74: Chapter 74 The Time of Liquidation: Leaving Not a Blade of Grass Behind

Liu Qingyan's figure completely vanished into the horizon, and the pillar of light that had received her dissipated along with her, as if it had never appeared.

At the summit of the Mysterious Maiden Sect, a strange silence fell for a moment.

Su Yun felt the majestic spiritual power within his body that had surged to the Early Nascent Soul Stage.

Along with the mysterious and unpredictable Heaven-Deceiving Formless Art that had appeared in his mind, his mood was pleasant to the extreme.

However, before he could celebrate for long, he felt several gazes from behind that seemed almost ready to pierce through him.

Turning around, he met four pairs of beautiful eyes, each harboring their own thoughts.

Leng Hanshuang's gaze was chilly with a hint of scrutiny, as if she were evaluating his ability to charm even a Fairy from the Upper Realm.

Lin Rou had a face full of resentment, her eyes seemingly saying, "You heartless man, you've forgotten the old for the new."

Phoenix Unrivaled had her arms crossed and her chin slightly raised, wearing an expression that said "This Empress is very unhappy, and the consequences will be severe," while letting out an almost inaudible cold snort from her nose.

The most pitiful was Liu Yuqin; she looked toward the direction where the sister she had just recognized had vanished, then back at Su Yun, her small face filled with conflict and grievance, looking like a kitten worried about being abandoned by its owner.

"Ahem." Su Yun coughed dryly twice, breaking the awkward atmosphere.

He stepped forward generously, ignoring the warning glares from Leng Hanshuang and Phoenix Unrivaled, and pulled Lin Rou and Liu Yuqin into his arms, one on each side, looking quite content.

"What's wrong? Everyone looks like they've swallowed gunpowder." Su Yun smilingly pinched Lin Rou's cheek. "Don't be so petty. That Liu Qingyan is from the Upper Realm; she was bound to leave sooner or later. Besides, wasn't I doing this for our grand plan of revenge, to develop an undercover agent?"

"Undercover?" Lin Rou gave him a sharp, annoyed look. "Your 'undercover development' went all the way to the bed and lasted seven days and seven nights. I think you were just having too much fun to think of home!"

"Exactly!" Liu Yuqin also gathered her courage for once, whispering in agreement from his arms, "You... you don't know how to show restraint at all."

Though her voice was small, the scent of jealousy could be smelled from eight hundred miles away.

"Hahaha, jealous?" Su Yun laughed loudly, leaning down to kiss both women on the cheek. "Rest assured, my heart will always be yours. As for my body... with great power comes great responsibility!"

This shameless speech left both Leng Hanshuang and Phoenix Unrivaled nearby feeling exasperated.

They had seen shameless people before, but never someone this shameless!

"Enough, stop flirting here." Leng Hanshuang finally couldn't help but speak up, her voice still icy, though a faint blush quietly crept onto her earlobes. "Serious matters come first."

"Indeed," Phoenix Unrivaled added. "Though Mo Fan and the Medicine King Valley behind him are destroyed, they weren't the only ones who besieged the Mysterious Maiden Sect back then."

Her words reminded everyone.

The Divine Blade Sect! The Vajra Sect!

Back then, these two Sects acted as Mo Fan's vanguards, shouting the loudest and striking the hardest.

Now that Medicine King Valley and the invading enemies have all been wiped out, it is time to settle the final score with them!

A flash of cold Killing Intent passed through Su Yun's eyes.

He released the two women in his arms, stood up straight, and looked around at the stunning beauties before him.

Leng Hanshuang, Great Perfection of Spirit Transformation, Sect Master of the Mysterious Maiden Sect.

Phoenix Unrivaled, Late Stage of Spirit Transformation, Her Majesty the Empress of Wu Zhou.

Lin Rou, Late Nascent Soul Stage, Peak Master of Xiuyun Peak.

Liu Yuqin, Middle Stage Golden Core, Mysterious Maiden Sect Saintess.

Plus himself, the "cheater" who had just broken through to the Early Nascent Soul Stage.

This lineup was more than enough to not only trample two second-rate Sects that had long lost their pillars but even to sweep across the Southern Region.

"Hear my command!" Su Yun's voice suddenly became majestic, an Aura of a superior rising spontaneously. "Lin Rou, Liu Yuqin, the two of you are to immediately organize all Inner Sect Disciples and deacons of the Mysterious Maiden Sect. The target: the Vajra Sect! I want to see the flag of our Mysterious Maiden Sect flying over the Vajra Sect's gates before sunset!"

"Yes!" Lin Rou and Liu Yuqin responded in unison, their eyes flashing with excitement.

After being bullied for so long, the moment for a counterattack had finally arrived!

