You Can Die Now

Thirty li was only a quarter-hour's journey with the Perfection Realm's Swimming Dragon Steps.

The poisonous miasma hanging in the air was forcibly torn apart by Sun Yu's furious charge, leaving a long, empty corridor in its wake.

As the distance narrowed,

blinding swordlight glimmered faintly within the poisonous miasma ahead.

Sun Yu stopped.

He stood atop a withered giant tree, looking down at the scene below.

In the swamp, dozens of black-clad sword guards had already formed the Heavenly Gang Absolute Kill Sword Formation.

Sword Qi crisscrossed through the air, weaving a killing net so dense nothing could slip through.

The air brimmed with a fierce, murderous aura. Even the poisonous miasma around them was sliced to shreds by the Sword Qi.

At the center of the formation,

Li Canghai held a Blood-colored Flying Sword, his venomous gaze fixed ahead like a viper waiting for its prey to walk into its trap.

"The Heavenly Gang Absolute Kill Sword Formation. A battle formation made up of thirty-six early-stage Blood Washing Realm cultivators, with a Half-step Fetal Transformation Realm master leading it. It could indeed kill an ordinary Blood Washing Realm Peak cultivator."

Standing on the treetop, Sun Yu's lips curled into a cruel sneer.

He had no intention of concealing his presence.

While Li Canghai was still watching the red miasma ahead,

BOOM!

The withered tree beneath Sun Yu suddenly exploded into a storm of splinters.

He didn't try to circle around.

He didn't try to launch a sneak attack.

Instead, wrapped in the icy and fiery streams of Internal Breath, he dropped straight from the sky like a heavy tank and smashed into the very center of the formation!

BANG!

His feet hit the ground.

Muddy water and shattered stones sprayed wildly in every direction.

The ground caved in, leaving a crater several feet deep.

The violent impact sent the nearest sword guards staggering backward, spitting blood.

"Enemy attack!"

Li Canghai's expression changed abruptly. He had never imagined Sun Yu would dare to charge straight into the heart of the formation with such brazen audacity.

"Form up! Kill him!"

Li Canghai roared furiously.

The formation sprang into motion.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

The dozens of sword guards around them swung their swords in unison.

Countless fierce waves of Sword Qi slashed at Sun Yu from every direction.

There was nowhere to dodge!

Sun Yu stood still, his arms hanging loosely at his sides.

He didn't even try to dodge.

He hadn't even deliberately released his Protective Gang Qi.

He simply let those Sword Qi strikes, sharp enough to cut through metal and jade, slam into his body.

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

A rapid series of metallic clangs rang out across Sun Yu's body.

Sparks flew everywhere.

The fierce Sword Qi struck his dark-golden skin and shattered into countless specks of light.

Not even the faintest white mark remained on his skin.

His Blood Washing Realm Peak Cold Iron Demonic Body, combined with the extreme sharpness granted by Sword Marrow at Major Accomplishment,

made the early-stage Blood Washing Realm cultivators' Sword Qi feel no more than a tickle.

"How is this possible?!"

A sword guard's eyes widened as he stared at the notches in the fine steel sword in his hand, his face pale with shock.

"Close in! Don't give him a chance to catch his breath!"

Li Canghai's heart pounded, but he managed to keep his composure.

He directed the formation to shift.

Ten sword guards closed in with swords drawn, attacking from different directions at once, their blades aimed at Sun Yu's vital points.

Sun Yu's eyes were icy.

He didn't draw a blade. He didn't need a weapon now.

"If you want to fight up close, then I'll grant your wish."

Sun Yu lightly tapped his left toe against the swamp.

His figure blurred into a streak of afterimages, gliding through the ten sword guards' encirclement as casually as if he were strolling through a courtyard.

Sun Yu leaned aside, avoiding a sword thrust at his throat, and shot out his left hand like lightning.

His fingers spread and clamped around the sword guard's face.

Extreme Cold Internal Breath erupted in an instant!

CRACK!

