Before the crowd's astonished eyes, a Qi Sword appeared without a sound and pierced straight through Scarface Guard's brow.
In the next instant, Scarface Guard's body suddenly froze, and the fierce blade aura dissipated at once.
He raised his head and looked at Xiao Chen in stunned disbelief. His lips moved a few times as though he had something to say, but in the end, not a single word came out. He crashed to the ground and died, his Dao extinguished.
Everyone who saw this was horrified beyond measure, as if five bolts of lightning had struck them at once.
A seventh-level Sword Disciple against a ninth-level Martial Disciple Realm cultivator—without even drawing his sword, he struck later yet arrived first, killing his opponent in a single strike?
Was this defying the heavens?
Elder Xia's pupils shrank sharply as he looked at Xiao Chen. "You..."
He had thought Scarface Guard would certainly defeat Xiao Chen, and had even told the latter to show mercy. Who would have thought Xiao Chen had been playing the pig to eat the tiger, possessing the ability to instantly kill Scarface Guard?
Looking at Scarface Guard's corpse on the ground, Elder Xia's heart bled.
The Blood-Armored Guard Corps required its members to be under thirty and at the ninth level of the Martial Disciple Realm. Every one of them was a martial arts genius, exceedingly difficult to find. Losing even one would make replenishing their ranks a headache.
A flicker of surprise also passed through Ye Lanxi's eyes as she gave Xiao Chen several extra looks.
Heavenly Prodigy Rank cultivators capable of fighting across realms were rare, but with her experience, it was not as though she had never seen them. Yet one who could cross two realms and still instantly kill an opponent—this was