After this battle, nearly nine out of ten experts within Mu City had been slain, and these kills had brought Liu Bai a total of three hundred and eighty thousand experience points.
After all, the weakest among them were at the late-Phase of Heaven Fusion Realm, granting double experience, while the strongest, Fan Tong, had given five times the experience. The harvest was truly exhilarating.
The only regret Liu Bai felt was that along with their deaths, all of their weapons, spatial rings, and even the high grade spiritual artifact flying boat had been refined into ashes by the Divine Cauldron Heavens Refining Array. The loss of such valuable spoils made him feel heartache for quite some time.
"What should we do next, return to submit the mission?" After Liu Bai had finished recovering, Chu Lin walked over and asked directly.
After the previous battle, Liu Bai had already become the decision maker of this temporary team. Even the veteran students like Chu Lin willingly obeyed his arrangements.
"Our mission is not completed yet." Liu Bai smiled faintly as he spoke, but his words made everyone freeze. A chill immediately spread through their hearts.
"Since this is extermination, naturally we must eradicate the roots as well. Let us go, to Mu City."
Even though Chu Lin and the other veteran students had already lived in the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy for three years, this was the first time they had undertaken a true extermination mission. To say "eradicate the roots" was easy, but when it truly came time to carry it out, the weight of it could not be avoided.
After all, they were still a group of young people. Unless one was mentally twisted, no one would casually engage in wanton slaughter.
"Alright, let us go." In the end, it was Chu Lin who clenched his teeth and gave his assent.
Everyone present was intelligent. Without Liu Bai needing to explain further, they could already understand the reasoning on their own.
The group of ten headed toward Mu City. None of them noticed that atop a towering mountain peak, a blood colored figure was silently watching everything that had just taken place.
"A Fifth-Rank Spiritual Array Master… tsk tsk, the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy has truly sent an extraordinary figure this time. If I could kill him, it would surely be a delightful experience."
This man had long scarlet hair, a blood red robe, even his pupils glowed with a crimson hue. His entire body emanated a suffocating aura of bloodthirst. There was only one man with such a form, the one known as the Blood Dragon Demon, Yu Yuan.
"Perhaps in your next life you will have such a chance…" A faint voice suddenly rang out, as the surrounding temperature abruptly soared.
"Tsk tsk, did the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy only send one person? Do they not think that is far too disrespectful?"
The blood robed figure displayed neither surprise nor fear. Instead, he turned around with interest, his eyes landing on a figure that seemed to blaze like living fire.
Gu Tianyan, third place on the Heavenly Ranking of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy, a reserve member of the Punishment Hall. He was one of the main forces tasked with hunting Yu Yuan this time.
"That is not the case. You are nothing more than my assessment target. If I fail, there will naturally be others who act." Gu Tianyan's tone remained flat, even indulging in a few more words of conversation.
Yu Yuan's brows furrowed slightly. He had already sensed three terrifying auras in the surroundings locking onto him, ready to unleash a fatal strike at any time.
"Tsk tsk, so it is the Punishment Hall's Law Enforcement Squad. As the most important force deterring the entire Northern Heavens Continent, the Punishment Hall truly is terrifying. It seems that this time, I will not escape."
"In that case, let us fight!"
With a furious roar, Yu Yuan's body erupted with a boundless sea of blood. From within the rolling tide emerged a savage blood colored beast, like a demon god returning from hell, intent on annihilating all living beings.
Gu Tianyan's expression did not change. Before coming, he had already received information that Yu Yuan's cultivation was likely based on an evil demonic art known as the Blood Demon Art. Such sinister spiritual power was precisely restrained by his own. Thus, he never believed there was any possibility of failure.
"Heavenly Flame Deity Art, Flame Dragon Burst!"
As Gu Tianyan's low voice spread out, surging spiritual power condensed violently. With a heaven shaking dragon's roar, a lifelike dragon of fire manifested, howling as it charged directly toward the blood beast. The blood sea that had blotted out the sky began to evaporate madly under the flames.
Yu Yuan frowned. What he disliked most were those who cultivated such fierce and yang spiritual arts. They restrained him too greatly. Moreover, this man's Deity art was no weaker than his own Blood Demon Art. With cultivation not far apart, in direct confrontation, he was definitely at a disadvantage.
