Jin Tian couldn't help but compliment Quan Chi's method of attack inwardly. A pincer move consisting of two attacks that could cause considerable damage if either of them hit showed how adept he was at combat.
But that was where Jin Tians' praise ended. Everything else about Quan Chi was sub-par at best.
In fact, Long Yu was many times stronger than Quan Chi because he cultivated in a high tier organization, the House Of White Dragon. The cultivation base of a simple bandit leader couldn't even compare to such an upbringing.
Jin Tian still had a nonchalant look on his face as he prepared to counter the move.
BANG!
'The World' caught Quan Chi's ax art, causing the ground behind Jin Tian to be rent open by its domineering strength.
"What?!"
Quan Chi's face was ashen when he noticed that his attack was stopped midair by a powerful force. On the other side, Jin Tian used both his hands to catch the true energy tiger by its mouth and rip it open from front to back with pure physical force.
This was all Jin Tian needed to use to achieve victory. His physical power without cultivation was already strong enough to lift 35 tons. Compared to now when he is thousands of times stronger, one could imagine how terrifying it was.
Even worse, 'The World' was twice as strong as him and it would remain so no matter how strong he got.
That was the terrifying part about stands, they grew stronger with the user and the physical abilities of close range stands would constantly be higher than the users.
WHOOSH!
Before Quan Chi could even react to his tiger getting destroyed, Jin Tian grabbed him by the neck and tossed him explosively into the middle of the army.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Booming sounds rang out as the torn limbs of any cultivator who came in contact with Quan Chi's soaring body shot into every direction. No matter how many of his men he hit, he wasn't slowing down at all. Jin Tian's power was just that insane.
'The Earthly Ax Rends The-'
Quan Chi spat out a massive amount of blood as he was about to use another move.
"Come on, hurry!"
No matter how he tried to circulate his true energy, it just didn't work. It felt...frozen. For some reason, he didn't have any feeling in his arms or legs. Everything just felt extremely off.
Jin Tian smirked to himself as he thought, 'Poor fool. He doesn't even realize that his arms and legs were already frozen off by my vaporization freezing technique. He's nothing more than a flying lump of human meat. Now, to finish him off.'
Jin Tian grabbed Quan Chi's ax and rushed toward him in a blur, catching up with his moving body in no time. He then imbued his ax solar energy and watched as the sunfire engulfed the weapon. Veins popped up on his arm as he put all his physical power into this one swing, causing the ground arm to fissure.
BOOM!
A massive explosion rang out on the battlefield, overshadowing every other sound that tried to rear its head.
The sounds of metal clashing subsided immediately as everyone, no matter which side they were on, looked in the direction of the explosion.
The Bandit/Yun army almost dropped their weapons in shock at the sight they were seeing. Quan Chi, the illustrious bandit leader who was famous in the Jianghu for many years was now reduced to a half-destroyed head connected to nothing but a spine.
The rest of his body was completely and utterly obliterated.
Jin Tian held Quan Chi's head high up in the air for the entire army to see. Not one of them expected something like this to happen. They couldn't even call this a war. No, it was more like a massacre.
"DROP YOUR WEAPONS!", Jin Tian shouted at the army. His voice carried traces of his true energy which caused the armor on the men to start melting. This was a clear indication of the strength of Jin Tian's energy arts. {A/N: Homie needs some five gum for that hot ass breath.}
CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!
With no hesitation, the army complied. It was a no-brainer when they looked at their remaining numbers. In less than the time it took for a stick of incense to burn, their army which was nine hundred strong had been reduced to about one hundred men at most. The army from the bandit clan had been mostly annihilated and the rest from the State Of Yun wasn't looking any better.
All of this was done by seven men who didn't even look exhausted from fighting such a large army. It looked like they could fight an army one hundred times the size and they still wouldn't be tired
Right now, they hoped that they could escape with their lives if they surrendered. Most of them even dropped their knees and looked up at Jin Tian with pleading eyes, hoping that he would understand.
