Chapter 456 - 314: Annihilate All

Chapter 456: Chapter 314: Annihilate All

Su Xue gave a wretched smile, her eyes blazing with boundless hatred. Her voice was like glacial ice, impossibly cold. "Very good. Very good! Then let’s just see... who won’t be seeing tomorrow’s sun! Die!"

As Su Xue spoke, her wrist flicked, and her sword suddenly erupted in a dazzling burst of light. The eyes of the Zhe Family’s Tier Two Sword Emperor were completely unaffected. Besides, a Sword Emperor powerhouse could simply close their eyes and use their Spiritual Power to perceive everything happening around them.

"Such a parlor trick, and you dare show it off?"

The Zhe Family’s Tier Two Sword Emperor snorted coldly and, with a simple thrust of his sword, sent a stream of Sword Qi shooting toward Su Xue’s heart. But he never expected a roaring figure to suddenly charge in. It moved so fast that it tore through the air with a piercing whistle!

The figure wielded a giant black sword, swinging it in a wide arc as if it were an iron club and bringing it down viciously on the head of the Zhe Family’s Tier Two Sword Emperor!

"Despicable!" The Tier Two Sword Emperor from the Zhe Family cursed. ’They have no honor at all! Two Sword Emperors ganging up on one person!’

He immediately lost the upper hand. He was forced to retract the sword aimed at Su Xue and quickly bring it up to block the giant blade.

CLANG! The tremendous sound of clashing metal echoed through every corner of Penzes New City! The deafening noise terrified the common folk, who huddled in their homes, curled up in fear.

An incredibly dense killing intent permeated the air above Penzes New City. Even ordinary people felt a chill run down their spines, a sense of inexplicable dread.

And that was to say nothing of the members from the hidden aristocratic families and sects who had come to spectate. At this moment, nearly all of them shared a single thought. ’When this is over, if Ling Xiao is still alive... we’ll have to completely reassess our position on this youth from the Mortal World!’

Several members of the Yu Family of Yanzhao stood atop a building, their faces pale. Let alone Ling Xiao himself, just these six Sword Emperor powerhouses were enough to annihilate their entire family! The Yu Family had never been a first-rate power to begin with, and after losing several Sword Sect members on the Qin Family Island, their strength now hovered somewhere between the second and third tiers. They held a deep grudge against Ling Xiao; one Tier Six Sword Sect, one Middle-Tier Sword Emperor, and over a dozen Demon Sword Masters from their family had all died at his hands.

However, the members of the Yu Family only glanced at each other, their faces ashen and silent. Finally, the Tier Three Sword Emperor—the one who had been to the Qin Family Island and entered the Ancient Ruins—spoke. His voice suddenly sounded decades older as he whispered, "Let’s go. This boy has grown too powerful. We... we are no longer a match for him. Sigh... let’s just leave. From now on, we forget him. We never speak his name again!" He finished with a heavy sigh.

A young man beside him was still unconvinced. He was the son of Yu Guang. "Why don’t we wait?" he argued. "If the Zhe Family kills him, our quest for vengeance will be fulfilled, won’t it?"

The Yu Family’s Tier Three Sword Emperor glanced at the young man. He knew the youth was desperate to avenge his father, so he didn’t reprimand him. "If the Zhe Family manages to kill Ling Xiao, our revenge will be complete either way. It’s pointless for us to stay," he explained. "But if a force of this scale, one that even includes a Sword Venerable, *still* can’t kill that brat, then what are we doing here? Waiting for him to come hunt us down and annihilate us, too?"

The young man was left tongue-tied. He wanted to argue but found he had no grounds for rebuttal. The difference in power was simply too vast. Only today did many from the great families and sects, including this young man of the Yu Family, finally recognize Ling Xiao’s true strength.

「While the small group slipped away, the battle raged on with fiery intensity.」

Quefeng had always been extremely low-profile, especially after Ling Xiao seized control of his soul and he became his slave. In all of Penzes City, even a Martial Artist at the Demon Sword Master realm was likely more flamboyant than him.

He was a shut-in who rarely showed his face, his greatest pastime being to play chess with Uncle Fu. In fact, Uncle Fu’s own strength had improved significantly thanks to his help.

Quefeng’s past actions had managed to offend nearly all of Ling Xiao’s followers to a man. Combined with the fact that he belonged to a different race, most people were completely unwilling to associate with him.

But today, when Quefeng shot into the sky without hesitation to confront a Tier Three Sword Emperor from the Zhe Family, those same people were astonished to discover that this person who had always seemed so spineless was, in fact, an incredibly powerful expert.

Under Quefeng’s oppressive aura, the Zhe Family’s Tier Three Sword Emperor barely had the courage to even make a move. But under that immense pressure, he also understood that if he didn’t fight back, his opponent would never spare him. After all, they had come to wipe out his master’s entire household.

’And now look at this situation... How fucking ironic!’ he thought. ’We came to wipe out their whole family, but we’re the ones who’ve been caught like fish in a barrel! Seven of our party of ten just vanished without a trace! And now the last three of us run into a fucking ambush by six Sword Emperor powerhouses, one of them a Tier Five!’

"AHHHHHH!"

The Zhe Family’s Tier Three Sword Emperor roared in a frenzy as his sword finally erupted with a powerful glow. A massive torrent of energy burst from his Dantian and poured into the blade. Innumerable streams of Sword Qi shot out from its length. In the night sky, these streaks of potent energy swarmed toward Quefeng like a disturbed hornet’s nest.

Atop countless rooftops, the experts whose strength surpassed the Sword Sect realm couldn’t help but nod in silent approval. The Zhe Family’s reputation as a first-rate aristocratic family was clearly not just for show.