Yet throughout, Yu Yuan's face remained calm.
"Hehe, truly worthy of the Northern Heavens Spiritual Academy's geniuses. Be it cultivation or arts, they stand at the peak of the continent."
"Enough, today's battle ends here. I hope that the next time we meet, you are still alive."
Amidst the raging flames and the rampaging dragon, Yu Yuan did not continue fighting. Instead, he gave Gu Tianyan a strange smile as he spoke.
"You think you can still escape?" Gu Tianyan frowned, his voice deep.
"No. Why would I need to escape? After all, you have never truly found me."
Before his words were finished, his blood colored figure suddenly exploded, transforming into a rain of blood that splashed against the blazing fire before vanishing into the air.
In that instant, Gu Tianyan's face finally changed. His teeth clenched in fury. "A clone? What a cunning bastard!"
From the start, what appeared here had only been a blood demon clone of Yu Yuan. After unleashing that overwhelming strike, the clone's spiritual power had been completely depleted, unable even to maintain its form.
Whether it was Gu Tianyan or the hidden Punishment Hall members in the surroundings, all of them had been deceived by Yu Yuan.
With Yu Yuan's cunning and ruthlessness, how could he possibly risk his life for something as trivial as the Fan Family?
Gu Tianyan ground his teeth in frustration. This time, his assessment had failed, and it was a complete failure.
"What a deceitful scoundrel. Do not let me catch you again!"
After a low curse, Gu Tianyan did not linger further. He transformed into a streak of firelight and departed. The Punishment Hall members concealed in the shadows also vanished. Unlike Gu Tianyan, however, their direction was toward Mu City.
At the same time, in the inner city of Mu City.
A massive blood colored barrier had enveloped the entire inner city. With a mid-Phase Heavenly Transformation Realm expert and several Heaven Fusion Realm experts present, combined with the protection of the formation, forcing entry into the inner city would not be easy.
Moreover, as the overlords of Mu City, the Fan Family also had many subordinate forces. Upon discovering the disturbance in the inner city, those allies immediately sent reinforcements.
It was not out of loyalty to the Fan Family. Rather, if they did not show enthusiasm, once the matter was over, Fan Tong would undoubtedly seek them out for revenge. Considering Fan Tong's cruel methods, they had no choice but to throw in their lot with the Fan Family.
Of course, this was based on one condition. That the strongest of the Fan Family, Fan Tong, was still alive.
"Fan Tong is dead. Those who do not wish to die, get out of my way!"
Seeing that most of the experts in Mu City were converging toward the inner city, Chu Lin gave a cold snort and shouted angrily.
As expected, his words immediately caused those around them to halt their steps, but they did not leave outright. That was because they could not yet determine if what he said was true. If it was, then naturally everyone would rejoice. Some might even take the chance to lend a hand against the Fan Family.
But if it was false, and they chose to retreat now, then what awaited them in the future would be the calamity of annihilation, with their clans completely wiped out.
Liu Bai and his group did not bother with such fence-sitters. Unless Fan Tong truly rose from the dead, these people would never dare to act.
"I will break the formation later. You only need to ensure that no one inside escapes." Liu Bai said to Chu Lin and the others.
"Rest assured, leave it to us!"
Liu Bai nodded, then walked up to the light barrier and pressed his palm against the grand array.
Closing his eyes, his spiritual perception spread along the barrier of the array. In the state of High Heart array state, the details of the grand formation were gradually reflected within Liu Bai's mind.
One formation node after another was discovered.
Soon, a faint smile appeared on Liu Bai's calm face, and then his tightly shut eyes suddenly snapped open.
"Found it!"
"Geng Metal Divine Lightning, break for me!"
Boom!
Golden lightning descended from the heavens, its fierce force crashing instantly upon a single point of the blood-colored light curtain.
Crack…
The sound of shattering rang out. Centered on the point struck by the golden lightning, countless dense cracks spread rapidly throughout the entire grand formation.
Boom!
When the cracks reached the limit of what the array could withstand, the entire blood-red light barrier exploded, bursting into countless fragments that scattered into the air.
