121: Chapter 121 Traitors, This is Their Fate

The moment the voice fell, a figure blocked the path in front of the burning, charging Liu Sisi as if by teleportation.

Dressed in upright dark robes, the figure stood tall and straight.

Liu Sisi's forward momentum came to an abrupt halt, and she stared blankly at the back before her.

That back was as towering as a mountain, as if holding up her entire collapsing sky.

Sima Fengyun's pupils suddenly constricted. He stared fixedly at Ling Hao, his face filled with cold killing intent and gravity: "Is it you?"

"True Venerable Yueying!"

"The True Venerable has arrived!"

"We are saved!"

"True Venerable Yueying will surely be able to defeat this True Venerable from the Cangmu Kingdom!"

Below, after a brief silence, thunderous cries of wild joy erupted like a tsunami!

Jing Hong and the others were so moved that their eyes filled with tears.

In the eyes of Huang Shahai and the others, there was only unease, and even ruthlessness!

Ling Hao's gaze swept indifferently over the bloodstains left by Immortal Master Yunshui on the ground, then glanced at the swaying Liu Sisi behind him, and finally, pierced toward Sima Fengyun opposite him.

"Someone from the Cangmu Kingdom?"

Sima Fengyun's expression was arrogant.

"Indeed! Cangmu Sect, Yun Huai!"

"I don't care if you are Yun Huai or pregnant."

Ling Hao shook his head and softly spat out a single word.

"Suppress!"

Sima Fengyun was furious. As a Spirit Severing True Venerable of the Cangmu Sect, when had he ever been treated with such contempt?

"Arrogant! A mere newly advanced Soul Transformation, and you dare to speak such wild words? Give me..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the Soul Transformation Divine Might boiling around him instantly solidified.

His entire person was imprisoned in mid-air, unable to Move even a single finger.

"No... Impossible!"

Sima Fengyun's eyes were wide enough to split, and his Soul was trembling.

Wasn't this a small state in a remote land?

Wasn't he a newly advanced Soul Transformation?

How, how could this...

"Who... who exactly are you?! This cannot be something a Soul Transformation can achieve, you..."

"Too much nonsense!" Ling Hao interrupted indifferently, strengthening the power of suppression and sealing his ability to speak.

He turned his head slightly and looked at Liu Sisi.

"He is yours."

"Do whatever you want with him."

This sentence was like lighting the fuse of a dormant volcano.

Liu Sisi's hollow eyes suddenly focused, and the monstrous hatred and sorrow surging within them instantly found an outlet for release.

She stared fixedly at Sima Fengyun, gripping the spirit sword in her hand tightly.

"Ah——!!!"

With a shrill scream, Liu Sisi rose into the sky from behind Ling Hao and lunged straight at Sima Fengyun.

There were no flashy Moves, no complex sword techniques.

There was only the most primitive release.

"Chila——!"

Under the reinforcement of Ling Hao's power, the first sword strike viciously sliced a large piece of flesh and skin from Sima Fengyun's left arm.

Blood splattered out, and a few drops even landed on Liu Sisi's paper-pale cheeks, warm and sticky, adding to her grim and eerie appearance.

Sima Fengyun's face trembled, and fear finally appeared in his eyes.

He tried desperately to mobilize his spiritual power, wanting to break free from the restraints, but in the face of Ling Hao's absolute power, he could do nothing.

"Chi! Chi! Chi!"

Liu Sisi's sword light was like a mad viper, so fast that only afterimages remained!

She circled the imprisoned Sima Fengyun, crazily hacking, cutting, gouging, and picking!

Blood fell like a rainstorm, completely staining Liu Sisi's elegant blue and red dress a striking dark red, dripping down from the hem of her clothes.

Her hair was disheveled, and she looked like a madwoman.

Her beautiful face was blurred by blood and tears, but only her eyes remained, staring fixedly at Sima Fengyun's face, which was twisted and deformed by excruciating pain.

"Does it hurt? You beast! This doesn't even compare to one ten-thousandth of my Revered Master's pain!!!"

She roared, and once again, she stabbed a sword viciously into Sima Fengyun's shoulder blade, gouging it with force.

Under Ling Hao's suppression, Sima Fengyun could not make a sound.

But through the twisted expression on his face, one could tell that Sima Fengyun was currently enduring immense pain.

The dignified Spirit Severing True Venerable was now like fish meat on a chopping block, enduring the most cruel slow slicing.

Below, all the Cultivators felt their scalps go numb, their hearts turn cold, and their stomachs churn.

Even Jing Hong, the Golden Sword Gate leader, and others who hated Sima Fengyun to the bone felt a chill shoot from the soles of their feet to their scalps as they watched the blood rain and Liu Sisi's crazed figure.

This was no longer a battle, but the most cruel slaughter.

Huang Shahai and those few traitors from small Sects beside him were so scared that their Souls were nearly scattered.

Liu Sisi's madness at this moment made them feel as if they saw their own impending end.

Finally, after enduring who knows how many sword strikes, Sima Fengyun had been sliced into a bloody skeleton.

Liu Sisi's sword slowed down. She hovered in the rain of blood, her chest heaving violently, gasping for breath.

Looking at this "thing" before her that no longer resembled a human, the madness in her eyes was gradually replaced by a vast emptiness and a deeper sorrow.

