545: Chapter 545

This was cutting off all their roots.

Those Geniuses who were slaughtered in the hunting meet were the hope of their respective Families for the next few decades.

Now, it was all gone.

That night, the Wang Family residence was brightly lit, and the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

The Li Family, the City Lord's Manor, and the leaders of all the forces, large and small, that relied on the Wang Family were all present.

The Head of the Wang Family sat in the main seat, his face ashen. He scanned the room filled with faces of anger or fear, his voice hoarse.

"Qin Yun's actions are no longer about settling a private grudge."

"He is declaring war on the entire Jianghan City!"

He directly elevated this massacre to an opposition against the entire city.

A representative from the City Lord's Manor immediately agreed, announcing a city-wide martial law, sealing all entrances and exits, and launching a full-scale manhunt for Qin Yun.

Wanted posters featuring Qin Yun's face were plastered all over the city overnight.

The reward amount was so high that it made countless Loose Cultivators and outlaws green with envy.

Overnight, Jianghan City was on high alert, jumpy at every sound.

On the streets, the number of patrolling guards had multiplied, and the atmosphere was chilling.

...

Deep in the mountains, inside that dilapidated stone house.

Qin Yun was calmly counting the Storage Pouches he had looted from Wang Teng and the others.

Not far behind him, the grey-robed old man who had been pestering him was now frowning deeply.

"Kid, the world outside has been turned upside down."

"The Wang Family has joined forces with the City Lord's Manor, mobilizing almost the entire city's power to find you. You've now become the public enemy of Jianghan City."

Looking at Qin Yun's indifferent appearance, the old man felt more and more that this kid was not simple.

He cleared his throat and struck the pose of a master.

"However, the turmoil of a mere small city is nothing but trouble in my eyes."

"As long as you nod, I can step in and resolve this dead end for you."

He stared at Qin Yun and finally laid out his condition.

"Take me as your master."

"You have peerless talent but lack a true guide. I've taken a liking to your potential and am willing to accept you as my disciple."

"As long as you become my disciple, I will clean up this mess in Jianghan City for you. How about it?"

He thought that in the face of a desperate situation where the whole city was hunting him down, the youth would surely be tempted.

"No need."

The grey-robed old man was stunned.

Qin Yun had already stood up.

Instead of choosing to stay hidden in the mountains, he suppressed his aura and walked straight toward Jianghan City.

"You're crazy!"

The grey-robed old man followed behind him, his face full of disbelief.

"You dare to enter the city at a time like this? You're walking right into a trap!"

...

After entering the city, the streets were indeed much quieter.

Walking on the main street, Qin Yun could clearly feel that there were informants hidden in the teahouses and shops on both sides, and even in the shadows on the rooftops.

Wanted posters were pasted on the walls, and it was indeed his face drawn on them.

He walked past one of the wanted posters, and his footsteps even paused for a moment.

He glanced at the price on it and shook his head.

"It's listed a bit too low."

The grey-robed old man following in the shadows felt his eyelids twitch.

This kid was truly lawless.

Qin Yun didn't wander around the city for long.

He walked straight to the most sensitive place, the one most capable of igniting the city's fury.

In front of the gates of the Wang Family residence.

Standing directly opposite the grand gates, he took out Wang Teng's broken spear from his Storage Pouch and casually threw it onto the steps of the Wang Family entrance.

There was a crisp clinking sound.

The guards at the gate were momentarily stunned before recognizing the origin of the broken spear.

"It's Young Master Teng's spear!"

"Qin Yun! It's Qin Yun!"

Panic-stricken screams instantly ignited the fuse.

Inside the Wang Family residence, countless powerful auras soared into the sky.

The news spread rapidly throughout the city.

"Qin Yun has appeared at the Wang Family's doorstep!"

In an instant, the entire Jianghan City was in motion.

Countless Cultivators swarmed from all directions toward the Wang Family residence.

They had thought Qin Yun was a stray dog that everyone would beat.

