Boom! Boom! Boom!
The moment the giant sword slashed down, space shattered, and the sky shook. The sky-blotting sword qi was like the heavens collapsing, striking terror into the hearts of everyone in Tianqi City.
Whether they were the high and mighty family ancestors who had lived for hundreds of years, or ordinary mortals with no cultivation, everyone stared with wide eyes, looking at the unprecedented battle in the sky with expressions of utter terror.
They could not imagine how powerful this strike was, nor could they comprehend why Ye Lin, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, could unleash such a world-destroying attack.
“Pass down the order: if Ye Lin survives this battle, our Chu family must obtain his forgiveness no matter the cost.”
“From now on, if anyone dares to provoke Ye Lin, I will no longer be your ancestor—you will be my ancestor instead! They will be expelled from the family immediately!”
In an instant, because of Ye Lin's single strike, countless family ancestors and patriarchs hurriedly issued orders one after another.
Once, Ye Lin was merely one of the top geniuses of the younger generation in the Tianyuan Dynasty.
But after this battle, Ye Lin would completely bypass the younger generation and become one of the absolute strongest powerhouses in the Tianyuan Dynasty.
High in the sky, Gu Qin, who had been fighting Jiang Qianyue, had already transformed into a streak of light and fled the battlefield the moment she saw Ye Lin's sword strike.
Sensing the terror of that strike, Jiang Qianyue also utilized spatial methods, attempting to flee.
However, locked on tightly by the Heaven-Cleaving Sword Intent, no matter how she fled or hid, she could not shake the rapidly approaching sensation of impending death.
“Damn it, what kind of technique is this?!” Jiang Qianyue's face was filled with horror, completely losing her previous coldness and haughty demeanor.
Without any hesitation, she tore apart several Thousand-Mile Teleportation Talismans in a row, attempting to break free from the sword intent's lock.
But she was clearly overthinking things. From the moment she was locked on by the sword intent, she was destined to take this strike head-on no matter what.
Thus, with a thunderous boom, Jiang Qianyue—who was still traversing space via the teleportation talismans—had both her physical body and soul instantly obliterated into ash.
“Damned ant! You dare destroy my physical body and injure my soul! One day, I will skin you alive and pull out your tendons...”
With only a wisp of her remnant soul clinging to a bead, Jiang Qianyue roared in a towering rage while simultaneously activating a secret technique to flee into the distance without daring to stop for even a second.
This bead was bestowed upon her by the master behind her, Mo Wushang. Aside from searching for geniuses, it could also protect a wisp of her remnant soul at a critical moment.
“You're practically crying in panic!”
Watching Jiang Qianyue flee like a stray dog while still daring to throw harsh words at him, Ye Lin almost burst out laughing.
Without any hesitation, he directly cast the Divine Eye Heaven-Seizing Hand.
“Boom!”
As the divine ability was cast, Jiang Qianyue was instantly grabbed and dragged back by a giant hand from the void.
“Do you really want a fight to the death? I am Lord Mo Wushang's concubine! If I fall here today, you and the entire Tianyuan Dynasty will be buried with me in the future!”
“Do you have the heart to make so many innocent lives die with you?”
“As long as you let me go, I can choose to forgive what happened today. With your talent, I can even introduce you to Lord Mo Wushang.”
After being dragged back by Ye Lin's divine ability, although Jiang Qianyue felt extremely aggrieved, furious, and terrified, as a powerful cultivator, she still forced herself to maintain basic rationality.
She reasoned with him, appealed to his emotions, brandished her background, used moral blackmail, and threw out alluring benefits—using every possible tactic to the absolute limit.
“Smack!”
Unfortunately, the moment she finished speaking, Ye Lin used a soul technique to deliver a fierce slap across her face.
“What are you blathering about? Do you really think I don't know that Mo Wushang traded the Tianyuan Dynasty to the evil spirit race as blood food?”
“Or do you think I don't know that your intention in handing me over to Mo Wushang is to plunder my cultivation talent?”
Ye Lin intentionally used his spiritual power to project his voice loudly, ensuring that everyone in Tianqi City could hear him clearly.
Although he didn't care much about his reputation, it was absolutely impossible for Jiang Qianyue to splash dirty water on him.
At these words, Jiang Qianyue was utterly dumbfounded.
The matter of the Tianyuan Dynasty being traded to the evil spirit race as blood food was only known to members of the evil spirit race at the Venerable rank and above. Even if it was leaked, she didn't care too much.
But the matter of plundering Ye Lin's talent was known to absolutely no one besides herself.
Yet Ye Lin had spoken of it directly. Did he possess some supreme method of deduction or probing other people's secrets?
At this thought, she grew incredibly anxious. If Ye Lin used this method against Lord Mo Wushang, wouldn't all the things the lord had done over the years be exposed?
With this in mind, she directly burned her soul, wanting to drag Ye Lin to hell with her to eliminate a formidable enemy for Lord Mo Wushang.
Unfortunately, let alone the fact that she was currently just a wisp of a remnant soul, as long as she was a soul body, even if she were at her peak, she could not escape the confinement of the Soaring Fairy Visualization Chart within Ye Lin's body.
“Boom!”
A ripple vibrated through space, and a phantom giant hand suddenly reached out in front of Ye Lin.
Jiang Qianyue was instantly grabbed and refined in a split second.
【Ding! You have ended a sin-ridden Soul Separation Stage other-race cultivator. You have obtained 51,000 years of other-race lifespan, your Luck Value has increased by 2,200 points, and you have picked up a Heaven-grade Sword Spiritual Root.
The Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda has actively collected the opponent's corpse to extract their blood qi, and the Soaring Fairy Visualization Chart has captured the opponent's soul to refine it. You have accumulated one charge of the Power of Sin and one charge of the Power of Heaven's Punishment...
The Lord of Reincarnation trait has been activated. Your Reincarnation Legion has increased by one Soul Separation Great Cultivator.】
【Ding! You are the first player in this game to leapfrog-kill a Nascent Soul Stage cultivator and leapfrog-kill a Soul Separation Stage cultivator. You have triggered a mysterious reward. The reward has been sent to the player's game space; please check it at your convenience.】
The moment Jiang Qianyue's soul was refined, two consecutive game prompts rang in Ye Lin's ears.
Seeing such bountiful rewards obtained all at once, Ye Lin was extremely pleased.
Although it was a bit of a pity that the Heaven-Cleaving Sword Intent was too strong—with a single strike, it had not only shattered Jiang Qianyue's physical body and soul, but also turned all the treasures and storage rings on her person into ash—
fortunately, the rewards obtained after destroying her were even more bountiful, so it was not a loss at all.
After all, if he hadn't used that single strike of the Heaven-Cleaving Sword Intent, it would have been extremely difficult for him to kill Jiang Qianyue with his current strength.
Between instantly killing an enemy and losing some cultivation resources, Ye Lin would unswervingly choose the former every single time.
Resources could be slowly earned, but enemies must never be allowed to escape.
After throwing the Wanhua Sword back into the Desolate Ancient Dao Pagoda to continue charging, Ye Lin waved his hand and put away the bead left behind by Jiang Qianyue.
“There's still a fish that slipped through the net here. I'll leave him to you.”
At this moment, seeing that the battle on Ye Lin's side had ended, Gu Qin flew over while carrying a black-and-blue, grey-robed old man.
This old man was none other than the Second Ancestor of the Ji family, Ji Qianxing, who had intended to slink away but was caught and dragged back by Gu Qin using a great divine ability.
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