Ye Xiwen killed him outright with a single sword strike, giving everyone an immense shock. Among the watching experts were quite a few Half-step Celestial Realm masters, including even a handful at the Half-step Celestial Realm Middle Stage.
When they truly saw that strike, grave expressions rarely seen appeared on their faces. Perhaps Ye Xiwen had not displayed any astonishing martial dao in that strike, but his speed alone was enough to make many of them tremble with fear.
Advancing one's realm required profound comprehension of one's cultivation, but killing someone only required pushing a single aspect to the extreme.
Ye Xiwen's speed had been so fast that Golden Sea Hermit had not even been able to react before being cut down with one sword. What realm? What comprehension of the martial dao? At that moment, they had all become drifting clouds.
They counted for nothing at all, becoming a laughable joke!
These people were all capable of seeing through appearances to the essence beneath.
Ye Xiwen was too fast, so fast that no one had been able to react. Those Half-Step Celestial Realm Early Stage experts had never imagined that Golden Sea Hermit would prove so utterly vulnerable before Ye Xiwen. In just one move, he had been directly killed.
By the time they reacted, it was already too late. Ye Xiwen had already pounced before another Half-Step Celestial Realm Early Stage expert, his golden longsword carving a vast streak of light through the air.
Pfft! A Half-Step Celestial Realm Early Stage expert was instantly sliced apart into a cloud of blood.
Only then did everyone finally react.
"Damn it, die!"
"You little thief, you actually dared to launch a sneak attack!"
"Bastard!" Teng Yang was even more consumed by fury. Two Half-Step Celestial Realm Early Stage experts had