283: Chapter 283: One-Shot Destruction

"Ye Jing!"

Xuan Yin looked at the dagger in his chest and immediately realized who had done it.

But he never dreamed that while he was full of fantasies about killing Yun Ling and swallowing up the various factions...

...he would completely fail to notice this bizarre weapon that could hide in the void and ignore defenses, let alone expect a member of the Ye Family to have the ability to approach and assassinate so silently!

Gui Suer supported Yun Ling, not bothering to wonder how Ye Jing, a Patriarch at the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment, could possess such a powerful weapon.

She flew to the side, constantly using spiritual power to suppress the rampaging Devilish Qi on Yun Ling's body, protecting his Golden Core.

In mid-air, Xuan Yin was both shocked and enraged; the intense pain in his chest worsened, and the Demonic essence in his Dantian was on the verge of collapse. Continuing like this would damage his Foundation.

He knew that if the stalemate continued, not only would he fail to kill the two before him, but he would also perish here.

Enduring the pain of his hands being burned, Xuan Yin forcibly grabbed the dagger stabbed into his chest. If anyone other than its owner touched the dagger, demonic fire would instantly erupt to burn them.

He realized the dagger was an artifact of the Demon God. After exhausting his spiritual power to pull out the demonic blade, Xuan Yin's hand had been burned down to the bone.

Along with it, there was a massive crater in his chest.

He looked at the old man on the ground, his eyes bloodshot as he roared, "Old man! Remember this! My Xuanyou Sect will definitely not let you off!"

With that, he whipped up a gale, sweeping himself and his subordinates who were fighting below away.

In an instant, the black Qi vanished, leaving only the somewhat damaged houses of the Ye Family.

Seeing the people from the Xuanyou Sect finally gone, Ye Jing breathed a slight sigh of relief, but immediately after, a powerful spiritual pressure arrived, making Ye Jing sigh helplessly as he gripped the dagger tightly.

"Patriarch Ye, why don't you explain what that dagger in your hand is?!"

Gui Suer questioned coldly.

Ye Jing pondered for a moment before speaking frankly.

"Sect Master Gui, please calm your anger. This artifact is not a private collection of the Ye Family, nor did I deliberately collude with the Demon Race. This matter concerns a secret the Ye Family has kept buried for many years; it is by no means what the Fairy thinks."

"A secret?" Gui Suer sneered, her spiritual power rippling slightly as her imposing Aura grew even stronger.

"This dagger can hide in the void, ignore defenses, and carries the power of demonic fire. It is clearly a bizarre weapon of a demonic Cultivator."

"As a Cultivator of the Righteous Path, you possess a relic of the Demon God and were hiding in the shadows waiting for an opportunity. If you were upright, why hide and delay revealing your trump card?"

As she spoke, her Spiritual Qi turned into a faint green light, enveloping her body—clearly a precaution against Ye Jing using that strange dagger again.

Just now, even Xuan Yin, a demonic Cultivator, had been burned to the bone by the demonic fire upon touching it. If Ye Jing harbored ill intent, even she might not easily withstand such an unpredictable sneak attack.

Ye Jing sighed softly and slowly opened his hand, holding the dagger in his palm.

Curiously, the dagger that had been brimming with murderous intent was now as docile as ordinary iron, with no Devilish Qi leaking out. Only the blade glinted with a faint dark light, and upon closer inspection, intricate and difficult-to-understand ancient runes were carved onto it.

"Does the Sect Leader know why my Ye Family has been hounded by the Xuanyou Sect these past few years?"

Ye Jing said calmly, "It's because of this dagger and a secret the Ye Family has guarded for thousands of years. The world only knows my Ye Family as a small clan in the cultivation world."

"With a shallow Foundation, they don't know that my Ye Family ancestor was not of ordinary Loose Cultivator origin. He left behind many Spiritual Artifacts but died unexpectedly. I had no choice but to lead them to survive as Mortals until now."

