Ch614 - Leaving the Hunting Group

Three days into following the hunting party, Jiang Xu finally encountered his first wave of immortal beasts. It was a pack of Green-Winged Wolves; each one stood over five meters tall, with a coat of grayish-white fur and a pair of green wings on their backs. The pack’s leader was an Immortal Emperor-level wolf, while the remaining thirty-five wolves were mostly Immortal King-level, with only a few younglings at the ninth level.

Although the pack was much smaller than the hunting party, their overall strength was greater.

This would be a difficult battle.

As the captain of the hunting party, Wang Hui took on the Leader of the wolves, a wolf king with strength similar to his own. The rest of the team also chose their respective matches based on strength. The handful of ninth-level cultivators focused on attacking the Immortal King-level wolves or the younglings.

Jiang Xu’s opponent was a Green-Winged Wolf with strength in the late Immortal King stage, weaker than Jiang Xu himself. Jiang Xu’s sword was the one given to him by the Dragon Crown Prince, an ancient and renowned blade. The sword’s edge was razor-sharp, and it exuded a murderous aura as soon as it left its sheath.

Jiang Xu drew upon the power of the stars he had gained from the Heaven-Piercing Tower, merging it with his sword technique. The blade glowed golden, and with each swing, the stars in the sky seemed to form a celestial map, their golden light converging into a net that trapped the green-winged wolf attacking him.

“Awoooo…” Howling miserably, the Green-Winged Wolf was ensnared by the celestial map.

Jiang Xu leapt forward, his sword intercepting a blow aimed at several ninth level cultivators from an Immortal King-level Green-Winged Wolf. He engaged the beast, which stood at the peak of Immortal King cultivation.

The immortals sighed in relief at Jiang Xu’s interference, though they were six in number and only possessed cultivation levels of Void Immortal. They were no match for an Immortal King-level beast, and two of their number had already sustained grave injuries.

“Senior Liu is incredible!”XiaoJiu was among the group of six, and he marveled at Jiang Xu’s ability to single-handedly slash a tenth-level Green-Winged Wolf to ribbons.This guy’s a real badass, he thought,and he doesn’t even need to say anything.XiaoJiu was impressed; aside from their captain, there was likely no one else in the hunting party who could stand up to this man.

Though the opponent was a formidable foe, they still died beneath Jiang Xu’s sword. Jiang Xu had defeated three level-10 Green-Winged Wolves in a row. Meanwhile, Wang Hui required the help of his three subordinates to barely take down the wolf king.

After collecting his prey, Jiang Xu produced a pill that restored immortal energy, which he promptly consumed. Then, he wrapped an arm around his sword and waited off to the side.

The others began to clean up the battlefield one by one, sorting out the loot.

Once everyone had finished gathering their share, they continued on their journey.

“Wow, Senior Liu, your sword skills are incredible.”XiaoJiu ran over to flatter Jiang Xu, who walked beside him.

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Wang Meng stared at Jiang Xu, momentarily taken aback; his expression soured, but quickly recovered. “Oh, come on, buddy, what’s with that attitude? We’re part of the same hunting party.

We’re brothers who’ve been through life and death together.”

“I have a partner, I don’t like being touched by others. Just say what you want to say.” Jiang Xu turned to Wang Meng, his voice icy.

“So what if you have a partner?” Wang Meng sneered. “With how tough you are, what kind of girl can’t you bed? Once this mission’s over, I’ll treat you to some fun the next day—guaranteed to be so good you won’t want to leave.”

At this, Wang Meng’s face twisted into a lewd grin.

Jiang Xu frowned. “What do you want?”

“Look, I’m just trying to chat with you when I have the chance. Buddy, your swordsmanship is pretty good,eh? Learned it from a famous Master?”

“I do indeed have a Master, but I didn’t learn this swordsmanship from him. It’s my own creation.”

Back on the Cultivation World, Jiang Xu had always used the eighty-one Stars Swordsmanship he created with Qin Ziqing. Later, he traveled to a fragment space, where he obtained some legacy sword techniques from the Star Empire. Then, in the Sea God Palace, he received a star stone, and from the Fifth Prince of the Tiger Clan, a meteoric star stone. Finally, in the Heaven-Piercing Tower, he gained further enlightenment of the mysteries of the stars.

Due to these extraordinary circumstances, Jiang Xu had continuously refined his Stars Swordsmanship, over and over again. Thus, the Stars Swordsmanship he used now was no longer the same eighty-one Stars Swordsmanship he once had. It was entirely based on his own understanding of the power of stars.

“You created it yourself? Bro, you’re truly amazing!”Created it himself? What a shameless man! He had a Master, yet he dared to claim his sword technique as his own creation.

Jiang Xu gave Wang Meng a look. He could tell Wang Meng’s words were insincere, but he didn’t mind. He didn’t care what strangers thought about him; he cared only for his family and his lover.

