Dao Rule Ruler's Ferocious Might

"Fuck!" The moment Shangguan Bubai finished speaking, he raised the Dao Rule Ruler. Violent energy nearly drowned the entire Shang Qing Spring Sect, and boundless blood mist drifted up from nowhere, like an endless sea of blood.

The vicious Dao Rule Ruler had only just been lifted by Shangguan Bubai, yet it stirred terrifying blood energy between heaven and earth. Countless clouds of blood mist burst out and spread, the horrifying reek of blood driving people mad. Even the Dou Qi on their bodies was corroded by the mist.

"Break!" Shangguan Bubai hunched over, his voice booming like thunder. With a slight swing of the Dao Rule Ruler, the hundred-zhang-long phantom of the Great Halberd was directly scattered by the blood energy soaring into the sky.

"Die!" Shangguan Bubai seemed to be enduring unimaginable pain. As he roared, his once-handsome frame shrank another size, and an even more terrifying blood mist erupted around the Dao Rule Ruler, enveloping the entire Shang Qing Spring Sect.

The ruler fell, and space was torn open as if it were made of paper.

Amid an eerie sound like a curtain being ripped apart, space dispersed in waves, like a sea splitting to either side.

This strike far surpassed the full-powered blow of a Three Stars Dou Zun. The Dragon Yin Halberd lay across Zhang Tian's front, and a Heavenly Flame of heaven and earth like the Azure Lotus Core Flame transformed into armor that draped over his body, then followed his arms to wrap around the Dragon Yin Halberd. Specks of green flame spread over the entire halberd, blocking stubbornly beneath the Dao Rule Ruler.

"Pfft!"

The sound of organs rupturing rang out. Zhang Tian's face turned deathly pale as he spat out a mouthful of blood, mixed with bits of shattered viscera.

"You're still not dead!" Shangguan Bubai had lost all reason now. Seeing that Zhang Tian's life aura had yet to fade, a cold glint flashed in his eyes, and he launched another attack in utter madness.

"Pfft!" Zhang Tian spat blood again and dropped to one knee, but the corner of his mouth still forced out a difficult smile. The Phoenix Cry Sword had pierced straight through Shangguan Bubai's heart.

"Urgh!" Shangguan Bubai's eyes went wide. He stood pierced through high in the sky, the Phoenix Cry Sword having stabbed into his heart from behind, half of its tip protruding out.

As Shangguan Bubai's life aura weakened rapidly, the last of his energy and Dou Qi was sucked dry by the Dao Rule Ruler. His face was already covered in wrinkles, and even his hair had turned mottled white. His eyes had gone dull, even a little cloudy, but in the few lingering scraps of awareness left to him, he still barely muttered to himself.

"Kill..." He no longer had any consciousness. At the final moments of his life, he moved on instinct alone.

"Kill!" Another roar rang out in the sky, full and powerful, like an artifact spirit tormented for thousands of years by vengeful, hate-filled ghosts, both real and unreal.

But the Dao Rule Ruler still fell without the slightest suspense. Under this unimaginable attack, the Dragon Yin Halberd trembled faintly, as if it wanted to bend.

"Zhang Tian!" Yun Yun's eyes widened, tears falling drop by drop. This was the first time a woman had ever shed tears for him.

Zhang Tian looked at Yun Yun, the corner of his mouth pulling into a smile.

"Although I don't like you, it really does feel good to be cared about. Let's be friends in the next life." Zhang Tian gave a soft, self-mocking laugh. He had never been any kind of good person in this life. To seize resources for Xiao Yan, to survive for himself, even right before his death, he had barged into someone else's forbidden ground and died after killing several of their elders and sect master.

"Sure enough... for all things in this world, the very existence of humans is a kind of harm." He shook his head. Looking at the destructive attack right before his eyes, a sudden unwillingness rose in him.

"Sure enough, I clearly wanted to give up, but I still don't want to just die here." Threads of unwillingness wound around his heart. He barely formed seals, sending a massive seal crashing toward the Dao Rule Ruler.

