Chapter 70

In his youth, Guantongtian had worked as a courier in a courier agency in South Heaven City. Relying on his good health and some cultivation talent, he was recognized by an old courier master in the agency, who took him as a closed-door disciple. Not only did the master impart to him the most precious silver-grade cultivation technique of the agency, but he also married his daughter to him.

However, the young and arrogant Guantongtian did not feel particularly grateful to the old master. Instead, he thought that the wife he had gained for free was plain-looking and did not match his youthful talent. He was very disdainful of his wife.

After the old master passed away, he immediately set his sights on a beautiful widow in the city and wanted to marry her. The old master's daughter, who had a fiery temper, refused to agree to this marriage, citing her father's kindness to Guantongtian. Enraged, Guantongtian quarreled with his wife and left the courier agency, moving into the widow's home to live a carefree life.

However, without the income from the courier agency and too proud to do menial labor, he soon depleted his savings. The widow, tired of his spending without earning, turned on him and drove him out of the house.

After much hesitation, Guantongtian finally swallowed his pride and returned to the courier agency, hoping to seek his wife's forgiveness. What greeted him, however, was the sharp and bitter ridicule of the old master's daughter.

Feeling utterly humiliated, Guantongtian, in a fit of rage, accidentally killed his wife. After a moment of shock, he seemed to have a great awakening and, without hesitation, slaughtered all twenty-odd people in the courier agency, plundered their wealth, and returned to the widow's home, where he strangled her with his bare hands and then fled South Heaven City to become a bandit.

After more than twenty years of ups and downs, Guantongtian, now over forty and with his cultivation reaching the peak of the Earth Wheel stage, finally grew tired of the endless feuds. He settled down on Green Cloud Mountain with the wealth he had plundered and the remaining twenty-odd bandits, establishing the "Green Cloud Bandit Camp" and living a retired life with only expenses and no income.

All the members of the Green Cloud Bandit Camp were bandits by nature, accustomed to a life of constant danger and uncertainty. They spent their money extravagantly, and within just five years, the wealth meant to last them a lifetime was almost entirely depleted. Guantongtian wanted to go out and rob again, but the entire Green Cloud Mountain range was too remote, and it was rare to see any outsiders pass by, making it impossible to act.

Just as he was struggling financially, Mr. Xu appeared.

This mysterious man in white was generous, offering to pay two thousand spirit crystals to hire the Green Cloud Bandit Camp to help explore an ancient relic.

Just as Guantongtian was about to entertain evil thoughts, Mr. Xu waved his hand, and a black spiritual force shattered the boulder in front of them, instantly quelling Guantongtian's murderous intentions.

Between two thousand spirit crystals and the wrath of a Heaven Wheel expert, even a fool would know which to choose. Thus, under Mr. Xu's arrangements, the entire Green Cloud Bandit Camp set out, each with a transport vehicle, to the ancient relic.

Thinking they were just going to be laborers, Guantongtian and his men were not prepared for battle. Despite putting on a confident front in front of Mr. Xu, Guantongtian was actually quite nervous, especially after Shen Dachui displayed his Heaven Wheel-level strength.

With no other choice, he could only hope that Mr. Xu would defeat the old man.

As he prayed, he fiercely struck a palm at Zhong Wen, the palm force powerful and containing a hidden flame, raising the temperature of the surrounding air.

The Blazing Palm, a bronze-grade palm technique.

Years ago, it was the old courier master who personally taught this technique to his beloved disciple and son-in-law.

And it was with this technique that Guantongtian killed the old master's beloved daughter.

To his surprise, this palm, which he intended to strike Zhong Wen, actually hit his own chest.

A scorching spiritual force surged into his chest, causing a tearing pain that instantly shot through his brain. Despite his years of experience and toughened nerves, he could not help but grimace in pain.

This is what it feels like to be hit by the Blazing Palm?

For some reason, the face of his wife suddenly appeared in his mind.

His rich combat experience allowed Guantongtian to react quickly. His left palm struck upward at Zhong Wen's abdomen with lightning speed, emitting a scorching aura.

He always used his right hand to perform spiritual techniques, but no one knew that the leader of the Green Cloud Bandit Camp, Guantongtian, was actually left-handed, with his left hand being much stronger than his right.

