That's insane!

...In the high sky.

His face originally had a hideous expression.

Demon Executioner, who was just about to rush into the city and begin a slaughter.

The moment he felt the sword light approaching, his expression changed drastically!

"Huh?!"

In his crimson eyes, the original killing intent vanished instantly.

It was replaced by unprecedented solemnity and horror.

"This strike..."

An expert knows the truth with one move.

As one of the top-ranked Prodigies of the Demon Race, Demon Executioner's battle instincts were naturally extremely sharp.

He could clearly feel that within this seemingly ordinary sword strike...

...was a terrifying power that made him tremble uncontrollably!

"So strong!"

"So fierce!"

"I finally understand why my useless younger brother, Mo Luo, died!"

Demon Executioner's heart shook violently.

He realized.

"The power of this sword strike is something even I absolutely dare not underestimate!"

"If my strength were even slightly weaker, the moment I was locked onto by the sword light, I might not have even been able to move, only able to wait for death!"

His foolish brother probably died like that, right?

"In this tiny Flowing Cloud City... there really is an expert hidden!"

However.

Demon Executioner was not Mo Luo after all; he was a veteran of a hundred battles, and when crisis struck, he naturally possessed a grand courage unimaginable to ordinary people!

Therefore, after the shock, a glint flashed in Demon Executioner's eyes.

Almost instantly, he calmed down.

Then a thought quickly flashed through his mind:

"The opponent hasn't shown their face, only slashing out a sword strike from a distance..."

"And since the power of this strike is so great, it is clearly a killing blow that has been prepared for a long time!"

In a flash, Demon Executioner analyzed calmly:

"Hmph! Human Race Cultivators have such frail Physical Bodies, and Spell Cultivators have limited mana."

"To slash out such a stunning sword strike, this person must have consumed a huge amount of energy, perhaps even overextending themselves!"

"That's why they don't even dare to show their face and are hiding in the City Lord's Manor instead of flying out!"

"Because right now..."

"The opponent must be in a weakened state where their old strength is spent and new strength hasn't yet arisen, frantically taking Medicinal Pills in the city to recover their mana!"

This was the key to breaking the situation!

Thinking of this.

Demon Executioner's heart settled, and a hideous look appeared on his face:

"Ha!"

"As long as I block this strike!"

"And then strike with thunderous force before the opponent recovers!"

"I will surely be able to kill that fellow hiding their head and tail on the spot, and then wipe out this city in one go!"

"And as for just blocking this sword strike, I still have some confidence!"

All these thoughts were completed in an instant.

In reality, Demon Executioner no longer hesitated and immediately stood ready.

"Heavenly Demon Disintegration! Demon Blood Boiling!"

He roared, directly utilizing all his mana, not even hesitating to burn some of his essence blood.

Simultaneously.

"Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!"

With a wave of his hand, he successively summoned several defensive Treasure Artifacts emitting powerful Devilish Qi.

A Bone Shield, a Demon Pearl, and a Black Scale Armor!

Layer upon layer, they blocked in front of him.

"Boom—!!!"

The sword light struck!

It slammed violently against Demon Executioner's defenses!

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

The sound of shattering echoed successively.

Those precious defensive Treasure Artifacts were like glass before Ye Qing's sword light, shattering inch by inch and turning into powder!

But... at the cost of several Treasure Artifacts shattering, being pushed back thousands of feet, and a trace of demon blood overflowing from the corner of his mouth.

Demon Executioner finally stabilized his figure.

The sword light also slowly dissipated!

"Blocked... I blocked it!"

...Excellent!

The first step to breaking the situation, which was also the most critical and difficult step.

He had successfully taken it!

And he had firmly held his ground!

He.

Had done it!

Looking at the remains of the shattered Magic Treasures on the ground, although Demon Executioner's heart was bleeding with pain.

But at the thought of soon killing a Human Race powerhouse who could unleash such a terrifying sword strike... at the thought of avenging his stupid brother!

At the thought of taking the opponent's skull, which contained powerful Sword Intent, and making it the most dazzling main bead on his necklace... Demon Executioner couldn't help but laugh wildly at the sky:

"Hahahaha!"

"Blocked! This seat blocked it!"

"Next, it's time for the roles of attacker and defender to flip!"

His gaze stared fixedly at the City Lord's Manor, his killing intent skyrocketing as he snorted coldly:

"To be able to force me to destroy three Treasure Artifacts, you can be proud of yourself!"

"But now..."

"It's my turn to strike. Your death is here!"

"Die!!!"

Saying so.

