Chapter 216 - Extinguishing a Lineage!
"What?!" Sword Saint Yu Qian whirled around, his heart skipping a beat, almost losing his soul in sheer terror!
Yun Xiao appeared behind him, as if treading on a rotating nebula. At that moment, the young man in white seemed like the master of the stars! This was no mere mortal! He was the deity of the sword!
Such a nightmarish vision! Even before the sword struck, it felt as though hearts were pierced!
"You!" Sword Saint Yu Qian let out a growl, transforming his Sovereign Sword to a Palm Sword, turning to strike at Yun Xiao. At the same time, he bellowed to the Violet Emperor, "Save me!"
Violet Sky Sword Canon, Violet Nova!
This was Sword Saint Yu Qian's prided Galaxy grade sword technique, a legacy of the Violet Sky Sword Cultivators, refined through generations!
Without mincing words, Sword Saint Yu Qian's swordsmanship was intricate, his sacred power overflowing. This strike, similar in level to the Constellation Slaying Sword, transformed in his hands into a dazzling Violet Nova, clashing with Yun Xiao's Starbirth Nebula!
One symbolized the death of a star; the other, the birth of myriad stars!
"Die!" Sword Saint Yu Qian roared.
"Oh." Yun Xiao, his feet on the Sovereign Sword, spun amidst the stars. His six-foot sword furiously pierced Sword Saint Yu Qian's technique! It was like cavalry crashing into infantry!
The tip of the Heaven Burial Sword Soul tore through the Violet Nova. It didn't matter how mighty Sword Saint Yu Qian's sacred power was. His damaged Violet Sun Sword Soul shattered instantly!
BANG! The Number One Sword of the Divine Continent exploded into dust!
"UGH!" Sword Saint Yu Qian's soul shattered, his eyes turning lifeless. Barely alive, only his spirit clung to a sliver of thought. And that thought could only listen to the young man's cold, disdainful words.
"I let you stall for time just to slay you in front of the Violet Emperor, you unfilial Sword Cultivator!" As Yun Xiao spoke, the six-foot Sovereign Sword crashed into Sword Saint Yu Qian's chest!
BANG! The Sword Saint's body burst into a cloud of blood!
"Ahhh ahhh..." Sword Saint Yu Qian's cries before death spoke of his lingering regrets.
As a Sword Cultivator, spending a lifetime groveling under demons, how could he not feel stifled? Of course, he was stifled! But he grew complacent and numb, deceiving others and himself in the end. So, a demon slayer like Yun Xiao was a living testament that he'd lived a life devoid of worth and purpose. How could he accept that?
Yun Xiao showed no mercy to such people.
"Your life was pitiful, but what's that to me?" With a single strike, he killed the Number One Sword of the Divine Continent. He gracefully maneuvered his Sovereign Sword, his white robe fluttering as he spun around.
"Yun Xiao!" The Violet Emperor, witnessing his most trusted aide shredded to pieces, was enraged.
It was a humiliating death!
Lacking in Sword Aura and Sword Rings at the Establishment Saint Realm, Sword Saint Yu Qian was undoubtedly weaker than his non Sword Cultivator contemporaries.
With a fat piece of meat like Yun Xiao dangling before him, and now the humiliating death of his closest aide, the Violet Emperor could hold back no longer. BOOM! He unleashed his Violet Sky Descent daoist spell, his body swirling into a relentless storm, forming a violet storm phoenix in the sky.
This thing was similar to the Divine Dawn Empress' thunderous arms in might!
BOOM BOOM BOOM! The storm phoenix flapped its wings, whipping up fierce winds, dirt and rivers swirling before Yun Xiao's eyes.
Luckily, there were no buildings nearby, or they would have been flattened!
"You think you can escape?" The Violet Emperor coldly controlled the storm phoenix, swooping towards Yun Xiao like a hawk hunting a rabbit.
