Xu Yang and the others couldn’t possibly interfere in a battle between Marrow Cleansing Great Success Martial Artists. It was pointless to stay here. They were better off charging into Qiushui Manor first. Once they dealt with the people inside, masters at the Great Success Realm like Yan Guiyun and Cui Mingchong could go back and support him.
"Go!"
Hong Lei roared, taking the lead and charging in through the collapsed opening.
At this moment, Qiushui Manor was already in utter chaos. Disciples from the Purple Sun Sect had already fought their way inside.
"Keep a ten-foot interval and push forward," Zhu Yuan shouted.
This would keep their forces from being scattered and make it easier to strike down their foes.
The others all agreed. They immediately spread out and rushed toward the sound of fighting. They encountered no one from Qiushui Manor along the way and soon reached a Martial Arts Arena, where they saw two groups locked in a fierce struggle.
Besides Li Ye, who was fighting Gao Lin, there were two other Marrow Cleansing Great Success masters from the Blood Lotus Sect. Cui Mingchong was fighting one of them alone in a grueling battle, kicking up roiling dust clouds and toppling nearby buildings.
Yan Guiyun and Lu Chuping had teamed up to battle the other Marrow Cleansing Great Success master.
Du Chuan, Xie Zhan, and Yun Heng were also locked in one-on-one duels. The entire Martial Arts Arena was a chaotic storm of flying Fist Gang and Sword Qi.
"Where’s Gao Lin? Why didn’t he come?"
Seeing Xu Yang and the others arrive, but with Gao Lin conspicuously missing, Lu Chuping couldn’t help but shout the question.
"Senior Brother Gao is tied up in a fight with an expert over there!" Hong Lei yelled. "The man is incredibly strong! Finish your opponents quickly and go help him. Don’t let him escape!"
After relaying Gao Lin’s situation, he charged into the fray.
"We’ll fight them to the death!"
"Slaughter all these dogs from the Purple Sun Sect!"
"So long as Great Xia does not perish, the Blood Lotus will never fade!"
"With my broken body, I shall ignite my Blood Lotus!"
"Return to the Holy Mother’s embrace!"
...
Seeing another five or six people from the Purple Sun Sect arrive, the Blood Lotus Sect members were driven to despair, which in turn ignited their savagery. Their attacks became increasingly vicious, each move a life-or-death gamble as they abandoned all defense.
BANG!
A head exploded before Xu Yang’s eyes, sending a spray of red and white flying.
He didn’t go out of his way to help anyone specific, instead starting to clear out enemies from the perimeter. He killed anyone he came across, his first victim a martial artist who had just entered the Marrow Cleansing realm.
In fact, by this point in the battle, there was no one left with cultivation below the Bone Marrow Cleansing Cultivation level. Anyone weaker had already been killed by the shockwaves of the fight.
Everyone still alive in Qiushui Manor was a Bone Marrow Cleansing Martial Artist.
’I wonder how they’re going to calculate the contribution points after all this!’
’There are bound to be arguments when it’s time to tally the contribution points. But right now, killing the enemy is the top priority. Once the killing’s done, I’ll let Cui Mingchong and the others deal with that headache.’
Having been targeted and ambushed by the Blood Lotus Sect several times, he was already nursing a bellyful of rage.
After blasting the man’s head apart, he shot toward the next enemy.
’Xu Yang... He’s at Marrow Cleansing Minor Achievement?’
The Purple Sun Sect disciple whose opponent Xu Yang had just killed was startled. When he saw clearly who had acted, he froze on the spot, utterly dumbfounded.
Marrow Cleansing Minor Achievement!
Xu Yang was at Marrow Cleansing Minor Achievement!
He was shocked beyond measure. Xu Yang wasn’t even on the Ten Heroes List, so how had he reached Marrow Cleansing Minor Achievement?
CRACK!
Xu Yang paid no mind to the disciple’s shock. Like a streak of golden light, he had already arrived at the next battle, killing another Blood Lotus Sect martial artist—one who had just reached Bone Marrow Cleansing Cultivation—with a single Palm.
"You animal, die!"
At that moment, a Blood Lotus Sect expert finally noticed him on his killing spree and rushed over.
This man’s Gang Qi was nearly black, his Cultivation approaching Marrow Cleansing Great Success. He was incredibly fierce. With a single punch, he sent the Purple Sun Sect disciple he was fighting staggering back seven or eight steps. His body erupted with a black glow as he blasted a Fist Gang toward Xu Yang from across the field.
"Xu Yang, look out!" shouted the disciple whose opponent Xu Yang had just killed.
The Fist Gang shot forward like a black meteor, emitting a piercing shriek.
BOOM!
As the Fist Gang tore through the air, it didn’t dissipate. Instead, it gradually condensed, growing more solid. This was clearly a sign of an exceptionally powerful Fist Technique.
