Chapter 509: Killing Skysoar (3)
Su Yu's heart thumped. He realized that...he was still not cautious enough. Even after knowing that some people might be making a move on him, he still did not suspect these strangers just because of their uniform. This was too careless of him.
While Su Yu was feeling some lingering fear from his own carelessness, the fake soldiers approached him. When they approached, Su Yu saw that they looked nothing like the individuals he had encountered earlier.
There were five of them, three men and two women. It wasn't too surprising for women to be present in the Martial Dragon Guards. After all, there were a lot of female cultivators out there.
All five of them looked young.
They stopped in front of Su Yu. From the uniform, the leader of this group was a 100-man commander. Xia Bing of Nanyuan was only a 10-man commander as an early-stage Skysoar. Su Yu guessed that this leader was probably the leader of that Zhang Family.
A ninth-stage Skysoar?
While he was thinking, the leader asked, "A student? Don't run around so late at night. Su Yu...are you that famous strongest new student of Great Xia Cultural Research Academy?"
"Yeah..."
Su Yu played along. He couldn't help but admire the guts of these people.
They actually dared to pretend to be Martial Dragon Guards. How incredible.
The leader looked around before frowning, "You're traveling without a dao protector? Are you tired of living? A genius student like you is definitely on the bounty list of the Myriad Race Cult. They will not spare you when they encounter you. Sure, the suburbs are relatively safe, but there is no guarantee that you will receive prompt assistance in the event of an attack."
"Thank you for the reminder, Sir."
Su Yu knew what the man was doing. The man was trying to fish for information about any hidden dao protectors.
"Since it's only a trip to the suburbs, I didn't let my martial uncle escort me. After all, I'm still within the capital itself..."
Su Yu flashed a simple smile and said, "With the Martial Dragon Guards around, how would those shady individuals dare to try anything? The main city isn't even that far away. I'll reach there soon."
"Do you have your student ID with you?"
With a smile, Su Yu hopped off his mount and took out his student identification and said, "Sir, this is my student ID."
As he said that, he handed his student identification over.
"Fifth Brother, check it."
At that, a man stepped forth. According to the water elemental, this might be the boy they had encountered earlier.
After checking the student ID with a serious expression, the boy said, "Lord, it's real."
"This place is not too far away from the main city, but you're a genius student. Why are you traveling alone so late at night? Forget it. We'll escort you back..."
With a strict expression, the leader said, "Remember, don't travel alone when you're leaving the main city in the future. It's not easy being a genius. You need to be on constant alert."
The old man deliberately nagged Su Yu so that they would stay there longer. With their presence, even if there were others who were targeting Su Yu around, those people would promptly retreat.
...
Little did they know, a Mountainsea was observing them high in the sky. After staring at the soldiers for a while, he rubbed his temple and lamented that he was really getting old. Initially, he had not noticed anything.
He had thought that this was truly a coincidence. But he eventually realized something. Weren't these fellows...the same people from the Zhang Family?
"Age is truly catching up with me!"
The middle-aged man sighed. If these people were slightly better at disguise and were Cloudbreach cultivators, he would probably fail to detect anything off about them. This was too embarrassing!
"No, I have known about them all along. I discovered them the moment they appeared. I was merely waiting to test Su Yu's reaction. I am merely giving him the opportunity to learn about how complicated the real world is..."
Yeap. He was making excuses for himself.
But shortly after, his expression turned awkward again. He saw that as Su Yu walked forward, the shadow under him was slowly merging into Zhang Wu's shadow.
Evidently, Su Yu had seen through these fake soldiers.
How awkward.
The hell?
That kid had actually seen through these people before him. He was a Mountainsea! This was too embarrassing!
But since Su Yu already knew the truth, he was in no rush to make a move. He would wait and see. With the two beast protectors, these people wouldn't be able to do anything to Su Yu anyway.
...
On the ground.
The shadow was starting to move, but Su Yu was in no rush. This was his very first time encountering opponents who were good at acting. He was having too much fun. This was the perfect opportunity for him to learn something new!
"Uhm, this isn't proper, right? I don't want to trouble you..."
Zhang Wu coldly chided, "Stop wasting time. If you're not a genius student of the Great Xia Cultural Research Academy, who would have bothered with trying to help you? We still have a mission to carry out. Hurry up. After escorting you to the gate, we will need to leave for the mission."
With an awkward expression, Su Yu said, "In that case, I'll be in your care."
Su Yu turned around to get back on his earthdragon beast. At this time, the boy was about to knock him unconscious when he suddenly turned back to face them again and asked, "By the way, what are your names?"
With a grateful tone, Su Yu said, "You might not care about this, but we might be future comrades. Thus, can I know your names?"
The boy was getting impatient. He wanted to attack directly, but Zhang Wu stopped him with a cough and said, "Zhang Wen..."
Su Yu gave the leader a polite bow. The others also introduced themselves regardless of the annoyance they were feeling.
They were waiting for him to turn around so that they could knock him unconscious and get this over with. They had already stayed here long enough. Any other hidden parties would have left by now.
The boy was the person standing the closest to Su Yu. When the boy gave his name impatiently, Su Yu bowed again...
And a hammer instantly flew toward the boy's head. At the same time, a cultural weapon shrouded in a thin layer of fire appeared.
Fast.
Incomparably fast.
The Sky Sundering Saber was used while the fire crow's lifebound fire sealed on the weapon was unleashed. Su Yu wanted to see if he could kill a Skysoar with a sudden attack. As for the consequences of his action...with his two beast protectors, what was there to fear?