"Not only can I escape, but I can also kill again!" Yun Xiao, hands behind his back, feet on his Sovereign Sword, darted effortlessly through the air. His swordsmanship was like treading on a spinning nebula.
The Violet Emperor's storm phoenix swiped at him, but Yun Xiao remained untouched! His mastery of Starbirth Nebula, this Galaxy grade Sovereign Sword technique, had reached a pinnacle!
This scene was like a slap in the Violet Emperor's face. Never in his wildest dreams did he imagine that in a few short days... Yun Xiao would reach a level that even he couldn't touch!
"He's an even bigger monster than Divine Dawn!" The Violet Emperor shuddered inwardly. Divine Dawn never made him doubt himself, but Yun Xiao's indifferent attitude struck a heavy blow to his heart.
"You want to continue, huh?" Yun Xiao taunted with a flick of his finger, a cold smile playing on his lips. Then, he plummeted down on his Sovereign Sword!
HUM! He stood atop the Sword Dao Monument, his Sovereign Sword instantly morphing into a Flying Sword.
"You can't catch me, and I'm about to take out your men!" Yun Xiao declared, flinging his Flying Sword. Again, he unleashed Meteor Shower combined with the Ten-Step Scale!
The Flying Sword shimmered with a blinding light, even radiating the divine luminance of the sun and moon.
"Get out of the way!" Yun Xiao shouted to his aunts as he cast a daoist spell.
Elemental Scripture, Unite!
SWELL SWELL SWELL! On the Sword Dao Monument, golden mists swirled, fireballs blazed... and an Elemental Sphere shimmered in the sky. This magic power sphere, over 300 meters in diameter, nearly matched the might of the Violet Emperor's storm phoenix!
Yun Xiao could dodge the Violet Emperor, but the six hundred plus Violet Sky Sword Cultivators couldn't dodge him!
In an instant, the Elemental Sphere and the deadly Flying Sword descended from the Sword Dao Monument.
BOOM! The magic power sphere smashed into the crowd first, its elemental forces of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth exploding, blasting a huge crater almost 1000 meters wide at the base of the monument!
"No!" The Violet Sky Sword Cultivators' eyes widened in despair, swallowed by the elemental forces, torn apart, obliterated, crushed to dust! Those lucky enough to initially escape with their techniques were soon pierced through the heart by the precise Flying Swords.
POOF POOF POOF! Blood spurted, and they were gone!
With the Elemental Sphere and the Flying Sword wreaking havoc, only less than a hundred of Sword Saint Yu Qian's elite swordsmen remained, all maimed, missing limbs.
Their broken bodies screamed in agony, their terrified eyes fixed on the young man in white atop the Sword Dao Monument. Their bodies were alive, but their souls were shattered with fear.
"Your Majesty, flee! Take everyone back to Violet Sky. He's a monster of the heavens, defying all norms..." an old Sword Cultivator cried in despair before breathing his last.
This scene was witnessed clearly by the distant Nine Heavens Immortal Army.
"Spread the word! Yun Xiao single-handedly annihilated the entire lineage of the Violet Sky Sword Cultivators!"
"Right in front of the Violet Emperor, no less!"
"Spread the word, quick!"
In the face of the propaganda assault launched by the Violet Sky Immortal Empire against the other four great Immortal Empires, this news burst forth like a sword of dawn piercing through darkness.
It might not have reversed the tide for the human race of the Divine Continent, but it certainly stabilized the raging battle spirit of the Heavenly Realm cultivators and the Nine Heavens Immortal Army!
Nangong Xi and the others were utterly bewildered.
"We really worried for nothing..." Nangong Xi watched the young man in white, torn between laughter and tears.
"Just a few days, and this kid has grown from a sapling to a towering tree!" Su Lianlian reminisced about his battle with Ye Xingchen, which seemed like just yesterday.
"Watch out!" You Yue suddenly cried in alarm.
Looking up, they saw the Violet Emperor, enraged by the slaughter of his men. In his fury, he set his sights on the three of them! Unable to kill Yun Xiao, the Violet Emperor would take out his companions!
