You Can Call Me A-Lian

Boom!

Inside the Ancient Temple, Murong Canghai summoned the last of his strength and unleashed one final slash.

In everyone's eyes appeared an endless, magnificent sea.

Waves as tall as mountains rose and fell. Surrounded by them, everyone felt how insignificant they were.

In an instant.

Fear, loneliness, and helplessness spread through everyone's hearts.

"Great Accomplishment Blade Intent?!"

Elder Liu was a man of broad experience. He couldn't help crying out in shock.

He turned to look at Chen Shuang. Faced with this terrifying Blade Intent, Chen Shuang's expression had gone blank, as though he'd been scared witless.

Liu Yun's face turned ashen. If he didn't unleash his full power, he and Chen Shuang might really die beneath this terrifying Blade Intent!

He bit through the Blood Demon Pill, and his aura surged wildly, layer after layer!

Liu Yun was already at the peak of Organ Refining. Now, with the boost of demonic power, his strength rose to an even greater height.

Yet faced with this slash, Liu Yun still felt his blood run cold!

How could he be so unlucky as to run into an old man with Great Accomplishment Blade Intent?

If he'd known the other man had mastered Great Accomplishment Blade Intent, he would've run long ago.

Great Accomplishment Blade Intent was already beyond the power of Organ Refining.

No wonder Murong Canghai had said his slash could kill someone at the Organ Refining level...

He really hadn't been lying.

"Elder Yun, I'll help you!"

The silver-haired old woman suddenly appeared.

Liu Yun was overjoyed. He couldn't hold it off alone, but with Elder Ji and Chen Shuang, could the three of them really fail to stop one old man who was already at death's door, even with Great Accomplishment Blade Intent?

"Holy Son, wake up!"

Liu Yun roared.

Chen Shuang came to his senses. They both practiced the blade, and the other man's slash had shaken him to the core.

But if he wanted to live, he had to fight with everything he had!

The two Demon Sect experts at the peak of Organ Refining and Chen Shuang unleashed their full strength. Amid a thunderous boom, the three of them managed to withstand Murong Canghai's slash.

Clang!

The blade slipped from Murong Canghai's hand and clattered to the ground.

When a blade wielder could no longer even hold on to his weapon, it meant he'd truly reached his limit.

"It's a pity my five organs have deteriorated and my Blood Qi has withered. My body is holding me back. Otherwise, they wouldn't have stopped that slash!"

Murong Canghai said ruefully.

"Hahaha! You old fool, enough talk. Die!"

With demonic power bolstering him, Liu Yun surged forward and struck with his palm!

Despair filled Shen Changsheng and Murong Canghai's hearts. That palm was too powerful. They couldn't stop it!

Suddenly.

A flash of silver streaked past. Jiang Lianyue appeared, swinging her sword to intercept the palm.

But Jiang Lianyue couldn't help staggering back several steps, blood spilling from her mouth!

With demonic power strengthening him, Liu Yun was far too powerful!

"A Demon Catcher?"

Seeing the silver badge at the other man's waist, Liu Yun frowned. He seemed wary and didn't pursue them while they were down.

"Elder Ji, what exactly happened?"

Chen Shuang suddenly realized something was wrong.

"She insisted Chen Ajiu had turned demonic and wanted to kill him! She fought me over it..."

The old woman glared as she spoke.

"Where's Ah Jiu? Why can't I see him?"

A sense of dread welled up in Chen Shuang.

"He... is dead," the old woman said.

Chen Shuang felt as though he'd been struck by lightning. He glared at Jiang Lianyue and enunciated each word:

"You killed my younger brother!"

"Holy Son, it wasn't her. It was Li Qiming!"

The old woman knew he'd misunderstood and hastily explained.

At once.

The Ancient Temple fell silent.

A question arose in everyone's heart: who was Li Qiming?

Shen Changsheng found the name familiar, as if he'd heard it somewhere before.

"Heh, sneaking around and eavesdropping with such meager strength? Die!"

Elder Liu suddenly struck a palm toward the window.

His terrifying palm force smashed through the wall and hurtled toward a gray-robed youth in the moonlight outside.

Everyone looked over. The youth was only at the Blood Refining stage; he seemed certain to die.

But the next instant, the scene of the youth being pulverized never came. He casually swung his blade and firmly parried Liu Yun's terrifying ranged palm strike.

The fierce wind stirred his gray robe, but the youth was unharmed.

