149: The sword slays Huangfu, revealing his initial power and prestige.

Huangfu Xiong did not expect Lin Fan to actually dare to take the initiative.

In his eyes, Lin Fan was merely a junior in the Divine Power Realm—although there had been intelligence reports saying he could fight a Half-step World Master, in front of a true Mid-Stage World Lord, the Divine Power Realm was no different from an ant.

"Seeking death!" Huangfu Xiong sneered, not even bothering to use his full strength, simply striking out with a casual palm.

How immense was the spiritual power of a Mid-Stage World Lord?

Although this palm strike did not use any specific Move, it still invoked the power of heaven and earth, transforming into a hundred-foot-large purple giant palm that pressed down towards Lin Fan.

Before the giant palm arrived, the palm wind had already crushed the ground three feet deep, and the surrounding trees snapped one after another.

The expressions of Xia Qingyue, Nangong Yu, and the others changed drastically, and they were about to step in to help.

But Lin Fan's expression remained unchanged.

He did not even dodge, simply gripping the nirvana sword tightly.

"nirvana sword Art, First Form."

"Withered Years."

He thrust his sword out.

There was no earth-shattering momentum, no dazzling sword light.

There was only a gray Sword Qi, as thin as a thread, meeting the sky-covering purple giant palm.

"Swoosh." The moment the Sword Qi made contact with the giant palm, a bizarre scene occurred.

The purple giant palm, condensed from immense spiritual power, began to age and decay at a speed visible to the naked eye!

The originally solid palm shadow became illusory and transparent, finally dissipating in the air like smoke.

It was as if that palm had existed for billions of years and had finally reached the time for it to pass away.

"What?!" Huangfu Xiong's pupils constricted sharply.

The two Half-step World Masters behind him were even more terrified.

What kind of sword technique was this? To actually be able to make a spiritual power attack "age"?!

"Interesting." Huangfu Xiong put away his contempt, his expression becoming solemn.

"No wonder you were able to pass the trial of the Nirvana Divine Palace. It seems you really have obtained the Annihilation Inheritance."

He formed seals with both hands, purple light surging all over his body:

"But do you think you can contend with a Mid-Stage World Lord with just these little tricks? Naive!"

"Purple Qi Coming from the East—Suppressing Mountains and Rivers!"

Purple Qi from the heavens flooded in from the east, transforming into nine giant purple dragons.

Each one was a hundred feet long, with vast dragon might, even more powerful than the gray dragon shadows seen previously in Dragon Burial Valley.

This was the true strength of a Mid-Stage World Lord—the ability to mobilize the power of heaven and earth on a large scale to form attacks capable of destroying the heavens and extinguishing the earth.

The nine purple dragons pounced toward Lin Fan simultaneously, sealing off all paths of retreat.

This strike was enough to easily wipe out a city.

"Brother Lin, be careful!" Nangong Yu roared, operating the Three Talents Battle Formation at full power, trying to help share the pressure.

Xia Qingyue also activated the Moon God Sword Canon, ice-blue sword light transforming into moonlight across the sky, slashing toward the purple dragons.

But their attacks landed on the purple dragons, only splashing a few sparks, unable to shake them in the slightest.

The gap in Realm was too great.

Yet Lin Fan remained calm.

He let go of the nirvana sword, letting it hover in front of him, and formed a strange seal with his hands in front of his chest.

"Chaos - Nirvana Domain, fully open."

This time, it was no longer the invisible force field from before.

With Lin Fan as the center, the space within a hundred-foot radius suddenly changed color.

Half was the gray of Primordial Chaos, and half was the dim gray of the annihilation of all things.

The two colors intertwined and rotated, forming a giant Taiji pattern.

Within the Domain, the flow of time became chaotic, and the spatial structure became twisted.

The moment the nine purple dragons rushed into the Domain, their speed plummeted, as if they had fallen into a quagmire.

Even more terrifyingly, the purple light on their bodies began to dim rapidly, and their dragon bodies began to show cracks, as if they would collapse at any moment.

"This is a Pseudo-Domain?!" Huangfu Xiong's expression finally changed.

Only World Lord level powerhouses could master a Domain, but some gifted individuals could touch the threshold of a Domain before breaking through to become a World Lord, forming a "Pseudo-Domain."

But even a Pseudo-Domain was enough to cause a qualitative change in Lin Fan's strength!

