Scourge Messenger

Chapter 198 Decapitation!

When the Taiyin Huagai descended, Yan Qing realized that the situation was completely out of his control.

The situation of the bunny girl is different from that of Jiang Shi. Even if Jiang Shi dies on the spot, Yan Qing will not care.

Shang Xinlei, the pharmacist, and the others always felt he should value his alt accounts because they were already powerful and talented enough. But for Yan Qing, they were still in the 'pioneering stage.' The only purpose of all the alt accounts was to gather resources. If an alt account died, he could immediately cultivate a more talented one at a faster pace. The earlier the alt account was, the less important it was. Just like civilization, someone always has to pave the way so that others can stand on the shoulders of their predecessors and reach the peak.

Therefore, Yan Qing didn't care about the life or death of the Bunny Girl. If she could live, she could; if not, so be it. Yan Qing wouldn't even use the Return Token to save her; he'd rather keep it for himself. But the problem was that the Bunny Girl wasn't alone; she had the Pharmacist Yuan by her side.

Yan Qing likes the pharmacist.

Of course, this only refers to the game. In reality, Yan Qing would still not hesitate to strike back hard against Black Wolf who dares to offend his interests.

Just like his fondness for Shang Xinlei, Qian Gongyu, and even Jie Yuanshao, for him, alt accounts are consumables that can be generated indefinitely. But these NPCs who once shared life and death with his alt accounts in the game are regrets that can never be recovered once they are missed.

Yan Qing allows regrets in his life, or rather, he can't avoid them whether he allows them or not, but he won't allow it to happen in a game. Perhaps because he played too many tragic games like *The Legend of Sword and Fairy* and *Xuan-Yuan Sword: Fantasy World* when he was young, he's become an incurable obsessive-compulsive for perfect endings.

All the characters have happy endings, and all the tragedies can be remedied. Even if it's just this kind of illusory, fabricated beauty, it can still give Yan Qing a warm feeling in her mundane and boring life that she can savor countless times.

Moreover, Yaoshiyuan wasn't just a piece of data in a game that could be infinitely copied; she was a real person, a majestic older sister in armor, a fallen princess who drooled in her sleep... She went through life and death with the Bunny Girl, sharing the fatal blow without hesitation... She cherished the Bunny Girl like a younger sister, planning a future where they could live together... How could Yan Qing possibly stand by and watch her die on Mount Shu?

Regardless of Jiang Shi's life or death, Shang Xinlei, Qian Gongyu, and Jie Yuanshao would not be implicated by her; they would bear the consequences of victory or defeat alone. But the Rabbit Girl was different; she could not die before the Pharmacist was willing to escape!

Bunny Girl wasn't lying. Yan Qing really did intend to save Bingzi Jiaolin to deal with the Foundation Establishment cultivator outside. However, the strength of the two from the Helan family exceeded his expectations. He originally planned to use the Rainstorm Killing Technique and the Hundred Phases Shield to deal with the two, but Helan Yu's attack directly shattered the seven layers of the Mountain Heart Protection Mirror. Bunny Girl lost most of her health and also suffered negative statuses such as "severe injury" and "left hand disability".

Yan Qing had to admit that the Rabbit Girl's strength alone was insufficient to deal with the two members of the Helan family, or rather, the risk was extremely high, so high that the Rabbit Girl didn't even have the leeway to withstand another attack. Furthermore, since the Foundation Establishment cultivators outside couldn't attack the interior while maintaining the Taiyin Huagai Formation, meaning they could potentially avoid fighting them, Yan Qing no longer hesitated and boldly drew the Bingzi Pepper Forest!
After being strengthened by the Red Furnace Fire Spirit, Bingzi Jiaolin is now a second-tier legendary item! However, Bingzi Jiaolin is only an auxiliary item in this battle; the real core is the newly promoted Killing Messenger from the Bunny Girl!
"Killing Messenger (Legendary Reality Mode)"

"Attribute bonus: Health +10, Spirit +10, Agility +10"

"Wrath of Asura (Orange Trait): This trait can only be triggered when the player's account is in Real Mode and has 100 points of colorless kill value. If the player changes the account to other modes or the colorless kill value is lower than 100 points by any means, this trait will immediately become invalid.

You can increase the number of Asura's Wrath stacks by increasing the colorless kill value, with a conversion ratio of 10:1.

Each level of Asura's Wrath permanently increases the player's Health by 1 point, Spirit by 1 point, and Dexterity by 1 point.

Each stack of Asura's Wrath allows a player to deal 1 point of true damage to other players.

The current level of Asura's Wrath is 34.

"Inheritance - Rainstorm: When you perform a perfect dodge, your attack speed is increased by 1000% for the next 0.35 seconds. This effect can only be triggered once every 30 seconds."

Having just killed so many demonic messengers, Bunny Girl's colorless killing value immediately soared to 340. However, the value increased less and less as time went on, making it difficult to reach even greater heights. Even so, Asura's Wrath still dealt 34 points of true damage to other players. Adding 11 points of Calamity Power, that's 45 points of true damage that ignores defense tokens and is extremely difficult to heal!

