Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 342: Plotting to Kill an Eighth Rank

Xu Ping’an was both shocked and delighted to discover that Gu Lingyan was a wealthy lady.

With this Xuantian Thunderchild, he felt even more confident about dealing with the Eighth Rank Strongman.

Looking at the metal ball lying in his palm, Xu Ping’an couldn’t help but laugh bitterly.

Was this considered living off a woman?

However, the feeling of using such a precious item at will was indeed wonderful.

Then Xu Ping’an looked back at the Eighth Rank Strongman behind him, his face showing a faint smile.

"You like chasing after me, don’t you? Then I’ll just blow you up," Xu Ping’an thought to himself with a cold chuckle.

The next moment, Xu Ping’an began contemplating how to use these ten Xuantian Thunderchildren.

Soon, he came up with a good idea.

With a thought, a clone made of ink and brushstrokes appeared once again.

But this time, Xu Ping’an did not let the ink clone flee; instead, he controlled it to charge towards the Eighth Rank Strongman.

Qian Gui, watching the approaching Xu Ping’an, immediately opened his Heavenly Eye.

The next moment, a look of disdain appeared on his face.

"Child’s play," Qian Gui said with a flicker of disdain in his eyes.

Then a strong light burst forth from his eyes.

The light transformed into a beam that instantly pierced through the fake Xu Ping’an.

The fake Xu Ping’an exploded immediately, turning into a puddle of ink.

However, Qian Gui’s speed did not slow down in the slightest as he continued to pursue the real Xu Ping’an.

At this moment, he was less than five hundred meters away from Xu Ping’an.

If it weren’t for his master’s order to capture a live specimen, he would have already unleashed his Soul Power to directly annihilate him.

From a distance of five hundred meters, he was unable to control his power precisely enough to injure without killing.

Once he was within three hundred meters, he could completely knock him out.

As for Xu Ping’an’s clone, in his view, it was merely an attempt by Xu Ping’an to slow him down.

Alas, how could such an attack-less clone hinder his speed?

Seeing his clone destroyed, Xu Ping’an’s face also revealed a hint of a smile.

The next moment, he condensed another clone and sent it towards the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man furrowed his brows and once again used his Heavenly Eye to shatter the clone.

Xu Ping’an, however, did not cease, and once more condensed another clone.

This time, Qian Gui became annoyed.

"You’re courting death," Qian Gui said furiously.

He felt that this fellow was deliberately humiliating him, making him impatient.

This time, Qian Gui did not use a Soul Attack, but instead casually swung a True Elemental Blade, shattering the clone.

However, just as he destroyed the clone, another one emerged and attacked him.

This time, Qian Gui was truly enraged.

"Boy, once I catch you, I’ll flay your skin and light a heavenly lantern with it," Qian Gui bellowed in anger, seemingly to vent his frustration.

This time he did not attack before the clone got close, using True Yuan or Soul Power, but instead allowed the clone to approach before punching it.

But the very next moment, Qian Gui realized something was amiss.

As his punch shattered the clone, a metal ball within the clone was revealed.

"This is... no good..." Qian Gui’s complexion changed drastically.

From a distance, Xu Ping’an let out a light chuckle, clenched his fist, and softly exclaimed, "Explode!"

"Boom!"

The next moment, a heaven-shaking explosion erupted.

A terrifying force of Thunder immediately exploded, transforming into an immensely powerful storm that swept across a three-hundred-meter radius.

In an instant, all the trees and rocks within a three-hundred-meter range were reduced to dust.

Seeing this unfold, Gu Lingyan gasped in shock before exclaiming with ecstasy, "It worked, haha, it worked!"

Xu Ping’an’s face bore a smile, but his eyes remained sharp.

The power of this Xuantian Thunder was indeed terrifying, almost matching the force of the fake Indestructible Thundercloud Liquid he had detonated on Xue Hu’s body last time.

With such an explosion, any Seventh Rank Expert would assuredly perish.

Even an Eighth Rank Strongman would not die, he would be seriously injured.

