A hint of a smile played on the woman’s lips as she looked at Zhao Ji, nodding in satisfaction.
“Now, our Immortal Clan officially takes control of the Huaibei Martial Arts Association.”
“Understood,” Zhao Ji said, lowering his head without a hint of hesitation.
The high-ranking officials standing aside had their hearts pounding, but none dared to speak.
Faced with this group of imposing immortal beings, they could barely even stand.
Besides their terrifying presence, these immortal beings’ appearances are also horrifying, even more frightening than the creatures in movies like Alien!
“Alright, let’s go in.” the woman said with a smile.
“Master Ding, please,” Zhao Ji said again, bowing deeply and gesturing with his hands, inviting the woman and those immortal beings toward the guild hall’s main entrance.
“Mr. Zhao, do you know what you’re doing?!”
Just then, from the direction of the guild hall’s main gate, came a roar of anger.
In such a terrifyingly solemn atmosphere, the appearance of this voice was quite jarring.
All eyes were on the entrance of the banquet hall.
There stood a line of eleven warriors.
These warriors were clad in armor, fully armed.
But the angry question just now came from the man standing at the front of the line.
His name is Hong Zhong, and he is the captain of the seventh team of the Huaibei Martial Arts Association.
“Captain Hong, what are you doing?” Zhao Jidao asked in a deep voice.
“It’s me asking you! Do you know what you’re doing!? These immortal beings have harmed so many lives, you don’t even ask for help from above, and you don’t even resist, you just let these monsters take over the Martial Arts Association!?” Hong Zhong roared with bloodshot eyes.
Two days ago, the situation in Huaibei was at its most chaotic.
Every region has seen a sudden disappearance of large populations, leaving behind only scenes of chaos.
Among those who disappeared were Hongzhong’s family members.
His parents, wife, and children, along with the entire apartment building’s residents, vanished together!
His home was left with only a few bloodstains and a heavy stench of blood.
Putting together everything that had happened in Huaibei, Hongzhong knew his family was gone, lost forever.
From then on, Hong Zhong swore to avenge his family!
“Zhao Jidao, today I will not allow these monsters to enter no matter what! I will kill them all! To avenge my family, to avenge so many who died tragically in Huaibei!” Hong Zhong roared, his aura bursting forth.
He possesses the cultivation of a Martial Venerable realm, and among his ten team members behind him, there are four Grandmaster realms, while the others are at the peak of the Innate realm.
His team originally had almost a hundred members, but only these ten were willing to stand with him.
“Captain Hong, you have been removed from your position. From now on, you are no longer a member of the Huaibei Martial Arts Association.” Zhao Ji said with a grim face and a cold voice.
“Dismissal? Fuck you!” Hong Zhong roared, leading ten squad members toward Zhao Jidao.
Zhao Jidao’s eyes turned cold.
“Don’t move, let me handle this,” the woman said softly, taking a step forward.
Faced with the charging warriors, the woman extended one hand.
It is the Ghost Blade bestowed upon her by the Immortal King!
The woman gently grasped the Ghost Blade with two fingers and hurled it towards the group of warriors ahead.
Her movements appeared quite graceful, but the ghostly blade she swung was as fast as lightning, leaving a dark trail in its wake.
Faced with the incoming ghost blades, Hong Zhong and the group of soldiers behind him changed their expressions. They released their true qi completely, forming a small shield around their bodies.
Hongzhong gripped a long staff forged from Xuan iron in his hand. Qi gathered on the staff, smashing fiercely against the incoming ghost blade.
A long staff forged from Xuan iron, its hardness was self-evident, yet it shattered the instant it came into contact with the Ghost Blade!
The long stick split in two, causing Hong Zhong’s condensed true qi to immediately dissipate, and his strength throughout his body was broken down.
“How is that possible…”
Hong Zhong’s face changed drastically. He immediately loosened his grip on the staff in his hands, pushing both palms forward and unleashing his true energy to repel the ghostly blade.
“Click!”
But he didn’t have time to do that!
As soon as he raised his hands, the ghostly blade sliced across both of his arms!
At the elbow of both arms, a bloody gash appeared immediately.