This is already close to the base attack expectation of a second-tier token!
To allow the Bunny Girl to unleash the full power of Bingzi Jiaolin, Yan Qing also fed her a basic swordsmanship mastery manual. Fortunately, Bingzi Jiaolin's equipment requirements did not change with the level increase.

The basic duration of Overturning Heaven is ten seconds. Sacrificing eight divided weapons can extend the duration by three seconds for each weapon, so the Bunny Girl now has a total of thirty-four seconds of Overturning Heaven time.

The outcome of the battle at Shudao Mountain hinges entirely on these thirty-four seconds!
……

...

Seeing the bunny girl holding up the Bingzi Pepper Forest, Helan Xun gasped.

He wasn't afraid. Even if the bunny girl revealed this trump card, Helan Xun remained unconcerned. With his ancestor right behind him, what could a mere legendary longsword do? It couldn't shake the scales of victory.

He was simply surprised by the old man's judgment; the Bunny Girl was indeed hiding a huge secret.

Everyone knows that the legendary longsword Bingzi Jiaolin was obtained by Huang Quan of the Thieves' House. Since the Bunny Girl has Bingzi Jiaolin, she must have a close relationship with Huang Quan.

Moreover, it's said that Jiang Shi, the madman of the Liang Kingdom's Mansu Forest, also wielded a legendary longsword and wreaked havoc, though no one has witnessed it firsthand, so no one can be certain it was Bingzi Jiaolin. But considering that both Jiang Shi and the Bunny Girl Warrior possessed return orders and were associated with Bingzi Jiaolin, Helan Xun seemed to vaguely see a vast, lurking force extending its claws towards the Thieves' House, the Mansu Forest, and the Legacy of the Natural Disaster!
"Seize her." The ancestor, who had been observing coldly, spoke again, his voice echoing through the Shu Road Mountains, cold yet tinged with excitement: "Do not damage the Bingzi Pepper Forest."

"Yes." Helan Xun looked at Prajna Blood Image: "You two, come with me—"

Thump! The bunny girl took a step forward, flying out like an arrow, sending up clouds of dust in the ruins! With the attributes provided by the third job advancement and the Wrath of Asura, the bunny girl's health and agility had reached fifty points. At full speed, she could cover a distance of more than ten steps per second, and in the blink of an eye, she was in front of them!
Apart from Xue Xiang, who seemed to be still in shock, Banruo and Helan Xun immediately attacked her from the furthest distance and were ready to retreat at any time!

Undoubtedly, they were all on guard against Bunny Girl's torrential killing technique.

Prajna himself is the messenger of the storm, how could he not know the weaknesses of the storm killing technique? Although the storm is the best in terms of attack and defense, it has three major limitations: body, time, and distance!
However, the Bunny Girl's body is almost unaffected by the rainstorm, so let's leave that aside for now; the rainstorm can only be triggered once every thirty breaths, and the Bunny Girl's last trigger occurred thirty breaths ago, so she's still usable; therefore, we can only take advantage of the last weakness, distance!

Although Bingzi Jiaolin is a long sword, how could its attack range compare to that of Banruo and Helan Xun's long weapons? They could keep pressing the Bunny Girl from a safe distance, and even if the Bunny Girl managed to unleash the Rainstorm Killing Technique, they would have enough distance to evade!
Helan Xun shared the same thoughts. Unlike Helan Yu, even if he wasn't afraid of the Bunny Girl, he wouldn't give her any chance. If Helan Yu was a mad dog, then he was a hawk—calm, cautious, and deadly in a single strike!

Just as they expected, Bunny Girl dodged at a distance from the spear and staff; no matter how long she extended her longsword, she couldn't possibly touch them, unless…

Her knife can grow longer.

Heavy Rain Time + Melting Hundred Phases Hand + Secret Flying Star Technique + Bingzi Pepper Forest Overturning Heaven Blade Aura!
The Liang Kingdom's third-level cultivator in the Mansu Forest was beheaded by Jiang Shi for his insubordination. How could the specific details possibly get out? Even if they did, everyone would be more concerned about Jiang Shi's safe escape from the Foundation Establishment stage. Few people would pay attention to the situation with the legendary longsword... So the Zhou people naturally had no idea about the devastating power of the Overturning Heaven Blade!

The moment they saw the blade's edge extended from Bingzi Jiaolin, everyone felt their scalp tingle and every cell and drop of blood in their bodies screamed for their lives!

Aside from Xue Xiang jumping up in time, Banruo and Helan Xun had no time to make any effective evasion. They could only watch helplessly as the bunny girl slashed Bingzi Jiaolin into a continuous river of sword light in 0.35 seconds, as if the setting sun had set the Shu Road Mountain on fire!

Even though the bunny girl didn't have advanced swordsmanship, she still maintained an extremely high attack speed with both hands wielding the sword and the attribute bonuses from her third job advancement. She unleashed sixteen slashes in 0.35 seconds, nine of which grazed Prajna, and all sixteen were aimed at Helan Xun's throat!

