"Black Tiger Steals Heart!"

Qiao Yu thrust his blade towards Sun Yifan's heart. Sun Yifan wasn't about to sit and wait for death.

He raised the great axe in his right hand to block Qiao Yu's Green Dragon Crescent Blade, while another axe, radiating a chilling light, came crashing down towards Qiao Yu's shoulder.

To Sun Yifan's astonishment, Qiao Yu showed no intention of dodging, instead allowing the giant axe to slam into his shoulder.

"Crack!"

The clear sound of bone breaking came from Qiao Yu's shoulder, and Qiao Yu revealed a gentle smile.

Sun Yifan's heart trembled at the sight. How could someone smile after being struck by an axe? Was this guy a lunatic?

"Mechanical Empress's Fury triggered, player Qiao Yu enters a state of Frenzy."

Along with the system notification from the Otherworld, Qiao Yu's hair stood on end, turning blood red.

Sun Yifan clearly felt a more powerful force coming from Qiao Yu's blade, a force that pushed him back relentlessly.

"Come, let me properly steal your heart!"

Qiao Yu pulled the blade back, then activated the Skeleton King's Ring and thrust it forward with force.

Sun Yifan held his axes in front of his chest to defend, but the Frenzy state, combined with the Skeleton King's Ring's 50% boost, made this attack nearly reach the ceiling of the intermediate level.

Clang!

Sun Yifan's axes accurately blocked Qiao Yu's thrust, but in the next second, the axes began to shatter!

Puchi!

Qiao Yu's blade shattered Sun Yifan's axes, then pierced straight through Sun Yifan's heart, a terrifying amount of damage appearing above Sun Yifan's head.

Qiao Yu twisted the blade, and Sun Yifan's health points instantly hit rock bottom.

[Evil Qi Value +150]

"This is impossible..."

Sun Yifan widened his eyes unwillingly, but couldn't stop himself from dying.

"Yifan!"

A look of fear appeared on Sun Xing's face.

If he had known there was such a terrifying person lurking in the tree, Sun Xing wouldn't have dared to jump out and extort Qin Ke and Tang Hao.

Seeing that Qiao Yu wasn't satisfied with killing Sun Yifan and was still walking towards him, Sun Xing shouted sternly, his voice betraying his fear.

"Tang family's live-in son-in-law! My Sun family has no grievances with you, why won't you stop after killing two members of my Sun family?"

Qiao Yu pondered for a moment.

"Hmm... you're right. How about this, come over here, I'll have a heart-to-heart with you and then I'll let you go."

Sun Xing: "..."

How could I dare to listen to your heart-to-heart? The corpse of the last person who listened to your heart-to-heart is still lying in front of me.

"Why aren't you coming over? Are you looking down on me?"

Qiao Yu frowned.

"Well, I hate people looking down on me the most, take this!"

Sun Xing: "???"

Not giving Sun Xing any time to react, Qiao Yu directly activated the Corpse Ancestor's Ring, then slid behind Sun Xing with his Swift Wind Boots and slashed down.

Sun Xing reacted extremely quickly, instantly dodging to the side.

[Green Dragon Crescent Blade effect, Dragon's Roar Combo, has been triggered!]

Boom! A domineering, slightly blurred golden dragon soared into the air, looking incredibly cool.

Sun Xing almost peed his pants. Did things have to be so outrageous? He’d summoned a golden dragon just to deal with him, an intermediate level cultivator? Wasn't this like using a nuclear bomb to kill a mosquito?

Sun Xing's face was ashen. He was completely desperate. Faced with such a powerful golden dragon, he couldn't muster any resistance.

He only regretted that he shouldn't have provoked such a powerful enemy.

Qiao Yu was also very strange. Why had Sun Xing suddenly stopped moving? Could this be some kind of conspiracy?

Never mind, I'll just slash him first!

"Dragon's Roar Combo!"

The Green Dragon Crescent Blade came crashing down. Sun Xing didn't even dodge. His ending was predictable. He was treated to a bloody mess.

