Crushing and Instant Kill

Swish!

The branches and leaves atop the tree swayed gently.

Su Yun's figure remained composed as he leaped, drifting gracefully from the dozen-zhang-tall tree to the ground.

Every gaze in the clearing instantly converged upon him.

The leader narrowed his eyes, scanning Su Yun's cultivation base.

Eighth level of Qi Refining.

Utterly mediocre.

He laughed in extreme fury, his face twisted with savage killing intent.

"Hahaha! A mere old geezer at the eighth level of Qi Refining!"

"You dare interfere with the affairs of the Ghost Fire Sect? And you dare kill my disciples?"

"You truly are tired of living!"

"The three of you, go up and slaughter him!"

The three black-clad men at the eighth level of Qi Refining immediately shifted their killing momentum, lunging straight at Su Yun.

Blade light gleamed coldly, wreathed in ghost fire, with a biting murderous aura.

On the other side.

The six Qingyun disciples saw the newcomer clearly and realized his cultivation level; the hope that had just ignited was instantly extinguished.

Everyone's face turned pale, and they sighed one after another.

"It's over..."

"So he's only at the eighth level of Qi Refining..."

"We actually thought a Foundation Establishment cultivator had arrived..."

"There's truly no saving us now."

"How can one eighth-level cultivator fight three eighth-level Ghost Fire Sect disciples?"

Everyone's hearts sank to the bottom once more.

They held no optimism for Su Yun whatsoever.

The next moment.

Su Yun's eyes turned cold, his expression devoid of emotion.

His fingertips moved rapidly, forming spiritual seals.

Three golden rays of spiritual light condensed out of thin air.

Three sharp golden blades hovered before him, their edges gleaming with bone-chilling light.

Under the influence of Thousandfold Amplification, the golden blades contained a terrifying, restrained power.

"Die."

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The three golden blades erupted outward instantly.

Their speed was pushed to the limit, leaving only golden afterimages as they tore through the air.

The three charging black-clad disciples looked on with disdain, simultaneously brandishing their magical artifacts.

"A mere Golden Blade Technique, and you think you can hurt us?"

Before the words had even faded.

Crack!

All their magical artifacts and spiritual barriers were torn apart instantly, as if they were made of paper.

The golden blades moved like a hot knife through butter, piercing through the artifacts, piercing through the spiritual energy, and precisely piercing through the chests of the three men!

Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!

Three sprays of blood exploded simultaneously.

The three Ghost Fire Sect disciples, who had been incredibly ferocious just a moment ago, froze in their tracks.

The disdain on their faces stiffened, replaced by extreme terror and confusion.

They looked down at the gaping, bloody holes in their chests as their vitality rapidly ebbed away.

They didn't even have time to let out a scream.

They collapsed straight to the ground, dead on the spot.

Three kills in an instant!

The entire scene was left completely stunned!

Every Ghost Fire Sect disciple's pupils constricted violently, their entire bodies numbing with dread.

The six Azure Cloud Sect disciples were completely dumbfounded, their mouths agape, faces etched with disbelief.

"I... holy shit!"

"What kind of power is this?!"

"Golden Blade Technique?! How could the Golden Blade Technique be this monstrous?!"

"Shattering a magic tool with one strike and insta-killing an eighth-layer cultivator?!"

"This is absolutely not damage that an eighth-layer Qi Refining cultivator could deal!"

"Too fierce! This old man is definitely not simple!"

The leader of the Ghost Fire Sect felt his heart contract violently, a layer of cold sweat instantly breaking out across his back.

Absurd!

Too absurd!

This old guy was definitely hiding his true strength!

He was absolutely not an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator!

Shocked and terrified, he no longer dared to harbor even a shred of contempt.

Yet, he refused to give up, suppressing his fear as he attempted to intimidate Su Yun into backing down.

"Old man! I advise you to stop immediately!"

"This matter is a private grudge between my Ghost Fire Sect and the Azure Cloud Sect!"

"If you interfere further, you will be thoroughly offending my Ghost Fire Sect!"

"Leave now, and I can pretend nothing happened!"

"Otherwise, the Ghost Fire Sect will not let you off!"

Su Yun couldn't be bothered to waste his breath.

There was no need to speak with the dead.

He pinched a spirit art with his fingertips once more.

Hum—

Spiritual light surged in the void.

Ten full Golden Blades hovered neatly around his body.