"We were trying to help, but it seems we've only made things worse..." Nangong Xi lamented.
Despite this, the trio braced themselves to face the Violet Emperor's onslaught.
BOOM! The storm phoenix suddenly veered towards them!
"Scatter!" Nangong Xi shouted, preparing to flee in three different directions.
"Hold still!" But in that split second, a white figure on a Sovereign Sword streaked past them.
"Excuse me!" Yun Xiao swiftly reached out, grabbing two waists, while addressing Nangong Xi, "Auntie, hold onto me!"
They were all stunned.
What was happening?
Nangong Xi instinctively wrapped her arms around him from behind!
VROOOOOM! With a flick of his Sovereign Sword, the four soared skyward!
Yun Xiao, with one in each arm and one clinging to his waist, maneuvered the Sovereign Sword like stars traversing the sky. They brushed past the storm phoenix, soaring upwards with ease!
It'd be common sense to think that Yun Xiao's speed would be hampered when carrying three extra passengers. But he flew effortlessly, unaffected! And mind you, these weren't light girls; there was some substantial weight on his arms and waist...
"What?" Su Lianlian dangled her legs, glancing at the hand on her waist, her hair whipping in the wind.
"This..." You Yue looked up, seeing Yun Xiao's earnest face, and couldn't help but feel a mix of amusement and disbelief.
Nangong Xi showed more propriety, steadying herself to stand on Yun Xiao's Sovereign Sword. Just a slight hold on the young man's waist was needed, unlike her two sisters, who were carried in his arms, losing some of their dignity as elders...
But, everyone escaped unharmed! Despite the slight impropriety, the trio of aunts all heaved a sigh of relief.
"Yun Xiao, sorry we couldn't help and ended up causing you trouble," Nangong Xi said, feeling guilty.
"No need to apologize. He should thank you. Otherwise, who would he show off all his skills to?" Blue Star chimed in childishly.
"That's right! Without beauties, loneliness is like snow! Swordplay in front of a beauty makes the sword thrice as sharp!" Red Moon added.
Hearing this, the three beauties knew it was the little black creature in his arms speaking.
Nangong Xi smiled wryly. "Yun Xiao, you're quite serious, but your little pet seems a bit cheeky."
"Yes, my fault for not disciplining them properly," Yun Xiao inwardly cursed them ten times over.
BUZZ! Yun Xiao turned sharply, his gaze once again falling on the furious Violet Emperor!
Yun Xiao was now far away from him.
"Yun Xiao, you brazenly killed the pillars of my Violet Sky Immortal Empire! Inciting war between our Empires! You've created a huge disaster..." The Violet Emperor, knowing he couldn't kill Yun Xiao, didn't bother trying.
"It was your Violet Sky people who unjustly harmed our Nine Heavens Immortal Army first. Dare you play the victim?" Nangong Xi retorted coldly.
"Really? Who saw a single Nine Heavens soldier fall?" Behind the Violet Emperor, hundreds of Violet Sky officials gathered, his voice growing louder. "Yet this Yun Xiao, before my eyes, killed my aide, Sword Saint Yu Qian, and thousands of Sword Cultivators, witnessed by the public!"
"So what?" Yun Xiao asked with a cold laugh.
"The pillars of my Violet Sky Immortal Empire cannot die in vain. To avenge them, my millions-strong Violet Sky army will soon march to the Heavenly Realm, to seek justice for them!" the Violet Emperor declared coldly.
"You're mistaken, aren't you? Right now, I'm just a death row convict of the Heavenly Realm, soon to be punished by the Divine Dawn Empress. What does my killing your Violet Sky dogs have to do with the Heavenly Realm? And you're mobilizing millions of troops for this?" Yun Xiao shrugged. "Besides, I've just started killing. Your Violet Sky army is already nearly here. Could you have predicted a day ago that I would slaughter them right now?"
