Immortality Cultivation: I Can increase My Stats Using Clansmen's Qi-Blood

The man in the black robe, though reluctant, had to accept the reality of his situation.

He knew he had no way out, and if he wanted to survive, he would have to fight with every ounce of strength he had, to see if he could kill the Shadow Guard Commander before him.

With this thought, he began to circulate the enormous Qi-Blood Force inside his body, even stirring the Qi-Blood Force that had been hidden in various parts of his body.

As the Qi-Blood Force circulated, his black sword, too, began to emit a sharp aura.

"Eat my sword..."

The man in the black robe shouted low, and his black sword moved with even greater ferocity, swooping toward the figure before him.

Sword Qi mixed with the Qi-Blood Force, creating a fearsome, unstoppable force.

The figure seemed to feel the sharpness in the man's Sword Qi and his palm trembled slightly as he produced a thin sword.

The thin sword spanned across the sky, seemingly absorbing all the Qi-Blood Force in the surroundings.

"If this is all..."

"Your life could come to an end."

As he murmured softly, the figure's thin sword met the Sword Qi from the black-robed man with an even more fierce attack.

Their Qi-Blood Force and Sword Qi collided continuously, producing a deafening sound.

After a long while, when the two Sword Qi forces finally dispersed, the tip of the thin sword in the figure's hand was still pressed against the black-robed man's throat.

Although it was just the tip of the thin sword, the sharp Sword Qi still managed to cut the skin at the man's throat.

Blood flowed out, making the man in the black robe feel intense pain on his neck.

"Are you... one of the three great commanders of the Shadow Guards?"

The black-robed man looked at the figure before him and asked with a frown.

Although he was reluctant, he had to accept the situation as it was.

The Shadow Guard Commander clad in black did not respond.

He looked at the black-robed man before him, feeling somewhat puzzled.

There was something strange about this black-robed man.

Although his Cultivation was only at the Early-Phase Transcendent Realm, the Qi-Blood Force mixed with Spiritual Power inside his body seemed different from other Cultivators at this realm.

He couldn't pinpoint exactly what was different.

However, this did not prevent him from killing the black-robed man.

After all, his mission was to kill the target.

Thinking this, his palm trembled slightly, and the thin sword pierced directly through the man's throat.

Blood spewed out, and within just a few breaths, the black-robed man no longer had any signs of life.

After a long while, he pulled the thin sword out of the body and then turned and left.

As he left, this area was soon discovered by patrolling Weiqing City Cultivators.

By the time they arrived, all they saw was blood on the ground and a lifeless body of the man in the black robe.

...

That evening, at the temporary base of the Shadow Guard.

"Mission complete, target eliminated," a figure said indifferently.

He stood beside a campfire, his face covered with a black mask, dressed in tight black clothing, having just completed his mission.

"Well done," responded another figure beside the fire.

He wore a black mask and tight black clothing as well, but his figure was much more muscular.

"There's just one odd thing," the previous figure spoke, "Though the target was only in the Early-Phase Transcendent Realm, his Qi-Blood Force and Spiritual Power seemed unusual."

"Unusual?" the muscular Shadow Guard said indifferently, "In what way?"

"I can't quite put my finger on it, but it felt different from other cultivators at the same realm," the previous figure responded.

"Different?" the muscular Shadow Guard pondered and then spoke, "Never mind, whatever was unusual about him, it's irrelevant now. Our mission was to eliminate him, and it's completed. Other matters don't concern us."

"Yes," the previous figure nodded, "Indeed."

As they spoke, he looked back to the campfire.

And as his gaze returned to the fire, his brows furrowed slightly.

He felt that something was slightly off.

But where exactly the problem lay, he couldn't quite say.

...

In the blink of an eye, a day had passed.

That day, Weiqing City was abuzz with a piece of sudden news.

The annual Young Cultivator's Ranking held by Qingyun List was set to begin in half a month.

The Qingyun List was considered a ranking of outstanding young cultivators within Weiqing City; any Cultivator with a Cultivation level of Bone Refinement and above could participate.

If one could stand out in the Qingyun List's ranking competition, they could receive rewards from the City Lord's Mansion, even having a chance to obtain other precious items.

Over the years, it was precisely because of these rewards from the City Lord's Mansion that the Qingyun List's ranking competition had attracted more and more Cultivators.