Dark clouds bore down on the city, threatening to crush it.
Heavenly Origin City was now shrouded in dark clouds, oppression evident everywhere.
An invisible sense of pressure hovered constantly over everyone's hearts.
At the center of that pressure was the Ye Lineage.
Ye Qiubai pointed his wooden sword at Ye Yan. He did not like people scheming against him.
His Sword Dao drew a clear line between kindness and grudges.
Vengeance for every grudge, repayment for every wrong.
If others treated him well, he would treat them twice as well.
If others sought to harm him, Ye Qiubai would swing the sword in his hand without hesitation.
And Ye Yan had clearly harbored murderous intentions toward Ye Qiubai.
One of Ye Qiubai's reasons for returning to the Ye Lineage was to slay Ye Yan beneath his sword.
"Do you dare fight me to the death?"
Ye Qiubai demanded again in a low voice.
Watching this, Ye Qing said nothing more. Instead, he stood beside Ye Qiubai, ready at any moment to guard against a thunderous strike from First Elder Ye Ling.
He understood his son. If Ye Yan had not committed a grave wrong, Ye Qiubai would never have acted this way.
His face deathly pale, Ye Yan walked behind Ye Ling and said in a trembling voice, "Ye Qiubai, I was wrong before. I can compensate you!"
Ye Ling's expression was ugly as well. He knew about the matter, so he spoke gently. "Qiubai, Yan'er was indeed at fault in this matter, but he is your older cousin, after all, and a member of the Ye Lineage. What is there that we cannot discuss?
"For my sake, spare him this once, will you?"
But Ye Qiubai remained unmoved. His expression indifferent, he asked again, "Do you dare?"
Seeing that there was no room for reconciliation,
Ye Ling abruptly stepped forward, unleashing an astonishing presence that bore down on Ye Qiubai!
He was the Ye Lineage's First Elder, after all. Of course he possessed strength, second only to Ye Qing!
Seeing this, Ye Qing also stepped forward, blocking all of that pressure!
Ye Ling's expression darkened, and he said in a low voice, "Ye Qing, are you and your son truly intent on exterminating us?"
At those words, Ye Qing sneered. "Was what you did in secret any different? Did you really think I was a fool who couldn't uncover anything?"
"Then let's fight!"
Ye Ling stamped his foot, and his figure shot forward!
Yet his palm struck toward Ye Qiubai!
Clearly, he wanted to finish Ye Qiubai with thunderous force before anything else!
After all, Ye Qiubai's talent now surpassed even what it had been before, and he had joined the Hidden Dao Academy. His future was limitless.
If they did not eliminate him now, they would have no way to withstand his revenge in the future!
Ye Qing snorted coldly, shifting into the path of Ye Ling's palm and slashing with the sword in his hand!
The two began to clash!
Their imposing might erupted with a roar!
Ye Qiubai looked at Ye Yan and said, "Are you ready to meet your death?"
Ye Yan's expression turned vicious as well, and he said in a deep voice, "Ye Qiubai, you may be strong, but that doesn't mean you can kill me. Once Father frees himself up, your time will be up!"
At those words, Ye Qiubai said nothing more. With one hand behind his back, he stepped forward.
With his first step, his sword momentum rose!
Streaks of sword momentum transformed into invisible swords, slashing toward Ye Yan!
Ye Yan thrust out a palm!
He directly scattered those invisible swords!
Seeing this,
Ye Qiubai took another step forward!
Sword Qi crisscrossed the air!
It shot toward Ye Yan!
Its might was astonishing, filling even the onlookers with terror!
Ye Yan's expression changed as well. With an angry roar, he thrust out both hands, turning his palms over and striking!
He actually unleashed a series of palm imprints!
But beneath the astonishing power of those streaks of Sword Qi, sharp enough to seem capable of slicing through space, the two palm imprints shattered in the blink of an eye!
Ye Yan's face paled, and he retreated violently!
