying killing intent.
"Go inside, don't come out!"
Jun Wuxie didn't turn his head, his eyes fixed on the endless stream of people on the street. That wisp of killing intent suddenly disappeared.
Suddenly, a warning bell rang in his heart, and his entire body's hair stood on end.
Behind him, the void silently cracked open, and a scythe radiating a black, ghostly light stretched out, waving, breaking through the spatial distance limit, and slashing towards the back of his neck.
Almost at the same time, he suddenly rushed forward hundreds of meters, abruptly turning around in the process.
A streak of pitch-black scythe light was reflected in his pupils, rapidly magnifying.
The scythe's edge gleamed with a ghostly light, incomparably sharp, easily cutting through the void. A crescent-shaped blade slashed towards his throat.
Soul Hunter!
Jun Wuxie instantly recognized the identity of the attacker.
Mysterious runes lit up beneath his feet, instantly shifting him.
The cold scythe blade was less than a centimeter away from his throat, almost brushing past it, slicing through his raised black hair, and cutting off a strand.
The surrounding crowd scattered in panic.
In an instant, the area within a thousand meters was empty.
At this moment, a person shrouded in a black robe walked out of the void, a bottle hanging on his waist, holding a black long-handled scythe, stepping on the void, step by step, pressing towards Jun Wuxie.
A cold killing intent permeated the air, causing people who had retreated thousands of meters away to feel a bone-chilling cold, as if their blood was about to freeze. It was as if a cold wind had entered the cracks in their bones, and a great fear inexplicably arose in the depths of their souls.
Jun Wuxie's expression was solemn, his pupils slightly constricted, and the Primordial Soldier Dissolution was activated, the blood energy in his body running to its extreme!
His eyes flashed with mysterious golden runes, staring intently at the black-robed man wielding the scythe and pressing forward.
The comprehended Soldier Intent, at this moment, condensed to its strongest state, ready to launch the strongest counterattack at any time!
He's only in the mid-stage Sovereign Emperor Realm!
His Primordial True Eyes saw through the opponent's realm.
What shocked him the most was that this Soul Hunter's talent had actually reached the terrifying level of a Five-layered Eternal King!
A Sovereign Emperor of the Eternal King level, a Hunter Emperor of the Hunter Hall!
He felt tremendous pressure. The opponent's absolute power was much stronger than his!
"Once a target is marked by my Soul Hunter Hall, no one can escape the hunt. To have the Soul Hunter Hall dispatch a Special-Class Hunter Emperor, you should feel infinitely honored!"
The black-robed man's voice was cold and hoarse, as if it came from the Nine Nether Hells. It was very uncomfortable to listen to, causing people to feel inexplicable fear in their hearts.
His scythe was very long, dragging on the ground, and sparks flew as it rubbed against the surface.
"You are strong, but you can't kill me with just that. Who is the prey is yet to be known!"
Jun Wuxie's body emanated a vast sword intent, the aura of the mortal world surged, and under his feet, a River of Time evolving the myriad phenomena of the mortal world evolved, rolling up countless waves.
Between the blooming of each wave, a picture of the rise and fall of a civilization was presented.
"Jie jie!"
The black-robed man chuckled strangely. He was getting closer and closer, and suddenly raised the scythe in his hand.
In an instant, the temperature in this world plummeted, cold and biting.
A sword condensed in Jun Wuxie's hand.
Sword of Invincibility!
He didn't want to be passive, preparing to strike first!
Just as he was about to hold his sword and kill forward, a flash of light appeared in front of him, and a figure in white appeared.
Her figure was slender and perfect, her waterfall-like black hair fell to her waist, her crystal-clear bare feet were three inches off the ground, suspended in the air, surrounded by countless Soldier Dao talismans, the emanating Soldier Intent caused everything to freeze in an instant.
At this moment, everyone opened their eyes wide.
All the strong experts in this city, who had been alarmed by the appearance of the Hunter Emperor, held their breath.
The woman who suddenly appeared in front of Jun Wuxie, just looking at her from afar, made it difficult to breathe, only feeling that the heart and soul were trembling, and there was a strong urge to prostrate on the ground.
The Hunter Emperor, at this moment, was completely stiff, his body as if it had been fixed there, his eyes filled with horror.
He seemed to want to struggle, but his body couldn't move at all.
"I haven't shown myself for a long time, and now everyone dares to bully my people. Qin family, Yunling Nan family, Xiao clan, Saint Gate, do they all like to bully the weak with the strong?"
Her voice was somewhat ethereal, as if it had traveled through the river of time from a distant era and resounded in the present world.
The heavenly sound, the slightly cold tone, was transmitted to every corner of the Eastern Wasteland Ancient City.
The people of the named forces instantly turned ashen, collapsing to the ground, shivering, covered in sweat.
"I will not interfere with the matter of the Dominator Realm Sovereign Emperor taking action. He now needs such an opponent to be a qualified whetstone, but the Soul Hunter Hall also wants to bully the weak with the strong. Absolutely not allowed!"
Her tone became slightly heavier.
At the moment the words fell, the Hunter Emperor's body exploded with a bang, instantly turning into a cloud of blood mist.
Everyone was horrified.
No one saw how the War Saint made her move. She didn't even move a finger, and those Soldier Dao talismans didn't launch any attacks. A Hunter Emperor of the Eternal King level was annihilated in both body and soul!
"What, are you not planning to spar with me?"
Ye Qingxue looked towards the sky and spoke faintly.
Everyone was surprised, and looked towards the sky, but saw nothing.
Just as people were wondering, Ye Qingxue flicked her sleeve towards the sky.
The dense atmosphere was torn apart layer by layer, and a passage ran straight to the outside of the atmosphere.
In the starry sky tens of thousands of kilometers high, a black palace appeared in people's vision.
The palace was as black as ink, but the door was blood-red and terrifying.
The doors were lined with many bloodied heads, a terrifying sight.
"Battle Saint, you are too arrogant!"
From within the black palace, a cold voice echoed, traversing tens of thousands of miles of sky, reverberating above the Ancient City of the Eastern Wilderness.
"I've been arrogant since I can remember. It's an old habit, can't change it. If you're not convinced, come and try to suppress my arrogance. Come at me together."
Ye Qingxue's voice remained calm.
"Hmph! Do you really think we're afraid of you?"
"So what if you're the Battle Saint? We're both Half-Saints, who is that much weaker than the other?"
Two figures, their bodies shrouded in overwhelming black True Qi, emerged from the palace, standing in the starry sky, looking down.
Even though they were tens of thousands of miles away, everyone felt as if they were right in front of them. That kind of pressure was enough to make people's spirits collapse!
"You are too weak. Send the strongest from your Soul Hunting Hall."
Ye Qingxue shook her head.
"Arrogant!"
In front of the black palace, a black-robed man raised his hand and blasted down.
In an instant, a huge black hole appeared in the starry sky, covering the Ancient City of the Eastern Wilderness, as if it were about to devour the entire human world.
That scene terrified the people of the Ancient City of the Eastern Wilderness who witnessed it, their hearts and livers splitting.
Jun Wuxie watched this scene in horror.
That's a Half-Saint from the Soul Hunting Hall?
This is the power of a Half-Saint?
Such power, with a wave of the hand, could destroy the largest city in the human world. One strike, and tens of billions would be reduced to ashes!
The entire world turned dark.
That palm, suppressing down, with a void black hole devouring the human world in front of the palm, like a giant beast opening its bloody maw!
