Chapter 484 - Pay Back

After regaining their composure, Shao Wenliang and Geng Mochou began pulling out the wood splinters from their bodies, grimacing in pain.

With the two of them standing together, they felt no fear facing Liu Wuxie alone. Fan Zhen and the others weren’t even a concern—they believed they could wipe them out with a single move.

No one in the surroundings dared to intervene because no one knew if Liu Wuxie could kill Shao Wenliang and Geng Mochou. But they would soon find out.

"How many times did they hit you?" Liu Wuxie turned to ask Song Ling. He knew Song Ling must've been bullied during his absence.

"They slashed us 140 times, kicked us 300 times, and slapped us ten times..." Song Ling carefully recalled and roughly calculated the injuries they had suffered. The numbers might not be accurate, but they were close enough.

"Alright. I'll make them pay double!" Liu Wuxie nodded before coldly gazing at Shao Wenliang and Geng Mochou. His suffocating stare made the two shiver involuntarily. It was a terrifying death stare that felt like it could control the minds of others.

"Attack!" Shao Wenliang and Geng Mochou drew their weapons without hesitation and attacked Liu Wuxie. They were swift, not to mention it was always advantageous to strike first, especially when they didn’t have a clear idea of Liu Wuxie's combat strength.

"How pathetic!" Liu Wuxie stood in place and didn't even move. He merely raised his hand and pressed it down.

Shao Wenliang and Geng Mochou froze in place. It felt like a mountain crushing down on them when Liu Wuxie pressed his hand down.

"My dantian!" Shao Wenliang screamed because they could hear the sounds of their dantians shattering.

Geng Mochou's face became pale, and he finally knew the difference in their strength.

They were both crippled before they could even unleash their attacks, a clear sign that Liu Wuxie had reached a level far beyond their grasp. Lying on the ground, they screamed in agony, their dantians destroyed, leaving them at Liu Wuxie's mercy.

Liu Wuxie threw a blade over to Song Ling. His objective was simple: to let Song Ling and others take revenge for everything they had suffered. He said, "Make them pay back according to your numbers!"

Although Shao Wenliang and Geng Mochou didn't personally cause their injuries, it wasn't important because they were the masterminds.

Song Ling picked up the blade and slowly walked over to the two. The two were so terrified that they crawled backward to flee.

"D-Don't kill us!" Shao Wenliang was afraid and could only beg for mercy.

𝒻𝑟ℯℯ𝑤𝑒𝑏𝑛𝘰𝓋𝑒𝓁.𝒸𝑜𝘮

The onlookers watched and remained silent because no one dared to provoke Liu Wuxie at this moment. His murderous intent was strong, and they knew they would die if anyone dared to intervene.

"Liu Wuxie, please don't kill us! We've realized our mistake!" Geng Mochou pleaded pathetically before death with a foul stench coming from him after losing control of his bowels.

However, Liu Wuxie ignored their pleas and was terrifyingly calm, with no emotion in his eyes.

Song Ling stood before Shao Wenliang and kicked the latter without mercy. Recalling everything that they suffered in the past few days, a powerful surge of murderous intent exploded in Song Ling's chest.

As Song Ling continued to kick Shao Wenliang, the latter was thrown around like a ball, bouncing back around.

It didn't take long before Shao Wenliang's body swelled up. Even so, Song Ling still wasn't satisfied and grabbed Shao Wenliang to give him dozens of slaps.

Shao Wenliang was in a complete daze throughout the process. He wanted to speak, but Song Ling had knocked out all of his teeth. His head was swollen up like a pig's, his eyes almost popping out, and he looked miserable.

No one felt any sympathy for Shao Wenliang and Geng Mochou; their fate was sealed the moment they targeted Fan Zhen and the others.

As Song Ling wielded the blade in his hand, Shao Wenliang's body shrank with each precise slice, his flesh gradually being stripped away. After several hundred cuts, Song Ling was finally satisfied, leaving behind only a mutilated shell of the man.

Geng Mochou, horrified by the scene, fainted in fear. But Song Ling had no intention of letting him escape so easily. He walked over and slapped Geng Mochou awake, ensuring he would face the same gruesome fate.

"Please...give me a quick death!" Geng Mochou begged, knowing that his death was inevitable. He only hoped Liu Wuxie could grant him a swift death. After all, dying with such humiliation was the greatest disgrace for any cultivator.

"A quick death?" Song Ling grabbed Geng Mochou and began slapping him repeatedly. "Did you show us any mercy in the past few days? If not for Senior Brother Luo, we would've been torn to pieces by you."

Song Ling gave Geng Mochou three slaps, followed by a barrage of punches and kicks. Geng Mochou was already scared out of his wits before Song Ling could cut him up.

"Trash!" Song Ling spat on Geng Mochou's corpse. However, despite their death, this matter was far from over.

Compared to these two, the Hou Clan was even more insidious, and the latest act of arson was their doing.

"Let's go to the next location!" Song Ling picked up two interspatial rings and paid no further attention to the two corpses.

The youth who received the high-grade spirit stone from Liu Wuxie continued to guide them to the following location: Hou Xiao's courtyard if there were no surprise.

After learning of Liu Wuxie's death, the Hou Clan had used their resources to send disciples to kill Song Ling several times, only to be saved by Luo He.

They passed several buildings before Liu Wuxie kicked the door of Hou Xiao's courtyard to smash it open.

