"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
At that instant, fear flashed in the eyes of the deans. Knowing Ji Zhan could not hold Lang Yue back, they rose into the air one after another, their expressions grave. They chose to face Lang Yue alongside Ji Zhan, hoping to buy time.
"Slash!"
But the moment the deans left, a streak of Sword Qi swept through the hall. The heads of dozens of disciples flew into the air, blood spraying wildly. Their heads severed from their bodies, the disciples looked utterly bewildered, not knowing what had happened.
"Ning Xionglin!"
The deans' eyes instantly turned bloodshot. None of them had expected Ning Xionglin not only to refuse to help them hold off Lang Yue, but also to strike down the academy's disciples. Their killing intent soared to the heavens, and they wished they could cut Ning Xionglin into a thousand pieces.
"Hm?"
Even Su Xiuyi, who had been about to act, froze. Ning Xionglin's disciple was Shen Dong, the top scholar of his year. Yet Ning Xionglin had chosen to betray the human race, slaughtering humans without restraint-and academy disciples at that. There was no longer any place for Ning Xionglin among the human race.
But Lang Yue instantly pinned down the red-eyed deans. If they went to kill Ning Xionglin, they would only die faster.
"Hahaha!"
"Good, well done! My offer still stands. Ten human heads will buy your life, but the more, the better!" Seeing Ning Xionglin betray the human race, Lang Yue burst out laughing.
"Lang Yue, do you think you're Invincible?"
"Kill!"
The deans' eyes were red as they unleashed Will Characters in a relentless torrent, sending them crashing down on Lang Yue and his companions.
"Is that so?"
"You think you can do it?"
"Die, all of you! You're so ignorant. You have no idea what kind of power Peak Sunmoon possesses."
"Heaven Collapse!"
Lang Yue's voice was icy as he raked a claw at them.
"Boom!"
The next moment, countless Will Characters shattered, and the attacks filling the sky vanished in an instant. A force powerful enough to topple mountains and overturn seas erupted and struck them all, making them spew blood. The gap was too great.
"Chancellor!"
"Dean!"
"Master!"
Seeing this, the academy disciples cried out in terror and despair.
Ji Wuming watched his father spew blood, tears sliding down his face. His face was deathly pale. He knew the academy was finished. It could not hold Lang Yue back, and there was no chance of escape.
"How could this be? Why is the gap so great?"
Blood trickled from the corner of Ji Zhan's mouth as he looked up at Lang Yue, who gazed down at them from the sky with a sneer. Ji Zhan's heart trembled violently.
He was at the Sunmoon Eighth Layer.
A single layer's difference was so terrifying, like an impassable chasm ordained by heaven.
Ji Zhan's face was pale, as though his soul had left him.
Lang Yue withdrew his claw and placed it behind his back. Looking contemptuously at the people before him, he shook his head and said, "You can't do it. There's a vast chasm between us. You can't defeat me, understand? Ning Xionglin made the right choice. My terms still stand: kill ten people, and you can live."
Lang Yue watched them as though enjoying a show.
"Huff! Huff! Huff!"
Ning Xionglin, who had reached Lang Yue's side, breathed heavily as he saw that even together, the others had been defeated and gravely wounded by a single swipe of Lang Yue's claw. He thought to himself, I made the right choice after all. Otherwise, I would have died today.
A vicious grin spread across Ning Xionglin's face. He felt that his betrayal of the human race alone was not enough, so he said, "Lord Wolf God is Invincible under heaven. What are you waiting for? You only get one chance. Once the time is up, the Wolf God won't give you another!"
When Ning Xionglin finished speaking, the academy fell utterly silent. Countless elders and deans kept a covert watch on those around them. If anyone dared to make a move, they would kill them even at the cost of their own lives. As for killing Ning Xionglin, that was no longer possible.
Those who were tempted felt the bloodshot gazes fixed on them and immediately abandoned the thought. Besides, defecting to the Demon Race would implicate their Lineages, and they had no one to kill a Demon King for them to atone for their crime.
Hearing Ning Xionglin's words, Lang Yue could not help looking forward to what would happen. But he was soon disappointed, because no one made a move.
"Since that's how it is, then all of you can die!"
In an instant, a blood-red full moon appeared, and an overwhelming pressure descended. Lang Yue now radiated a terrifying presence.
Everyone in the academy closed their eyes, utterly despairing.
"Make your move."
Tiezhu had been watching Su Xiuyi the whole time. He too had felt how terrifying Lang Yue was, and he had fallen into despair, thinking that even if Su Xiuyi acted, he would only be courting death. But just as Tiezhu reached the depths of despair, Su Xiuyi's voice rang out.
"Yes, Master!"
Before Tiezhu could react, the towering figure who had stood beside him all this time without saying a word vanished without a trace.
As Tiezhu wondered what was happening, the towering figure appeared above the people of the academy.
"You're quite arrogant!"
The moment the words fell, the terrifying pressure weighing on everyone in the academy vanished.
The voice was not loud, but it seemed to echo through heaven and earth, coming from every direction. As Lang Yue's pressure disappeared, everyone in the academy was shaken and abruptly opened their eyes.
Lang Yue, who had thought everything was over, suddenly changed expression. He stared fixedly at the towering figure who had appeared before him.
Lang Yue was trembling inside, but fortunately he concealed it well, and no one noticed.
Lang Yue had realized that although this figure's cultivation was far below his own, he had easily dispelled his pressure. That could only mean the inheritance this person cultivated was likely even more terrifying than his own.
Lang Yue had made the Wolf Race gather information on Southern Heaven Academy for ten years, but there had never been such a person in its history.
"Who are you?"
After suppressing the fear in his heart, Lang Yue stared at Su Xiuyi's corpse servant and asked.
"Who I am doesn't matter. What matters is that my master wants you dead." The voice was cold, devoid of the slightest emotion.
The next moment, under everyone's gaze, the towering figure began to transform. In the blink of an eye, he became a gigantic white-bone body, crystal clear from head to toe, like a work of art.
But upon seeing the crystal-clear body of white bone, Ji Zhan cried out, "That's a divine ability-the Innate White Bone Divine Ability!"
As soon as Ji Zhan spoke, before Lang Yue could react, Su Xiuyi's corpse servant pointed a finger at Lang Yue.
That finger suppressed everything, shackled everything.
It seemed to become the only thing in heaven and earth, drawing everyone's attention to it without their knowing.
No words could describe how terrifying that finger was.
Boom!
Boom!
Boom!
Under that single finger, the Will Characters around Lang Yue shattered. As though an ancient god had descended to destroy heaven and earth, the members of the Wolf Race behind Lang Yue were reduced to bloody mist before they could even scream.
The gigantic white-bone finger descended, tearing the night apart. The surrounding space actually collapsed and caved in. Everyone who saw that finger felt that the white-bone body had become an ancient god whose power reached the heavens.
"So powerful!"
Tiezhu trembled violently as he looked at Su Xiuyi in a different light.
He was utterly shaken. He had clearly heard that terrifying figure, a being who slaughtered gods and slew demons, call Su Xiuyi master.
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