Su Yun then turned to Phoenix Unrivaled and Leng Hanshuang. "Your Majesty the Empress, Sect Master, I must trouble the two of you to accompany me to the Divine Blade Sect. Their Sect Leader, Zhang Kuang, was incredibly arrogant back then. I must personally reclaim this debt."

"Very well." Phoenix Unrivaled nodded, her lips curling into a bloodthirsty arc. "It's time for my Golden Armor Guards to stretch their limbs as well."

"As you wish," Leng Hanshuang said succinctly.

The plan was set, and they split into two groups.

Half an hour later.

Su Yun stood at the bow of a massive dragon-headed flying ship. Behind him were the icy-cold Leng Hanshuang and the domineering Phoenix Unrivaled.

Further back were three thousand Wu Zhou elites clad in golden armor and wielding long halberds, along with hundreds of Core Disciples from the Mysterious Maiden Sect, each radiating Killing Intent.

The army pressed forward, their target aimed directly at the Divine Blade Sect!

The Divine Blade Sect's gates were built within a range of blade-shaped mountains, making it easy to defend and hard to attack.

However, when Su Yun's dragon-headed flying ship appeared over the Divine Blade Sect, blotting out the sun, the entire Sect fell into a deathly silence.

All the Disciples of the Divine Blade Sect stared in terror at the flag embroidered with the words "Mysterious Maiden" and the other Nine-Dragon flag representing the imperial power of Wu Zhou, their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering in fear.

"E-Enemy attack! It's the people from the Mysterious Maiden Sect and the Wu Zhou Empire!"

"Quick! Go report to the Grand Elder! Activate the Mountain-Protecting Formation!"

Screams and cries broke out in a chaotic mess.

Soon, barriers of light rose from the various peaks of the Divine Blade Sect, intertwining into a massive golden shield that enveloped the entire Sect.

An old man with white hair and beard, leading a group of Divine Blade Sect high-rankers, flew tremblingly into the air and roared with forced bravado.

"Mysterious Maiden Sect! Wu Zhou Empire! What do you want? My Divine Blade Sect has no past grudges or recent enmity with you. Why have you brought an army to our gates!"

This old man was the last remaining Early Nascent Soul Grand Elder of the Divine Blade Sect, and the current backbone of the Sect.

"No past grudges?" Su Yun stood at the bow with his hands behind his back, looking down at him from above, and smiled.

"When you followed that dog Mo Fan to besiege my Mysterious Maiden Sect, why didn't you mention having no past grudges? Now that retribution has come, you want to clear your name? Too late!"

Su Yun didn't bother wasting words and said directly to Phoenix Unrivaled behind him, "Your Majesty the Empress, lend me your troops to shatter this turtle shell."

"All troops, hear my command!" Phoenix Unrivaled waved her jade hand. "Formation-Breaking Crossbows, fire!"

"Yes!"

Three thousand Golden Armor Guards roared in unison, their movements perfectly synchronized as they took down massive Formation-Breaking Crossbows from their backs.

The bowstrings were pulled taut, and giant bolts shimmering with runic cold light were aimed at the Mountain-Protecting Formation below.

"No! Don't!"

The Grand Elder of the Divine Blade Sect turned pale with fear.

"We are willing to pay compensation! We are willing to surrender our treasury! Please, show mercy!"

"Begging for mercy now? It's too late." Su Yun sneered, no longer bothering to look at them.

He suddenly felt that letting the Golden Armor Guards break the formation was still too slow.

Better to do it himself!

"Everyone, move aside."

Su Yun took a step forward and leaped directly from the flying ship.

Under the shocked gazes of everyone, the Nine Yang True Essence within him circulated frantically. On his right fist, golden light blazed brilliantly, like a miniature sun!

"Break for me!"

With a thunderous shout, Su Yun's fist slammed hard against the Mountain-Protecting Formation that was said to be able to withstand a full-strength blow from a Late Nascent Soul cultivator!

BOOM—!!!

A world-shaking explosion rang out.

The golden shield couldn't even hold for a single breath under Su Yun's fist.

Like an eggshell struck by a sledgehammer, it was instantly covered in spiderweb-like cracks!

Immediately following was a loud "crack" as it shattered completely!

The violent energy shockwave blew away a large portion of the Divine Blade Sect's gates below!

One punch!

With just one punch, he had shattered the Divine Blade Sect's Mountain-Protecting Formation!

On the flying ship, the female Disciples of the Mysterious Maiden Sect...

Looking at Su Yun's domineering and heroic figure, which was like a Heavenly God descending to earth, their beautiful eyes sparkled with admiration and love.

Even Leng Hanshuang and Phoenix Unrivaled had a flash of shock in their eyes.

This man's growth speed was simply terrifying!

"Kill." Su Yun hovered in mid-air, lightly spitting out a single word.

"Kill!!"

The Golden Armor Guards and the Mysterious Maiden Sect Disciples behind him were like tigers entering a flock of sheep, instantly charging into the Divine Blade Sect.

