"Go!"
Ian Song pointed casually, and the bronze flying sword turned into a streak of azure sword light, shooting straight toward the lake. It quickly reached the spot where the Mutant Python King was coiled, aiming to strike its head.
"Aaargh!"
Sensing danger approaching, the Mutant Python King let out a thunderous roar. The water churned and surged, and the lake in front of it instantly transformed into an ice wall seven or eight meters thick.
Watching this scene through his Clairvoyant Vision, Ian Song’s lips curled into a faint, cold smile. Though the bronze flying sword wasn’t high-grade, an ice wall was nowhere near enough to block it. With a hiss, the sword pierced straight through the ice and continued shooting toward the Mutant Python King.
Seeing that the ice wall couldn’t stop the flying sword, the Mutant Python King panicked slightly. Its massive head slammed fiercely into the ice wall, and the tremendous impact launched the wall out of the water and into the sky.
At the same time, its gigantic body burst out of the lake, fleeing in the direction opposite Ian Song.
"This guy’s got some quick wits!"
Seeing how the Mutant Python King neutralized the sword’s killing intent with that collision, Ian Song couldn’t help but feel a bit of admiration.
Still, his strength was now on a whole different level. With sword essence driving the flying sword, both its speed and power had multiplied several times over.
"Go!"
The bronze flying sword shot out through the ice wall, continuing its deadly pursuit of the Mutant Python. Even though the serpent was fast, it was overtaken in an instant.
"Pfft!"
The bronze flying sword easily pierced the Mutant Python's body, drilling inside. Explosive sword-qi blasted several fist-sized bloody holes along its length.
The Mutant Python let out a miserable screech, its massive body thrashing wildly. In its frenzy, it snapped dozens of giant trees, while the bronze flying sword—under Ian Song's control—ripped upward through the beast, finally burrowing into its triangular head.
"Pfft, pfft, pfft!"
Sword-qi detonated again, blasting the triangular head into a mangled ruin.
Even so, the Mutant Python's vitality was truly monstrous. Even after its head was blasted to shreds, it kept thrashing for a moment before finally dying.
Ian Song harvested the Mutant Python King's eighth-tier Evolution Crystal, then swept through the mutant beast territory again. Any mutant beast above fourth tier was killed and its Evolution Crystal taken; the rest were left for the base warriors to handle.
After this round of fighting, Ian Song had a clear sense of his own strength.
Before cultivating the Azure Lotus Sword Codex, he could already overpower ordinary Innate Ninth Layer experts by several levels. Now, he could instantly kill them—he was absolutely invincible among Innate Ninth Layer cultivators.
As for Foundation Establishment experts, he hadn’t encountered any and didn’t know their exact strength. Still, he guessed that even if he couldn’t beat one head-on, he’d have no problem escaping at full power.
Back at the base, Ian Song gave the order to exterminate mutant beasts.
After a few days’ rest, the warriors were all in high spirits. At Ian’s command, twenty thousand base fighters surged into the mutant beast zones, and in less than a week, over ten thousand mutant beasts were slaughtered.
Aside from the mutant plants, Huahai City was now humanity’s domain.
Mutant plants wouldn’t actively attack humans—and honestly, they didn’t have the means. No matter how powerful, a plant couldn’t move from its spot.
So, mutant plants weren’t much of a threat to humans.
With the zombies and mutant beasts swept away, nearly all of Huahai City was now under the Yanhuang Survivor Base’s control.
But Ian Song still worried—the base had too few real experts.
Fortunately, the mutant beast sweep had netted over ten thousand Evolution Crystals. Ian planned to use this haul to forge a new batch of top fighters.