Jin Tian knew exactly what they wanted but he had other plans in mind. Looking at Ren Shi, he said, "Go and find Li Hu's body. The blood of these men will be used as his welcoming gift." Ren Shi disappeared in a blur and returned a few moments later with nothing but a head, which Jin Tian immediately recognized as Li Hu's.
"Master, this is all I could find. His body was shredded into pieces by the release of our true energy."
"It's no matter, Ren Shi.", Jin Tian said casually. He collected the head and passed Quan Chi's head on to Ren Shi so that he could absorb it. Jin Tian then began walking slowly until he got to the men who had surrendered and were on their knees. He then started looking at them in a strange manner, as if he was trying to see all the secrets they possessed.
"You, come."
Jin Tian motioned towards a young man who looked like he didn't even reach twenty yet. He carried a spear with him and Jin Tian could see that he practiced well with it. The young man thought that his life would be spared when Jin Tian called him out as a wide smile appeared across his face. As he got closer to Jin Tian, he said, "Venerable Senior! Thank you for spar-"
SLICE!
In one smooth motion, Jin Tian sliced off the man's head with his sharp nails and caught his body, putting Li Hu's head on it. The rest of the soldiers winced at this action.
Jin Tian then slit his wrist and let a good amount of his blood drop into Li Hu's mouth and neck wound so that he would be revived. In about ten breaths of time, Li Hu's body started to twitch and he jolted awake as if a loud noise had just awoken him from his slumber.
The shock was visibly written on his face as he looked around only to find himself being held up by Jin Tian.
"I-I'm alive?!"
He rubbed his eyes several times as he couldn't believe what he was seeing. But his shock only lasted for so long when he remembered who he was dealing with.
"Jin- no, Master Jin, you brought me back, didn't you?"
Jin Tian nodded and replied, "Li Hu, I brought you back because even in the face of death, you didn't go back on your word. For that, you have my trust. Now, all of these men here..." He quickly explained the situation to Li Hu, who understood completely but, he was still pensive about the fact that he had to absorb blood.
"Master Jin, if I may be so bold. Could I absorb it after they are dead? Taking blood from live humans is..."
"Sigh, I understand, Li Hu. I'll let it happen for now but in the future, you might not have the luxury to kill someone first then absorb their blood. You'll need to get accustomed to it."
Breathing a sigh of relief, Li Hu responded, "Yes, Master Jin."
[A few hours later]
Jin Tian and his men finally finished absorbing all the blood from the army. Most of the men had broken through to the eighth phase while Ren Shi had fused his energy with the clouds to become a ninth phase expert, a Master Of Energy. The body of the young man Li Hu had taken was in the fourth phase so Li Hu only got to break through to the sixth phase.
The one with the lowest cultivation level was still Jin Tian as he only managed to break into the fourth phase, Energy Refinement. Though, the only reason for that was because he didn't want to harm his men when he cultivated. He would only be able to cultivate freely when he was by himself.
Everyone was currently standing around Jin Tian, waiting for him to give them their orders. Ren Shi was the first one who spoke to him, breaking the silence.
"Master, I collected all of our wealth with this ring of holding we had taken from a cultivator many years ago. Should we go to Zhaoluforth now?"
Jin Tian was about to agree until a different thought hit him.
"Instead of going there, why dont we go to the headquarters of the bandit clan instead and make it our own? We would be much closer to Zhaoluforth that way. So when it's time for us to raid them, it would be completely unexpected."
The others thought briefly about this idea and agreed to it. After all, it wasn't hard to see that it was a good plan.
"Alright, all of you, go to the bandit clan and take it over. Do what you want with those who are there. Just don't harm the captives. I'll join you at a later time when I get stronger."
"Master, but-"
"I'll be fine, Li Hu."
Jin Tian finalized his orders in detail as they spoke for a bit before his men left to carry out his will.
'Now that I'm alone again, I can get back to cultivating. This time, I'll see how deep in the Blackcorpse Mountains I can go.'
As Jin Tian was about to move, he suddenly sensed an incredibly powerful presence floating in the air behind him. He immediately turned around and circulated his true energy, causing the area around him to heat up significantly.
"At ease, friend. I didn't come here to fight."