A Benevolent Heart Can Be Punished

The two Assistant Stars rose once more. Liu Yunshen's eyes suddenly narrowed, his cheeks flushing with excitement!

"Me too!"

Qiu Cangyue's mighty power surged through Liu Yunshen's back and straight into his heart acupoint. The second abyss of the Overcoming Realm instantly unfolded!

"So this brawny man is actually an Overcoming Realm martial arts master!"

Lei Zhouyue and Liu Yunshen exchanged glances, overjoyed!

"Go seek enlightenment in the underworld!" Man Jiuying's terrifying laughter rang out from the sky!

Mountain-like Sword Qi came crushing down!

With a thunderous roar, Liu Yunshen transformed Mount Hua into a five-thousand-zhang peak that pierced the heavens, shattering the Myriad Swords Sect's grand formation with a single blow! More than half the disciples within were killed or wounded! Severed limbs and a rain of blood fell from the sky!

Liu Yunshen swiftly withdrew one of the suns! Had the Yellow Sprout Giant Tree not been aided by Benevolent Heart Ripples' Water Profound One Qi, it would have long since withered and died. Now, it barely preserved the vitality of its roots as it frantically absorbed endless earth energy to sustain its life!

Man Jiuying fled the formation in panic, only then escaping that unfathomable, ghost-and-god-defying strike.

The Myriad Swords Sect was left strewn with dead and wounded. The survivors' courage shattered, and with a single cry, they scattered in all directions!

"Come back! Come back! Who dares flee without my command?!"

With only a few dozen trusted disciples remaining behind him, Man Jiuying swung his sword and slaughtered the fleeing men.

"Heh! That bastard surnamed Man retreated before the battle himself!" Gong Haoyue sneered, rapidly circulating his vital energy. Cai Tingyue was still pale. "If Man Jiuying had not left the formation on his own just now, it would still be uncertain who would have lived and who would have died after that strike!"

The Myriad Swords Sect's defeat was like a mountain collapsing. Unable to reverse the tide, Man Jiuying turned to leave! But Liu Yunshen had already recovered his breath, and the cold, rusted iron sword stabbed toward his face once more!

"My life is over!" Man Jiuying cried out in grief and terror. The immortal sword in his hand knocked aside the rusted iron sword, but as he dodged miserably, the power in his dantian failed. He plummeted toward the village below!!

"In a one-on-one fight at the fourth realm of Qi Refinement, I truly cannot face such an opponent alone yet!" After fighting fiercely through the night, even Liu Yunshen's vast and boundless dantian power had nearly run dry!

"Pursue!"

The group charged downward, surrounding Man Jiuying and his direct disciples!

"Master! We still have a trump card!"

"That's right! And without borrowing the power of the formation, that brat's sword force must be more than ten times weaker!" Man Jiuying slapped his forehead, seized someone from among the disciples behind him, and revealed a savage grin.

Cai Tingyue cried out, "Gui'er! Why are you here?!"

Wei Gui had been guiding his breath and cultivating outside the sect when the Myriad Swords Sect captured him alive.

Man Jiuying had led his sect's disciples in a fierce assault against the Four Swords Sect's Radiance and Dust-Joining Sword Formations. Unable to break them, he flew into a rage from humiliation and used the Hundred-Li Soul-Seeking Talisman to trace the aura of the six men, following them here!

"Liu Yunshen! Don't you call yourself a lord of benevolence and righteousness? Cripple your own martial arts right now, then hand over the secret scroll of the Heavenly Pivot Sword Technique, and I'll let him go!"

Though Man Jiuying was fierce on the outside but weak within, his methods were vicious beyond measure. Before Liu Yunshen could answer, his blade slowly sliced open Wei Gui's shoulder!!

"Brother Liu..." Wei Gui kept shaking his head as he struggled. Man Jiuying sneered. "Liu Yunshen, Emperor Zhaolie led his people across the river beneath a wise ruler in an age bright as Yao's heaven and Shun's sun. How could he sit idly by and ignore his junior brother's life and death?"

Hot tears rolled down Liu Yunshen's face as he bowed to Wei Gui!

"Don't worry about me!!!" Wei Gui cried anxiously, raising his palm to strike himself. Man Jiuying stopped him, but three-tenths of the palm force still entered his brain. He violently spat out a mouthful of blood!

Man Jiuying's expression changed drastically. He pressed his palm against Wei Gui's spirit platform, using powerful dantian energy to preserve his life as he roared through voice transmission, "I didn't permit you to die! You dare kill yourself? I'll rip out your Primordial Spirit and cast you into the Myriad Sword Pool, where you'll suffer the carving torment of Sword Qi day and night!"

Liu Yunshen slowly approached, his eyes splitting with rage. Man Jiuying and the others slowly backed away, pointing at him in terror. "Y-you... what are you doing?! Don't come over!"

Ignoring the bandits, Liu Yunshen gave Wei Gui a solemn bow. "Junior Brother Wei, forgive me for being unable to save you! But I swear that I will make every one of these Myriad Swords Sect scum accompany you to the grave!"

Wei Gui laughed loudly. "Old bastard, did you hear that? My senior brother has no womanish softness! You Devil Sword Sect had better abandon your hopes!"

"Y-you!" As Man Jiuying paled in shock, a terrifying sword intent condensed into a line and blasted straight toward his head! Seizing the chance, Qiu Cangyue used the Ground Hall Saber Body Technique and yanked Wei Gui away!

That Sword Qi cut through Man Jiuying's left shoulder! It blasted the disciple behind him into shredded flesh!