The boy's sea of willpower trembled. His vision blurred, and before he could recover, Su Yu, who was standing right in front of him, was already stabbing a flaming saber at his heart.
High in the sky, the Mountainsea's face twitched.
The saying was true. A dog that bites would not bark!
How ruthless.
At the very least, these fellows were clad in the uniforms of the Martial Dragon Guards. Was the kid even sure that these were enemies? He was actually attacking to kill without any hesitation?
"Soul Expanding Art...Sky Sundering Saber...and fire crow race's lifebound fire..."
The Mountainsea was astonished. And none of that was the issue. The issue was that hammer. Wasn't it a tad bit too ferocious? And wasn't that kid's willpower a tad bit too strong?
With one hammer strike, he had actually stunned a fifth-stage Skysoar cultural researcher? The kid was only at the Mental Tempering Stage! Were the newbies these days so terrifying?
...
Su Yu was extremely ruthless the moment he decided to act.
The saber stabbed right through the boy's heart.
The boy's body burned, and at the same time, a blast of lightning erupted within the boy's body. As a cultural researcher, the boy's body wasn't too strong. His body was instantly blown into pieces.
As a cultural researcher, with his willpower restricted by the sneak attack, he became completely helpless against Su Yu.
With a frosty look in his eyes, Su Yu did not even give the boy a second look before sending his hammer toward the other youth in the group. As for the other three, he was clear that he wouldn't be able to kill them. Those were all late-stage Skysoars.
Zhang Wu's eyes widened. Everything had happened too quickly. He had not expected that Su Yu would actually attack. He was just about to make his move when his shadow moved, crushing both his legs. That was not the end as the shadow actually started creeping up his legs.
Zhang Wu had a look of despair. What was that?
At the same time, the two women were kept busy by two clumps of water.
Su Yu smiled and said, "Let me give it a try."
According to the information he had received, this young man was Zhang Wu's son, a third-stage Skysoar. Instead of letting the water elemental fight, he wanted to see if he was capable of killing this person.
This would be a confrontation between a genius of the academy and a lackluster talent of the cult. Could he kill this opponent? Zhan Hai would probably be able to easily kill such an opponent. He wouldn't have been known as a genius among geniuses otherwise.
The so-called unrivaled within the same level was generally only a term used when talking about those who were similarly geniuses. As for a garbage cultivator like this, a freak like Su Yu should be able to skip a level and kill him instead.
With a roar, the young man's body lit up as he activated his acupoints.
Warrior.
With a sneer, Su Yu said, "Garbage. A piece of trash with only 60 acupoints..."
With only 60 acupoints, even a Skysoar wouldn't be too impressive.
"Die!"
The hammer descended upon the young man. Instead of attacking, the young man was actually trying to turn around and flee. But instantly, he froze. But immediately after, his life force surged and forcefully pushed the hammer back. Nevertheless, he was still experiencing slight dizziness.
He was just about to start fleeing again when his vision blurred and Su Yu appeared in front of him.
The young man was alarmed. When did Su Yu get in front of him?
But he immediately realized something and roared, "Break!"
His source qi surged and broke through the illusion. His guess was confirmed. This was indeed an illusion. Alas, he was still too slow.
Behind him, with a cultural weapon in hand and 300 bright acupoints, Su Yu swung his saber, unleashing a torrential wave of saber qi. The young man turned around and faced the attack with his saber in fury.
Boom!
The two sabers collided loudly.
Under control of Su Yu's willpower, the hammer reappeared. At the same time, his killing intent and battle intent surged out.
The young man was so shocked that he actually took a step back. How was this a Great Strength cultivator?
The hell?
Great Strength?
This was too strong to be a Great Strength cultivator!
The young man was just about to charge forward again when Su Yu retrieved the saber with a sneer. Then, eight characters came together, forming a small saber in his sea of willpower.
Character technique!
This was his first time using his character technique. This was a perfect opportunity for him to test its might. And this was also his first time using the disassembly method, allowing him to use his character technique with only eight characters.
Skybreak Technique!
The cultural weapon fused with the character technique, instantly growing sharply in strength. At the same time, Su Yu's willpower drained rapidly.
With eight characters, his character technique appeared incredibly powerful. In fact, it felt almost as strong as the character techniques of some of the multiple character faction's past Skysoar cultivators. That was understandable, as Su Yu had multiple second-tier characters.
And his willpower was also as strong as the willpower of a Skysoar. Thus, this attack of his was akin to the attack of a multiple character faction's Skysoar cultivator.
"Kill!"
When he was a few meters away from his opponent, he swung his saber. WIth a roar, the young man also swung his saber to meet the incoming attack. But at that moment, his vision blurred, causing him to miss it completely.
"I'm a cultural researcher, idiot."
With a pale face, Su Yu snorted. His cultural weapon vanished. When the weapon reappeared, it had already penetrated the young man's neck. Instantly, the young man's sea of willpower broke apart.
As a Skysoar, the young man had a decently powerful willpower even if he was only a warrior. With the destruction of his sea of willpower, darkness started covering his vision. Before he fully succumbed to eternal darkness, his head dropped to the ground, showing him the sight of a headless body with a saber in hand.
"So weak."
Su Yu curled his lips. Was this really a Skysoar?
The hell?
He had overestimated the Skysoar Realm!
Was he actually this amazing?
Why was he not aware of this before now?