Chapter 109: Behead and Disembowel


    Each of the three snakes were focusing their full attention on Xu Linyun; they didnt have time to spare for the likes of a small fry like Fang Xing, who seemed to have only a small amount of Qi. Furthermore, there was not much time between when Fang Xing arrived and when he swung downwards, so the snake was left without the opportunity to react. When the snake saw that it was unable to avoid the strike, it decided it wouldnt attempt to dodge and instead tightly clenched its fiery scales to turn them into a hard armor of poisonous mes. The snake believed with its simplistic mind that doing so would be more than enough to take Fang Xings strike.


    Even the nearby Xu Linyun was left speechless by Fang Xings action. How would you kill this snake? You might be able to injure it with an attack, but it will onlye chasing after you with even more powerful strikes afterwards. How are you going to handle it then? At that moment, she was ready to save Fang Xing at any time.


    However, things yed out a little differently than what she had imagined.


    Psssssssh.


    Fang Xings dended directly on the snakes neck. During the movement, neither the malicious energy of the azure dragon nor the golden mes appeared. Fang Xing did not activate either of these two seals, and instead simply used as much strength as he could in order to cause the greatest possible physical impact.


    When the sabers edge made contact with the fiery scales, the scalessted only a mere third of a breath before the immense raw strength was released from the giant saber. The sabers edge was chipped, but the impactpletely crushed the scales of the snake beneath it, revealing the beasts blood and flesh before the sabers momentum caused Fang Xing to take a few more spins in the air.


    Woooooosh.


    Once the strike waspleted, all of the strength Fang Xing had gathered was used up and his body began to turn and drop.


    BAM


    With the saber held in both hands, Fang Xingnded on one knee with enough force to form arge pit in the ground around him. Above him, the snake that had taken the full force of his strike froze for a short moment before its head began to slide off its body. Blood spurted everywhere before the headnded directly to Fang Xings left, causing arge pit that was only slightly shallower than Fang Xings own. The snakes body twisted and swayed nonstop, a dense smoke rising up along its body before it began to fall as well. Itnded straight into theke and sent up waves of water fifty feet high.


    When the other two snakes saw that theirpanion had been killed, they began to hiss nonstop, wanting toe down and kill Fang Xing in revenge. Xu Linyun recovered quickly from her initial shock and hurled her sword at the snakes to keep them back where they were. Throughout the process, she couldnt help but to send a surprised look at Fang Xing below.


    A seventh-tier beast, beheaded with just a single strike.


    Even if it had been a sneak attack, how could this be possible? In that moment, everyone was left without words; no one knew what to say.


    You all think Im afraid of dying? Fang Xing rose back up to his feet with the saber once again on his shoulder as he swept his gaze across all of the Qing-Yun disciples. Those who met Fang Xings gaze all subconsciously avoided it, and even Pi Junzi and Feng Qingwei were no different. Finally, his gazended on Lin Qinxue. I am actually really afraid of dying. That is also why Ill make sure that if someone wants me dead, they die.


    Lin Qinxue looked at Fang Xing at first, but when their nces met, she felt some kind of pain in her eyes. She finally avoided his gaze, feeling that she might even go blind if she were to continue staring. At the exact moment she moved her gaze away from him, she also felt a sense of unease deep down within her heart. It was as though her heart was being harshly clenched, and she was so full of regret that she felt she could puke anytime now.


    For the first time in these three years, a sense of extreme fear began to rise from the depths of her heart. Why was the boy so strong? Since when had this insectso small and insignificantbe so much stronger than her?


    Lin Qinxue sat on the ground, and before she came back from her thoughts, Fang Xing suddenly made the first move. He opened up his palm and activated [Gravitational Force], immediately pulling her into his hand, holding her sleeve above his head.


    No, let Shimei Lin down.


    Put her down, dont do something stupid!


    Everyone was astonished, trying to persuade Fang Xing to stop.


    Even Wu Xiangtong urgently yelled, Little Shidi Fang, killing disciples from the same sect is a huge offense!


    No one had expected Fang Xing to actually try to kill Lin Qinxue. They had believed that once Fang Xing showed his killing intent, he would control it and scheme up some other method to get rid of her. The Qing-Yun Sect was a sect of righteousness, after all; killing those from the same sect was strictly forbidden. If it was done quietly without anyone knowing, it was possible to avoid consequences, but to do so in front of so many witnesses in broad daylight would make a harsh punishment inevitable, even if the perpetrator had managed to help the sect achieve something of great merit.


