Cultivation Online novel Chapter 1833

Despite being surrounded by hundreds of people, Yuan remained calm. He looked directly at Duan Qiao and spoke nonchalantly, "I knew you’d come back to cause trouble, but even I couldn’t have anticipated it would be this soon."

"You can act calm all you want, but we all know you can’t defeat so many of us by yourself!" Duan Qiao laughed out loud.

If Yuan had his original body, he would’ve definitely been able to defeat all of them—even 10,000 of them alone. However, his current body lacked the talent and abilities his original body possessed, so Duan Qiao was right.

Even if Yuan was a cultivator and his opponents were mere mortals, he would not have the energy to defeat so many at once. Moreover, these mortals had vast experience as cultivators, and some had also started cultivating, so they were more powerful than ordinary mortals who had never cultivated before.

Fortunately, he didn’t need to defeat all of them. Yuan was confident that he’d only need to kill some of them to scare away the rest. After all, no matter if one is a mortal or cultivator, everyone fears death.

"I will give everyone here a chance to walk away. Otherwise, don’t blame my sword for not having eyes," said Yuan as he retrieved two swords from his spatial ring, wielding one in each hand.

These two swords were different from the ones acquired from the training hall. It was much sharper, even emitting a profound aura.

Even as mortals, the participants immediately recognized the swords as Spirit-grade treasures.

Yuan had purchased the swords shortly after buying his spatial ring, paying 50 points for each.

Ever since Yuan noticed that he was drawing the attention of others, he became aware of the possibility that some might try to cause trouble for him. His rapid progress and success were bound to stir jealousy and ulterior motives among the participants.

"I knew something like this would happen, so I took the liberty to prepare myself beforehand. I will not hesitate to slay anyone who threatens me. You have three seconds to decide whether you want to die today or live to continue the trial."

Upon hearing Yuan’s words, many participants left Duan Qiao’s group—about 10 percent—as they were not willing to risk their lives. Moreover, even if they weren’t part of the group, they would still benefit from Yuan’s death if the others managed to defeat him.

Duan Qiao frowned upon seeing so many people leave the formation.

"You cowardly bastards! Don’t think you’ll get away scot-free! We’ll take care of everyone that left once we take care of him!" Duan Qiao roared.

Hearing this, some of the people who left returned to the formation. The rest were willing to take the risk.

"Your time is over. I’ll start with you," Yuan spoke as he dashed at Duan Qiao, who was the closest to him.

Seeing the attack coming, Duan Qiao hastily raised the sword he had taken from the training hall to block Yuan’s strike. However, Yuan’s Spirit-grade sword effortlessly sliced through Duan Qiao’s weapon before cutting off one of his arms.

"Ahhh!" Duan Qiao screamed in pain as blood sprayed from his wound.

Yuan ignored his screaming and swung his other sword, decapitating Duan Qiao before the others could even react.