Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 348: Pulling Off a Big Job

In front of the Teleportation Formation, Yu Xiuyan and Yan Wu stood shoulder to shoulder.

Before them stood five powerful fighters.

These five fighters were precisely the three Eighth Rank Strongmen and two Ninth Rank Experts who had just struck down the Beast King.

When a Ninth Rank Expert makes a move, those Eighth Rank Beast Kings stood no chance at all, making the slaying of the Beast King seem effortless.

In the presence of a Ninth Rank Expert, even with Yu Xiuyan and Yan Wu’s high status, they both felt uneasy at the moment.

"Tell me, what are the casualties?" the white-haired elder in the lead asked.

"Reporting to Elder Chen, our Mysterious Jade Heaven lost thirty-two, Demon Cloud Heaven lost twenty-eight, altogether sixty, including eighteen Seventh Rank Experts," Yan Wu immediately stepped forward to reply.

"So many?" The Eighth Rank fighters by his side all showed a look of surprise.

Even the two Ninth Rank Experts furrowed their brows tightly.

"How many of us are left now in total?" the Ninth Rank old man from Mysterious Jade Heaven asked.

His name was Chen Changjun, a Ninth Rank Second Layer Realm strongman, the Great Elder of Mysterious Jade Heaven and the leader of the group this time.

They had not expected the casualties to be so heavy this time.

"We now have a remaining sixty-eight people," Yan Wu responded.

Upon hearing this, everyone became solemn.

Less than a hundred left, doesn’t that mean the number of people who entered this place is insufficient?

"It’s probably too late now to ask Heaven Beyond Heavens to send more people over, with only twelve Hours remaining before the opening," the white-haired elder said.

The others nodded in agreement as well.

It was too late to send for more people, it seemed they would only have so many people entering this place this time.

"The matter has been investigated, right? Who is behind this?" the Eighth Rank Cultivator from Demon Cloud Heaven immediately asked.

"No, the enemy did not show themselves at all. These Demon Beasts suddenly attacked, leaving behind no clues whatsoever," Yu Xiuyan glanced at the man and replied.

"Worthless," the middle-aged man cursed angrily on the spot.

Yu Xiuyan felt aggrieved but did not dare to argue back.

This man in front of him was his uncle from Yu Qianzong, an Eighth Layer Sixth Rank high-level expert.

Backtalk would only bring more severe punishment.

"Could it be the work of other major forces?" an Eighth Rank Cultivator from Mysterious Jade Heaven raised his own speculation.

"It shouldn’t be. I have been keeping an eye on these major forces; they had no activity, and they had no reason to do such a thing," Chen Changjun of Mysterious Jade Heaven, a Ninth Rank Expert, refuted.

Hearing this, everyone was puzzled and at a loss.

If it wasn’t those major forces, who could it be?

"It must have been done by those Loose Cultivators," the white-haired old man from Demon Cloud Heaven said at that moment.

"Loose Cultivators? How could that be possible? How could that bunch of ants possibly summon so many Demon Beasts?" Yu Xiuyan immediately objected.

However, the white-haired elder glared at him fiercely and scolded, "Xiuyan, you are underestimating Loose Cultivators far too much, it could lead to a great loss. Have you forgotten how your Uncle Qian Gui died? He was killed by Loose Cultivators."

"Elder Kong, Uncle Qian Gui was foolish and got outwitted. If it were me, how could I possibly fall for such tricks?" Yu Xiuyan immediately scoffed.

Kong Mingsheng, the Elder of Demon Cloud Heaven, shook his head beside him.

Yu Xiuyan was still far too arrogant.

Could such a person truly uphold the entirety of Demon Cloud Heaven in the future?

"This Demon Beast incident should also be the work of the man who killed your Uncle Qian Gui, or rather, it was orchestrated by him. On those Demon Beasts, I sensed an aura of Mysterious Heavenly Thunder, the same as the one on your Uncle Qian Gui’s corpse, so it’s very likely the same person’s doing," Kong Mingsheng explained.

With a wave of his hand, Kong Mingsheng conjured an image in the void.

The person in the image was none other than Xu Ping’an.

"Is it him?" Yan Wu immediately showed a look of surprise.

"Yan Wu, do you know him?" Chen Changjun promptly asked.

The others also looked towards Yan Wu.

"I know of him, but we’re not acquainted. This person is called Xu Ping’an, the top ranker of the recent Grand Competition of the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty’s imperial capital. I saw his dossier before; he’s said to be an Artifact Refiner of a pseudo Immortal Artifact," Yan Wu said.

"The first place of the Great Qin Immortal Dynasty’s Grand Competition? Does he come from the Emperor’s College?" Kong Mingsheng inquired.