No one expected him to be so arrogant as to stand before the Wang Family gates so openly.

This was a blatant provocation!

Five incomparably powerful Spirit King Realm pressures descended from the sky almost simultaneously.

The clouds in the sky shifted, and a terrifying aura sealed off the entire street.

The Head of the Wang Family, a Wang Family Elder, the Li Family Head, an Enshrined Expert from the City Lord's Manor, and a Guest Elder hired by the Wang Family at a great cost.

The five top Spirit King Realm experts of Jianghan City had all arrived.

Floating in mid-air, they blocked all of Qin Yun's escape routes from five directions.

The bluestone slabs on the street cracked inch by inch, and the buildings on both sides teetered under the pressure.

All the spectating Cultivators retreated in horror, not daring to approach even an inch.

In their eyes, Qin Yun was doomed to die today.

"Qin Yun, you've delivered yourself to our doorstep, saving us the trouble of searching!"

The Head of the Wang Family's voice was cold and filled with killing intent.

"You killed my Li Family disciples; today, I will use your blood as a sacrifice!"

The Li Family Head's face was contorted and fierce.

The City Lord's Manor Enshrined Expert's voice was majestic:

"Committing violence in the city is an unpardonable crime."

That Wang Family Guest Elder was even more direct, pointing his long saber.

"Little brat, are you ready to die?"

Five killing intents locked onto Qin Yun.

Seeing this formation, even the grey-robed old man was somewhat alarmed.

He sent a final voice transmission to Qin Yun.

"Kid, if you nod and take me as your master now, I can still pull you out of this!"

Facing those five terrifying pressures, Qin Yun's expression didn't change in the slightest.

He simply replied indifferently.

"Just watch quietly."

After saying that, he ignored everything else.

The five Spirit Kings attacked simultaneously, sealing off all of Qin Yun's room to dodge from five directions.

Qin Yun neither dodged nor avoided.

He simply raised his head slowly.

Within his body, that dormant gold-red solar fire seed was completely ignited at this moment.

Boom!

A terrifying aura far exceeding the Spirit King Realm erupted from his body!

The embryonic form of the Solar Holy Body manifested!

A gold-red divine radiance spread out in all directions with him as the center.

The bluestone ground beneath his feet melted in an instant, turning into crimson lava.

The five attacks, capable of easily killing any Spirit King Realm expert, melted away as they approached him, directly evaporated by that scorching aura.

The expressions of the five Spirit Kings changed drastically.

"Retreat!"

The Head of the Wang Family was the first to react, letting out a scream.

But it was too late.

In Qin Yun's eyes, a wisp of gold-red flame flashed and vanished.

Embryonic Solar Fire.

A sea of gold-red fire spread out silently.

Everywhere the sea of fire passed, the protective Qi of the five Spirit Kings shattered instantly like paper.

The protective Magical Artifacts on their bodies didn't even have time to glow before melting into molten iron on the spot.

Next was their Physical Bodies.

"Ah—!"

The shrill scream sounded only halfway before coming to an abrupt halt.

Under the gaze of countless shocked eyes, the five strongest Spirit King Realm experts of Jianghan City couldn't even last a single breath within that sea of gold-red fire.

Their flesh, bones, and Divine Souls were ignited all at once by the Embryonic Solar Fire.

Finally, they turned into ashes.

Not even a single wisp of remnant soul was left behind.

After the strike, the sea of fire surged back and re-entered Qin Yun's body.

The entire city was deathly silent.

The minds of all the spectating Cultivators were blank.

Those from the Wang Family, the Li Family, and the City Lord's Manor stood frozen on the spot, as if they had fallen into an ice cellar.

The Guiyi Realm old man stared at Qin Yun, his voice trembling violently with excitement.

"So that's how it is... so that's how it is..."

"This is no mere Dao Body or Celestial Body..."

"This kid is actually a Holy Body!"

The old man completely lost his composure, his voice rising.

"A Holy Body!"