High Martial Arts Storm

Unarmed and naked.

Even so, Yang Haocheng showed no mercy. With a flash of his blade, twelve heads flew off, and blood splattered like rain, filling the cave with a bloody stench.

Seven Crystal People...

Even women must be killed.

"Click..."

With a final swift cut, the crescent blade severed the four chains. As the four bound human women fell to the ground, Yang Haocheng quickly retrieved four sets of clothes from his storage device and casually tossed them in front of them.

"Put on your clothes and get out of here."

After Yang Haocheng finished speaking, he walked straight through the cave space, preparing to climb the stairs.

Amidst the rustling sounds, four women dressed. They didn't look at the twelve Seven Crystal Women whose heads had been chopped off by Yang Haocheng, nor did they rush towards the passage leading outside. Instead, with disheveled hair and blood-stained faces, they bowed their heads and climbed the steps.

Yang Haocheng climbed hundreds of steps and then stopped.

He turned and looked down at the four women on the steps below, frowning as he asked, "The person who hurt you has been killed by me. Even if you leave now, you won't be in danger for the time being, so don't follow me, just leave this place!"

The four women did not move.

They didn't even look up at Yang Haocheng.

Yang Haocheng remained silent for a moment, then turned around and continued climbing the steps.

A few minutes later.

More than a dozen mutated snakes appeared on the steps above. Only one of them was a level two mutated snake, while the rest were level one mutated snakes. When they saw Yang Haocheng, their triangular eyes gleamed with a scarlet light, and they pounced on Yang Haocheng.

"Pfft pfft..."

The crescent blade was as fast as lightning, easily killing more than a dozen mutated snakes.

Dissection, material collection.

To Yang Haocheng's surprise, not only did the level-two mutated snake have a primary crystal core, but the other dozen or so level-one mutated snakes also had primary crystal cores.

Something's not right.

"In the outside world, finding two or three primary crystal cores in the body of a hundred level-one mutated snakes is already considered a very high drop rate. But here, every single level-one mutated snake has a primary crystal core inside its body."

"Keep going up and see if the mutated beasts we encounter later also have primary crystal cores inside them."

Yang Haocheng turned to look at the four women who had followed below.

"Are you ever going to stop? Why don't you leave? Why are you following me?" Yang Haocheng asked.

The four women still did not answer.

But they slowly raised their heads, which had been lowered.

Bloodstains covered his face.

Yang Haocheng couldn't see their faces clearly, but he could see the numbness in their eyes.

A normal person has bright, expressive eyes.

Yang Haocheng didn't know how much misery and torment they had endured, but their numb eyes stirred a pang of pity in his heart, and his tone softened slightly. After thinking for a moment, he took out four battle swords from his storage device and threw them onto the steps in front of them, saying, "You must all be martial artists to have been able to enter the Heng Realm. Here's a weapon for each of you to use for self-defense."

The four women bent down and each picked up a battle knife.

Yang Haocheng turned around and continued climbing.

in the process.

He encountered more than a dozen waves of mutated beasts, and he killed them all each time.

He was now certain that the mutated beasts here were somewhat special, because whether they were level two or level one mutated beasts, they all possessed rudimentary crystal cores, and the quality of these crystal cores was not bad at all.

soon.

He appeared on a platform.

The more than twenty level-two mutated beasts on the platform looked at him almost instantly, and without the slightest hesitation, they roared and pounced on him.

"Damn it..."

Yang Haocheng raised his crescent blade and began fighting against more than twenty mutated beasts.

call out!call out!call out!call out!

The four women following behind rushed forward. They didn't say a word, but just frantically swung their fighting weapons and fought with some level-two mutated beasts.

One minute later.

More than twenty level-two mutated beasts were slaughtered, while the four women retreated to one side.

Only then did a hint of sparkle appear in their eyes.

Yang Haocheng wiped the blood off his face, turned to look at the four women standing in a row, and his eyes held a strange look.

How is that possible?

He only killed four level-two mutated beasts, while the other twenty-odd level-two mutated beasts were all killed by the four women within a minute.

Battle Commander Realm?

Are they all experts at the Battle Commander level?

Given their strength, how could they have been captured by Qiu Muyang and hung in the cave below?

"Who exactly are you people?" Yang Haocheng asked cautiously.

"Ziyang Daoist Academy..." One of the women's lips moved, and a hoarse voice came out.

"You were all students of Ziyang Academy? You came here for training, and then fell into Qiu Muyang's hands?" Yang Haocheng asked.

"Seven Crystal People!"

"Explain clearly, what Seven Crystal People?" Yang Haocheng asked.

The woman who had spoken lowered her head.

Another woman, with a blank expression, stammered, "We were captured by... the Seven Crystal People, those... beasts... are holding us captive, he... is a traitor."

