Terror!

Boom—

A vast sword light slashed through the air. The void roiled, and everyone present stared in shock before trembling uncontrollably.

Lu Li!

The moment Ye Ru saw the sword light, her eyes flickered. She turned and vanished without hesitation.

"Run!" Chaos erupted. The disciples who had closed in to kill them stopped and scattered.

Who would dare fight her?

Boom—

But the instant they scattered, the vast sword light descended. Several of them burst apart on the spot!

As they exploded, Lu Li arrived. A second slash fell.

Half of those who had scattered dropped where they stood.

Whoosh—

Her third slash swept across the field. The sword light pulverized rocks, grass, and trees. Even disciples who had fled far away were cut clean in half!

She slaughtered them all!

Not a word wasted!

But the figure in the pavilion had vanished long before.

"That's the feeling!" Wu Xiaokai clenched his fists, his blood surging. When Lu Li fought, she was brutally direct!

She drew her sword and killed!

No dawdling, no hesitation!

More of a man than any man!

Fiercer than a tiger!

"More beastly than a wild beast..." Wu Xiaokai never finished. Lu Li had landed.

He promptly shut his mouth.

Lu Li looked at Ye Qiu. He was covered in blood, his old wounds torn open again.

But as she looked into his eyes, they shone unusually bright. His Essence, Qi, and Spirit remained strong!

"Can you endure it?"

Her voice was indifferent.

Ye Qiu nodded.

"Let's go!"

Lu Li flashed to Ye Qiu's side. After a moment's thought, she pushed a pill into his mouth.

A Qi Sword appeared beneath their feet.

The Qi Sword rose into the air. Lu Li wrapped one arm around Ye Qiu's bloodstained waist and sped away.

Wu Xiaokai: "...Wait, I'm not on yet..."

He ran after the two of them, but he had no chance of catching up.

She was a Sword Cultivator. Even before reaching Law Gathering, she could use the Sword Control Technique to fly through the sky and dart across the earth.

Now that she had reached Law Gathering, ordinary people could never match her speed!

Wu Xiaokai soon lost sight of them, but he remembered their general direction and hurried after them.

He left the South Capital to the west, plunged into the forest, and crossed mountains and ridges, panting for breath.

At last, he heard fighting and rushed toward it. By the time he arrived, several men lay on the ground, and Lu Li's sword had pierced a middle-aged man's throat.

Then Lu Li cut off all their heads and put them away.

Wu Xiaokai was annoyed. He had missed the good part!

He walked over, about to speak, but the Qi Sword appeared beneath Lu Li's feet again. She took Ye Qiu into the air and flew away.

Wu Xiaokai: "...You didn't forget me. You never even noticed I was there..."

Panting hard, he gave up the chase. If he kept this up, he would exhaust himself until he coughed blood.

He sat on the ground and looked at the corpses. These people had probably stayed here to intercept and kill Brother Ye, right?

The Ye Clan was ruthless!

Did the clan leader truly not care?

Ye Qiu was his own son!

"That's right!" Wu Xiaokai suddenly thought of something. He hurried over and pulled the Storage Rings off their fingers.

There was plenty of money inside the Storage Rings, even if none held a fortune!

He also stripped off several pieces of decent inner armor.

Then he turned and ran back, reaching the foot of West Mountain outside the city even faster.

The area bordered the forest. Few people ever came here, and today it seemed emptier still.

The bodies were still on the ground.

His eyes lit up at once. He went from corpse to corpse, pulling off every Storage Ring.

Then he turned and ran. Only once he reached the city did he slow down.

He checked them one by one.

"More than three million Spirit Crystals, a few treasures, and some pills. Not a huge haul, but not bad..."

Grinning, he sauntered home.

High in the sky, Lu Li guided the Qi Sword. Ye Qiu stood in front of her, with one of her arms around his waist.

Ye Qiu disliked the position. "Can we switch places?"

Their positions as man and woman were reversed.

Lu Li replied casually, "Can you control the sword?"

Ye Qiu fell silent.

Then he closed his eyes and quietly circulated his Qi and Blood and cultivation to stabilize his injuries.

Brother Snake, I nearly died back there...

The Great Serpent said, "Remember this: on the road ahead, you can rely only on yourself. I can't take care of everything for you."

"Even if you really die, then you die!"

Ye Qiu was silent, then nodded. If he relied on Brother Snake for everything, how could he grow?

The strongest support he could ever have was himself!

He opened his eyes and glanced sidelong at Lu Li... Relying on a woman for everything would not help him grow either!

And it would be humiliating!

So he had to make something of himself!

Whoosh—

The Qi Sword flew swiftly.

Sword Cultivators had two strengths. First, their combat power was formidable!

Second, they were fast!

That was why they were called the Combat Power Ceiling!

Ye Qiu did not know where they were going or what they intended to do. He only knew they were already far from the South Capital.

And they were still flying.

Finally, after another quarter of an hour, something enormous appeared ahead: a flying ship.

Several elders stood aboard it.

All were members of the Ye Clan.

Whoosh—

The Qi Sword beneath Lu Li's feet accelerated again and brought them directly before the flying ship.

The ship stopped. Its passengers shot to their feet, and among them was the Ye Clan elder Ye Zhen!

"Go back!" Lu Li stared at them.

The elders exchanged uneasy glances. When they saw Ye Qiu alive, their faces darkened sharply!

Ye Zhen said, "Miss Lu, this is a private matter of the Ye Clan. I hope—"

"Go back!" Lu Li repeated.

Ye Zhen clenched his fists. Beside him, a hot-tempered elder snapped, "Lu Li, do you think the Ye Clan is truly afraid of you?"

"Your teacher Nan Qingyue isn't here... If we kill you now, what can anyone do?"

As he spoke, the elder unleashed his aura. Law Gathering Peak!

Ye Zhen and the others also released their powerful auras, directing them at Lu Li.

Lu Li fell silent, then said flatly, "Wipe them out."

Ye Qiu: "???"

What was she saying?

That man was at Law Gathering Peak!

He was one of the Ye Clan's elders!

Even Ye Zhen and the others froze. But the next instant, every face among them changed.

Boom—

Before they could react, two black-robed elders appeared. Their overwhelming auras pressed across the entire sky.

Ye Qiu's expression changed drastically. That aura... This wasn't Law Gathering. It was far beyond Law Gathering!

Who were these people?

Where had they come from?

Boom—

As he stared in shock, the enormous, imposing flying ship exploded.

One of the elders had landed on it.

The ship could not bear his weight!

It shattered at once!

"I want their heads," Lu Li said calmly, ignoring their shock.

Ye Zhen and the others shot upward as the ship exploded, their faces frozen in terror. But they had only an instant to be afraid before even that chance was gone.

The second elder arrived. With one slap, he shattered every trace of their power.

Their eyes bulged. Before they could even cry out, their bodies had crumbled completely.

Only a few bloodstained heads remained in the air...