As Lian Xie unleashes the Blood Claw, breaking through Zhu Bufan's Chenjiang Duanliu Break sword net, the Overwhelming Sky Formation immediately crumbles, revealing a moment that the Lian Family members and some Black Dam Army soldiers will never forget in their lives.

All they see is a dark green glow enveloping Zhu Bufan's left fist; the oppressive weight and power shock them to their cores, and now, that fist is hurling straight towards Lian Xie.

"Die, old dog Lian, Emperor Extreme Fist? Emperor's Fury Explodes Mountains and Rivers!!"

Just as Emperor Yan had mentioned, the cultivation of Emperor's Fury Explodes Mountains and Rivers is straightforward. By opening those seven obscure meridians, one could easily execute it. The mystery of Emperor's Fury lies in the extreme compression of the Flame Primordial Qi; when the Flame Primordial Qi is compressed to its limit, it's time to throw a punch.

"Roar!!!"

In the short interval of throwing a punch, an explosion like a dragon's roar is heard. The released Primordial Qi, like a dark green flame dragon, rushes towards Lian Xie, who, sensing the world-shattering power on Zhu Bufan's fist, shows a look of terror in his eyes.

"Ah!!! Green Corpse Training Claw? Corpse King Claw!!"

At the moment between life and death, Lian Xie no longer cares the fact that he is not proficient in the final technique of Green Corpse Training Claw. He stretches out his hand and hurls a huge shadow of a Corpse Claw towards Zhu Bufan. The dense, pitch-black Corpse Energy mixed with the surrounding bloody aura immediately fills the air with the scent of bitter almonds, causing a suffocating and nausea-inducing miasma to drift all around.

"A firefly's light dares to compete with the sun and moon? A mayfly shaking a tree, overestimating one's own abilities, be shattered!" Facing Lian Xie's Corpse King Claw, Zhu Bufan shows a slight cold smile. Like a dragon, his Emperor's Fury Explodes Mountains and Rivers smashes onto the Corpse Claw, which can't even last half a second and is instantly shattered by Zhu Bufan's punch landing squarely on Lian Xie's chest.

"This punch is my return to you, thanks for injuring me so severely last time. Zhu Bufan always repays his debts; I hope you survive," he sneers coldly. As Zhu Bufan forcefully vomits power from his left hand,' Roar!' a dragon roar echoes, and everyone sees a dark green fire dragon suddenly bursting from behind Lian Xie and then,

'Boom!'

A loud noise ensues, and like a tattered piece of cotton, Lian Xie is blasted into the air by Zhu Bufan; soon, poison fire quickly wraps around Lian Xie burning him frantically. After several feeble cries, the poison fire gradually dissipates, and along with it, Lian Xie's body turns into scattered black dust.

Silence!

Lian Xie is slain; Zhu Bufan stands on the spot filled with killing intent, shocking everyone present. They knew of Lian Xie's strength—although he didn't use evil skills to boost his power this time, he was still a genuine Bone Forging Fifth Layer Heaven expert, one of Heiyan City's renowned strong figures. Yet today, Zhu Bufan, merely a peak Body Tempering Seventh Layer Heaven foreign cultivator, effortlessly killed him with a single punch!

Of course, Zhu Bufan isn't as relaxed as he appears. The continual use of high-rank martial arts has severely drained him, and although he has several Returning Qi Pills from Wang Hui as a backup, the exhaustion on his spirit and body can't be replenished timely, especially since Zhu Bufan had forced out Emperor's Fury Explodes Mountains and Rivers, though successful, his left hand is now completely disabled, not recovering without recuperation.

A trickle of blood drips from Zhu Bufan's mouth corner; the intense fight causes his previously healed internal injuries to relapse, but Zhu Bufan seemingly has no awareness of this. Casually glancing at the still stunned Lian Family and Black Dam Army soldiers, Zhu Bufan leisurely picks up the Storage Ring dropped by Lian Xie, after all, a Storage Ring, an Artifact Refiner's work, wouldn't be burnt to ashes by such flames.

After collecting Lian Xie's Storage Ring, Zhu Bufan then walks over to Iron Sword. Unlike Lian Xie, Iron Sword's cultivation was merely at the initial breakthrough of the Body Tempering Realm, so enveloped by the Overwhelming Sky Formation not long after, Iron Sword dies under Zhu Bufan's Chenjiang Duanliu's overwhelming force. After a glance, Zhu Bufan unhesitatingly collects Iron Sword's long sword and Storage Ring, considering a long sword that can exchange so many blows with Purple Cloud without damage must be of Divine Weapon Level.

Watching Zhu Bufan ignore so many people and leisurely collect the fallen Storage Rings of the two, finally, some of the Lian Family guards recover from the shock of their Family Head's death. One of the guards, seemingly unable to accept reality, yells and rushes towards Zhu Bufan.

'Swoosh'

A purple light flashed by, carrying the Poison Fire snake-shaped Sword Qi through the chest of this guard. In an instant, a large hole was left on the chest of the Lian Family guard, with the surrounding wounds completely charred. He was killed on the spot by Zhu Bufan's Purple Cloud Sword Qi before he could even take a second step—truthfully, with Zhu Bufan's current Cultivation, unless facing a Magic Practitioner at the same Body Tempering Stage, other Martial Cultivators barely posed a challenge.

