257: Blood Tiger Qigong, Ice Demon Sword

He must have cultivated to at least the sixth level… Although Xiong Mao had recovered from his injuries, his martial artist rank was not as high as the Old Gang Leader’s, and the cultivation level of his skill was also lower than the Old Gang Leader’s. The concentration of evil qi emanating from the Old Gang Leader was too high, even someone who cultivated the same skill as him found it unbearable.

At this moment, the evil qi emanating from the Old Gang Leader had reached the peak of what he could control in his cultivation of the Blood Tiger Evil Qi Skill. Using the Old Gang Leader himself as the center, everyone standing within several hundred meters around him was affected by the evil qi, their bodies and minds being corroded.

“No…”

Xiong Mao was the closest and felt it the most deeply. Coupled with the fact that he also cultivated the Blood Tiger Evil Qi Skill, he knew that forcibly allowing evil qi to enter the body would significantly boost combat power, even achieving a double effect.

However, similarly, once the evil qi entered the body and could not be expelled in time, the Old Gang Leader would be completely consumed by the evil qi, becoming a demon who only knew how to kill.

Even risking being completely consumed by the evil qi, the Old Gang Leader was determined to go all out, showing that he truly wanted to kill anyone coveting the position of gang leader.

If Xiong Mao died, the Old Gang Leader’s next target would be Bao Hui; none of them would escape.

“You all continue to guard, I’ll go help!” Xiao Shen swapped out his ordinary weapon and took out the Ice Fiend Sword.

Originally, the Ice Fiend Sword had been given to Liu Ling’er, but it was difficult to wield, and Liu Ling’er was unfamiliar with this type of weapon, so she gave it back to him before the battle began.

Xiao Shen had thought he wouldn’t need it, but who knew it would come to a point where he had to use the Ice Fiend Sword.

With the four-core weapon revealed, if Xiong Mao’s faction lost in the end, he would truly be in trouble for possessing such a treasure… However, in this critical moment, the only solution Xiao Shen could think of was to use evil qi against evil qi, hoping it would work.

Xiao Shen appeared, swinging the Ice Fiend Sword, and directly struck towards the Old Gang Leader’s location.

He actually didn't know what effect the Ice Fiend Sword had, nor how to use it, so he used it like a normal sword, and it surprisingly produced an unexpected effect.

In the instant the Ice Fiend Sword was swung, the evil qi emanating from the Old Gang Leader suddenly took a turn, then frantically flew towards the Ice Fiend Sword!

“What’s going on?? Come back, quickly come back to me!”

The Old Gang Leader’s eyes widened. Evil qi leaving his body was already incredibly painful, and now all this evil qi was being attracted by Xiao Shen’s Ice Fiend Sword, wanting to leave him and drill into the Ice Fiend Sword.

“Come back to me—!”

But no matter how the Old Gang Leader shouted, the evil qi on his body showed no sign of stopping, rapidly rushing towards the Ice Fiend Sword in Xiao Shen’s hand, and then being absorbed by the Ice Fiend Sword.

Not to mention the Old Gang Leader, even Xiao Shen himself was stunned by this sight.

The Ice Fiend Sword had such a function?

It could absorb evil qi, and it wouldn’t backlash on the user!

It truly was a four-core weapon!

“No, no, this is impossible, this is impossible!!”

With the evil qi completely absorbed, the Old Gang Leader had no more trump cards. He stood there shaking his head frantically, repeating, “This is impossible, this is impossible…”

It seemed that after the evil qi was absorbed by the Ice Fiend Sword, the Old Gang Leader truly faced the extreme backlash of the Blood Tiger Evil Qi Skill.

Although there was no evil qi on his body now, the Qi Cavitys within him had undergone tremendous changes. The cultivated skill was forcibly removed, and some Qi Vortexes quickly dissipated. This was the price of forcibly activating evil qi to enter the body, only to ultimately fail.

“Brother Xiong, quick, now’s the time!” Xiao Shen seized the opportunity, simultaneously thrusting the Ice Fiend Sword towards the Old Gang Leader and shouting at Xiong Mao.

Without the suppression of the evil qi, Xiong Mao also immediately stood up from the ground, crushed the Jade Talisman in his hand, and charged towards the Old Gang Leader.

“This is impossible, this is impossible, I, the dignified Axe Gang Leader, will not lose!!”

The Old Gang Leader actually knew in his heart that he was bound to lose this fight, but how could he admit it?

He would not lose!

And certainly not to these young punks!

So, before Xiao Shen and Xiong Mao arrived, the Old Gang Leader suddenly activated his primordial energy, destroying his own martial artist Qi Cavitys.

In an instant, all the Qi Vortexes in his body disappeared, and he became an ordinary person incapable of cultivation.

This wasn’t all; while shattering his own Qi Cavitys, he also shattered his own skull.

A generation’s Axe Gang Leader died just like that within the Axe Gang.

Was it tragic? He didn't know.

It was simply that the victor became king, and the vanquished became a bandit.

“The Old Gang Leader is dead; those who surrender will be spared!”

Xiong Mao roared, and everyone who had been fighting fiercely immediately stopped.

“We surrender!”

“We surrender!”

“…”

Most of the people from the neutral faction laid down their weapons, and a few who tried to run were cut down one by one by Feng Zhi and his group, their blood splattering on the spot.

“What happened? Is it over?”

Wang Yi, Gu Mingzhu, and Ge Yunying arrived, finding that the battlefield seemed to have cleared.

Although Xiong Mao and Xiao Shen’s group had won, they were exhausted. Feng Zhi wiped the sweat from his face and said, “It’s finally over, that was really tough.”

“Yes, it’s a good thing the final outcome was positive.”

Subsequently, Ximen Chuifeng and the others also arrived, helping to clean up the aftermath.

Just when they thought everything should have settled at this point, and Bao Hui was about to be brought under their control… an unexpected event occurred again.

“Not good!”

Ximen Chuifeng was the first to notice something was wrong. He exclaimed in shock, “We forgot about an important force!”

“What?”

Before Ximen Chuifeng could answer the question, the sound of clapping echoed from behind them.

“The saying ‘heroes emerge from youth’ is truly accurate. You young people have truly impressed me.”

The Director of the Bingyan Office clapped his hands, a smile on his lips. Behind him, a group of black-robed figures was walking towards them.

Ximen Chuifeng said in annoyance, “Damn it, how could I forget such an important matter?!”

The main reason was that the Old Gang Leader’s intervention halfway through was completely unexpected by Ximen Chuifeng, and the rhythm was thus disrupted.

Coupled with their worry about Xiong Mao’s safety and their rush to get there, they subconsciously overlooked the Bingyan Office.

At this moment, their combat strength was basically exhausted; those gang members certainly had no strength left to fight.

Xiao Shen was in better shape, and Wang Yi and Ximen Chuifeng’s group had just arrived, so their physical exertion wasn’t significant, but relying solely on a few of them… how could they fight?

According to the intelligence Ximen Chuifeng had gathered, the Director of the Bingyan Office’s martial artist rank was at least level ten or higher!

If the Old Gang Leader hadn’t intervened just now, it would have been fine; at least they would have had the reserves to confront the people from the Bingyan Office, but now… victory seemed impossible.

Seeing the Director of the Office appear, Bao Hui crawled over as if he had seen a savior, urgently crying out, “Director, save me!”