"Revered Master... will never come back..."

She slowly raised the Yuehua Sword, pointed the tip at the center of Sima Fengyun's broken head, gathered her remaining strength, and struck through with one sword.

Sima Fengyun's Primordial Spirit was directly extinguished.

"Ahhh~"

Huang Shahai crawled and rolled toward Ling Hao's direction, tears and snot streaming down his face, kowtowing frantically:

"True Venerable! True Venerable Yueying, spare my life! Spare my life! We... we were also forced into it! That old demon's ferocity was monstrous, how could we ants dare to resist? I beg the True Venerable to see the truth!"

"We... we are willing to perform meritorious service to atone for our crimes! The Erosion Tide is surging west of the Qing River, we are familiar with the terrain, we are willing to be the vanguard and fight to the death without retreating! We will redeem our crimes with merit! I beg the True Venerable to show mercy! I beg the True Venerable to show mercy!"

The few traitors behind him also woke up as if from a dream, following suit by kowtowing frantically for mercy, swearing oaths to resist the Erosion Tide.

Jing Hong watched this scene, his brows locked tightly.

With the Erosion Tide pressing down, it was exactly the time when people were needed, but...

He took a deep breath and was about to step forward, preparing to risk angering the True Venerable to bluntly request severe punishment for the traitors.

Ling Hao looked at Huang Shahai and the others kowtowing like garlic pounding, and the corners of his mouth suddenly curled into a... smile?

This smile made Huang Shahai and the others wild with joy in their hearts! There's a chance!

The True Venerable really does need manpower to resist the Erosion Tide! They kowtowed even harder, their foreheads oozing blood.

Jing Hong and the others' hearts sank. Could True Venerable Yueying really...

Just when Huang Shahai and the others thought there was a glimmer of hope, the smile on Ling Hao's face instantly vanished, turning into indifference and mockery.

"Heh."

"I gave you face before, which actually made my Moonshadow Sect... seem too benevolent."

Huang Shahai's eyes widened, and he immediately understood something. The wild joy on his face instantly turned into boundless fear and despair.

"No——!"

As if instantly squeezed by an invisible giant force, Huang Shahai and those few traitors beside him, in everyone's eyes, turned into several clusters of scarlet blood mist, completely vanishing into ashes.

"Huahua——"

There was also a commotion below Qingxiao Mountain.

Jing Hong and the others cast their gaze down, only to see the Disciples of the Huangtu Sect below and the Disciples of the few wavering Sects from just now also silently turning into flying ashes, and a large area in the Cultivator alliance's formation instantly became empty.

"Traitors shall meet this end."

Ling Hao's voice rang out calmly.

The entire east bank of Qingxiao Mountain was deathly silent! Even the roars of the Erosion Beasts seemed to have disappeared.

Everyone, including Liu Sisi, who had just killed her enemy with her own hands and was covered in blood, felt a chill originating from the depths of their Souls and an indescribable awe.

The Spirit Severing True Venerable Sima Fengyun was easily suppressed, like a plaything!

The Golden Core Sect Leader Huang Shahai and other traitors, including their Sect Disciples, were erased with a single thought, turning into flying ashes!

This True Venerable Yueying... his power, his coldness, far exceeded everyone's imagination!

Jing Hong and the others looked at those clusters of blood mist that had not yet completely dissipated, then looked at that black-robed figure in the air, leaving only the deepest awe and submission.

With such a True Venerable sitting in command, Qing State... is saved!

Ling Hao's gaze swept over the crowd below, who were as silent as cicadas in winter, and finally landed on Liu Sisi, saying indifferently:

"The vengeance is taken, the spirit is spent, go down and heal your wounds. The Erosion Tide is not over yet."

Liu Sisi shuddered, looking at the place where her Revered Master fell below, then looking at the blood-dripping Yuehua Sword in her hand.

The madness and emptiness in her eyes gradually settled, turning into a kind of deathly coldness.

She silently descended, walked to the scorched earth where Immortal Master Yunshui fell, knelt down, and spoke no more, only gripping the blood-stained sword hilt tightly.

Blood dripped from her fingertips onto the scorched black earth.

...

On the outskirts of the Moonshadow Sect.

Outside Chengyue City, sword light flashed like lightning.

Lu Changning gave a clear shout, and the Flying Sword she controlled turned into two beams of cold, chilling light, swiftly piercing through the heads of two third-rank Erosion Beasts.

The sword edge did not hesitate, clean and efficient.

The huge bodies of the Erosion Beasts crashed to the ground, splashing foul blood everywhere.

Not far away, Lin Xiwei's Talismans circulated to form an array, summoning Heavenly Thunder to completely annihilate another Erosion Beast.

She stopped her stance and landed, her gaze inadvertently sweeping over Lu Changning, and a flash of surprise and suspicion instantly crossed her clear, cold, and indifferent eyes.

"Senior Sister Four, your Realm?" Lin Xiwei perceived the clear and unmistakable Golden Core Late Stage Divine Might on Lu Changning, her tone carrying obvious confusion.

She clearly remembered that this timid Senior Sister Four had not yet passed the Four-Nine Small Heavenly Tribulation to achieve the Golden Core.

But now, how could...