Chapter 29: Bloodthirsty Mad Beast

In the eyes of Luo Ning and her maid, however...

With a single punch from Sikong Jing, the bearded man's entire face caved in. Blood sprayed outward, and he collapsed dead!

The scene fell into a sudden silence. The surrounding people froze in their tracks, completely stunned.

"Big Brother! Big Brother Beast!"

Then came a piercing, sky-tearing scream. Their leader was actually dead, taken down by Luo Ning's servant in just two punches.

One by one, they stared at Sikong Jing with disbelief, unable to process what they had seen.

They were a band of horse bandits that terrorized the outskirts of Yunye City. Their leader, nicknamed "Beast," was notorious for his ferocity. They had been hired tonight by Miss Lei Shuang of the Leiying Trading Firm to commit a murder, thinking it would be a simple, effortless task.

But now, Big Brother Beast had been brutally killed by a mere Seventh Layer Ming Realm cultivator—someone a full major realm below them.

This had to be a nightmare!

"Kill him! Avenge Big Brother Beast!"

A wave of madness erupted. Surrounded by overwhelming fury, the bandits lunged at Sikong Jing.

Inside Sikong Jing, his true qi surged violently. The surrounding cries of war felt as if they had transported him back to the battlefield, back to the days when he fought alone in dragon's dens. The blood in his veins suddenly began to boil.

But it was more than just blood; it had transformed into the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts, violent and ferocious.

"If your leader is a beast, then I must be a Mad Beast!"

A bloodthirsty sensation surged through Sikong Jing's consciousness. As his voice fell... *Roar!*

A low, beast-like growl erupted from his mouth.

With a single step, he charged. Kill!

*Puff, puff, puff...*

Streams of blood flew before his eyes. Lives were harvested like mere weeds.

The former Invincible Divine General, who once faced a million enemy soldiers alone, now saw these two hundred bandits as nothing more than paper dolls.

So what if some were in the Dark Realm? The boiling beast blood crushed everything in its path.

The true qi of the *Emperor Slaying Prison-Breaking Art* surged wildly within his dantian, which now resembled the head of a monstrous creature. The beast-like dantian seemed to open a massive maw, frantically spitting out true qi that circulated through his entire body.

Blood was like fire, and true qi was like oil... adding fuel to the flames!

Behind Sikong Jing, Luo Ning was paralyzed with shock.

She saw this man, who had only come to buy back a jade hairpin, charge into the crowd. Not a single person could stand against him; to touch him was to die.

"He's not human! Run! Run for your lives!"

The bandits were being slaughtered so brutally that their courage shattered. Someone let out a roar, and they began to flee in all directions.

However, Sikong Jing merely licked his lips and said coldly, "You won't escape."

Sikong Jing lunged out from Luo Ning's room, cutting a path of slaughter through the crowd.

Outside the door, only frantic screams and pleas for mercy remained. In just a few breaths, the sounds ceased.

Sikong Jing landed. Beneath his feet lay nothing but corpses; not a single soul had survived.

At this moment, Sikong Jing's gaze fell upon Lei Shuang of the Leiying Trading Firm. His eyes glowed with a red light... A moment later, he gave a violent shudder. He realized he had become too bloodthirsty just now.

It seemed the Blood of Ten Thousand Beasts and the *Emperor Slaying Prison-Breaking Art* were indeed formidable, easily influencing one's state of mind.

Closing his eyes, he silently adjusted himself until he calmed down. When Sikong Jing looked at Lei Shuang again, his gaze had returned to a clear, calm state.

But in Lei Shuang's eyes, Sikong Jing was still that terrifying killing demon. She collapsed to the ground with a thud, screaming in terror, "Don't come near me! Otherwise, my Leiying Trading Firm will kill your entire family!"

She was truly terrified; all her previous arrogance had vanished.

Her mind was filled with frantic thoughts: *Where did that little wench Luo Ning find such a monster for a servant?*

"Kill my entire family?"

In Sikong Jing's clear eyes, a red light began to flicker once more.

He lunged forward, grabbing Lei Shuang by the throat and lifting her into the air. "I very much dislike people using my family to threaten me."

Though they had only known each other for a few short days, Su Yuexi and his parents-in-law had already become untouchable entities in his heart.

A dragon has its reverse scale; touch it, and you die!

"Wait! Don't kill her!"

Just as Sikong Jing was about to crush Lei Shuang's throat, Luo Ning's voice rang out.

Sikong Jing stopped his fingers and asked in confusion, "She tried to kill you, yet you won't kill her?"

Taking a deep breath, Luo Ning explained softly, "The Leiying Trading Firm is much stronger than my Luo Shui Jade Firm. Furthermore, Lei Shuang is the most beloved daughter of the Leiying Trading Firm's master."

"If she dies here, our Luo Shui Jade Firm might be forced to face a terrifying retaliation."

Luo Ning naturally wanted to kill Lei Shuang, but she had to consider the consequences.

Meanwhile, hearing these words, Lei Shuang found a sudden surge of courage as she struggled in Sikong Jing's grip. She hissed spitefully, "Servant! If you kill me, believe me, the Luo Shui Jade Firm will destroy you!"

The air seemed to freeze. A mocking smile curled on Sikong Jing's lips as he said abruptly, "The Luo Shui Jade Firm? What does that have to do with me?"

*Crack...*

Sikong Jing snapped Lei Shuang's neck directly. Her eyes bulged in disbelief before she breathed her last.

"You... how could you do that?"

Luo Ning's eyes widened as she pointed at Sikong Jing. He had actually killed Lei Shuang after all.

But Sikong Jing only knew that if he let Lei Shuang return alive and she traced it back to him, it would bring trouble to Su Yuexi's family.

So, he simply killed her!

Tossing Lei Shuang's corpse carelessly to the ground, Sikong Jing looked straight at Luo Ning and said casually, "Your life is secured. The transaction for the jade hairpin is complete. I take my leave."

With those words, Sikong Jing vanished from the inn.

Outside the room, Luo Ning was left standing there, dumbfounded.

Her maid ran out, trembling. "Eldest Miss, who on earth was that? He was terrifying."

Hearing this, Luo Ning murmured to herself, "I want to know that too."

From beginning to end, she never learned this man's name or his identity.

She only knew that he had come to reclaim a jade hairpin for his wife, and that despite being only in the Ming Realm, he was a terrifying killer of men.

"Eldest Miss, now that Lei Shuang is dead, the Leiying Trading Firm will surely declare war on us. What should we do?"

The maid was shaken to her core, but her gaze suddenly turned cold. "Should we hurry back to Yunye City, investigate that man's identity and origins, and pin everything on him?"

Only by doing so could they avoid disaster for the Luo Shui Jade Firm.

Luo Ning froze. The image of Sikong Jing killing people flashed through her mind, and she said decisively, "No, that would be suicide!"

At the thought of the bloodthirsty Sikong Jing, an inexplicable fear gripped her heart.

The moment her maid suggested it, she felt a numbness spread through her body, as if she were being watched by a ferocious beast.

*This person can only be befriended; one must never harbor ill intentions toward him.* This was the purest thought in Luo Ning's heart.

*Bang!*

Suddenly, the doors of the inn were kicked open.

A middle-aged man resembling a Yunye City officer strode in, followed by a large number of Yunye City guards.

The man unfurled a portrait, and his heavy voice rang out: "Have any of you seen the man in this portrait? He is a criminal exiled to Yunye City, and he has now escaped the city."