Chapter 526 - 500: Molding Men into a Staff

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Zhaang Ye had displayed unparalleled strength, and by now, Xia Dayuan and the others were utterly in awe. At his command, they quickly got up and flew out ahead.

WHOOSH!

Zhaang Ye followed them. After flying for several Hours, a barren mountain appeared hundreds of miles in the distance. The mountain spanned dozens of miles and looked completely unremarkable, yet it was this very mountain that held a considerable amount of Essence Stones, sparking a fierce conflict between two major powers.

While flying, Xia Dayuan spoke respectfully to Zhaang Ye. "Senior, th-this is the Essence Stone mine. The Tornado Thieves have occupied it and are mining day and night."

Having witnessed Zhaang Ye’s earth-shattering power, Xia Dayuan no longer dared to call him "Younger Brother Zhaang." He had now dropped his airs and respectfully addressed Zhaang Ye as "Senior."

Zhaang Ye gazed into the distance, where he saw groups of thieves mining Essence Stones from the hill. ’The value of these Essence Stones, while far from that of the purer variety, adds up to a huge income when there are enough of them,’ Zhaang Ye thought. ’No wonder these two factions are fighting to the death over this Essence Stone mine.’

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

As Xia Dayuan spoke, the five of them had already crossed the three hundred miles, arriving in the sky above the mine. The people below had noticed them, and the entire Essence Stone mine fell into a commotion.

Xia Dayuan spoke quickly. "The Tornado Thieves have five leaders in total. All five are True Dao Experts, and I hear they were taught by the same master. The boss is called the One-Eyed Azure Dragon, and his Cultivation has reached the Peak of the True Dao First Layer. The second-in-command is known as the ’Ten Thousand Man Slayer.’ He’s ruthless, and legend says he’s killed over ten thousand Martial Artists at or above the Martial Arts Seventh Layer.

"The third is the Toothless Horny Dragon. He loves to toy with women; who knows how many young girls he’s defiled in his lifetime. The fourth and fifth are brothers, known together as the Black and White Double Slaughter. With your strength, Senior, killing them shouldn’t be difficult, but be careful they don’t try to escape."

Just as Xia Dayuan was finishing his introduction, five figures suddenly flew up from the mine below. Clearly, these five were the five True Dao Experts of the Tornado Thieves.

The man in blue robes at the front was blind in one eye. This was obviously the leader of the Tornado Thieves, the One-Eyed Azure Dragon. He flew up from the mine, his single bloodshot eye sizing up Zhaang Ye sinisterly. He sneered, "Xia Dayuan, is this the expert you hired? HAHAHAHA!"

"HAHAHAHA!"

The True Dao Experts beside the One-Eyed Azure Dragon all roared with laughter. They looked Zhaang Ye over, completely unconvinced he had the strength to take them on.

Zhaang Ye watched the five men, a cold sneer touching his lips. "A pack of fools courting death," he said flatly. "You don’t even realize your end is here."

As he spoke, Zhaang Ye suddenly thrust his hand out and clenched it in the air!

BOOM!

With Zhaang Ye’s grasp, the very air for hundreds of miles around suddenly trembled. An immense power descended upon this space, stirring the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi for dozens of miles!

WHOOM!

To everyone’s horror, a palm hundreds of feet wide suddenly materialized in the air. Formed from Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, it had barely appeared before it shot like lightning toward the five leaders of the Tornado Thieves!

Though the five Tornado Thief leaders were all True Dao Experts, their Cultivation was a mere True Dao First Layer. Compared to Zhaang Ye, they were infants before a grown man. The great hand of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi caught all five of them in a single, swift motion. Immense power crushed down on them, pinning them in place!

HISS!

Even though they knew Zhaang Ye’s strength was formidable, Xia Dayuan, the Bamboo Staff Elder, Xia Lengmu, and Ma Houshi were still stunned to see him so casually subdue five True Dao Experts at once. Zhaang Ye’s ability to so effortlessly command the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi to defeat his enemies was far beyond their expectations!

"Ah! Spare me!"

"Who are you? Let me go! If you don’t, my master will come out and kill you for sure!"

"Yes, yes! Let me go, quickly! I am the Toothless Horny Dragon! My master is an expert among experts. If you kill me, he’ll never forgive you!"

Caught by Zhaang Ye’s great hand of Essence Qi, the five leaders of the Tornado Thieves were scared out of their wits. One by one, they threatened Zhaang Ye, demanding he release them.

’Hmm? They have a master?’ Zhaang Ye was slightly taken aback. His gaze was extremely sharp, and he could tell that the five leaders of the Tornado Thieves didn’t have much aptitude. ’For their master to be able to guide five such men to the True Dao Realm, he has to be a very skilled individual.’

Though Zhaang Ye was secretly impressed by their master, he had no intention of sparing the five leaders. Killing them was his mission, and it was one he had to complete.

