"Believe it or not, even if I killed you, your father wouldn't dare do a thing to me."
Xu Taiping looked coldly at Zhu Xuejian.
His undisguised killing intent sent chills down the spines of both Zhu Xuejian, who stood before his blade, and Du Ziyin, who was not far away.
"Fellow Daoist Taiping... we can... we can talk this out!"
Having nearly been cleaved in two by Xu Taiping's blade, Du Ziyin no longer spoke to him with the slightest contempt or disrespect.
He was unlike the arrogant and ignorant Zhu Xuejian.
Du Ziyin was arrogant but not ignorant. That single strike had already shown him the gulf between himself and Xu Taiping, making him realize that even though Xu Taiping now had a mortal bone, his blade arts and his abundant, pure true essence were far beyond those of other cultivators at the same level.
Xu Taiping ignored Du Ziyin and beckoned to Ping'an.
"Big Brother!"
Ping'an hurried over to Xu Taiping's side.
Xu Taiping first smiled at Ping'an, then let his smile fade as he turned to Zhu Xuejian and said:
"Apologize."
At this, Zhu Xuejian immediately glared at Ping'an, her eyes brimming with disdain as she said:
"Apologize to an animal? Dream on!"
Smack!
The instant she finished speaking, Xu Taiping slapped her again, nearly knocking her backward onto the ground.
"I'll remind you one last time." Xu Taiping immobilized Zhu Xuejian with his blade domain, then pressed the long saber in his hand against her throat. "Apologize to this little brother of mine."
As he spoke, the killing intent emanating from Xu Taiping transformed into an indescribable aura of destruction.
As though sensing the shift in his emotions, the cries of cranes and the roars of dragons within the blade domain began to fill with