Even in that split second, Helan Xun maintained his composure, barely managing to block a fatal blow with his spear. But it was futile; Bingzi Jiaolin's blade was an invisible killing intent, and resisting was simply a pointless and futile effort!

The defensive barrier shattered instantly. Helan Xun's defensive artifact, likely a third-tier rare treasure, had actually withstood the final blow before exploding—something even the Mountain-Protecting Heart Mirror might not be able to achieve. But everyone knew that even naked, the two members of the Helan family remained the most impregnable bulwark on the Shu Road.

Can the heir of the natural disaster, wielding a legendary artifact, defeat the fake Foundation Establishment cultivator?
Chi!
He Lanxun's neck was like a burst water pipe, with blood gushing out from the horrifying gash! Countless tiny knife marks appeared on his neck, as if his neck had been slashed off by a knife!

But he didn't die, he didn't die!

He gripped the spear tightly in his right hand and pressed his head down with his left, trying to keep it from falling off! Flesh was growing from the wound on his neck, attempting to reconnect his head to his body; his inhuman vitality was stubbornly resisting the power of the natural disaster!
I will not die, I cannot die, I am protected by my ancestors!

He Lanxun roared inwardly, his fear still fueled by unwavering confidence.

This was not the first time he had received the protection of his ancestors. In fact, all three generations born in the family over the past few decades had served as the ancestors' hunting dogs.

Although the Taiyin Huagai Formation has great drawbacks, requiring the ancestor to do everything in his power to prevent the formation from launching an attack, its effects are also astonishing. After being enhanced by the [Drawing the Dungeon] supernatural power, even fourth-level demons are helpless against this formation. This means that the ancestor can easily divide the battlefield and eliminate the demons in the fourth-level secret realm bit by bit, just like a master strategist who divides and destroys the enemy army.

The key issue is who will eliminate the separated demons. Previously, the ancestor could only cooperate with other Foundation Establishment cultivators, but since the ancestor obtained a key token fifty years ago, the third-stage cultivators in the family can completely take over.

The Power of the Ten Thousand Armies: The Ancestor can bestow his token upon up to two people. During the duration of the power, the two individuals can enjoy all the passive powers of the Foundation Establishment token. Even without the active powers, both individuals possess the equivalent of a Foundation Establishment cultivator with pseudo-Foundation Establishment combat power, enough to fight off a lone fourth-stage demon!
To help them better eliminate fourth-tier demons, the tokens bestowed by their ancestors, though only ordinary or rare, possessed excellent passive abilities: gauntlets that greatly enhanced strength, armor that significantly increased life regeneration, and boots that provided instant acceleration—enough to handle any situation!
So I won’t die. I can reconnect my head in a little time. As long as I get out of Bingzi Jiaolin’s attack range, I can survive. How can the power of natural disasters match the power of Foundation Establishment!

Without hesitation, Helan Xun rushed towards the battlefield between Helan Yu and Yaoshi Yuan. He had already run away with all his might, but the blade light still followed him like a shadow, slashing his neck twice more and severing the fleshy sprout that had just emerged.

Helan Yu, who had been keeping a close eye on the Bunny Girl, naturally noticed Helan Xun's urgent situation and decisively abandoned Pharmacist Yuan to help intercept her. However, Pharmacist Yuan's attack was extremely cunning, aiming a dagger at his feet, creating a tripwire that hindered his progress!
Although he couldn't inflict effective damage on Helan Yu, Yaoshi Yuan's battlefield intuition was not to be underestimated. In just one move, the scales of victory were completely tipped over.

"Aaaaaah!" Helan Yu's eyes were bloodshot. He never expected that he would be hindered by this scoundrel from the apothecary's family! Even though he immediately steadied himself and rushed forward, it was already too late...

late!

One sword, two swords, three swords!

Helan Xun noticed that the blade's edge wasn't continuing to cut his neck, but was instead trying to pierce his head. No problem, as long as his brain wasn't completely destroyed, even a few cuts would allow him to recover. The power of a Foundation Establishment artifact was beyond the comprehension of ordinary people. While the head was a vital organ, it wasn't incapable of withstanding damage.

It's almost here! Helan Yu is about to stop the Bunny Girl. Just give me some time, and I can survive!

Helan Xun's eyes were bloodshot and purplish-red, yet his spirits grew even more excited; the severed head had somehow failed to impair his thinking. However, at that moment, he suddenly found his vision shift; he was no longer facing Helan Yu, but rather the blazing sun overhead.

My... my head... fell off?
Helan Xun's eyes widened as he realized that his left hand, which had been holding his head down, had also been severed, leaving a clean cut on his wrist. The Bunny Girl hadn't intended to destroy his head at all; she had simply severed the left hand holding it in place!

Helan Xun wanted to say something, but without a trachea, he couldn't make a sound. The granulation tissue on his neck continued to grow stubbornly, but it couldn't find a target and soon went limp, like a parasite that had lost its host.

"Uncle Xun!"

Amidst Helan Yu's furious roar, Helan Xun collapsed to the ground, his head rolling several steps away before his body remained completely still.

Helan Xun died.

The remaining number of demonic cultivators on Shudao Mountain is 4.

(End of this chapter)