"No, there are twelve Crimson Crystal women trapped with you. They couldn't have been captured by the Seven Crystals too, could they?" Yang Haocheng asked, frowning.

"It's Qiu...beast..."

"You mean, you were captured by the Seven Crystal People, and while Qiu Muyang was watching you, he also captured more than a dozen Seven Crystal People women? And then hung you all in the cave below?" Yang Haocheng asked.

"yes!"

After she finished answering, she lowered her head again.

Yang Haocheng didn't know what to say.

Qiu Muyang's crimes of harming his own clansmen are heinous, but he also harmed the Seven Crystal People...

"madman……"

Yang Haocheng cursed inwardly.

He quietly observed the four women, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "What are your names? What's the meaning of this? With your strength, leaving here should be easy, right?"

The four women all shook their heads.

When they didn't speak, Yang Haocheng became a little anxious.

He was just helping out and then everyone went their separate ways, but these four women kept following him, which annoyed him.

after all!

Be wary when you're in an unfamiliar environment and meet unfamiliar people...

He didn't want to be constantly on guard against these four women who were all stronger than him!

"Let's have a serious talk! I'm here to gain experience, and you guys..."

"Follow you!" The woman with the hoarse voice suddenly looked up, her eyes fixed on Yang Haocheng. She showed no regard for her savior and continued, "I...follow you, or...kill you, and then...commit suicide."

"Um!"

"Same!"

"Me too."

Although the other three women did not look up, they also made their stance clear at that moment.

Yang Haocheng felt a chill run down his spine.

This is a threat!

A blatant threat!

If they weren't allowed to follow, he would kill himself, and then commit suicide... They've become like a persistent nuisance!

He couldn't understand why they were following him when they had already escaped. Was it just because he had saved them before?

He wanted to refuse.

but……

He couldn't beat those four women.

Let alone facing four Battle Commander level experts at the same time, he had no confidence in winning, or even in escaping, even if he faced just one.

"What kind of nonsense is this!" Yang Haocheng gave a wry smile, looking somewhat annoyed, and continued, "Since you insist on following me, and I have no power to kick you out, wouldn't you like to introduce yourselves? Let me know your names and your identities outside, right?"

The four women fell silent once again.

"What do you mean?" Yang Haocheng asked, puzzled.

"The old me... is dead... Call me whatever you want," the woman stammered, her voice hoarse.

"Um!"

"Same!"

"Me too."

The other three women also spoke up.

"..."

Yang Haocheng was stunned.

He was now completely certain that these four women were truly clinging to him.

Logically speaking, it should be a great thing that four women at the Battle Commander level have taken a liking to him, since their presence would greatly reduce the dangers of his upcoming training.

but……

I don't know where they came from!

I don't even know their names, what if they cause trouble in the future...

Also!

He could tell that the four women were all stuttering, but they clearly hadn't always been stutterers. It was probably that their long periods of silence had caused some problems with their speech. If given more time, they might all be able to speak in complete sentences.

"My name is Yang Haocheng. Since we'll be communicating in the future, I need to address you all. Four ladies, if you don't want to use your old names, why don't you give yourselves new names now?" Yang Haocheng said with a wry smile.

"Yang Yi!"

"Yang Er!"

"Yang San!"

"Yang Si!"

The four women answered without hesitation.

Yang Haocheng rolled his eyes.

This name...

That's fucking easy!

One, two, three, four, plus your surname...

and many more!

Yang Haocheng was taken aback and asked in confusion, "You want to take my surname? Do you intend to follow me forever? Even if we leave this Heng Realm, you'll still follow me?"

"and!"

The four women nodded emphatically.

Yang Haocheng scratched his head upon hearing this.

He's a student at the Four Seasons Martial Arts Academy, how could he possibly let four girls follow him around?

never mind!

Let's take it one step at a time!

Yang Haocheng sighed inwardly, then asked, "Since you're going to be following me, I need to know your cultivation levels. Let me start by telling you!"

"Five-star... Battle Commander Realm".

"Four-star... Battle Commander Realm."

"Four-star... Battle Commander Realm."

"Four-star... Battle Commander Realm."

Yang Haocheng nodded slightly.

He guessed that the four women were all at the Battle Commander level, but he didn't expect them to be at the four-star and five-star Battle Commander level.

"Don't just stand there. Since you're going to follow me, you'll have to listen to me from now on. First, dissect the corpses of these level-two mutated beasts, dig out the crystal cores, and collect useful materials. Can you do that?" Yang Haocheng asked.

"Can!"

Upon hearing this, the four women immediately sprang into action.

They worked swiftly, quickly dissecting the corpses of more than twenty level-two mutated beasts, and then handing over more than twenty primary crystal cores and the collected materials to Yang Haocheng.