Tai'an City.
Jun Wangyou was patrolling the skies, searching for the whereabouts of Ye Xiu and the other four.
At the same time, the ten Spirit Treasure Swords Jun Wangyou had previously unleashed were crazily slaughtering the Demonic Cultivators and Demon Race members within the city.
With the four Golden Core cultivators dead, no one left in the city posed any threat to Jun Wangyou.
Just then, the system's voice suddenly rang out in Jun Wangyou's mind.
And its message differed from usual.
[ Ding~ Intruder detected. Blocked. Counter-intrusion in progress... Supreme aura detected. Hidden! ]
Listening to the system's incomprehensible words in his mind,
Jun Wangyou was utterly bewildered.
"System, what happened?"
The system did not answer.
Jun Wangyou frowned slightly. He felt as though something major had happened.
But since the system did not answer, there was nothing Jun Wangyou could do.
Shaking his head, Jun Wangyou stopped thinking about it. He was broad-minded enough.
If even the system could not solve it, then he certainly could not either.
Rather than worry about something beyond his control, he might as well take things as they came.
Coming back to his senses, Jun Wangyou continued searching.
Tai'an City was enormous, but from the sky, he could survey nearly all of it with just a few glances.
So before long, Jun Wangyou found his target.
At that moment, the five were being pursued by a large number of Demonic Cultivators and Demon Race members.
Perhaps it could not exactly be called a pursuit.
Because those Demonic Cultivators and Demon Race members were also being hunted by Jun Wangyou's Spirit Treasure Swords.
Ye Xiu's group of five was in front, the Demonic Cultivators and Demon Race members were in the middle, and the Spirit Treasure Swords were behind them.
The scene was rather theatrical.
Jun Wangyou simply watched.
At the same time, he silently observed Ye Xiu.
He could sense that Ye Xiu was somewhat unusual, carrying an inexplicable aura around him.
This made Jun Wangyou think once more of the special existence known as a Child of Destiny.
Of course, whether Ye Xiu truly was one still required further observation.
Everyone knew that when it came to the strongest treasure in this world,
it was not some Spiritual Treasure, but a Golden Finger!
"I hope you are one. After all, who would ever complain about having too many Golden Fingers?"
Jun Wangyou narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled faintly.
With a thought, the ten Spirit Treasure Swords instantly entered slaughter mode!
In an instant, flesh and blood flew throughout Tai'an City.
"Pant, pant~ Big Brother Ye, wait for me."
The little girl Tang Qingying was the weakest among the five, and she was beginning to fall behind.
Unable to help herself, she called out to Ye Xiu at the front for help.
Ye Xiu looked back at her.
Seeing Tang Qingying's deathly pale face and pitiful appearance, his heart still softened. He slowed down, preparing to lend her a hand.
But the next second, he saw the bloody carnage behind the Demonic Cultivators. He was immediately terrified and no longer had time to care about Tang Qingying, instead fleeing for his life with all his might.
He did not know what was slaughtering everything behind the Demonic Cultivators, but he had a feeling that it definitely was not on their side!
So escaping was more important.
As for women, there would be plenty once he survived.
"Big Brother Ye!"
Seeing this, Tang Qingying's heart turned cold, and her expression became vicious.
The next moment, Tang Qingying grabbed the sturdy, honest-looking youth beside her and hurled him backward.
"Qingying! Why?!"
The honest youth's eyes were filled with disbelief, but the next moment, he was swallowed by the crowd and trampled into pulp.
"Tang Qingying! What have you done?!"
Ji Yueying witnessed the scene, her eyes filled with disbelief.
Tang Qingying's face was vicious. At this moment, she no longer hid herself, revealing a crazed expression.
"If I die, none of you will get off easy!"
As she spoke, Tang Qingying reached for another person beside her.
Seeing this, Ji Yueying could no longer endure it and moved to stop her.
In an instant, the three of them were swallowed by the crowd as well.
High in the sky, Jun Wangyou watched the scene calmly, though a cold smile still crept onto his lips.
"Dogs biting dogs. Interesting. Sure enough, a woman's heart is as deep as the sea. Staying away from all women truly was my wisest choice."
Elsewhere, Ji Yueying and Tang Qingying were not trampled to death by the crowd.
But they were not much better off. Bones all over their bodies had been fractured, leaving them temporarily unable to move.
Only then did the two women finally see what had been slaughtering the Demonic Cultivators behind them.
It was actually ten swords!
At the same time, a Spirit Treasure Sword slowly floated before them.
"Th-thank you, Senior."
Ji Yueying weakly thanked the Spirit Treasure Sword.
She thought the Spirit Treasure Sword had come to help them.
But the next second—
Whoosh!
Two heads flew into the air!
Even in death, Ji Yueying and Tang Qingying still had a trace of disbelief in their eyes.
Elsewhere.
Ye Xiu was still fleeing for his life. As for whether his companions lived or died, he had no time to care.