And then, the arm broke at the elbow and flew out, spraying warm blood everywhere!
“Oh…”
Violent pain caused Hongzhong to scream.
“Captain Hong!” The expressions of the ten squad members behind him all changed, and they rushed forward.
However, this is just the beginning.
A woman standing afar, with a gentle flick of her right finger, sent the ghost blade flying towards ten team members behind her.
“Whoosh!”
The ghost blade, like a void cleaver, shrieked through the air.
In the eyes of everyone, only the Ghost Blade could be seen rapidly rotating around those ten team members, with afterimages still lingering in the air.
“Bang!”
After circling once, the ghost blade flew back into the woman’s hand.
And the group of team members in the distance were still in their original positions, but their eyes were wide open and their expressions had become stiff.
“Sizzle…”
Subsequently, noticeable bloodstains appeared on their necks, with blood spraying outwards.
Ten players, just like that!
Their limbs twitched faintly, and the wound on their neck continued to spurt blood, splattering onto the ground and forming crimson blossoms.
The scene was deathly silent.
Whether it was Zhao Jidao’s high-ranking officials by his side, or the group of martial artists in the guild hall who dared not speak out, their eyes were filled with fear at this moment.
None of them had expected that among this group of immortal beings, the most inconspicuous and seemingly weakest woman would also possess such power.
In the blink of an eye, he defeated ten martial artists!
I didn’t even see how he was killed!
Only Hong Zhong was able to stand before the guild hall’s gate.
But his situation was also quite dire, bleeding profusely from both hands, draining him of his strength and life force.
Hong Zhong turned his head, glancing at the ten dead men under him. His eyes were bloodshot, and he roared in defiance towards the sky with a heart full of unwillingness.
“Is there anything else you want to say?” The woman’s red lips parted slightly, but she didn’t look at him. Instead, she stared at the dagger in her hand, which emanated a black aura, a smile playing on her face.
The immortal king’s gift of a weapon to her proved truly powerful, and she was very fond of it.
Hongzhong knew he wouldn’t survive the moment he stood up today.
“Zhao Gou, your collusion with the Immortal Clan will sooner or later be exposed! The Capital Martial Arts Association will definitely send someone to deal with you! And the same goes for all of you! Now that you remain silent, you will all be treated as accomplices afterwards! Just wait for the day of judgment to come! Hahaha…” Hong Zhong used his last bit of strength to raise his severed right hand and point at Zhao Ji Dao and the other high-level officials, laughing out loud.
“Bang!”
The next second, a skeletal monster with only bones for limbs standing beside the woman leaped in front of Hong Zhong. With a swipe of its claw, Hong Zhong’s body was torn apart instantly.
Four monsters grabbed Hong Zhong’s mutilated body and stuffed it into their gaping maws.
“Click click…”
A bone-chilling and sickening crunch echoed through the air, adding a thick layer of blood to the already creepy atmosphere.
“Are there any others who wish to share their thoughts? I welcome them.” The woman scanned the room, her voice cold as she asked.
After seeing the tragic deaths of Hong Zhong and his team, even those martial artists who might have harbored such thoughts were utterly terrified. They no longer dared to meet a woman’s gaze, their heads bowed in shame.
“Hahaha… this is what you humans are truly like!” A near-immortal creature beside the woman laughed derisively.
“Sir Ding, please come in. I assure you that such an incident will never happen again.” Zhao Ji bowed deeply.
The woman gave Zhao Ji a cold glance and walked towards the guild hall’s entrance.
She and the immortal beings beside her completely ignored the corpses of warriors sprawled on the ground in front of the gate, stepping over them directly and entering the interior of the guild hall.
All the high-ranking officials except Zhao Jidao were so scared that their legs turned to jelly. They didn’t dare to look at the pile of corpses and walked around them.
It was midday, with the sun shining directly overhead.
The Huaibei Martial Arts Association hall, inside, was as cold as an ice cave.
A pile of corpses lay at the entrance of the guild hall, blood still oozing from their wounds.
Fresh, warm blood flowed slowly from the floor, dripping onto the steps below.