Shen Changsheng and Murong Canghai stared wide-eyed. They recognized him: he was the honest-looking gray-robed disciple from their group, the one who had always been first to run away. But...

What had that slash just now been?

So calm, so effortlessly in control?

Shouldn't he have been scrambling around in a panic, rolling and crawling?

Surely getting killed by a single palm strike would've been more normal!

"It's him! Holy Son! He's Li Qiming!"

"Ah Jiu died by his blade!"

The old woman spoke through clenched teeth.

Chen Shuang froze. "Impossible! He looks like an idiot, and his cultivation is so low..."

Halfway through, he recalled the effortless slash the other man had just delivered, and abruptly fell silent.

Elder Liu was bolstered by demonic power. Even a casual palm strike from him carried the terrifying force of Organ Refining.

What gave this youth the strength to stop it?

There was more to him than met the eye!

Chen Ajiu really had died by his blade!

Chen Shuang glared at him. "You're Li Qiming, right? I'll tear you limb from limb and avenge my younger brother!"

He couldn't accept his brother's death. His hatred for Li Qiming had now reached an unprecedented height.

"Holy Son, don't dirty your hands. Let me cripple all four of his limbs first, then hand him over to you!"

Liu Yun said.

The boy outside was somewhat capable, and Liu Yun feared he might capsize in the gutter.

Murong Canghai, Shen Changsheng, and the Silver Badge Demon Catcher were all too exhausted to fight again.

The situation was now settled.

If they lost another person, especially the Demon Sect's Holy Son, all their efforts would be wasted, and they'd gain nothing for their trouble!

Chen Shuang realized this too. He was furious, but he wasn't stupid.

Once Li Qiming fell into his hands, he'd have plenty of ways to make him pay!

He'd make him wish he were dead and beg for a death he'd never get!

"Then I'll trouble you to take care of him, Elder Liu!"

Chen Shuang said.

Liu Yun nodded and looked at the gray-robed youth outside.

The youth was also watching what was happening inside the Ancient Temple.

Li Qiming cursed inwardly. This was bad.

He'd wanted to see if he could lend a hand and catch these Demon Sect old monsters off guard.

Then he could take the chance to loot the bodies and reap a huge haul.

He hadn't expected that the moment he arrived, the battle would already be so one-sided. Senior Brother, Senior Murong, and Jiang Lianyue were all clearly too exhausted to fight again.

As for the Demon Sect, although Chen Shuang and the old woman were weakened, they still had enough strength to fight.

Especially that big, white-bearded old man, Liu Yun. With demonic power bolstering him, his aura was terrifying.

Li Qiming's eyelid twitched. There was nothing he could do to save Senior Brother and the others now.

He could barely protect himself. All he could do was run!

He was just about to use his lightness skill to flee.

Suddenly.

A woman in white strode into the temple, her killing intent boiling over.

Liu Yun was about to attack Li Qiming.

Feeling such terrifying Killing Intent and the woman's suffocatingly powerful demonic aura, he turned toward her in alarm.

At that moment, everyone's eyes fixed on the woman in white.

A question surfaced in their hearts.

Who was she?

"Who are you?"

Liu Yun asked cautiously.

"You can call me A-Lian."

The woman in white replied coldly.

"A-Lian..."

Everyone exchanged glances. They had clearly never heard of anyone by that name.

Only the Silver Badge Demon Catcher's eyes flickered, but she didn't say anything like "You've turned demonic" again.

She even discreetly tucked her silver badge into her clothes...

The terrifying demonic aura surrounding A-Lian was impossible to ignore.

She was too strong!

Liu Yun also had demonic power bolstering him, but compared to A-Lian, his display was like a novice showing off before a master.

"Why have you come?"

Liu Yun asked. Naturally, he didn't want to provoke an expert like her.

"To kill someone."

"Who?"

Under everyone's tense gaze,

swish.

A-Lian slowly raised the blade in her hand, its tip pointing straight at Liu Yun.

"To kill you!"

"Hm?"

Everyone, Liu Yun included, was stunned!

"Why..."

Liu Yun couldn't help asking in a panic. He had no idea what was going on.

When had he ever offended such a formidable enemy?!

"Enough nonsense!"

A-Lian's eyes blazed with hatred.

She suddenly swung her blade at Liu Yun. Endless demonic tones rang from the blade, and A-Lian shouted furiously:

"Li Qiming, you die!!!"