The villainous bosses from their past lives have all been reborn.

Yuan Xiu looked at Yuan Cai not far away, a slight smile appearing on her lips.

In the pitch-black night, the lights in the corridor outside still shone brightly, illuminating Yuan Cai's somewhat crazed face.

Yuan Xiu knew that the slap he had delivered to Yuan Cai during the day had no chance of saving Yuan Cai's life. In fact, while he was imprisoned in the house and cut off from all contact with the outside world, he had vaguely heard news of Yuan Cai's death from the guards.

But now, he has appeared before me again, just like last time.

Is it a resurrection, or...?

Has it restarted today?

Thinking of this, Yuan Xiu's eyes lit up.

Yuan Cai did not give Yuan Xiu a chance to continue thinking. He took out a bottle from his sleeve, took out a pill from it, and swallowed it in one gulp.

As soon as the pill entered his mouth, a faint red glow appeared around Yuan Cai's body.

Yuan Xiu was all too familiar with this.

This is a secret medicine from the Demonic Sect. By burning one's essence and blood, it can temporarily enhance the user's cultivation level. However, the price is high; once the effects wear off, the user's life is practically over.

"Sanlang, you've actually colluded with demons!"

Yuan Cai didn't care at all; in fact, he almost laughed.

"Sixth Brother, don't act like you're a novice. You're more skilled at using the Yin Demon Palm than anyone in the Demonic Sect."

"That's different; I use it critically."

Yuan Cai sneered and waved his sleeve.

"I don't have time for your nonsense, just die!"

As the medicine took effect, Yuan Cai could no longer wait and unleashed a palm strike.

The Xuan Tian Palm is extremely powerful and fierce. When it is unleashed, it is like a mountain collapsing and the earth sinking, with an unstoppable force. This palm strike is filled with fierce energy, but it is mixed with an eerie red light. It has lost the original righteous energy of the Xuan Tian Palm, but its power is several times stronger.

Yuan Cai's cultivation level increased exponentially after taking the drug; the power of this palm strike would have injured even Yuan Xiuzhong.

Immediately, Yuan Xiu also unleashed a Yin Demon Palm.

The Yin Demon Palm is extremely soft and Yin; those struck by it will have their meridians shattered inch by inch within seven days, making it extremely vicious. Pure demonic energy, accompanied by palm force, clashed with Yuan Cai's Xuan Tian Palm Qi, instantly turning the area several meters apart into the eye of the storm.

Grass and trees flew away, and tiles shattered.

Such a commotion naturally alerted the Yuan family's guards.

A large number of guards gathered towards the courtyard. The leader, Brother Yi, looked at the two men exchanging blows and didn't know what to do.

"Sanlang...Rokuro...you..."

After exchanging blows, Yuan Cai was shaken by the aftershocks and staggered back a few steps. Yuan Xiu, on the other hand, remained completely unmoved, seemingly at ease.

Seeing the growing number of people in the courtyard, Yuan Cai snorted coldly.

"Come with me if you dare!"

Immediately, Yuan Cai leaped into the night.

Yuan Xiu didn't hesitate and followed.

The two figures completely disappeared into the night before Yuan Feng arrived.

"What happened?"

Xiao Yi's feelings were somewhat complicated. After organizing his thoughts, he said:

"It's Sanlang and Liulang, they're fighting."

Upon hearing this, Yuan Feng looked at the crime scene and, with his seasoned experience, said:

"I clearly sensed the aura of a demonic cult member just now, how could it be Liu Lang and San Lang?"

"It's true. Liu Lang used the Yin Demon Palm. Judging from his appearance, he has at least the strength of the upper three ranks. As for San Lang, it seems that he has consumed a secret medicine from the Demonic Sect to enhance his cultivation."

Yuan Feng was incredulous and murmured:

"You mean, my son and nephew are both possessed by demons?"

"this……"

Xiao Yi didn't finish his sentence, and the guards around him all lowered their heads.

No one said it, but everyone understood that colluding with demons was an unforgivable crime.

Good heavens, my career is over.

Yuan Feng quickly regained his composure and said:

"Gather your men and bring those two beasts back to me!"

"Here you go!"

Perhaps the effects of the cult's secret medicine were limited, or perhaps they simply didn't care about the consequences, but before they had gone far from the Yuan residence, Yuan Cai clashed with Yuan Xiu again.

In an instant, the entire city of Yanzhou became a battlefield.

The lingering effects spread, turning houses, trees, and patrolling soldiers along the way into cannon fodder.

The city of Yanzhou, which had been asleep in the night, seemed to awaken at this moment. After all, no one could ignore these two forces that were capable of destroying half of Yanzhou.

As time went by, the effects of the medicine on Yuan Cai's body gradually wore off, and he also noticed his body becoming heavier and the power of his palm strikes gradually weakening.

Without hesitation, Yuan Cai channeled all his inner energy, maximizing his escape speed, and headed towards the outskirts of Yanzhou City.

The two arrived at a farm outside Yanzhou City, one after the other.

Under the cover of night, sensing the approach of a powerful enemy, more than a hundred experts suddenly emerged from the farm.

Despite his injuries, Yuan Cai made his way to the group of experts before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

Yuan Xiu arrived just in time, but unlike Yuan Cai, he remained completely at ease, as if the battle just now had no effect on him at all.

"So this is how you lured me here. It seems these members of the demonic cult were your backup plan!"

Yuan Cai snorted coldly and said:

"Yuan Xiu, do you think you can do whatever you want just because you're a peerless martial artist? Once your inner energy is exhausted, you'll still be doomed! I've said it before, killing you once will be enough!"

Facing over a hundred experts from the Demonic Sect, Yuan Xiu smiled and said:

"Wait until I run out of true energy? Then you should at least prepare more people!"

……

The sun is rising.

Blood flowed freely on the farm, and corpses littered the ground.

Facing Yuan Xiu, over a hundred demonic sect experts fell to the ground, but Yuan Cai remained standing.

However, even standing was quite difficult.

The backlash from the medicine had begun. Yuan Cai was pale and barely clinging to life.

On the other side, Yuan Xiu remained unchanged from the previous night.

"No...this is impossible!"

Yuan Cai couldn't believe it. After the battle in Yanzhou City and the fierce battle with more than a hundred demonic sect masters on the farm, Yuan Xiu still hadn't shown any signs of health!

I originally thought that even though Yuan Xiu was powerful, the difference between him and me was only a difference in character.

Such a gap can be offset by quantity.

But now it seems there's a significant difference in their levels of understanding!

Has he already reached the Grandmaster level?

At that moment, Yuan Cai seemed to understand something, but his face showed no sense of defeat, only a stubbornness.

"I will be back!"

After saying this, Yuan Cai plunged his hand into his heart, ending his life.

Seeing that Yuan Cai was dead, Yuan Xiu searched the corpses of the demonic sect experts nearby and found a bottle of bone-dissolving water, which he poured on Yuan Cai's body.

As Yuan Cai's body turned into a pool of blood, Scholar Yuan slowly left.

However, Yuan Xiu did not flee. Instead, he returned to Yanzhou City and hid in the governor's mansion, which was the highest point in the city, waiting for midnight.

As night fell, the wind and rain ceased, and the sound of the night watchman's drum reached our ears.

That suffocating feeling returned, and Yuan Xiu, atop the high-rise building, gazed out at the vast expanse—

The building that had been destroyed during his battle with Yuan Cai was restored to its original state at this moment.

……