Instant Kill!

Thunder Roar Ravine's eyes crackled with greater excitement as he boomed, "Little Junior Brother, those three big fellows are treasures from head to toe, brimming with energy. Beating them up will definitely feel great! What are we waiting for? Let's just take them down!"

His muscles bulged, silver arcs of lightning leaping wildly around his body. He could barely wait any longer.

Although Mu Qingxue said nothing, the Wuchen Sword had already let out a clear, resonant cry, its icy sword intent locking onto the Thousand Soul Skeleton Demon in the air. Though she possessed only Xing Yuan Realm Peak cultivation, her Guixu Sword Intent seemed to hold an innate desire to suppress soul-type foreign beings like this.

She was unafraid despite facing an enemy two major realms above her. That was truly rather fierce.

Yun Mengyao frowned slightly. The intuition granted by her Heavenly Heart Dao Body allowed her to sense a deeper danger. Her cool gaze swept over the Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit and the bottomless fissure of the Cang Mo Abyss as she transmitted, "Che'er, do not rush. That Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit has a strange aura, as though it is connected to the abyss. It may have mutated. And... there seem to be other presences hiding nearby, neither quite human nor inhuman, filled with malice. Their target is the altar."

Xuanyuan Che glanced at Yun Mengyao approvingly. "Second Senior Sister is indeed perceptive."

His Chaos perception had discovered them long ago. In the shadows on the other side of the battlefield, another group of around five or six people lay in ambush. Their auras were cold and obscure, concealed exceptionally well. Like venomous serpents, they watched the battlefield and waited for the chance to reap the harvest. Judging from their attire, they were not from any renowned academy of the Central Continent, but more likely Rogue Cultivators or members of minor sects specializing in sinister techniques.

"Trying to be the oriole behind the mantis?" A cold curve formed at Xuanyuan Che's lips. "Then they'll have to ask whether this hunter agrees."

In the brief moment they had spent conversing, the battle below had already taken a sharp turn for the worse!

"Puh!" Within True Martial Academy's battle formation, another disciple was struck by the aftermath of the Three-headed Demon Ape's bone club. He sprayed blood and flew backward, and a gap immediately opened in the formation!

"Roar!" The Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit made a nauseating squelching sound. A mass of black sludge abruptly split off from its enormous body, shooting toward the gap like a venomous dragon emerging from its den! A foul, corrosive stench spread through the air as it was about to swallow and melt the injured disciple!

"Junior Brother, watch out!" Zhou Qiankun's eyes nearly split apart. With a furious roar, golden light erupted from his True Martial Hegemonic Body as he punched at the sludge, attempting to block it. Yet the destructive light waves fired by the other two ape heads and the Thousand Soul Skeleton Demon's soul screech interfered with him, slowing him by half a beat!

The disciple was about to perish on the spot—

A dazzling Chaos Sword Qi, as though it could tear apart all darkness, flashed like a startled swan from beyond the heavens. Though launched later, it arrived first and struck the black sludge with incomparably precise accuracy!

Sizzle—!

There was no earth-shattering explosion. The foul sludge, capable of corroding spiritual treasures, rapidly dissolved and vanished the instant it touched the Chaos Sword Qi, like ice and snow meeting spring sunlight. It turned into wisps of green smoke and dispersed!

Immediately afterward, a figure flashed before the injured True Martial Academy disciple. With a casual pat, a gentle yet majestic force steadily sent him back behind the battle formation.

It was Xuanyuan Che!

He still wore coarse linen clothes, yet as he stood there, an invisible aura of the Great Dao seemed to surround him, repelling every trace of that foul and deathly presence.

This sudden change left both sides in the midst of battle momentarily stunned.

Zhou Qiankun drove back the demon ape's attack with a punch and looked at Xuanyuan Che in shock and uncertainty. When he sensed that the other party seemed to possess only Xing Yuan Realm Peak cultivation, he was even more dumbfounded. Xing Yuan Realm? How could he destroy the Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit's attack with a single sword strike? And do so with such effortless ease?

"Who might you be?" Zhou Qiankun asked in a deep voice. Though grateful, he had not lowered his guard.

"Just passing by." Xuanyuan Che waved a hand, but his eyes remained on the Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit, as if he had discovered something interesting. "Hey, big fellow, that filthy core inside you looks rather unique. Will you hand it over yourself, or shall I take it personally?"

Though the Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit had no distinct facial features, its enormous body writhed violently, radiating extreme fury and a trace of... fear! From that sword qi, it had sensed a suppressive force like that of a natural nemesis!

"Roar!"

"Skree—!"

The Three-headed Demon Ape and Thousand Soul Skeleton Demon did not care about any of that. Seeing someone interfere, they immediately unleashed furious roars and instantly shifted their attacks toward Xuanyuan Che! All three ape heads spat out destructive light waves in crimson, black, and gray, intertwining into a terrifying torrent of energy! The skeleton demon released an even sharper, more piercing soul screech, and an invisible spiritual shockwave surged toward Xuanyuan Che's sea of consciousness like a tsunami!