The cold light was biting, the killing intent monstrous.

Seeing this, the leader knew negotiations were useless and completely dropped his facade.

He roared sharply, "Everyone, attack together! Fight to the death and kill him!"

The remaining dozen or so Ghost Fire Sect disciples gritted their teeth to suppress their fear, surrounding him from all sides as they unleashed their spells and weapons.

Eerie green ghost fire, pitch-black blade qi, and poisonous hidden needles filled the air, crashing toward Su Yun like a torrential downpour.

The scene was terrifying to the extreme.

Su Yun's expression remained indifferent as he waved his hand.

"Go."

The ten Golden Blades transformed into a storm of flowing light, instantly weaving through the battlefield.

They moved too fast for the naked eye to track.

A continuous, dense series of piercing sounds erupted.

Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!

Ten Ghost Fire Sect disciples were all pierced through their vital points.

Immediately following, spiritual light flashed around Su Yun once more.

A second batch of ten Golden Blades formed instantly, tearing through the air to strike again.

The remaining seven or eight Ghost Fire Sect disciples didn't even have a chance to flee.

All were insta-killed!

In just a few short breaths.

Over twenty Ghost Fire Sect disciples lay fallen on the ground.

Blood pooled across the earth, and corpses littered the valley.

Only the ninth-layer Qi Refining leader remained, barely clinging to life.

His shoulder had been pierced through by a Golden Blade, his flesh torn open, leaving him severely wounded and on the brink of death.

With heart-wrenching pain, chaotic spiritual power, and his entire body trembling, he was completely terrified, stripped of every ounce of his former arrogance.

He turned to flee!

Want to run?

Too late.

Su Yun's gaze was indifferent as he pointed a fingertip.

The final golden blade tore through the air in pursuit.

A flash of cold light.

It pierced precisely through the leader's heart.

The man's body stiffened before he collapsed heavily to the ground.

At the very moment he died and dissipated.

No one noticed.

Deep within his brow, a faint, obscure wisp of black soul residue drifted up silently.

Like a ghostly thread, it wound soundlessly around Su Yun's sleeve, following his aura to slip quietly into his body.

The entire process was imperceptible.

Su Yun remained completely unaware.

The battlefield fell into absolute silence.

The stench of blood permeated the entire valley.

Su Yun brushed off his hands and flicked them, a surge of spiritual energy sweeping across the field.

More than twenty storage bags from the corpses on the ground flew into the air, landing in his palm.

Killing and looting—basic operations.

He was impossibly proficient.

Nearby.

The six Azure Cloud Sect disciples stood frozen in place.

Their minds were blank, filled with shock, unable to recover for a long time.

In just a short moment.

A slaughter!

A complete and utter slaughter!

More than twenty Ghost Fire Sect elites had been instantly killed by this seemingly ordinary old man within a few moves.

Such combat power was simply not something a Qi Refining cultivator could possess!

Only a great Foundation Establishment master could act with such nonchalance, wiping out enemies with a flick of a finger!

Everyone understood in an instant.

The old man before them was a Foundation Establishment senior hiding his cultivation!

The six of them struggled to their feet, enduring their injuries, and bowed in unison with utmost respect.

"Thank you, Senior, for saving our lives!"

"We juniors thank you, Senior, for your intervention!"

The lead senior brother spoke solemnly, his tone filled with awe and gratitude.

"We are all outer sect disciples of the Azure Cloud Sect. We were ambushed by the Ghost Fire Sect while on a mission and nearly lost our lives."

"If not for you passing by and intervening, we would surely have died!"

"May we ask for your honorable name?"

"We will certainly report this to our sect elders upon our return to reward your great kindness!"

Su Yun waved his hand, his tone flat.

"No need."

"I was just passing by and did it on a whim; don't give it another thought."

"This place has just seen a battle; there is blood everywhere and the spiritual energy is chaotic."

"The Ghost Fire Sect likely has reinforcements on the way."

"You are heavily injured; leave this place quickly and return to your sect."

Having said that, he did not wait for them to offer more thanks.

Su Yun turned, leaped out of the valley, and vanished into the depths of the dense forest.

The six Azure Cloud disciples gazed in the direction he had disappeared, their faces full of reverence.

A good man.

A truly great man.

He sought neither fame nor fortune, saved people, and departed with grace.

Not daring to linger, the six helped one another, quickly tended to their wounds, and hurried out of the valley.