Seeing the killing intent on Ian Song's face, Elder Gideon Skyreach was startled: "Did he lose control and go mad?"
But the next moment, Ian Song stood up tall, and the murderous aura around him instantly faded away. As he moved, his whole body crackled with explosive sounds, like thunder.
"Are you alright?" Elder Gideon Skyreach asked nervously.
Noticing the worry on Elder Gideon Skyreach's face, Ian Song was touched. He bowed and said, "Thank you for your concern, Master. I'm fine—I've just received some news I need to take care of!"
Hearing this, Elder Gideon Skyreach felt relieved and nodded, "Good. If you have something to handle, go ahead. But if you can't resolve it, don't force yourself. The Male Phoenix Line is your solid backing!"
"Yes, Master, I understand!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Ian Song's figure flickered and appeared at the exit of the Lesser Immortal Realm. He immediately left the realm, and in a flash, he disappeared from sight.
"What's going on? Why did Ian Song just leave?"
Witnessing this, disciples from both lines were utterly confused.
At the border between the High Zhou Imperium and the Tang Dynasty, there was a small mountain range. But now, a devastating battle was raging here. As the fight went on, a third of the entire range had been blasted away.
Huang Yan gripped his spirit sword, fighting alone against four late-Fusion experts. At this moment, his chest was stained with blood, and a fist-sized bloody hole gaped in his abdomen, blood pouring from it.
A kilometer away, all the members of the Jade Maiden Sect were huddled inside a hastily erected defensive formation. Their faces were full of worry as they stared up at the blood-stained figure in the sky.
Seeing Senior Azure repeatedly injured under the siege of the four black-clothed leaders, kind-hearted Leah Ling couldn’t help but shed tears. Her fists were clenched tightly as she muttered under her breath—if one listened carefully, it was always the same prayer: Senior Azure, please don’t let anything happen to you!
Abbess Yvonne, who had been sealed, had now awakened.
Watching the scene in the sky, she felt deeply guilty, believing it was the Jade Maiden Sect that had dragged Senior Azure into danger.
Finally, she glanced at the Jade Maiden Sect members, then gritted her teeth and shouted to the sky: “Senior Azure, don’t worry about us—just escape!”
“Escape? Do you think we’re already dead?”
Hearing Abbess Yvonne’s words, the four black-clothed leaders besieging Huang Yan all revealed cruel, cold smiles.
At that moment, as Huang Yan struggled to withstand the siege of four, he suddenly paused, then a faint smile appeared on his face: “True body, you finally responded!”
Seeing this, the four leaders immediately launched a fierce assault.
[Spurt!]
A long blade light swept past, severing one of Huang Yan’s arms.
[Boom!]
At the same moment, a massive fist imprint slammed into his chest, sending his body flying and crashing into the forest, breaking countless ancient trees and leaving a long gouged trail behind him.
Senior Azure!
Seeing this, all the Jade Maiden Sect members were shocked. Leah Ling even dug her nails into her palms, blood running unnoticed as she stared fixedly at the place where Huang Yan had fallen, biting her lip.
Die!
The four black-clothed leaders charged forward, intent on delivering the final blow to Huang Yan and ending his life.
But at that moment, Huang Yan suddenly rose from the forest. His blood-stained face showed no fear, only a strange smile.
In the next instant, he swung his spirit sword and softly uttered two words—“Soul-Shatter!”
[Buzz!!!]
An invisible power radiated outward.
The foremost black-clothed leader suddenly felt his soul wrapped by a strange force. He was completely powerless to resist; in an instant, his soul was torn apart.
[Aah!]
With a miserable scream, his body plummeted from midair.
Damn it, what’s happening?
The other three black-clothed leaders were horrified; they realized that their companion, who had the same cultivation as them, had just had his soul shattered and become a living corpse!
A living corpse was a shell whose life-force remained, but whose body no longer housed a soul.
Immediately, all three of them exchanged glances with Huang Yan.
“Quick, kill her!”
They didn’t know how Huang Yan had shattered their companion’s soul, but they all knew it was his doing.
So, in the next instant, all three unleashed their strongest attacks at Huang Yan.
[Boom! Boom! Boom!]
Three world-destroying torrents of energy surged toward Huang Yan in an instant, but he only gave the three a strange smile: “Too late!”
Before he finished speaking, his body turned illusory and vanished into the void.
[Rumble!]
The three energy torrents exploded in the void, leaving the sky riddled with scars.
Senior Azure!
Seeing this, Leah Ling let out a desperate scream and tried to rush out of the defensive formation, only to be bounced back.
Abbess Yvonne’s face turned ashen. She gave a bitter, lonely smile: “Senior Azure is dead—she died for the Jade Maiden Sect!”
In the sky, the three black-clothed leaders looked grimly at each other.
Did he escape, or is he dead?
They communicated secretly with voice transmission.
Doesn’t matter, let’s quickly take the Jade Maiden Sect people back to report to the lord!
Soon, the three reached an agreement: regardless of Huang Yan’s fate, capturing the Jade Maiden Sect members was the priority.
With a flicker, the three appeared before the defensive formation.
The hastily arranged defensive formation couldn’t even stop a Soul Division cultivator, let alone three late-Fusion experts who could break it with a wave of their hands.
One of them reached out, and with a grasp, the defensive formation protecting the Jade Maiden Sect shattered. Seeing this, despair appeared on the faces of all the sect members.
I’ll fight you to the end!
Abbess Yvonne suddenly roared, spitting out a flying sword that shot directly at one of them as a streak of light.
A mere ant dares to attack me!
The black-clothed leader sneered, flicking his finger to send out a burst of energy. With a snap, Abbess Yvonne’s flying sword shattered.
[Gah!]
With her life-bound treasure destroyed, her mind suffered a severe blow, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.
At that moment, Xuelan, Lingyan, and others joined in, each unleashing their own treasures.
[Heh heh!]
The enemy chuckled, flipping his palm as an invisible force pressed down.
Instantly, all members of the Jade Maiden Sect were immobilized.
Let’s go!
The black-clothed leader seized all the Jade Maiden Sect members and prepared to leave.
At that moment, the void behind the three suddenly split open, and an exceptionally handsome young man stepped out. His gaze swept over the Jade Maiden Sect members; seeing that all were unharmed except Abbess Yvonne, he felt a bit relieved.
Seeing the handsome youth emerge from the void, Lingyan was stunned: “It’s Erdan!”
It’s Lingxiao!
Xuelan and the others were astonished. How could Lingxiao break through the void in just two years? Only high-level Fusion experts could do that. Had he already reached that realm?
It’s Song Yan!
The three black-clothed leaders were delighted to see the handsome youth. Capturing him would be a tremendous achievement.