Attaining Immortality, Starting From Slaying Demons

Chapter 76 Accumulating Anger Within, Returning to the Pinnacle_1

The colonels carried the two people up the gentle slope.

Such a commotion must have alerted the lieutenant generals, who would be rushing over, but it was all over so quickly... so quickly it was disorienting.

As expected.

No sooner had they climbed up than they saw Hong Lei and Zhao Kanglin coming over with dozens of men in a swarm.

"What happened?" Hong Lei's eyelids twitched.

"There was a big problem... But now it's resolved."

It was really hard for Wang Meng to explain the whole situation to the lieutenant general succinctly, so he could only keep carrying the person while walking uphill.

A few colonels noisily discussed their excitement, talking about sword auras and Black Blades...

It took Hong Lei quite a while to clarify the sequence of events.

His expression was somewhat complicated.

In fact, upon seeing the severely injured Dai Bing, he had already guessed some of what had occurred.

But it was hard to understand.

He'd clearly instructed Shen Yi to keep an eye on her.

How did he manage to let her get hurt to this extent... And tied up with her was someone wearing the executor's uniform.

An executor from Qingfeng Mountain was no easy target.

Even if he had faced them himself, it would have been difficult to come out on top.

"Lieutenant general, how should we deal with them?" Wang Meng put the person down on the ground.

Upon hearing this, Zhao Kanglin said coldly, "It's a time of much trouble, no need to do things by the book, wasting manpower to guard them. This person almost killed a colleague, being an insider, let's execute them all!"

Hong Lei frowned and glanced at him, then turned back and asked, "Did Shen Yi get injured?"

Wang Meng opened his mouth, "Uh... I don't think so. Officer Shen looked pretty relaxed."

He thought back carefully and then nodded with certainty.

"Nonsense!" Zhao Kanglin snorted scornfully.

How could it be as simple as these Initial Realm Warriors made it sound to fight against two?

Hong Lei couldn't be bothered with him and looked at the three cloud stripes on Dai Bing's sleeve cuff, thinking of how many demons she must have killed and how many people she must have saved to have earned them.

Besides, Shen Yi wouldn't have had a hard time finishing them off if he had seriously injured both of them. Instead, he left them barely alive, tied them up, and sent them here; there might be another message in that.

He sighed and said in a deep voice, "They were damn near beaten to death, no point in guarding a damn thing. Let them live for now, and if they're lucky enough to survive, we'll take them back to the Demon-suppression Bureau for handling."

Hearing this, Dai Bing on the ground, whose life was hanging by a thread and whose expression was sullen, looked at her elder fellow disciple and swallowed the coppery sweetness in her mouth. Find your next read on empire

The two exchanged glances, their lips revealing a bittersweet complexity.

It was clear the young man had personally cut off their escape route, yet in the end, they owed their temporary survival to his merciless intervention.

"Stubborn and uncompromising, only clinging to those broken rules, you'll never achieve anything great in your lifetime."

Zhao Kanglin showed contempt, and when the higher-ups mentioned garrisoning, Hong Lei really stayed put without budging an inch.

If he had known this would happen, why bother calling these people over at all?

Seeing that they were completely ignoring his words, Zhao Kanglin snorted coldly, "Where is that Shen fellow? Such a significant incident has occurred, why hasn't he come to report?"

Wang Meng and other colonels had been tolerating him for a long time and subconsciously wanted to retort.

But then they saw Shen Yi coming up the slope at a leisurely pace.

Seeing his demeanor, let alone being injured, he didn't even look like he had just been in a fight.

Witnessing this scene, Zhao Kanglin's face twitched, and fear flashed in his eyes...the colonels had actually spoken the truth.

With this thought, he silently turned his back.

Hong Lei couldn't help but smile and gave a fist salute, "Brother Shen, impressive skills."

Truly a remarkable youth, making this old man feel somewhat ashamed.

Shen Yi walked to his side, pondered for a moment, and reminded, "They should be making a move on the mountain now."

"Hmm?"

