"Whoosh!"
A rain of blood flew everywhere, like a great downpour, dyeing the entire sky red.
And at that very moment, no one had yet recovered their senses.
Because everything had happened far too quickly. No one could see exactly what had happened in such a short span of time!
All they felt were warm raindrops splashing onto their faces and skin, then gradually turning cold.
Everyone stared dumbfounded at Ye Chen, who had just snapped his fingers and was lowering his hand.
Then they looked toward where the Clear Void Sect Master had just been, but it was already utterly empty. Where was any trace of him?
Never mind his figure-even the slightest trace of his presence had vanished completely!
"Wh-what just happened? Didn't the Clear Void Sect Master unleash a gigantic Sword-Ray to kill that young man?"
Someone murmured blankly to himself.
"Where's the Sword-Ray? Where did it go? It suddenly disappeared?"
"I don't know. It just burst apart without any warning. What on earth happened?"
Everyone sank into profound bewilderment. Some looked all around, still trying to find the Clear Void Sect Master.
"Why are we covered in blood? This blood couldn't be..."
At last, someone's mind recovered a little, and they realized there was something wrong with the rain of blood filling the sky.
All at once, everyone looked again at the utterly unruffled Ye Chen, realizing that these strange changes had occurred only after he snapped his fingers.
He... he had killed the Clear Void Sect Master with a single snap of his fingers?
Was that really possible?
An unprecedented sense of terror and shock instantly filled everyone's hearts!
Over by Su Lingyun, she and Tao Yaoyao had already been scared senseless. They had originally intended to reveal their identities to help save Ye Chen's life.
After all, the Clear Void Sect Master had made his move. Ye Chen's chances of survival had been slim!
Yet he had turned the Clear Void Sect Master into a cloud of blood mist with just a snap of his fingers?
What terrifying strength was this?
Looking at Ye Chen's calm, handsome face, Su Lingyun's heart pounded, filled with terror and fear!
The oppressive feeling this youth gave her already surpassed that of the vast majority of the sacred land's higher-ups.
It was hard to believe she could actually encounter a mysterious supreme expert here.
"Senior Sister, it looks like we don't need to do anything?"
Tao Yaoyao spoke in a daze as well.
Su Lingyun nodded blankly. At present, that seemed to be the case.
Meanwhile, the higher-ups of the Clear Void Sword Sect, Heavenly Gang Dao Sect, Treasure-Gathering Heavenly Sect, and the other sects were also so shocked that their jaws dropped. They could scarcely believe their eyes!
They knew very well how powerful the Clear Void Sect Master was. Even among Body Integration Realm experts, he had few rivals.
Coupled with his identity as a sword cultivator, his combat prowess surpassed even other experts of the same realm!
Among everyone present, no one dared claim they could kill the Clear Void Sect Master in a single move!
But the problem was that this unfamiliar youth had accomplished what they themselves could not.
What did that mean?
It meant his strength stood above everyone present!
The gazes these Body Integration Realm big shots directed at Ye Chen had already become deeply fearful. Before this, they could never have imagined that his body contained such immense power.
The Clear Void Sword Sect's higher-ups were the most shocked and furious of all.
When their sect master suddenly exploded into a cloud of blood mist, they had felt nothing at all.
Nor had they detected the slightest abnormal fluctuation in cultivation power!
How exactly had that youth done it?
Regardless, killing intent surged wildly from them now. Ye Chen had killed their sect master. If they showed no temper whatsoever, how would the world view them?
"How dare you! Who exactly are you? Why did you kill our sect master?"
"Killing our sect master is tantamount to declaring all-out war on our Clear Void Sword Sect! Don't you know that?"
"Villain! If a villain like you is left unchecked, you'll surely bring disaster upon the entire Falling Moon Region!"
The Clear Void Sword Sect's five remaining elders all pointed their swords at Ye Chen, loudly denouncing him, yet none dared strike.
One elder was so angry that his beard fluttered wildly, and the longsword in his hand gleamed with a chilling light. Yet even after all that time, he still did not dare charge at Ye Chen.
The fiercer their shouts, the more cowardly they looked instead!
"Fellow Daoists, this man must be a tremendous scourge. We must eliminate him! Let us join forces to deal with him and avenge our sect master!"
This senior elder shouted toward the experts of the other sects, hoping to drag everyone into the mire and make them stand on the same side as the Clear Void Sword Sect.
But the others were not that foolish.
Were they supposed to help just because of a few words?
The Treasure-Gathering Heavenly Sect's sect master spoke first. "Our Treasure-Gathering Heavenly Sect cannot get involved in this matter. As I see it, today was merely a misunderstanding. Since that young friend is unwilling to join our sect, our Treasure-Gathering Heavenly Sect ought to respect his wishes and offer our blessings! If there's nothing else, we'll be leaving!"
With that, he hurriedly slipped away with the Treasure-Gathering Heavenly Sect's higher-ups.
He was no fool. Since that youth could instantly kill the Clear Void Sect Master, he could naturally kill him instantly as well!
The Treasure-Gathering Heavenly Sect never made a losing deal, much less one that might cost them their lives!
"Our Shadow Moon Sect will be leaving as well!"
The Shadow Moon Sect also knew which way the wind blew. Knowing full well that the other party was mysterious and powerful, why insist on provoking him?
Wouldn't that be delivering their own heads?
Fortunately, it was the Clear Void Sword Sect's sect master who had died. It had nothing to do with them!
"We of the Vast Righteousness Pavilion suddenly remembered that we haven't opened the furnace for the pills we refined today. We'll head back to take a look!"
The Vast Righteousness Pavilion casually found an excuse and slipped away with their people.
Those from the Clear Void Sword Sect trembled all over with anger. Were they just going to slip away, one after another?
"Fellow Daoists, don't leave yet! As long as you help avenge our sect master, we will reward you generously!"
The Clear Void Sword Sect's elder shouted toward those from the Heavenly Gang Dao Sect and Return to Origin Sect, who had yet to leave.
Hearing there were benefits to be had, those from the Heavenly Gang Dao Sect and Return to Origin Sect could not help exchanging glances, feeling they could make a move.
That unfamiliar youth was formidable, but no matter how formidable he was, surely he could not face seventeen Body Integration Realm experts at once?
Besides, he had probably only killed the Clear Void Sect Master through a sneak attack using some bizarre method.
As long as they were on guard, this unfamiliar youth's methods would surely be far less effective. When seventeen Body Integration Realm experts swarmed him together, wouldn't taking him down be easy?
The sect masters of both the Return to Origin Sect and Heavenly Gang Dao Sect stated that once they took Ye Chen down, they would name their price.
Faced with such a lion's maw of a demand, those from the Clear Void Sword Sect felt a painful pinch, but they had no other choice now.
"Fine! We can discuss it then!"
An elder of the Clear Void Sword Sect gritted his teeth and agreed.
In an instant, all seventeen supreme Body Integration Realm experts unleashed their terrifying cultivation presence, forming a boundless ocean that bore down on Ye Chen alone!