But seeing the crowd behind him draw closer and closer, Ye Xiu finally could not endure it any longer.
"You forced me to do this!"
Ye Xiu flipped his hand, and an emerald jade bottle appeared in his palm.
He tilted his head back and swallowed the contents of the jade bottle in one gulp.
Ye Xiu's aura instantly surged!
In the blink of an eye, his cultivation soared from the initial stage of Core Formation to the peak of Golden Core!
He had crossed an entire major realm in one leap.
"Damn it! Damn it! You destroyed my foundation! I will never rest until one of us is dead!"
Ye Xiu flew into a rage, because the price of his sudden surge in power was the destruction of his foundation—his potential, in other words.
This meant that from this moment onward, Ye Xiu's future achievements would be extremely limited.
Unless he could find a supreme sacred artifact to restore his foundation, this would be the limit of his life.
After his strength soared, Ye Xiu no longer fled. Instead, he swung his sword at the crowd.
Screech!
Dazzling sword light flashed, and incomparably sharp sword qi instantly split the crowd apart.
All the Demonic Cultivators and Demon Race members were annihilated with a single strike.
In the sky, Jun Wangyou narrowed his eyes.
"That jade bottle... could it be the Golden Finger?"
"No rush. Let's push him a little further."
Jun Wangyou waved his hand, directing the Spirit Treasure Swords to attack Ye Xiu.
If Ye Xiu truly was a Child of Destiny, a crisis of this level was nowhere near enough to force out his true trump card.
So Jun Wangyou needed to add more fuel to the fire.
Below, Ye Xiu also saw the Spirit Treasure Swords flying toward him.
His eyes instantly blazed with fury!
In his eyes, the ones who had forced him to destroy his own foundation were not those Demonic Cultivators and Demon Race members.
They were these swords.
"Come die!"
Ye Xiu roared again and clashed with the Spirit Treasure Swords.
But he was no match for the Spirit Treasure Swords and gradually fell into a disadvantage.
That was only because Jun Wangyou was deliberately holding back.
He would not drive Ye Xiu into a desperate situation all at once.
Instead, he intended to boil the frog slowly.
Only when Ye Xiu felt true despair would he—or something else—gradually reveal itself.
"Am I going to die?"
As the battle continued, Ye Xiu's face grew paler and paler. He felt despair.
But he refused to accept it!
He had the little green bottle. He should have risen to the pinnacle of life and become the strongest being in the world.
He should not perish like this.
Time passed bit by bit, and Jun Wangyou gradually lost his patience in the sky.
"Perhaps this person is not a Child of Destiny."
Thinking this, Jun Wangyou moved to end everything with a thought.
The ten Spirit Treasure Swords instantly erupted with their true power!
Boom!
Ten heaven-shaking sword lights shot into the sky. Even from thousands of miles away, they could be seen clearly.
At this moment, the last of Ye Xiu's resolve completely shattered.
He no longer had any desire to resist.
He stood there motionless, as if he had become a fool.
Seeing this, Jun Wangyou completely abandoned the thought in his heart.
With a wave of his hand, he truly intended to finish Ye Xiu this time.
But suddenly, a line of text appeared before his eyes.
[ You have decided to kill a Child of Destiny. You have the following choices. ] [ Choice 1: Do not kill the Child of Destiny... Forget it. Once you become enemies with a Child of Destiny, you must kill them—choose to receive a Spiritual Treasure. ]
"Uh..." Jun Wangyou froze slightly.
This man really was a Child of Destiny?
But it did not matter. He still had to die!
What surprised him, however, was that the system's attitude was somewhat unusual this time. It had not even offered a second choice.
But from the system's words, Jun Wangyou also learned something.
That was, once one became enemies with a Child of Destiny, there was only one choice—
"Kill!"
Like soldiers launching their final charge, the ten Spirit Treasure Swords unleashed their utmost power and instantly shot toward Ye Xiu!
Just then, a shocking green radiance suddenly erupted from Ye Xiu's body!
At the same time, an angry voice seemed to faintly ring out.
"Impudent! You..."
Boom!
Sword qi filling heaven and earth shattered everything, instantly pulverizing Ye Xiu's body.
Everything came to an end.
In the sky, Jun Wangyou froze slightly.
He frowned faintly.
"Just now... did I hear something?"
Jun Wangyou was somewhat confused. It seemed he had heard something, yet it also seemed he had heard nothing at all.
[ Congratulations, Host, on obtaining the Innate Low-grade Spiritual Treasure, Azure Sky Pure Spirit Bottle. ] [ Ding~ Host has killed the first Child of Destiny and obtained the epic title, Child of Destiny Killer (Beginner). ] [ Child of Destiny Killer (Beginner): When fighting a Child of Destiny, attack power increases by 10%. ] [ Ding~ Because Host has obtained an epic title, the system has unlocked the ability to detect Children of Destiny. ]
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