339: Chapter 334 The trash has been cleaned up.

The terrifying centrifugal force transformed into a dark golden tornado over a thousand zhang in diameter.

As this storm swept across, any warship attempting to turn and flee that was even grazed by the edge of the storm was instantly shredded into a sky full of steel debris.

A series of earth-shattering explosions echoed continuously over Hanyue Mountain.

The light produced by the exploding warships illuminated this dim world as if it were broad daylight.

In less than the time it takes to burn a stick of incense.

The originally awe-inspiring and overwhelming pursuit fleet of Tianhai City had completely transformed into a ruin of burning wreckage.

The three Middle Stage Heavenly Immortal commanders: one was frozen into an eternal ice sculpture by Mu Qingxue's Absolute Zero, one dissolved into a pool of black water under Chu Weiwei's poison, and the last one, along with his flagship, was smashed into metal powder by a single strike from Su Hongling's great sword.

Thousands of Earth Immortal guards were wiped out, with not a single survivor left to report back.

The battle ended too quickly—so quickly that Yan Rusi, who had been cowering in the cave not daring to show her head, found her brain completely paralyzed.

She stared blankly at the five female Cultivators in mid-air, who seemed as invincible as gods, and felt nothing but a tremor that could not be described in words.

This was what a true powerhouse was.

This was the power capable of forcibly tearing open a path to survival in this cutthroat Taihuang Immortal Domain where people were devoured without even their bones left behind.

"Revered Master, the trash cleanup is complete."

The group put away their respective Magic Treasures, flashed, and landed back at the cave entrance.

Although their robes were stained with the dust of battle, everyone's mental state was at an extreme high. This hearty and unrestrained slaughter had greatly released the pent-up frustration they had been harboring for some time.

Su Lin slowly walked out from the shadows of the cave.

His deep gaze swept over the burning wreckage of the warships, his expression calm without a ripple.

"Well handled. Clean and efficient."

Su Lin gave a very brief evaluation, then he raised his hand, and a ball of extremely obscure Chaos Immortal Energy was slowly rotating in his palm.

"However, the good show has only just begun."

Su Lin looked up toward the direction of Tianhai City, the corners of his mouth curling into an icy, bone-chilling arc.

"Since they like sending people to their deaths so much, we will follow this line and go directly to uproot that so-called City Lord's Mansion."

He turned his head and looked at Su Hongling and the others.

"Let's go. The City Lord of Tianhai City must be waiting quite anxiously by now. Let's go deliver a big gift to him."

As his voice fell, Su Lin took the lead, transforming into a streak of light that was difficult to capture, shooting straight into the clouds.

The five disciples agreed in unison and followed closely behind.

Yan Rusi gritted her teeth and immediately circulated the remaining immortal essence in her body, doing her utmost to keep up with the team's pace.

She knew that the sky of this Taihuang Immortal Domain was destined to be completely overturned by this group of lunatics tonight.

Tianhai City, Inner City.

This massive City Lord's Mansion, floating in mid-air, was heavily guarded on ordinary days, like a dormant giant beast overlooking the entire city.

In a secret chamber deep within the City Lord's Mansion, Golden Immortal Xuanming was sitting cross-legged in the center of a huge blood-colored Formation Plate.

Surrounding the Formation Plate were piles of immortal spirit ash emitting thick resentment and the freshly refined essence blood of high-level Cultivators.

Golden Immortal Xuanming kept his eyes tightly closed, frantically devouring this nauseating energy, attempting to use it to break through the Bottleneck of the Middle Stage Golden Immortal.

Just then, a very urgent knock came from outside the secret chamber.

"Lord City Lord! Something terrible has happened!"

A trusted Elder rushed into the secret chamber, tumbling and crawling, his face deathly pale, and his voice filled with unconcealable terror.

"The Blood Feather Guards sent to Hanyue Mountain to encircle and annihilate the remnants of the Lower Realm… have been wiped out! The Lifebound Soul Lamps of the three commanders all extinguished in an instant just now!"

"What?!"

Golden Immortal Xuanming suddenly opened his eyes, and a terrifyingly vicious light exploded from his bloodshot eyes.

He crushed a blood-colored crystal in his hand, and the terrifying pressure of a Golden Immortal instantly pinned the reporting Elder to the ground.

"Three full Middle Stage Heavenly Immortals, plus dozens of warships, going to catch a few ants who ascended from the Lower Realm, and you tell me they were wiped out?!"

"It… it is true! My Lord, our monitoring Formation and eyes on the periphery sent back news that the battle lasted less than the time it takes to burn a stick of incense. Those people… those people are not ordinary Ascenders at all; their combat power is simply horrifying!" The Elder reported incoherently, trembling all over with fear.

"Trash! All of you are a bunch of good-for-nothings!"

Golden Immortal Xuanming laughed in extreme anger; he stood up abruptly and stepped out of the secret chamber.

"I want to see exactly which deity dares to run wild in the Taihuang Immortal Domain, on my territory!"

