Chapter 51: Off with His Head

So that was just a warm-up. What would happen when Yun Shu got serious?

Seeing Yun Shu walking toward him, fear emerged in Lu Nong’s eyes. “Wait a second…”

Yun Shu snorted and hacked horizontally, the forceful blow fiercely throwing Lu Nong into the air.

Yun Shu lifted his feet and followed behind the airborne foe. The sword in his hand kept jabbing at Lu Nong at an amazing speed, and sword intent spurted out with Yun Shu’s every move, leaving the opponent no chance at all to fight back.

Had it not been for Yun Shu’s intention to practice his sword technique on Lu Nong, he would have been killed by now!

Nevertheless, Lu Nong kept thrashing around miserably on the ground until Yun Shu decided to stop.

When Yun Shu finished his last move and put aside his sword, Lu Nong violently hit the ground and had completely lost his strength to stand up again.

Yun Shu had defeated Lu Nong with absolute ease!

After a moment of silence, a great cheer went up from Yun Shu’s men. In sharp contrast, Lu Nong’s hooligans were all shaking in fear, and their faces looked extremely pale.

Before the fight, none of them had expected this result. Yun Shu trounced Lu Nong and became the one deciding his life and death.

It would be fortunate if Lu Nong could survive, but without a doubt, the fight had forever disabled him.

The boss had lost the fight. What else could the rest of the minions do?

The ugly sword in his hand, Yun Shu slowly walked toward the frightened herd of sheep. There were more than a hundred of them, yet none dared step forward and fight back. After all, their boss was still lying on the ground.

When Yun Shu took a step forward, they took a step backward.

Yun Shu was on his own, but his menacing aura made more than a hundred men tremble. Seeing that, Feng He and the rest of Yun Shu’s men were thrilled to the extreme.

At this time, Lu Nong’s men had retreated to the corner against the mountain wall. They had no more space to retreat.

The menacing glow in Yun Shu’s eyes was overwhelming, but he had no intention to stop.

Bang!

Finally, some of them could not bear the pressure anymore and went down on their knees, begging for Yun Shu’s mercy.

Then more of them followed their companions.

However, Yun Shu directly ignored them. He had a specific target in the crowd.

In the group of defeated, trembling men, a guy was kneeling on the ground with his head burying low. His body was frozen stiff with immense fear.

“Anything you want to say?” Yun Shu asked coldly.

Hearing Yun Shu’s voice, a thrill of alarm ran through the man’s body. That man was Huang Sheng!

“Junior Brother Yun! No, Grandpa Yun! It’s all my fault. I shouldn’t have done those things to put you in trouble. I beg your mercy, Grandpa Yun! Will you spare my life?” Huang Sheng burst into tears.

“Spare your life? You almost killed me multiple times! If you were me, would you forgive me?” said Yun Shu indifferently.

“Please, please!” Huang Sheng had nothing else to say but keep begging.

A flash of cold light appeared in Yun Shu’s eyes as he lifted his ugly sword. The sharp blade cut in Huang Sheng’s neck and directly beheaded him.

It was impossible for Yun Shu to keep Huang Sheng’s life. Given a chance, such a despicable man would immediately take his revenge on Yun Shu.

Seeing that, those men almost peed their pants. But none of them dared move.

“Lu Nong is now disabled; Huang Sheng is dead. I’ll spare everyone today as I don’t have any hatred toward any of you. But I hope all of you have learned the lesson and will stay away from my men and me!” Yun Shu declared coldly.

Hearing that, the people could finally release a sigh of relief, showing even greater respect to Yun Shu.

“Let’s go!” Yun Shu ignored them and went back to his cave with his men.

Yun Shu’s men were beyond excited upon seeing their boss defeating Lu Nong. The battle had significantly lifted up their spirits. But the protagonist appeared to be fully calm since Lu Nong was nothing in his eyes.

Simply leaving his men with some parting words, Yun Shu left the cave for the stele square.

Killing Huang Sheng had solved Yun Shu’s biggest concern for the moment. Now, all he wanted to do was to thoroughly understand the steles so that he could leave the Valley of Crime.

Fan Wen owed him, along with many more in the sect. All of them had to pay!

Pondering to himself, Yun Shu soon arrived at the square and saw the familiar figure. Somehow, though, he felt that Su Lingwen was somewhat different now.

“It took you so long.” Su Lingwen was obviously aware of Yun Shu’s arrival.

As she turned around, Yun Shu’s eyes looked into hers, and suddenly, his pupils dilated.

“You made another breakthrough?” Yun Shu hurriedly asked.

“So, you can tell.” Su Lingwen had a triumphant smile on her face as she looked at Yun Shu.

Yun Shu was really impressed.

“To send my congratulations, I’ve got a present for you.” Yun Shu reached his hand into the bag.

Su Lingwen knew what Yun Shu wanted to give her.

“Keep the pills. I’ve reached the first level of the Spirit Sky Realm. The pills are not much help to me anymore.”

“These ones are different.”

“How so?” Su Lingwen shook her head.

But the next moment when Yun Shu showed her the pills, she was totally stunned. She immediately recognized the beautiful halo. Those were Supreme-grade pills!

“Where did you get these?” asked Su Lingwen in a trembling voice.

“I refined them!” Yun Shu grinned.

“You… You refined them?” Su Lingwen was speechless for a moment.

She knew that a person who was able to produce Supreme-grade pills could be regarded as a master alchemist.

After making the breakthrough, she was about to show off in front of Yun Shu. But the pills in Yun Shu’s hand had completely driven away that small amount of pride in her heart.

So what if she was a cultivator who had reached the first level of Spirit Sky Realm? Yun Shu was a master alchemist!

There was no comparison between the two.

“Well, you win… again.” Su Lingwen smiled as she shook her head.

“What?” Yun Shu asked, feeling a bit surprised.

Su Lingwen did not answer the question. Instead, she grabbed her wooden sword and said, “Come on! Let me see what you have learned from your trip!”

“No problem!” Yun Shu agreed without hesitation.

On the square, their fight raised wild swirls of wind, wreaking havoc in the area. After a long time, the atmosphere finally returned to tranquility.

Five hundred moves!

This time, Su Lingwen had used five hundred moves to beat Yun Shu.

And again, she had used her full strength!

Wiping off the sweat on her forehead, Su Lingwen was deeply impressed by Yun Shu’s progress. She knew that soon, Yun Shu would be able to defeat her.

“What are you thinking?” Yun Shu asked.

“Nothing…” Su Lingwen shook her head, combed her messy hair with her fingers, and spoke, “Well… Can you do me a favor?”

“What is it?”

“Take me to the lake.” Su Lingwen’s face slightly blushed.