Attacked by the Female Demon at the Beginning - Chapter 192

Chapter 192: Almost Died of Anger

The bearded old man, clutching his arm, stood on the stone, looking coldly at Jiang Hao.

His arm was severely injured.

The opponent casually used a finger as a blade, shattering all his attacks, and his defensive treasures crumbled like foam.

The strength displayed was so formidable that he thought he was facing a much more powerful expert than a Nascent Soul early-stage practitioner.

But the realm Jiang Hao was showing was indeed that of the early Nascent Soul stage.

He had been seriously injured by a peer with a casual strike, and his companion had burned all his life as a price, only to be defeated in one blow.

Surprised?

Indeed, very surprised.

“You’re not Jiang Hao?”

“It’s me,” Jiang Hao replied calmly.

“In our investigation, Jiang Hao is at most just 23 years old. Don’t tell me you’re 23,” the bearded old man didn’t believe it.

A 23-year-old at the early stage of Nascent Soul was impossible.

Jiang Hao didn’t answer any more questions but instead asked:

“Can you tell me what exactly you came here for?”

People from Tiansheng Sect were troublesome, and understanding more could be very helpful later on.

“We’re looking for you,” the bearded old man sneered.

“So did Yan Hua tell you the secret of the mine?”

“No,” Jiang Hao shook his head indifferently.

“How many undercover agents from Tiansheng Sect are there in Tianyin Sect?”

“I know of three,” the bearded old man continued to probe.

“What did Yan Hua tell you?”

“She didn’t tell me anything, she just thought I was interesting and came to kill me,” Jiang Hao gently placed his saber aside and then asked.

“What’s the deal with Tiansheng Sect’s reserve saintess?”

“Yan Hua went to kill you?” The bearded old man was stunned, then said weakly:

“So you killed Yan Hua? You’ve been playing Tiansheng Sect’s people for fools?”

He then said, “The reserve saintess is chosen by many elders, it’s a special status, and even these elders and the saintesses don’t know who the other chosen reserve saintesses are.”

“What’s going on?”

The bearded old man sneered: “Why should I tell you?”

“Is that so? Then, do you want to continue breaking the formation?” Jiang Hao was indifferent.

“Breaking the formation?” The bearded old man laughed.

“So you didn’t act against us at the beginning just to have us help you break the formation? It’s truly a case of the mantis stalking the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. We intended to use you, but it turns out everyone was your tool.”

Jiang Hao looked at him calmly, without speaking.

After all, what was said was not wrong.

As for the Tiansheng Sect’s reserve saintess, he was somewhat surprised.

It turned out that the reserve saintesses really didn’t know each other.

He just wondered if Senior Sister Ming Yi and Senior Sister Miao Tinglian had guessed about each other.

“You killed my brother, and you expect me to help you? Do you think that’s possible?”

The bearded old man’s eyes flashed with a fierce light, and then he threw out a spherical treasure.

This response somewhat surprised Jiang Hao. Could people from Tiansheng Sect also value their companions so much?

At least he hadn’t seen it in Tianyin Sect.

The spherical treasure was powerful, but Jiang Hao lightly moved the Heavenly Saber and easily split it in two.

However, by that time, the bearded old man had already jumped into the abyss.

He bared his teeth and laughed maniacally:

“You know how dangerous the abyss is, right? Now I’m going down, do you dare to follow? As long as you don’t see me die with your own eyes, there’s a chance I could survive.

As long as I live, I will seek revenge on you. No one knows what’s below, so why can’t it be the place that makes me stronger? I want you to live in the shadow, guessing whether I can come back for revenge. I’m no match for you, but it’s not so easy for you to kill me now. As long as I have a breath, I will bite you from the shadows. Hahaha! Do you dare to come down?”

By this time, the bearded old man had fallen to a deeper position.

Even if Jiang Hao could kill him with one strike, he couldn’t verify the death or deliver a finishing blow.

Watching the man’s arrogant demeanor, Jiang Hao’s expression remained unchanged.

He put away the Heavenly Saber and casually raised his left hand.

A calm voice came from his mouth,

“Universe in the Palm.”

As the words fell, Purple Qi emerged from his hand, and in an instant, the Purple Qi appeared around the bearded old man and then enveloped him completely.

“What is this?”

The bearded old man tried to resist, but injured as he was and affected by the abyss, he found it difficult to fight back.

After struggling for a few moments, he was completely covered by the Purple Qi.

Thus, Jiang Hao retracted the Purple Qi, and at that moment, the old man with the goat beard appeared in his palm.

Inside the sphere wrapped in Purple Qi, the old man looked at Jiang Hao in astonishment, finding it hard to believe.

“Are you surprised?” Jiang Hao asked again.

However, what responded to him was the old man with the goat beard furiously attacking the Purple Qi, seemingly trying to escape from within. But his strength was insufficient, and it was difficult for him to break free.

Observing the old man, Jiang Hao did not delay any further.

Jiang Hao executed the first form of the Heavenly Saber, with saber intent appearing at his fingertips.

Immediately after, the saber intent from his fingers surged towards the old man, aiming to kill him in his palm.

For a moment, saber light rampaged within the palm-sized universe, and the old man was severely wounded by the Moon Slash’s saber intent.

When he was at his last breath, Jiang Hao casually tossed him out.

Finally, the old man fell from the palm-sized universe and landed on the ground.

“It’s a pity, but you can’t fall alive into the abyss,” Jiang Hao said coldly.

“You… you…”

The old man with the goat beard was so angry he couldn’t speak.

He was filled with rage and unwillingness, as well as shock and fear.

“In your next life, remember not to be my enemy. It’s better for everyone,” Jiang Hao kindly advised.

As his words fell, he appeared beside the old man and used the Heavenly Saber to end his life.

After waiting a while post-death, he struck two more times to be sure.

Only then did he feel at ease.

After taking the man’s storage treasure, he threw the body into the abyss.

Watching as the body was completely devoured by the abyss, Jiang Hao then turned his attention to the Calamity Bead.

“It looks like I’ll have to break the formation myself; I wonder how much time it will take.”

The great battle outside had begun, and it should be completely over in not too many days.

This place might be discovered by others, so the sooner he could leave, the better, to avoid any unexpected encounters.

Before taking action, Jiang Hao checked the Nascent Soul’s storage treasure.

He wasn’t too concerned about the other items, but he was most interested in the spirit stones.

He was quite surprised.

“So many?”

There were a total of twelve thousand spirit stones. But then he thought about it – is that all a Nascent Soul has?

A Nascent Soul is not a Golden Core; they should be quite wealthy by comparison.

But then Jiang Hao thought of himself – he only had a thousand spirit stones, most of which he had just robbed.

Compared to the other, his own assets were sometimes not even as much as a Foundation Establishment’s.

Although others don’t need to nourish a divine tree or rabbits, they need to cultivate.

His only advantage is that he doesn’t need to spend spirit stones to cultivate.

“It seems that wealth cannot be completely measured by one’s cultivation level.”

As for not having robbed the other Nascent Soul’s storage treasure, there was no need to worry about that.

When killing an enemy, one must give their full attention, undistracted.

If one focuses on the opponent’s storage treasure, they might make a mistake in their attack.

The storage treasure is minor; the main thing is to kill the enemy.