Chapter 95

The true essence of martial arts is a wondrous existence, a peculiar realm that can bestow powerful and miraculous abilities upon martial artists.

The true essence of martial arts is hard to comprehend, requiring astonishing insight, heaven-defying luck, or a moment of soulful inspiration. As for creating one's own true essence of martial arts, it is as difficult as climbing to the heavens; without the strength of the Vajra Realm, one shouldn't even think about it.

The six divine steles have been stored in the Spirit Beast Mountain Academy for tens of thousands of years, but only a few dozen people have truly comprehended the true essence of martial arts within them. As for this Heavenly Butcher's Slaughter True Essence, no one has successfully comprehended it so far.

Su Ruoxue didn't know how strong Jiang Yi's insight was, but even if his insight was heaven-defying, could his luck be that good? To comprehend it at once? If everyone were like Jiang Yi, this continent would be teeming with powerful figures.

"He must be hiding many secrets!"

Su Ruoxue immediately made up her mind. Whether it was Jiang Yi's mysterious strength, his terrifying cultivation speed, or this Slaughter True Essence, they all proved his peculiarity.

"Die!"

Jiang Yi strode forward, blue-black yuan force swirling around his left palm, and he smashed it down hard on the ice beast's head. The ice beast, for some reason, did not resist, watching helplessly as the Exploding Yuan Palm struck it, sending it flying and leaving half its head a bloody mess.

"Roar!"

Jiang Yi did not pause for a moment, rushing forward and wrapping his leg with yuan force, continuing to strike the ice beast's head.

"Boom! Boom!"

Jiang Yi kept striking, and the ice beast's head soon turned into a mass of flesh. Strangely, the ice beast did not resist until its death, allowing Jiang Yi to attack it...

"This Slaughter True Essence is too terrifying. With such powerful killing intent, even a third-stage beast would find it hard to resist, let alone a second-stage beast."

Su Ruoxue watched in amazement. This Slaughter True Essence was too powerful. Under the overwhelming killing intent, the beast was like a lamb facing a tiger, unable to muster any resistance...

"Die, die!"

Jiang Yi seemed to be somewhat delirious. The ice beast was already dead, yet he continued to attack, not stopping until the beast turned into a pile of minced meat. He then knelt on one knee, panting heavily.

Su Ruoxue took a healing pill from her bosom and swallowed it, then called out worriedly, "Jiang Yi, are you okay?"

"Hmm?"

Jiang Yi suddenly turned around, his blood-red eyes scanning Su Ruoxue. He then got up and quickly walked toward her, his body still radiating a bone-chilling killing intent, muttering, "Die, die! Everyone must die!"

"Oh no!"

Su Ruoxue's body trembled, suddenly realizing the gravity of the situation. Jiang Yi had just comprehended the Slaughter True Essence and clearly didn't know how to control it. The Heavenly Butcher was once a slaughter-madman who struck fear into the hearts of all the strong on the Tianxing Continent. His martial arts true essence was too violent. Su Ruoxue didn't need to think much; just by looking at Jiang Yi, she knew that once the Slaughter True Essence was activated, it wouldn't stop until all living beings in the area were killed...

She struggled to get up, but her body was severely affected by the cold and her abdominal wound made it impossible for her to escape. She raised her sword but quickly put it down. Jiang Yi had saved her life; how could she hurt him?

"I'll take the risk, hoping there are no strong figures nearby!"

Seeing Jiang Yi only a few feet away, Su Ruoxue finally made up her mind. She scanned the area to ensure no one was around, and her eyes suddenly glowed with a strange purple light. The purple light shot out from her eyes and instantly entered Jiang Yi's eyes.

"Thud!"

Jiang Yi, who was about to attack Su Ruoxue, suddenly stiffened. The red light in his eyes disappeared, and he closed his eyes, falling straight to the ground, unconscious...

"Ouch—"

What made Su Ruoxue want to bleed from frustration was that Jiang Yi's body fell straight onto her. The purple light she had released from her eyes was clearly a mysterious secret technique. She was already very weak, and releasing this technique made her even weaker. She could only watch helplessly as Jiang Yi's body fell heavily on top of her.

Most importantly, Jiang Yi's head was buried between her breasts...

"Ah?"

Su Ruoxue was both embarrassed and angry. Although she was a mentor at the academy and had countless admirers, no man had ever touched her. Now, one of the most mysterious parts of a woman was in intimate contact with a man's face?

She immediately used all her strength to try to push Jiang Yi off, but she was too weak. After struggling for a while, not only did Jiang Yi not move, his head kept rubbing against her chest, and his lips occasionally brushed against her breasts through her robe, causing her body to tremble and feel numb...

"Bang!"

After a while, Su Ruoxue finally regained some strength. She pushed Jiang Yi's body heavily to the ground and sat up angrily, glaring at him. She saw a face as innocent and asleep as a child's. She had raised her hand to strike him, but in the end, she couldn't bring herself to do it, as Jiang Yi had not done it intentionally.

"Whoosh!"

At that moment, several sounds of breaking air came from the mountain below, followed by a deep male voice, "Gu Shanhe is here, Mentor Su, hold on."

"Gu Shanhe?"

Su Ruoxue's eyes turned cold. She tore a piece of her skirt to bandage her abdominal wound and then looked down the mountain with a mocking expression. At first, she might have been just a bit surprised, but now she was fully awake.

Today's incident was definitely not a coincidence!

The Spirit Beast Mountain Academy is located on the outskirts of the Three Ten Thousand Mountains, the stronghold of the beast beasts. Inside, there are countless beasts that constantly surge outward. Such a good resource, the Spirit Beast Mountain Academy naturally had to utilize.

The academy originally did not have registered students, but because of the constant influx of low-level beasts, the academy began to recruit registered students. The academy does not provide any resources to registered students; they must help the academy hunt beasts and collect materials. This allows the academy to obtain a large amount of beast materials for free, which can be exchanged for a large amount of purple gold.

Since the strength of registered students is generally at the Cauldron Casting Realm, the academy established a patrol team to ensure their safety. Otherwise, a second or third-stage beast from deep in the mountains could easily wipe out all the registered students.

The problem lies here—

The academy's patrol team has hundreds of members, one captain, and ten squad leaders, patrolling the area around the academy day and night. They ignore first-stage beasts but clear out all second and third-stage beasts to ensure the safety of the registered students who hunt beasts every day.

With so many people patrolling in shifts, the chance of second or third-stage beasts appearing near the academy is almost zero, let alone a terrifying ice beast like this!

Most importantly, it's not a problem that the ice beast appeared near the academy. Su Ruoxue and her group fought for so long, and not a single member of the many patrol teams noticed. It was only now that the patrol team captain, Gu Shanhe, arrived?

When something unusual happens, there must be a reason!

Su Ruoxue is not a fool; she quickly figured it out. The ice beast was deliberately released by the patrol team and deliberately led to this area. The target was either to kill her or to kill Jiang Yi!

To kill her? She had the support of Dean Qi, and she didn't have any mortal enemies in the academy, so it must be aimed at Jiang Yi. And for someone of high status like Gu Shanhe, who is at the peak of the Purple Mansion Realm and holds a significant position in the academy, to cooperate, this person must be of noble status.

Noble status and a grudge against Jiang Yi?

A name instantly came to Su Ruoxue's mind, and her mocking expression grew even stronger. She whispered softly, "Sigh... The Western Governor, a hero for a lifetime, has such a venomous son. Truly, a tiger father has a dog for a son."