Chapter 627: Chapter 409: Crushing

Hearing Huang Yi’s words, Han Yingjie and Peng Lianyun looked up. In the distance on the ridge, they saw Xu Yang walking slowly, dressed in a martial outfit and carrying a beast hide bag on his back. The two hurriedly withdrew their gazes, afraid of alerting him.

A glint of murderous intent flashed in Han Yingjie’s eyes. "We must wait until he enters the encirclement before making a move," he shouted in a low voice. "He has cultivated the Purple Sun Sect’s Wandering Dragon Void Step. With his talent, even if he hasn’t reached Great Success yet, he shouldn’t be far off. We absolutely cannot give him a chance to escape, or we’ll be in trouble."

"Alright!" Peng Lianyun’s face was full of excitement; he could finally kill Xu Yang. Once Xu Yang was slaughtered, he would be able to do the deed with Huang Yi, whom he had coveted for a long time.

"I’ve finally waited for this day." Huang Yi’s face was filled with a toxic resentment. Ever since the moment Lin Jingyu died, she had been thinking about how to kill Xu Yang. Today, she could finally slay him with her own hands.

"Don’t think about torturing him; just kill him first," Han Yingjie warned. He knew Huang Yi harbored a deep hatred for Xu Yang and might be planning to torture him before finishing him off. This could easily lead to mistakes, and if Xu Yang was given a chance to escape, it would be troublesome. Near Moon Peak, there were often people who overestimated their abilities coming to try their luck. If outsiders found out about this, he would face punishment upon returning to the Celestial Strategy Academy.

"Rest assured, I won’t act recklessly." Huang Yi suppressed the thought of torturing Xu Yang, knowing that Han Yingjie was considering the bigger picture.

"Spread out." Han Yingjie growled. He turned into a wisp of blue smoke and disappeared from the open area. Immediately after, Huang Yi and Peng Lianyun also left silently like ghosts. The three of them approached from three different directions, encircling the only path leading to Moon Peak.

"They really came!" On the mountain path, a hint of a smile flashed in Xu Yang’s eyes. The formidable Heart Spirit he had cultivated from the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture had already captured the people lying in wait in the surrounding environment. Although the other party had cultivated Cultivation Techniques for Concealing Breath, the faint murderous intent in the air could not hide from his five senses. Clearly, these people’s concealment methods had not been cultivated to a high enough level. They could conceal their breath, but they were completely unable to hide their killing intent. Of course, this was only relative to him. An ordinary Celestial Essence Third Layer would not be able to detect the killing intent in the air at all. Only because he had successfully cultivated the Blood Prison Heart Blade Scripture—which even a genius like Lu Wei had failed to master—did he possess such acute senses.

"Three people. One is Han Yingjie, one is Huang Yi, and I don’t recognize the other one," Xu Yang thought. His five senses spread out silently like a giant net. Based on their killing intent, he quickly located the three hidden individuals. All three of them possessed a Celestial Essence Third Level Cultivation. Considering the cultivation he displayed to the outside world, this meant they were taking him very seriously. Three Celestial Essence Third Layers teaming up to kill a Celestial Essence Second Layer—only a Spirit Bone Celestial Pride would receive such treatment.

"Is Huo Xiaochen really this patient?" Xu Yang’s mind raced. He had deliberately chosen a place like Moon Peak this time and let many people know he was bound to come here. His intention had been to attract enemies to come and kill him. Among them, the one he wanted to draw out the most was naturally Huo Xiaochen. He just hadn’t expected that Huo Xiaochen wouldn’t show up at all; instead, it was Han Yingjie and this group. "That’s right. Huo Xiaochen is busy breaking through to the Celestial Essence Third Layer to compete with geniuses like Lu Wei. Why would he have the mind to kill me? To him, I’m just an ant that can be crushed at any time. There’s no need for him to rush."

Xu Yang acted as if he hadn’t noticed anything and slowly walked into their encirclement. When he reached the center of it, an explosive shout filled with murderous intent rang out.

