Yan Rong evaded the next attack and counterattacked only to be blocked by the young man. Yan Rong wasn’t discouraged and tried to attack from another direction but the young man was well versed in combat and effortlessly evaded the attack while delivering one of his own which Yan Rong blocked but not without any repercussions.

“Argh!” Even though she blocked the attack, she wasn’t able to avoid complete damage from the young man. However, just as the young man could utilize the newly created opening, he suddenly grunted once again. His power returned to him with an impact harder than before and it was too much for him to handle.

While he was distracted, Yan Rong managed to get one of her strikes laced with an immense amount of Qi that was very effective against the young man.

However, while he did gain some damage, it didn’t particularly seem to have affected him because it was also very easy for the young man to endure that strike now that his power had increased by another level.

But, the new power wasn’t without a price. A headache worse than any other assaulted him, distracting him from the fight. He turned to Song Lihui and the man from Shannau City and commanded, “Deal with her. I will take care of that annoying man.”

“Not so fast!” Yan Rong intervened seeing the young man was about to ditch her and go for Wei Jun. However, she didn’t have to worry because before Song Lihui and the man with her could make a move, Liu Yu attacked them, making sure they weren’t interfering with the battle.

While this happened, Wei Jun managed to kill another one of the masters. With three of the six dead, the battle was very easy for him but he was also running out of Qi. While they were inferior to him in terms of strength and experience, they were superior in terms of Qi. While Wei Jun stingily used Death Qi, the masters didn’t hold back, making Wei Jun lose Death Qi from defending.

Still, the loss that way was still lesser than the loss he’d give out while attacking. He was attacking several individuals at the same time and while their control over Qi wasn’t as perfect as Wei Jun, it still wasn’t enough to face these opponents who were strong, albeit very linear.

Their fighting experience left little to be desired. They only seemed to have focused on cultivation, leaving practical combat out of the equation.

Wei Jun could be considered the same in that regard but his experience from his past life was vast like an ocean and while he wasn’t displaying any overwhelming display, since he was not trying to be wasteful, he had already killed three of them with the least amount of effort.

While he could have used the artifact he gave Yan Rong and Liu Yu to unlock his Qi, he didn’t do so. Death Qi was much more effective against these guys and needed in much lesser quantity.

Wei Jun dodged another strike while he parried another. He focused his attacks on the one who was fastest in the group but also pathetic in terms of defense and strength. The male master was on his last legs when Wei Jun didn’t hesitate to deliver the finishing blow.

Just as he killed this master, bringing the number of masters to half, he felt something change in the air.

[The cult master has entered the realm of a grandmaster now]

[You need to hurry]

He didn’t hesitate to do as the system said because he could feel that Yan Rong was taking damage as time went by. His connection with her was strangely strong and he could feel everything happening to her. Even the pain she was going through.

Still, the message that his party member was in danger hadn’t appeared yet. Yan Rong was holding her ground so Wei Jun needed to do the same. Still, he was also on his last legs. Not in terms of stamina but his Qi. His Death Qi was in double digits now and going down.

“Flank him!” One of the remaining two masters said. The ones left were a male and a female. Wei Jun didn’t mind them and canceled the empowerment skills. His increment in stat points dropped with that but what he required against these masters wasn’t strength but technique and defense. With good defense, he didn’t have to worry about his HP going down, and with good technique, he could also dodge or block their attacks while delivering his own.

Parry, kick, block, punch, or anything else. There was not one area where these masters excelled more than Wei Jun. He dodged another attack, deflected another with his elbow, and punched the woman in the middle of her face, cracking the front teeth of hers along with her nose.

While she was disoriented, Wei Jun didn’t hesitate to grab her neck and infused Qi in his hands, twisting it at an odd angle, killing the woman and as soon as he did, he brought his wrist to his right, blocking a kick from the last remaining master.

The master tried to back away but Wei Jun was willing to give that leeway. His Qi was now less than twenty and he wanted to deal with this guy before he had to consume a Qi replenishment pill.

Wei Jun stepped to the side and attacked the man from the side, cracking his ribs in one swift attack. The master wanted to heal himself with the power he had but it wouldn’t move. That was another reason Wei Jun was using Death Qi to deal with these guys.

One thing to note was that these guys were pursuing immortality. If anyone could just come and kill them, it wouldn’t be much of an immortality, would it be? Attacked with anything but holy or divine power, these guys would be able to heal themselves.

However, Wei Jun didn’t have such a thing and he didn’t have a chance to replenish his wealth after the zombie dungeon to buy another one. He was provided funds to deal with this mission but he was given that in the form of a card and the system didn’t accept that. Since he was stuck in the cult building day and night, there was nothing he could do about that either. So he didn’t have an option of purchasing one.

Still…

[You have the power of Death]

[Purest form of Death]

[Granted it is contaminated by Qi]

[But it is still a direct branch of Death and given that their branch of Death is inefficient]

[You can kill them by simply infusing Death in their bodies]

[Preferably in spots that kill people]

[Heart, brain, necks, or vitals points like that]

Thanks to the assistance of the system, Wei Jun was able to deal with these masters easily. Not to mention they weren’t used to pain, they were very inefficient as well. Each and every movement of theirs emitted a lot of Qi and most of it was wasted in the surroundings without delivering the impact it was supposed to on Wei Jun.

Not to mention their lack of technique was an additional point for him to take advantage of. Wei Jun hurriedly moved and attacked him using [Qi discharge] and pierced his heart like he killed the first one.

The look of disbelief on the face of the man he killed was something to be seen. It made sense why he was so shocked. The immortality he thought would make him invincible didn’t work.

Wei Jun, however, didn’t have much time to focus on the kill. The air once again changed and finally, the messages he was afraid of showed up.

[A party member is in danger]

[Save Yan Rong]

[The death of a party member can bring a number of penalties]

[Possible penalties include

#1: -50 all stats

#2: -100 levels

#3: All skills erased]

Wei Jun’s eyes almost popped out of his sockets. Such severe penalties didn’t show up when Mark Wilson was in danger.

[She is much stronger and her affection level is also stronger]

[Of course she’s more important]

Even with all that, the impulse to drop everything and recklessly save her assaulted him once again, and even though he knew he should attack the other masters to make the cult master more unstable, he jumped where Yan Rong was.

The sect master was about to punch her once again when Wei Jun kicked him from the side, thinking he’d be able to catch him off guard but he was severely mistaken in that regard. The masters weren’t experienced in fighting but the cult master blocked Wei Jun’s attack like all his attention was on Wei Jun from the start.

“Don’t interfere!!!” The cult master pushed Wei Jun away and Wei Jun flew through the air like a broken kite but he had succeeded in doing what he was trying to do.

Distract the cult master for just enough time that Yan Rong could get away which she did and as soon as she was a little away, she hurriedly accessed the ring Wei Jun had given her and consumed the pills to replenish her health and Qi.

“Angh!” The cult master, who was about to pursue, suddenly stopped and clutched his head. He endured the pain but the timing he provided was enough for Wei Jun to regroup with Yan Rong.

“Liu Yu! Pull back!” Wei Jun yelled and as if waiting for that, Liu Yu jumped in his direction and got behind him. Read latest chapters at empire

Everything came to a stop and Wei Jun stopped to assess the situation. After all, he was on the losing side now.

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