"Ah!!!!"

Clutching his shattered collarbone, Man Jiuying roared in berserk fury, "You little beast! I'll kill you! Kill you!"

"Well! Who's this miserable wreck?"

A group from the Devil Palace also appeared in the village. Their leader, Su Wanrou, was a disciple of Heaven-Touching Palace. By order of the palace master, the Thousand-Faced Venomous Spider, she had led several hundred disciples here to capture Liu Yunshen alive!

"Hehe! He really is a handsome young master! Just looking at him makes one's heart itch beyond scratching!" Su Wanrou's voice was seductive and filled with bewitching power. Everyone present flushed red!

When Mi Luohou saw Ming Jiuxiao and Tu Chunqiu's expressions change drastically, he immediately covered both their ears. "This woman has a vicious heart and deep schemes. Be careful!"

In the instant the others were slightly stunned, Su Wanrou had already grasped the situation. Without another word, countless palm lightning bolts rained down from the sky, indiscriminately striking mortals and cultivators alike!

"Demon!"

"Brother Liu, we have to save the villagers!"

Cai Tingyue, Gong Haoyue, and Qiu Cangyue scattered in every direction.

Qiu Congxiao and Qiu Yitian guarded at his side.

Liu Yunshen erupted in fury, forcibly driving his dantian power! Fifty-zhang-long Sword Qi blasted apart the thunder-force fireballs! Where the distant shockwaves reached but his Sword Qi could not, he actually risked his life to block them with his own body!!

"Brother Liu!" Cai Tingyue cried out in alarm and hurried forward!

"I'm fine!" Liu Yunshen held up a collapsed roof beam with one hand and emerged from a burning house carrying a wailing infant. The child's parents had both been buried in the sea of fire!

"Devil sects!!! Our Four Swords Sect will never coexist with you!" Gong Haoyue and Cao Wuji's eyes split with rage. As Sun Yunji rescued villagers, he secretly sighed and shed tears.

"Young hero, shall we form the formation again?" Qiu Cangyue asked from beside him.

Liu Yunshen's face had already gone deathly pale.

"Rest, brother. Watch me!" Lei Zhouyue was about to rise, but Cai Tingyue and Liu Yunshen grabbed him at the same time. Cai Tingyue quickly cautioned him, "When we came out of the secret realm, you only had thirty percent of your dantian power left. You spent a great deal more when you used the sword formation just now. Don't force yourself! If you can't hold on, come back at once!"

"Don't worry! I still have strength to spare!" Lei Zhouyue soared into the air. The seven-foot sword in his hand transformed into a thousand-zhang giant blade and collided with the Devil sect formation!

The Devil sect disciples spat blood, yet the formation did not budge!

Lei Zhouyue did not fare well either. With a furious roar, he forcibly pushed his cultivation and formed ten swords. Purple light flickered outside the Devil sect formation! Spotting the light's weakest point, he suddenly shouted and struck down with all his strength!

"That old dog is so cunning!" Su Wanrou cried out in shock and fury, instantly channeling the Devil Palace's inner power to fill the gap. The two forces collided violently!

Cai Tingyue, Gong Haoyue, and Qiu Cangyue struck the northern side of the formation. Caught between attacks from both sides, the devil formation collapsed!

Man Jiuying cackled strangely. "These few old undead have exhausted their blood vitality. I'll just wait nearby until they drain themselves dry, then strike!"

With a great roar, Qiu Cangyue stomped upon the ground and shot skyward. Fist force hundreds of zhang long smashed the bodies of dozens of Devil sect disciples to pieces!

With the formation broken, Su Wanrou flew into a rage. "My Devil sect has countless disciples! How many can you kill? Kill them! Slaughter every mortal within a hundred li! Liu Yunshen, aren't you capable? Let's see how many you can protect!"

Liu Yunshen was both enraged and furious.

Just as everyone fought fiercely and the scene descended into utter chaos, a lewd laugh rang out. A ten-thousand-zhang sharp blade swept across the sky, and all the Devil sect members save a few elites died!

"Xiao Jinyu!!!!" Man Jiuying and Su Wanrou trembled all over. They transformed into streaks of light and fled madly in opposite directions, one east and one west, without even looking back!

"They run pretty fast!" Xiao Jinyu giggled and pointed a finger at Mi Luohou!

Ming Jiuxiao and Tu Chunqiu were horrified. They shoved Mi Luohou aside, only for Sword Qi to pierce through their right chests, leaving them in unbearable agony!

Xiao Jinyu sneered. "You take something sickening as amusing. Could it be you three have a thing going on?"

"You dare insult my big brother! Even if I die, I'll fight you to the end!" Tu Chunqiu channeled power into his legs and raised his saber toward the sky! Xiao Jinyu casually swept out with one leg. Tu Chunqiu's breastbone shattered, and he collapsed back onto the ground like a puddle of mud!

Mi Luohou fell to his knees. "Golden Bell Palace Master, please spare my third brother's life! I'm willing to die in his place!"

"Big Brother! Don't beg him!" Tu Chunqiu kept vomiting blood, yet remained stubbornly unyielding, uttering not a sound!

Gritting his teeth, Ming Jiuxiao also knelt before him. "Palace Master, please spare my eldest and second brothers. I am willing to serve as your slave for the rest of my life!"

Xiao Jinyu giggled. "You're rather handsome. Were the words you said just now true?" Just as he reached out to lift Ming Jiuxiao's chin, Liu Yunshen walked forward carrying the infant. "Could I ask you, Senior, to spare the lives of these three brothers?"