For a time, screams and wails echoed through the clouds.

It was a slaughter with no suspense.

Su Yun did not strike again, simply watching the scene of blood flowing like a river below, his eyes showing not a ripple of emotion.

Toward his enemies, he was never soft-hearted.

An hour later, the battle ended.

From top to bottom, not even a chicken or dog was left alive in the Divine Blade Sect.

"Reporting to the Master, the Divine Blade Sect's treasury has been found!" Zhao Tie ran over with an excited face to claim credit.

"Very good." Su Yun nodded and issued an order that left everyone dumbfounded.

"Pass down the order: take away all Spirit Stones, Magic Treasures, Medicinal Pills, and Cultivation Techniques! Uproot all spiritual fields and medicinal gardens! Level all buildings to the ground! Oh, and..."

Su Yun pointed to the faintly visible Spiritual Vein beneath the main peak of the Divine Blade Sect.

"Cut off the Foundation of that Spiritual Vein as well, pack it up, and take it away! I want this Divine Blade Sect to become a barren wasteland from now on!"

The "Three-Alls" policy!

This was the true Three-Alls Policy!

Everyone present couldn't help but gasp.

Too ruthless!

[Ding! Detected that the host is implementing a Three-Alls Policy, which is a villainous act. Looting 50,000 Luck points!]

Hearing the System's notification in his mind, the smile at the corner of Su Yun's mouth grew even richer.

After ransacking the Divine Blade Sect, the army did not stop for a moment, marching grandly toward the Vajra Sect.

The Vajra Sect had already received the news and were scared out of their wits.

When Su Yun's army arrived at the gates, all the remaining people of the Vajra Sect knelt before the mountain gates.

They held the keys to the Sect's treasury high, only begging Su Yun to spare their lives.

"Oh? So sensible?" Su Yun playfully took the keys, his Divine Sense sweeping through the treasury; the collection inside was indeed quite bountiful.

"Fine, seeing as you're so sincere, I can choose not to kill you," Su Yun said indifferently.

Upon hearing this, the people of the Vajra Sect were overjoyed and kowtowed repeatedly.

However, Su Yun's next sentence made them feel as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

"The death penalty is avoided, but living punishment is hard to escape. Everyone, cripple your own cultivation and get out of the mountain gates. As for you Elders..."

Su Yun's gaze swept over the kneeling crowd. "Stay here and guard the mountain gates for my Mysterious Maiden Sect."

Crippling their cultivation was even more agonizing than killing them!

But facing Su Yun's cold gaze, who dared to say "no"?

After dealing with the Vajra Sect, Su Yun's gaze turned toward the final target—Medicine King Valley.

Although the father and son Mo Fan and Mo Canghai were dead, and the experts of Medicine King Valley were all wiped out, it was still the number one Alchemy Holy Land in the Southern Region.

Its Foundation was far deeper than that of the Divine Blade Sect or the Vajra Sect.

How could Su Yun pass up such a large piece of fat meat?

When the army arrived at Medicine King Valley, it was already deserted, leaving only some low-cultivation medicine boys and handymen shivering in the wind.

The once-fragrant Alchemy Holy Land was now deserted and desolate.

"Heh, they ran quite fast," Su Yun's eyes flashed with a hint of playfulness.

"Search! Dig three feet into the ground if you must, but find all of their hidden assets!"

With Su Yun's command, the Disciples of the Mysterious Maiden Sect and the Wu Zhou Empire began a carpet-like ransacking of Medicine King Valley like a swarm of locusts.

Su Yun himself walked leisurely among the pavilions and towers of Medicine King Valley with his hands behind his back, as if inspecting his own backyard.

However, when he reached the deepest part of Medicine King Valley, a valley listed as a Forbidden Ground, he suddenly stopped.

He keenly sensed that deep beneath this valley, there was an extremely obscure yet heart-palpitating energy fluctuation.

This fluctuation was faint and fleeting; if not for his Nine Yang Sacred Body, which gave him energy sensing far beyond ordinary people, he probably wouldn't have noticed it at all.

"Interesting."

With a curl of his lip, Su Yun's figure flashed, and he arrived directly above the source of the fluctuation.

This was a barren patch of stony ground that looked completely ordinary.

Su Yun raised his foot and stomped down hard.

BOOM!

The ground exploded, revealing a pitch-black underground entrance.

A cold, ancient Aura rushed out from the opening.

Without any hesitation, Su Yun walked straight in.

The passage wasn't long, ending at a heavy bronze door.

Golden light flashed in Su Yun's eyes, and he kicked it directly!

BANG!

The door swung open.

The scene behind the door, however, caused Su Yun's pupils to shrink violently.

This was not the treasure room he had imagined, but a dark room with an eerie, sinister style that was completely out of place with the rest of Medicine King Valley.