"No wonder you dared to provoke this old man." Killing intent boiled in Huangfu Xiong's eyes.

"This child must not be left alive! Otherwise, he will surely become a grave threat to my Huangfu Family in the future!"

"The two of you, attack together, finish this quickly!"

The two Half-step World Masters behind him nodded, simultaneously bringing out their Lifebound Treasure—a blood-colored long saber and a bronze bell.

With the three of them joining forces, their momentum increased once more!

The blood-colored long saber slashed out a hundred-foot saber gleam, the gleam mixed with the wails of countless wronged souls, slicing directly toward the top of Lin Fan's head.

The bronze bell emitted a deafening chime, the sound waves turning into tangible ripples, striking Lin Fan's Divine Soul.

The nine purple dragons also re-condensed and pounced down again.

Three great killing Moves arrived simultaneously!

Facing this desperate situation, Lin Fan took a deep breath, and the scenes of Chaos and Nirvana lit up in his eyes simultaneously.

"Eternal Indestructible Body—Life and Death Cycle!"

Within his body, the Chaos Qi and Power of Annihilation circulated crazily, forming a perfect loop.

With every cycle, his aura grew stronger by a fraction.

"nirvana sword Art, Second Form."

"End of All Things."

The nirvana sword flew back into his hand, gray light surging on the sword body.

Lin Fan slashed out with one sword.

This sword was completely different from the previous "Withered Years."

Withered Years accelerated aging, while End of All Things directly invoked the Law of "termination"!

Wherever the sword light passed, everything began to head toward its end.

When the blood-colored saber gleam was still ten feet away from Lin Fan, it disintegrated on its own, turning into blood mist that dissipated across the sky.

The sound wave ripples from the bronze bell melted like snow when they touched the sword light.

The nine purple dragons were even more miserable; their bodies were as fragile as paper in front of the sword light, annihilating inch by inch starting from the dragon heads, not even leaving behind ashes.

"Impossible!" Huangfu Xiong exclaimed in shock.

He was a Mid-Stage World Lord; his attack, which mobilized the power of heaven and earth, had actually been broken by a single sword strike from a Divine Power Realm junior?!

"It's not over yet." Lin Fan's voice came calmly.

His figure flashed, and he actually appeared directly in front of the two Half-step World Masters.

"Careful!" Huangfu Xiong was shocked and wanted to rescue them, but it was already too late.

Lin Fan's left hand punched toward the Elder holding the saber, the Fist Intent containing the power of immortal annihilation erupting.

"Heaven-Opening - Nirvana Fist!"

"Bang!"

The saber-wielding Elder didn't even manage to scream before a transparent hole was punched through his chest.

At the edges of the hole, flesh and blood rapidly decayed and annihilated, and in the blink of an eye, the entire person turned into fly ash.

The other Elder holding the bell retreated in horror, frantically driving the bronze bell to protect his body.

But Lin Fan's right hand with the nirvana sword had already arrived.

"Withered Years."

He lightly tapped the bell with his sword.

"Crack." Cracks appeared rapidly on the surface of the bronze bell, spreading like a spiderweb, and finally shattered with a bang.

The sword momentum did not diminish, piercing into the space between the brows of the bell-holding Elder.

His body aged rapidly, turning from a middle-aged burly man into a withered old man, and finally turned into a pile of dry bones, scattering on the ground.

Two sword strikes and one punch, slaying two Half-step World Masters!

The whole process took less than three breaths.

"You... you..." Huangfu Xiong trembled all over, not knowing if it was out of anger or fear.

He had lived for hundreds of years and had never seen such a bizarre fighting style.

That gray sword light and Fist Intent seemed to be able to directly invoke the end of all things, ignoring all defenses.

"It's your turn." Lin Fan turned around and looked at Huangfu Xiong.

At this moment, Chaos and Nirvana auras intertwined around his body, his left eye filled with Chaos and his right eye with Nirvana, like a god or demon walking from ancient times.

Huangfu Xiong's expression shifted, and he finally gritted his teeth:

"Lin Fan, my Huangfu Family will remember the grudge of today!"

"Let's go!"

He was actually going to flee!

A Mid-Stage World Lord being scared into fleeing by a Divine Power Realm junior—if this news got out, Huangfu Xiong would lose all Face.

But no matter how important Face was, it couldn't compare to his life.

