"Kill him!"
Those six figures moved after the order, leaving behind afterimages in their wake. Their speed seemed as fast as a ghost's, reaching before Jiang Xiu in a blink of an eye.
"Ignorant!"
Jiang Xiu stood there motionless, letting that punch hit him, but as it neared him, he furrowed his brows, revealing perplexment on his face.
"What's happening?"
He felt the Golden Glyph suffer a little damage. It appeared that these people indeed possessed divine force and his spell was being inhibited by their power.
This was quite an exceptional thing as only lightning-type spells should have worked on him in this state.
Jiang Xiu didn't continue using it when the second attack came over. He dodged their assaults at speed quicker than them.
"How can something like these God's Children exist in this world?"
Only their afterimages flitting past the valley could be seen.
"Behead!"
Jiang Xiu's eyes turned pitch black as he locked his gaze on these silhouettes moving at high speed. A white flash cut them apart before they could even scream.
"Let this Deity see how you look!"
Jiang Xiu stretched his hand and grabbed one of the silhouettes, ripping off the hooded sweatshirt in one go.
"Such a weak body!"
"Behead!"
Jiang Xiu released another sword light to the front which knocked against the silhouette before him, making it explode.
"Third Sword Wave!"
Ccchhheeerr!
The remaining three God's Children were sliced into two halves as well at their waists, the blood forming a line in the sky before they fell down.
"They can't even withstand a single attack. What else have you got?" Jiang Xiu commented.
The man was dejected as he looked at the six dead bodies on the ground. His legs went weak, making him kneel on the spot.
"Y-You…"
"How did you know where they would appear next?"
"Five Directions Divine View! Primary grade Divinity Awakening skill."
"A total of 38 variations of directions. They repeatedly used 8 of the directions while moving so they must have not awakened properly. It also looks like there's something wrong with their mind as they followed a specific sequence each time."
He walked over towards a dead body then pulled off the hoodie.
"Don't look at it!"
The man cried out.
Jiang Xiu naturally ignored him. When he pulled it off, Jiang Xiu was dazed. He checked the next person after that then checked all the bodies one after another.
"H-How can this be possible?"
The people other than those from Bodhi Gene were utterly shocked.
"This is…"
All the dead bodies lacked some or the other body part, an arm or a leg, or had deformed faces. Some were blind, some without ears and some bald. They were all cripples.
Anger flashed through Jiang Xiu's eyes, "What did you do to them?"
"These are your so-called God's Children?"
The man's face was flushed, "Didn't you fight with them just now? Although they are handicapped, they have extraordinary powers. That's God's power."
"If you believe there's no problem with it, why did you cover their appearance?"
"They are just defective goods. One day, we'll perfect them."
"Defective goods?"
Jiang Xiu finally understood the matter, "These people's disability wasn't natural but instead afflicted. The meaning of 'Gene' in Bodhi Gene is finally clear to me. You performed research on them in the divinity gene evolution?"
"That's right!"
"How long have you researched it?"
"For over a hundred years. Right from our Ancestor's age, we have been researching this, improving the strength of these God's Children. In the beginning, they only possessed the strength equivalent to an Inner Strength expert, but now, they can awaken the instincts of Gods."
Jiang Xiu laughed, "Idiots!"
It was noted in history that the divinity evolution had lead to extinction. Jiang Xiu wondered whether these people couldn't understand the lesson from it even if they didn't know the details.
"Call Li Bodhi out!"
"The Ancestor is gone."
"Hah!"
Jiang Xiu smiled faintly, "How can a person who has strived to research the evolution of divinity gene pass away? If he really did, everything here would've halted long ago."
"This Deity will kill you if he doesn't come out."
A sharp voice came through from the depths of the valley at this moment, "Hahaha…
A silhouette left the valley, covering 10 m with each step. The silhouette's movement was quite marvelous. An old man wearing white robes had arrived on the scene within a few breaths.
His hair was disheveled yet his face ruddy, the skin almost as youthful as an infant.
"L-Li Bodhi?"
Gu Dekang had seen his portrait once. The man's appearance was a perfect fit for it.
"That's right. I'm Li Bodhi."
He wore a pleasant spring-like smile on his face, glittering with a radiance, seeming like an oriental god.
"Ancestor!"
The disciples of Bodhi Gene were all stunned, kneeling down one after other to pay respects.
"Disciple greets the Ancestor!"
Li Bodhi being alive was a riddle to them as well. They believed that the Ancestor had passed already as he was already nearing 200 years of age.
Everyone was genuinely shocked by his appearance.
Li Bodhi swept his gaze past the area, bitterness flashing through his eyes. They were all the elite of Bodhi Gene, yet Jiang Xiu had massacred them all. "Deity, haven't you acted too ruthlessly?"
"This Deity already explained that this Deity will cripple anyone who dares to enter the army division."
"But they insisted on it and even besieged me."
"Do you think it makes sense for this Deity to let them off?"
Li Bodhi sighed, "I won't get involved in the Gu family's matter, and Bodhi Gene's disciples won't enter the army as well. Is Deity satisfied with this? Since they offended an exalted Demigod, they have paid the price with their life. We shall settle our debts with these. You can follow your path while I will strive to go through mine."
Gu Dekang's face turned ashen after hearing this. His hopes were raised after Li Bodhi had appeared, but he wasn't expecting that this hope would get extinguished so fast, shattered so thoroughly.
The guards beside him became gloomy as well.
Jiang Xiu laughed heartily, "Li Bodhi, did you think this Deity will leave just with this?"
"What does Deity want then?"
"To kill you!"
"Hahaha…" Li Bodhi also laughed out loudly, his hair flying up without any wind, "Does Deity have the confidence to do that? It's possible for the hunter to become prey."
"The one who dies will be you."
"You're too mad."
"No, you're the ignorant one." Jiang Xiu took a paper and brush out then drew on it quickly, pouring spiritual energy into it unceasingly. He threw the talisman towards Li Bodhi after that, "I dare you to look at this talisman. Look thrice, and you shall die for sure!"
"Hahaha…"
"You're saying I'll die if I look at this talisman three times?"
"What's the harm in doing that?!"
He picked up the talisman and looked at it once. He didn't pay much attention to it initially, but after looking at it once, the smile on his face went rigid.
When he looked at it for the second time, his face revealed fear, his complexion turning pale and sight blurry as he got drenched in cold sweat. He almost went crazy.
On the third look, he spouted blood onto the talisman then collapsed to the ground.
"What's happening?"
He fell to the ground and rolled over, losing all signs of life.
"ANCESTOR!"
All the disciples screamed in worry.
"What the…"
The others couldn't believe what they saw.
It was too shocking.
Li Bodhi, who had stood tall like a god for 200 years, died after looking at a talisman thrice. They couldn't comprehend how this was possible.
It was too mysterious!
The man who wore the landowner clothing rushed over to raise Li Bodhi only to see the body withering rapidly.
Jiang Xiu placed his hands behind his back, "Trash!"
The gaze with which everyone looked at Jiang Xiu now was completely different now. They looked at him with even more shocked than what they felt when Li Bodhi had appeared.
This man was like a demonic god!
Jiang Xiu gazed at Gu Dekang, "Senior Official, what will you do now?"
"You… I…"
Gu Dekang's complexion turned pale as he started trembling in fear. His breathing went hoarse, making his stomach churn with regret.