24: Out-of-body sword energy!

“Yes, it’s time to prepare for battle.”

After Junior Brother Xu said that, Ye Xueqing didn’t press further.

She also picked up her weapon and entered a combat stance.

“Liu Haizhu, Zhao Dehai, you two idiots, you were followed and didn’t even notice! Once I deal with them, I’ll deal with you!”

“Dragon Strike Roaring Water!”

But before Junior Brother Xu could launch a surprise attack, the people in the cave had already detected his arrival.

A fierce attack surged towards Junior Brother Xu, and judging by its power, it was at the peak of the fifth Spirit Refinement Realm.

If it were an ordinary person, they wouldn’t be able to defend against it, but Junior Brother Xu was no ordinary person.

With a smooth sidestep, under the Light Goose Steps, the water dragon impact only left a few water stains on Junior Brother Xu, as if washing away dust.

“Senior Sister Ye, move! They’ve already found us.”

After reacting, Junior Brother Xu didn’t forget to remind the others, then took the lead in attacking.

A flash of sword light, incredibly sharp, gleamed from the blade of the Drunken Sleep Sword.

“Remnant Heart!”

A dark purple sword qi swept out, combined with the Drunken Sleep Sword, its power was comparable to the sixth realm!

“Sword qi!”

“An Entering Profundity master?”

“You two fools, who exactly did you provoke?”

Horror surfaced on his face. Watching Junior Brother Xu’s sword qi blast towards him, at that instant, the terror in his heart even overshadowed his desire to counterattack.

It was only at the last moment that the thought of survival screamed a warning.

Picking up the Guandao in his hand, the corpulent man who had launched the water dragon impact earlier barely managed to save his life.

However, even so, he wasn’t in a good state. On his chest, a scar left by the sword qi was faintly visible.

As blood flowed out, dripping and seeping, falling to the ground, the pressure in the air became palpable.

“May I ask if Your Excellency has any enmity with me?”

“My Xiaoyao Sect has probably not done anything to offend senior.”

“And I, personally, have lived in the sect for a long time, so it’s even more impossible for me to have any enmity with senior.”

“Even if I die, senior should at least let Feng Yukou die knowing why.”

Bowing his head in apology, after one strike, seeing that Junior Brother Xu made no further moves, Feng Yukou thought there might be a chance of survival and begged for mercy in a low voice.

At the same time, he revealed his sect, hoping that Junior Brother Xu would be wary after hearing the name of the Xiaoyao Sect.

In Youzhou, no one could face the Xiaoyao Sect without being moved.

“People from the Xiaoyao Sect?”

“I didn’t expect it, but it really is you.”

“You sent a sixth-realm master to seize a Spirit Stone Mine and weren’t satisfied, and now you send people to abduct others to dig black mines. Do you really take the Xuanjian Sect’s jurisdiction as a place to harvest black slaves?”

Junior Brother Xu chuckled disdainfully. Since the other party had revealed his identity, there was no need for Junior Brother Xu to hide anything.

He then revealed his own origin, and then, a sword qi swept out, ending the other party’s life.

Even in death, his pupils still showed shock and confusion. In Feng Yukou’s impression, no Elder of the Xuanjian Sect with a seventh-realm Entering Profundity cultivation looked like this!

“Senior Sister Ye, don’t just stand there, quickly deal with those small fries.”

“I’ve taken care of the big one; the rest don’t need me to act, do they?”

The Drunken Sleep Sword returned to its sheath. Junior Brother Xu didn’t think there was much difficulty in dealing with Feng Yukou.

The opponent was, at most, a Spirit Refinement Realm cultivator, and Junior Brother Xu was currently at the same realm. Even without using the Remnant Heart Three Absolute Swords technique, he could easily defeat the opponent.

Currently, Junior Brother Xu merely wanted to save some time.

After all, tomorrow he still had to go to the Spirit Stone Mine to deal with another small fry.

“Oh, oh, I understand. Leave the rest to us.”

After a moment of realization, Ye Xueqing finally reacted. After responding to Junior Brother Xu, she held the Frost Bloom Sword in her hand, wielding it with magnificent momentum.

But compared to Junior Brother Xu’s Remnant Heart Three Absolute Swords, it was still quite inferior.

“Run!”

“Inform Elder Teng of the news!”

After a brief silence, there was a clamor.

No one present could have predicted that the situation would be so one-sided.

On Liu Haizhu’s side, even the leader Feng Yukou had already fallen, so the others had even less ability to resist.

Shouting to escape, this was Liu Haizhu’s first thought.

Preserving one’s life was paramount; where there’s life, there’s hope.

But in the current situation, how could they escape?

Moreover, there were people Junior Brother Xu had specifically left to guard the cave entrance.

Combined with the Dragon Trapping Array, even a fly flying past would get two big slaps… “Honestly confess, who is guarding the Spirit Stone Mine over there? Otherwise, I’ll have to escalate the punishment.”

Having captured Liu Haizhu and the others early and tied them with ropes, Junior Brother Xu began to interrogate them.

Of course, Liu Haizhu and the others at first showed some backbone and didn’t speak up.

Even when Junior Brother Xu used some unconventional methods, it didn’t work.

“Pah!”

“Cowards of the Xuanjian Sect, if you have the guts, kill me! Elder Teng will avenge us.”

Spitting out a mouthful of blood, Liu Haizhu stared at Junior Brother Xu with a sinister expression, even with a hint of disdain. Perhaps those people from the Xiaoyao Sect truly had backbone against the Xuanjian Sect.

“Not talking?”

“Then forget it, kill them all. They have no more use. Charging straight through will yield the same result anyway.”

Pursing his lips, Junior Brother Xu wasn’t disappointed that he didn’t get the information he wanted. Interrogating for intelligence was something that should be left to professionals. Junior Brother Xu, who at most would resort to severe torture, was not good at this.

So, he stopped wasting time. Junior Brother Xu also granted them their wish, giving them a quick end.

“Hey!”

“Why don’t you ask us again?”

“He won’t talk, but we will!”

Receiving Junior Brother Xu’s order, the Xuanjian Sect disciples acted quickly, slaughtering all the captives in a single breath, leaving no one alive.

However, a hint of resentment remained in the eyes of those Xiaoyao Sect disciples.

Why didn’t you ask someone else? He’s stubborn, but I’m not!

Unfortunately, these words hidden in the hearts of the Xiaoyao Sect disciples could only accompany them to meet the King of Hell below.

“Junior Brother Xu, what is your current cultivation level, and also, that sword qi earlier was…”

After the matter concluded, Ye Xueqing came to Junior Brother Xu’s side and asked about his current strength and the technique he used during the battle.

It was because the sword qi Junior Brother Xu had just used was too terrifying.

One must know that detached energy like sword qi was the hallmark of Entering Profundity experts.

And below the Entering Profundity, almost no one could use detached sword qi or saber qi attacks.

What kind of normal person can use detached sword qi attacks at the Spirit Opening Realm!

“Oh, that? Just some small tricks, nothing worth mentioning.”

“Although I’ve made some progress, I can’t ascend to heaven in one step. I haven’t reached the seventh-realm Entering Profundity yet.”

“The reason I can use sword qi is because I comprehended the profound mysteries within the sword technique.”

“And I can’t use such techniques too often.”