"As for the trump card, even I didn't know this dagger was so powerful. I never intended to deceive the Sect Leader, but this matter concerns the survival of the Ye Family and is a massive secret."

"If it were easily leaked, not only would the Ye Family face execution of the entire clan, but it would also attract more demonic Cultivators, leading to total destruction."

Hearing this, Gui Suer looked at the pale-faced Yun Ling; her expression clearly said, 'Handle your own subordinates yourself.'

Yun Ling looked at Ye Jing and said helplessly, "Patriarch Ye, you've hidden quite deeply. However... considering you heavily injured the leader of the Xuanyou Sect today, we shall let this matter pass."

"Thank you for your understanding, Sect Master." Ye Jing smiled affably.

"But... *cough*, Patriarch Ye, don't forget that Xuan Yin is extremely vindictive. You've made him suffer a great loss."

"Before long, the Xuanyou Sect's retaliation will surely be even more vicious. At that time, it won't be so easily resolved."

Yun Ling clutched his chest, barely maintaining his stance. His face was as white as paper; even though the Devilish Qi had been temporarily suppressed, his Golden Core still throbbed with pain.

His cultivation had also suddenly dropped to the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.

Hearing this, Ye Jing bowed solemnly. "I will remember. Sect Master Yun, you've been exhausted this time. Tomorrow, the Ye Family will provide healing medicines for the Sect Master."

After saying that, he also bowed to Gui Suer, implying that he would send generous gifts to thank them for their help.

Hearing this, the two Sect Masters' expressions softened slightly. They then departed one by one on clouds. Today's events were somewhat fruitful for them.

At least Xuan Yin was so heavily injured that it would be difficult for him to come out and cause trouble for a while, allowing them to relax.

After seeing off the two Sect Masters, Ye Jing finally showed signs of exhaustion. He wobbled and leaned on the Poisonous Variant Bee nearby, consuming several bottles of Spirit Medicine before his body recovered.

That dagger consumed too much of his spiritual power. To make it undetectable by a Golden Core and achieve a killing blow was too difficult.

"Grandfather! Are you alright?" Ye Tianhao, Ye Tianhui, and Ye Tianyao hurried forward.

Ye Jing shook his head. "Go and tally the Family's losses first and see if there are any casualties."

"Yes!"

After arranging everything, Ye Jing looked up at the broken mountain-protecting array closing once more. He smiled bitterly. "I wonder when I can advance to the Golden Core... this mountain-protecting array couldn't even block a single palm strike from Xuan Yin."

Xuanyou Sect Mountain Gate.

Black Qi stumbled all the way in. As soon as Xuan Yin landed, he spat out a mouthful of black blood, startling the venomous insects on the ground into fleeing.

"Leader! Are you alright?" Kumu saw his leader, who had left happily, return in such a state and ran over in a panic.

Xuan Yin pushed away Kumu's hand as black blood continued to pour from the hole in his chest.

"Xuan Yin, you really are in a pathetic state!"

At that moment, Fan Lang emerged from the shadows, coldly watching Xuan Yin, who was on the ground vomiting blood.

Xuan Yin looked at the high-and-mighty Sect Master of the Lingxiao Sect, a flicker of annoyance in his eyes. "Sect Master Fan, this time the Ye Family caused both Sect Masters to appear. That was a great chance to kill them. Why didn't you act?"

Fan Lang said coldly, "Xuan Yin, has your brain rotted from demonic cultivation?"

"My previous cooperation with you to surround and kill Murong Xiao was on my Lingxiao Sect's territory, and it was two against one. If even one had escaped to report to that Nascent Soul old monster, not just you, but I would be dead too!"

Xuan Yin trembled with rage, his Devilish Qi surging, but it aggravated his chest wound, causing another burst of black blood.

"If it weren't for that Ye Family! If it weren't for that old bastard's sinister dagger, I would have killed Yun Ling long ago!" Xuan Yin cursed.

That Ye Jing was even more sinister and evil than he, a demonic Cultivator!