Ding dong~

A red transparent glass orb flew in from afar, rolled on the ground a few times, and stopped at Yu Xiaoman’s feet.

Yu Xiaoman looked at the glass orb, found it quite beautiful, and bent down to pick it up, curiously inspecting the red transparent glass orb in her hand, “What is this?”

Erha heard the sound, turned his head to look at Yu Xiaoman, and upon seeing the red transparent glass orb in her hand, was stunned, his jaw nearly dropping to the ground.

“It’s Fire Feather’s Demon Core!” Erha was extremely shocked inside, “How did this fly over here?”

He hadn’t noticed at all when this Demon Core flew over.

Erha carefully sensed it and found that there was no longer any power inside the Demon Core.

A fake core that hadn’t fully condensed, of little use to him.

Moreover, the Fire Feather’s Demon Core was condensed with fire attribute demonic power, if he ate it, he would have indigestion.

“Quick, chase! That orb flew over here.”

A voice came from the black forest outside the small valley of the Yinming Cold Pool, immediately followed by a group of human Martial Cultivators rushing out of the black forest, arriving at the front of the small valley.

Yu Xiaoman heard them shouting about the orb and instinctively hid the item in her backpack.

The people rushing out of the forest saw Yu Xiaoman and loudly asked, “Did you see a red orb?”

Yu Xiaoman hurriedly shook her head, “No, no.”

The person looked toward the inside of the valley, “Could it have flown into the valley?”

Feeling the cold aura emanating from the valley, he did not dare to enter the valley casually, so he said to Yu Xiaoman, “Go into the valley and see if there’s a red orb.”

Yu Xiaoman continued shaking her head, repeatedly waving her hands, “I can’t go in, the valley inside is dangerous.”

The person raised the knife in his hand, sneering coldly, “Then see if the knife in my hand is dangerous? Or inside is dangerous?”

“Yang Wei, bullying a girl isn’t right, huh? Does the Yang family only know how to bully the weak?” Some figures walked out from the black forest, Yang Wei’s guard turned around, alertly facing the emerging people.

Yang Wei frowned and looked at the speaker, “Who are you? Who gave you the nerve to interfere in Yang family’s matters?”

Yu Xiaoman saw Zeng Longyue and Zheng Fangying among the later arrivals, feeling they were her own people, her heart suddenly settled a lot.

“Kill all the NPCs first, then look for the Demon Core,” Yu Qinghua said.

Offending the Yang family was not a serious matter for players; in this world, players were solitary. As long as they don’t offend super forces like the Divine Weapon Pavilion, they can continue somewhere else.

With this trait, players in the Divine Soldier Realm game often easily become wanton characters.

For instance, in the current situation, Yang Wei couldn’t understand why these people were more arrogant than Yang family members, daring to act even after knowing he was from the Yang family. Although he didn’t understand “NPC,” he could understand “kill all.”

Yu Qinghua took the lead to act, followed closely by Zeng Longyue and Zheng Fangying, Zheng Fangying appeared to be a woman, but when it came to fighting, she was no worse than the others.

Yang Wei and Yu Qinghua engaged in combat. From the first moment of engagement, he felt exceedingly uncomfortable battling the opponent. His martial arts couldn’t fully exert their power, every move was hindered by the opponent; the opponent’s martial arts level was clearly much higher than his own.

“Ah!” Soon, the Yang family team had casualties, but Yang Wei managed not to be killed by Yu Qinghua in a short time thanks to the second-grade spiritual armor on him. He shouted, “Retreat to the valley, into the valley.”

The cold aura inside the valley was terrifying, but for now, they could only depend on the terrain to delay time, waiting for other Yang family members to come to their rescue.

Yu Xiaoman saw them heading toward her and quickly ran away.

Yang Wei and the others disregarded the erosion of the Yinming cold aura and rushed into the valley. The instant they entered the valley, they felt the circulation of their Qi blood becoming sluggish, and the cold air constantly invading their bodies.

They could feel that when their Qi blood stopped circulating, it would mean their demise.

