My Crazy Upgrade System-Chapter 60 - 59: Resolution

Yi Tianyun’s icy voice made them shudder. ’What sect he’s from doesn’t matter. The only thing that matters now is how to stay alive!’

They exchanged a look and saw the terror in each other’s eyes.

"Winner takes all. Kill me or torture me, do as you wish!" Patriarch Zeng suddenly calmed down. Instead of begging for mercy, he chose to accept his fate. Such integrity was rather admirable.

"Not bad. You do have some backbone. But unfortunately for you, I’m not impressed."

As soon as he finished speaking, Yi Tianyun threw a ball of Immortal Fire. The terrifying flames immediately wrapped around Patriarch Zeng, consuming his body in an instant. At that exact moment, he activated his Luck Aura for a five-fold boost to his Luck Level!

"AHHHH..."

Screams of agony erupted as Patriarch Zeng thrashed on the ground, trying to put out the flames. But no matter how much he rolled, he couldn’t extinguish the fire. His Spiritual Power was already drained, making it impossible for him to resist the encroaching flames.

A moment later, Patriarch Zeng was burned to death, reduced to a pile of charcoal with no signs of life remaining.

"Ding! Successfully killed Patriarch Zeng. Obtained 40,000 experience, Flying Soul Life-taking Technique (High-Grade Human Level Martial Arts), and 1,000 Madness Value."

Receiving forty thousand experience after a four-fold multiplier was quite good. This was the effect of the multiplier, and more importantly, the reward for killing a high-level cultivator. A first-level Core Formation Stage expert provided ten thousand base experience, but Patriarchs like him weren’t considered major bosses, just minor elites.

Their cultivation levels were higher than anyone he had encountered before, but that didn’t automatically qualify them as major bosses. Specific conditions were required. As for what those were, Yi Tianyun had no idea. ’In any case, all I need to do is keep killing.’

’Not bad. I can’t let this go to waste.’ Of course, Yi Tianyun had no intention of letting them go. It wasn’t just about the experience. They had been utterly ruthless. If his cultivation hadn’t improved recently, he really would have died here.

He wasn’t a cruel person by nature, but if someone provoked him, they shouldn’t blame him for being ruthless.

When Patriarch Wang saw Patriarch Zeng burned to a crisp, he hastily scrambled to his feet, knelt before Yi Tianyun, and begged for mercy, "Please, please don’t kill me! I... I’ll do anything you say! As long as you spare me, the Wang Family will follow your every command from now on!"

Obviously, Patriarch Wang lacked Patriarch Zeng’s integrity and immediately began to beg for his life. He didn’t want to die. As the Patriarch of the Wang Family, holding all its power, how could he possibly want to die?

"I’m sure that even if you followed my orders, you would just betray me later. I have no interest whatsoever in people like you!"

With that, Yi Tianyun flung a stream of fire that engulfed Patriarch Wang. Screams echoed as he rolled frantically on the ground. The small amount of Spiritual Power he had managed to recover was useless against these flames, and he too was reduced to a pile of charcoal.

Their cultivation levels weren’t even in the same league. The power of the Immortal Fire was thus all the more shocking, making it effortless to kill him instantly.

"Ding! Killed Patriarch Wang. Obtained 40,000 experience, Cloud Dominating Technique (High-Grade Human Level Martial Arts), and 1,000 Madness Value."

He had gained a good amount of experience and another Human Level Martial Art, but this technique was useless to him. The grade was too low, and he had no interest in using it. Still, since the system gave it to him, he would take it. He could always give it to someone else one day.

’Still no level up. Looks like I need a ton of experience now...’

Yi Tianyun pulled up his current Attributes, which were displayed at a glance.

Player: Yi Tianyun

Level: 24 (Fourth Level of the Core Formation Stage)

Experience Value: 457281/600000

Madness Value: 28,728

Reputation Value: 70

Cultivation Technique: North Nether Divine Technique, Dragon God Technique

Skills: Star Absorption Technique, Celestial Cloud Step, Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Sect, etc.

Weapons: Frost Fist, Crimson Dagger, Wind-Chasing Blade, Celestial Wind Blade, etc.

Armor: Snow Wolf Battle Boots, Celestial God Armor, Shadow Cloak

Divine Skill: Madness Mode, Luck Aura

Bloodline: Dragon God Bloodline

Accessories: Forging Divine Hammer, Power Bracelet, Power Ring, Power Belt

All Items: Recovery Elixirs (x20), Double Experience Pills (x8), Level 31 Gift Pack

’I need 600,000 experience to level up. No wonder I didn’t make it, even after draining them dry...’

Yi Tianyun shook his head. He noticed, however, that absorbing their Spiritual Power actually yielded more experience than just killing them, making it a more efficient method. If possible, he’d prefer to do it that way. The only problem was that if he were surrounded by too many enemies, he wouldn’t get the chance to absorb their power.

The Star Absorption Technique was better suited for fighting a few enemies at a time. Against a larger group, he wouldn’t be able to absorb their power slowly—not unless he could upgrade the technique to a higher grade.

After dealing with the two men, he turned to see the other two staring, completely dumbfounded. He smiled faintly. "What is it? Is something wrong?"

"N-no, it’s nothing... I was just wondering, Yi, what is your cultivation level?" Patriarch Yan asked, still in a daze.

"Around the third or fourth level of the Core Formation Stage, something like that." Yi Tianyun smiled, then took out a Storage Ring and handed it to Yan Lingxue. "This is filled with Elixir Pills and weapons. It should be enough to boost the Yan Family’s strength by several tiers. For what’s next, you can either choose to leave Celestial Wind City or to stay. The choice is yours. In any case, I’ve dealt with the two Patriarchs. Do you have any other enemies?"

"N-no, no more. The Yan Family has never really had enemies. This only happened because those two were too greedy and set their sights on our Alchemy Furnace." Patriarch Yan sighed. ’It’s true that possessing a treasure invites disaster,’ he thought. But he could never have just handed it over.

"What you do next is your decision. I’ve already taken care of the Cultivators who had you surrounded outside. It’s about time for me to leave," Yi Tianyun said with a smile.

He had already dealt with the guards outside before coming in; otherwise, Yan Lingxue wouldn’t have been able to follow him. Yan Lingxue simply hadn’t expected Yi Tianyun’s cultivation to be so powerful—far stronger than both of the other Patriarchs.

"Young Master Yi, are you leaving just like that...?" Yan Lingxue wanted to ask him to stay, but she couldn’t think of a reason.

The power Yi Tianyun displayed was simply too incredible. They all assumed he must have a powerful sect backing him, which meant they didn’t have the status to ask him to stay.

"Yes, I have some other matters to attend to..."

Just as Yi Tianyun was about to say more, the sound of footsteps came from outside, and a group of people walked in. Among them was a familiar face: Kong Liang!

Besides Kong Liang, there were two other extremely powerful experts. The moment they stepped inside, their overwhelming aura filled the room, blanketing everything in a terrifying pressure.

Yi Tianyun glanced up, and his Eye of Investigation activated automatically, displaying the information of the leader before him: a cultivator at the Fourth Level of the Core Formation Stage. He wore a fine, soft, golden-threaded garment that could easily block any attack from the Spirit Refining Stage and even mitigate over half the damage from an early-Core Formation Stage expert. His comprehensive Combat Power was 23,000!

Judging by their aggressive entrance, they were clearly not here on friendly terms.