Silent Depths

"Arghhh!!!" He wailed in agony, reverberating to the whole underground.

"Tao Chen!" shouted the patrolling member on the left, unsheathing his sword as he hatefully glared at Lu Zheng, who steadied his first technique.

When he saw that Lu Zheng was in the defensive stance, he did not hesitate to attack with his techniques.

However, Lu Zheng, at this moment, was executing the second technique, Silent Depths.

As soon as the patrolling member was about to land his attack on Lu Zheng, the latter parried it with minimal movements.

Seeing that his assault was blocked effortlessly, the patrolling member gnashed his teeth in anger as he continued to attack Lu Zheng relentlessly.

Thud!

He heard the noise of Tao Chen's body colliding to the floor, hearing no more screaming from him.

He knew that he ceased to live.

After all, he clearly saw Lu Zheng's cruel slash, targeting all of Tao Chen's vitals with extreme precision.

Whenever he imagined if he was in Tao Chen's shoes, receiving such a swift, unexpected attack, his body quivered in terror.

Hence, he was now endlessly attacking Lu Zheng, leaving no room for him to perform the same attack twice.

However, the more he attacked him, the more he felt something was wrong.

Lu Zheng was staring at him with a serene expression and parried all his attacks easily, with minimal movements, too.

That was then terror slowly crept to his whole being, making his hair stand on ends.

Suddenly, as he was being distracted by the fear Lu Zheng induced in him, Lu Zheng's oceanic eyes flashed with understanding as it pushed the remaining patrolling member's sword, losing his balance.

At that moment, Lu Zheng took the chance to execute the remaining technique of the fifth stance.

Lu Zheng's expression remained serene, even his movements were filled with smoothness as he performed the Serenity Strike.

The patrolling member watched Lu Zheng attacking him helplessly, suddenly having the idea of welcoming death, taking him out of the world.

Hence, he dropped his sword to the floor and opened his arms, embracing the sword that was about to take his life.

In the end, he never recognized who Lu Zheng was due to his current clothes being shabby, but he knew he would die anyway.

He closed his eyes and waited for Lu Zheng's attack to arrive.

When Lu Zheng saw it, he was startled, and he quickly changed the third technique to the first technique, Tranquil Slash.

After all, the third technique aimed to paralyze the enemy by striking the pressure points, but it would be pointless to the enemy before him who was ready to accept death.

Furthermore, Lu Zheng wanted to kill them either, so it would be better to kill him now than wasting time torturing him so they would regret insulting his clan.

He prioritized more on leaving the city than fully exacting his revenge.

Slash!

Lu Zheng did not hesitate to slice his neck, resulting in the head flying apart from its body and rolling on the cold floor, as the expression painted from it appeared peaceful.

There were now two corpses lying on the floor, and Lu Zheng stared at them indifferently.

It was not the first time Lu Zheng killed his fellow humans.

The first time was earlier, killing the two guards.

Now that he finally killed another individual in front of him with clarity, he felt not good.

He did not feel bad, either, for he knew killing was normal in his current world, as those who survived became stronger by eliminating those who could threaten them.

Lu Zheng saw them as nothing but a group of individuals who must die after annihilating his clan.

Lu Zheng's strange mood did not last when he heard the system's voice announcing in his head.

[Congratulations! You have successfully killed a Novice Rank Cultivator. You have obtained 0.8 strength points.]

[Congratulations! You have successfully killed a Novice Rank Cultivator. You have obtained 0.8 points in speed.]

Lu Zheng was filled with delight, knowing he obtained points again and was now receiving a refreshing feeling washing all over his body.

However, compared to before, it was only small, confusing him a bit.

That was when he read the announcement and was dismayed to know he only received less than a point.

But then, he felt it made sense since he killed a cultivator weaker than him.

If it was on the same rank as him, he would have received a single point.

Although a single point seemed not much, it was actually a massive enhancement. 

For instance, if his strength was one point, which was the average strength of the humans, and had been increased by another point, it would mean he has double the average strength of the humans.

Such a buff, or whatever Ravyn called it, was really overpowered.

Hence, despite the less than points he received, he was not totally disheartened at all.

At the very least, as long as he continued to kill Cultivitar and the same rank or below as him, he could amass more points, providing him more buff.

As a result, it would only be a matter of time before he could completely avenge his clan.

From being a pipe dream before was now a reality that would happen in the future.

Whenever he thought of annihilating the Scorching Blade Clan, his eyes flashed with killing intent and determination, boosting his conviction of repaying what the Scorching Blade Clan had done to his clan.

He gripped the tilt of the sword and calmly swung it downward, spraying the blood spilled on its pristine body as he continued to move forward.

Now, he was determined to only sheath the sword once he successfully escaped from the city.

He was resolute in eliminating those who dared to block his path.

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