The sword guard's head instantly froze into a solid lump of ice.

Sun Yu's fingers clenched.

BANG!

The ice shattered, spraying red-and-white shards in every direction.

The headless corpse toppled stiffly to the ground.

One move, one kill!

Next,

Sun Yu stomped down hard, shattering the swamp beneath his right foot.

He closed the distance to another sword guard in an instant.

The muscles in his right arm swelled as Extreme Yang Blood Qi surged into his fist.

He drove forward with a plain, unadorned punch.

BOOM!

The Extreme Yang punch blasted straight through the sword guard's chest.

The terrifying heat instantly burned his internal organs to ash.

Sun Yu casually flung the corpse away like a ragged sack.

One punch, one kill!

He was like someone swatting down a buzzing fly.

In the space of a few breaths,

all ten sword guards who had closed in were reduced to mangled corpses.

Blood dyed the swamp red.

The remaining sword guards were utterly terrified.

As they stared at the man standing in the center of the formation like a fiendish god, their sword hands trembled violently.

"He's not human! He's a monster!"

Someone screamed in terror.

The sword formation collapsed in an instant!

Sun Yu stood amid the pile of corpses.

He paid no attention to the sword guards fleeing in disarray.

Instead, he slowly turned his head, his emotionless eyes fixed on Li Canghai, who stood not far away.

Li Canghai's face was as white as paper.

He watched as the sword guards he had painstakingly trained were slaughtered like pigs and dogs, and an uncontrollable wave of terror surged through him.

But he knew he couldn't escape.

Facing this monster, whose speed rivaled a ghost's, turning to run would mean certain death.

"You little beast! You really think you're invincible?!"

Li Canghai's eyes bulged with fury. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of vital blood onto the Blood-colored Flying Sword in his hand.

HUM!

The damaged Spirit Artifact Flying Sword erupted with a blinding crimson light.

He poured every bit of his Half-step Fetal Transformation Realm Blood Qi into it.

The flying sword let out a shrill scream and transformed into a streak of blood-red lightning, shooting straight for Sun Yu's brow.

"Die!"

Li Canghai roared in a frenzy.

The flying sword had locked onto Sun Yu's soul.

There was nowhere to dodge.

Sun Yu stood still.

Facing this deadly strike, powerful enough to pierce the Protective Gang Qi of a Blood Washing Realm Peak cultivator,

Sun Yu abruptly brought his hands together!

CLANG!!!

A piercing metallic clash rang throughout the Demon Abyss.

Sparks flew everywhere.

Sun Yu had actually clamped the Spirit Artifact Flying Sword, blazing with terrifying crimson light, between his bare hands!

The flying sword trembled violently in his palms, throwing off a dazzling shower of sparks as it tried to cut through his grip.

But Sun Yu's hands remained as steady as a mountain.

Icy and fiery streams of Internal Breath coursed through his dark-golden skin, fiercely resisting the sword's edge.

CRACK, CRACK, CRACK.

A clear sword chime rang from Sun Yu's bones.

As Li Canghai watched in utter horror,

the extreme force of Sun Yu's Internal Breath exploded from his arms.

"Break."

Sun Yu gave a cold snort.

He suddenly twisted his hands inward with all his strength!

CRACK!!!

A sharp snapping sound rang out.

The precious Spirit Artifact Flying Sword had been crushed into two pieces of scrap metal in Sun Yu's hands!

The crimson light vanished at once.

PUH!

The destruction of the Spirit Artifact inflicted a devastating backlash on Li Canghai. He spat out a mouthful of blood and collapsed to the ground.

He stared at the two broken pieces of the flying sword in Sun Yu's hands, his eyes filled with utter despair and disbelief.

"He crushed a Spirit Artifact... with his bare hands..."

Li Canghai muttered to himself, his will to resist completely broken.

Sun Yu casually tossed away the scrap metal in his hands.

He strode over to Li Canghai.

He looked down at the Head of the Punishment Hall of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

"You can die now."