The fourth seal, Raging Sea Seal, roared out with power far beyond its usual might. The vast, boundless ocean-like water-attribute energy and Dou Qi within the Dragon Yin Halberd was also stirred, causing the Raging Sea Seal to swell further. Then six Ripple Calming Seals were struck out as well. A total of seven seals from the Vast Sea Emperor Seal Decree blasted toward the Dao Rule Ruler, shattering everything in their path as even space twisted. The two collided and utterly destroyed the entire Shang Qing Spring Sect, sending up a vast cloud of dust.

"Still not enough power, huh." Zhang Tian sighed inwardly. The Phoenix Cry Sword stuck in the ground trembled faintly, then, under the control of Zhang Tian's Soul Power strained to its limit, turned into a streak of light and flew toward the center of the mist.

At the same time, far away on the Northwest Continent, Xiao Yan opened his eyes and said excitedly to Yao Lao.

"Teacher, my Soul Power has reached the level of a first-grade alchemist!"

The dust filling the sky dispersed. The original mountain had turned into a flat expanse several hundred zhang wide, a sight that left everyone horrified.

"Is he dead?" The First Elder, who had been blasted away, barely pulled up two disciples who had fallen to the ground but were not yet dead, his eyes fixed firmly on the center of the great pit.

"That was close." As the smoke slowly dispersed, Zhang Tian's lingeringly frightened sigh came from within.

"How is that possible!"

The First Elder's face was full of disbelief. Under an attack of such power, how could someone heavily injured possibly survive?

"Are you human or ghost!?"

"Cough, cough, cough." But Zhang Tian, who had just walked out of the mist, began coughing violently. With a loud retch, he spat great mouthfuls of blood onto the ground, his face pale as gold paper.

"Zhang Tian!" Yun Yun's heart ached as she watched. She gripped little Qing Lin tightly, and there were a few wounds on her own body as well.

"First Elder, this is troublesome." Zhang Tian's eyes were tightly closed, but his tone was extremely helpless.

At this moment, the Second Elder, the Teaching Elder, and the Enforcement Elder all surrounded him, trapping Zhang Tian in the center together with the First Elder.

"You!" the Enforcement Elder roared. The pressure of four Dou Emperors pressed down on Zhang Tian, as if they wished they could flay him alive and pull out his tendons.

But Zhang Tian clutched his chest and ran straight in front of Yun Yun, spitting a mouthful of blood onto her chest and staining her lapel red.

"Dou Qi wings. We're leaving, now." Zhang Tian only said this beside Yun Yun's ear, then his entire body collapsed against her.

The First Elder immediately wanted to give chase, but the moment he moved, he noticed something was wrong. His left hand suddenly severed, and blood slowly flowed out.

His eyes swept over the fellow disciples around him, only to find thin lines extending from their brows or waists, after which they were split in two. The Teaching Elder had even been cut directly into two halves.

"Thud, thud." Only when the sound of his fellow disciples collapsing one after another rang out did the First Elder, Nie Cang, feel strands of intense pain tugging at his nerves. His heart also hurt as if it had been sliced by a thousand blades.

His little junior brother, Shangguan Bubai, was dead. His own younger brother, the Third Elder Nie Tian, was dead. That old man Gongsun, who had always loved bickering with him, was dead too.

The Shang Qing Spring Sect was gone!

Nie Cang's white hair whipped wildly, his long brows flying, bloodlight spilling from his eyes as he reached one claw straight toward Yun Yun.

"Old dog Nie Cang, die!" A dark purple flame shot toward Nie Cang's back, burst open, and instantly swallowed the aged First Elder.

"Eldest Senior Brother!" Xue Qingfu stared at the figure who had launched the sneak attack in utter disbelief. That handsome young man in purple brocade robes was the Eldest Senior Brother of the Shang Qing Spring Sect. Unlike his usual gentle elegance, his eyes were now filled with madness and delight.

"Old dog Nie Cang! Your Shang Qing Spring Sect claims to be righteous, but is evil in truth. You never expected this day, did you!"

Cang Er burst into loud laughter, his face full of exhilaration. With the strength of a half-step Dou Wang and the aid of a Heavenly Flame, even if Nie Cang did not die, he would lose half his life.

"You thought I joined the Shang Qing Spring Sect for some profound cultivation method? That so-called Qingxu Dao Decree was nothing but the Purple Extreme Demon Art! Today, I've finally gotten my revenge! Hahahahaha!" After avenging his blood feud, Cang Er roared with laughter. He grabbed a trembling young disciple and clutched him by the neck.

