61: Chapter 61 may not be cute, but it should be quite palatable?

Although it was only a projection, it hadn't even displayed one ten-thousandth of its power.

Yet, the strand of supreme intent it radiated—meant to open the heavens and earth, separating the clear from the murky—caused the Origin Qi in the entire Xia Family Mansion, no, the entire Cloud City, to boil!

In the sky, ten thousand miles of layered clouds seemed to be sliced open by an invisible blade, rolling apart to both sides!

"What... what is that?!"

Third Great-Uncle was horrified. From that golden sword, he felt an aura of supremacy that transcended all living beings!

Patriarch Xia Yuan and President Zhao Dehou were even more shocked beyond measure!

"Spiritual manifestation! Condensing a weapon of Law! This... is this really something a War Beast can do?!" President Zhao Dehou's voice was trembling.

The ferocious grin on Great Elder Xia Mingyuan's face froze completely, replaced by boundless panic!

He felt the aura of death from that golden sword shadow!

"No—!!!"

"What is this monster?"

"Don't come over here!!!"

He screamed, wanting to retreat, but found himself locked in place by that terrifying pressure, unable to move at all!

Ling Tian's eyes were cold. He waved his hand gently toward the incoming Blood Flame Explosion and Great Elder Xia Mingyuan behind it.

There was no sound.

There was no explosion.

There was only a golden thread, as thin as a hair but seemingly capable of slicing the world in two, which flashed and vanished.

The golden thread passed silently through the terrifyingly powerful Blood Flame Explosion.

The next moment, the Blood Flame Explosion, containing destructive energy, was sliced directly down the middle, then dissipated into the most primitive Origin Qi, vanishing into nothingness.

The golden thread, its momentum undiminished, swept across Great Elder Xia Mingyuan's body, crossed several dozen meters behind him, and finally vanished at the edge of the horizon.

Rumble—!!!

Only then did the deafening roar arrive late!

Starting from in front of Ling Tian, a massive ravine several meters wide and bottomless extended all the way to the outer walls of the Xia Family Mansion. All buildings, rockeries, and trees along the path were split in two, with surfaces as smooth as mirrors!

Great Elder Xia Mingyuan, who had been directly grazed by the golden thread, stood frozen in place, the expression of fear on his face solidified.

Crack...

His protective spiritual light shattered like glass.

A line of blood, starting from his forehead, ran straight down, spreading across his nose bridge, lips, chest, abdomen...

"Pfft—"

Blood sprayed like a fountain from the center of his body!

His entire person had actually been split almost in two from head to toe!

His internal organs and bones were clearly visible!

"Uh... huff huff..."

Sounds like a broken bellows came from Great Elder Xia Mingyuan's throat. His eyes were filled with extreme pain and disbelief. He looked down at his nearly separated body, then collapsed with a boom, blood instantly staining a large area of the ground.

Although he didn't die immediately, he was already critically injured and had lost all fighting capability!

Silence!

Dead, deathly silence!

Everyone was as if struck by a binding spell, staring blankly at the terrifying ravine, and at Great Elder Xia Mingyuan, who lay in a pool of blood, almost split into two.

One strike!

Just one strike!

It not only annihilated the desperate secret technique of a Peak Yuanling Realm expert, but also almost killed the caster instantly!

What kind of power was this?!

What kind of terror was this?!

Everyone's gaze focused once again on that towering War Beast.

"Mingyuan!!"

Third Great-Uncle reacted and instantly appeared beside Great Elder Xia Mingyuan, hurriedly channeling his energy to forcefully piece the other's body back together.

After a Cultivator reaches the Yuan Spirit level, their life level undergoes a transformation.

Therefore, although Great Elder Xia Mingyuan looked severely injured, it was not beyond saving.

Other clan elders also gathered around, looking at Great Elder Xia Mingyuan's miserable state with extremely complex expressions.