“Senior Liu, with your strength, it won’t be long before you are promoted to Immortal Emperor, right?”XiaoJiu smiled as he looked at Jiang Xu, asking.

“Not that fast.” Jiang Xu felt that he still lacked the opportunity to be promoted, and he didn’t know when that opportunity would present itself.

“Oh!”XiaoJiu nodded.If Liu Xu is promoted to Immortal Emperor, he thought,then the hunting party will have two Immortal Emperors! But he wondered if their captain could accept Liu Xu.

“That’s right,” Wang Meng nodded in agreement.Promotion to Immortal Emperor? Keep dreaming!

His Eldest Brother had been a hundred and twenty thousand years old before he was promoted to Immortal Emperor. How old was this kid? A mere three thousand years, and he wanted to become Immortal Emperor? He’d better not trip over his own tongue.

To tell the truth, Wang Meng found Liu Xu rather distasteful. The Upper Heavenly Domain was a highly competitive place, and every immortal vied to improve their cultivation by any means necessary. However, not everyone started from the same place, and many second-generation immortals enjoyed smooth sailing from the get-go, their cultivation artificially boosted by their Elders’ resources and training at a young age. In contrast, Wang Meng and Wang Hui were commoners, and they had no choice but to rely on their own efforts to accumulate resources and improve their cultivation. Thus, Wang Meng deeply resented those second-generation cultivators who were born with silver spoons in their mouths.

At the age of three thousand years, Liu Xu had already reached the peak of Immortal King cultivation, and in the Upper Heavenly Domain, such talent would be considered exceptional. Yet it was also possible that Liu Xu was a second-generation cultivator who owed his cultivation to his family’s training, or even that his rotten natural talent had been propped up by immortal treasures and pills.

Regardless, Liu Xu was an exceptionally young Immortal King, which made Wang Meng both jealous and repulsed. Before, Wang Meng had assumed that Liu Xu’s cultivation was a product of his pill use, a pretty but useless thing, all looks and no brains. He never expected that Liu Xu would slaughter three Green-Winged Wolves with such ease, and that two of them were at the peak of Immortal King cultivation. This revelation only made Wang Meng more jealous of Liu Xu.

How come this guy was born a second-generation cultivator, with everything handed to him on a silver platter, and had such exceptional cultivation at his young age? How come Wang Meng himself was born into poverty, with parents who worked the land for other people? This was unfair! This was unfair!

Jiang Xu cast a mild glance at Wang Meng but said nothing. Wang Meng’s cultivation was only at the early stage of Immortal King, but his age was already eleven thousand years. Clearly, his aptitude was rather poor. To him, attaining Immortal Emperor rank must indeed be quite difficult.

The group continued forward. As they walked, Jiang Xu sniffed the air. “Captain!”

“What is it?” Wang Hui stopped and turned to look at Jiang Xu, who also stopped in his tracks.

The rest of the group stopped as well, their gazes falling upon Jiang Xu.

“Captain, don’t lead us forward anymore. There’s danger ahead, let’s take another path.” Jiang Xu said, looking at Wang Hui.

Upon hearing this, Wang Hui couldn’t help but frown. “Liu Xu, we’ve walked this path many times before—it’s safe. This is your first time out here, so stop imagining things.” Wang Meng said unhappily, looking at Jiang Xu.

“If I say there’s danger, then there’s danger. If you want to go and die, then go ahead, but I’m not going with you.” Jiang Xu said bluntly, glancing at Wang Meng.If these people weren’t his business partners, he wouldn’t have bothered whether they lived or died. To think he’d been laughed at despite having only tried to give a friendly warning—how despicable!

Upon hearing Jiang Xu’s words, Wang Hui’s expression grew dark. “Liu Xu!”

“We’re here to find opportunities, not to throw our lives away. If you guys insist on going that way, then I’ll no longer be joining you.” Jiang Xu looked at Wang Hui and spoke firmly.

“Liu Xu, you’re a member of the Sacred Eagle Hunting Group—you can’t just act on your own!”

“I can leave the Sacred Eagle Hunting Group!”There was no way he’d go along with this foolish plan to throw their lives away!

Upon hearing this, Wang Hui’s expression twisted strangely. “All right, then as of this moment, you are no longer a member of the Sacred Eagle Hunting Group. Give me your token.”

Jiang Xu tossed his token aside without a second glance, leaving no room for negotiation.

Seeing how easily Jiang Xu had tossed the token without even a hint of remorse or a softer word, Wang Hui clenched his teeth, grabbed the token, and turned to leave with his team.

“Senior Liu!”XiaoJiu called out, noticing Jiang Xu standing in place, not following them.

“Be careful,” Jiang Xu said with a glance at him.

Giving Jiang Xu one last look,XiaoJiu followed his team away.

After seeing the last of the Sacred Eagle Hunting Group depart, Jiang Xu pulled out the map, studied it briefly, and changed routes. He started walking toward the Southwest.