Run To Your Heart’s Content, Stupid Rats!

"Do you still want to try and fight me?" Su Mo asked with a menacing smile on his face.

"N-No!"

Su Mo's smile was undoubtedly devilish in the eyes of the Black Blade Clan's disciples.

"If that's the case, then go to hell!" Su Mo yelled as he rushed forward to attack.

"Look! There's a treasure behind you!" The commander shouted as he pointed toward Su Mo's back.

Su Mo knew what the commander was up to, but he still played along and turned around.

The commander initially planned to sneak up on Su Mo, but he realized that Su Mo was still some distance away from him. If the commander acted rashly, Su Mo would undoubtedly notice him. So he quickly escaped with his brethren.

This was the hope that Su Mo deliberately gave the disciples of the Black Blade Clan.

"Just you wait, Crimson Heart's remnant! When we return, we will spread the news of your survival to the Cerulean Ocean Blade Clan. When the time comes, you won't be able to escape even if you can reach the heavens," The commander shouted in hopes of scaring Su Mo before he left.

When Su Mo heard the commander's threats, he immediately turned around. When Su Mo saw that the disciples were running away, he did not bother to chase after them.

"Oh? What's the matter? Are you guys not able to escape? Run, you foolish rats! Appease me with your despair!"

After Su Mo finished speaking, he snapped his fingers and activated another function of the Illusion Barrier Formation. The function was to trap intruders. There was no illusion, but it would make the intruders lose their way in a maze.

Su Mo climbed onto a tree and sat on it as all this was happening. He simply needed to wait for the five disciples to walk into the trap.

At this moment, the disciples had not realized they were walking toward the starting point of a maze under the guidance of the Illusion Barrier Formation.

"Hmph, look at that idi*t. Such a simple trick fooled him. But it makes sense. If that man was smart, he wouldn't have shown up and admitted that he was from the Crimson Heart Clan," the commander proudly said when he saw that Su Mo was not chasing after them.

"Exactly, Commander, you're so smart!" The second disciple flattered the commander.

The others also agreed with the second disciple.

"Hey, it's not that at all. That man is just a simpleton, that's all." The commander was modest for once.

"Commander, how much will the Cerulean Ocean Blade Clan reward us when we reveal to them that there is a sole survivor of the Crimson Heart Clan?" The fifth disciple asked.

"Well, that depends. How much do you want? If we manage to catch this fool and bring him over to the Cerulean Ocean Blade Village, we can get as many rewards as you want."

"But that's not the case right now. If we escape, that man will know that he has been exposed and run away. The Cerulean Ocean Blade Clan will come and take their revenge on us if they fail to find him," the commander said.

"You think too much, Commander," the fifth disciple said with some admiration.

The commander enjoyed this kind of admiration. He couldn't help but raise his head and start bragging.

"Even if the Cerulean Ocean Blades couldn't manage to find this man and were willing to take their revenge on me, I wouldn't be afraid."

The other disciples didn't know that the commander wanted all the rewards for himself.

"You guys walk too slowly. I almost fell asleep, waiting for you guys!"

Just as the commander was about to continue bragging and talk about how he and his master once killed a demonic beast, Su Mo's voice echoed from a tree nearby.

The five disciples looked up immediately. Then they saw Su Mo stretching and looking at them with a menacing expression on his face.

"H-How'd you get here so quickly?!" The commander said with a frightened tone.

After the fight, the commander realized the difference in strength between him and Su Mo.

Although they were both on the Foundation Establishment Realm, and the commander even had an advantage in the minor stages, the difference in their combat strength was night and day.

"You think I'm fast? I don't think I'm fast because I haven't even moved from this spot." Su Mo continued with some dissatisfaction, "This imbecile dares to say that I'm fast."

'Of course, the commander has some sort of admiration toward me. He was even willing to have s*x with a tree.'

"I-I think it's the effects of the Illusion Barrier Formation again!" The fourth disciple who previously pretended to be a girl said.

"Well, yes. I deliberately let you go because of one reason. I wanted to give you hope and make you think that you could escape, then I wanted to crush that hope," Su Mo narrowed his eyes as he said.

At this moment, Su Mo had crushed the hope of the five disciples. The disciples knew that they were doomed.

"So? What does it feel like? Are you in total despair? You only just had a hope of escaping, but you've been intercepted. Does this make you feel terrible?" Su Mo asked sarcastically.

"Are you doing this because we betrayed the Crimson Heart Clan?" Little Five asked.

"What other reason would I have? My brethren that tried to escape were killed too. I will settle the score with the Black Blade Clan slowly and painfully, starting with the five of you!"

Su Mo's voice sounded like the devil's whispers to the ears of the five disciples, resembling the calls of the Grim Reaper.

"Y-You're terrifying!"

Realizing that it was no longer possible for them to escape, the commander quickly calmed down.

"Oh, come on. I think you guys are scarier than I am. You guys killed my people and offered them to the Cerulean Ocean Blade Clan," Su Mo said sarcastically.

"Yes, but this is how the world of cultivation works. The strong prey on the weak, and if you cannot fend for yourself, then it's simply unfortunate," the commander finally said something that Su Mo could agree with.

"All right, everyone, keep your hopes up. The five of us are at the Foundation Establishment Realm. I refuse to believe that the five of us are unable to defeat just one person!"

After saying this, the commander pulled out the blade on his back, ready to fight to the death.

The others also knew that they would have no chance of escaping if they didn't act now. So they focused their cultivation aura, pulled out their blades, and rushed forward.

"For the glory of the Black Blade Clan!" The five disciples exclaimed collectively.

The five disciples of the Black Blade Clan used their Yellow Grade Blade Technique. It was extremely swift and accurate.

Su Mo's expression began to change from the initial indifference to solemnity. But Su Mo was not afraid. There was even a sense of excitement in his eyes.

"I can finally try this move!"

"Heavenly Emperor Fist!"

The punch was strong enough to shake the heavens and the earth. A silhouette of an enormous fist charged toward the disciples, shattering their blades in an instant.

Then the fist hit the bodies of the five disciples, crushing them into the ground, turning them into a bloody mist.

This scene utterly shocked Su Mo.

"T-That was… Powerful…"

This technique was created by the first generation of saint-like beings, the Heavenly Emperor. One could say that the Heavenly Emperor Fist was invincible.

Although it was a powerful fist technique, only those with a saint-like physique could use it. Therefore, the Heavenly Emperor decided not to leave this fist technique in the mortal world. Instead, he carved it into his physique.

It was just like the Demon Paths inherit cultivation methods. This technique was intended to be entrusted to the later generations of saint-like beings to master.

Su Mu had just managed to learn it yesterday.

'It was probably difficult for an ordinary cultivator at the Meridian Formation Realm or the Golden Core Realm to challenge,' Su Mo thought to himself. At the same time, he became more confident in his quest for revenge.

"I will eventually avenge you, my brothers and sisters. When I finally kill the b*stards of the Cerulean Ocean Blade Clan, your spirit in the heavens can finally rest assured!"

After saying that, Su Mo bowed to the graveyard in the village.

Ding!

"Congratulations, Master. You have eliminated all the intruders. Do you wish to claim a random reward?" The system's mechanical voice echoed.

'Yes! I wish to claim a random reward!' Su Mo said without hesitation.