"Be careful!" Zhou Qiankun cried out. Golden light blazed from his True Martial Hegemonic Body again as he prepared to rush forward and help.

However, there was no need for him to act at all.

"You're too damn loud!" An enraged roar exploded like thunder!

Boom!

A figure wreathed in thick silver lightning descended from the sky like a falling meteor and smashed brutally onto the Three-headed Demon Ape's back! It was Thunder Roar Ravine!

"Get down for me!"

Thunder Roar Ravine's arm muscles swelled as lightning flared wildly. Using the force-generation techniques Xuanyuan Che had taught him in his spare time, he hammered his fists against the demon ape's bone armor like pile drivers!

Crack! Boom!

The tough bone armor, which could withstand attacks from the Tai Xu Realm, shattered inch by inch beneath that violent force imbued with the true meaning of Chaos lightning arts! The demon ape let out a miserable howl, its massive body staggering from the blows and nearly dropping to its knees!

At the same time!

"Annihilate." Mu Qingxue's cool voice rang out.

The Wuchen Sword slid half an inch from its sheath. A faint gray Sword Qi, so fine it seemed capable of swallowing all light, arrived after yet struck first, accurately meeting the Thousand Soul Skeleton Demon's spiritual shockwave.

It was the max-level evolved version of Guixu Sword Intent under Xuanyuan Che's guidance!

When that invisible spiritual shockwave met the Sword Qi, it was as though it had encountered its bane. It rapidly dissipated and crumbled, and even the Thousand Soul Skeleton Demon's main body shuddered violently. The countless skulls composing its body let out terrified shrieks, while its soul flames flickered fiercely!

At some point, Yun Mengyao had floated into the air. She lifted her delicate hand, and streams of pure white runes appeared from nothingness, drifting down like snowflakes and merging into Zhou Qiankun's battle formation. At once, the True Martial Academy disciples felt their spirits surge. Their depleted Spiritual Power rapidly recovered, and the light of their formation stabilized once more, becoming even more dazzling!

"Purifying Heaven Rune Patterns?!" Zhou Qiankun was shocked again, his gaze toward Yun Mengyao filled with disbelief.

This long-lost auxiliary divine art had actually reappeared in the hands of such a young woman?

In the space of a spark and a flash, Xuanyuan Che's group of four acted in succession, instantly stabilizing the precarious battle and even firmly taking the upper hand!

The hidden group clearly had not expected such a formidable Cheng Yaojin to emerge halfway through, and a trace of disorder appeared in their auras.

Xuanyuan Che seemed to sense it. He glanced in that direction, the corner of his lips lifting slightly, but did not deal with them for now. His gaze locked onto the Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit once again.

"Looks like you've made your choice. Then I'll take it myself." Xuanyuan Che took one step forward, and his figure instantly blurred. As if teleporting, he appeared before the Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit's enormous body. He raised his right hand with two fingers together like a sword, faint Chaos Qi Flow coiling around his fingertips as he pointed directly at the writhing black sludge!

The Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit let out a shriek of incomparable terror. Its enormous body writhed madly, trying to gather a stronger power of filth to resist while retreating toward the fissure of the Abyss of Annihilation behind it!

But it was all futile.

Xuanyuan Che's finger appeared slow, yet it seemed to contain some kind of Space Law, ignoring distance and striking directly at the Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit's core!

Pfft!

It was like a hot knife cutting through butter.

The Chaos Qi Flow invaded. The Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit's body, capable of corroding all things, was utterly unable to resist. A huge hole was instantly torn through it. A black crystal about the size of a fist, constantly twisting and changing as it exuded an incomparably filthy and evil aura, was forcibly stripped free by the Chaos Qi Flow!

"Aoow—!" The Corrupt Swamp Evil Spirit released one final despairing wail. Its enormous body, as if stripped of all support, rapidly collapsed and melted, ultimately turning into a pool of truly lifeless, foul-smelling sludge.

The core of a foreign being at Tai Xu Realm Peak had been casually extracted by Xuanyuan Che just like that!

The entire process was so fast that it dazzled the eye.

Zhou Qiankun and the others stared, dumbstruck, completely petrified. Xing Yuan Realm? Instantly killing a Tai Xu Realm Peak enemy? What the hell kind of monster was this?!

Even Thunder Roar Ravine and Mu Qingxue were stunned for a moment. They knew their Little Junior Brother was powerful, but this was simply too... absurd, wasn't it?

Only Yun Mengyao remained relatively calm, as though she had long since grown accustomed to it.

Holding the filthy core that constantly struggled to contaminate his palm, Xuanyuan Che gave his Chaos Qi a slight turn and completely suppressed it, leaving it dim and lifeless.

"One down." Then, his gaze shifted toward the half-crippled Three-headed Demon Ape and Thousand Soul Skeleton Demon.

"Third Senior Brother, Sister Mu, why don't you use the remaining two for practice? Finish them quickly. There are still a few little rats over there waiting for us to clean up."

As his words fell, his gaze swept toward the shadowy area again, this time carrying undisguised icy killing intent.

The group in the shadows instantly felt as though they had fallen into an ice cellar!

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