Slaying Jiang Yifei, Jiang Mochen Takes His Own Life

"Jiang Yifei, they all said you were once the Jiang Family's foremost prodigy. But now that I look at you... you seem to be nothing special?"

Just as Jiang Yifei was about to bring down the long blade in his hand upon Jiang Xuan, Jiang Xuan's indifferent voice suddenly rang out through the air.

Then—

Whoosh!

A flash of white light vanished in an instant. It streaked across the void and disappeared, as though it had never appeared at all.

Yet that ordinary streak of white light abruptly froze Jiang Yifei's body in midair. He seemed encased in ice, utterly unable to move.

His blade stopped an inch before Jiang Xuan, unable to advance even the slightest bit further.

"What happened? Why isn't Jiang Yifei moving?"

Many people asked in confusion.

"He cannot move anymore, because he is already dead."

At that moment, Jiang Xuan spoke calmly. His indifferent voice echoed through the air, sending a tremor through everyone's hearts.

What? Dead?

How was that possible?

Wasn't Jiang Yifei's body still perfectly intact?

At that instant, everyone was utterly bewildered.

But the very next second, the expressions on their faces turned to extreme shock. The entire space fell deathly silent; not even a crow or sparrow could be heard!

They saw that, at Jiang Yifei's neck, a faint line had appeared at some unknown moment.

The line was so subtle it was nearly imperceptible, but it quickly changed from transparent to blood-red.

Immediately afterward, a head rolled to the ground. Jiang Yifei's body collapsed at the same instant, head and body severed.

Boom!!

The scene was like a devil's painting, carved deep into the minds of everyone present and delivering an incomparably intense shock to their souls.

Jiang Yifei, once the Jiang Family's foremost prodigy, the Holy Son of the Heaven-Mending Sect in the Eastern Wilderness, possessor of the Azure Heaven Tyrant Body—had died just like that?

Beheaded in such a bloody fashion?

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"That was sword light just now—the same kind of move Jiang Xuan used to kill Jiang Man."

Within the crowd, someone's pupils suddenly contracted as he spoke in a trembling voice.

"Hiss, just how fast did that sword have to be to achieve such a thing—to kill without shedding blood!"

Upon hearing this, many people could not help but suck in a cold breath. They were astonished by Jiang Xuan's methods and deeply chilled by his cold-blooded slaughter.

"No!! I refuse to believe this is real!! Yifei was a peerless prodigy, the Holy Son of a great sect! He was meant to sweep aside all before him and climb to the summit in the future! How could he be slain like this?!"

At that moment, a heart-wrenching cry of pain suddenly rang through the air.

With a whoosh, a figure shot toward Jiang Yifei's corpse like a streak of light. He gathered Jiang Yifei's mangled body into his arms, his face filled with grief as tears streamed down his face.

Without question, that man was Jiang Mochen.

At that moment, his soul seemed to have been struck by lightning. His eyes were crimson, and even his tears had been stained red, turning into bloody tears that ran down his face and dripped onto Jiang Yifei's mangled body, long since devoid of life.

"Yifei! My son! You were your father's hope! How could you die?!"

Jiang Mochen knelt on the ground, clutching Jiang Yifei's corpse as he wailed in agony, just like the image of Jiang Wuhui he had imagined before.

Jiang Mochen's cries echoed between heaven and earth, incomparably bleak and tragic, continuing without end.

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"Holy Son Yifei is dead?!"

"How can that be? How can this be?! Holy Son Yifei was killed by Jiang Xuan's single sword strike even at full strength??"

"Holy Son Yifei lost. Does that mean we will not escape death either?"

Upon seeing this outcome, the Heaven-Mending Sect's experts were first struck by immense shock and disbelief. Then panic instantly took hold of them as they looked toward Jiang Wuhui, boundless terror rising in their hearts.

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"Congratulations. You guessed correctly!"

At that moment, laughter rang out through the air.

"What..."

Before the Heaven-Mending Sect's experts could react, a terrifying streak of sword light directly annihilated them.

Bang! Bang! Bang! A rain of blood drifted down from the heavens, scattering in every direction in a spectacular sight.

"Xuan'er, well done!"