[Evil Qi Value +150]

Qiao Yu raised his blade and scratched his head in confusion.

Why didn't Sun Xing dodge? Was the place haunted?

If Sun Xing knew in the afterlife that the golden dragon was just a special effect of the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, would he be so angry that he’d come back to life?

Qiao Yu shook his head and turned his gaze to the remaining two members of the Sun family.

With a flash of his blade, the remaining two Sun family members also became part of Qiao Yu's Evil Qi Value. The five members of the Sun family, plus the Deep Pool female ghost that Qiao Yu had killed before, finally filled up the Evil Qi Value.

[Ding! Evil Qi Value has been filled 1000/1000, enchantment effect has been upgraded.]

[Enchantment (Second Stage, Ghost Cry): Damage bonus against soul-type creatures increased by 100%, players wielding this weapon gain 80 points of intimidation against soul-types.]

[Friendly reminder, current Evil Qi Value is 1000/10000, can be upgraded to the ultimate stage when filled.]

After the enchantment effect was upgraded to the second stage, the Green Dragon Crescent Blade's Evil Qi became even denser. The entire blade radiated a chilling light, giving people a strong sense of palpitations just from a distance.

Holding the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, Qiao Yu couldn't help but feel a surge of bloodlust in his heart. He looked at Qin Ke and Tang Hao, and slashed directly at them!

Qin Ke and Tang Hao were both heavily injured. If they were hit by Qiao Yu's blade, they would definitely die.

In a critical moment, a loud shout like a great bell came from the sky.

"Heaven and earth are natural, turbid Qi is scattered, the mystery in the cave, shining Taiyuan!"

"Purifying Heaven and Earth Divine Mantra! Wake up!"

Qiao Yu felt like someone had tapped him in the head. He instantly regained his clarity, and the bloodlust receded like a tide.

At this moment, his blade was less than three centimeters away from Qin Ke and Tang Hao.

The Evil Qi on the blade could actually affect his mind, Qiao Yu felt a wave of fear.

"Brother Qiao Yu, you can't keep this blade! This is an evil blade! I've never seen a blade with such a strong Evil Qi!"

Zhang Erhe jumped down from the tree with a solemn expression. It was thanks to him awakening Qiao Yu that a tragedy was avoided.

Qiao Yu nodded with a calm expression, and secretly asked the Mechanical Empress for a solution in his heart.

However, the Mechanical Empress's answer was that his willpower was not firm enough, so his mind was clouded by Evil Qi.

Qiao Yu was filled with doubt. His willpower wasn't firm enough? How was that possible!

He was a man who never fast-forwarded even when watching adult movies!

At this moment, Tang Hao suddenly knelt in front of Qiao Yu with a plop.

"Son-in-law! I used to be disrespectful to you, I'm sorry!"

Qiao Yu was a little puzzled: "I didn't blame you."

"No, son-in-law, please teach me how to become as strong as you! I can endure any hardship and agree to any request! Please!"

Tang Hao kowtowed heavily.

He knew that Qiao Yu was at the initial level like him, but he didn't know that the strength of initial level cultivators could be so different.

Sun Xing's matter had completely awakened Tang Hao. He realized that he simply didn't have the ability to protect Qin Ke.

If, if he had the same strength as Qiao Yu... Tang Hao clenched his fists tightly, not even noticing his nails digging into his palms.

He didn't want to be a weakling anymore, he didn't want to watch his beloved woman being bullied by others while he was powerless.

Just recalling the scene of Sun Xing preparing to humiliate Qin Ke made Tang Hao feel suffocated. If Qiao Yu hadn't appeared... Tang Hao didn't dare to think any further.

"Oh? Is it really anything?" Qiao Yu's eyes lit up.

"Yes!" Tang Hao's face lit up with joy: "As long as you are willing to teach me how to become as strong as you, I will agree to any request!"

Qiao Yu took out a piece of paper and a pen.

"Then help me write down how to make a perpetual motion machine? Or get me a controllable nuclear fusion device, I can accept that too."