Anyone who had seen him use his left hand to perform the "Blazing Palm" was already a spirit under his palm. This was his most secret life-saving technique, unknown even to his closest subordinates.

However, the Blazing Palm technique seemed to recognize Guantongtian and once again turned direction, striking his abdomen without reservation.

"Ah~" Even a man as tough as he could not help but let out a piercing scream, trembling and lying on the ground, unable to get up for a while.

"Leader!" A gray-clothed man, who was fighting Liu Qiqi, was shocked and immediately abandoned his opponent to rush to Guantongtian's aid.

A graceful figure suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking his path to rescue the leader.

It turned out that Nangong Ling had already defeated the seven gray-clothed men at the Earth Wheel stage and was now supporting her fellow disciples.

"Get out of the way!" The gray-clothed man, anxious, swung his knife at Nangong Ling, trying to force her back.

However, reality was harsh. As soon as they engaged, he realized that the beautiful woman in front of him was an extremely formidable opponent. Her long sword continuously transformed into numerous sword shadows, completely enveloping him...

The scorching spiritual force was burning his internal organs, and the cries of his subordinates echoed in his ears. In front of him, the young man with the strange spiritual technique had drawn a luminous long sword and was slowly thrusting it toward his throat.

Guantongtian was surprisingly calm. His life had been full of experiences, making many enemies and having many women.

However, in this final moment of his life, the faces that appeared in his mind were not those of the beautiful widow who had lured him away from the courier agency or the various beautiful women he had encountered later, but the old master's aged face and his wife's mocking eyes.

Are these two Blazing Palm strikes your revenge?

He couldn't help but think.

After more than twenty years of brutal feuds, Guantongtian had long realized that the days in the courier agency were simple and happy, and how well the old master and his daughter had treated him. But it was too late; he had already walked down a path of no return, unable to turn back.

The sword mercilessly cut across his throat, and as he closed his eyes, a thin tear trickled down his cheek.

The moment Guantongtian insulted the disciples of the Drifting Flower Palace, Zhong Wen had already sentenced him to death, and his attack was merciless.

After defeating the leader of the gray-clothed men, Zhong Wen looked around and saw that the situation was firmly under the control of the Drifting Flower Palace disciples, with most of the gray-clothed men lying on the ground.

However, in the decisive battle between the Heaven Wheel experts, Shen Dachui was completely at a disadvantage.

At this moment, the old man was hunched over, panting heavily, with his clothes torn in many places, looking extremely disheveled.

Mr. Xu, in his white robes, seemed to have cultivated some unknown technique and spiritual skill. His spiritual force transformed into a massive black flame in the air. As soon as Shen Dachui's spiritual tiger came into contact with this black flame, it was instantly enveloped and began to burn, its roar growing weaker until it was reduced to spiritual dust and dissipated into the air.

The black flame did not stop there but followed the spiritual force trail in the air, surging directly toward Shen Dachui. If he had not quickly cut off his spiritual force supply, he would have been engulfed by the black fire, just like the spiritual tiger.

Without giving him a chance to catch his breath, Mr. Xu's feet moved with a subtle step, and he instantly appeared in front of Shen Dachui, raising his right hand and lightly slapping out a palm, which was enveloped in black flame, exuding a dangerous aura.

Shen Dachui quickly retreated, his right hand punching out, and a more powerful spiritual tiger appeared in the air, blocking Mr. Xu.

Mr. Xu sneered, pressing his palm directly onto the forehead of the spiritual tiger. Black smoke spread from his palm, and the strange black flame quickly surrounded the tiger. In just one breath, the spiritual tiger, which had been formed with almost all of Shen Dachui's strength, turned into black particles and vanished.

What kind of demonic spiritual skill is this?

Shen Dachui, seeing the black flame surging toward him, hastily cut off his spiritual force supply and rolled away, looking extremely disheveled.

"Daring to ruin my plans." Seeing the almost complete annihilation of the gray-clothed men, Mr. Xu's eyes glowed red, and he exuded a fierce and sinister aura. "You will face the wrath of the Dark God Temple!"

Hearing the words "Dark God Temple," Shen Dachui and Nangong Ling both changed their expressions.