"He killed the Family Head, must have expended a lot of energy, let's go!! Grab the Storage Ring from the Family Head!!" Seeing Zhu Bufan easily slay a Lian Family guard, everyone at the scene collectively stepped back, but immediately, another Lian Family guard shouted loudly, especially emphasizing his last sentence.

Lian Xie, the Family Head of one of the three great families within Heiyan City, possessed a Storage Ring inevitably filled with treasures, especially since in the tower's first level there were no Artifact Refiners, most Storage Rings were 'brought in by outsiders,' making good Storage Rings particularly precious. Just the Storage Ring in Lian Xie's hands was a massive fortune.

As the saying goes, greed is one of humanity's greatest original sins. Because of greed, many even choose to abandon their lives. The people present exchanged glances, and seeing that Zhu Bufan was already exhausted and wounded, finally, greed overcame reason. Who knows who shouted first, and then various forms of Martial Arts began to be unleashed from their hands as seven or eight figures with deeper Cultivation rushed towards Zhu Bufan first.

"Seeking death!!" Originally planning to spare these guards used as pawns and soldiers of the Black Dam Army, seeing them actually charge towards him, the Killing Intent in Zhu Bufan surged again. His blood-red eyes swept over, and his Purple Cloud sword sent out a giant serpent flame sword energy.

With a 'boom,' a Lian Family guard around the Body Tempering Sixth Layer Heaven was the first to be struck by the giant serpent's sword energy, instantly being crushed to pieces, and Zhu Bufan's figure flickered, his entire persona becoming elusive, his Purple Cloud sword initiating a boundless slaughter.

'Swoosh swoosh swoosh…'

Leveraging the sharpness of the Purple Cloud, Zhu Bufan, like a tiger entering a flock of sheep, continuously slashed at the people around him. Blood fell like rain, these guards and soldiers of the Black Dam Army were mostly at the Fifth or Sixth Layer of Body Tempering, with Lian Family guards generally around Third or Fourth Layer, none of them were a match for Zhu Bufan, now it was a complete massacre from Zhu Bufan's side.

'Slash!'

With one sword strike, a soldier from the Black Dam Army, along with his armor, was split in half from the middle. The number of corpses around Zhu Bufan had already reached double digits. Seeing Zhu Bufan bathed in fresh blood, wearing a ferocious smile, his pair of blood-red eyes emitting endless Killing Intent, the remaining people finally understood what fear was and screamed out loud, turning around to flee.

"Since you have made a move, don't think about leaving, leave your lives behind! Break!" Eyes full of killing intent shot out a piercing light, Zhu Bufan stomped his right foot, and a series of dark green Poison Fires suddenly burst forth in front of those fleeing, blocking their paths. A thunderous noise erupted, and with Zhu Bufan performing the Thunderbolt Step, he had already flashed behind these people. His Purple Cloud sword continuously drew out purple lights, slaughtering everything in sight, limbs and blood scattering everywhere.

"Stop it, they no longer have the will to fight, what's the point of slaughtering them?" Just then, a cold voice rang out. Suddenly, a water curtain appeared in front of Zhu Bufan, blocking his path, and those guards and soldiers seeing someone rescue them didn't even look back as they continued to run desperately forward.

"What do you mean?" Zhu Bufan did not continue to chase, slowly turning his head to look at Huo Ling, the blood in his eyes did not diminish at all—Even now, despite being extremely exhausted and weakened, the terrifying Killing Intent was still supporting him and he had not yet fallen.

"They have already run away, showing no will to fight, why must you relentlessly pursue them to death?" As always, dressed in white surpassing snow, Huo Ling looked indifferently at Zhu Bufan, unaffected by the surging Killing Intent from Zhu Bufan. Of course, Huo Ling's heart was definitely not as calm as she appeared on the surface. Zhu Bufan's Killing Intent at this moment was no or even more intense than that coming off from her grandfather Master Huo. If it weren't for Huo Ling's regular exposure to Master Huo's Killing Intent, she would have probably been terrified by Zhu Bufan's intensity and collapse on the spot.

"In terms of cruelty, I suppose you and I are quite matched?" In response to Huo Ling's words, Zhu Bufan did not comment but sheathed his Purple Cloud sword and carried Emperor Yan's saber on his back.

"I will not show mercy to my enemies, but I do not slaughter indiscriminately." Zhu Bufan's question-like tone caused a flash of coldness in Huo Ling's eyes. The relationship between the two which had eased since entering the tower seemed to tense up again in that moment. Feeling the chill emanating from Huo Ling, Zhu Bufan sneered and then flipped a hand to throw two Returning Qi Pills into his mouth, with Poison Fire starting to emanate from his body.

After a standoff, the Killing Intent around Huo Ling gradually receded, her complexion returned to its previously unruffled state, and she said no more. Turning around, Huo Ling walked towards a nearby grove, her emotionless words, however, reached Zhu Bufan's ears, causing him to suddenly startle.

"Who are you now? The Zhu Bufan I know wasn't like this."

Like a hammer blow, Zhu Bufan was momentarily stunned, the blood in his eyes receding instantly. Seeing the corpses piled around him and then looking at his body soaked with blood, Zhu Bufan muttered blankly, "Who am I, did I do all this?"

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