In an instant, the entire inner city was completely exposed before Liu Bai and the others.
"Kill!"
Chu Lin and the rest, who had been waiting long enough, roared aloud and charged directly into the city.
Liu Bai did not move. He simply stood quietly in the sky, his gaze locking onto the entirety of the inner city. In his hand, at some unknown point, an ancient crimson bow appeared. It was the Moon-Chasing Bow.
Sounds of slaughter quickly erupted from within the inner city, violent spiritual energy erupting from time to time. Colossal phantom beasts manifested, bellowing with roars that shook the heavens.
At this moment, the entirety of Mu City watched in horror. Everyone knew that after today, this city would change hands.
Naturally, some rejoiced while others despaired, as no one knew what kind of people these butchers of the Fan Family truly were.
Although the Fan Family still had several Three Heavens Realm experts they had little power to resist against Chu Lin and his group. In the end, their only choice was to flee.
What they did not know was that above the skies, a silent reaper was already waiting, prepared to harvest their lives the moment they tried to escape.
Finally, the first prey appeared.
The Fan Family's only mid-Phase Heaven Transformation Realm expert forcefully repelled Chu Lin, then immediately soared toward the distance.
But just as his figure had barely entered the skies, a golden streak of light silently pierced through his chest at lightning speed.
"Hm, not dead yet…"
Liu Bai looked at the staggering figure that continued to flee, and without haste, drew his bow once more. Another golden streak of light crossed the heavens in pursuit.
Moon-Chasing, swift without trace.
With the High-Grade spiritual artifact, the Kaiyuan Moon-Chasing Bow in his hand, and with the unique abilities of the Flowing Gold Spirit Art, at this moment Liu Bai was like an inexhaustible war machine. Any target he fixed his eyes upon could not escape the pursuit of his arrows.
The second arrow triggered Soul-Seizing. The fleeing figure immediately fell like a bird with broken wings, crashing brutally into the ground and smashing into a bloody pulp.
This scene made everyone around stare at Liu Bai in terror.
This young man who appeared only around twenty years old not only shattered the Fan Family's protective formation, but also possessed such a terrifying archery technique. From this moment onward, the Fan Family had no chance of survival.
"Return to the clan at once. Prepare all the clan's treasures!"
Those with sharp instincts had already begun to plan ahead.
Very soon, the battle below ended. From start to finish, Liu Bai had only acted once, killing that mid-phase of Heaven Transformation Realm expert of the Fan Family. The rest he left to Chu Lin and the others to resolve.
After all, with Liu Bai's current cultivation level, killing those below the Three Heavens realm would no longer grant him much experience. He could not even be bothered to act.
Conveniently, after slaying the last enemy, Liu Bai's experience points had reached four hundred thousand, enough for him to undergo another transformation.
"Junior Brother, it's done!" Chu Lin and the rest returned, their bodies shrouded in a thick bloody aura that was nauseating to the point of suffocation. Even Su Xuan was not spared, though they themselves seemed completely unaware of it.
"Good. Let us go and report the mission." Liu Bai nodded, not even sparing a glance at the ruins below, and immediately departed toward the outskirts of the city.
As for this place, naturally the Academy would send people to take care of it. Perhaps in the near future Mu City would once again welcome a new master, but that person would most certainly be tied to the Northern Heaven Spiritual Academy.
When the people of Mu City saw this group who had exterminated the Fan Family leaving so decisively, they were left utterly stunned.
Especially those who had already prepared lavish gifts to greet the new master of the city. For a moment, they did not even know what to do.
Liu Bai and the others ignored all such thoughts. At this moment, they had already reached a mirror-like lake a thousand miles from Mu City, where they rested.
The entire group seemed rather quiet.
In particular, Su Xuan and the other new students had no desire to speak, still immersed in the slaughter they had just endured.
Liu Bai and Chu Lin did not bother to console them. This was something they had to overcome on their own.
Moreover, Liu Bai believed that such a minor hardship would not trouble Su Xuan and Xu Huang, much less Shen Cangsheng and Li Xuantong, two individuals destined to become ruthless figures in the future.
After all, in the original record, Shen Cangsheng himself once committed the brutal act of exterminating an entire sect single-handedly.
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