57 56 "No Mercy"

Seeing the two remaining mercenaries act in such a way, everyone in the restaurant looked on in shock. Not long after, their expressions changed to a 'just as expected' attitude. There were all sorts of people in this world; some would rather lose their lives than to bow their heads and admit their errors. Others only clung to their lives and were scared of death. These people would sooner sell off their brothers, and even their friends when their lives were threatened.

Ling Tian slowly lowered his sword; the point of the sword now faced the ground. Staring coldly at the two people begging for their lives, Ling Tian's brows furrowed as he gazed at the two with contempt. When it came to people who were afraid of death like this, he was disgusted by them.

Upon seeing Ling Tian lower his sword, the two mercenaries that were kowtowing really thought that he was letting them go, and they smiled in relief. But before they could be happy for too long, a single phrase made the smiles on their faces go rigid.

"I had already let you go before, but it's a shame that you didn't cherish it. The time for forgiveness is over." A cold and indifferent voice came from Ling Tian's mouth. Just as he finished talking, his right hand burst into motion, appearing like a hazy shadow. Immediately sweeping forward with an extreme speed, the Lonely Wind Sword transformed into a silver streak, stabbing the two people.

The Lonely Wind Sword moved so fast that the two people didn't even get a chance to react. Slashing gently across their necks, small lacerations could be seen, and large amounts of blood began to pour out, dying their necks red.

If the two mercenaries had wanted to resist while Ling Tian wished to kill them, he would have had to expend a little more effort, and they could possibly have even escaped from Ling Tian if their luck was good. Unfortunately, they had already been intimidated by Ling Tian's might, which had been demonstrated when he killed their two companions with a lightning fast speed. This blew away any notions of running away or resisting, making it easier for Ling Tian to kill them.

After effortlessly killing the two, Ling Tian turned around to look at the last terrified mercenary. Like a shining beam of light, the Lonely Wind Sword slashed at his neck as well.

The five members of the Red Fire Mercenaries had all been killed by Ling Tian before anyone could breathe more than a dozen times.

Ling Tian didn't react at all to the five deaths; instead, he pulled out a few gold coins from his Space Ring and placed them on the table. "These gold coins are for you to clean up this place." With that, Ling Tian left the restaurant unhurriedly.

The World was a cruel place where disputes and murders ran rampant. So murder was a common thing that everyone was used to. Even though a murder had happened within the restaurant, the other customers wouldn't care. As long as they weren't involved, they would treat it as a good show to watch, without it having any effect on their appetites.

The other customers watched Ling Tian leave and the entire restaurant descended into an odd silence. At this point, every person had forgotten about their food and just stared blankly at Ling Tian, and then back at the five dead mercenaries. They didn't believe what had just happened in this restaurant.

For a while, the odd silence permeated the restaurant before a loud sigh of admiration could be heard–

"What a fast sword, they couldn't even react to it. And what precise control he had! I've traveled the Divine wind Continent for many years and never have I ever seen anything like that!"A middle-aged man wearing blue robes said. He was one of the few that could catch a glimpse of Ling Tian's movements.

"That man looked to be quite young, yet quite strong. His movements were also vicious, and each blow was a fatal one. If he isn't from a major clan, then he must have an excellent master backing him up."

"I don't know what his name is, but with his strength, it'd be nice if he could join my mercenary group. If he does, then my group's strength would increase." A male said.

Another male youth spoke out in reply to him, "Don't even dream about it; he looks much younger than you, yet he has this much strength. These kinds of people would not have a simple background. We are just a small mercenary group that has no chance of attracting such an expert. Not only that, he just killed five mercenaries from the Desert Mercenaries; their group won't take this offense lying down. So even if we were to be able to bring him into our group as a member, it is quite possible that we'd also attract huge trouble. After all, we're still an extremely tiny and weak group in comparison to the strong, thousand-man Red Fire Mercenaries."