However, Xu Ping’an wasn’t so optimistic. An Eighth Rank expert like this generally has some means of protecting their life.

Such an Eighth Rank expert. A Xuantian Lei Zi, I fear, will hardly be enough to kill him.

As the smoke cleared, a figure with tattered robes and a body blackened all over appeared before Xu Ping’an.

His hair was completely singed, still emitting wisps of residual smoke.

"He actually didn’t die," Gu Lingyan said with a face full of disappointment.

Xu Ping’an also looked at the middle-aged man, only to see a force of rune power slowly dissipating around him.

"It’s the Eighth Rank Superior Grade defense rune, the Immortal Light Shield; no wonder he didn’t die," Xu Ping’an muttered to himself.

Hearing this, Gu Lingyan’s disappointment grew.

This old fellow actually had such a defensive measure.

Next, it would probably be difficult to kill him with an explosion.

But Xu Ping’an was calm and didn’t run away. Instead, he stood a kilometer away, watching Qian Gui, who was in a sorry state in the distance.

"I’m going to kill you," Qian Gui bellowed in great fury, staring intently at Xu Ping’an in the distance.

At this moment, his heart was filled with towering killing intent.

He hadn’t expected to be tricked by a youngster.

Having hunted for years, he felt humiliated as if an eagle had been blinded by pecking, which was intolerable.

"Now that he’s on guard, it’ll be very hard to blast him," Gu Lingyan said worriedly.

"Who said that?" Xu Ping’an replied with a smile.

Gu Lingyan was puzzled; could it be that Xu Ping’an had another way?

And just as Gu Lingyan was puzzled, a figure flew over from afar.

"Uncle Qian, are you alright?" A handsome young man flew rapidly toward them.

His aura was at the Seventh Rank.

"Someone else has come?" Gu Lingyan frowned.

"Li Heng, why have you come?" Qian Gui frowned as well, glancing at this suddenly appearing junior, but he didn’t think too much about it.

"I heard an explosion over here and rushed over. Uncle, are you alright?" Li Heng asked as he flew beside Qian Gui.

"It’s nothing, just a minor injury. You should go back," Qian Gui said nonchalantly, but his eyes fixated on Xu Ping’an in the distance.

"That’s good to hear, uncle. Earlier, I stumbled upon a treasure that I don’t recognize. Could you help me take a look?" Li Heng asked.

"A treasure? What kind of treasure?" Qian Gui was somewhat impatient.

Right now, all he wanted to do was catch Xu Ping’an and torture him to death; he had no interest in what Li Heng was saying.

But still, Li Heng took out the treasure.

"This treasure is a special gift I prepared for you, uncle. Please accept it with a smile," Li Heng said with a grin.

After speaking, he passed three metal spheres over.

Qian Gui instinctively reached out to receive them, but as he saw what Li Heng was handing over, his face changed dramatically.

He then stared intently at Li Heng.

"You’re not Li Heng!" Qian Gui exclaimed in alarm.

"Of course not, uncle. Please accept this gift—explode!" Li Heng said with a laugh.

As soon as his words ended, the metal spheres in his hand instantly burst open, once again transforming into an immensely powerful and terrifying thunderstorm.

"Damn it!"

Qian Gui was instantly horror-stricken, feeling his soul scatter in fear.

Three Xuantian Lei Zi exploded simultaneously.

The power was frightening to an extremely terrifying extent.

A sound unlike any before was heard.

Within a kilometer radius, it was leveled to the ground in an instant.

"Holy shit, such terrifying power. That Eighth Rank strongman is really foolish, letting someone get close again," Gu Lingyan said, hugely shocked.

At the same time, she held immense admiration for Xu Ping’an.

Xu Ping’an merely chuckled, for the man was not foolish; he simply hadn’t expected his own sect disciple to be impersonated.

Lucky for him, he had devoured the soul of that bald tiger earlier, gaining some memory fragments about this guy’s sect.

The appearance and identity of this Li Heng were what Xu Ping’an had crafted based on those memories.

With three Xuantian Lei Zi, Qian Gui was almost certain to die.