Chapter 339 148: Keen Guan Yun

This probably wasn't his most powerful move, either.

It was just that, to deal with a ten-year-old child like Xu Lei, he felt this move was more than enough.

Meanwhile, Xu Lei wasted no time.

He used his Magical Power to directly retrieve several hundred backpacks' worth of explosives from his Storage Bracelet.

They flew out.

After lighting the fuse with a Fire Stick.

Xu Lei's Magical Power immediately shielded the lit fuse.

While simultaneously guarding and hauling the explosives, he hurled them at the middle-aged male Cultivator.

The middle-aged male Cultivator didn't even have time to react.

After all, he never believed a child like Xu Lei could unleash any powerful attacks.

So he hadn't put up a full-strength defense at all.

In truth, when facing Cultivators with considerable Power, it wasn't easy for Xu Lei to manage and detonate several hundred backpacks of Explosive Packages at once.

After all, controlling so many Explosive Packages was not a simple task for Xu Lei.

If his opponent concentrated their Magical Power to attack the fuse and broke through Xu Lei's magical defenses...

...they could extinguish the fuse directly.

In that case, Xu Lei's Explosive Packages wouldn't detonate.

His entire attack would be rendered useless.

The reason Xu Lei had thrown hundreds at once was because he was banking on the middle-aged male Cultivator before him underestimating his opponent.

Sure enough.

The man had let his guard down.

He was caught in the explosion!

Just as the fuse burned down to its end,

Xu Lei had already withdrawn his Magical Power.

A thunderous ROAR followed.

Another massive explosion ripped through the air.

"No—"

The middle-aged male Cultivator's Magical Power surged, forming an invisible halo around his body to continuously resist the force of the shockwave.

However, it only held long enough for him to cry out a single syllable.

He had meant to scream "impossible."

A normal person wouldn't have been able to make a sound in that situation.

But he was a Cultivator, after all. He managed that one syllable before the invisible halo shattered and he was blasted away.

He flew a great distance, skidding across the ground before slamming into a tree in the forest.

By then, the blast had left him with his hair in disarray and his skin charred black.

While he hadn't lost any limbs, much of his skin was shredded.

His internal organs were likely damaged as well, as blood constantly gushed from his mouth.

Furthermore, the three Papermen he had just sent to kill Xu Lei...

...had just floated in front of Xu Lei...

...when they were destroyed by the blast wave.

Xu Lei hadn't even needed to lift a finger to defend himself.

In fact, the three of them had acted like a shield, blocking the aftershock for him.

Xu Lei had, of course, rapidly retreated the instant the explosion occurred.

But he was still unavoidably caught in some of the shockwave.

After all, in that split second, there was only so far he could retreat.

But now, with these Papermen blocking the aftershock for him, he didn't need to expend any more Magical Power at all.

Xu Lei hadn't expected the Papermen to so perfectly block the incoming blast wave.

He couldn't help but feel a flicker of amusement.

But on second thought, he understood what had happened.

'The Papermen themselves must have some instinct for self-preservation. They were indeed coming to kill me, but before they could reach me, they were hit by the explosion. So their own power instinctively activated for defense, leading to the current outcome.'

"How could this be?

How is this possible!

At your age... how could you possibly unleash—"

The middle-aged male Cultivator's eyes were filled with utter disbelief.

In that instant, feeling the sheer Power of Xu Lei's attack, he was completely stunned.

His entire understanding of cultivation was on the verge of shattering!

Of course, he quickly recalled the legends of the Ancient Spirit Immortals.

He remembered the legends that said an Ancient Spirit Immortal could reincarnate to cultivate anew.

At that thought, intense fear flooded his eyes.

He thought he had run into a legendary Ancient Spirit Immortal.

Seeing that the middle-aged male Cultivator wasn't dead yet,

Xu Lei wasted no words.

He simply took out another Explosive Package, lit the fuse, and threw it over.

He repeated this process again and again.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! He set off several dozen more packages in quick succession.

He blasted the middle-aged male Cultivator until his limbs were broken and he was unconscious.

The man's Magical Power could no longer hold out.

With his defenses completely gone, he was just like a normal person and was immediately knocked unconscious by the blasts.

Seeing the man was unconscious,

Xu Lei didn't use any more explosives.

Instead, he took out a Homemade Shotgun from his Storage Bracelet—one he had yet to use.

He aimed for the man's head, pulled the trigger, and put a hole straight through his brow.

Only then was he certain the man was dead.

Then, without wasting a moment,

Xu Lei rushed over and began thoroughly looting the middle-aged male Cultivator's body.

But he discovered the guy was extremely poor.

He didn't even have a Qiankun Cloth Bag.

He probably had some Papermen or Talismans on him before.

Unfortunately, they had all been destroyed in the blasts.

All that remained on his body was a single Flying Sword that hadn't been destroyed.

Although Xu Lei was a bit disappointed, he didn't hesitate.

After stowing the Flying Sword,

he used a knife to dig out the bullet, destroying and concealing the wound in the process.

Then, Xu Lei immediately turned and left.

After all, the explosives had made a huge commotion.

Granted, Xu Lei had killed his enemy cleanly and quickly.

The explosions hadn't gone on for very long.

The total duration of the explosions was shorter than back in the Eastern Wilderness Marsh.

Still, there was no telling if he had attracted the attention of Bodhisattva Guan Yun.

After all, that being was incredibly mysterious and powerful.

Xu Lei knew very little about them at present.

He had no idea what the true extent of their abilities was.