396: Sorry, I have it too.

The moment his Spirit Sword shattered, Wang Yuchen wanted to retreat, but it was clearly too late by then.

He couldn't even manage to take out his trump card from his qiankun ring.

He could only watch helplessly as the plain, unadorned Spirit Sword in Lin Ye's hand slashed across his chest.

Pfft!!!

The sound of flesh being pierced rang out, and a large spray of blood erupted. Wang Yuchen's chest was instantly stained red, the pain sinking deep into his bones!

Wang Yuchen didn't dare to think, he violently pulled back to retreat!

Boom!

Wang Yuchen crashed directly into the ruins, kicking up a large amount of dust.

"Cough, cough..."

Amidst the dust, a figure slowly stood up, supporting himself against the rubble. Who else could it be but Wang Yuchen? He looked incredibly disheveled, and the wound on his chest was shocking to behold.

His body was covered in dust; he no longer resembled the Saint of a top Sect.

He coughed continuously, and with every cough, he spat out a mouthful of blood mixed with sharp Sword Qi.

This was Lin Ye's Sword Qi.

The moment it had slashed his chest earlier, the Sword Qi had directly invaded his body.

If Wang Yuchen weren't a Sword Cultivator himself and didn't possess a powerful defensive Magic Treasure, that rampaging Sword Qi would have shredded his internal organs!

"Ho... how is this possible?!"

Wang Yuchen looked at Lin Ye not far away in disbelief. He had assumed his opponent was a formidable Body Cultivator, but he hadn't expected that his Sword Intent would be even more potent than his physique!

Isn't this just a pure Prodigy?!

Could Lin Ye really be the Divine Child of the Flying Feather Holy Sect?!

Wang Yuchen recalled the conversation he had heard earlier between Liu Yao and Xue Hongxiu. He had originally thought they were deceiving him, but now it seemed that not a single word was a lie!

Whether it was Lin Ye being a Sword Cultivator or the Divine Child matter, it was all true!

Just what kind of existence had he provoked?!

Xue Hongxiu stared blankly at the scene, then said to Liu Yao, "He won't continue attacking, will he?"

Hearing this, Liu Yao's pretty face was filled with determination: "Lin Ye... Senior Brother Lin won't continue to attack. He possesses extremely dense Upright Qi; I have never seen anyone in the younger generation possess such Upright Qi."

"So it is clear that Senior Brother Lin must be a gentleman, someone with the righteousness of the world in his heart. How could he, because of a personal grudge... Huh?!"

Before Liu Yao could finish her sentence, she saw Lin Ye holding his Spirit Sword and walking toward Wang Yuchen.

A faint smile hung on Lin Ye's face, and his eyes seemed somewhat reddened.

For some reason, at that moment, Liu Yao saw a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood on Lin Ye!

Under normal circumstances, such a hallucination would absolutely not occur!

Unless the killing intent on the other person had reached the extreme, twisting people's perception, such a hallucination would not appear!

But the Upright Qi on Lin Ye was real! It was extremely dense. Such a person probably couldn't even bear to kill a small animal, so how could he really take action against Wang Yuchen?!

Just at this moment, Xue Hongxiu murmured, "Are you sure Lin Ye won't kill Wang Yuchen?"

"I... I'm sure!"

The killing intent on Lin Ye made even Liu Yao become uncertain.

After all, such killing intent was truly too thick; it felt as if the ground was covered in blood and bones, and the number of people who had died at his hands was countless!

Tap, tap, tap...

Lin Ye was seen walking slowly to a stop in front of Wang Yuchen.

The latter was also stunned, especially upon seeing the Spirit Sword in Lin Ye's hand that kept flashing with light, as well as the killing intent on him.

"You want to kill me?!"

Wang Yuchen asked in disbelief.

Lin Ye did not speak; he directly raised the Spirit Sword in his hand high, the sharp Sword Qi on the blade carrying the momentum of a thunderbolt!

Then he swung it down violently!

Wang Yuchen watched the Spirit Sword that tore through the sky, his eyes widening; he seemed not to have expected that Lin Ye would actually dare to kill him!

After all, a conflict between two top traditions was not something to be taken lightly.

How could he dare?!

This was Wang Yuchen's last thought. The sharp Sword Qi had already reached the top of his head; the black hair on his head had been sheared off by that sharp blade, leaving him with a tonsure hairstyle.

Clang!!!

Just as Lin Ye's Spirit Sword was about to slice Wang Yuchen in half, a metallic clashing sound rang out.

That Spirit Sword was blocked by another Spirit Sword.

Wisps of white spiritual power overflowed, as if containing the ultimate truths of heaven and earth!

"Hmm?"

Lin Ye looked at the young man who had blocked his sword edge. The other party was dressed in a Confucian robe, full of scholarly air, and he emitted an aura that was extremely familiar to Lin Ye.

Upright Qi!

This was the righteous energy that would only manifest when one's cultivation of the Confucian Dao reached the Transcendent realm; this was a wisp of righteousness between heaven and earth!

The reason it was called Upright Qi was because this wisp of heavenly righteousness was an aura that could only be possessed by those who followed the Righteous Path.

However, compared to Lin Ye, that Upright Qi was truly insignificant.

The scholar pulled Wang Yuchen back a step and bowed to Lin Ye: "Fellow Daoist, Brother Wang is an old friend of mine, and he is the Saint of the Heavenly Wolf Holy Domain. If you attack him, I fear it will trigger a shockwave across ten thousand domains."

"So I hope Fellow Daoist can raise your hand high in mercy and let Brother Wang go this once. Of course, if Fellow Daoist is unwilling, I can pay some price."

"Oh?"

Looking at the young man with the scholarly air, Lin Ye asked, "Which Sect are you from?"

"Fellow Daoist, I am Shi Tianyi, one of the Twelve Scholar-boys of the Xuanyang Academy. I ask that Fellow Daoist give me some face."

"Hmm? Another one from the Academy."

"Fellow Daoist?"

Hearing Lin Ye's words, Shi Tianyi asked in confusion: "Does Fellow Daoist know anyone else from our Academy?"

Hearing this, Lin Ye nodded: "Yes, I have met one, but just like you, he was a bit asking for a beating."

"..."

Shi Tianyi was speechless; he had not expected Lin Ye to say something like that.

But since he was asking for a favor, Shi Tianyi still spoke with slight respect: "I ask that Fellow Daoist let Wang Yuchen go this once; otherwise, I will have no choice but to experience your high-level skills along with him."

The first part of the sentence sounded like a plea, but the second part turned directly into a threat.

Lin Ye shook his head: "Should I say that you are worthy of being from the Academy? Sure enough, no matter where you go, you are all of the same character..."

"Fellow Daoist!"

Shi Tianyi spoke with a serious expression: "You can say what you want about me, after all, I am the one here to stop this battle, but you cannot insult my Xuanyang Academy! The Disciples in my Academy are all people with the grand ambition of opening up peace for all eternity!"

"This Upright Qi is the recognition of us by the Heavenly Dao!!!"

Hum...

As he said this, the Upright Qi on Shi Tianyi rumbled, with white light covering the surroundings, dazzling and eye-catching.

Lin Ye looked at the white aura on Shi Tianyi and sneered: "Upright Qi? Sorry, I have that too."

The next moment!

Boom!!!

Accompanied by a roar, the white Upright Qi shot straight into the clouds, enveloping the entire Archaic City.