"Master? At this point, even if ten masters showed up, you’d still be dead," Zhaang Ye said flatly. His hand in the air gave a gentle squeeze!

SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT SPLAT!

With Zhaang Ye’s gentle squeeze, an indescribably vast force suddenly pressed in on the five leaders from all directions. Although they were True Dao Experts, they couldn’t withstand this terrifying power. They frantically circulated their True Qi but could only hold on for a moment before their bodies immediately exploded!

Among the five leaders, the one with the strongest Cultivation, the One-Eyed Azure Dragon, had his body crushed, but his head wasn’t completely dead. His single eye stared venomously at Zhaang Ye as he said sinisterly, "You dare kill me! You’ll die a horrible death! My master will crush you into a blood pill and then swallow you piece by piece!"

Zhaang Ye laughed. "Big words. Who knows if I’ll be crushed into a blood pill. What I do know is that you certainly will be!"

WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH!

Zhaang Ye waved his hand, pulling the five men’s Storage Pouches through the air and into his grasp. Then, with a mere thought, a vast power surged out, and a strange sound filled the air!

CRACK, CRACK, CRACK!

Following that crazed sound, Xia Dayuan, the Bamboo Staff Elder, Xia Lengmu, and Ma Houshi watched in horror as an impossibly strong force crushed the five leaders of the Tornado Thieves into a single meatball. Blood spurted from their bodies like oil from a press, staining the sky red.

Witnessing Zhaang Ye’s brutal methods, Xia Dayuan, the Bamboo Staff Elder, Xia Lengmu, and Ma Houshi all shuddered. A chill ran through their bodies, and goosebumps broke out on their skin!

CRACK, CRACK!

The terrible sound of breaking bones and splattering blood continued. Xia Dayuan and the others discovered to their horror that under the pressure of Zhaang Ye’s immense power, the corpses of the five Tornado Thief leaders were rapidly shrinking, turning into a red meatball two feet in diameter.

"Th-th-this..." The Bamboo Staff Elder trembled so violently he could barely stay afloat. The casual way Zhaang Ye had crushed five grown men into a meatball was just too shocking. The elder remembered he had once offended Zhaang Ye, and he began to shake uncontrollably, his face drained of all color.

Zhaang Ye’s senses were incredibly sharp. He felt the fear in the Bamboo Staff Elder’s heart and smiled to himself. His palm suddenly clenched hard. Tens of millions of pounds of force squeezed the red meatball fiercely. Under this immense pressure, the meatball immediately underwent a Transformation, turning into a red, ten-foot-long giant staff.

WHOOSH!

Zhaang Ye beckoned lightly, and the red giant staff formed from human flesh immediately flew over. He caught it casually, feeling its weight. Although the staff’s raw material was the flesh and blood of the five leaders, after being compressed by tens of millions of pounds of force, it had already turned into another substance. Its hardness was no less than that of Profound Iron and could be used as a weapon.

A hint of a smile flashed in Zhaang Ye’s eyes. He suddenly handed the red giant staff to the Bamboo Staff Elder and said, "I hear you’re skilled with a staff. This one’s for you."

"AGH!"

Receiving the red staff snapped the Bamboo Staff Elder back to his senses. The realization that it was made from the flesh and blood of the five Tornado Thief leaders filled him with utter revulsion and terror. His body swayed, and for a moment, it looked like he would plummet to the ground.

At this moment, the Tornado Thieves in the mine below finally came to their senses. Someone shouted, "Heavens, am I seeing things? The five leaders are dead! We’re finished!"

"Run! Run for it!"

"Gods, the enemy is too strong! Flee for your lives!"

Seeing their five leaders crushed into a giant staff, the Tornado Thieves were scared out of their wits and fled in a panic. A cold sneer touched Zhaang Ye’s lips. ’Trying to run? Do you really think you can?’

He pressed a hand down through the air.

BOOM!

With that press, a vast section of the sky seemed to collapse and slam into the ground. Xia Dayuan and the others felt the earth shake as a cloud of dust billowed into the air. When it settled, they saw a massive Hand Seal, over ten miles wide, imprinted on the mountain. Every thief caught within it had been obliterated into a mist of blood!

HISS!

Seeing this enormous Hand Seal, Xia Dayuan, the Bamboo Staff Elder, Xia Lengmu, and Ma Houshi were all scared stiff. Zhaang Ye’s single palm strike had killed over ten thousand thieves. This terrifying ability made the four of them unable to believe their own eyes.

Zhaang Ye dusted off his hands. He was about to snap the four men out of their stupor when he suddenly sensed a violent fluctuation of Essence Qi on the horizon. A moment later, a tyrannical Spiritual Sense locked onto him from afar. An ice-cold voice echoed through the void: "You have some nerve! You killed my five disciples and slaughtered over ten thousand of my people. Today, you die!"

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