BANG!
CRACK!
He felt as if he wasn’t struck by a palm, but by a mountain of immeasurable weight. Vast power surged from the opposing palm. The strike, which contained all his power from his Great Achievement in Bone Marrow Cleansing Cultivation, seemed pitifully weak against this Palm Force. His own Palm Force was crushed as if it were dead wood, offering not the slightest resistance.
It was as if he wasn’t facing a man, but a Fierce Dragon from the Ancient Wilderness, its power ferocious and unparalleled.
His entire body shook. In an instant, his arm was shattered, the white bone piercing through the skin on his back.
Xu Yang’s palm strike continued unabated, like splitting bamboo, and slammed down on the man’s forehead.
With a SPLAT, brain matter and blood splattered everywhere. The man’s head exploded like a watermelon, and his headless corpse slumped to the ground.
"Ah, you beast..." Song Wenshan’s eyes looked ready to split from their sockets in fury.
Xu Yang’s ferocity was unmatched. His attacks were ruthless, and in a short time, he had killed two of the Song Family’s Marrow Cleansing Great Success experts. This left Song Wenshan both horrified and filled with uncontrollable rage.
Including Song Wenxuan who was killed before, the losses were becoming catastrophic for the Song Family. Even with their deep foundations and great power, the number of Marrow Cleansing Great Success experts was limited. The death of even one was a massive loss to the family, affecting many of their business interests, and the cost to train a replacement was unimaginable.
"Use your Half-Spirit Weapons!" he roared.
Xu Yang had struck too fast, killing two men in an instant. They had died under his palm before they even had a chance to draw their Half-Spirit Weapons.
However, the cost of two lives had bought him time. As he warned Song Shizhao, he unsheathed his own Half-Spirit Weapon.
With the Half-Spirit Weapon in hand, Song Wenshan’s aura changed dramatically. His presence grew sharp, and his killing intent was chilling.
"Die!" A bone-chilling voice rang out. With a wave of his hand, he unleashed a tangible, condensed beam of Sword Qi.
The Sword Qi, shaped like a crescent moon, whistled through the air as it shot like lightning toward Xu Yang’s chest. In that instant, Xu Yang felt the hairs on his body stand on end.
Xu Yang didn’t block it head-on. His charge toward Song Shizhao came to an abrupt halt as he quickly sidestepped. The sharp Sword Qi grazed past his body and sliced through several large trees over a hundred feet away, sending splinters flying.
"Xu Yang, you’ve killed so many of my Song Family’s experts. This day next year will be the anniversary of your death!" Song Shizhao’s face was murderous as he seized the opportunity to draw his own Half-Spirit Weapon.
At this moment, he wanted nothing more than to flay Xu Yang alive. One of the two men who had just died was his own brother.
A powerful torrent of Gang Qi was madly poured into the Treasure Saber. With a single slash, a crimson Blade Qi, like a bolt of silk, swept out, cracking the ground in its path.
"You little bastard, no matter how talented you are, you’re dead today for sure."
After unleashing his sword strike, Song Wenshan’s figure shot toward Xu Yang like an arrow loosed from a bow, intending to kill him at close range.
"A Half-Spirit Weapon? I have one too!"
After dodging the Blade Qi and Sword Qi in succession, Red Blood let out a clear cry like a dragon’s roar as it appeared in his hand like a flash of blood-red light.
Golden Gang Qi roared as it poured into Red Blood. He raised his hand and slashed out with a golden Blade Qi.
The sharp Blade Qi swept out like a golden crescent moon. Wherever it passed, the surrounding ground silently turned to dust, as if it had been cleanly cut by a blade.
"Be careful!" The sight caused Song Wenshan’s expression to change drastically.
It wasn’t just that the quality of Xu Yang’s Half-Spirit Weapon was higher than theirs. The main reason was that Xu Yang’s Gang Qi was so incredibly pure and domineering that his Blade Qi looked almost tangible.
BOOM!
Song Shizhao also slashed out with his Blade Qi. The red and golden Blade Qis collided in an instant. With a PFFT, his Blade Qi was easily sliced apart by Xu Yang’s Golden Blade Qi, dissipating into crimson ripples that tore across the ground.
But Xu Yang’s Blade Qi continued on its sweeping path toward him.
Just as he was about to be cut in half, Song Wenshan finally arrived. The glow of his sword flared out ten feet, and he unleashed a strike to intercept the Golden Blade Qi.
BOOM!
The earth trembled, and a dragon of dust and smoke soared into the sky.
Song Wenshan’s face was full of disbelief. He stumbled backward, his sword hand trembling uncontrollably. The web between his thumb and forefinger was covered in cracks, and his hand was instantly soaked in blood.
’Just a single Blade Qi, and one that was already partially blocked by Song Shizhao... yet it was still strong enough to rupture the webbing of my hand? Is Xu Yang’s Cultivation really only at the Marrow Cleansing Great Success level?’