    It was because of thoughts like these that no one had the forethought to prevent Fang Xing from taking Lin Qinxue into his hands.


    You have no evidence. How would you dare to kill me? Lin Qinxue muttered with hatred. Fang Xing stared coldly back at her, and she used all of her courage to return that stare. When her poison pellet was seen through, she had made the most correct decision by swallowing it. Although she knew the pellet would give her extreme abdominal pain, it was all for the purpose of destroying the evidence. She firmly believed that under these circumstances without any evidence, Fang Xing still wouldnt do anything to her unless he had ns to betray the entirety of the sect!


    Fang Xing and Lin Qinxue stared at each other for a good while before Fang Xing suddenlyughed. Who said Im going to kill you? He then returned his [Saber of Azure Dragon] to his back. Im only trying to retrieve the evidence! As soon as he finished speaking, he ced his palm against Lin Qinxues abdomen while activating [Oversense] to see the precise locations of all of her organs. Then, as his hand shook, a short dagger with brass iy appeared in his hand. Before anyone was able to react, the sound of ripped fabric was heard and the front of her dress was slit open; even her red undergarments had been split. In moments, Lin Qinxues snow-white stomach and a pair of soft breasts were exposed in the open.


    What are you nning to do! Everyone panicked as they yelled, trying to stop this nonsense. There were also people who summoned their Flying Sword and leveled it towards Fang Xing. They believed the boy had gone crazy and was preparing to do immoral things, like that of a beast.


    Yet Fang Xing was faster. As soon as he had slit open her dress, the dagger went a step further and shed open her stomach before he picked out a bloody ck pellet using the daggers tip.


    Swish.


    Throughout the process, his feet had never stopped moving and he evaded three Flying Swords and two people trying to capture him. He snatched up the bloody ck pellet and quickly flicked it towards one of the Danxia Valley disciples. The evidence is here, go and examine it. If it isnt poisonous, is there something wrong with admitting to the offense of wounding someone from the same sect? However, if it is indeed a poison pellet, I expect a good exnation from you, Danxia Valley! Fang Xing then let go of Lin Qinxue and returned his dagger before dusting off his hands, soon standing to the side with his hands folded on his back as though nothing had just happened. Those who had prepared to stop Fang Xing froze, all of their expressions held inplicated astonishment.


    Hadnt they said there was no evidence? Then hed show them evidence!


    To determine whether the pellet crafted by Lin Qinxue was poisonous or not required only a quick examination, but it had be much moreplicated after Lin Qinxue swallowed it. As for how to solve this issue, Fang Xings method was even more straightforward.


    She swallowed the pellet, so hed retrieve it by cutting open her stomach!


    Before he did this, he had chosen to help Xu Linyun finish off one of the three Fiery-Scaled Serpents. This was first because he didnt actually want Xu Linyun to be injured; the woman might be proud and cold but she did keep her promises, and so Fang Xing saw her as a good person. Second, by killing one of the snakes with a single move, it would shut the mouths of those who had been criticizing him, such as Lin Qinxue.


    Of course, he would also face less obstruction once people had seen what he was actually capable of. If he had done this exact same thing before ying the beast, it was inevitable that the other disciples would rally against him. Even if the pellet from Lin Qinxues stomach was proven to be poisonous, it was likely that everyone would have still poured their anger upon him.


    Now it was different.


    Lin Qinxues face was drained of color as she held onto her stomach and rolled on the ground, shrieking in pain. Everyone else looked pale as well, and no one was able to speak.


    Perhaps no one had anticipated that this boy would be so brutal as to dare cut open another persons abdomen for the sole purpose of retrieving a pellet. Perhaps even Lin Qinxue hadnt considered this possibility, or else she would have never chosen to swallow the pellet in the first ce.


    What Fang Xing said wasnt wrong. Even if the pellet was not poisonous, he would have only wounded someone from the same sect. Something like this would not be considered murder; the vitality of cultivators was much stronger than an ordinary person, and having ones stomach cut open would certainly not cause death. With the help of some medicinal herbs, a full recovery would only require ten to twenty days, and there wouldnt even be any scars if they were able to get their hands on some high-quality medicinal herbs.


    Although most people could probably realize this method, those who would choose to actually carry it out were certainly not in the majority. How could such a delicate, pretty, and even somewhat likable boy do such a nasty thing?


    Everyone remained silent, and even those that had spoken up for Lin Qinxue all changed their expressions. A few of the female disciples that had shown looks of contempt towards Fang Xing even began to shiver in fear.