After receiving a meaningful glance from a Ji Family dignitary, a knight clad head to toe in armor, his eyes radiating murderous intent, rode a savage beast out of the crowd.
"Brat, come out and die!"
Shen Ye naturally had no intention of acting personally. Before converting all his techniques into versions suited to this universe, he was basically a blank slate—he had mana but no divine abilities.
Although, with his insight and experience, he could still win even without divine abilities or techniques, doing so would send the imposing image he had painstakingly built crashing into the dust!
Hua Yue stepped forward two paces, her voice cold and lethal. "You dared disrespect Young Master. Die!"
Without giving him any chance to defend himself, she plucked the strings directly!
World Condensing Sound!
The instant the invisible sound waves entered his ears, they condensed into substance. The knight's brain exploded like an overripe watermelon!
"The victor was decided in an instant!" Everyone's pupils contracted sharply.
No one cared whether the knight lived or died. Their attention was clearly fixed on the moon-bright young girl.
"A fourteen- or fifteen-year-old Four Extremities 'veteran,' hmph." A Shaking Light dignitary let out an inscrutable sneer.
The Four Extremities Realm was not especially remarkable. If these great factions wished, they could pile up resources and produce a group of Four Extremities Secret Realm cultivators. The problem was that such resource-raised Four Extremities cultivators had weak foundations and low combat strength, with virtually no chance of further breakthroughs!
The combat power she had displayed was clearly not that kind of defective product!
One had to know that Ji Family knights were no weaklings among cultivators of the same realm!
A fourteen- or fifteen-year-old at the Four Extremities Realm, and a powerful one capable of instantly killing someone at the same level—she was no worse than the Holy Sons of some sacred lands!
Amid the deathly silence, several more knights charged out, shouting, "Demoness, how dare you take our brother's life!"
The dignitaries did not stop them. They could naturally tell that the range of her previous attack had not been large. She had merely controlled the solidified sound waves within a tiny area surrounding the dead knight!
Hua Yue's heart was as still as water as she plucked the strings again.
The zither's notes trembled, rippling through the air like waves.
Curse of Separation and Chaos!
With the previous example still fresh in their minds, the men did not dare underestimate her. They unleashed every protective divine ability they had, shielding their ears.
Yet this time, the Sound Attack seemed to have failed. Their bodies felt no discomfort whatsoever.
After confirming once more that no delayed bomb had been planted in their ears, the knights twisted their faces into savage grins and swung their sabers at Hua Yue!
The sabers sliced through the air, blood splattered, and a beautiful head flew high into the sky. The knights burst into wild laughter.
But before they could finish laughing, they discovered that Hua Yue's headless body could still pluck the strings.
"What kind of monster is this?" Refusing to believe it, the knights directly chopped her body apart with another slash.
Still unsatisfied, they charged toward Shen Ye.
Just as they reached Shen Ye, a dignitary's gloomy voice rang out beside their ears. "How disgraceful. Get back!"
The knights' Divine Sense trembled, and clarity returned to their eyes. They saw that two of their brothers had already fallen into pools of blood, while the targets they had been shouting to kill had somehow become their own dignitary.
Clearly, the two who had died while slaughtering each other meant nothing. What truly made the Ji Family dignitary lose face was that Hua Yue had manipulated his subordinates into attacking him, forcing him to step in personally!
The knights retreated in terror. "This subordinate is terrified!"
The Ji Family dignitary snorted coldly and looked gloomily at Hua Yue. "Little girl, what vicious methods!"
Hua Yue's expression remained calm. She was not intimidated by his murderous gaze and retorted, "You still thought of holding back after stepping in yourself. Are all of you Ji Family members this childish?"
"Impudence! The Ji Family is not for the likes of you to judge!" The Ji Family dignitary barked, suppressing his anger as he looked at Shen Ye. "Junior, do you dare reveal your origins and title?"
Shen Ye had already intended to make a name for himself and harvest reputation, so he naturally did not refuse. "The next Ziwei High Priest of City of Flowing Moon, Shen Ye!"
Shen Ye? None of the Ancient Desolate Families bears the surname Shen! And City of Flowing Moon—I have never heard of such a faction! Could some faction have obtained a great opportunity and now wishes to rise into a great sect, deliberately sending a few juniors to test our reaction? The Ji Family dignitary silently recalled everything he knew.
With that thought, he felt much more at ease, though he remained somewhat wary. He therefore set his sights on Hua Yue. "Little girl, though I do not wish to bully the young, I cannot pretend not to have heard your disrespectful words toward the Ji Family. How about this? If you can withstand three of my moves without dying, I will overlook your offense!"
The other four dignitaries sneered inwardly. A half-step Immortal Platform cultivator was attacking someone in the Four Extremities Secret Realm, yet he still had the nerve to promise three moves. He clearly intended to give her no chance at all!
Shen Ye chuckled. "Heh. If the Ji Family disrespects me, then what should be done?"
The Ji Family dignitary took a deep breath. "Junior, do you understand that disaster comes from the mouth? Do not bring extermination upon the faction behind you!"
Shen Ye was rather speechless. Why was this guy still not making a move? This did not fit his understanding of the Shrouding the Heavens World at all!
Still, he could not be bothered to continue wasting words with him. "Since you want to limit it to three moves, I'll grant your wish. Survive three moves, and I'll let you leave!"
Upon hearing Shen Ye's arrogant words, the Ji Family dignitary nearly laughed. Was this brat trying to pretend he had a protector nearby in order to scare me away?
Unfortunately for him, the Ji Family possessed the Emperor Art, the Void Scripture, which could probe the Void. Even a peerless powerhouse of the Immortal Platform Realm could never hide in the surrounding Void without being detected by him!
But just as he was preparing to act, Hua Yue took out an egg-shaped device.
A flash of light appeared, and in the next moment, a headless warrior swung a battle-axe at him!
No divine energy surged around the headless warrior, nor did any radiance bloom from him. He looked like an ordinary mortal general, yet the Ji Family dignitary sensed a fatal threat from that axe strike!
Before he could figure out what was happening, he instinctively activated the Great Void Art, intending to flee this space.
Yet the space that had once been as inseparable from him as water and fish no longer responded.
This monster has sealed this entire space! The Ji Family dignitary was horrified and hurriedly summoned his protective treasure mirror before his chest.
Then, before his terrified eyes, a sharp crack rang out, and the treasure forged in imitation of the Void Mirror shattered on impact!
Still, the mirror had ultimately bought him a little breathing room. He was not torn apart by that axe strike, but was instead blasted backward like a cannonball, blood spraying everywhere.
Before he could catch his breath, that death-dealing voice came again. "Not bad. Next is the second move!"
The Ji Family dignitary was scared out of his wits. One axe strike had already nearly taken his life. How was he supposed to withstand another?
In his terror, he looked at the other four and shouted, "Friends, save me!"
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