Demon Executioner's Devilish Qi erupted, and a pair of hidden Demon Race fleshy wings even spread out from his back as he prepared to dive down.

He didn't even bother to look for a specific location, planning to strike and destroy the City Lord's Manor directly!

Spreading his fleshy wings meant he had already entered his strongest combat state!

He wanted to destroy everything here with thunderous momentum!

...Meanwhile.

Inside the City Lord's Manor.

After casually striking once, Ye Qing was about to withdraw his gaze and continue studying the plan he had been thinking about.

Having one's train of thought interrupted was quite annoying.

Fortunately, not much time was wasted.

But.

"Eh?"

When Ye Qing sensed the situation outside, a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Not dead?"

He had actually slashed out that sword strike after accurately estimating the strength of that Demon Race's aura.

According to his calculations.

The power of that strike was just enough to kill the opponent, neither too much nor too little.

"I originally thought one strike would solve it, saving time and effort."

"But I didn't expect..."

Through his Divine Sense.

Ye Qing looked at the Demon Executioner, who was still alive and kicking in mid-air.

He fell silent for a moment.

Then he couldn't help but think:

"This guy is quite wealthy, isn't he?"

"He actually has so many high-quality defensive Treasure Artifacts?"

This was a bit of a waste of his time.

Had he known, he would have used a full-power strike just now.

Furthermore.

Ye Qing looked at the demon who, after blocking his strike and losing several defensive Treasure Artifacts, not only didn't think of running away.

Instead, he was laughing wildly there, looking full of confidence.

And even shouting for him to "die."

"..."

Ye Qing thought seriously for a moment and couldn't help but mutter in his heart:

"Is this guy... brain-damaged?"

"Blocking one strike made him this confident?"

"Or perhaps..."

Thinking of this, Ye Qing narrowed his eyes slightly and guessed:

"Is this Demon Race actually extremely rich?"

"He must have even more powerful trump cards or heavy treasures on him? That's why he has such confidence and reliance, thinking he can kill me?"

Thinking of this.

Ye Qing's original intention to use his full power and slap the opponent to death.

Suddenly paused.

"No."

"What if I use my full power, the power is too great, and I scare him away?"

"After all, I underestimated this scoundrel before. If he really has some life-saving heavy treasure on him, and if he really can block my full-power strike and then use the force to escape..."

"It would be much more troublesome to catch him then."

"To avoid wasting time chasing him down..."

Ye Qing's thoughts turned rapidly, and he instantly formulated a tactic.

"In that case, I'll still use the same power as before."

"Numb him first, make him think I only have the power for that one strike."

"Then take him down by surprise!"

Having made up his mind.

Ye Qing no longer hesitated.

He flicked his wrist.

"Swish! Swish! Swish!"

Without any pause.

Like splashing water, Ye Qing casually slashed out a second, third, and fourth strike!

And the power of each strike was exactly the same as the first!

Precise and stable!

Big! Strong! Fierce!

Surely it would be enough to make the opponent even more confident upon seeing them, thinking it's nothing more than this, and then come to his death with a happy laugh... Meanwhile, above Flowing Cloud City.

Demon Executioner, who was about to dive and slaughter, suddenly felt his scalp go numb.

It seemed that a sense of death crisis even stronger than before was suddenly attacking!

He subconsciously looked up.

With this look.

Demon Executioner's face, which had been grinning hideous and laughing wildly, instantly turned green!

So green it was practically glowing!

In his vision.

Three brilliant azure sword lights, like meteors in a line.

One after another, connected head to tail, were roaring towards him with world-destroying momentum!

"Ho... Holy shit?!"

At this moment, Demon Executioner's eyes were about to pop out, and his mental state instantly collapsed!

"How are there more?!"

"And it's three strikes?!"

He had already used up all his trump cards and means just to block one strike, and it had been so difficult.

He thought the opponent's ultimate move was on cooldown and that they would absolutely have no strength left to slash a second strike in a short time.

But the result?

Not only was the opponent not weakened.

Instead, as if eating or drinking water, they easily fired off three more strikes?!

All three strikes were this strong! This fierce!

This is fucking cheating, right?!

"If you had this kind of strength... you should have said so earlier!"

"If you had said so, I would have run! Who the hell would fight you!"

Demon Executioner roared in his heart.

He was desperate right now!

But now.

The sword lights were out, and his aura was locked!

It was too late to run!

"No!!!"

"Block it for me!!!"

Demon Executioner could only let out a shrill roar, then frantically tried to mobilize the remaining Devilish Qi in his body to resist.