"Xu Yang, today is the day you die!" Han Yingjie roared. His Gang Yuan surged and his aura flowed like a tide, causing the Power of Heaven and Earth to tremble violently.

"Xu Yang, pay for my junior brother Lin Jingyu’s life!" Huang Yi’s killing intent was almost tangible as a fierce light shot from her eyes. "You beast, my husband is dead and you still slandered him! Today, only by killing you can I vent the hatred in my heart!"

In an instant, the three pounced from three different directions in a pincer attack, charging straight at Xu Yang. Cold murderous intent surged like a tide. Rocks shattered and vegetation exploded.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

Airwaves blasted from the three of them. Their Martial Dao Imagery shook the heavens and the earth, causing the Power of Heaven and Earth to tremble ceaselessly.

Eight Ferocious Hidden Dragon Strength! All three were students of the Celestial Strategy Academy, and all had cultivated the Combat Enhancement Secret Skill, Eight Ferocious Hidden Dragon Strength. Even though Xu Yang only had a Celestial Essence Second Level Cultivation, the three of them did not hesitate to activate the Combat Enhancement Secret Skill immediately, refusing to give him any chances.

Han Yingjie stepped through the air. Behind him, a black sun sank into the horizon as he launched a sword beam from afar.

Sun-Eroding Sword Technique!

Sharp Sword Intent erupted from his body, and the brilliant sword light emitted burning flames. His Qi-Blood rolled and surged. Clearly, as someone who had entered the Celestial Strategy Academy as a genius on the Lingyun List, his Body Refining Cultivation had also reached the realm of Qi and Blood Manifestation.

Peng Lianyun cultivated Saber Techniques. He cleaved out a Sword Aura from another direction, which crossed paths with Han Yingjie’s sword beam from afar, sealing off Xu Yang’s retreat on both sides.

Huang Yi also made her move. There was a saying in Fufeng County: the swords of the Purple Sun Sect, the fists of Yellow Maple Valley. Although she was a woman, as a direct descendant of the Huang Family of Yellow Maple Valley, she also cultivated fist techniques. Behind her, a majestic white tiger roared. Like a violent gale, she rapidly approached Xu Yang, her speed even faster than Han Yingjie and Peng Lianyun. This was because, among the three of them, she was the one who hated Xu Yang the most.

Han Yingjie’s attack was preemptive, aimed at eliminating a potential threat early on. Peng Lianyun lusted after Huang Yi’s body; he had no personal grudge against Xu Yang, so his killing intent wasn’t as intense. Huang Yi, however, was avenging her junior brother, her fellow sect members, and her husband. Thus, she was the most eager and the one who wanted to kill Xu Yang with her own hands the most. In just an instant, she closed the distance to within three Zhang of Xu Yang, mercilessly unleashing her White Tiger Shattering Gold Fist.

BOOM!

The overbearing fist pressure surged, impacting the air and forming ripples visible to the naked eye. Huang Yi’s face was filled with utter satisfaction, as if she could already picture Xu Yang being beaten to death by her punch.

In the very center, Xu Yang stood with his beast hide bag and the Burning Separation Saber on his back. His robes fluttered wildly in the fierce wind. He looked at the woman charging at him head-on, an undisguised mockery appearing in his eyes. Did this woman not know that the nail that sticks out gets hammered down? Three people had come to kill him. The other two seemed to be giving it their all, yet they were both attacking from a distance, leaving themselves room to escape. Only this woman foolishly charged right up to his face. Was killing him with her own hands really that important?

"He’s mocking me?" Huang Yi read the look in Xu Yang’s eyes, and confusion immediately welled up in her heart. Shouldn’t Xu Yang be afraid or shocked right now? What was he mocking her for? But like an arrow already on the bowstring, there was no turning back now. Thinking too much was useless; she would just kill him first. At this thought, she channeled even more Gang Yuan into her fist, involuntarily increasing its force.

Amidst the tide-like coercion, Xu Yang moved! Right as the Sword Aura and sword beam were about to strike him, he made his move. The Azure Dragon Dominating Body, Eight Ferocious Hidden Dragon Strength, and Dragon Symbols Heart Scripture were activated almost simultaneously. A terrifying aura erupted from his body, and rolling Qi-Blood shot up from the top of his head like a smoke signal.