He struck out palm imprint after palm imprint, barely able to keep up!
Seeing that Ye Yan had no strength to resist at all, Ye Ling grew anxious and roared at the elders, "Act now! Kill that brat Ye Qiubai!"
Hearing this, the elders exchanged glances.
Their faces were filled with hesitation. Clearly, they were deeply conflicted as well.
One elder who already bore a grudge against Ye Qiubai gritted his teeth, leaped straight out, and threw a punch!
The might of the peak Purple Mansion Realm erupted!
Ye Qiubai immediately turned, and wisps of black Qi swept from the wooden sword in his hand!
Demonic Qi swirled, compelling submission!
Someone cried out in shock, "What sword technique is that?!"
Seeing this, Ye Yan's expression changed drastically. How could he not know the power of that sword technique?
This was the sword technique that had defeated even Huo Qingming!
And at that time, Ye Qiubai had only been in the Golden Core Realm!
Now that Ye Qiubai had broken through to the Purple Mansion Realm, how much more powerful would this sword technique become?
The answer went without saying!
At this thought, Ye Yan immediately called out a warning. "Sixth Elder, watch out for his sword technique!"
But the Sixth Elder paid it no mind. He was only in the early Purple Mansion Realm, after all. No matter how formidable his sword technique was, how could he be a match for him?
But what the Sixth Elder did not know was
that this very thought would cost him his life...
Ye Qiubai slashed out with his sword!
"First sword..."
In an instant, demonic Qi surged!
Even the Sixth Elder's mind trembled!
But once an arrow left the bow, there was no turning back. His punch had already slammed into that wooden sword!
Boom!
A tremendous crash rang out, and the shock waves swept out, shaking the surroundings!
Waves of towering demonic Qi directly enveloped the entire Ye Lineage estate!
The wooden sword in Ye Qiubai's hand suffered no damage whatsoever. Instead, the Sixth Elder's expression changed drastically the moment he collided with it.
In an instant, the Spiritual Qi defenses around his fist were breached, and blood burst forth!
The next moment, the Sixth Elder's arm was severed outright!
Ye Qiubai did not let this fine opportunity slip away. He closed in immediately and slashed again with his wooden sword!
With terror covering the Sixth Elder's face, the wooden sword struck him squarely in the chest.
Demonic Qi instantly invaded his internal organs, destroying every last meridian!
The Sixth Elder's eyes slowly lost their light, and he collapsed to the ground.
There was no life left in him.
Seeing this, Ye Yan trembled inwardly.
After entering the Purple Mansion Realm, Ye Qiubai could kill a peak Purple Mansion Realm expert with such ease. Perhaps even Huo Qingming was no match for him now...
Ye Ling's expression was horrified as well.
How could he have imagined that Ye Qiubai would be so powerful!
And Ye Qing seized the moment when Ye Ling briefly lost focus, taking the opportunity to slash with his sword!
"Ah!"
With a scream, Ye Ling clutched the wound on his arm, so deep that bone was visible, and retreated repeatedly!
Seeing this,
the hesitating elders completely abandoned their intentions, no longer entertaining any thought of intervening.
Instead, they were thinking about how to curry favor with Ye Qiubai and Ye Qing.
After finishing off the Sixth Elder, Ye Qiubai continued walking toward Ye Yan. The black Sword Qi coiling around his wooden sword had not diminished in the slightest!
Clearly, Ye Qiubai would not spare Ye Yan.
"You... you can't kill me!"
Ye Yan kept backing away, his expression terrified.
Ye Qiubai paid him no heed. Raising his wooden sword high, he shot forward and slashed at Ye Yan!
Off to the side, Ye Ling's expression changed drastically as well.
But at that very moment,
an aged figure appeared before Ye Qiubai and caught the wooden sword between two fingers.
The old man sighed softly.
"You've vented enough by now. Spare Ye Yan, won't you?"