Xu Yang’s senses were on full alert, and he had detected the Fist Gang approaching from behind the instant it was launched. He immediately slapped a Palm backward, as if he had eyes in the back of his head, and struck the Fist Gang with pinpoint accuracy.
BANG!
The Fist Gang exploded into a cloud of black wind that billowed backward. The murderous figure tore through the cloud, his fist hurtling toward Xu Yang’s throat.
The rushing wind was like a crashing tidal wave, stirring up clouds of dust and debris.
Xu Yang’s gaze remained calm. With a flip of his hand, golden Gang Qi condensed at his fingertip, which he then precisely pressed against the incoming fist.
Pure Essence Gold-Splitting Finger!
The fist, which had shot forward like a bolt of lightning, came to a dead stop, unable to advance another inch. It was held back by a single finger.
The murderous intent on the Blood Lotus Sect disciple’s face vanished, replaced by pain and shock.
He felt as if what had blocked his fist was not a finger, but the incomparably sharp tip of a blade. His indestructible black Fist Gang was pierced with ease, and in an instant, it was covered in a dense web of cracks.
SPURT!
Blood splattered as the cracks spread to his fist. A sharp Finger Force, keen as a sword, traveled up from his fist with unstoppable power, piercing straight through the bones of his hand.
’Run! This man’s combat power is on par with a Marrow Cleansing Great Success expert!’ The thought flashed through his mind as his face contorted in agony.
The ridiculously handsome Purple Sun Sect disciple facing him was far superior in both physical prowess and Gang Qi. Only a Marrow Cleansing Great Success master could hope to restrain him.
But before he could act on this thought, Xu Yang had already strode forward, his Palm slashing down like a great saber.
The Palm carried a vast, imposing aura as it crashed down like a mountain, releasing a suffocating pressure. The Blood Lotus Sect disciple felt as if a giant boulder was crushing his heart, and he found it difficult to breathe.
BANG!
The black Protective Gang Qi shattered like a soap bubble against the golden palm. Under the force of the backlash, the Blood Lotus Sect disciple’s blood and qi churned violently, and blood began to seep from his pores.
Fortunately, though his Protective Gang Qi was shattered, it had bought him a fraction of a second. He had already retreated half a step, so the golden palm merely grazed his chest as it chopped down.
CRACK!
Even so, a sharp cracking sound came from his sternum, as if he’d been struck by an axe. His flesh split open, his robes burst, and his solid chest was covered in cracks.
Xu Yang moved with the agility of a dragon, stepping forward once more. His fist shot out like a great spear, smashing heavily into the man’s chest.
With a dull THUD, like a heavy hammer on a leather drum, the Blood Lotus Sect disciple’s chest caved in. He spewed a mouthful of blood as his feet left the ground and he was sent flying backward.
Xu Yang followed up with another finger attack from a distance, shooting the man dead in mid-air.
Just as he was about to find his next target, he realized that most of the Blood Lotus Sect members had already been killed. The battlefield was now mostly two-on-one or three-on-one skirmishes, making it hard to steal any more kills.
"Aaaah!"
A bloodcurdling scream rang out. Xu Yang looked up to see that Yan Guiyun and Lu Chuping had joined forces to kill the Marrow Cleansing Great Success master from the Blood Lotus Sect, felling him with their blades.
’They all have Half-Spirit Weapons!’
Yan Guiyun, Lu Chuping, and the Blood Lotus Sect’s Marrow Cleansing Great Success master all wielded Half-Spirit Weapons. It seemed that these items were standard equipment for those in the Great Success Realm of Marrow Cleansing.
"Kill!"
After slaying their opponent, the duo pounced like savage beasts, charging toward the Blood Lotus Sect master fighting Cui Mingchong.
Seeing that the outcome of the battle was decided and it was only a matter of time before every Blood Lotus Sect disciple was annihilated, Xu Yang didn’t bother competing for kills. He leaped onto a roof, his gaze sweeping across Qiushui Manor, and locked onto a building that looked like a vault. He immediately shot off in its direction.
A few moments later, a windowless, tightly sealed building appeared before him, marked by a single, thick iron door.
"Break!"
A golden light surged across his skin as Xu Yang stepped forward and threw a punch.
BANG!
A muffled clang, like the sound of a blacksmith’s hammer, rang out. The entire building trembled, and the plaster on the walls cracked and peeled away, revealing a metallic sheen beneath.
The entire building was a single, solid structure forged from metal.
The thick door was dented but had not been blasted open.
It wasn’t that Xu Yang’s punch lacked the power to break it. He was worried that if he used too much force, the resulting shrapnel would damage whatever was inside, so he had held back to test the door’s thickness.
BANG!
He threw another punch, blasting a large hole through the three-inch-thick iron plate.
"Open!"
Xu Yang quickly stepped forward, his biceps bulging. With a great heave, he ripped the three-inch-thick iron door in two, revealing a room piled high with chests.