101: Sword Master Bai Xiao

A stream of earthy-yellow light shot from the direction of the smelting plant ruins, moving at an incredible speed, appearing above Zhui Yun and the others within a few breaths.

At this moment, Xuan Sacrificial Priest’s hair stood on end, and his entire body exuded an aura of brutality and destruction.

He immediately locked onto Zhui Yun and the others, especially the energy fluctuations on their bodies, which were different from the native inhabitants of Woma World.

“Evil Fiends from Beyond the Heavens! It truly is you!” Killing intent burst from Xuan Sacrificial Priest’s eyes. “Today, this old man will tear you to pieces and use your souls to recast the heart of god!”

Before he finished speaking, he pointed his bone staff sharply downwards.

“Earthbound Spirit Burial!”

In an instant, the ground beneath Zhui Yun and the others trembled violently, and countless earthy-yellow energy tentacles burst out of the earth, like poisonous snakes choosing their prey, coiling around everyone’s ankles.

These tentacles were incredibly tough and carried a strong binding force.

“Be careful!” Zhui Yun roared, firing an arrow backward at the ground. Lightning exploded, temporarily forcing back several energy tentacles.

“Hmph, how can a firefly compete with the moon?” Xuan Sacrificial Priest sneered, waving his bone staff again.

“Stone Spike Kill Array!”

Above the ground, countless sharp rock spikes suddenly erupted without warning, densely packed like an inverted forest of swords, blocking all retreat routes for the group.

A member of “Dawn” failed to dodge in time and was instantly impaled by several rock spikes, screaming as he was nailed to the ground.

A furious strike from a tenth-tier expert possessed such terrifying power!

Zhui Yun’s expression became extremely solemn.

He could feel that the old man’s strength before him was far superior to his own.

“Spirit Pivot Sword Envoy, form up! Riftwind Archer, provide cover! Lin Ye, take Shadow One and go first!” Zhui Yun issued orders at a rapid pace, simultaneously holding his Wind and Thunder Longbow across his chest, activating all his wind and thunder power without reservation.

“Commander Zhui Yun, you…” Lin Ye hesitated.

“Execute the order!” Zhui Yun roared, battle intent surging in his eyes. “A mere tenth-tier isn’t enough to make Infinite City bow its head!”

He took a deep breath, his gaze fixed on Xuan Sacrificial Priest in the sky.

“Want to kill us? Ask this bow in my hand first!”

A fierce wind suddenly rose, and lightning flashed.

Zhui Yun’s figure moved deftly amidst the dense rock spikes and energy tentacles. Each tremor of his longbow sent an arrow infused with wind and thunder power whistling out, directly aimed at Xuan Sacrificial Priest.

Xuan Sacrificial Priest was surrounded by a thick, earthy-yellow energy shield. Zhui Yun’s arrows striking it only created ripples, unable to pierce through.

“A mere firefly, daring to compete with the bright moon?” Xuan Sacrificial Priest’s eyes were full of disdain. “I’ll deal with you, the leader, first, then slowly torture the others!”

He raised his bone staff high, and the dark blue gem on it shone brightly, as an even more terrifying energy began to gather.

“Earth Dragon Devour!”

A ferocious giant dragon, composed entirely of high-concentration earth-elemental energy, roared out. Its head was hideous, its body coiled, and it lunged towards Zhui Yun with world-destroying power, intending to devour him!

Space itself seemed to subtly distort under the pressure of this giant dragon.

Zhui Yun’s pupils contracted sharply. He felt a fatal threat from this earth dragon.

He couldn't block this attack!

The earth dragon roared, its oppressive power overwhelming.

The destructive force, purely unleashed by a tenth-tier expert, made all the hairs on Zhui Yun’s body stand on end.

Wind and thunder energy surged wildly around his body, yet he still felt a tremor originating from the depths of his soul.

“My Lord!”

“Commander!”

The Spirit Pivot Sword Envoys and Riftwind Archers cried out in alarm. They tried to attack the energy giant dragon, but whether it was sharp sword qi or whistling arrows, they all seemed so insignificant before the massive earth dragon, like moths flying into a flame, instantly crushed.

