Chapter 270: First Kill and Aftermath
Chapter 270: First Kill and Aftermath
He also did not want to rely too much on external tools.
So during this time, based on memories from modern animations and movies, he had created several offensive techniques.
"Unnamed Energy Blasts."
As Xiao Shou formed his hand seals, the others immediately prepared defenses and activated their magic treasures to attack.
But the moment his technique was completed, he raised a finger and pointed toward the captain.
In an instant, a terrifying mass of spiritual energy condensed and compressed at his fingertip, forming a white sphere.
In the blink of an eye, a beam of white light shot out from it toward the captain.
Midway, the beam suddenly split and curved, dividing into eleven thinner streams of light that struck toward the others and their magic treasures.
All of this happened in a flash.
The moment their magic treasures were activated, they were pierced through by the thin white beams.
Their spiritual light dimmed drastically as the treasures fell to the ground.
Their bodies were no different.
Each of them was pierced clean through by the white light.
The defensive magic treasures and protective spiritual barriers were completely useless.
The captain stared in disbelief at his own hand and shoulder that had been pierced through.
While taking out a healing pill and swallowing it, he glared at Xiao Shou and asked, "What kind of technique is this?"
The feeling this technique gave him was extremely strange.
He could not sense any offensive power at all, yet the moment the light touched anything, all defenses seemed to be transformed into some kind of substance and dispersed.
"This is a move I created myself. Unfortunately, I do not have a lightning spiritual root. If I did, it would look even cooler."
Xiao Shou smiled innocently while playing with the white sphere of light at his fingertip as he looked at them.
"Alright, you have seen the appetizer. Next, you should try your best not to get hit by my Unnamed Energy Blasts. If you are hit, you will die."
After speaking, Xiao Shou extended his arm and poured a large amount of spiritual energy into the sphere.
In an instant, the palm sized sphere expanded to about half a meter.
A thicker beam of white light shot out, then split into countless streams that attacked everyone.
Even the four maintaining the spatial seal were not spared.
The cultivators from Yingzhou had already seen the power of the white light.
Defensive treasures and techniques were useless.
They could only dodge left and right, trying to avoid the beams.
But the white light was controlled by Xiao Shou’s divine sense and relentlessly pursued them.
In a moment, the entire space was filled with streaks of white light.
The beams blocked every possible escape route.
They had no chance to flee.
Their Nascent Souls were shattered on the spot.
They died instantly and fell into the sea.
At the same time, the waves surged and several sea beasts swam over while opened their mouths and quickly devoured all ten corpses without leaving anything behind.
Yao Heng swallowed nervously and looked at the scene, then carefully said to Xiao Shou, "Master, sea beasts are so scary. They even eat people."
"Oh? You think sea beasts are scary, but not me, the one who killed them?"
Xiao Shou felt that he himself was more frightening.
This was the first time in his life he had killed someone.
Yet there was not the slightest ripple in his heart.
It felt no different from killing a fish.
Why was that?
When had he become so cold blooded?
Was he born this way or had he never truly treated this world as real and seeing everyone here as NPCs?
That could not be right.
In many stories, people who thought like that never made it to the end.
And he had never disrespected others like that before.
Yao Heng looked at Xiao Shou in confusion. "But they wanted to kill Master and steal your treasures. Even a fragile little me could feel their intense malice. What is wrong with killing them to protect yourself?"
"Master, there is no need to feel pity for such bad people. The most important thing is to protect yourself," Xiao Ai added.
Xiao Shou did have compassion, but it seemed he had not given any to them.
Then again, in almost every cultivation novel, there was always this step.
One had to kill someone before truly becoming a cultivator.
No matter what one felt inside, in the end there seemed to be no choice but to accept it.
If that was the case, then continuing to struggle over whether he should feel guilty or shed crocodile tears had no meaning.
So he decided to stop overthinking and simply act according to his heart.
With that thought, Xiao Shou nodded. "You are right. Thank you for comforting me."
"As long as you are not upset," Xiao Ai said as it flew out and circled around him. "Master, where are you going now? I can take you anywhere."
"I have not decided yet. I will first tell Young’er about what happened here and see what he thinks. But before that, I need to clean up this place and leave no traces. I do not want to be hunted down by the cultivators of Yingzhou Celestial Isle."
Xiao Shou was not sure where he should go next.
He only remembered how Xiao Ran in the novel had been hunted by the ruler of Yingzhou Celestial Isle and left with no escape in heaven or earth.
So he first erased all traces of the battle, then flew away.
Since this area was close to Yingzhou Celestial Isle and belonged to the territory of human cultivators, there were not many high level sea beasts.
His movements went smoothly.
After flying for a while, he found a small island covered by a defensive formation but completely deserted.
He landed there, connected his communication jade, and told his disciple everything that had happened.