Xie Litang's momentum surged level after level.
The expressions of the three old dogs turned grim in an instant.
Originally, with three Fifteen-Star experts against Xie Litang—who had only displayed Twelve-Star strength—victory should have been guaranteed. But as the saying goes, nothing in life is constant.
Who could have imagined that in just a few short seconds, Xie Litang's aura would completely overwhelm theirs?
"S-Sixteen-Star?!"
"Impossible! How old is she?!"
At their realm, every single star level was like a chasm dividing heaven and earth.
One roared, his hair and beard flaring wildly, "I don't believe it!"
"Ancient Martial Art: Mountain-Suppressing Stance!"
The man threw a punch that seemed to embody a colossal mountain.
The punch crashed down toward Xie Litang with overwhelming weight.
Xie Litang gave a soft scoff. "Noisy. Steel Tempest!" With a single sword stroke, the mountain phantom shattered instantly. Without losing momentum, her sword slashed straight toward the old dog.
The old dog paled in shock. "Oh no!"
An ancient suit of armor clad his body in an instant. Activating his ability, he manifested a dense Earth Elemental Affinity, causing rocks to adhere to his skin and transform him into a Rock Giant.
Bang!
Xie Litang's sword struck.
The entire arm of the Rock Giant exploded into pieces.
Immediately after, cracks spiderwebbed across the ancient armor, which clearly looked extravagantly expensive.
A cloud of blood mist burst out from beneath the gauntlet. That single hit alone ruptured his blood vessels and tore apart an unknown number of tendons.
Clearly, no matter how high his defense was, it couldn't withstand that hit of true damage. If he hadn't possessed Fifteen-Star strength, his entire arm would likely have been completely blown off.
Now, even if he were repaired using the most precise medical devices, who knew how long it would take for him to fully recover?
Seeing Xie Litang charge at him again...
...the old dog cursed furiously, "Damn it!"
Then he turned toward the other two old dogs and roared, "Why aren't you acting yet?! Help me suppress and kill this bitch!"
"Her short-term burst strength has likely already reached late stage Sixteen-Star!"
"If you don't want to die..."
"...then charge at her with me!"
What? Late stage Sixteen-Star strength?!
The expressions of the other two old dogs flickered erratically.
The standard for Fifteen-Star was being capable of unleashing over 1.6 million attack power.
The standard for Sixteen-Star was exceeding 3.2 million.
If she was late stage Sixteen-Star...
...it was likely over five million.
Xie Litang sneered. The old dog's guess wasn't far off—her attack power at this moment had exceeded 4.9 million.
Xie Litang swung her sword again and said, "Come fight!"
She triggered Heartsteel on the remaining two old dogs once each. With her 160 million Vitality, every hit boosted her Vitality by over 500,000.
Though the true damage from Heartsteel could only trigger once per target, it didn't matter. Although Overlord's Bloodmail's passive couldn't deal true damage and only dealt 2% of maximum Vitality as bonus damage, it was only a single percentage point lower than Heartsteel's proc.
"Wind-Style Sword Qi!"
Xie Litang unleashed her long-charged Sword Qi.
The two old dogs, who were already at a disadvantage fighting Xie Litang, were blasted directly into a nearby villa by the Sword Qi, dealing destructive devastation to the entire structure.
The Sword Qi tore through pavilions and rubble...
...carving a deep trench hundreds of meters long before gradually dissipating.
The remaining old dog felt a sudden chill run down his spine. "Not good."
Now, he had only one single thought left: run.
He was a respected elder in an ancient martial family, holding high prestige and enjoying endless wealth and honor; he absolutely could not perish here.
However...
...it was too late.
"Sweeping Blade."
The young-looking girl was entirely unreasonable.
Moving at an absurdly fast, ghost-like speed, she slid directly beside him.
A sharp blade sliced across his neck.
"No!!"
A head flew high into the air.
Her momentum unabated, Xie Litang dived straight into the ruined villa.
The two heavily injured people inside stared with wide, bloodshot eyes, their faces filled with sheer terror.
They regretted it.
They regretted why they had ever provoked this demon.
Originally, it was only because a junior from their family had been killed.
They had come to avenge the junior and uphold their family's reputation—ancient martial families were not to be humiliated.
Swish!
The long sword plunged straight into one person's chest.
Heartsteel's cooldown had just refreshed, and half of that person's body exploded instantly.
Terrified out of his wits, the last remaining man no longer gave a damn about anything. Blood-red flames suddenly erupted from his body as he activated Blood Escape Technique to flee for his life.
"Oh?"
"You know Blood Escape Technique too?"
Xie Litang let him run first while she gathered the loot from the two fallen old dogs.
Looting corpses was a virtue.
Immediately after, the blood flames on her body ignited dozens of feet high.
"Blood Escape Technique: burn 100,000 Vitality per second."
Xie Litang transformed into a fiery red meteor and shot outward.
As she passed Ye Fan along the way, she noticed he was already looking dazed and broken-spirited.
She casually pulled out her pistol and fired a shot at him—Heartsteel could also be triggered at long range.
【Clang!】
Bang!
Ye Fan exploded as well.
"A pity I couldn't wring out the Ye Family's wealth and resources."
But she quickly felt at ease again.
Given the strength of those three old dogs, their net worth was bound to be extraordinary. She had already made a massive fortune.
The red meteor that was Xie Litang caught up with the fleeing figure ahead.
Burning 100,000 Vitality per second boosted her speed to an utterly terrifying level.
Every second made her health drop wildly, but—"Whatever, with 160 million health, drop all you like." Xie Litang demonstrated what true arrogance was.
Soon, she was running neck and neck with the last old dog. Xie Litang looked at him with disgust and said, "Old dog, do you even know how to use Blood Escape Technique?"
The last man nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood. "You..."
Xie Litang sneered again and said, "Look closely, old dog. This is how Blood Escape Technique is used. I'm only teaching you once."
She boosted her speed yet again, ran three full circles around the old dog, and then came to a stop.
Pfft!
The old dog actually spat out a mouthful of blood.
Who the fuck are you teaching?!
An insult! Pure, unadulterated insult! What kind of Blood Escape Technique burns health like yours?!
The old dog couldn't run anymore.
If this kept going...
...his Vitality would be burned completely dry by his own Blood Escape Technique.
The old dog collapsed onto the ground, his expression filled with terror as he pleaded, "Young friend, listen to me!"
Xie Litang swung her sword, thrusting it into his throat. "Not listening."
She pulled her sword back, bringing a trail of blood with it.
The last old dog finally died as well.
However, the matter was far from over. Xie Litang took out the Shadow-Seeking Butterfly larva she had been raising.
After long-term nourishment with essence blood, the larva was plump and chubby; perhaps it wouldn't be long before it metamorphosed into a butterfly.
"Little bug, time to work."
Back when she was at the Ye Family's place, Xie Litang had made the Shadow-Seeking Butterfly larva memorize the aura of the Ye Family members.
Now, it was conducting a source-tracking search to locate the remaining bloodlines of the Ye Family.
"When pulling up weeds..."
"...you have to dig out the roots."
Soon enough...
...the Shadow-Seeking Butterfly larva pointed out a direction for Xie Litang via mental energy.
Not a single fish that slipped through the net would escape.
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