"Go?" Lin Fan sneered. "Did I say you could leave?"

"Chaos Nirvana Domain—Imprison!" The Taiji pattern suddenly expanded, shrouding Huangfu Xiong within it.

Within the Domain, time and space were chaotic, and Huangfu Xiong felt as if he had fallen into a swamp, his movements slowed by more than ten times.

"Do you really want to fight me to the death?" Huangfu Xiong roared, frantically burning his essence blood in an attempt to break through the Domain.

"From the moment you threatened my Family, it was already a fight to the death." Lin Fan's eyes were cold.

He held the sword with both hands and raised it above his head.

"This sword strike is the first one I've made after fusing Eternity and Nirvana."

"I haven't thought of a name for it yet."

"Let's use your life to name it."

On the sword body, Chaos airflow and Nirvana gray mist gathered crazily, finally transforming into a gray sword gleam tinged with Chaos luster.

The sword gleam was not large, only three feet long, yet it made Huangfu Xiong feel the suffocation of death.

"No!!!" He roared frantically, bringing out all his life-saving treasures, and even began to burn his Origin.

But it was useless.

The sword gleam fell.

Silent and soundless.

Huangfu Xiong's body began to turn into nothingness, inch by inch, from the middle.

It wasn't severed, it wasn't burned, but as if it had never existed, it was directly "erased" from this world.

Not even a trace was left behind.

The sword gleam dissipated.

Lin Fan retracted his sword, his Face slightly pale.

This sword strike consumed a huge amount of energy, draining almost seventy percent of his spiritual power.

But the effect was shocking.

A Mid-Stage World Lord, the third Elder of the Huangfu Family, had fallen.

The whole scene was dead silent.

Xia Qingyue, Nangong Yu, Tie Shan, and Liu Qingqing all stared at Lin Fan in a daze, as if they were seeing him for the first time.

The Earth Dragon Beast was trembling even more, lying on the ground not daring to lift its head.

It was too terrifying.

That was a Mid-Stage World Lord!

In the Great Xia Dynasty, a Mid-Stage World Lord was already a titan, an existence capable of establishing a sect.

And he had been killed by Lin Fan with one sword strike?

If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed it.

"Cough, cough." Lin Fan coughed up two mouthfuls of blood, his aura withered.

Although that sword strike just now was powerful, the burden on him was also immense.

If not for the Eternal Indestructible Body having stepped into the third stage, "Life and Death Cycle," he would likely have collapsed by now.

"Brother Lin, are you alright?" Nangong Yu stepped forward quickly.

"It's nothing, just a bit of overexertion." Lin Fan waved his hand, looking at the place where Huangfu Xiong had disappeared.

Apart from a bottomless sword mark, nothing was left there.

Even the storage ring and Lifebound Treasure had completely annihilated under that sword strike.

"What a pity, a Mid-Stage World Lord's assets should have been very rich." Lin Fan felt some regret.

Everyone: "..."

At a time like this, you're still thinking about loot?

Xia Qingyue walked to his side and handed over a bottle of Medicinal Pill: "This is the 'Life-Creation Pill' specially made by the Great Xia Imperial Dynasty, which can quickly restore spiritual power."

"Many thanks." Lin Fan took it and swallowed it, feeling his spiritual power begin to recover rapidly.

"This place is not suitable for staying long." Xia Qingyue looked into the distance. "The commotion of the battle just now was too great, and people will arrive soon. Moreover, you killed Huangfu Xiong, and the Huangfu Family will never let this go."

"I know." Lin Fan nodded. "Let's leave here first."

"Where to?" Liu Qingqing asked.

Lin Fan thought for a moment and said, "Back to the Lin Family."

Everyone was stunned.

"Going back to the Lin Family now, wouldn't that be bringing disaster to the Family?" Nangong Yu said worriedly.

"No." A hint of coldness flashed in Lin Fan's eyes. "I want to take this opportunity to completely establish my prestige."

"Isn't the Huangfu Family looking for trouble with me? Good, I'll just wait for them at the Lin Family."

"It just so happens that I can also see which people within the Lin Family will jump out at this opportunity."

He looked toward the east, which was the direction of the Lin Family Ancestral Land.

"This time, I want to let the entire Great Xia know."

"You can Move against me, Lin Fan."

"But Move against my Lin Family—"

"Death."