My Crazy Upgrade System-Chapter 91 - 90: The Kill

Sect Master Hua Quan was stunned on the spot. He never would have imagined that Yi Tianyun’s cultivation level would be higher than his own—and not just by a little bit!

"Get away!"

Sect Master Hua Quan sprang to his feet and kicked out, but Yi Tianyun swiftly dodged to the side. The moment he was back up, Sect Master Hua Quan swung his palm in a vicious strike. A ferocious power suppressed all before it, sweeping up the surrounding sand and dirt into a roaring sand dragon. This was his signature technique, the Dragon Heaven Palm—an Earth Level Martial Art!

But Yi Tianyun’s fist was faster. It came crashing down with a single blow. BAM! Sect Master Hua Quan was knocked to the ground once more, several more of his teeth shattering on impact. Still, the single punch wasn’t enough to take him out completely.

It was a relatively minor injury. If Yi Tianyun had been serious, Sect Master Hua Quan would never have gotten back up; a single punch would have obliterated his head. The gap between them was simply too vast. Yi Tianyun’s current Combat Power was nearly seventy thousand, while Sect Master Hua Quan’s was a mere forty thousand. The disparity was immense.

"Now who is the one who refuses to see reason?" Yi Tianyun said coolly.

After that second punch, Sect Master Hua Quan was dazed, his vision filled with stars. He couldn’t see his surroundings clearly at all.

"N-No, impossible... How... how can your cultivation be so high!" Sect Master Hua Quan struggled back to his feet. His face was swollen like a pig’s, and after those two punches, nearly all his teeth were gone. His words came out in an airy lisp.

"There’s a lot you don’t know. And you were talking about leaving my corpse intact..." Yi Tianyun curled his lips into a devilish grin. "So, who’s leaving whose corpse intact now?" To Sect Master Hua Quan, that grin was the smile of a demon, one that promised to drag him into the abyss.

"Die!"

The Storage Ring on Sect Master Hua Quan’s hand suddenly flashed as he threw a pitch-black object. But in that same instant, Yi Tianyun surged forward, moving even faster. He shoved Sect Master Hua Quan’s hand back before landing a vicious kick.

BOOM!

An explosion sent Sect Master Hua Quan flying. He tumbled through the air dozens of times, his armor blasted to smithereens. He was lucky to have been wearing it; otherwise, he would have been blown to pieces. Even so, his condition was hardly any better.

He rolled over and began to vomit blood, his body convulsing uncontrollably. He couldn’t even get back to his feet.

"So you had a Hidden Weapon," Yi Tianyun said with a faint smile. "Quite powerful, too. It’s just a pity your sneak attack was a bit too slow." ’He’d been watching Sect Master Hua Quan’s every move. Of course he would notice such a subtle action.’

After coughing up several mouthfuls of blood, Sect Master Hua Quan looked up at Yi Tianyun and pleaded, "Please, I’m begging you, spare me! I won’t tell anyone about this. It was all my fault... If you just let me go, the Hua Celestial Sect will obey your every command..."

He could no longer resist. In the end, he chose to lower his head and beg for mercy. He didn’t want to die. A magnificent future lay before him—he was the Sect Master of the Hua Celestial Sect! To die here, with no one to even bury him... it was a fate more desolate than he could bear.

"Do you really think begging will work now? If our positions were reversed and I was the one begging, would you have spared me?" Yi Tianyun sneered. "If you had some backbone, I might have given you a quick death. But as for now..."

The Immortal Fire flared to life in his hand. He tossed the shockingly hot flame, and it instantly enveloped Sect Master Hua Quan.

"AAAAHHHH..."

Sect Master Hua Quan shrieked as the Immortal Fire consumed him; the pain was unimaginable. He thrashed on the ground, but soon lacked even the strength to roll. After being punched twice by Yi Tianyun and then blasted by his own Hidden Weapon, he had no way of getting up.

Soon, he stopped struggling entirely, burned to death by the Immortal Fire.

"Ding! Successfully killed Sect Master Hua Quan. Obtained 54,000 Experience, Dragon Heaven Palm (Earth Level Martial Art), Ten Thousand Experience Pills, and 3,200 Madness Value."

’I only got the Dragon Heaven Palm and the Ten Thousand Experience Pills. A bit of a shame. It seems that even with my Luck Aura active, the drop rate is still low. Unless my luck is absolutely off the charts, it’s hard to get anything truly good.’

’Still, the Dragon Heaven Palm is an Earth Level Martial Art. What more could I ask for?’

He promptly took Sect Master Hua Quan’s Storage Ring. Inside was another great fortune, though it mostly consisted of Elixir Pills, Gold, and a few decent-grade Spiritual Artifacts. ’As for Martial Arts,’ he thought, ’it’s unlikely he’d have any manuals on him. They’re probably all stored back at the Hua Celestial Sect; no one carries those around.’

He stretched out his hand, and the Dragon Heaven Palm manual appeared from his inventory. A thick volume materialized before him. This meant he could give this Martial Art to Shi Xueyun to cultivate! ’The only downside is that I can’t learn it myself,’ he thought.

’Once the technique is learned, the book disappears, so it can’t be sold afterward. If I could learn it and still sell it, now that would be a real windfall.’

"I’ll leave this Martial Art for Merak Palace..." he muttered, then paused. ’No, wait. If someone from the palace practices this, won’t it expose where it came from?’ Yi Tianyun frowned. In the end, he returned the manual to his inventory and chose to sell it.

’Eight thousand Madness Value. As expected of an Earth Level Martial Art.’ Yi Tianyun was quite satisfied with the price. He decided against using it to increase a Skill Level. What choice did he have? He was just too poor. ’I just spent fifty thousand Madness Value,’ he lamented, ’I barely have any left.’

He glanced at the charred corpse of Sect Master Hua Quan, then waved his hand. A mound of earth rose up and covered the body. Though Hua Quan had been his enemy, giving him a simple burial was a small gesture he could afford.

’It’s a good thing Sect Master Hua Quan was alone. If someone had escaped, things would have gotten troublesome...’

Yi Tianyun couldn’t risk anyone else finding out that he could control the Celestial Sinking Ruins; he would only tell his aunt. He would have to inform Shi Xueyun as soon as he returned, so she could arrange for the Celestial Sinking Ruins to be used as a second headquarters.

The Celestial Sinking Ruins were far superior to Merak Palace.

’I should head back, just in case something unexpected happens.’

Yi Tianyun glanced around one last time before hurrying back toward Merak Palace. ’Once I’m back, I need to focus on improving the palace’s power. I have to raise Merak Palace’s Overall Strength to the level of a Second-Grade Faction as quickly as possible!’

「Meanwhile, at Merak Palace」

A strange event began to unfold.

In an instant, the sky grew dark. A mass of black clouds pressed down on the area, creating a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.

Shi Xueyun immediately sensed that something was wrong and rushed outside with her disciples. The moment they stepped out of Merak Palace, they were struck by a terrifying aura surging toward them from the distance. At that moment, they all knew. Someone was here for revenge...