"There's no one here?" Hou Xiao wasn't in the courtyard when they came in.

"Senior Brother Liu, I heard Hou Ye reached the Heavenly Phase Realm recently. The Hou Clan's disciples should be in Hou Yue's courtyard right now," another inner disciple informed Liu Wuxie.

Since Hou Xiao wasn't there, he should've gone to Hou Yue's courtyard to celebrate the latter's breakthrough into the Heavenly Phase Realm.

"Lead the way!" Liu Wuxie commanded, tossing another high-grade spirit stone over. The disciple caught it, eyes wide with disbelief. He hadn't expected to earn such a valuable reward just by providing a clue.

The crowd erupted with excitement, and many regretted not speaking up sooner. If only they had, that high-grade spirit stone could have been theirs.

Many people hammered their chests in frustration, hoping another chance would exist. They even wished Liu Wuxie could kill a few more people and ask a few more questions so they could obtain high-grade spirit stones.

Who in the sect didn't know that Liu Wuxie was filthy rich? Even if he didn't have any more high-grade spirit stones, stalactite essence was just as good.

After leaving Hou Xiao's courtyard, the crowd headed straight for Hou Yue's courtyard. Hou Yue was essentially the representative of the Hou Clan, and he had a high status in the Hou Clan aside from those who had become true disciples.

The Hou Clan had a long lineage passed down for thousands of years. Moreover, the Hou Clan sent disciples to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion every year, especially since it had produced many geniuses in recent centuries.

Aside from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, the Hou Clan would also send their prodigies to the Azure Crimson Gate, and Hou Chi was an example.

Like a snowball rolling down a mountain, the crowd following behind Liu Wuxie grew larger and larger. There were only a thousand people initially, but there were over one thousand five hundred people now.

Many people didn't even know what was happening and were shocked to learn about Liu Wuxie's return.

"He has killed Shao Wenliang and Geng Mochou?" Many people were still unaware of what had just happened and were shocked upon hearing it from others. After all, only Liu Wuxie had the guts to kill other disciples so openly in the sect.

"If I were in his shoes, I'd start a massacre too," many murmured, feeling a surge of indignation at the suffering Liu Wuxie's friends and family had endured. The despicable actions of Shao Wenliang and his cohorts—preying on the weak—were a disgrace to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.

"Where are they headed?" Those who had just joined were curious.

"They're heading to Hou Yue's courtyard to kill Hou Xiao!" Various discussions filled the inner sect, and more Communication Talismans lit up as people called their friends over to watch.

After all, such a grand spectacle was rare, and it was even more unbelievable that the Law-Enforcement Hall's disciples had vanished. This meant that the Law-Enforcement Hall acknowledged Liu Wuxie's actions.

"I heard Hou Yue reached the Heavenly Phase Realm three days ago, and they're celebrating right now. There are many inner disciples over in his courtyard right now." Many people were stunned upon learning that Liu Wuxie was heading to Hou Yue's courtyard.

Judging from Liu Wuxie's aura, he was still in the Heavenly Dipper Realm. There was a vast difference between the Heavenly Dipper Realm and the Heavenly Phase Realm that couldn't be crossed.

Everyone knew that Liu Wuxie had heaven-defying combat strength and could fight those with a higher cultivation. However, Hou Yue's courtyard was heavily guarded, with many experts gathered, particularly over a dozen Hou Clan disciples. The crowd doubted Liu Wuxie's chances against the Hou Clan, believing that he stood little chance of victory.

"I'm also curious where he got the guts to challenge someone in the Heavenly Phase Realm." There were many discussions in the surroundings, but they lowered their voices to avoid being heard by Liu Wuxie.

The events on Blood Sea Abyssal Island had become shrouded in mystery, a mystery that would likely remain unsolved. Liu Wuxie had slain cultivators in the Astral River Realm, so facing someone who had just entered the Heavenly Phase Realm a few days ago seemed trivial by comparison.

"We'll find out when we get there. Let's hope there will be a great battle to watch. I don't want to see Liu Wuxie killed by Hou Yue." Everyone hoped for a spectacular battle, not a one-sided massacre because it would be too dull, like how Shao Wenliang and Geng Mochou were killed.

Everyone became increasingly nervous when approaching Hou Yue's courtyard, especially Bi Gongyu and others. They didn't know whether Liu Wuxie had become strong enough to kill someone in the Heavenly Phase Realm.

However, their faith in him never wavered—they knew that Liu Wuxie had never relied on luck to climb from obscurity to his current standing. If he weren't powerful, he would have perished long ago.

The cultivation world was like a giant vortex; one would be shredded apart if they weren't careful.

Hou Yue's courtyard buzzed with activity, as over fifty to sixty inner disciples gathered to celebrate his recent breakthrough into the Heavenly Phase Realm.

"Senior Brother Hou Yue, you must care for old friends like us after becoming an elite disciple!" They all were inner disciples, but things had changed now with Hou Yue's breakthrough into the Heavenly Phase Realm, as he was eligible for a promotion to an elite disciple, and his status would be a level higher than theirs.

"No problem!" Hou Yue responded cheerfully. His spirits were high, especially after being stuck at the pinnacle of the Heavenly Dipper Realm for years. A few months ago, he had finally gained the insight he needed, leading to his breakthrough just days before.

"Congratulations, senior brother, on becoming an elite disciple!" Many people came forward and repeatedly held wine cups to toast with Hou Yue.