Hong Lei's action of clasping his hands momentarily stilled, as he instinctively responded, "It's just an executor dog driven to jump over the wall in desperation, Brother Shen doesn't need to be so cautious, General Chen..."

He cut his words short as a look of surprise flashed across his square face.

The fact that a mountain executor had fled under the cover of night indicated a disagreement with his superiors, yet Elder Nu Jian, who was on the cliff above, did not stop him.

If the entire Qingfeng Sect had already lost their unity and allegiance.

Could it be that the old Sect Leader was really prepared to commit such a great defiance of the entire world?

The followers of Qingfeng Mountain, whether they were united in resisting the Demon-suppression Bureau or willing to hand over the disciple, were all under great pressure at the mountain summit.

But if those above wanted to protect someone while those below wanted to flee.

Then those of us, originally only responsible for garrisoning the mountain pass, would have to face the backlash of the majority of the sect disciples.

Upon this thought, Hong Lei gritted his teeth, "Thank you for the reminder!"

He snatched a torch from someone's hand, walked to an open area, and with all the visionary strength of a Jade Liquid Boundary martial artist, he looked up at the cliff top.

Suddenly, Elder Nu Jian, who was seated cross-legged, was already standing up.

He pulled out the wooden hairpin from atop his head, allowing thin strands of wispy silver hair to fall messily over his shoulders.

His cloudy eyes held no ripples, yet they strangely harbored anger, as if not an emotion, but rather some kind of foundation he had deliberately accumulated.

The old man looked down from above, his gaze landing on the Qingfeng Mountain Executor below.

Gazing at his follower who still had a breath of life.

He sighed softly, the anger in his eyes almost full, yet never quite able to fully take over.

"Didn't you say you had seriously injured him?" Hong Lei roared at the person beside him.

"I... I managed to wound him, anyhow."

Zhao Kanglin lacked confidence, for at that moment, Elder Nu Jian's aura was even more sharp than at his peak: "What's the hurry? As long as he dares to come down, and we establish the Demon Suppressing Grand Array, I guarantee there's no return for him."

This man might seem unreliable, but his words were not empty talk.

The Demon-suppression Bureau's officers all benefitted from superior martial arts and Precious Medicines, and when facing sect disciples, even those from as large a sect as the Qingfeng Sect, they were not the least bit intimidated and, in fact, often had the upper hand.

Two mid-stage Jade Liquid Boundary officers were stationed here, along with the support of several dozen Colonels in formation; capturing an old and frail Elder Nu Jian should not pose any problems.

Hong Lei was worried that... Given Elder Nu Jian's current demeanor, if he wasn't out of his mind and seeking death, then this Guanjian Gorge, the least suitable place for escape, must have become the breakout point for these sect disciples.

"Shen Yi, heed my order."

He turned around, drew out an iron token from his waist: "Carry my verbal command, in the name of Guanjian Gorge's commander, to request the presence of these eight officers. Remember, be quick! Be careful!"

Shen Yi looked up, this being only his second outing on an assignment, offering advice was one thing, but he wouldn't presumptuously believe his judgment was more accurate than that of such a seasoned veteran.

His strength at the complete stage of the Jade Liquid Realm was not weak, but in this situation, it was not enough to decisively influence the outcome, nor would it be more useful than the combined efforts of the eight officers.

He reached out to take the token, but someone else snatched it away first.

Zhao Kanglin gritted his teeth, "I'm injured, let me go."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yi's expression remained calm, while the surrounding Golden Eagle Commandants clenched their teeth and looked away.

Hong Lei gave this wastrel a glare full of frustrated disappointment. The other man was the signaler for the Demon Suppressing Grand Array, an ace tactic of the inner ranks that those of the outer ranks like himself did not fully comprehend.

"Go and return quickly!"

After saying that, he looked back toward the high cliff, fortunate... the old man still needed a bit more time to gather his strength.

Shen Yi silently observed, his expression unlike Hong Lei's, not one of relief.

With his powerful vision.

Behind Elder Nu Jian, at a far distance on the high cliff, a group of disciples with weak auras was slowly approaching the edge of the cliff, some from the Initial Realm, and even some whose physical beings hadn't fully matured.