23: Chapter 23 One Sword Repels the Golden Core!

The moment his figure vanished, two streaks of light, imbued with monstrous rage, shot from the distant horizon like two meteors, crashing heavily into the valley.

"Where's the spirit milk?! Where did the spirit milk go?!"

Third Elder Li Qingshan looked at the empty crystal platform and the wailing Li Feng lying on the ground, his eyes splitting with fury.

Second Elder Li Qingcang, however, was calmer. His powerful Divine Sense instantly swept across the entire scene, immediately locking onto a rapidly fleeing aura.

"Over there! Chase!"

Without hesitation, the two Golden Core Stage powerhouses transformed into two long rainbows, tearing through the night sky, frantically pursuing Chu Xiao in the direction he fled!

The speed of a Golden Core Stage Cultivator was terrifying. In just a dozen breaths, they had traversed several miles of mountain road, rapidly closing the distance with Chu Xiao.

"Little thief! Leave your life behind!"

An angry roar, like thunder from the Nine Heavens, exploded behind Chu Xiao.

Second Elder Li Qingcang's attack arrived before he did! From a thousand zhang away, he struck out with a palm!

Boom!

A gigantic palm print, condensed from vast spiritual power, covered the sky and sun, descending from above with a terrifying pressure that seemed to crush everything, pressing down on Chu Xiao's head!

Wherever the palm print passed, the air was completely sucked out, and the towering ancient trees below were actually crushed into dust under this pressure!

A single strike from a Golden Core Stage Cultivator was terrifying to this extent!

Facing an attack capable of crushing ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators into a bloody pulp, a glint flashed in Chu Xiao's eyes.

He pushed the Flying Cloud Flash to its limit, tapping his toes several times in the Void Realm. His figure, in a fraction of an inch, transformed into an almost uncatchable afterimage, narrowly brushing past the edge of the palm print!

Rumble—!

The massive palm print heavily impacted the spot where he had just been, and the ground within a hundred zhang instantly collapsed, leaving a terrifying, bottomless palm pit!

"He actually dodged it?!" A trace of astonishment flashed in Third Elder Li Qingshan's eyes.

And in this momentary delay, Second Elder Li Qingcang's figure had already circled to Chu Xiao's front, forming a pincer attack with Third Elder Li Qingshan, completely sealing off all his escape routes.

"Little beast! Let's see where you'll escape to this time!"

Second Elder Li Qingcang's eyes were bloodshot, staring intently at Chu Xiao, his gaze wishing to devour him alive.

Just then, a surviving Li family Disciple, held by Third Elder Li Qingshan, screamed in terror as he recognized Chu Xiao's face, as if he had seen a ghost: "Second Elder! Third Elder! It's him! It's him! The murderer who killed Young Master Wei, it's him!"

At these words, Second Elder Li Qingcang and Third Elder Li Qingshan were struck by lightning, instantly frozen in place.

The murderer who killed Li Wei?

This little thief who stole the kongchan spirit milk was actually the mysterious culprit who had disgraced their Li family and made them hate him to the bone?!

New hatred and old grievances erupted simultaneously at this moment!

"So it was you!"

Second Elder Li Qingcang's teeth ground together, and a murderous intent a hundred times more terrifying than when he faced the Moon-Howling Sky Wolf surged wildly from his body: "Good! Very good! You had a path to Heaven but didn't take it; you barged into Hell when there was no gate! Today, this old man will let you know what it means to be ground to dust and have your Divine Soul utterly annihilated!"

Facing the Soul-freezing murderous intent of the two Golden Core Stage powerhouses, Chu Xiao's face showed no fear.

He slowly raised his eyes, a slight smirk on his lips: "A trash like Li Wei, I killed him like slaughtering a dog. It seems you two old pieces of trash also want to go down and accompany him?"

"You... court death!"

These words, like the most vicious curse, completely ignited the Elders' rationality.

"Kill!"

The two attacked simultaneously, one from the left and one from the right. Scarlet saber light and earthy yellow fist aura intertwined into a death net, sealing off the heavens and earth, engulfing Chu Xiao!

However, in this instant of life and death, a resolute glint flashed in Chu Xiao's eyes.

The Nine-Colored Dao Foundation within him spun frantically, and the pale golden spiritual power, generated by the Golden Cauldron Jade Art, poured into the Hundred-Refined Fine Steel Sword in his hand like a bursting dam, without reservation!

"Wind and Cloud Xun Thunder Sword Technique...Thunder Shakes the Nine Heavens!"

He did not choose to evade, but unleashed his strongest trump card without holding back!

Buzz—!

Dazzling purple lightning and fierce azure wind blades erupted wildly from the sword body, perfectly fusing with the pale golden, majestic spiritual power!

He swung his sword!

A hundred-zhang long, purple-gold sword ray, as if to split the heavens and earth in two, shot out from the sword!

This sword contained the swiftness of wind, the ferocity of thunder, and the supreme majesty of the Golden Cauldron Jade Art!

Wherever the sword ray passed, space itself emitted a groaning wail, as if it would shatter at any moment!

"What kind of sword technique is this?!"

Second Elder Li Qingcang and Third Elder Li Qingshan's expressions drastically changed. From that purple-gold sword ray, they sensed a terrifying aura that could threaten their lives!

They couldn't understand how a mere Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivator of the third level could unleash such a world-destroying strike!

But at this moment, they had no time to think further and could only push their entire spiritual power to the limit, setting up layers of defense in front of them!

Boom—!!!

An unprecedented, terrifying roar exploded!

The purple-gold sword ray fiercely collided with the defenses of the two Golden Core Stage powerhouses!

The entire night sky, at this moment, became as bright as day!

A violent energy storm, centered on the point of impact, swept out wildly. The mountains and forests within several miles were instantly leveled!

And amidst this destructive light and chaos, Chu Xiao's figure had already transformed into a barely perceptible wisp of green smoke, using the explosion as cover to escape into the boundless night, vanishing without a trace.

A long while later, the light dispersed.

Second Elder Li Qingcang and Third Elder Li Qingshan reappeared in disarray, their clothes tattered, a trace of blood at the corners of their mouths, their faces filled with unbelievable shock and lingering fear.

The person was already gone.

Only a scarred earth remained, along with two hearts filled with endless rage and humiliation.

"Ah—!!!"

Second Elder Li Qingcang let out an extremely mournful roar to the sky, shaking a hundred miles: "Little beast! I, Li Qingcang, swear to the heavens! No matter where you flee, to the ends of the earth, I will tear you into ten thousand pieces!!"