Volume Three: Rising Fame Chapter One Hundred: This Is War

Hair-raising!

Just as his figure was about to merge into the fog, Li Yu, who had already gone far away, suddenly appeared right beside the two of them before the sound of his voice had even faded.

Wang Fenghua and Zhu Yangfeng both swallowed hard, not daring to make a single move.

Passing by them, Li Yu stared at Qing Yuan, whose nose and mouth were continuously bleeding, and asked in a flat tone, "What did you say? Snow Fox Demon Vine?"

He could not afford to take this lightly. This was a known, miraculous detoxifying herb that was guaranteed to cure Qing Anqi’s complex and interlocking poison.

Moreover, upon closer reflection, several pieces of news he had heard indicated that Qing Yuan had been heading toward the snowy mountains. Could it not only be that the latter harbored no malicious intentions, but had actually gone out of his way to harvest the Snow Fox Demon Vine?

"That's right, cough, cough..." Qing Yuan tremblingly retrieved a spiritual plant from inside his robe—it was precisely a Snow Fox Demon Vine!

He handed the Snow Fox Demon Vine to Li Yu, who was pressing in close from face to face, and said, "I only managed to find one. I hope it can cure Qing Anqi!"

Li Yu did not take it immediately, instead looking somewhat silently at the young man before him.

At this moment, Qing Yuan lacked the arrogant demeanor he had displayed when they first met. Instead, his entire body was covered in blood, making him look extremely disheveled. Furthermore, when mentioning Qing Anqi, his eyes revealed a very complex array of emotional changes.

For a moment, Li Yu was a bit unable to fathom what this young man was thinking.

"You don't have to look at me like that. To this day, I still utterly despise Qing Heng, and I deeply loathe all of those children of his as well!"

"However, I am also a part of the Qing clan!" Qing Yuan's voice suddenly rose a few pitches, and he argued with conviction, "Me taking action against them is an internal clan dispute, a family affair. But for someone to maliciously poison Qing Anqi—that is an attempt to diminish the future strength of the Qing clan. Such a thing is something I will never allow!"

"..."

Li Yu felt that he should now understand these actions to some extent. Every time Qing Yuan saw Qing Anqi and the others, it reminded him of his own mother's tragic death, which drove him to attack. Yet outwardly, he possessed an exceptionally strong sense of family honor, absolutely refusing to allow outsiders to strike against the Qing clan!

Combining these two aspects created the contradictory complex that was Qing Yuan today.

Thinking of this, Li Yu softly said, "I have already prepared enough Snow Fox Demon Vines. As for you, come with me!"

Prepared?

Qing Yuan was slightly startled, but considering the relationship between Li Yu and Qing Anqi, the other party surely wouldn't lie about this here. He nodded and tucked the Snow Fox Demon Vine back into his robe.

"You wouldn't mind if I take him away, would you?"

Li Yu asked with a beaming smile, looking at the two who still dared not move.

Wang Fenghua hurriedly shook his head and said, "What are you talking about, Young Master? Feel free to take him. How could we possibly have any objections?"

Zhu Yangfeng, prompted by a glance, also nodded, not daring to show the slightest sign of dissatisfaction.

"Since that's the case, then I'll be leaving!" Li Yu said no more and took the lead, flying away from the two sides.

Qing Yuan followed closely behind.

Just as they brushed past the two men, a fierce murderous intent flashed through the depths of Qing Yuan's eyes. He suddenly launched a surprise attack at that very moment, his palm transforming into a chopping blade.

*Swish!*

At such close range, Wang Fenghua, who had lowered his guard to project harmlessness, failed to react in time.

By the time a flash of light faded, he was already clutching his throat, unable to speak, blood continuously gurgling out between his fingers.

"Gurgle, gurgle..." Wang Fenghua plummeted straight down.

*Bang!*

Having succeeded with his first strike, Qing Yuan did not stop there and moved to attack Zhu Yangfeng, but the latter threw up a horizontal defense, narrowly dodging the fatal blow.

With lingering fear in his heart, Zhu Yangfeng looked down at Wang Fenghua, who was plunging straight down, profoundly shocked. It was fortunate that he had been the one blocking in front, otherwise he truly would have found it difficult to react in time!

Seeing that Li Yu had already turned his head back, Zhu Yangfeng did not dare to linger for even a second. He whirled around and fled, covering a vast distance in just a few breaths, directly abandoning all the people below!

"Let it go!"

Seeing that Qing Yuan was still unsatisfied and intended to slaughter the people below, Li Yu spoke up.

"If you can survive in this secret realm for so long with such benevolence, it's because of your strength. What if you didn't have that strength?!" Qing Yuan said, halting his steps and locking eyes with Li Yu. "I suppose Qing Yangde never told you what kind of trial he was participating in, did he?"

"If you have something to say, just spit it out!"

Li Yu frowned, not understanding what Qing Yuan meant by these words.

Yet deep down, he understood that the situation was indeed as Qing Yuan had guessed—Qing Yangde had not mentioned much about his departure or the nature of the trial he was entering.

"Let me tell you, what they are participating in is a death match!" Qing Yuan said. "According to the grading system, one must kill a sufficient number of demons or other evil entities to bring this Assembly of the Hundred Clans to an end!"

"No matter how many people die! Only when the quota of kills is reached will it be considered over. Those who fall short will all die over there!" Qing Yuan said each word with deliberate emphasis, looking at Li Yu's delicate face, and then smiled. "So you see, this is war, and womanish benevolence is completely unacceptable!"

"Look at how many people down there are at the peak of the sixth rank. If they make a breakthrough, every single one of them will be our enemy. Why should we leave them to become our future troubles?"

With that, he headed straight downward, intent on slaughtering those terrified people who were trying to scatter and escape.

Unfortunately, Wen Xiangxian and Xing Chengping had already arrived together. The overwhelming pressure of two fifth-rank cultivators weighed down upon these people, reducing them to mere prisoners awaiting the executioner's blade.

Some peak-sixth-rank cultivators gritted their teeth—since death awaited them either way, why wait idly to die?

Driven by a desperate resolve, these crazed individuals charged outward regardless of the consequences. Others, harboring thoughts of retreat, saw some launching frantic attacks and scattered in all directions, hoping to seize the opportunity to escape amidst the chaos.

Alas, an even broader spiritual domain swept downward, with bolts of lightning crackling through it, paralyzing everyone and making it impossible for them to resist.

Not only that, but a heavy pressure akin to a massive mountain seemed to weigh upon their hearts—this was Li Yu's spiritual force suppression!

*Boom!*

The attacks erupted.

Some remained silent, yet gritted their teeth as they launched a counter-attack.

Some wailed incessantly, as if begging for mercy or repenting their sins.

Regrettably, faced with three fifth-rank cultivators, all the actions of these people—whether resistance or pleading—were utterly useless before three resolute elite disciples of the great clans!

They could only become lambs awaiting the descent of death.

Li Yu hovered mid-air, neither moving nor looking down at the scene below. Yet, whether through his spiritual perception or the sounds reaching his ears, he understood it all.

Below was a tragic and bloody arena.

"Is this what war is like?" Li Yu murmured to himself.

This scene was completely different from anything he had witnessed back on Earth.

"No, that's not entirely true. In truth, foreign countries also face turmoil; it's just that our homeland is exceptionally safe!"

Li Yu sighed. As expected, every place required someone to carry the heavy burdens in the front!

Once he left the Qing clan, he would have to learn to accept all of this!