One hour later.
A powerful gust of wind suddenly surged around Terra Su, like a small tornado, stirring up dust and debris in all directions.
His eyes snapped open, faint lightning flickering within them, releasing an invisible yet formidable pressure.
"Finally, I've broken through to the tenth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm!"
Terra Su exhaled a white breath arrow, his gaze sharp and filled with confidence.
In just seven days within the Rising Sun Mountains, he had advanced from the peak of the eighth layer to the tenth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm. Such an astonishing breakthrough speed would be unbelievable if told to others.
"As expected of a rare treasure of heaven and earth. Consuming just one has elevated my cultivation level by an entire layer."
Terra Su sighed with emotion. Using such a rare treasure to enhance his cultivation was like riding a rocket. From the ninth layer directly to the tenth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm. No wonder martial practitioners covet these treasures so much, and no wonder those Iron Armor Gate martial practitioners killed for two Jade Fruits.
In the end, they lost their lives for those two Jade Fruits, a fitting cycle of karma.
However, the credit for the full enhancement of an entire layer also goes to Terra Su's "Chaotic Immortal Records," which allowed him to completely absorb all the Spiritual Qi within the Jade Fruit without any waste.
"Young Master, it should be in this direction."
"No mistake, Anthony Wu and the others were chasing in this direction just now."
From the distant forest, faint voices could be heard.
Thanks to Terra Su's recent breakthrough to the tenth layer of the Inducing Qi Realm, his physique had improved, and his eyesight and hearing had been enhanced, allowing him to clearly hear sounds from such a distance.
Soon, a group of people emerged from the forest, led by a well-dressed young man in his twenties, surrounded by seven or eight martial practitioners who followed him like attendants.
The young man glanced around impatiently and said, "You said Anthony Wu and the others were chasing the three who took the Jade Fruits in this direction. Why haven't we seen them yet?"
A martial practitioner quickly replied, "Young Master, perhaps the other side is too cunning, and they are still pursuing. If we go a bit further, we should find them."
"Could something have happened to Anthony Wu and the others?" another martial practitioner asked.
"Impossible. In the Rising Sun Mountains, anyone who dares to provoke our Iron Armor Gate is courting death."
As they spoke, the group approached the clearing where Terra Su had been.
"Look over there!" A martial practitioner suddenly exclaimed in shock, pointing at several headless corpses on the ground.
"Oh my god, it's Anthony Wu and the others!"
"What happened? How could Anthony Wu and the others be killed?"
The Iron Armor Gate members were no fools. From the corpses of Anthony Wu and the others, it was clear they had been killed by human martial practitioners' swords, not by monster beasts, which would have left the bodies in a much worse state.
They exchanged glances, and one of them approached the corpses, squatted down to examine them closely, and then said gravely, "Young Master, look at these wounds. Four of them were killed simultaneously by a single sword strike!"
"Hiss! Killed four people with one sword strike?"
Everyone gasped in shock.
"Could it be the three who took the Jade Fruits?"
"Impossible. Those three couldn't even defeat Anthony Wu and the others, let alone kill them with one strike."
"If not them, could it be an enemy of our Iron Armor Gate in this area?"
"Enough! Silence! Listen to the Young Master!"
A middle-aged man in black, who looked like an attendant, coldly shouted, stopping the group's discussion.
Terra Su, standing not far away, had long noticed this middle-aged man in black. He had the strongest presence among them, likely the highest cultivation level, and could be considered a formidable opponent.
Next was the young man referred to as the Young Master, followed by the others.
The Young Master walked to the corpses, looked at them, his face darkening, and said, "Whoever dares to kill our Iron Armor Gate members is our mortal enemy! Search immediately, capture the culprit, and kill them without mercy!"
"Yes, kill without mercy!"
The Iron Armor Gate martial practitioners responded in unison.
"Hmm? There's someone over there!"
At this moment, someone finally noticed Terra Su standing nearby.
An Iron Armor Gate martial practitioner walked over to Terra Su, sizing him up and asked, "Kid, you've been here all along. Did you see who killed them?"
This martial practitioner didn't connect Terra Su with the killer, perhaps because he thought Terra Su was too young to have the strength to kill four people with one strike.
"No, I didn't see."
Terra Su shook his head. He was telling the truth; how could he see himself killing?
"What? Just a passerby kid."
Hearing Terra Su's response, the martial practitioner's eyes turned fierce, and he looked Terra Su up and down, saying, "Kid, you seem to have something valuable on you?"
Terra Su had just broken through by consuming the Jade Fruit, and the rich Spiritual Qi scent still lingered on him, which this martial practitioner detected, thinking Terra Su had some precious herbs or elixirs.
With a sinister smile, the martial practitioner said, "Kid, although this has nothing to do with you, you just happened to be here with something valuable. Blame your bad luck!"
Indeed, the Iron Armor Gate disciples were all cut from the same cloth, even speaking similarly.
After speaking, the martial practitioner lunged at Terra Su with a sinister smile, aiming a palm strike at him.
But before his palm could land, a thin line of blood appeared on his neck. His eyes widened in disbelief, and he froze, then fell straight down.
The other Iron Armor Gate martial practitioners, witnessing this, were stunned: "Kid, you actually killed Jesse Ding?"
"Kid, dare to kill our Iron Armor Gate member? You'll pay with your life!"
Another one shouted angrily, drawing his sword and charging at Terra Su. But before he could get close, Terra Su struck first, slicing his neck with the Cang Hai Sword.
"How is this possible!" The remaining members were in disbelief, their pupils trembling violently.
"The two he killed were both eighth-layer Inducing Qi Realm practitioners, yet he killed them with one strike!"
The Iron Armor Gate martial practitioners stared at Terra Su in disbelief. Suddenly, one of them gasped and said, "Kid, were you the one who killed Anthony Wu and the others just now?"
They had seen Terra Su standing near the corpses but hadn't connected him with the killer, thinking a fifteen-year-old boy couldn't possibly have such strength.
Now, witnessing Terra Su's swift kills, they finally realized and linked him to the earlier murders.
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