"The whole world knows of your wild ambitions, yet you seek a banner to mask your demon-infested, wicked hearts! Pathetic and laughable!" Nangong Xi spat.
As for You Yue and Su Lianlian, they stayed silent, understandably a bit breathless.
"Yun Xiao," the Violet Emperor said coldly, "Divine Dawn's protection of you has angered righteous hearts from both the Divine and Demon Continents! Now, hundreds of millions of demon troops and my millions from Violet Sky will descend upon the Heavenly Realm to uphold justice! The other four great Immortal Empires will soon join us. You, Yun Xiao, a murderer, are a scourge. Without your death, the common people will suffer!"
"Excellent." Yun Xiao gazed at him coldly. "I see it now, you're starting to fear me. Your continued coercion of the other four great Immortal Empires and the entire Divine Continent to support you reveals your inner terror."
"Ha ha ha..." The officials from Violet Sky Immortal Empire scoffed.
No matter, Yun Xiao's words were meant to provoke their laughter. Then, he said slowly and deliberately, "There might come a moment when you'll want to switch sides, kneeling before me begging for mercy. But sadly, you won't get that chance. You're a bunch of self-proclaimed smart, pitiful creatures. Right now, you're smug, but no matter who wins, you're all doomed! If I win, even kneeling won't save you, Violet Emperor. This dog-headed human statue will be your fate."
"Ha ha ha..." The people from Violet Sky Immortal Empire continued to laugh uproariously.
"You winning? Is this war some kind of child's play to you?"
"I'm dying of laughter here."
"Let me tell you, even if the entire human race perishes, our noble Violet Sky families will stand tall! The Demon Continent needs us. That's the true foundation of the strongest Immortal Empire of the human race!"
Watching these boisterously laughing fools, Yun Xiao sighed inwardly. All of them were humans, yet why did some live engulfed in their own delusions? In the end, it boiled down to one thing—from the beginning, they admired the power of the demons, ingrained deep in their bones. Kneeling for too long, they couldn't stand up even if yanked.
Yun Xiao had no intention of helping them up. Since their knees had grown numb from kneeling, he thought it better to chop off their heads and place them on their knees! Just like Ye Qingtian and his group!
"Yun Xiao, come back!" Just then, a shout came from the Heavenly Realm's Primordial Array. It was the Divine Dawn Empress! She had sorted everything out! Judging from her voice, she was furious and impatient, unable to wait any longer!
"My wife calls for me." Yun Xiao gave the Violet Emperor one last look. "Remember, you have no right to surrender!" With that, he swiftly maneuvered his Sovereign Sword, taking the three beauties with him, rushing back to the Divine Dawn Palace in haste.
To the unknowing, it seemed as if he was hurrying to reincarnate. But this matter was even more urgent than reincarnation... Though he left, his final words still echoed in the ears of the Violet Emperor and his entourage.
"Ha ha ha..." The officials from Violet Sky Immortal Empire continued their belly laughs.
But the Violet Emperor's face was clouded with deep worry and discomfort! "The Demon Continent is targeting Divine Dawn, little knowing that Yun Xiao is even more ruthless and demonic..." he murmured to himself.
Yun Xiao had struck right at the Achilles' heel of the Violet Emperor. He had thought, with the support of the Divine Continent and as a member of the human race, even if he lost, he could still find a way out. Kneeling and bowing his head might allow him to bask in glory again.
But Yun Xiao saw right through him! This was unbearable for the Violet Emperor! Just then, an elderly official from Violet Sky Immortal Empire rushed in with urgent news.
"Your Majesty, there's trouble!" the elder said, his face ashen.
"What's happened?" A chill ran through the Violet Emperor.
"The location of the captured royal family members from the other four great Immortal Empires has been exposed, and they've been rescued by Divine Dawn's Nine Divine Guards!" the elder reported, trembling.
"What?!" Finally, the Violet Emperor's face contorted in shock!
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