"No, he comes from a small Sect on the outskirts of the Great Qin imperial city, whose sect master was a Fifth Rank Cultivator until he recently broke through to Sixth Rank. But this Xu Ping’an is not simple; he appears to be only 18 years old, and when he left the imperial capital, he was pursued by fifteen Seventh Rank enemies while he himself was only Fifth Rank. Yet, he ended up killing five of them, and later, Feng Cheng, the sect master of Shangxian Sect, even took action on his behalf to slay the remaining ten," Yan Wu elaborated.

"Only eighteen years old? A Fifth Rank killing a Seventh Rank? Are you mistaken?" All three Eighth Rank Strongmen wore expressions of amazement, and Yu Qianzong voiced his surprise even louder.

Not just them, even the two Ninth Rank Experts revealed astonished looks on their faces.

"Hmph, he must have relied on some foreign aid. Otherwise, how could a Fifth Rank Cultivator possibly kill a Seventh Rank?" Yu Xiuyan, however, was full of disdain.

Hearing Yu Xiuyan’s words, the rest could only respond with a sense of helplessness.

Perhaps Xu Ping’an did rely on some external force.

But to be able to do that was terrifying in itself.

"I’ve always felt that this man had secrets. Now it seems my suspicions were correct. Yu Xiuyan, I’ll leave this matter to you. He should still be nearby. Capture him for me," Kong Mingsheng instructed.

"Rest assured, Great Elder Kong, he’s just a Loose Cultivator. I will definitely capture him," Yu Xiuyan proclaimed proudly.

Kong Mingsheng rubbed his white eyebrows, his face showing displeasure, but he said nothing more.

Yan Wu, standing to the side, also couldn’t help but look down on Yu Xiuyan contemptuously.

This Yu Xiuyan is an idiot; he still underestimates Xu Ping’an at this point and is likely to suffer a huge loss.

According to the information Yan Wu had obtained, none who had offended Xu Ping’an ended up with a good fate.

"Disaster! Disaster! The demon beasts are coming again!"

Just then, a Seventh Rank Cultivator from Mysterious Jade Heaven rushed over in a fluster.

Everyone was startled.

"Weren’t all those beast kings from the demon beasts already slain? How dare they attack again?" Yu Qianzong immediately asked.

"It’s not the previous batch of demon beasts; a new group has come. This time it’s the Golden Demon Lion, the Flame Profound Bird, and the Ice Snow Berserk Bear... They have already launched their assault, and we’re about to be overwhelmed," the Seventh Rank disciple hurriedly reported.

"Damn it, how many demon beasts have these people provoked?" An Eighth Rank Expert from Mysterious Jade Heaven also cursed furiously.

"Let’s go, quickly eliminate these beast kings. We cannot afford any more casualties," Kong Mingsheng also roared in anger, but he still knew what needed to be done at the moment.

His figure burst forth immediately.

"Roar!"

The enraged roar of the demon beasts thundered through the sky and the earth.

At this moment, the disciples of Heaven Beyond Heavens desperately resisted the onrush of beasts.

Although Ninth Rank and Eighth Rank Experts were slaying the beast kings, they were still subjected to the attacks of the demon beast horde.

In just a moment, another dozen or so were slain under the sharp claws and iron teeth of the demon beasts.

Disciples from Mysterious Jade Heaven and Demon Cloud Heaven were driven mad.

Within just a few short hours, they had suffered attacks from two waves of high-rank demon beast tides.

Watching their fellow sect members die miserably under the claws of the demon beasts, their mental states began to collapse bit by bit.

...

"Haha, another twenty or so are dead; this is simply too exhilarating," Fu Xing laughed heartily from a distant mountaintop.

Wu An and the others also clapped and cheered at this moment.

The Sixth Rank Loose Cultivators were even more thrilled.

The combined forces of the two major powers now had fewer than fifty people left.

For them, this was an excellent opportunity.

Initially, they had almost no chance of entering the Heavenly Star Ancient Palace, but now, they saw great hope.

Gu Lingyan was also surprised at the moment, though a trace of worry could be seen on her face.

"Eh, where’s Boss Xu?" a Seventh Rank female cultivator asked in surprise.

The others also looked towards Gu Lingyan; Xu Ping’an, who had been standing beside her until now, had vanished without a trace.

"Xu Ping’an said that the cultivators would definitely be on guard now, and they might even come looking for us, so we should hide first. As for him, he said he wanted to ’make a big move’ to greatly reduce the numbers from these powers," Gu Lingyan replied.

Once these words were spoken, everyone’s faces were etched with shock.

Make a big move?

Holy shit, he’s already killed more than eighty disciples from the major powers, and that’s still not ’big’ enough?

While everyone stood shocked, they were also curious about what Xu Ping’an was doing.