18: Chapter 18: Am I going to die here?

"Who are you?"

Su Baichuan Su Baichuan looked at the man who had suddenly appeared, along with the two people behind him, and shouted coldly.

He could sense that these people came with ill intentions.

"Who I am isn't important."

The man shook his head and said.

Immediately after, his gaze fell upon Yu Yaoqin.

"The daughter of the Peak Master of Yuanxu Mountain's Hidden Sword Peak... if you were to die here, it should be quite interesting."

The man chuckled.

Upon hearing this, Yu Yaoqin subconsciously took a step back.

This person was coming for her.

"He..."

Su Baichuan also instantly understood the man's intentions, but he wouldn't allow the other party to succeed.

In an instant, violent winds gathered.

They condensed into dozens of wind blades, surrounding the three people in front of them.

With the drop of a finger,

dozens of wind blades tore directly toward the trio.

In the blink of an eye, the three were engulfed.

It's useless.

Lin Ming watched the scene with a calm expression.

Su Baichuan's attack wouldn't be able to hurt these three fellows.

Lin Ming didn't know them, but he could already see their strength clearly.

The leading man had reached the fourth heaven of the Bitter Sea Realm, while the two men behind him were at the first and second heavens of the Spirit Treasury Realm, respectively.

With Su Baichuan's strength at the fifth heaven of the Spirit Treasury Realm, wanting to hurt the opponent was no simple matter.

As the wind blades dissipated, the three stood there unscathed, just as Lin Ming had expected.

"I remember now, you are the Blood Butcher Old Demon."

One of the Disciples looked at the middle-aged man and recognized his identity.

The Blood Butcher Old Demon was a rogue Cultivator of the Demonic Path. He was exceptionally cruel and found pleasure in killing. He had once slaughtered a city of over a hundred thousand people to use as cultivation resources to advance to the Bitter Sea Realm.

Quite a few Disciples from their Yuanxu Mountain had also died at the hands of this old demon.

This old demon was also on Yuanxu Mountain's Demon Slaying List.

Three years ago, this old demon encountered the Peak Master of Hidden Sword Peak. He managed to escape after taking a strike from the Peak Master's sword head-on, and had vanished without a trace since then.

Many people thought the Blood Butcher Old Demon had perished under that sword strike, as Peak Master Yao Ruochu was a Sword Cultivator of the Other Shore Realm; killing a Demonic Cultivator of the Bitter Sea Realm should have been the simplest thing in the world.

But unexpectedly, he wasn't dead and had even appeared before their eyes.

"You're actually not dead?!"

Su Baichuan also looked at the Blood Butcher Old Demon with a look of shock and suspicion.

"Of course I'm not dead."

A trace of sinister darkness appeared on the Blood Butcher Old Demon's face.

That sword strike three years ago had nearly cost him his life. If it weren't for the price he paid, the grass on his grave would already be three meters high.

Since he wasn't dead, he was definitely going to make Yuanxu Mountain pay the price.

He had learned through certain channels that Yu Yaoqin had come to Mingshan City, so he decided to target her.

He couldn't beat Yao Ruochu, but could it be that he couldn't even deal with her daughter?

He would start with her daughter first.

A Bitter Sea Realm Cultivator.

Su Lianxue's gaze also landed on the Blood Butcher Old Demon.

With a Bitter Sea Realm practitioner attacking them, it would likely be very difficult for them to escape.

This was the reason for her Divine Soul's warning.

But they weren't completely without a chance at life.

Su Lianxue glanced at Yu Yaoqin beside her. As the child of an Other Shore Realm practitioner, she didn't believe Yu Yaoqin wouldn't have some life-saving measures on her.

"You guys leave first."

Su Baichuan immediately said to the crowd behind him.

Facing a Bitter Sea Realm practitioner, they had no chance of victory.

One must know that on this spirit boat, he was the only Spirit Treasury Realm practitioner; everyone else was at the Spirit Platform Realm or below. They simply couldn't withstand a Bitter Sea Realm practitioner.

The only thing he could do was find a way to stall for time so that his Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters could escape this place.

Especially Junior Sister Yu and Junior Sister Su; the two of them absolutely could not die here.

"Do you think you can leave?"

The Blood Butcher Old Demon laughed loudly.

A blood-colored barrier directly covered the area they were in.

Everything around them was stained with the color of blood.

"A Formation?!"

Su Baichuan said with a grim expression.

Clearly, all of the Blood Butcher Old Demon's actions were premeditated; even those Black-Feathered Eagles were likely his doing.

All of it was to lure them into his trap.

"I said, today you will all die here."

The Blood Butcher Old Demon said coldly.

A blood-colored aura emanated from his hand.

He didn't want to waste any more words.

After finishing them off, he would leave Yuanxu Mountain's territory at the fastest speed possible.

"It's not certain who will finish off whom."

Yu Yaoqin took a step forward and said to the Blood Butcher Old Demon with a serious expression.

Next, a wooden sword appeared in Yu Yaoqin's hand.

A powerful Sword Intent erupted from the wooden sword.

Su Lianxue had guessed correctly; as the daughter of the Peak Master of Hidden Sword Peak, how could she not have some life-saving equipment on her?

This wooden sword contained a strand of Peak Master Yao Churuo's Sword Intent.

The Sword Intent of an Other Shore Realm Sword Cultivator was not something just anyone could block.

The sword then slashed toward the Blood Butcher Old Demon, locking onto him directly so that he simply could not escape.

"Yao Churuo."

Sensing this familiar Sword Intent, the Blood Butcher Old Demon was reminded of that sword strike from three years ago—the one that had nearly killed him.

A ring appeared in his hand.

A primordial aura emanated from within this ring.

Just as the wooden sword was about to hit the Blood Butcher Old Demon, a blood-colored aura erupted from the ring and collided directly with the Sword Intent.

The aura of the Other Shore Realm.

Lin Ming sensed this power belonging to the Other Shore Realm erupting from the ring.

The power of the Peak of the Other Shore Realm.

The two forces collided directly, forcing the surrounding crowd to retreat; they simply could not withstand this power.

Su Lianxue suddenly retreated several steps, her body involuntarily falling backward.

As the person with the lowest cultivation among them, she was unable to bear the aftershocks of this power.

Just as she was about to hit the ground, Lin Ming appeared behind Su Lianxue and caught her, preventing her from falling.

All the Disciples in the back fell to the ground; only Lin Ming, Su Baichuan, and Yu Yaoqin were able to remain standing.

Yu Yaoqin and Su Baichuan also appeared to be struggling greatly, looking as if they could fall at any moment, while only Lin Ming had an easy expression.

This scene also fell into Su Lianxue's eyes.

However, it was also her first time being in such close contact with a man, causing her to daze for a moment before snapping back to her senses.

It dissipated.

The Sword Intent and the aura emerging from the ring collided and neutralized each other, crumbling away together.

The wooden sword also turned into powder and vanished between heaven and earth.