Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Swish!”

An expert at the second stage of Soul Travel Realm was running in the wilderness with fear in his eyes, and his speed had already reached the limit. When he noticed a figure chasing after him with terrifying speed, he suddenly stopped and knelt on the ground, raising both his hands up high. He even threw the weapon to the ground and yelled out, “I surrender! I will give you my medal and everything on me. I only beg for this master to spare my life!”

“Uh?”

Jiang Yi rode the Silver-Moon Demon Wolf and arrived quickly. When he saw this scene, he was astonished—he also despised this person. Since he entered the Kingdom War, then he was supposed to be prepared for death. How could a Soul Travel Realm expert be such a coward? Not only did he surrender, but he even kneeled down?

This Young Master had never been merciful when he killed, and he felt nothing but despise for this person’s attitude. He only paused for a moment before his God-Exterminating Crossbow lit up and got ready to exterminate this man. The flames in the Fire Spirit Pearl were also ready to be released. As soon as this person behaved strangely, they would definitely incinerate him at such a short distance.

Jiang Yi didn’t expect that this person actually didn’t resist; neither did he release his essence force. He just unceasingly kowtowed on the ground and begged for mercy. “Master! Don’t—don’t’ kill me! I have an eighty-year-old mother and children that are still so young. If Master kills me, they will definitely suffer a miserable fate from my enemies…”

“Tsk-Tsk!”

The God-Exterminating Crossbow was released, but Jiang Yi shifted it at the crucial moment, causing the crossbow bolt to scrape across this person’s ear and penetrate into the big tree by the side. It frightened the Soul Travel Realm expert so much that his face was pale and his body, trembling.

Jiang Yi hesitated. If he was to kill this person, his conscience would never be at ease. If Jiang Yi released him like this, he was afraid his whereabouts would be leaked. He was now in a difficult situation.

“Master!”

When that person saw Jiang Yi’s flickering eyes which looked like he was considering, he promptly kowtowed and said, “Master, please don’t kill me. I have been framed by my enemies and forced by my clan to come and seek death. I didn’t want to join this damned Kingdom War. As long as Master doesn’t kill me, I can be a servant for Master, helping you to kill and obtain accumulation points. As long as Master returns my freedom after the Kingdom War!”

“Servant?”

Jiang Yi’s mind was tempted. Keeping a servant, who was at the second stage of Soul Travel Realm, wasn’t a bad idea. If they were to meet any dangerous situations, Jiang Yi could use him to block; and with his coordination, it would be much easier to kill enemies.

“Hmph!”

Jiang Yi soon reacted. If Jiang Yi brought around a Soul Travel Realm expert with him, he was afraid he wouldn’t be able to sleep for a whole month and had to be on guard against this person at all times. Otherwise—during his sleep, this person might suddenly launch a sneak attack; Jiang Yi would then die without knowing what happened!

“Master, Master, don’t make a move, listen to me!”

Hearing Jiang Yi’s snort and seeing the cold intent in his eyes, this individual immediately understood what Jiang Yi was worried about. He was afraid Jiang Yi might make a move; hence, he promptly kowtowed. “Master, I can offer you my Soul Seal. As long as the Soul Seal is in your hands—if you die, I have to die, too! So I will definitely not have any devious schemes. I only plead for Master to return my Soul Seal after the Kingdom War and set me free!”

“Soul Seal?”

Jiang Yi’s eyes lit up. He had heard of this before but wasn’t really knowledgeable about it.

It was said that this was a malevolent soul spirit art which allowed experts with a strong soul spirit to make a Soul Seal using a trace of the martial artist’s soul spirit. With this Soul Seal in their hands, the martial artist would be his servant for life. If the servant dared to have any weird schemes, the Soul Seal could be crushed—immediately killing the servant. Jiang Yi didn’t expect for this person to have a grasp on this evil art and could even turn his soul spirit into a Soul Seal.

“Alright then!”

Jiang Yi mumbled for a moment before speaking, “Refine your Soul Seal then! If you dare to try anything, you know very well of the consequences.”

“Many thanks, Master!”

The Soul Travel Realm expert promptly gave another kowtow before he sat cross-legged. His mind suddenly glowed with radiance, followed closely by a shadow that came out from his soul spirit. It finally condensed into a black seal that was the size of the pinky finger.

“Master, this is my Soul Seal. If you are to crush the Soul Seal, I will die immediately! From today onwards, I will be Master’s servant!”