Crack~ Yang Wei’s teeth were chattering, his face looked ugly as he shouted, “If you have the guts, come in!”

He felt his face was a bit blue, possibly from the cold, his hands were shaking a bit, and his legs were somewhat weak.

Yu Qinghua stood outside the valley, innocently said, “Why should we go in?”

He had just stepped into the valley but soon stepped back out; he knew how harsh the environment inside the valley was. Before long, the group inside would become weak from the erosion of the Yinming cold aura.

He sighed inwardly, wishing he were at the Qi Cultivation stage, so he could attack Yang Wei and others from outside.

Yang Wei forced a smile, “Then you just wait! Wait for Yang family’s revenge!”

He raised a signal flare in his hand, detonating it, a luminous flare soared into the sky and exploded.

He had previously contacted the Yang family via Spiritual Treasure, and now the signal flare just made it easier for Yang family support to locate here.

Zeng Longyue and Zheng Fangying’s expressions were slightly displeased, and Zeng Longyue said, “Kill them, otherwise I’ll have to change places again. I just joined Beifeng Academy, yet haven’t stayed for long.”

“If you want to kill, go do it yourself, why looking at us?” Someone behind Yu Qinghua said.

After speaking, he looked over at Yu Xiaoman hiding on the side, asking, “There’s someone hiding there, what now, kill?”

“No!” Zheng Fangying quickly said, “She’s also a player, not an NPC or monster.”

“Hmm? A player? Then forget it.”

Yu Qinghua looked at Zheng Fangying, “Go and ask her if she saw the Demon Core? If she has the Demon Core, take it.”

Zheng Fangying heard this and walked towards Yu Xiaoman, “Xiaoman, have you seen a red orb?”

“Is the red orb very important to you?” Yu Xiaoman inquired.

“It’s very important,” Zheng Fangying said almost without hesitation.

“Alright.” Yu Xiaoman didn’t know the value of the faux core; she picked it up simply because she thought it looked nice.

If it was something very important to Zheng Fangying, Yu Xiaoman felt it was better to return it to her.

Taking out the red transparent demon core, Zheng Fangying was stunned upon seeing the core in Yu Xiaoman’s hand; she didn’t expect Yu Xiaoman actually got the demon core.

The husky rolled its eyes at Yu Xiaoman, jumped up, and swallowed the demon core from Yu Xiaoman’s hand.

“Giving it to someone else is not as good as giving it to me,” the husky thought, swallowing the demon core.

Initially, it wasn’t interested because it was Yu Xiaoman’s, and since she didn’t want it, it certainly wouldn’t let someone else have it.

“Since you don’t want it, give it to me.” A voice came from the valley, as a figure emerged from the pool. Lu Yu left the Yinming Cold Pool, meanwhile retrieving a necklace from the bottom, now devoid of soul power.

While Lu Yu was in the cold pool, he heard everyone’s conversation, realizing Yu Xiaoman had picked up something valuable.

Now that Yu Xiaoman voluntarily gave it up, it meant the item would be his.

Having nearly finished his cultivation, Lu Yu jumped out upon hearing Yu Xiaoman’s voice, only to see the husky swallow the demon core in one bite.

“Spit it out! Give me back the demon core!” Lu Yu shouted, rushing toward the husky.

Seeing a person jump out from the cold pool, Yang Wei and the others were bewildered—how could anyone be in such a ghostly place?

Noticing Lu Yu’s spiritual qi cultivation was only at Qi Cultivation stage three, and then seeing the necklace in his hand emitting cold aura, Yang Wei assumed Lu Yu’s ability to enter Yinming Cold Pool was thanks to the necklace. Eyeing the extraordinary-looking necklace, he blocked Lu Yu.

“Hand over the necklace…”

Seeing him in the way, Lu Yu, anxious for the husky to spit out the demon core, instinctively slapped him aside without thinking, inadvertently releasing a surge of Yinming cold aura with the strike.

Yang Wei’s words got stuck in his mouth; frost spread from the point Lu Yu struck, covering him entirely. His face rapidly turned pale as he flew out, hitting the ground and shattering into pieces without spilling a drop of blood.

