Slaughter

As Ling Yun's words fell, the atmosphere in the venue suddenly tensed.

Ghost Butcher licked his lips, slowly drew a bone carving knife from behind his back, and looked at Ling Yun with ice-cold eyes.

"Kid, can you repeat what you just said? I didn't quite hear you clearly."

Miao Yin, standing nearby, immediately spoke with some displeasure.

"Hey! I still have a use for this kid, so don't you dare kill him!"

Blood Butcher crossed his arms, a bloodthirsty smile appearing on his lips.

"Miao Yin Pavilion Master, there's no need to worry. My third brother knows what he's doing."

Ghost Butcher walked slowly to Ling Yun's front and sneered, "Heh heh."

"Kid, don't worry, I won't take your life. It's just that your gaze is really annoying to me."

As he spoke, he slowly raised the sharp knife in his hand, his tone chilling.

"Don't you dare move, don't worry, my knife is very..."

"Fast..."

However, before the last word "fast" could fall, a flash of light streaked before his eyes.

The next moment, Ghost Butcher felt his vision suddenly spin, and everything around him seemed to turn upside down.

He saw the shocked and angry eyes of his elder brother and second brother behind him.

He saw that headless corpse spewing blood.

That was... his corpse!

Only then did he seem to understand what had happened.

He opened his mouth to roar, but he couldn't even move his lips.

Recalling everything that had just happened, his last thought was, "What a fast knife..."

His eyes wide open, his head fell to the ground, rolling a few times before stopping at the feet of Blood Butcher and the others.

"Third Brother!"

Blood Butcher and Human Butcher's eyes turned blood red. Everything had happened too quickly; they hadn't had time to intervene.

"You little beast, even flaying you and carving your bones won't be enough to relieve my..."

Puff!

Before he could finish speaking, Ling Yun's figure had already crossed several meters in an instant, passing by Human Butcher.

"How... how is that possible..."

Human Butcher clutched his neck, his face full of terror. He staggered a few steps towards his elder brother before his hands finally fell limply, and his head slowly slid from his neck.

"Damn it!!"

Seeing his two brothers successively beheaded, Blood Butcher's eyes were about to split. He roared and unleashed all his blood essence, his body flashing as he suddenly charged... backward, fleeing!

The Butcher Brothers were a trinity, indispensable to each other.

Now that Human Butcher and Ghost Butcher were dead, he was like a tiger without its claws and teeth; its fierce might was gone.

Xu Hu and the others also retreated rapidly, looking at Ling Yun from a distance with terrified expressions.

All of this seemed long, but it happened in the blink of an eye.

They had thought a pack of wolves had surrounded a lamb, but who would have thought that beneath the lamb's skin, a ferocious tiger was hidden!

"What's going on with this guy!"

Xu Hu and the others' hearts pounded. They couldn't understand what was happening before their eyes.

Although Human Butcher and Ghost Butcher were slightly weaker than them, they were still genuine Spirit Conduit Realm martial artists. Yet now, they were being slaughtered like pigs and dogs.

"Pavilion Master Hu, that kid's technique... it seems to have some resemblance to your Tiger Blade Technique?" Tie Mu said in a deep voice.

Xu Hu's expression was grave. He first nodded, then shook his head.

"Although it's very similar, it's not the Tiger Blade Technique. It feels like something else has been mixed in."

"Are you guys still in the mood to care about this now?! We should think about how to deal with that guy first!" Miao Yin, standing beside them, had a pale face, completely devoid of her previous flirtatiousness.

At this moment, Ku Xue looked at the long saber in Ling Yun's hand, his eyes flashing. He suddenly felt like he understood everything.

"I know! The reason that kid is so strong is because of that Spirit Artifact!"

"As long as we don't have to fight him head-on right now, we can just drag it out until his Blood Essence is depleted!"

As he spoke, a hint of greed flashed in his eyes.

If it could have such power in that guy's hands, how much more could he achieve if he wielded it? He would be fearless throughout the entire Cloud City!

Thinking of this, he even secretly regretted why he had revealed this discovery.

"Because of the Spirit Artifact?"

Xu Hu and the others on the side also recovered, their eyes narrowing. Although they felt something was off, there seemed to be no other explanation at the moment.

Otherwise, just looking at this kid's face, he's at most twenty years old. Even if he started cultivating from the womb, he couldn't possibly be this monstrous!

Blood Butcher was now radiating killing intent all over, staring at Ling Yun with blood-red eyes.

He swore that after this kid's Blood Essence was depleted, he would torture him to death!

Just then, Ling Yun suddenly raised his foot and slowly walked towards them.

This caused the few people who had been staring at his movements to involuntarily retreat several steps, completely losing the pride they had as Spirit Conduit Realm martial artists before.

The roles of hunter and prey seemed to have completely reversed at this moment.

Seeing this, Ling Yun couldn't help but shake his head slightly. "Since you won't come over, I'll go to you."

With a flicker of his figure, the next moment he had already appeared in front of Blood Butcher!

And at the spot where he had been standing, afterimages that still maintained a walking posture slowly dissipated.

Looking at Ling Yun, who was now within arm's reach, Blood Butcher's pupils instantly contracted, and an intense sense of mortal danger almost completely engulfed him.

"Damn it!!"

Blood Butcher roared, the muscles in his arm instantly swelling by a circle. His great axe, carrying a sharp whistling sound, suddenly hacked towards Ling Yun's neck.

Facing this powerful strike, Ling Yun's eyes were cold as he slowly extended a finger and pointed forward.

"Arrogant!"

Blood Butcher roared with laughter in his rage, and the strength in his hands increased again.

Clang!

Accompanied by a metallic roar, the ground beneath Ling Yun's feet instantly cracked. Countless spiderweb-like cracks spread outwards from him.

However, when the dust settled, the smile on Blood Butcher's face had completely frozen.

Ling Yun was still standing in place, his body unmoving. A single finger was gently pressing against the blade of his axe, not even a scratch on his skin!

"This is impossible!" Xu Hu and the others nearby were stunned. They had thought this strike would kill him and had started to rush forward to snatch the Spirit Artifact, but they slowly stopped.

Compared to them, Blood Butcher's inner turmoil was the most intense.

No matter how hard he tried, that single finger was like a mountain, completely unmovable.

"Since you've finished attacking, it's my turn now."

Before the other party could react, a bloody glint flashed in Ling Yun's eyes. With a mere flick of his finger, the entire axe blade exploded.

Countless fragments scattered like bullets, and Blood Butcher, unable to dodge, had dozens of bloodstains splashed across his body.

However, he couldn't care about that at all. Ling Yun clenched his fist and, without any fancy moves, simply swung it towards his face.

"I'm going to die!"

Facing this seemingly harmless punch, delivered with such casual ease, Blood Butcher's mind was suddenly filled with this thought.

As the fist's shadow gradually enlarged in his pupils.

He wanted to run, but his feet wouldn't move.

He wanted to defend, but his hands couldn't lift.

His entire body felt as if it were carrying a thousand pounds, and no matter how frantically he roared internally, he couldn't move even an inch.

To outsiders, he looked like a soulless puppet, standing there motionless.

Thump!

With a dull thud, Blood Butcher's head exploded like a suddenly burst watermelon, scattering red and white matter everywhere. The bloody scene was indescribable.