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Chapter 137 Annihilation with a Flick of the Finger
We continued along the mountain stream.

Crossing the canyon.

Wu Ming's vision came into view of a wide expanse of hills. This was the Eastern Wilderness Hills, northeast of the border stronghold, stretching for about two or three hundred miles. Although the terrain was undulating, it was not high enough to be considered a mountain, but rather a series of hills.

After observing for a short while, Wu Ming stepped into the hills and continued forward. After passing through several hills, he arrived at a valley with sparse vegetation and mostly rugged rocks.

After glancing around, he...

Wu Ming suddenly spoke up, saying, "You've followed me all this way, aren't you going to show yourself?"

The words fell.

The valley was quiet, with only a gentle breeze blowing by, but there was no response.

Seeing no movement behind him, Wu Ming remained calm as he slowly turned around, casting his gaze directly into the distance. Amidst a rugged expanse of strange rocks, his eyes were deep and serene.

at last,

A voice came from behind the strange rock.

"interesting."

Tan Yuzhou, dressed in a black robe, stepped out and looked at Wu Ming with curiosity. He said, "I have mastered the Turtle Breath Concealing Technique. Even a top-level expert with the unity of spirit and flesh would find it difficult to detect me from twenty feet away. How did you manage to detect me?"

"I'm just a little more perceptive. You've been following me ever since I entered the Eastern Wilderness Hills. May I ask what brings you here?" Wu Ming asked calmly.

Tan Yuzhou's ability to conceal his aura was indeed extraordinary, making it difficult for martial artists to detect. However, under the detection of his soul sense, no matter how much he tried to suppress his intense and fiery blood energy, it was impossible to contain it. For Wu Ming, the approach of any martial artist within fifty feet could not escape his perception. The more vigorous the blood energy, the clearer the perception.

"Hehe, no wonder Liu Muyuan accepted you as his disciple. You are indeed quite extraordinary. However, since you know that I am here, you still don't bow down. It seems that your master did not teach you manners."

Tan Yuzhou said indifferently.

Wu Ming's gaze remained calm as he said, "Politeness is for upright people. There's no need for formalities with someone like you who's hiding his true intentions."

Tan Yuzhou was not angry after hearing this, but only snorted coldly and said, "What a sharp-tongued junior... Since you have already noticed me, yet you deliberately came here, it seems you have already chosen your burial place?"

"Your Excellency is a dignified elder of the Black Fiend Sect, yet your magnanimity is so narrow. No wonder you only reached the fourth level of blood."

Wu Ming remained indifferent.

He has made many enemies, but only a handful can reach the fourth level of blood coagulation. Moreover, there are not many experts at this level in the entire Jingye City, so their identities are not even worth guessing.

"Humph!"

Tan Yuzhou snorted coldly after hearing this, and was unwilling to waste any more words with Wu Ming. The reason he talked to Wu Ming a few more times was because he was surprised that Wu Ming could detect his following and seemed to have deliberately led him to this valley. He was observing the surrounding environment to see if there were any traps or anything like that, but after this brief observation, he did not find anything unusual.

Tan Yuzhou's figure blurred, and he became a blur as he rushed straight towards Wu Ming.

As a martial arts master who has achieved the fourth stage of blood coagulation, he can cover a distance of twenty zhang in an instant. He doesn't need to use weapons to deal with a junior like Wu Ming who has achieved the third stage of blood coagulation. Even if he is bare-handed, he can easily defeat him in one move.

far away.

Dozens of feet away, behind a patch of rugged gravel, Wang Wuzheng was quietly hiding. He was observing the situation from afar, and when he saw Tan Yuzhou finally make his move, a glint of light flashed in his eyes.

With Elder Tan Yuzhou of the Black Fiend Sect, who has achieved four blood clotting techniques, taking action, Wu Ming is bound to have no way out. The main issue to consider next is the aftermath. After all, this is the border, and the current situation is very complicated. Wu Ming was acting alone. As long as Wu Ming's body is cleaned up and the scene is dealt with, it will be virtually impossible to trace the incident afterward.

Even if Liu Muyuan had some doubts, he wouldn't turn the entire Jingye City upside down based on mere suspicion. After all, in such a chaotic situation, it wouldn't be surprising if Wu Ming died at the hands of anyone.

however.

Just the next moment.

Wang Wuzheng's pupils suddenly contracted, revealing a look of astonishment.

In the arena, Tan Yuzhou was rushing towards Wu Ming when Wu Ming suddenly stopped his Xuan Tie spear and reached out his palm towards Tan Yuzhou.

In an instant, a wisp of crimson light shot out from his sleeve, disappearing in a flash, heading straight for Tan Yuzhou!

laugh! ! !
Tan Yuzhou suddenly spun around and dodged, but it seemed he was still too slow to avoid it. He was grazed by that point of crimson light, and a spray of blood could be seen flying in the air!
"what happened?"

"hidden weapon?"

Wang Wuzheng was taken aback by what he saw.

Tan Yuzhou is a martial arts master who has achieved four levels of blood coagulation. What kind of hidden weapon could be so powerful that Tan Yuzhou couldn't avoid it, or even get injured by it? Let alone four levels of blood coagulation, even a martial artist who has achieved three levels of blood coagulation would find it difficult to be injured by hidden weapons.

Whoosh. In the next instant, in Wang Wuzheng's vision, a streak of blood-red light, like a thin line of blood, tore through the void, leaving a clear trail of blood-red light in the air, and once again struck Tan Yuzhou!

Tan Yuzhou's expression had changed drastically, and he was no longer as composed as before. There was a clearly visible scar on his shoulder, and the wound was so deep that it almost reached the bone. When he saw the bloody light coming, he drew the sword at his waist without hesitation and swung it out, engulfing the bloody light in its flash.

now,

He finally saw the true form of that beam of blood light, which turned out to be a strange little sword without a hilt!

