Dark Blood Path

“Li Ming? How could it be you? Didn’t I instruct you to take care of everyone before I left?” Huang Jianmin recognized one of them as his former subordinate and admonished him with bloodshot eyes, “hurry up and tell me what the hell is going on!”

“Captain Huang? You didn’t die?!” Li Ming’s expression changed slightly; he put down his pistol and said, “You took good care of me in the past, and I will always remember your kindness. Now I’ll pretend like I have never seen you; please leave here immediately. Otherwise, you will all be dead once the head finds out.”

Huang Jianmin replied with a livid face, “What do you mean by that? Who is this head!”

Li Ming frowned, “Don’t ask too many questions, and trust me, this time, I’m taking a big risk by letting you go. This is for your own good; hurry up and leave.”

“Hmph, what a brave dog; who gave you the right to help anyone?” A strong voice came from behind them at this instant, and a big man with a thick black face came over, “Remember, your dog’s head is only temporarily attached to your neck; if the boss so desires, he may remove it at any time.”

Hearing this voice, Li Ming trembled with fear, and his face turned pale, “third…third head!”

The black-faced man walked up to Xiao Yu and the others, followed by a group of individuals as he casually looked around. Then, suddenly, his eyes widened, and he smirked, speaking arrogantly: “God is really kind to me. I was getting tired of playing around with those dirty hags; I didn’t expect him to send so many beautiful women my way. But we don’t have any extra nutrition to feed all the newcomers, so there is no need to keep the useless ones.”

Wang Chao had the most explosive temper among the group as he spoke fiercely. “You are courting death!”

“These poor people were all killed by you.” Jiang Xiaowen stood up angrily, holding the green spear in her hands, “Damned evil guys, don’t you have any humanity?”

“Oh, what a beautiful girl! Heh, that’s right, I killed them all.” The black-faced man was unaffected, his eyes lit up, and he said arrogantly: “Listen up, little girl, this uncle here is in a good mood today. I’ll give you one chance; put down your weapon, and don’t think about running away. Do you see that woman tied over there? She was my favorite. However, I didn’t expect that she still had a beautiful daughter hidden from me and she actually wanted to run away with her.” He said, pointing to the hanged little girl they saw before, “This is what happened to that pair of mother and daughter. In front of that dirty bitch, we took turns fucking her daughter for the whole night and then put the two of them together, hanging on a tree, staring at each other, screaming and bleeding, before dying in agony.”

Jiang Xiaowen trembled all over, “You are demons!”

“Thank you for the compliment.” The black-faced man grinned, “Anyway, society is no more, and no one has control over our actions. Now, our fists should do the talking. As long as you serve us nicely, I will definitely let you eat and drink, but if you are not obedient, you’ll end up like them!”

Following his statement, there was a few seconds of silence, and everyone stood motionless, all staring at him oddly.

The black-faced guy assumed that even if this bunch would not be obedient, they would at least get scared, but everyone’s reaction was far from the intended result, and he couldn’t help but be enraged: “you really don’t know what’s good for you!”

“Are you done?”

At this point, a rather hoarse voice rang out, and everyone hurriedly stepped out of the way, revealing an unremarkable young man, his clothing burnt black and his body bruised, as if he was about to collapse at any second.

The black-faced man immediately stretched out his hand and drew the pistol from his waist, but before he could pull the trigger, a long gray-white blade flew towards him, piercing his chest, and kept flying upside down more than ten meters away along with his body, before he got nailed to one large tree.

The black-faced man’s subordinates were stunned, and they lifted their guns to fire at Xiao Yu. Just then, a massive rocky arm swept across, blocking Xiao Yu’s whole body.

Bang, bang, bang, bang!

Four bullets successively struck the solid rocks one after the other, leaving only a few dents behind yet causing no significant damage.

“What……”

They were all stunned after seeing Jinshi’s huge arm, which was completely turned into stone, left unscathed. Just when they were about to shoot again, they suddenly felt a strong wind blowing from behind, and the roar of some kind of beast echoed in their ears as a brutal aura enveloped them instantly. They all turned around to see a massive figure with red skin, red eyes, and pointy hair charging toward them. It was the same fat man who was standing amidst the crowd just now.

“So fat, yet so fast!” This thought popped up in their mind at the same time, and it was also the last thought they had in their lives. Wang Chao grabbed his huge battle axe the size of a wheel, stepped forward, and spun in a vast semicircle. The ax’s hefty yet razor-sharp edge slashed all four individuals in an instant.

Pata!

At the same moment, the type 64 pistol arced across the air as it fell from the black-faced man’s grasp, making a small noise, awakening the remaining enemies from their daze

“Tch, flimsy trash!”

Wang Chao’s voice sounded like the roar of a wild beast, and his red eyes swept across the others, who were immediately frightened before they fled in all directions. At this instant, Xiao yu’s group picked up and threw their short spears, and the projectiles flew accurately as they struck and killed the fleeing people, with only one of them managing to get away.

Yunyun raised her short spear and was about to shoot the last person, but Xiao Yu held her wrist, “Keep this one alive; let him report back.”