"Pass my order to activate the City Defense Formation! Mobilize all Heavenly Immortal Realm retainers! I will take action personally to grind these audacious mice into dust!"

However, his bold words had just fallen.

"BOOM!!!"

An earth-shattering loud noise exploded over the City Lord's Mansion without any warning.

The City Defense Formation, which claimed to be able to withstand the full-force attack of an Early Stage Golden Immortal for ten days and ten nights, emitted a shrill alarm sound at this moment.

Golden Immortal Xuanming looked up abruptly.

He saw that above the high dome of the City Lord's Mansion, that layer of indestructible golden light screen had been forcibly torn open by someone in an extremely barbaric manner, creating a huge rift over a thousand zhang long!

In the center of that rift, a man wearing a white jade mask and a black-gold robe stood with his hands behind his back, looking like a god overlooking all living beings, coldly staring down at him.

Behind that man, five stunningly beautiful figures emitting sky-high Killing Intent were like five unsheathed sharp swords, pointing directly at the core of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Are you the City Lord who likes to use people as fertilizer to grow lotus flowers?"

Su Lin's voice was not loud, but under the blessing of some extremely terrifying Space Law, it boomed throughout the sky above the entire City Lord's Mansion like thunder, shaking countless low-cultivation guards until they bled from their seven orifices and fainted on the spot.

Su Lin slowly raised his right hand, and the [destiny] immortal sword condensed a suffocating dark golden light in his palm.

"The feng shui of this broken place is bad; I think we should tear it down today."

The moment his voice fell, Su Lin made no flashy probes.

The [Myriad Heavens Star Chart] within his body spun frantically, and the sapling of the world tree fed back endless power of Chaotic creation, all of which poured into the [destiny] immortal sword.

Su Lin swung his sword.

There was no flashy Sword Qi crisscrossing; there was only an extremely pure, dark golden thin line that even completely swallowed the light, slicing straight toward the City Lord's Mansion hall below along the rift torn in the Formation.

This strike had no tricks, only absolute mass and unstoppable Law suppression.

"Arrogant brat! Block it for me!"

Golden Immortal Xuanming's eyes were splitting with rage. He could feel the terrifying power contained in this sword strike; it was a peerless Killing Intent that completely exceeded the scope of ordinary Heavenly Immortals and even made him, an Early Stage Golden Immortal, feel heart-palpitating fear.

He did not hesitate to sacrifice his Lifebound Treasure—an ancient golden shield engraved with countless black tortoise totems.

The golden shield expanded against the wind, turning into an inverted golden mountain, attempting to block Su Lin's Sword Qi on the outside.

"CRACK!"

However, the moment the dark golden sword line touched the black tortoise golden shield, that teeth-gritting cracking sound completely shattered all of Golden Immortal Xuanming's fantasies.

That ancient golden shield, which had followed him for tens of thousands of years and was claimed to have unparalleled defense, was smoothly split in two like fragile thin ice under the extreme sharpness of the [destiny] immortal sword and the dual suppression of the Chaos Law!

The Sword Qi did not diminish in its momentum, slicing through the incredibly hard dome of the City Lord's Mansion's main hall like dry wood, and struck directly at the feet of Golden Immortal Xuanming.

The entire City Lord's Mansion shook violently.

That magnificent palace, symbolizing the highest power of Tianhai City, was forcibly split by this sword strike, creating a terrifying abyss that was bottomless and ten thousand zhang long.

The violent aftermath of the Sword Qi swept wildly in all directions, grinding the pavilions, towers, exotic flowers, and rare herbs along the way into powder. The Death Soldiers of the City Lord's Mansion who attempted to step forward to protect their Revered Master were completely vaporized by this Sword Qi storm before they could even let out a scream.

Just one strike.

Half of the City Lord's Mansion was reduced to ruins.

"You… what exactly is your Realm?!"

Golden Immortal Xuanming rushed out of the ruins in a sorry state; his luxurious Daoist robe had been torn to shreds by the Sword Qi, and there was even a deep, bone-visible bloodstain on his chest, from which Golden Immortal blood was seeping out.

He stared fixedly at Su Lin in mid-air, his eyes filled with unconcealable shock and fear.

This level of destructive power, this absolute suppression that ignored all Law defenses, was simply impossible for a Heavenly Immortal to unleash! Even a powerful expert at the Middle Stage Golden Immortal could not necessarily have such terrifying lethality!

"The Realm that kills you."

Su Lin's tone was cold; he didn't waste a single word, and his figure instantly disappeared from where he stood.

The next instant, he had appeared like a ghost in front of Golden Immortal Xuanming, and the [destiny] immortal sword, carrying the bone-chilling Sword Intent of severing Reincarnation, thrust straight at his throat.

"You go too far! I am the City Lord of Tianhai City personally appointed by the Heavenly Court; if you dare to kill me, the Heavenly Court will definitely make you suffer Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering!"