Lin Ye and the members of the “Dawn” organization were even more ashen-faced.

They had just escaped a siege, only to fall into a tenth-tier expert’s deadly trap.

Despair enveloped everyone’s hearts.

Zhui Yun gritted his teeth, a hint of determination flashing in his eyes.

He violently plunged his Wind and Thunder Longbow into the ground, rapidly forming hand seals, and a tragic aura emanated from his body.

He was preparing to use a secret technique with immense cost, even if it meant mutual destruction, to buy a sliver of hope for the others.

Just at this critical moment, the earth dragon was less than three feet from Zhui Yun’s head, its scorching energy almost igniting his hair.

Suddenly, a cold, emotionless voice, as if from beyond the nine heavens, echoed in everyone’s ears:

“Scram.”

The moment the voice fell, an indescribably terrifying sword intent suddenly descended!

This sword intent was neither unparalleled in sharpness nor overwhelmingly domineering, but a kind of absolute coldness and aloofness that seemed to freeze souls and sever karma.

The sky, at this moment, seemed to darken for an instant.

The awe-inspiring energy earth dragon froze abruptly, less than an inch from Zhui Yun’s head.

It was as if time had been paused.

Immediately after, a faint, almost imperceptible pale-white crack began at the dragon’s head and rapidly spread to its tail.

“Crack…”

With a soft sound, the massive energy earth dragon, before everyone’s eyes, shattered inch by inch, turning into countless specks of light and dissipating into nothingness.

As if it had never appeared.

Everyone was stunned.

Xuan Sacrificial Priest’s sinister grin froze, his eyes filled with unbelievable horror.

He could feel that his full-power strike had been fundamentally erased from existence by a higher-level power!

A slender figure had appeared in front of Zhui Yun at some unknown point.

He wore a simple, spotless white samurai robe.

His black hair, like ink, was tied up with a simple jade hairpin, with a few strands falling across his forehead, obscuring half of his eyes.

The exposed side of his face had distinct features, so handsome that he seemed almost otherworldly.

He did not hold a sword, simply letting one hand hang loosely, while the other was clasped behind his back.

His posture was unremarkable, yet he naturally became the focal point of the entire battlefield, as if everything around him lost its color the moment he appeared.

It was none other than Bai Xiao, one of Infinite City’s top combat forces.

“Bai… Bai Xiao, haha…!” Zhui Yun recognized the newcomer, and his tightly strung nerves suddenly relaxed, almost collapsing to the ground from exhaustion.

At this moment, even with his temperament, he couldn’t help but burst into laughter.

This guy was still the same, always making such a nonchalant entrance, and his strength always so unfathomable.

Xuan Sacrificial Priest stared intently at Bai Xiao, feeling an unprecedented terrifying pressure from him.

“You… who are you?!” Xuan Sacrificial Priest’s voice was somewhat hoarse.

He had never imagined that such a terrifying existence was hidden among these “Evil Fiends from Beyond the Heavens.”

Bai Xiao slowly raised his eyes, his deep gaze showing no ripples.

“The one who will kill you.”

Before he finished speaking, his figure flickered.

Dimension Break!

Space rippled, and Bai Xiao’s figure instantly vanished from his original spot.

Xuan Sacrificial Priest’s pupils contracted sharply, an extreme sense of crisis surging into his heart.

Without thinking, he immediately activated all his spiritual energy, layering rock shields around his body, while simultaneously striking the ground with his bone staff.

“Eternal Bedrock!”

The earth violently churned, and countless massive rocks rose from the ground, forming thick stone walls that protected him in the center.

This was one of his strongest defensive measures.

However, the next moment, Bai Xiao’s figure had already appeared less than a meter behind him.

Those indestructible rock shields and stone walls seemed to not exist in front of him.

“Too slow.”

Bai Xiao pointed his fingers like a sword, a wisp of pale-white flame swirling around his fingertip.

Soul Cry Slash!

A crescent-shaped sword qi, condensed to the extreme, silently slashed out.

“Puff—”