63: Chapter 63: Sword Slays Powerful Enemies, the Rest Flee

"Leave?"

A cold, stern smile appeared on Gu Yan's face.

"Want to leave just because you can't win?"

"In this world, how can there be such an easy way out?"

From the moment the other party revealed the name 'Black Fiend Sect', Gu Yan had already sentenced him to death in his heart.

The situation between him and the Black Fiend Sect was already one of irreconcilable conflict.

"If I let a tiger return to the mountain today, it will surely become a great disaster in the future!"

"Your Excellency, do you really intend to kill us all and make an enemy of my Black Fiend Sect?!"

Seeing that Gu Yan remained unmoved and was instead slowly approaching, the expression on the Scar-faced Man's face finally turned into a mix of shock and rage!

While issuing threats with a fierce yet cowardly tone, he was subtly and slowly retreating.

At the same time, he was frantically signaling to his three subordinates, who were already terrified out of their wits.

The three men understood him implicitly.

The next instant, with remarkable tacit understanding, the three men roared and charged at Gu Yan again from three different directions!

As for the Scar-faced Man, the moment they moved, he turned and fled without the slightest hesitation!

His figure transformed into a trail of black smoke, and he fled desperately toward the outside of the valley at a speed far exceeding what he had shown before!

He sold them out!

He had actually treated his remaining three subordinates as cannon fodder to buy time, selling them out without a second thought!

The three men in black charging toward Gu Yan wore expressions of disbelief and despair.

However, Gu Yan's target had been only one from the very beginning.

He didn't even glance at the three small-fry rushing toward him.

He simply watched the black smoke about to escape the valley and slowly raised the iron sword in his hand.

"Want to leave?"

"Have you asked my sword?"

He whispered to himself.

The next instant!

He no longer held back even a fraction of his thick True Qi at the ninth level of Qi Refining Great Perfection!

He pushed the 'Blazing Fire Art' within his body to its absolute limit!

Boom!

A violent, scorching wave of energy erupted from his body as the center!

The ordinary iron longsword in his hand could no longer withstand the infusion of such tyrannical and pure fire-attributed True Qi!

The rust and notches on the blade, left from years of use, were instantly heated to a glowing red, vaporized, and vanished!

The entire iron sword, from hilt to tip, shone with an extremely brilliant crimson light!

Raging flames rose from the blade, transforming into a three-foot-long, solidified...

Sword of fire!

The surrounding air became distorted and blurred due to the terrifying high temperature!

"Slash!"

A sharp light erupted from Gu Yan's eyes!

He perfectly fused his insights into the Dao of the sword from these past days with the peerlessly tyrannical power of the 'Blazing Fire Art' into this single strike!

He did not employ any flashy Moves.

He simply, in mid-air, slashed down with his sword toward the black smoke that had already fled dozens of yards away!

Hiss——!!!!!!

A massive, crimson, crescent-moon-like Sword Qi, several yards long, shot forth from the sword!

This Sword Qi was tyrannical to the extreme!

It tore through the air and sliced open the curtain of rain at a speed too fast for the naked eye to capture!

Wherever the Sword Qi passed, it plowed a terrifying trench half a foot deep with charred edges into the ground!

Vegetation turned to ash!

Rocks were also instantly melted!

The three men in black who had just rushed to Gu Yan's front and hadn't even had a chance to attack were struck by the aftermath of the Sword Qi before they even had a chance to react!

Without even being able to let out a scream, their bodies were like ice cubes tossed into a furnace—instantly vaporized, evaporated, and vanished without a trace!

On the other side, the Scar-faced Man, who was fleeing for his life, felt the lethal crisis behind him that was capable of completely incinerating him!

He turned his head in horror, and what he saw was the crimson crescent moon that was already inches away, occupying his entire field of vision!

"No——!!!"

Faced with the immense terror of death, he let out the final, and most desperate, roar of his life!

He concentrated all the Black Fiend True Qi in his body in front of him, forming an immensely thick black Qi shield!

At the same time, he held his Low Grade Magical Artifact, the Ghost Head Blade, horizontally across his chest, attempting a final resistance!

However, all of this was in vain.

Before the peerlessly tyrannical Sword Qi, which was comparable to a casual strike from a Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

The protective black Qi he was so proud of was as fragile as a thin layer of window paper!

In just an instant, it was burned to nothing!

Next was the Low Grade Magical Artifact, the Ghost Head Blade.

With a crisp 'clang', it was severed at the waist!

Finally, the crimson crescent moon slashed, without stopping, onto his brawny body, which was filled with terror and unwillingness!

Puchi!

The Scar-faced Man's body stiffened abruptly.

A thin line of blood slowly appeared from his forehead, running all the way down to his chest and abdomen...

His eyes rapidly lost all their luster.

The next instant.

His tall body was actually split neatly into two halves from the middle!

The cut was as smooth as a mirror!

Not even a single drop of blood could flow out, as it had already been completely charred by the terrifying high temperature!

Before the mutilated corpse could hit the ground, it was ignited by the tyrannical flames still clinging to it.

In just a few breaths, it turned into a handful of... black ash.

It drifted away with the wind.

The valley returned to silence.

The only sounds left in the air were the 'swishing' of rain washing over the ground, and... a thick smell of burning.

Gu Yan slowly withdrew his sword.

After unleashing that earth-shattering strike, the ordinary iron in his hand finally completed its mission; with a 'crack', it shattered into pieces, turning into a pile of scrap metal on the ground.

He glanced at the fragments scattered on the ground, then looked into the distance at the last surviving man in black, who had already been scared limp on the ground and had even forgotten to flee.

He did not attack again.

Because his main target had already been achieved.

As for the survivor, upon making contact with his indifferent gaze, he seemed like a rabbit suddenly startled awake; with a strange cry of "Mommy!", he scrambled away, not daring to look back, and disappeared at the other end of the valley.

Gu Yan did not give chase.

He slowly turned around and cast his gaze toward the center of the valley, at the person who, from start to finish, had completely witnessed all of this...

The white-clad woman.