Division Master!
Elder Li and Elder Ma flashed to Victor Tu, Wind Division Master's side, shielding him and watching Ian Song warily.
"I'm fine, Elders, no need to worry!"
Victor Tu, Wind Division Master, waved his hand, took out a healing pill and swallowed it. His pale, exhausted face quickly regained some color. He then stared at Ian Song and said, "Hand over the Yellow Springs Secret Canon, and I will spare your life!"
Hearing this, Ian Song was slightly surprised. How could a defeated opponent still dare to threaten him? Either he had some hidden trump card, or he was relying on a powerful backing.
With a flicker, his body shrank back to normal size.
He replied blandly, "You want the Yellow Springs Secret Canon? Then come and get it—if you have the ability!"
First the Miao Clan, then the Ji Clan, and now these three even more arrogant intruders—all saw the Jade Maiden Sect as a trivial force that could be wiped out at will. Clearly, Ian had been too gentle; not enough people had died to really deter those seeking trouble.
Thinking this, his gaze toward Victor Tu and the other two grew cold and murderous.
Feeling his gaze, Elder Li shivered and shouted coldly at Ian Song, "How dare you! Do you know who our division master is? If you know what's good for you, hand over the Yellow Springs Secret Canon. Maybe our division master will spare your life!"
"Oh? Who is your sect master? Why don't you tell me?" Ian Song asked with interest. If he was going to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys, it had to be a fat enough chicken, or it wouldn't have much effect.
"Why not?" Senior Azure (Ian Song's female persona) replied.
Yuhua Sect!
Wind Division Master!
Yuyang Commandery has one commandery and fifty-four counties.
The commandery city is controlled by the Miao Clan and Ji Clan. Besides them, Yuyang Commandery has three great sects: Yuhua Sect, Qilin Sect, and Sword Sect.
Together, these three sects occupy the resources of twenty-five counties, while the remaining twenty-nine counties are divided among thirty-six smaller cultivation sects.
Thus, Yuhua Sect is one of the five great powers of Yuyang Commandery.
The master of Yuhua Sect’s Wind Division may not be the fattest chicken, but he’s plump enough. Killing him would definitely scare off the other monkeys.
Thinking this, the Azure Lotus Sword appeared in Ian Song’s hand.
Seeing this, Elder Li's expression changed slightly. He demanded, "What, do you still want to fight?"
"Listen up!" Elder Li straightened up and declared forcefully, "Listen well—our division master is Victor Tu, Wind Division Master of Yuhua Sect!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ian Song swung his sword to attack.
Wind Division Master!
Sword-qi, cold as blue frost, instantly swept toward Elder Li.
Clang!
Elder Li met the attack with his own sword, but the next moment he was blasted hundreds of meters away. Elder Ma quickly formed hand-seals and hurled hundreds of wind blades at Ian Song, engulfing him in an overwhelming torrent.
Heh!
With a soft laugh, Ian Song's figure suddenly appeared right in front of Elder Ma, and the Azure Lotus Sword slashed down.
Clang, clang, clang, clang!
Crack, crack!
Splurt!
Seven sword strikes in a row—Elder Ma barely blocked four. Two shattered his defensive artifact, and the seventh sliced off his head.
Whoosh!
A miniaturized Elder Ma shot out from his body, flying toward the distance.
Think you can escape?
With a flicker, Ian Song intercepted Elder Ma's Nascent Soul.
If a Nascent Soul cultivator's physical body is destroyed, he can seize a new body and be reborn—but only once. Even if successful, he can only reach the same level he had before being slain.
"Spare me, don't kill me!"
The miniaturized Elder Ma knelt in midair, face full of pleading.
"Scram!"
Ian Song waved his hand.
"Ah!"
Elder Ma was overjoyed, knelt again, and shot away like a bolt of lightning.
Just then—
A black spear suddenly appeared behind Ian Song, stabbing hard at his back—the wielder was Victor Tu.
This black spear was the Soul-Breaker Spear, a fourth-grade spirit artifact. If it pierced a cultivator, it would drag their soul inside and shred it—Victor Tu's last trump card.
Seeing the Soul-Breaker Spear about to stab Ian Song, Victor Tu's face twisted into a cruel, savage grin.
But in the next instant, Ian Song's body vanished.
Splurt!
The Soul-Breaker Spear stabbed empty air!
At the same time, countless cyan sword-qi erupted around Victor Tu, surging at him with terrifying force.
Clang, clang, clang!
Victor Tu whirled his spear to block, but the sword-qi was too fast and sharp. Even as he knocked aside many blades, he was still riddled with wounds.
"Sect Master, I'll help you!"
Elder Li, regaining his senses, shouted and drove his giant sword at Ian Song.
"Die!"
Ian Song's eyes narrowed; with a flicker he appeared right in front of Elder Li.
Splurt!
A head shot into the air, followed by a spray of blood. At the same time, Elder Li's Nascent Soul burst from his chest, trying to escape.
"One messenger is enough!"
A flash of sword-light—Elder Li's Nascent Soul was sliced in half and vanished into the void.
Victor Tu, struggling against sword-qi, saw this and was scared out of his wits. He shouted at Ian Song, "I'm the Wind Division master! If you kill me, Yuhua Sect will never let you go!"
"Just a chicken. If I want to kill you, I'll kill you!"
With a flicker, Ian Song stepped into the center of the sword-qi storm. The Azure Lotus Sword swept in a smooth arc, sending another head flying.
But this time, Victor Tu's Nascent Soul did not emerge from his body.
Suddenly, Ian Song's expression changed sharply.
He instantly activated the Great Teleportation Art and jumped several thousand meters away.
Boom!
A deafening explosion erupted, waves of energy radiating from Victor Tu's body and engulfing a thousand meters around.
Unable to escape, Victor Tu chose to self-detonate his Nascent Soul!
But it was useless—not even a single hair on Ian Song was harmed.
"Sect Master, hurry! Take people to Jade Maiden Sect, or our Wind Division Master's life will be lost!" Elder Ma cried in panic.
"Heavens, isn't that Elder Ma's Nascent Soul from the Wind Division?"
The guards at the sect master's compound saw the racing streak of light and thought someone was trying to force their way in. But when the figure revealed itself, they were stunned.
"Quick, report to the sect master! I have urgent news!"
The guards dared not delay and hurried inside. Soon, Elder Ma was ushered in.
Seated on the main throne, Yuhua Sect master Ethan Ye saw the death aura and blood-evil qi clinging to Elder Ma's Nascent Soul and instantly realized his physical body had been destroyed. Shocked, he asked, "Elder Ma, who destroyed your body?"
"Sect Master, hurry! Take people to Jade Maiden Sect, or our division master's life will be lost!" Elder Ma cried in panic.
Seated on the main throne, Yuhua Sect Master Ethan Ye saw the death aura and blood-evil qi clinging to Elder Ma's Nascent Soul and instantly realized his physical body had been destroyed. Shocked, he asked, "Elder Ma, who destroyed your body?"
"Sect Master, hurry! Take people to Jade Maiden Sect, or our Wind Division Master's life will be lost!" Elder Ma cried in panic, referring to Victor Tu, the division master who was actually Ian Song's female persona, Senior Azure, in disguise.
Elder Ma gave a bitter smile. "Our division master learned the whereabouts of the Yellow Springs Secret Canon and took Elder Li and me to Jade Maiden Sect to investigate. But there was an incredibly powerful woman there who injured both the division master and Elder Li, and she even destroyed my physical body!"
"What!"
Hearing this news, even Ethan Ye, usually steady, was so shaken he could barely speak.