Chapter 29

The soul-binding powder, as expected, was something that could be exchanged for life energy. It began to take effect after just a short while. At this moment, Su Tianhong was already somewhat dazed.

Seizing the opportunity, Huang Yufei threw his flying knife at the precise moment.

The fruit knife in his hand turned into a bolt of lightning, instantly aiming for Su Tianhong's throat.

Although Su Tianhong was affected by the soul-binding powder, he had not completely lost his senses. Faced with a life-threatening situation, he instinctively retreated. At this moment, Huang Yu had already given the command to the long-armed stone ape, which moved in an instant, its shadow flashing as it appeared beside Su Tianhong.

"Thud..."

Huang Yufei's flying knife hit Su Tianhong, though it did not strike his throat, it pierced his shoulder. The hand that was holding Zhao Wan'er instantly loosened. In that moment, the long-armed stone ape had already reached him, grabbing Zhao Wan'er with one hand and striking Su Tianhong's chest with the other.

"Crack."

Su Tianhong's chest caved in, his heart shattered.

Su Tianhong's eyes widened, his death unavenged.

"Congratulations, player has defeated level 29, innate perfection Su Tianhong, gaining 290 experience points and 290 life energy."

"Congratulations, player has obtained a mysterious map."

"Dead, the family head is dead." Seeing Su Tianhong defeated, the Su family members were immediately in a panic.

"Everyone, avenge the family head, kill them, kill them all." A loyalist of the Su family, upon seeing Su Tianhong defeated, suddenly shouted and charged at Huang Yu.

"Avenge the family head." In an instant, the crowd was enraged. These guards of the Su family forgot the terror of the long-armed stone ape and charged at Huang Yu without regard for their lives.

At this moment, the long-armed stone ape had already placed Zhao Wan'er beside Huang Yu. It then roared, its eyes turning red, and entered a frenzied killing state, charging at the group of Su family members. Its punches and kicks carried terrifying force, destroying everything in its path, ruthless and cruel. One by one, the Su family members were mercilessly killed by the long-armed stone ape.

In less than half an hour, the elite members of the Su family were all killed by the long-armed stone ape, and many others had fled.

"Congratulations, player has leveled up to level 11."

The countless experience points finally allowed Huang Yu's cultivation to advance, reaching level 11.

"Old Huang, you protect Auntie, I will go to the Su family." Huang Dashi had already woken up, and Huang Yu said to him.

"No, no, Xiao Yu, it's too dangerous, don't go." Zhao Wan'er, upon hearing this, quickly grabbed Huang Yu's arm.

"Auntie, don't worry. The Su family has almost all of its elite members out today, and now that they have been almost completely annihilated, the Su family has no strength left to resist. This is the best time to eliminate the Su family." Huang Yu knew that Zhao Wan'er was concerned about him, and he felt warmth in his heart. "Moreover, that old man from the Su family dared to lay a hand on Auntie. If I don't completely destroy the Su family, my anger will not be appeased."

"Xiao Yu." Looking at Huang Yu's determined expression, Zhao Wan'er knew she couldn't stop him and finally nodded. "Then let Old Huang go with you, let him protect you."

Zhao Wan'er knew that Huang Dashi had already broken through to the innate perfection realm and reached the yuan dan stage. With Huang Dashi's protection, Huang Yu's safety would not be a problem.

"No, Auntie, Old Huang needs to stay at home. If the Chen family launches a surprise attack at this time, the Huang family will suffer heavy losses, which is not what I want. The Chen family has not moved despite the Su family's actions, which is clearly unreasonable. So, I speculate that the Chen family is waiting for us and the Su family to weaken each other, and then they will benefit. Therefore, it is enough for me to go to the Su family. Besides, I have a trump card. The long-armed stone ape is so powerful, Auntie has seen it, so there's no need to worry." Huang Yu shook his head.

The old man from the Chen family was an extremely shrewd person and could not have been unaware of the Su family's actions. The fact that the Chen family did not act together with the Su family puzzled Huang Yu.

The old fox Su Tianhong from the Su family would not have allowed the Chen family to take advantage of the situation. He must have reached some agreement with the old fox from the Chen family. Otherwise, he would not have attacked the Huang family without worrying about the Chen family benefiting.

Since the Su family and the Chen family were likely to have formed an alliance with a secret agreement, and the Su family had been attacking for so long while the Chen family remained silent, it was clearly unreasonable. Therefore, Huang Yu speculated that the Chen family had a plot, but he did not know what it was. He could only wait for them to make a move.

Just as Huang Yu was about to leave, he saw a Huang family disciple, covered in blood, staggering over.

Breathless, the disciple came to Huang Yu and said, "Young Master, it's bad, very bad, our jade mine has been attacked."

"What?" Huang Yu had not yet spoken when Huang Dashi exclaimed, grabbing the disciple and demanding, "Explain clearly, what happened?"

"Cough, cough..."

"Old Huang, don't get agitated." Seeing Huang Dashi's reaction, Huang Yu quickly pulled his hand away, as the disciple was already severely injured and could barely make it this far. Huang Yu took out a pill and gave it to the disciple, "Take this pill first, then speak slowly, don't rush."

