442: Chapter 442 An Accidental Encounter with Murder

[Just as you were thinking, a violent surge of Spiritual Qi suddenly came from ahead.]

[A fight?]

[Your Divine Sense spread out, instantly covering a thousand miles.]

[Then, your brow furrowed.]

[Not far ahead, two groups of people were fighting intensely.]

[In the sky, five Soul Transformation figures crisscrossed, Sword Qi surged, Magic Treasures flew about, and the space itself trembled from the impacts.]

[Three of them were very familiar to you—Liu Jinfeng, Liu Chenfeng, and Liu Yunge.]

[They were the three Soul Transformation experts of the Liu Clan.]

[The other two: one was a strange woman with a cold temperament and a faint golden halo surrounding her; the other... you recognized him, it was Peak Master Wuji.]

[The two of them were only at the Early Stage of Soul Transformation, and their strength was far inferior to Liu Jinfeng's; their situation was critical.]

[On the ground, the situation was even worse.]

[Ten Black Armored Guards at the Nascent Soul Stage were launching a frenzied attack on a group of Heavenly Sword Sect Disciples.]

[Among those Disciples, you saw familiar faces—Nangong Xueyu, and that Meaty who never seemed to grow up.]

[Both were in the Nascent Soul Stage, desperately protecting the Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters of the Foundation Establishment and Golden Core Stages behind them.]

[But the Black Armored Guards were numerous and were killing machines trained by the Liu Clan; their strikes were ruthless and lethal.]

[Meaty was already injured, with a deep wound on her left arm showing the bone, bleeding incessantly, but she gritted her teeth and didn't retreat a single step.]

[Nangong Xueyu stood by her side, also covered in wounds, her aura beginning to grow unstable.]

[The low-level Disciples were in even more peril.]

[A Golden Core Stage youth was just knocked back, and before he could land, he was pierced by a Black Armored Guard's sword; his corpse hit the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.]

["Liu Jinfeng!" Above the heavens, the strange woman shouted angrily, her voice filled with uncontrollable rage:]

["I am Xuanyuan Yao of the Xuanyuan Immortal Clan! You dare to attack me, are you not afraid of offending my Xuanyuan family?"]

[Liu Jinfeng sneered, her offensive not slowing down in the slightest.]

["Xuanyuan Yao? Do you think this seat would fear you just because you brought up the name of the Xuanyuan Immortal Clan?"]

[She slashed out with her sword, the sword light like a bolt of silk, forcing Xuanyuan Yao to retreat repeatedly:]

["These remnants of the Heavenly Sword Sect you're protecting are major criminals personally designated by the Heavenly Palace! By associating with them, even if this reaches the Xuanyuan Immortal Clan, you're the one in the wrong!"]

["Bullshit!" Xuanyuan Yao trembled with anger as she swept her spear, repelling Liu Jinfeng's sword light:]

["What crime has the Heavenly Sword Sect committed? Just because they refuse to be dogs for your Liu Clan, they're branded as remnants? Are these the rules of the Heavenly Palace?"]

["Rules?"]

[Liu Chenfeng charged in from the side, interjecting with a cold laugh: "The rules of the Heavenly Palace are: those who follow us prosper, and those who oppose us perish. Xuanyuan Yao, if you're smart, it's not too late to get lost. Otherwise..."]

[He paused, a murderous intent flashing in his eyes: "In this wilderness today, if a Prodigy of the Xuanyuan Immortal Clan dies, who would know who did it?"]

[Before his voice had even faded, Liu Yunge also moved.]

[His figure blurred, appearing behind Xuanyuan Yao, and he struck out with a palm; the palm wind was like a mountain, pressing down so hard the Void Realm trembled.]

[Xuanyuan Yao was attacked from both front and back, her situation becoming extremely precarious.]

[Peak Master Wuji wanted to rush over to help, but was blocked by Liu Jinfeng and couldn't break away.]

[On the ground, screams rose one after another.]

[Another Heavenly Sword Sect Disciple fell.]

[Meaty's left arm could no longer be lifted, but she still stood at the very front, staring fixedly at the four Black Armored Guards besieging her, her eyes bloodshot like a maddened little beast.]

["Meaty! Get back!"]

[Nangong Xueyu tried to pull her back but was tightly entangled by four Black Armored Guards and couldn't get away.]

[Sword lights crossed, Spells boomed; she was struggling to cope, and more and more wounds appeared on her body.]

[Just then—]

["Haha, die!"]

[Another Black Armored Guard had somehow circled behind her.]

[He raised his hand with a cruel grin, and a jet-black Flying Sword shot out from his hand, turning into a black stream of light aimed straight for the back of Nangong Xueyu's heart!]

[The speed was incredibly fast, leaving no time to react.]

[Nangong Xueyu suddenly turned her head.]

[In her pupils, that black light grew closer and closer—she could even see the cold glint flowing on the tip of the sword.]

[I can't dodge it.]

[This thought flashed through her mind.]

[In the next instant, that sword was about to pierce through her head.]

[At the critical moment—]

["Swish!"]

[A silver light shot out from your fingertips!]

[Fast! It was faster than sight, faster than Divine Sense, faster than anyone's reaction!]

[At the very moment when that black sword was no more than three inches from the center of Nangong Xueyu's brows—]

[A small, thin figure appeared out of thin air!]

[It was Qin Han.]

[It raised its small paw and gave a light swipe.]

["Crack!"]

[That black sword, capable of slaying a Nascent Soul, was as brittle as an icicle in its claws, instantly crushed into fragments that fell away.]

[Before the cruel grin on the Black Armored Guard's face could even fade—Qin Han swiped again.]

[A silver light flashed by.]

[The Black Armored Guard's body, along with the Nascent Soul in his Dantian, were both cut clean through.]

[The two halves of the corpse crashed to the ground.]

[Blood slowly spread out.]

[The other nine Black Armored Guards were all stunned.]

[They didn't even have time to figure out what had happened—that stream of light was already weaving through the battlefield.]

[Swish!]

[Swish!]

[Swish!]

[So fast it left only afterimages.]

[So fast no one could capture its trajectory.]

[So fast...]

[Within a single breath.]

["Thud."]

["Thud."]

["Thud."]

[Nine consecutive dull thuds.]

[The bodies of the nine Nascent Soul Black Armored Guards fell simultaneously.]

[Each one was neatly sliced into two halves.]

[Not even their Nascent Souls could escape.]

[Blood gushed from those corpses, forming small streams that seeped into the dry, cracked earth.]

[The battlefield instantly fell silent.]

[The Heavenly Sword Sect Disciples all stared with wide eyes and open mouths, unable to make a sound.]

[Meaty's mouth was open wide enough to fit a steamed bun, her eyes bulging like copper bells, her whole body frozen as if her pressure points had been struck.]

[Nangong Xueyu was also dazed.]

[She stared blankly at the pile of corpses, then blankly at that stream of light soaring into the sky, her mind a complete blank.]

[Just now... what happened?]

[At the same time, above the heavens—]

[Liu Jinfeng, Liu Chenfeng, and Liu Yunge had already noticed the strange turn of events below.]

[Liu Jinfeng reacted the fastest.]

["Escape!"]

[She almost shrieked the word, and an ancient Talisman instantly appeared in her hand—a Teleportation Talisman!]

[Spiritual power was injected!]

[A brilliant pillar of light descended from the sky, enveloping her within.]

[Inside the pillar of light, her figure began to blur and fade, about to be teleported to some unknown location.]