Chapter 540 550: Slaying a Half-Step Life and Death Realm Expert

"Second sword of the Cold Ice Sword Technique, Coldly Arrogant as Ice!"

Wen Qingye's eyes were fixed ahead as the icy words slowly left his lips, as if his very voice could freeze a man solid.

In a fleeting instant, the One Thought Sword, brimming with destructive fluctuations, appeared before Zhang Da. Four streams of Dark Force from the Vibration Law were imbued within this sword strike, but Zhang Da had not noticed them at all.

It was the same sword technique, but now that Wen Qingye's cultivation had consecutively risen two levels and he was borrowing the spiritual nature of the Sword Spirit, Qing Ruo'ai, its power was immeasurably greater.

Seeing the sky filled with blue Sword Auras, Zhang Da was horrified. His expression became exceedingly grave as he crossed his hands. The surrounding Primordial Qi swept out, and a violent whirlwind howled in the ears of the onlookers.

The bodies of the Heaven-Burying Sect members near Zhang Da were swept up by the gale, creating a visceral scene that truly resembled a storm of blood and gore.

A massive phantom abruptly appeared behind Zhang Da. It was not unlike the Little Ghost phantom that had once appeared behind Guan Xuan, but this one was far more solid and terrifying.

"Hah!"

Zhang Da thrust a palm shimmering with intense green light toward Wen Qingye in mid-air.

Meanwhile, the Ghost General behind him, wreathed in black mist, its black armor reflecting a dark sheen, was expressionless. It gathered Primordial Qi and also thrust a palm toward Wen Qingye.

The Ghost General's palm, shrouded in black mist, seemed to merge with Zhang Da's palm, which flashed with green light. The two massive Palm Seals superimposed upon each other.

A world-shaking sound erupted from the void. Far away on the city walls, everyone felt the ground tremble, and their faces instantly paled.

"Quick, protect the Emperor and the Old Madam!" Ling Xiao said hurriedly.

The crowd quickly shielded Ling Wei and Liu Shi behind them.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The Palm Seal and the massive phantom of the One Thought Sword collided. A dazzling brilliance erupted in the sky, so bright that even Xia Qianhe and the others in the distance paused for a moment to look over.

"Be suppressed!"

Wen Qingye poured all his Primordial Qi into the One Thought Sword. Instantly, the blue light on the sword flared magnificently.

CRACK! CRACK!

Countless streams of Primordial Qi seemed to freeze solid. The massive, dark-green palm also paused, its light diminishing sharply.

"Go to hell!"

Zhang Da's eyes were bloodshot. Knowing this was the most critical moment, he no longer hesitated. The Primordial Qi throughout his body surged out like a raging river.

RUMBLE!

The blue sword's form actually began to fracture. The next moment, Wen Qingye retreated several steps back.

The Primordial Qi formed ripple after ripple, violently surging into the distance. Surrounding rubble and dust danced wildly, obscuring everyone's vision.

After a moment, everyone was finally able to see the situation clearly.

Zhang Da's lips were slightly parted, his body completely unharmed. His eyes stared in astonishment in Wen Qingye's direction.

"This is...?"

THUD!

Ling Xiao had just started to speak when Zhang Da's body plummeted from mid-air, crashing heavily onto the ground and kicking up a great cloud of sand and dust.

For hundreds of miles around, everything suddenly fell silent.

The purple-robed elder stared blankly at Zhang Da's corpse on the ground and said, "What's going on? Third Brother clearly hadn't lost just now."

The black-robed elder also shook his head and said, "I don't know either. There's something strange about that kid."

What the crowd didn't know was that the Vibration Law of Wen Qingye's Slaying Immortal Sword Dao had already destroyed all of Zhang Da's internal organs. The injuries were internal, so they simply couldn't see them.

Ling Wei gazed at Wen Qingye, who stood proudly in the sky above, and murmured, "Has he become this powerful? He can even slay an expert of the Life and Death Realm?"

Golden sunlight bathed Wen Qingye. A light breeze stirred his hair as he stood against the wind. Directly below his feet lay the corpse of Zhang Da.

Everyone was slightly stunned, their minds completely blank.

Zhang Hua stared at Wen Qingye's back, his thoughts drifting to the first time Wen Qingye had come to the Zhang Mansion. He had been nineteen then, his cultivation only at the Qi Cultivation stage.

The days of yesterday seemed to have passed in the blink of an eye. Now, he could cut down a master of the Life and Death Realm.

Cheng Yu couldn't help but smile. She let out a soft breath and chuckled, "He... he didn't disappoint me."

Liu Shi's eyes welled with tears as she whispered, "The greatest pride of my life... Ye'r, have you returned?"

Wen Qingye looked at the tens of thousands of Heaven-Burying Sect members before him, at the crowd whose hearts were now filled with fear. For a moment, his thoughts seemed to stretch out endlessly, recalling the past, recalling the Eastern Immortal Court the two of them had painstakingly established in their previous life.

'A lone figure, I waged war across ten thousand miles; with a single sword, I once slew a million immortals!'

"Young Hero Wen has already finished his fight, so we can't drag him down either." Seeing Wen Qingye slay Zhang Da, Xia Qianhe's attacks grew even more ferocious. For a time, the black-robed elder was in a state of untold misery.

"Run!"

The black-robed elder could finally take it no longer. With a great shout, his body transformed into an arc of black lightning and shot into the distance.

"Trying to run? Do you think I was just spouting hot air?"

Xia Qianhe snorted coldly. "Consider this revenge for the Heaven-Burying Sect trying to kill my heir and my sect's disciples."

RUUUUMBLE!

A massive black spear appeared in Xia Qianhe's hand. It was archaic and heavy, and it carried a trace of Dragon's Might. That's right—true Dragon's Might.

As the Dragon's Might manifested, everyone's body trembled slightly, their very souls shuddering.

"Black Brilliance Destruction Technique!"

The black Long Spear resembled a ferocious black dragon, its boundless sharpness thrusting forward. The surrounding air was sliced into tiny streams that dispersed into the distance.

A spear thrust like a dragon, shaking heaven and earth!

The black Long Spear was faster than a clap of thunder. Xia Qianhe had finally unleashed his full, unreserved power.

PFFT!

The spear tip broke directly through the Protective Gang Qi the elder was so proud of, then pierced straight into the black-robed elder's heart.

The black-robed elder turned with difficulty, staring in astonishment at Xia Qianhe before him.

"You..."

"Hmph. A cultivation at the Life and Death Realm Third Layer Heaven. Did you really think I couldn't handle you? Killing you only takes one move."

Xia Qianhe snorted coldly and withdrew the bloodstained Long Spear. The black-robed elder's body fell heavily to the ground.

Lim Tian's cultivation was at the Third Heaven. As the Sect Leader of the Three Realms Sect, even if the Taiyi Pavilion was powerful, the Three Realms Sect was no insignificant little sect. How could Xia Qianhe's cultivation possibly be lower than that of a Taiyi Pavilion Elder or a Heaven-Burying Sect Hall Master?

At this moment, Liu Ying and Huang Yi were also carried up. Seeing the fallen body of the black-robed elder, they sucked in a sharp breath of cold air.

'A black-robed elder at the Life and Death Realm Third Layer Heaven was killed in a single move by that man with the Long Spear… My god, how did Wen Qingye manage to invite such powerful experts?'

'How much time had passed? How had Wen Qingye become this formidable?'

The two looked at each other, both seeing the same expression of utter disbelief in the other's eyes.