Xiao Yu walked up to the big tree and pulled out the bone blade stuck in the chest of the black-faced man as the latter fell down. When he threw the blade just now, he avoided the guy’s vital points. This man was a hair’s breadth away from the elementary realm, and he only needed to take one more step before he would’ve evolved. Hence, His vitality was much stronger than that of ordinary people. This was why he did not die immediately and was groaning in pain, wriggling with difficulty on the ground.

“How many of you have entered the elementary level?”

Xiao Yu asked a question.

“Two… just two.”

“What abilities do they have, and what magic items do they own?”

“I don’t know.”

Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes, choosing not to ask any more questions. He gave Han Kexin a look, then turned and walked away.

“So weak.” Han Kexin approached him with her lovely twisting buttocks, extended out her palm, and slowly placed her hand into the gash on the black-faced man’s chest. “You like to torture people, don’t you?”

The black-faced man could barely speak, while out of breath, “Forgive…forgive me.”

Han Kexin showed a charming smile, moved her red lips lightly, and spit out a few words, “Blood sacrifice!” The moment her voice fell, the black-faced man let out a terrifying scream, and Han Kexin slowly transformed the blood in his body into energy. His arteries burst one after another, transforming a large amount of blood into a long red steam, which rolled endlessly throughout his body, ripping his muscles bit by bit, and the blood-red mist tore his skin and muscles as blood continually flowed out. This method of torment was ten times worse than Ling Chi’s. Maybe even a hundred times worse!

(TN: Lingchi. It’s a form of torture and execution in ancient China.)

Everyone watched that scene coldly, and no one tried to stop her. After several days of fighting, they had already matured psychologically. This kind of scene could not shock them as no one felt any hint of pity for this evil doer. Even Huang Jianmin thought that the black-faced man deserved what he got, and only Jiang Xiaowen, who had the kindest personality, felt a little uncomfortable with this way of killing.

Han Kexin sucked up the blood of the black-faced man, and with a hint of satisfaction on her face, she licked her rosy lips with her sweet tongue and said, “Well, It’s a fantastic sensation, Human blood is indeed the tastiest after all, this feeling is captivating.”

Jiang Xiaowen observed Han Kexin’s satisfied expression, and she suddenly felt that her familiar teacher was gradually becoming unfamiliar. She used to be a gentle and mature young university female instructor, but as her strength grew, her personality changed subtly as well, she could now torture someone to death without changing her expression, and her desire for blood appeared to get stronger and stronger—Akin to a drug addiction.

“The other side has two elementary experts. They can break through to the elementary realm in such a short period of time, so they must have had their own adventurous tales. Do not underestimate anyone; also, we are not in our best shape, so we must be careful.”

Han Kexin smiled and confidently said: “There are differences between elementary warriors. After we entered the low stage of the elementary level, we gained those rare supernatural powers. I think it’s quite difficult for normal elementary humans to deal with us, let alone you, a quasi-first-order warrior.”

Xiao Yu remained noncommittal but just reminded her, “Although that is the case, you still have to be careful.”

Wang Chao released his berserk state and picked up the guns from the ground. Those weapons were of little significance to him, so he passed them over to Huang Jianmin and the others, then he looked at the pale Li Ming and hooked his fingers, mentioning for the guy to come over.

“Come here!”

“Yes, Yes!” Li Ming hurriedly went toward the crowd of people.

Wang Chao asked in a domineering tone: “Good, let me ask you, what’s the current strength of your two leaders? What are their abilities? And what kind of weapons do they have?”

Li Ming stammered and barely formed a full sentence, “They are very, very strong…abilities, weapons…. I don’t know.”

“You don’t know?”

Li Ming almost burst into tears, “I honestly don’t know. They surround themselves with dozens of their subordinates, and they only bring these people with them ever since they occupied this place. I’m merely one of the numerous slaves under their command. I don’t have the qualification to know anything…”

Huang Jianmin came over and asked, “what about the others?”

“After you left, we resisted several attacks from monsters, and by that time, there were only over a hundred people left. This group of villains took us by surprise and launched a sneak attack killing more than thirty of our people. After we were captured, many have resisted. Among them, Police Officer Ma stated that he would rather die than obey and ended up being tortured alive. He died in immense pain!”

For a moment, Huang Jianmin felt dizzy; that guy was his most trusted and closest friend!

Li Ming went on to say: “Deputy Chief Zhou organized a group of his colleagues and originally planned a counterattack secretly, but it failed. Everyone that resisted got nailed to a tree, and he himself had his ears cut off, his eyes gouged, and his limbs severed, and all of that happened in front of our eyes. …Also, Wang Yan, Wang Yan, she…”

Huang Jianmin felt his heart skip a beat, and he clenched his fists: “What happened to Wang Yan? What did they do to her? Tell me!”

Li Ming gritted his teeth, with hatred in his eyes, “Wang Yan went to the head’s bed without any notice and used her body to please him. She revealed deputy chief Zhou’s plan. That whore is now free of worries after she gained the head’s approval!”

Huang Jianmin’s face turned blue and white, and his expression was very ugly. He held the crystal necklace in his pocket tightly: “Xiao Chen made such a big sacrifice for her, yet this woman turned her back on him in mere days…”

“The world has changed.” Xiao Yu said in his usual flat tone: “let’s not waste time. If they are well prepared, they might inflict us with some unnecessary casualties; let’s advance now.”