Just moments ago, they were desperately defending Great Elder Xia Mingyuan, and in the blink of an eye, he was almost killed by a War Beast that hadn't even been born a month?

"Cough cough..."

Patriarch Xia Yuan coughed twice, suppressing the shock in his heart, and looked at Third Great-Uncle, his voice cold: "Third Great-Uncle, now, do you still want to protect this traitor?"

Third Great-Uncle's old face turned pale and blue. Looking at the dying Great Elder Xia Mingyuan, then looking at Ling Tian and Xia Youchu chatting happily over there, he finally let out a long sigh, his tone softening: "Sigh... Yuan'er, Youchu, it is better to be forgiving when one can."

"Mingyuan has already received the punishment he deserves. After all, we are all Family. Do you really have to push him to the brink? Leaving him his life can be considered fulfilling the bonds of kin..."

"That's right, Family Head, Youchu, Mingyuan knows he was wrong..."

"He is already crippled and poses no threat..."

"The Family has gone through such turmoil and needs stability..."

Other clan elders also spoke up, trying to save Great Elder Xia Mingyuan's life.

Patriarch Xia Yuan was trembling with anger. When Great Elder Xia Mingyuan wanted to kill his daughter just now, why didn't you all say we were Family?!

Xia Youchu sneered repeatedly. She leaped off Ling Tian, walked to the group of clan elders, and her voice was like a cold wind: "Spare him? If we had lost just now, would you have pleaded for us? I'm afraid by now, Ling Tian and I would already be bones, and my father would have been framed and forced to step down by you, right?"

The clan elders were rendered speechless by her question, their faces awkward.

Just then—

A sudden change occurred!

"Huff... huff..."

"Old, old thing! Who needs your hypocrisy!!"

The originally dying Great Elder Xia Mingyuan suddenly had crazy blood-red light erupting from his eyes!

He violently extended his arm and stabbed it into Third Great-Uncle's back!

A strange suction force suddenly erupted from Great Elder Xia Mingyuan's body!

"Ah—!!!"

Third Great-Uncle let out a shrill scream. He felt his lifelong cultivated Origin Qi and life force pouring into Great Elder Xia Mingyuan's body like a breached flood!

Not only that, even the old Moonlight Wolf beside him was bound by an invisible force, letting out a mournful howl as its massive body withered at a speed visible to the naked eye!

"Blood Beast Great Transformation! This is an evil technique of the Myriad Beast Pavilion!!" President Zhao Dehou's expression changed drastically, and he shouted sternly!

"Great Elder Xia Mingyuan! You are crazy! Stop now!" The other clan elders were shocked and angry, wanting to step forward to stop him.

But it was too late!

Using this evil technique, Great Elder Xia Mingyuan forcefully devoured most of Third Great-Uncle's and the Moonlight Wolf's Origin Qi and life force. His nearly severed body actually healed amidst the blood light!

Although still severely injured, he had temporarily escaped the state of impending death!

He violently shook off Third Great-Uncle, who was about to be sucked dry, and grabbed the terrified Xia Lingfeng beside him.

"Go!"

He crushed a pitch-black jade pendant!

Hum!

A space fluctuation descended instantly!

Two black-robed figures appeared like ghosts beside Great Elder Xia Mingyuan and his son, surprisingly two Yuan King level experts from the Myriad Beast Pavilion!

"Great Elder Xia Mingyuan, you really are in a sorry state." One of the black-robed men said hoarsely, his tone carrying a trace of mockery.

"Cut the crap! Take us away quickly!" Great Elder Xia Mingyuan said urgently.

"Want to leave?! Stay behind for me!"

Patriarch Xia Yuan was furious, his Yuan King aura fully erupting, and he punched toward the two black-robed men!

Above Cloud City, a majestic angry shout also came simultaneously: "Myriad Beast Pavilion scoundrels, you dare to come to my Cloud City to run wild?! Stay!"