This is... a flying sword?
Wu Ming also practiced Taoist magic?!
Do not!
No, it's not that he practiced Taoist arts as a side practice!

Tan Yuzhou unleashed beams of sword light, colliding with that point of bloody light. After only a few exchanges, he felt a chill run down his spine. The power of that flying sword was simply too strong, forcefully suppressing his swordsmanship!
Ordinary Daoist cultivators would never possess such terrifying weapon control techniques. Without a doubt, Wu Ming's Daoist cultivation level far surpasses his martial arts level. Martial arts is the means by which Wu Ming cultivates both, while Daoist cultivation is his true source of strength!

No wonder Liu Muyuan has such high standards, yet he still values ​​Wu Ming, whose blood condensation aptitude is only average!

"kill!"

After only a few exchanges, Tan Yuzhou realized that Wu Ming's flying sword was too powerful for him to withstand. He knew that if he continued to fight it head-on, he would surely die. He knew that he had to attack Wu Ming's main body to have a chance. So he roared and his blood energy surged and exploded. A faint wave of energy spread from his body as he forcefully swung a large amount of sword light, trying to rush towards Wu Ming.

However, Wu Ming remained unmoved, standing still, simply pointing his fingers as if they were a sword, and making a hand seal to move forward slightly.

boom!
A bolt of lightning suddenly burst forth.

Although he had only mastered the third talisman of the Divine Firmament Upper Purity Talisman and had not yet made further progress, the power of the fourth-level Refined Primordial Spirit was far greater than before. At this moment, Tan Yuzhou was restrained by the flying sword and had already exerted all his strength. He was powerless to dodge or resist this attack and was hit squarely by the lightning.

"what!"

Tan Yuzhou let out a loud scream, his hair stood on end, his clothes burst into flames, and the smell of burning filled the air instantly.

Being struck by the Divine Firmament Thunder Technique was not the most important thing; what mattered was that this beam of lightning completely shattered Tan Yuzhou's hope of engaging Wu Ming in close combat, causing him to pause and rendering him powerless to resist Wu Ming's flying sword.

laugh.

The flying sword flashed through the air in an instant, leaving a clear blood hole between Tan Yuzhou's eyebrows.

Tan Yuzhou's movements came to an abrupt halt, and he froze on the spot. His eyes were fixed on Wu Ming, without anger or resentment, only a hint of realization and understanding.

"So you're from the Daoist lineage..."

At this final moment, all his doubts quietly dissipated, including how Wu Ming, who had only just broken through to the third stage of blood condensation, managed to silently kill Guo Xiang, Xu Mo, and the others. Now it seemed that using Taoist methods as the main approach and martial arts methods as a supplement, it was indeed not difficult at all to deal with Guo Xiang and the others.

In the Jingye City region, where martial arts flourish but Taoist practices are not, the emergence of a peerless genius like Wu Ming, who belongs to the Taoist lineage, was beyond everyone's expectations. Whether it was Guo Xiang, Xu Mo, or himself, their deaths were not unjust.

puff.

Tan Yuzhou's body fell into a pool of blood. This elder of the Black Fiend Sect, a powerful martial artist who had achieved four stages of blood coagulation, died here so simply, without even causing a ripple in front of Wu Ming.

"too weak."

Wu Ming reached out and gestured, recalling the flying sword, which hovered at his fingertips. He looked at Tan Yuzhou's fallen corpse and shook his head slightly.

Although Tan Yuzhou was an older generation of four-blood martial artist, as he himself commented, he was narrow-minded and acted improperly. Even though he was lucky enough to reach the fourth level of blood condensation, he was extremely mediocre. After many years of cultivation, he could only barely reach the normal level in the fourth level of blood condensation.

This level of four-blood martial artist, in front of Wu Ming now, doesn't even qualify him to use his Dharma Form.

After staring at Tan Yuzhou's corpse for a few moments, Wu Ming looked away and casually glanced at a patch of rugged rocks a few dozen feet away. He said, "Brother Wang, since you're here, why leave? I have something else to ask you."

Behind the rubble.

Wang Wuzheng, who was trying his best to suppress his breathing and carefully lifting his foot to retreat into the distance, froze on the spot when he heard Wu Ming's voice coming from the air.

Wang Wuzheng's body was a little stiff at this moment. He slowly put his feet down and looked up. He saw Wu Ming walking towards him. After a few steps, he was already not far away. At the same time, the small flying sword that Wu Ming had been hovering at his fingertips suddenly shot out, drawing a bloody arc and instantly arriving between his eyebrows!
Wang Wuzheng was completely unable to react. He couldn't even see the trajectory of the flying sword. He could only feel a sharp edge between his brows. If it moved even an inch forward, it would pierce through his head!

“Brother Wu…”

Wang Wuzheng slowly lowered his hand as he tried to touch the knife, stiffly stood up, a fine layer of cold sweat seeping from his forehead, his back already soaked with cold sweat, and a trace of fear flashing deep in his eyes.

Although he was also a rising star among the younger generation, with a tenacious martial arts will and no fear of powerful enemies or demons, he had never been afraid of Wu Ming, no matter how dazzling Wu Ming was before. But the Wu Ming before him had deviated from the concept of a 'powerful enemy'.

Manipulating flying swords and wielding lightning magic, he killed Tan Yuzhou, a dignified elder of the Black Fiend Sect, on the spot in just a few moves. His strength and methods were so terrifying that they were beyond comprehension and completely exceeded Wang Wuzheng's understanding, leaving him utterly frightened.

In Wang Wuzheng's mind, he even felt that Wu Ming had been possessed by some demon or evil spirit and was no longer human!

(End of this chapter)