Buzz!
The piercing cry of a sword rang through the entire forest!
A sky-blotting killing intent, deep as abyss and vast as sea, descended. The sword shot a blazing purple-gold Sword Qi into the air, several yards long!
"What?" The nearest Gold Jade Mantises widened their eyes in utter shock.
The jade-like wings behind them flapped wildly as they tried to retreat and evade Chen Fan's strike, but it was already too late.
Chen Fan had already appeared before them, barely over a meter away. A powerful field spread out from him, instantly freezing the three closest Gold Jade Mantises in place, including the strongest among them.
Whoosh!
The sword swept sideways like a meteor streaking through the sky, whipping up a hurricane before the three Gold Jade Mantises. Fallen leaves were all tossed into the air, fluttering about in wild disarray.
Bang!
The heads of the three Gold Jade Mantises rolled to the ground in unison. In the blink of an eye, they had all died beneath a single sword strike.
"H-How is that possible?" The remaining seven mantises stared in shock, hardly daring to believe what they had seen.
Their leader had nearly grown golden horns and was on the verge of undergoing tribulation to enter the Nascent Soul Realm. Yet after only one exchange—before it had even said much—it had been slain by a single sword strike from a human youth at the middle Golden Core stage?
Xiao Si Qing's expression changed drastically as well. Her mouth hung open as she looked at Chen Fan in disbelief.
In her eyes, Chen Fan was merely a young prodigy who had just entered the middle Golden Core stage. He should have been somewhat weaker than herself, yet she had never expected this handsome young man in azure robes to