A massive pressure of a Peak Yuan King descended from the sky, locking onto the two black-robed men. It was the Cloud City Lord who had made a move!

"Hmph! City Lord, we shall meet again!"

The black-robed man snorted coldly and sacrificed a blood-colored bone banner, which grew in the wind and blocked the long-range attack from Patriarch Xia Yuan and the Cloud City Lord. Although the bone banner was covered in cracks, it bought a moment of time.

The other black-robed man grabbed Great Elder Xia Mingyuan and Xia Lingfeng, his figure merging into the shadows and vanishing from the spot instantly.

Space fluctuations flashed again, and the two black-robed men and Great Elder Xia Mingyuan's father-son duo were gone!

Only the black-robed man holding the damaged bone banner remained. He scanned the crowd coldly, his gaze lingering on Ling Tian and Xia Youchu for a moment, and said hoarsely: "Xia Family... Myriad Beast Pavilion will remember this matter!"

After speaking, his body also exploded with a boom, turning into countless black bats that scattered and fled.

Under the follow-up attacks of the Cloud City Lord, most of the black bats were annihilated, but a few still escaped.

All of this happened too fast. From Great Elder Xia Mingyuan's sudden attack to the Myriad Beast Pavilion experts appearing to save them, it was only a few breaths of time!

By the time everyone reacted, Great Elder Xia Mingyuan and his son had been rescued, leaving behind a mess, a critically injured Third Great-Uncle, and a group of clan elders with pale faces, as if they had eaten something disgusting.

The person they had desperately defended had, in the blink of an eye, sucked Third Great-Uncle dry with an evil technique, then been rescued by an evil cult, and even turned around to threaten the Xia Family...

This face-slapping wasn't just a sound; it was like being pressed into the ground and rubbed repeatedly with the soles of shoes!

"Pfft!" A clan elder was so angry he spat out a mouthful of old blood.

"Traitor! That ungrateful traitor, Great Elder Xia Mingyuan!!"

"We were truly blind!!"

"Myriad Beast Pavilion! My Xia Family will not rest until you are destroyed!!"

The clan elders changed their faces, cursing indignantly as if it hadn't been them desperately defending Great Elder Xia Mingyuan just a moment ago.

Xia Youchu looked at this group of clan elders who changed faces faster than flipping a book, the sneer at the corner of her mouth becoming more mocking.

She cast her gaze in the direction where Great Elder Xia Mingyuan had disappeared, her killing intent undiminished.

Cutting weeds without removing the roots means they will grow again in the spring breeze; this was the iron Law she had learned from traversing the world!

"Dad, should we chase?"

She looked at Patriarch Xia Yuan, her meaning very clear.

When she was still young and naive, she dared to go hunt down the Peak Yuanling Realm Ghost Scorpion with Ling Tian, let alone now?

Patriarch Xia Yuan's expression was gloomy, and he was just about to speak.

"Chirp chirp~"

A tiny chirp caught Xia Youchu's attention.

She looked down and saw that Ling Tian, at some point, was holding a small bird with beautiful feathers in his claws—it was Xia Lingfeng's Emerald Spirit Sparrow!

This little thing had been scared silly by Ling Tian's terrifying aura and the aftermath of the battle just now, hiding on the side not daring to move, and was caught red-handed by Ling Tian at this moment.

"Chirp chirp!!"

This little bird looked small, but its temper was not small at all.

After being released by Ling Tian, it didn't think about running away, but instead went to peck at his eyes!

"Just like your master, asking for a beating."

Ling Tian lifted his eyelids and flicked it away directly.

Hmm, although it's not cute, it feels like it should be quite tasty.

Looking at this Emerald Spirit Sparrow, Ling Tian licked his lips.

"Pooper scooper, let's not chase for now."

Xia Youchu looked back: "Why? Great Elder Xia Mingyuan is severely injured right now, we should strike while he is down!"

Ling Tian rubbed his belly: "No reason, I'm hungry."

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