"Young Master, look out!" Song Shizhao roared.
The towering dust cloud was blasted apart. Bathed in golden light and surging with killing intent, Xu Yang charged through the smoke. The golden Sword Gang was incredibly conspicuous in the night, like a bolt of silk, slashing down with the force to split heaven and earth.
Without any hesitation, Song Shizhao strode forward to block Song Wenshan, sweeping his Half-Spirit Weapon out.
CLANG!
The two blades collided. The resulting Blade Qi shot out in all directions, carrying a shriek that could pierce metal and shatter stone, leaving countless slash marks on the ground.
An expression of pain crossed Song Shizhao’s face. He felt as if Xu Yang wasn’t wielding a blade, but an impossibly heavy hammer that was impossible to resist.
He felt his fingers nearly shatter from the impact, and his hand went numb. His blade was sent flying by Xu Yang’s strike.
The golden Sword Gang continued unabated, chopping down from his head like it was splitting firewood.
SQUELCH!
Song Shizhao’s eyes widened. Before he could even let out a scream, his entire body was split down the middle.
Song Shizhao, the Song Family’s third Marrow Cleansing Great Success Martial Artist to fall, was dead!
"How is this possible? How can a beast like you be so powerful?"
Song Wenshan felt a chill run up his spine, his scalp tingling with fear. Xu Yang’s power surpassed his entire understanding of a Marrow Cleansing Great Success Martial Artist.
Song Shizhao and the others were not weak. They had polished their skills in the Great Success Realm of Marrow Cleansing for many years and were famous experts in Cyan Yang City. Otherwise, they wouldn’t have been brought along to hunt down the Wushan Four Fiends.
But these very experts, renowned in Cyan Yang City, were fragile as glass before Xu Yang. He had slaughtered three of them in an instant as if killing chickens and dogs!
A full three at the Marrow Cleansing Great Success level. Half of the Song Family’s experts of this caliber were here.
"Nothing is impossible!" Xu Yang snorted coldly.
Whether it was the Golden Gang Skill, the Bright King Unmoving Body, or the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture, any one of the Cultivation Techniques he practiced was enough to let him dominate others at the same level once mastered. And yet, he had cultivated all three to a profound state.
’With so many Superior Techniques, if I couldn’t even crush people who only reached Marrow Cleansing Great Success after decades of cultivation, then I would have wasted all this effort.’
’Flee!’
Without the slightest hesitation, Song Wenshan detonated the Gang Qi at his feet. His body shot away like an arrow from a bow, vanishing from the spot.
’Xu Yang’s talent is too shocking, and his combat power is the best in his class. He’s not number five on the Ten Heroes List at all. Reaching Marrow Cleansing Great Success at his age... he’s more than qualified to be number one! He’s destined for the Celestial Essence realm, for a Secondary Dragon Ascension.’
’This person is like a venomous snake hiding in the dark, concealed so deeply, so vicious and cruel. I have to report this to the family and ask a Celestial Essence expert to eliminate him. Otherwise, the Song Family will be destroyed by his hand sooner or later.’
’We were wrong, so wrong. Everyone underestimated him. The talent he deliberately revealed wasn’t his true talent at all! His real talent is unmatched in the entire Purple Sun Sect!’
Song Wenshan roared inwardly, a wave of horror washing over him. ’So many Peak Masters and Elders in the Purple Sun Sect, and not one of them knew the true extent of their disciple’s talent.’
’If we had known he was such a genius, then Wenxuan’s death would have been just that—a death. The Song Family might have even had to offer an apology. But now we’ve provoked a genius like this. Having a Celestial Essence expert assassinate him early would offend the behemoth that is the Purple Sun Sect.’
’But if we don’t kill him, the Song Family will face annihilation in the future. Unwittingly, the Song Family has stumbled into a crisis of extinction.’
"Stay where you are!"
Xu Yang raised his hand and a Golden Blade Qi shot straight for Song Wenshan’s back, streaking across the night sky like a bolt of golden silk.
Faced with the sharp Blade Qi, Song Wenshan’s scalp went numb. Forgetting his escape, he spun around in mid-air and blasted out a beam of Sword Qi.
BANG!
His Sword Qi was easily shattered by Xu Yang’s Blade Qi; it couldn’t block it at all.
After reaching Marrow Cleansing Great Success, the quality of Xu Yang’s Gang Qi had improved even further. It was terrifyingly condensed and sharp. Even without imbuing it with Sword Intent, the Blade Qi he unleashed carried an aura of invincibility.
The next moment, the golden Blade Qi struck the sword Song Wenshan held defensively across his chest.
BANG!
With another muffled bang, Song Wenshan’s sword was sent flying. The Blade Qi shattered his Protective Gang Qi before dissipating. The remnants of the Blade Qi fell upon him like thousands of tiny knives, kicking up a spray of blood.
"Aaargh!"
A pained scream rang out as Song Wenshan, covered in blood, was sent flying sideways through the air.