Chapter Thirty: Destroying the Corpse and Erasing All Traces

  Looking at Yue You Cheng, who was in a state of panic, Yue Yu let out a soft sigh. Although he felt extremely regretful in his heart, however, the words "show mercy" had never existed in his dictionary!

  With the speed of lightning, he arrived at Yue Youcheng's side. The horizontal knife in Yue Yu's hand first slashed downwards, cutting off the old man's right leg that was supporting his body at this moment. Immediately afterwards, the long knife brought a burst of fresh blood and drew a silver-white trajectory before returning like a swallow to slash towards Yue Youcheng's neck. Then a white-haired head flew up into the air.

  Yue Yu swung the horizontal knife to the side, wiping away the blood flowing on the blade. Without looking, he reinserted it into its scabbard. The weapons forged in this era, with their unknown metal elements, had strength and sharpness that surpassed those famous swords Yue Yu had seen in his past life. With just a slight effort from Yue Yu, not a single speck of blood remained on the blade.

  But when he finished all this, Yu Yue's face did not show a hint of joy, but instead was somewhat melancholy. He stomped his foot heavily on the ground, and with the release of his true energy, the leaves within half a meter were blown up and scattered around, revealing the bare ground.

  Just as the three-dimensional terrain map in Yue Yu's mind showed, at the tip of the deceased Yue You's foot, there was a shallow pit about two inches deep. This also contained all the secrets of how this old man suddenly lost his balance in the intense battle.

  If he was still in a state of full concentration, then stepping on this would be nothing more than some insignificant minor trouble. However, at that moment, Yue Youcheng happened to lose his focus, and his opponent was such an enemy who could seize any fleeting opportunity and was evenly matched with him.

  Yue Yu's heart was filled with inexplicable regret. In fact, before this, he had also considered several tactics to deal with Yue Youcheng, such as setting up some inconspicuous small mechanisms under the fallen leaves, or stirring up the fallen leaves on the ground to block both sides' line of sight, and using the advantage of his auxiliary intelligent system to fight.

  However, Yue Yu ultimately chose to face and challenge the true strength of the so-called high-level warriors in this world with a fair and square attitude. But he never thought that the final battle would end up like this. A fourth-grade warrior actually died in such a way, which is really astonishing.

  But then again, it could also be his good luck.

  Judging from today's battle situation, the situation can be said to be very pessimistic. Although the martial arts of this world are advanced, they are far inferior to those of his previous life in terms of combat skills. However, this is not enough to prove that he can roam freely in this world. On the contrary, Yue Yu now has a deeper respect for those high-level warriors.

  With the strength of Yue You Cheng, it is already enough to affect the surrounding environment. Then, what about those at the fifth or sixth stage, and even the legendary Innate Experts whose strength surpasses that of the peak of the Earth Stage by tens of times? How terrifying would they be?

  At the last moment of the battle, Yue Yueming clearly felt that the outstanding cold attribute spiritual energy around him was rapidly surging towards Yue Youcheng's direction. It was clear that this old martial artist should still have some killer moves based on this that had not been used yet.

  Yue Yu had read some rumors in books before, saying that those who were extremely powerful could even open mountains and crack rocks, turn lakes into ice, and burn mountains to boil the sea. He was half-believing and half-doubting before, but now it seems that it's not impossible after all.

  But in the face of that boundless and unmatched power, his reliance on swordsmanship and combat skills was nothing more than a trivial matter. Today's battle would also serve as a profound warning to him.

  "Young master, you actually killed him?"

  Ran Li had already put away his bow and arrow, and walked over with a stride. His pair of copper bell-like eyes looked at the corpse on the ground with an unbelievable expression, as well as Yue Youcheng's head that refused to close its eyes in death.

  Actually, when Ran Li asked that question just now, he felt it was nonsense, but if he didn't say so, it wouldn't be enough to express the shock in his heart.

  He was originally opposed to this ambush from the bottom of his heart, but after Yue Yu disregarded his opinion and took action, he had no choice but to participate.

  I thought that even if they didn't die, they would at least be severely injured. However, at this moment, these four powerful warriors have been defeated, yet the two of them are still unscathed.

  His gaze at Yue Yu was increasingly strange. This little master was bold and reckless, yet cautious in his thoughts, and had an extraordinary skill that was off the charts, he was completely a freak.

  "It was just luck!"

  Yue Yu let out a wry smile and shook his head, patting himself down to shake off the ice particles that had formed on his clothes and eyebrows. His words were truly heartfelt; before the battle, he was confident of winning. But after it ended, he felt that he had indeed been overconfident, and his tactics had been somewhat reckless.

  Fortunately, in my previous life, I joined the mercenary industry to raise funds for several of my own research projects. The skills I learned in the army about setting traps have not been put down, but rather have made significant progress.

  And with Yueh's victory in one battle, under the pressure of crisis, his knife skills also made more progress.

  Ran Li curled his lip, thinking that this was Yue Yu's humility. From his perspective, Yue Youcheng and those three people were led by the nose from start to finish. However, he didn't have the mind to bother with this now.

  "Should today's matter also be kept from the mistress?"

  "What did you say?"

  Yue Yu glanced sideways at the big guy next to him and found that this guy was frowning, with a bitter expression on his face.

  "Master, I think it's better to let the mistress know. If a fourth-level martial artist dies, those elders in the clan might go crazy. If people find out it was us who did it, we'll be in big trouble!"

  Ran Li wasn't someone who didn't take responsibility, it's just that today's events had exceeded his psychological bottom line. If something really happened, he would not only be letting down his host mother but also lose face in front of his deceased parents.

  "Do you still want to eat Pei Yuan Wan?"

  Yue Yu's lips curled up coldly. "Is it that in the future if I were to research and create more medicine, you wouldn't want them either?"

  Ran Li's face grew increasingly gloomy, his mind constantly weighing the importance of Master and Mistress's kindness against the weight of Yue Yu's medicinal pellets. Yue Yu's next few words completely shattered his mental defenses.

  "You think I risked coming to this Black Cloud Mountain for nothing? It's precisely to find some suitable medicinal herbs, so we can prepare the Easy Elixir Pill for the two of us."

  Looking at Ran Li's excited expression, Yue Yu chuckled and added the last weight to the scale. "Even if I told my mother about this, what could she do? Do you want her to worry about us day and night from now on?"

  Ran Li scratched his head, feeling speechless. Indeed, as Yue Yu said, even with the connections and energy of the Yue Zhang family, they were also powerless in this matter.

  And then Ran Li's attitude also changed, becoming extremely enthusiastic, clearing away various residual traces of evidence under Yue Yu's orders. In this regard, Yue Yu was a master among masters, and when he was a mercenary before, he had done similar things many times. However, Ran Li's eyes were still wide open like wheels, trying to find a flaw and then remind Yue Yu.

  After thoroughly cleaning up all the bloodstains and signs of battle, it was already several hours later. Even Luan Li couldn't say anything inappropriate at this point. All that remained at the scene were four corpses and their abandoned weapons and arrows. The former was easy to handle - just throw them to those demonic beasts to eat and consider the matter settled. As for the latter, Yue Yu's plan was to go a bit deeper on the outskirts of Black Cloud Mountain and discard them there. He also brought some blood from several people, using medicine to temporarily prevent it from coagulating. He planned to set up an ambush over there again, creating a fake image of fighting with demonic beasts. As for whether the investigators within the clan believed it or not, that had nothing to do with him. Anyway, no matter what angle you looked at it, the gap in martial arts between the two of them and these four warriors was something that couldn't be made up for.