"L-Li Yang!" It was already too late for the demon cultivator Crown Champion to hide his Soul Banner.
Simply killing four rivals would only have counted as fair combat within the Secret Realm.
But the Soul Banner Path was explicitly forbidden by the Dao Alliance, and Soul-Refining Banners could not be sold in any form in legitimate Immortal Cities.
Countless thoughts flashed through his mind in an instant.
He considered invoking the power backing him, detonating his Soul Banner, and other options, but never once considered facing Li Yang head-on.
He knew Li Yang did not care what background he had.
Caught red-handed, even the Dao Alliance leader's only son would not escape death.
Detonating his Soul Banner and voluntarily admitting his wrongdoing was even less realistic. Li Yang had never shown mercy to a single evil fiend; his fearsome reputation had been forged through actual slaughter.
"Run!"
He immediately deployed a precious Spatial-Shift Talisman, without the slightest thought of resisting.
But he had barely shifted away, before he could even extend his divine sense to scan his surroundings, when a hundred thousand crimson sword lights blotted out the sky, shattering the void and annihilating everything.
Clang!
Li Yang drew the Qianyang Core Sword and brought it down over his head.
The demon cultivator Crown Champion was terrified. The sword lights had shattered the surrounding void, making both Spatial-Shift Talismans and Escape Talismans unusable. He could only take Li Yang's sword strike head-on.
He immediately deployed all his defensive Magic Treasures, surrounding himself in layer upon layer of radiant protection, while frantically requesting aid through his sect token.
Yet with a few sharp hisses, his strongest defensive Magic Treasures failed to hold out for even an instant. Before Li Yang's supremely sharp Qianyang Core Sword, they were as fragile as