Outside the Blood Prison secret realm.
In the past, the various factions would have been wary of one another.
But now, with an arrogant, domineering outsider present, they had banded together, guarding against the people of the Sunset Dynasty.
The Sunset Dynasty's leader was a general.
His name was also General, and he commanded the Sunset Dynasty's Asura Iron Cavalry!
It was said.
The Asura Iron Cavalry was the Sunset Empire's elite army!
The army numbered a full thousand, and every soldier had reached the Purple Mansion Realm. Although they had been raised rapidly through pills and could no longer advance even an inch, the Purple Mansion Realm was still the Purple Mansion Realm!
Moreover, every member of the Asura Iron Cavalry was fearless in the face of death, and all were equipped with Profound Rank treasures.
This meant that wherever the Asura Iron Cavalry passed, not a blade of grass survived!
Even those in the Qi Sea Realm would be swallowed up in an instant!
Even those in the Water Overflow Realm probably could not contend with them head-on!
And General commanded the entire Asura Iron Cavalry. One could imagine how high his standing was in the Sunset Dynasty.
His strength, too, was beyond question.
He was an expert at the peak water overflow realm!
His cultivation realm matched that of the Confucian Academy elder.
General looked around and found everyone's Qi signatures faintly locked onto him.
It was as though the moment General made any move, everyone would unleash their full strength to blast him to death!
Seeing this, General could not help giving a contemptuous smile. He declared arrogantly, "Do you intend to keep me here? But when the Asura Iron Cavalry sets foot in the Southern Region, will you be able to withstand them?"
Beside him, someone from the Heavenly Origin Dynasty smiled ingratiatingly. "The Sunset Dynasty and our Heavenly Origin Dynasty have enjoyed friendly relations for years. Everyone, there is no need to be so guarded."
Seeing this, the Sword Hall elder cast a contemptuous glance their way before withdrawing his gaze.
The Confucian Academy elder seemed not to have heard, his attention fixed entirely on the book in his hands.
Now and then, he would sink into contemplation, and at other times, he would reveal a pleased smile as though he had unraveled a mystery.
After all, the Hidden Dao Academy did not involve itself in worldly struggles for power, so whatever relationship the Heavenly Origin Dynasty had with the Sunset Dynasty.
Or whether the Heavenly Origin Dynasty wanted to cling to the Sunset Dynasty's thigh.
Had nothing whatsoever to do with the Hidden Dao Academy.
The others glared furiously.
Yet they dared not voice their anger.
After all, they feared the Sunset Dynasty's strength.
Here, only the Hidden Dao Academy was qualified to contend with it.
However, the Hidden Dao Academy had no intention of making a move.
Without a bird willing to stick its head out, they naturally dared not act rashly.
Seeing this, General could not help giving a mocking smile.
Truthfully, he could hardly wait for these people to attack him.
Then the Sunset Dynasty would have a legitimate pretext to deploy its troops and set foot in the Southern Region!
Elsewhere, Ye Qiubai encountered a group of uninvited guests.
"Ye Qiubai, you finally decided to show yourself? Who knows where you've been hiding like a turtle these past few days. You've certainly made us search high and low."
Ye Qiubai looked at the man before him and said calmly, "Qiu Libei, I'm afraid you still can't kill me."
At this, Qiu Libei actually did not object.
Instead, he nodded in agreement. "Indeed. If you were determined to flee, I probably couldn't stop you. However..."
Before he finished speaking, several people closed in around Ye Qiubai, surrounding him!
The four wore armor, their bodies suffused with blood-red killing intent!
They looked as though they had stepped out of mountains of corpses and seas of blood!
"People from the Sunset Dynasty?"
Ye Qiubai raised his brows slightly.
Now he understood why Qiu Libei was so confident he could kill him.
However, this was not enough to make Ye Qiubai wary.
What made him wary were the black-clad figures who had previously stood behind those four.
Those people had vanished without a trace after entering the Blood Prison secret realm.
Even now, they were nowhere to be seen.
And precisely because of this, Ye Qiubai felt a sense of unease!
Sword cultivators had a very accurate sense for danger.
The armored man sneered. "Although our Sunset Dynasty disdains cooperating with others, we must ensure that our mission has a one hundred percent chance of success."
Hearing this, Qiu Libei snorted coldly, but said nothing.
After all, he was no match for these people either.
Ye Qiubai took out his wooden sword, his expression calm and without a trace of panic. "Enough. If you're going to attack, then attack."
Qiu Libei snorted coldly. "Utterly arrogant!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Qiu Libei stamped hard against the ground, sending clouds of dust rising from the dark-red earth as he shot toward Ye Qiubai!
Seeing this, Ye Qiubai thrust out his wooden sword. A razor-sharp streak of Sword Qi slashed toward Qiu Libei with terrifying force!
Qiu Libei roared, his fist actually generating waves of air pressure as he met Ye Qiubai's Sword Qi head-on!
Boom!
The Sword Qi shattered!
But Qiu Libei was also sent hurtling backward!
A bloody hole had actually been pierced through his fist!
Qiu Libei clutched his fist, blood streaming between his fingers!
How was this possible!
He was at the peak purple mansion realm!
Yet Ye Qiubai before him was only at the middle stage of the violet palace realm!
With a cultivation stage separating them, how could Ye Qiubai wound him so severely with such ease?
"What trash!"
The armored man from the Sunset Dynasty barked coldly, "No wonder you came to us to cooperate."
With that, the armored men in all four directions unleashed their might simultaneously!
Blood-red killing intent swept toward Ye Qiubai like a towering sea of blood!
Like a blood-red tsunami!
However.
Ye Qiubai had now undergone the Heavenly Demon trial.
He had slaughtered for days and nights under those conditions.
Even that had not crushed him then.
How could this blood-red killing intent disturb his mind?
Wooden sword in hand, Ye Qiubai soared into the sky!
He slashed out again and again, forming a net of Sword Qi that cut outward in every direction!
Countless rifts were slashed through the towering sea of blood!
Yet another wave of blood surged in to fill them!
With the four joining forces, their might had long since surpassed the Purple Mansion Realm!
An attack of this caliber could even kill someone in the Qi Sea Realm!
Seeing this, Ye Qiubai put away his wooden sword and instead took up a pitch-black longsword without an edge!
The Dark Demon!
The moment the Dark Demon was brought forth, waves of towering Demon Qi swept across heaven and earth!
It actually stood in opposition to that towering sea of blood!
The expressions of the four men on the perimeter changed despite themselves.
"A Heaven Rank treasure!"
"How could a mere southern barbarian have a Heaven Rank treasure!"
"But so what if he does? Once we kill him, this Heaven Rank treasure will be ours!"
As soon as those words fell, the four changed their hand seals again!
The towering sea of blood transformed into a gigantic blood-red fist that blasted toward Ye Qiubai!
Ye Qiubai snorted coldly. "Nine Swords of the Heavenly Demon, Third Sword!"
In an instant!
Towering Demon Qi surged from the Dark Demon's blade!
An enormous streak of black Sword Qi slashed toward the gigantic blood-red fist!
Boom, boom, boom!
The aftershocks swept through the surroundings!
Watching this scene, Qiu Libei's eyes filled with disbelief!
He was not remotely qualified to intervene in a clash of such might!
Any one of those attacks could kill him!
How could Ye Qiubai possess such strength!
Could he have encountered a fortuitous opportunity in Blood Prison?
But even so, he shouldn't be a match for the four from the Sunset Dynasty... right?
The next moment, that gigantic blood-red fist was actually cleaved in two!