Aside from his Spirit Bone, he had practically utilized all of his Combat Power. After all, facing three experts of the same realm from the Celestial Strategy Academy, he didn’t dare to underestimate them. Although he could win against seven or eight of them simultaneously in the Battle Tower, an actual fight in reality was not the same as clearing a tower. The Gatekeepers in the Battle Tower lacked intelligence and did not know fear. Even if they couldn’t beat him, they wouldn’t retreat. Real people were different. Once they realized they were outmatched, they would quickly flee. If he wanted to slay the three of them, he had to suppress and kill them rapidly with the momentum of a thunderbolt, giving no one time to escape.

BOOM!

A violent aura exploded outwards with Xu Yang at the center, causing the earth to fracture and shatter. The Sword Aura and sword beam slashing towards his head were still three feet away when they were hit by the explosive airwaves. Their speed rapidly plummeted, and their light flickered. This scene was enough to make one’s scalp tingle. In a clash between cultivators of the same realm, he had managed to almost completely block his opponents’ attacks relying solely on his aura.

CRACKLE...

Xu Yang’s bones and muscles rumbled. His spine arched like a great bow, and power surged through his limbs and his spinal column. The overbearing power galloped and roared within him, bursting out of his body to protect him entirely. Ignoring the Sword Aura and sword beam striking towards his head, he dropped his shoulders and swung his arm, thrusting his fist out like a massive spear.

BOOM!

His fist punched through the air, emitting a deafening roar. With the momentum of a landslide, his fist moved as fast as lightning, accurately blasting toward Huang Yi’s incoming punch. The terrifying fist pressure was so intense that before the punch even landed, the concussive force had already shattered Huang Yi’s Protective Gang Yuan.

"Oh no!"

Huang Yi finally realized what was happening, her expression changing drastically. Xu Yang’s aura was nowhere near the Celestial Essence Second Layer; he had clearly broken through to the Celestial Essence Third Layer a long time ago. Furthermore, the terrifying coercion radiating from his body was comparable to that of a Celestial Essence Fourth Level Martial Artist she had once seen. Fear gripped her heart, and her scalp went numb. She wanted to retreat, but she could only watch helplessly as his unparalleled, domineering fist slammed heavily into hers.

BANG!

A muffled sound echoed. A terrifying Force, like a landslide or tsunami, surged out from the opposing fist. Huang Yi felt that her own power was frighteningly insignificant in the face of this Force. Before she could even feel any pain, she saw her arm explode with a loud bang. Her fist and arm were reduced to fragments, and wrapped in a terrifying Force capable of piercing metal and cracking stone, they shot back towards her. Huang Yi’s face was filled with disbelief, an unspeakable terror rising from the bottom of her heart. She wanted to defend herself, wanted to retreat, but it was too late, and she simply couldn’t do it. All her power had been completely scattered by this terrifying punch. She could only watch in horror as her shattered bones pierced into her own body, splashing strings of blood.

"Ah...!"

As the bone fragments riddled her body, Huang Yi let out a shrill, miserable scream. Countless bloody holes instantly appeared all over her body. Her flesh was mangled, and blood bubbled out. She flew backwards even faster than she had come. One of her arms had completely disappeared, leaving only a few scraps of shredded flesh hanging from the stump.

THUD!

She flew back over a dozen Zhang, her body embedding into the mountainside. Her face turned deathly pale, and she was almost completely unable to move.

BANG! BANG!

Almost at the same time, Han Yingjie’s sword beam and Peng Lianyun’s Sword Aura also struck Xu Yang’s body.

BOOM!

Xu Yang’s Protective Gang Yuan suddenly surged. The power of the Dragon Symbols Heart Scripture poured out like a tidal wave. Before the Sword Aura and sword beam could even break through his Protective Gang Yuan, they were forcefully shattered by the domineering power of the Dragon Symbols Heart Scripture.

"Azure Dragon Dominating Body!" Peng Lianyun shrieked involuntarily.

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