He stared at him with a face full of madness and disgust, without the slightest emotion, as if he were looking at a beast.

"It was you! You offered me three women in total, drove them until their families were ruined and they suffered every humiliation, killed who knows how many innocent people. You never expected this, did you? I sent all three of those women safely back home, but they all killed themselves! Killed themselves!"

"All of this was because of you!" Cang Er roared. His fingers drove hard into the man's neck, and endless Purple Flame surged up, burning him straight to ash.

"And you, and you!" He grabbed several more people, and all of them were executed by Cang Er with thunderous methods.

"Animal! This old man will cripple you right now!" Nie Cang roared. A vicious glint flashed through his eyes as he forced the flesh on his back out of his body along with the Heavenly Flame. His back split open, riddled with pits and gouges, and his snow-white robe was dyed red with blood.

"Ha! Even if I live or die today, I'll rid the people of a scourge! Rid Dou Qi Continent of a scourge!" Cang Er laughed loudly. He knew there was no hope of surviving today, but he still circulated his Dou Qi and struck a palm toward Nie Cang.

"Qingxu Dao Decree!?" The moment they exchanged blows, the First Elder's face revealed an ecstatic look of disbelief.

"Cang Er, I never thought you found the real Qingxu Dao Decree. No wonder you broke through so quickly in just seven years!" Nie Cang's face was filled with greed.

"Don't call me Cang Er. That was only a name I used to play along with you people. My surname is Tan. Tan Xiaofei!" Tan Xiaofei roared, and the purple Heavenly Flame instantly spread onto Nie Cang's body.

Zhang Tian, carried on Yun Yun's back, was drifting off to sleep. He vaguely heard threads of noise and arguing, and only after listening more clearly did he understand that some traitor named Cang Er had stopped the First Elder. Then his old face flushed. Well... he seemed to be an undercover agent too.

After scattering those thoughts, he smelled the faint fragrance from Yun Yun's full shoulders and back, and couldn't help his mind wandering. This girl's figure really was good. A blue robe patterned with clouds—so damn fragrant. At last, he could no longer suppress his drowsiness and slowly fell asleep.

On the other side, Tan Xiaofei was also battling fiercely with Nie Cang. Though he possessed Heavenly Flame, this Heavenly Flame did not seem to be its source, only a huge lump of fire. It gradually weakened and dwindled, its power greatly reduced.

Tan Xiaofei was still not the protagonist, after all. Though he carried a lone burst of courage born from the desire to avenge his hatred, he still could not determine life and death against Nie Cang. He was suppressed the entire time and was no match at all for Nie Cang, a seven-star Dou Emperor.

"Ahhh!" With one careless mistake, a fierce light flashed in Nie Cang's eyes, and his palm pierced through Tan Xiaofei's chest like an eagle's claw.

"Die, you little beast."

At that moment, in a distant place, a man who was typing away sneezed and flew into a rage.

"Fuck your mother, you dare curse me?"

Feeling his life continuously drain away while the First Elder's ugly face twisted in a sinister laugh, Tan Xiaofei revealed a trace of resolve. A streak of flowing light flew from his hand, and before long, it landed far away on Zhang Tian.

"Then let's die together!" Grabbing the First Elder's only remaining arm, Tan Xiaofei's face was full of joy as he burst into laughter. Dense Purple Flame spread along his arm onto the First Elder's body, devouring them both together.

"You madman! Have you forgotten Bubai's kindness in raising you all these years?!" Nie Cang roared angrily, but Tan Xiaofei hooked an arm around his neck, showing a mouthful of white teeth and a calm expression as he laughed loudly. The flames burned hotter and hotter.

The First Elder's lone arm was held fast, and no matter what, he could not break free. A sinister look flashed through his eyes, and he kicked Tan Xiaofei straight in the crotch.

"Ah! Fuck your mother!" After a burst of furious roars, the First Elder barely managed to pull himself free, and the Purple Flame instantly swallowed Tan Xiaofei's figure.

Nie Cang was somewhat hesitant, his body covered in wounds.

But just now, he seemed to have heard an almost imperceptible sentence.

"You even dared hit me. You're dead for sure!"

Though the voice was soft, it was spoken through such gritted teeth.