However.

The first sword light arrived in an instant!

"Boom!"

There was no suspense.

Having lost his defensive Treasure Artifacts, Demon Executioner was as fragile as a babe before this strike.

The sword light directly pierced through his demon body!

Blowing his entire person... into dust in mid-air!

A rain of blood scattered!

Immediately following.

The second and third sword lights followed closely behind.

Because they had lost their target.

"Boom! Boom!"

The remaining two strikes shot directly into the distant high sky.

Like two bolts of azure lightning, they forcefully tore through the thick layers of Devilish Qi clouds in the distance.

They carved out two massive openings!

They even revealed the long-lost starry sky!

And the sound of the air being torn apart was like the thunder of the Nine Heavens, rumbling over Flowing Cloud City for a long time!

...Inside the City Lord's Manor.

Ye Qing's Divine Sense sensed this scene and let out a light "eh."

"..."

"No, you just... died?"

Ye Qing was somewhat surprised. After checking carefully with his Divine Sense for a long time, he finally shook his head.

"Really dead!"

"Seeing you so confident, I thought you had some earth-shattering heavy treasure and could trade a few more moves with me."

"After all that... you had nothing?"

"I thought you had plenty of skills and means!"

Ye Qing was somewhat speechless.

"Since you had nothing, where did you get the confidence not to run?"

"You made me waste two extra strikes, truly a waste of my time."

...And at this moment.

Inside Flowing Cloud City.

Those tens of thousands of Cultivators who were crying and wanting to escape earlier, their hearts filled with panic and despair.

Now, every one of them maintained a posture of looking up at the sky.

Their mouths were wide open, enough to fit an egg.

Their wide eyes were full of blankness and shock.

The whole scene was deathly silent!

One could hear a pin drop!

What just happened?

That terrifying Demon Executioner who was going to slaughter the city... was just... gone?

And True Disciple Ye didn't even show his face, just a few strikes from afar... and he was insta-killed?!

"Is... is this the strength of a Saint Academy True Disciple?"

"Too... too monstrous, right?"

"He's so much stronger than the True Disciples of other forces!"

"No! It's not that Saint Academy True Disciples are much stronger, it's that True Disciple Ye is ridiculously strong!"

After a moment of silence.

Then.

From among the crowd, an earth-shattering cheer erupted!

"True Disciple Ye is mighty!"

"Long live Flowing Cloud City!"

At this moment.

All the fear and unease vanished.

Many of those who were terrified earlier.

Now looked towards the City Lord's Manor with eyes full of awe, as if looking at a god!

...Meanwhile.

Central Region.

Mangxing City!

Inside a massive circular hall.

Powerful Elders from the six top forces of the Central Region were gathered here.

This was the temporary command center of the "Demon Quelling Alliance."

In the center of the hall.

A massive, ancient mirror was suspended.

This was the "spiritual mechanism mirror."

A spiritual light shot out from the mirror's surface, condensing into a detailed "Demon Domain Holographic Map" in mid-air.

On the pitch-black map of the Demon Domain.

Light spots of varying sizes flickered.

These light spots represented the bases established by the Human Race Prodigies who had delved deep into the Demon Domain.

The size of the light spot.

Represented the range of the safe zone established by that base after clearing out the surrounding Demon Puppets and purging the Devilish Qi.

Right now.

On the map.

Most of the light spots were as weak as fireflies, flickering precariously.

Some light spots even dimmed and went out from time to time.

That meant... a base had been overrun, and the humans inside were completely wiped out!

The atmosphere was somewhat oppressive.

To prevent the Holy Sovereign from launching sneak attacks and causing trouble in other parts of the Central Region.

And to prevent the Demon Race from quietly appearing from other places in the Central Region.

Among the six top forces, except for the Western Heaven Prefecture Lord who had gone deep into the Demon Domain Battlefield, most of the strongest experts had not yet moved.

But now, the situation looked somewhat grim.

However.

Amidst the patches of darkness.

There was one light spot that jumped out, looking completely out of place.

It was located within the Demon Domain.

Not only had it not gone out.

Instead, it was shockingly large!

So bright it was dazzling!

Like a brilliant star, it shone brightly in the pitch-black Demon Domain!

And the safe zone range represented by that light spot was actually larger than a dozen surrounding bases combined!

"This..."

As soon as this light spot appeared, it instantly attracted the attention of all the Elders present.

"Where is that?"

"Who established that base?"

"To be able to expand the safe zone to such a scale in such a short time within the Demon Domain?!"

"Truly incredible!"