The person was still kneeling on the ground as he presented the Soul Seal with both hands and said with a begging expression, “But… I hope Master will fulfill his promise and let me go after the Kingdom War.”

“Bring it here!”

Jiang Yi nodded slightly as that person tossed the small seal over. Jiang Yi caught it with one hand while his eyes were locked onto that person. Jiang Yi’s other hand was holding a God-Exterminating Crossbow and would kill this person if he had any strange movements.

This person seemed to understand that he wasn’t Jiang Yi’s opponent and didn’t dare to move from start to end, which caused Jiang Yi’s killing intent to turn weaker. The moment Jiang Yi grabbed onto the Soul Seal, there was a sudden change—!

There was a flash of light from the Soul Seal as it suddenly vanished from Jiang Yi’s palm. Evil energy gushed into Jiang Yi’s body and rushed towards his soul spirit at lightning speed.

“I have been fooled!”

Jiang Yi’s body shivered as he instinctively activated the God-Exterminating Crossbow, but that kneeling Soul Travel Realm expert rolled to the side with lightning speed and evaded the crossbow bolt with ease. He grabbed the long saber that he tossed away and bounced up. He revealed this cruel smile and said with mockery, “Fool… Soul Seals are gold in color—don’t you know that? Hahaha, you have fallen into my Soul Devouring Art! Just be a good boy and receive your death. The artifacts on you belong to me now.”

“Swish!”

His suddenly launched himself like a violent wind. He didn’t release his essence force and used the crudest method instead. He readied the long saber and cleaved towards Jiang Yi’s head.

“Ah…”

At this moment, Jiang Yi suddenly held his head and rolled off the demon wolf. That Silver-Moon Demon Wolf was a spirit beast and didn’t have high spirit wisdom. Without Jiang Yi’s orders, it would not attack. It stood there dimwittedly and watched as the Soul Travel Realm expert cleaved at Jiang Yi’s head.

“Die!”

There was radiance on the Soul Travel Realm’s long saber before he suddenly sprinted over. He shouted out as he had this avaricious expression while he stared at the Fire Spirit Pearl in Jiang Yi’s hand.

“Buzz!”

Right at this moment, the spirit beast talisman suddenly lit up in Jiang Yi’s body—while the Fire Spirit Pearl coincidentally lit up, too. The moment the Silver-Moon Demon Wolf disappeared, terrifying flames emerged from the Fire Spirit Pearl and engulfed the Soul Travel Realm martial artist in an instant.

“How is this possible…?”

The Soul Travel Realm expert exclaimed from the shock and was finally incinerated into ashes. His eyes were filled with confusion until death. Jiang Yi obviously got hit by his evil art, but why was he able to snap out of it in such a short moment?

“Huuu…”

Jiang Yi stopped his screaming while his expression regained the normal composure. After the Earth Fire had been absorbed into the Fire Spirit Pearl, he then stood up to let out a long breath.

He got fooled; he was still too naive!

He didn’t expect that person to have acted and concealed it so well. Just earlier, Jiang Yi’s God-Exterminating Crossbow nearly shot him to death, and he persisted on not making a single move—acting like a coward for such a long time just to trick Jiang Yi. That person’s scheme was indeed successful, and if it wasn’t for Jiang Yi’s Fire Spirit Pearl which protected his soul spirit in the crucial moment, Jiang Yi would have become a corpse.

It is too dangerous!

Jiang Yi pursed his lips and silently remembered this lesson. He would never be merciful in the future, no matter the situation. ‘Kindness towards the enemy meant being cruel to yourself;’ this saying was perfectly true.

“Chirp-Chirp!”

The suddenly chirping of a bird in the sky awakened Jiang Yi with a shock. He vacantly lifted his head and looked around to see a huge bird circling in the skies while there were traces of suspicion in his eyes.

Wasn’t this Crystal Stone Plains free from demonic beasts? Why would there be an avian-type demonic beast in the sky?

Something isn’t right!

Jiang Yi quickly realized it and swiftly picked up the medal on the ground. He then summoned the Silver-Moon Demon Wolf and immediately sped off.

This Crystal Stone Plains certainly didn’t have any demonic beasts. That huge bird was probably a spirit beast raised by the Zhangsun Clan, which was used for tracking enemies! When the huge bird called out earlier, it obviously sent out a message to the Zhangsun Clan, informing that it found Jiang Yi’s whereabouts.