After dealing with the Heaven-Mending Sect's experts, Jiang Wuhui took a step through the void and arrived directly before Jiang Xuan. He gently patted Jiang Xuan's shoulder as he spoke.

"Father, I told you before that I would be able to handle Jiang Yifei two days later. I didn't lie to you, did I?"

Jiang Xuan smiled faintly and spoke softly.

"Hahahaha! I knew you could do it! My son is the best!"

Jiang Wuhui beamed.

"Wuwu... my son, you have died too. How am I supposed to go on living as your father?"

"I'll come accompany you as well!!"

Elsewhere, after Jiang Mochen let out several grief-stricken roars toward the heavens, he picked up the long blade Jiang Yifei had dropped on the ground and ended his own life with a single slash.

Blood immediately dyed the ground red, an incomparably tragic and horrifying sight.

Thus, the Jiang Family's First Elder fell!

"The First Elder is dead. The Jiang Family's heavens have completely changed! From now on, Jiang Xuan will be the Jiang Family's foremost prodigy, as well as the Jiang Family's future Imperial Son!"

"Yes. Jiang Xuan's position in the Jiang Family will likely be impossible for anyone to shake from now on!"

"Actually, this may not be a bad thing for us. The Jiang Family has lost Jiang Yifei, but gained Jiang Xuan, someone even more monstrous than Jiang Yifei. With Jiang Xuan's utterly terrifying talent, perhaps he truly can lead the Jiang Family to even greater heights in the future!"

The Jiang Family cultivators looked at Jiang Mochen and Jiang Yifei's two corpses on the ground and discussed the matter fervently.

Although some felt that Jiang Wuhui and Jiang Xuan had gone too far, most believed there was nothing wrong with it. The only blame lay with the First Elder's faction for being too ambitious. They wanted to contend with Jiang Xuan for the position of Imperial Son and wield even greater authority in the Jiang Family than Jiang Wuhui.

"The Family Head was known for his decisive slaughter in his youth. Jiang Xuan seems even more so now, and the Family Head is extremely protective of his own... Sigh, the only blame lies in the First Elder wanting too much..."

A Jiang Family cultivator sighed.

"Xuan'er, remain in the Jiang Family and cultivate properly. Your father will make a trip to the Eastern Wilderness."

At that moment, Jiang Wuhui said to Jiang Xuan.

"Father, are you going to destroy the Heaven-Mending Sect?"

Jiang Xuan asked.

"Indeed." Jiang Wuhui nodded, a fierce glint flashing through his eyes. "Now that things have come to this, if the Heaven-Mending Sect is not destroyed, my heart will not be at peace."

"Father, be careful on the road."

Jiang Xuan nodded.

Uprooting the grass and digging out the roots—this was indeed a principle as old as time.

"Good!"

Jiang Wuhui nodded, stepped into the torn void, and left the Jiang Family.

"Hiss, worthy indeed of the Family Head. He says he will destroy the enormous Heaven-Mending Sect, and he simply does it!"

Looking at the black fissure in the void, the Jiang Family cultivators could not help but suck in a cold breath.

"Second Elder, Third Elder, esteemed Elders."

Jiang Xuan looked toward the Jiang Family's remaining Elders.

"Young Master, what are your orders?"

When the Jiang Family Elders heard Jiang Xuan call for them, they immediately responded with utmost respect. They had even begun addressing Jiang Xuan as "Young Master."

This represented their complete acknowledgment of Jiang Xuan's status.

They had no choice. At this point, even if they did not acknowledge it, they had to.

If they did not behave themselves, Jiang Mochen and his son lying on the ground might very well become their fate.

And they were all intelligent people. Clearly, they did not wish to follow in Jiang Mochen and his son's footsteps.

"Clean this place up, and arrange all aspects of the Jiang Family's affairs in an orderly fashion."

Jiang Xuan looked at the Jiang Family Elders and calmly gave them his command.

"As you command, Young Master!"

"As you command, Young Master!"

Respectful voices rang out one after another.

"Mhm." Jiang Xuan nodded in satisfaction, turned around, and returned to his palace to continue cultivating.

Recently, he needed to begin preparing to break through into the Dragon Transformation Realm.