Golden Immortal Xuanming was driven to a desperate situation and let out a roar like a trapped beast. He frantically burned the Golden Immortal Origin within his body and pushed his hands forward violently; a thick, dense aura of blood evil transformed into a sea-of-blood shield, attempting to block Su Lin's fatal blow.

"Heavenly Court? They will soon go down to keep you company."

Su Lin sneered, and the long sword in his hand exerted sudden force.

The dark golden sword radiance instantly pierced through the seemingly heavy sea-of-blood shield and plunged into Golden Immortal Xuanming's throat without any obstruction.

"PUFF!"

Blood splashed.

Golden Immortal Xuanming's body stiffened abruptly, his eyes bulged, and he made an incredulous "gurgling" sound in his throat.

He never expected that he, a dignified Golden Immortal expert, would be unable to take even a single move from the opponent on this land he had ruled for tens of thousands of years, and would be so easily slain with one sword strike.

Su Lin twisted his wrist, and powerful Chaos Immortal Energy surged along the sword body into Golden Immortal Xuanming's body, instantly destroying his Primordial Spirit and Dao foundation that were trying to escape.

"BANG."

Golden Immortal Xuanming's body, having lost its vitality, fell from mid-air like a piece of rag and smashed heavily into the ruins, never to make another sound.

A generation of ambitious warlords had fallen.

The entire City Lord's Mansion fell into a death-like silence.

Those remaining guards and Elders all stared at this scene, dumbfounded, losing even the strength to run away.

The City Lord… died?

That high and mighty, arrogant Golden Immortal City Lord was actually insta-killed by this man wearing a white jade mask in two strikes?!

"Revered Master is mighty!"

In mid-air, Su Hongling waved her huge fist excitedly. Although she felt a bit regretful that she hadn't been able to cut people down with her own hands, seeing Revered Master's clean, efficient, and incredibly cool insta-kill operation, the slight unhappiness in her heart vanished in an instant.

Chu Weiwei also had stars in her eyes, looking at Su Lin's tall and straight back with a face full of infatuation, her small hands rubbing together excitedly in her sleeves: "Revered Master's appearance when killing people is truly too charming… I really want to draw this scene and keep it forever."

Su Lin withdrew the [destiny] immortal sword, his gaze coldly sweeping over the trembling remnants of the City Lord's Mansion below.

"Today, Tianhai City changes Revered Masters."

Su Lin's voice, amplified by spiritual power, clearly spread to every corner of the entire city.

"Anyone who is not convinced can come and fight. But I guarantee that Xuanming's fate will be your example."

Those Heavenly Immortal retainers and Earth Immortal Elders who were originally hovering and watching around the City Lord's Mansion were all scared to the point of their souls flying away and spirits scattering.

They watched helplessly as Golden Immortal Xuanming, who had ruled Tianhai City for tens of thousands of years and was claimed to be invincible, died miserably on the spot under two sword strikes, his proud Golden Immortal body ground into powder by the aftermath of the Sword Qi.

Such terrifying strength had completely exceeded their cognition.

"THUD! THUD! THUD…"

I don't know who started it, but inside and outside the City Lord's Mansion, thousands of Cultivators knelt down in unison, pressing their foreheads tightly against the cold jade bricks, not even daring to breathe loudly.

"Greetings to the new Revered Master!"

"I was blind and ignorant, I am willing to serve you as a dog or horse!"

"Please spare my life, I am at odds with that old thief Xuanming!"

Various sycophantic pleas for mercy rose and fell, as if the high and mighty Golden Immortal City Lord from just a moment ago had never existed.

Su Lin looked down coldly at this group of fence-sitters below, his heart without any ripples.

This kind of extremely utilitarian Law of the jungle was the most realistic portrayal of the Taihuang Immortal Domain.

"Revered Master, should we clean them up too? Leaving these parasites is a disaster."

Chu Weiwei floated to Su Lin's side, her amethyst-like eyes swirling with unconcealable Killing Intent.

A sweet smile hung on her pure and sweet little face, but the words she spoke made the kneeling Cultivators below feel cold all over.

"Leave them."

Su Lin shook his head slowly, his gaze sweeping over the ruins of the City Lord's Mansion.

"Before we completely control this city and figure out the true layout of the Heavenly Court, we need these people to maintain the normal operation of the city. Pick out the core cronies who were closest to Xuanming and kill them to establish authority; the rest can be kept as tools."

"Understood, Revered Master."

Although Chu Weiwei was a bit regretful, she still obediently agreed.

Her crazy drive to treat everyone as experimental subjects for medicinal ingredients could always be suppressed into complete obedience in front of Su Lin.

Su Hongling carried her great sword and landed behind Su Lin, her red eyes vigilantly scanning the surroundings.

"Old Man, this old fellow Xuanming's background seems simple. That sentence before he died mentioned the Heavenly Court. Should we take this opportunity to search his secret chamber and see if we can find some useful intelligence?"

"I have the same intention."