At the scene, only a giant crater remained!

All the Black Water Thieves had vanished without a trace!

Not even Blood Bones, robes, or blades remained—not a single trace!

After dealing with this group of Black Water Thieves,

Su Bai slowly withdrew his fist.

A sense of clarity and release washed over him.

He slowly exhaled a breath of stale air.

The wisp of frustration in his heart dissipated along with it.

Then, his figure flickered, and he appeared before the many bound women.

When they saw Su Bai annihilate the large group of Black Water Thieves with a single punch, the women stared wide-eyed, their Heart Spirits shaken!

Thanks to the Shelter of the light curtain, the women were mostly unharmed.

Their faces were just a little pale.

This technique for condensing a light curtain was a special Cultivation Technique called the Blue Curtain Technique, which Su Bai had previously obtained from an executed felon.

It was a defensive Cultivation Technique that used the vast True Qi in one’s body to form a blue celestial curtain capable of defending against powerful attacks!

’They’re all mostly fine!’

Su Bai nodded to himself after looking around at the women.

SHIING!

He then activated his Divine Thought Sword Formation, slicing through the black ropes binding them!

The women, having snapped back to their senses, all faced Su Bai, kowtowing and kneeling in gratitude!

Their bodies trembled violently!

Large teardrops fell from their eyes, gradually blurring their vision...

Sigh!

Su Bai watched the women and sighed inwardly.

He could save their lives, but the road ahead was one they had to walk on their own.

Whether for their own sake, or for their dead friends and family.

BZZT!

After that, Su Bai’s figure dissipated before their eyes.

After Su Bai left,

Sister Lan slowly stood up. She pulled up a middle-aged woman who had collapsed on the ground, wiped the tears from her eyes, and spoke in a hoarse voice.

"Sister Yun, let me help you up."

After getting up, Sister Yun’s tears flowed uncontrollably!

"Lan Hua! Your life has been so hard..."

Her thin, crooked fingers trembled violently as she struggled to open them, finally clasping Lan Hua’s hand tightly!

She said nothing more, only cried.

Crying for this kind, ill-fated woman, who had lost her parents at a young age, struggled to raise her younger brother, only for him to be killed by wolves.

And now, in middle age, she had lost her husband and son!

The pain she endured!

Who could possibly know?

However, Lan Hua squeezed Sister Yun’s hand back, holding her trembling hands in her own, and said hoarsely,

"What’s happened has happened. We just have to look forward."

Sister Yun opened her mouth, but in the end, said nothing.

She just couldn’t help but shed a few more tears, nodding repeatedly.

’What a remarkable woman!’

Watching all this from the shadows, Su Bai couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

To be able to keep moving forward, to look ahead, after experiencing so much suffering, after losing her husband and son.

Such a strong will to live was admirable.

It also made one want to weep.

’Life is full of hardships. Keep walking, keep looking forward!’

This principle...

is easy to know, but hard to do!

’Ning Fengyun is here...’

A while later, after sensing Ning Fengyun leading the Martial Artists from the Prison Suppression Bureau, following the clues all the way here,

Su Bai dispersed his Divine Thought Incarnation.

"Hm? How were all these women rescued?"

When Ning Fengyun led his men to the spot where Su Bai had just obliterated the Black Water Thieves,

he was instantly stunned.

Not only that!

At the scene... other than the lingering scent of blood in the air!

Where was there even a trace of the Black Water Thieves?

Only after some questioning did Ning Fengyun learn the details from a woman named Lan Hua!

It turned out that not long ago, a mysterious, Unparalleled Strong Person whose face could not be seen had made a move!

With a single punch, he had blown up all the Black Water Thieves!

Upon hearing this, Ning Fengyun was astonished on the spot!

’Obliterating a thousand people with one punch?’

’What kind of terrifying power would that require?’

Next, he had the Martial Artists from the Prison Suppression Bureau escort the women to the nearest village to await further instructions from above.

Meanwhile, he strode over to the giant crater.

When he sensed the residual Overbearing Fist Intent in the crater, Ning Fengyun’s expression changed slightly!

This Fist Intent! He was familiar with it!

"To think the senior Great Power who saved me twice has already beaten me to it and annihilated these damned Blood Thieves!"

Ning Fengyun looked at the crater before him, his expression filled with amazement!

A slight smile also appeared on his face.

If that existence was the one who acted, then annihilating the thousand-strong Black Water Thieves with a single punch made perfect sense!

A moment later, an Innate Grandmaster from the Imperial Dynasty arrived.

"Lord Xiao!"

Ning Fengyun informed him of the situation.

"Since that senior was the one who acted, we should return and report!"

the Innate Grandmaster said after a moment of thought.

Ning Fengyun nodded and left with him.

...

Back in the prison, Su Bai returned to his personal quarters after finishing his patrol.

"Draw!"

He sat in his rocking chair and began the prize wheel draw!

After annihilating the thousand-strong Black Water Thieves just now, Su Bai had obtained a total of five prize wheel draws!

The reason the number wasn’t higher was that, although there were many Black Water Thieves, they were ultimately just a band of thieves!

Other than the one-eyed man, whose Cultivation was at the Innate Realm First Layer,

the Cultivation of the other Black Water Thieves wasn’t very high.

This was why Su Bai hadn’t received that many draws.

CLICK!

Soon, the pointer spun, and all five chances were used up!

"Not bad! Over three million Experience Points!"

The five draws brought Su Bai a total of over three million Experience Points!

After the draw, Su Bai immediately used these Experience Points to raise his Realm to the Innate Realm Fourth Layer!

The amount of True Qi in his body surged once again!

Next, Su Bai began to extract the Cultivation Technique of the late One-Eyed Wolf Saber!

After killing the man, Su Bai had gained one chance to randomly draw a Cultivation Technique.

The next moment!

A series of images appeared in Su Bai’s mind.

Su Bai noticed that he could now choose to view the man’s memories of obtaining and practicing the Cultivation Technique from an observer’s perspective.

Just like watching a movie!

Without having to become the person himself.

A look of delight appeared on Su Bai’s face.

’This is much better!’

’Otherwise, it always felt strange to constantly embody others and experience their unfamiliar memories.’

In the images,

he saw the one-eyed man in the Black Robe join a huge sect. The sect’s location was unknown, but Su Bai guessed it probably wasn’t within the Great Xia Dynasty’s territory.

Within the sect, the one-eyed man cultivated diligently. After more than a decade of struggle, he finally became the disciple of an old man in a Daoist Robe!

And this person was none other than the so-called Master Bihai!

When Su Bai saw that Master Bihai split off a Divine Thought Incarnation to teach the one-eyed man a powerful Cultivation Technique,

his expression turned peculiar.

’A Divine Thought Incarnation!’

’One of the hallmarks of a Divine Platform Great Venerable!’

’This is the first time I’ve seen a Divine Platform Realm Great Power, other than myself, who can use a Divine Thought Incarnation!’

Later, Su Bai saw the one-eyed man being severely injured and expelled from the sect by Master Bihai for stealing a Secret Technique!

In the end, he became a wandering bandit!

At this point, the images faded!

After watching, Su Bai’s expression was odd.

’So...’

’This guy got kicked out of his sect for stealing a Secret Technique, and he was still using his Divine Platform Realm master’s name to bluff his way around?’

Shaking his head, Su Bai began to inspect the Cultivation Technique he had just obtained.

[Cultivation Technique: Jade Sea Saber Technique! (Incomplete) (Seventh Grade), Realm: Mastery (22,800/2,000,000)]