Huang Yu had not thought about the jade mine being attacked, but now he understood what was happening. The Chen family had not moved earlier, and now the situation was clear. The Su family and the Chen family had reached an agreement: the Su family would attack the Huang family's main residence, while the Chen family would attack the jade mine.

These two places were the Huang family's base and its foundation. If either were successfully attacked, the Huang family would be completely finished.

After taking the pill, the disciple's complexion improved, and his breathing steadied. He quickly said, "Young Master, our jade mine is under attack by the Chen family. We can't hold on much longer. I led a group to break through and seek help, but now only I remain. Young Master, please hurry to the jade mine, or our mine will be lost."

"You don't need to worry, rest well. Your blood will not be in vain." Huang Yu's tone was calm, but it carried a cold, murderous intent.

"Young Master, I will kill them all." Huang Dashi was furious and shouted loudly.

This time, Huang Yu did not stop him but nodded and said, "Old Huang, you lead a group to the mine. I will go to the Chen family. Anyone who dares to attack the Huang family will not have a good end."

...

...

As he walked, Huang Yu learned the skill he had obtained, the Wind Chasing Step.

This was the first skill Huang Yu had obtained so far, a movement skill.

"Player, do you want to learn the Wind Chasing Step?"

"Learn."

"Congratulations, player has learned the Wind Chasing Step."

The Wind Chasing Step is a lower-grade human-level movement skill. After learning it, Huang Yu's agility and evasion increased by 36 points, which was a significant improvement for him. His agility had always been his weakest attribute, and now the Wind Chasing Step made up for this deficiency.

At this point, his character attributes were as follows:

Huang Yu

Level: 11 (1650/2000)

Cultivation: Innate Level 3

Health: 200

Attack: 112 (12 + 85 + 15)

Defense: 146 (12 + 84 + 50)

Evasion: 130 (13 + 79 + 38)

Luck: 5

School: None

Life Energy: 2135

Weapon and Equipment: Fruit Knife (Top-grade Mortal), Wild Wolf Wrist Guard (Lower-grade Mortal), Wild Wolf Soft Armor (Upper-grade Mortal), Black Flame Armor (Middle-grade Human), Shadow Dagger (Lower-grade Human), Purple Light Ring (Storage Ring, unknown attributes)

Skills: Flying Knife Technique (Lower-grade Human, upgradable), Gathering Technique (Lower-grade Mortal, upgradable), Detection Technique (Lower-grade Mortal, upgradable), Golden Ancient Eye Technique (Lower-grade Celestial), Wind Chasing Step (Lower-grade Human)

After the battle, his life energy had reached over two thousand, a substantial amount. With so much life energy, he could significantly improve his cultivation.

"Player, do you want to improve your cultivation?"

"Improve."

"Congratulations, player's cultivation has improved to Innate Level 4, consuming 400 life energy."

"Congratulations, player's cultivation has improved to Innate Level 5, consuming 500 life energy."

"Congratulations, player's cultivation has improved to Innate Level 6, consuming 600 life energy."

His cultivation had improved by three levels, reaching Innate Level 6. He now had 635 life energy left, and with just a bit more, he could improve to Innate Level 7. This trip to the Chen family would be enough to bring his cultivation to Innate Level 7, and possibly even to Innate Level 8.

...

After about the time it takes to burn an incense stick, Huang Yu arrived at the Chen family's main residence.

Huang Yu was not an impulsive person. Even with the yuan ling talisman in hand, he would not act rashly. Before entering the Chen family, he used the detection technique to investigate the current situation.

The Chen family's main residence was now very thinly defended, with most of the people having gone out, likely to attack the Huang family's jade mine. However, the Chen family head, Chen Hongqiao, and his son, Chen Yueyang, had not left.

Chen Hongqiao was in a critical stage of cultivation, while Chen Yueyang was in his own courtyard, cavorting with two women.

Huang Yu had previously asked Zheng Zhong about the Chen family. The Chen family had two powerful figures: the family head, Chen Hongqiao, and his brother, Chen Hongtai. Chen Hongqiao had reached innate perfection ten years ago, and Chen Hongtai had broken through to the late stage a year ago.

Since Chen Hongqiao was still at the Chen family, it was likely that Chen Hongtai had gone to attack the Huang family's jade mine.

"Boom..."

Suddenly, a massive aura erupted from the courtyard where Chen Hongqiao was, and a powerful spiritual energy surged in.

Breakthrough?

Huang Yu was astonished. He did not expect Chen Hongqiao to break through at this moment. If he had reached innate perfection ten years ago, then now, Chen Hongqiao must have reached the yuan dan stage, right?

No, that's not right.

Feeling the aura, Huang Yu immediately dismissed this guess. If it was just a breakthrough from innate perfection to the yuan dan stage, it would not have such a terrifying aura. Since it was not a breakthrough from innate perfection to the yuan dan stage, there was only one other possibility: Chen Hongqiao had already reached the yuan dan stage and was now breaking through to the middle or late stage, or even the human infant stage.