“Hehehe~ You… You actually killed… killed the young master…” a few people nearby muttered, their teeth chattering from the cold.

“Yang… Yang family… won’t… let… you go.”

Upon hearing “Yang family,” Lu Yu instinctively paused, thinking they had discovered he killed Yang Xiu. Glancing back at Yang Wei’s shattered body on the ground, he realized they were talking about a different young master, not Yang Xiu.

Lu Yu felt helpless; how did he accidentally kill another young master again? Left with no choice, he decided to eliminate witnesses.

“Sss~” Lu Yu took a deep breath, gathering the Yinming cold aura in his chest and lungs, forcefully exhaling it toward the people, disposing of the excess Yinming cold aura, sweeping over their bodies.

Their faces instantly turned pale, their qi blood circulation nearly halted, brains deprived of oxygen, collapsing to the ground with body temperatures slowly fading. Not long after, Lu Yu received notifications of their kills.

“Much better.” After exhaling the excess Yinming cold aura, Lu Yu felt his body temperature returning to normal.

Yu Qinghua, Zeng Longyue, and others stared at Lu Yu, their necks turning like rusty machinery, Yu Qinghua couldn’t believe his eyes, saying, “Am I hallucinating?”

“Hehe~” Zeng Longyue awkwardly chuckled, “I’m hallucinating too.”

Internally, they roared; how could merely exhaling kill a Qi Cultivation stage Martial Cultivator? What level of cultivation did he possess?

A normal breath wouldn’t kill a Qi Cultivation stage Martial Cultivator, but when mixed with a significant amount of Yinming cold aura, it could naturally kill Qi Cultivation stage Martial Cultivators already invaded by Yinming cold aura.

The key was, they lacked the ability to resist the Yinming cold aura.

If someone practiced fire spiritual power for protection or had qi blood as thick as Lu Yu’s, the effects of Yinming cold aura wouldn’t seem so terrifying.

Seeing Lu Yu walk out, Yu Qinghua and others quickly stepped aside, not daring to stand in front of him, fearing being slapped into ice figures and shattered.

Pfft~

Lu Yu suddenly dropped a notch, casually pulling up his foot and continuing to walk.

Seeing the deep footprint stamped in the ground, Yu Qinghua and others shuddered—was this a threat?

Lu Yu thought: I gained too much strength this time; it’s hard to control.

Zheng Fangying looked at Lu Yu walking over, dazed, and when Lu Yu got close, feeling the cold emanating from him, she snapped out of it, quickly moving away, not daring to stand by Lu Yu’s side.

Lu Yu stared at the husky, saying, “Spit it out.”

Although he was now emitting cold aura all over, speaking “Spit it out” in a normal tone, it seemed to others more like a threat to freeze the husky into an icy treat.

Yu Xiaoman also found Lu Yu quite frightening at the moment, hurriedly kicking the husky to make it spit it out.

The husky glanced at Lu Yu, reluctantly spitting out the saliva-covered demon core. It had tasted it earlier, finding it unpalatable, indigestible, and flavorless.

It shot Lu Yu a look, implicitly indicating, “I don’t want it, I’m giving it to you.”

Lu Yu completely ignored its gaze, launching flames with one palm to clean the demon core’s saliva, incidentally singeing the husky’s fur.

“Woof~” it yelped startled by the brief exposure to Celestial Falling Bright Flame; now it’s just an ordinary dog.

Lu Yu flashed a “kind” smile, “Oops, oops.”

“Woof~” the husky grimaced, wanting to bite him but hesitated, feeling Lu Yu’s frozen aura might harm its mouth.

Lu Yu picked up the demon core; this fire feather demon core was much smaller than the spirit pearl Lu Yu had obtained, merely the size of a large glass marble, unlike the spirit pearl, which was as big as Yu Xiaoman’s fist. Moreover, it contained no strength—a mere shell.

Rustle~

A group of people wearing Yang family uniforms crossed the black forest, arriving before the valley, and seeing the demon core in Lu Yu’s hand…

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