Tainted will

Inside the self-sword formation.

Bai Ming hovered dozens of meters above Yan shi, his eyes were slightly drooping as he looked down at him.

"Brat, hand over all the spirit stones and the storage bag's you have collected. Otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless." Yan shi raised his head and stared back at Bai Ming with coldness evident in his gaze. 'Even though I am not allowed to kill you, I still want see you to suffer unimaginable pain. I want see you cry and wail, while I laugh at your misery.'

"Evil fiend not only did you turn these cultivators into evil hearted beings just like you, leaving me no other choice than to purge them for the greater good. You even want to rob me of my possession.. how demonic!" Bai Ming coldly spoke, he sounded like an extremely delusional and hypocritical individual. But that's just how it was ment to be, majority of the expert's in the righteous path were hypocrites.

Even if they didn't give a damn about good or evil in thier hearts but on the surface they had to always put on act of righteousness. Because if they didn't have a cover while committing unrighteous acts, it would be easier for their enemies outside or backstabbing individuals in their particular organization's to brand them as a demonic path individuals.

And once they would be branded as a demon, the entire righteous force would consider them as an common enemy. There would even be righteous cultivators coming after the so called demons to either kill them for their possessions or to grow in fame.

Of course being a demonic path cultivator had it's perks. The demonic cultivators could be as unrestrained as they wanted and were completely free from the rules and regulations which bound the righteous path cultivators to a certain degree.

As for Bai Ming, deep within his heart he had long ago considered himself as a true demonic cultivator.

But for the sake of his ambitions Bai Ming was willing to do whatever was necessary. If following these so called rules would benifit him more, he shall gladly stick to it. If disregarding these very rules will benefit him he will do so without a shred of hesitation.

Bai Ming was an opportunist, he'll be a righteous saint if it benefited him more and a demonic overload if it brings him more benefits.

As of now, Bai Ming was aware of the fact that Teng zhe was observing him. Since that supreme mortal realm expert wanted to rope him, Bai Ming had to display his formidable skills. He had already showcased his formation skills, now he was also displaying his situation grasping skills to show teng zhe that he was not just a formation fanatic but also an capable individual with brains.

The only thing remaining to showcase was Bai Ming's strength. The earlier display of strength was just an starter course, the main dish was yet to be served.

As Bai Ming looked down at yan shi, sighing inwardly, 'A grand Yin-Yang void expert, but in the end is just an puppet in someone else's hands. There truly is a mountain above a mountain, a man standing above another man. The pursuit of self is really never ending...' thinking of this a cold and callous smile couldn't help but tug at his lips. The glint in his eyes were dark and cruel.

Bai Ming's body suddenly erupted with spiritual essence and a dense killing intent gushed out crazily from him.

Yang lai and the teng family members inside the formation were feeling suffocated just from Bai Ming's evil killing intent.

'Truly a young devil' Even the demonic expert Yan shi was mildly shocked, previously Bai Ming had killed those cultivators without even showing an ounce of killing intent. But the moment his killing intent spread, it was like wild fire and it was even showing signs of materializing.

Bai Ming held the flying sword with both of his hands, he was going to use his strongest move and pull the curtains down on this act. Even if it was not enough to seriously injure Yan shi, it was enough to display his immense value and terrifying potential.

Even if Bai Ming was only able to force Yan shi to use thirty percent of his strength, Bai Ming would have proven himself.

A first layer spirit realm cultivator forcing a Yin-Yang void cultivator to use thirty percent of his strength was just an pipe dream.

Even if Bai Ming were to run out of spiritual energy after performing the sword technique, he still had his tier-5 beast wings which operated on his stamina. With that he could even rival a peak Yin-Yang void expert in movement speed. But, if at all possible Bai Ming would rather not reveal this life saving ace to outsiders.

But Bai Ming had doubts that Yeng Zhe might already be aware of this ace of his, even though Bai Ming had not used his beast wings during the battle against evil dao valley members, but there was a chance that he might have been spied on during his beast wings training session which took place thirty miles away from Teng city.

Bai Ming was just about to complete his preparation when a change occurred..

"Causing trouble in my Teng city, really daring!" A voice full of murderous intent suddenly sounded behind Bai Ming.

Even when it came to Bai Ming although he was not surprised, he could still feel the hairs on the back of his neck standing, his scalp went numb.

Bai Ming wasn't surprised because he had already expected this turn of events. Even though he could not turn back look nor had he ever heard that murderous voice in his life before, he was still able to figure out the who the owner of this voice was just from the aura and pressure being radiated from the behind him that was soundlessly crushing Bai Ming from all sides.

It was none other than Teng city's lord and the supreme mortal realm expert, Teng Zhe!

Bai Ming couldn't even move his fingers under the overwhelming aura that was being released from Teng Zhe's body. It was as if the heavens were crashing down on him.

Teng Zhe stretched out his left hand towards Yan shi, a terrifying force immediately pressed down upon Yan shi making him fall on his knees and prostrate himself.

Yan shi's face was pale as paper, but he didn't dare show any signs of resistance, he was aware any resistance that he could muster up was Inefficient and futile. He clearly knew that with just his strength, he certainly wasn't able to escape from teng Zhe's grasp. Hence, inorder to not displease the city lord, Yan shi would rather act obediently like an well trained dog.

The other Teng family members inside the formation also quickly kneeled down on their own accord, paying respects to the legendary figure before them.

Bai Ming's expression remained cold, but suddenly he felt Teng Zhe's hand slightly pressing down on his head.

Blood started to pour out from Bai Ming's orifices as he fell down like a puppet with its strings cut. Bai Ming fiercely smashed into the ground.

Large amounts of earthen mud was sent flying, the huge impact created a large circular crater, it was a hundreds of steps wide and about fifty meters deep.

Bai Ming's mouth was oozing with scarlet blood, his hands slowly moved retrieving bunch of tier-4 healing pills from his bag of holding and directly swallowed them, while trying his best to shake off the dizziness.

Bai Ming cursed inwardly as he stood up with much difficulty, before he strenuously raised his head and peered at the lone figure levitating high above.

Teng Zhe looked down at Bai Ming with arrogance and coldness in his eyes, like an immortal looking down on mortals.

'Ah, he acted too quickly. It seems he figured out that i was aware of him and his little scheme, there's no use in prolonging this any longer and i am already heavily injured, such a pity.' Without wasting a second, Bai Ming knew the situation had to slightly changed hence his actions had to change and he immediately shouted, "Lord, I am willing to join the red lotus sect."

"Good boy, it seems you have finally learnt how vast the world is." Teng Zhe eyes stared at Bai Ming as he said, word for word, "Boy, i am going to ask you this: Do you want to be my disciple?" There was killing intent hidden in his eyes.

Hearing this Bai Ming had a wide grin. He bowed slightly and replied in the most polite tone he could use verbally, "I refuse."