Is Ye Qing even human?

In Gu Changfeng's eyes...

The Wang Family alone, with Wang Tengfei at the Nascent Soul Eighth Layer holding the fort, was already difficult enough to deal with.

And now, another Family of the same Rank, the Tang Family, had popped up!

Two Nascent Soul Eighth Layers!

How could they possibly fight this?

One had to know that the reinforcements from the Sect were one Nascent Soul Sixth Layer and one Nascent Soul First Layer... this gap in strength was simply as vast as the heavens and the earth!

Just as Gu Changfeng was beginning to feel despair, two figures slowly ascended from the courtyard behind and arrived at his side.

They were none other than Ye Qing and Liu Xundao.

At this moment, Tang San, the head of the Tang Family, finally cast his gaze over.

His cold eyes swept over Gu Changfeng and the others, a mocking expression on his face.

“Alright! Sect Master of the Chunjun Sect, I trust you have seen that under the alliance of myself, Tang San, and Brother Wang, stubborn resistance is meaningless.”

“Now, I will give you a chance. Open the Mountain-Protecting Formation immediately and bind yourselves in surrender. Perhaps I can leave your corpses intact and give you a quick death!”

“Otherwise, do not blame me, Tang San, for being cruel and extracting your Divine Souls one by one to make into soul lamps, leaving you unable to live and unable to die!”

As soon as these words were spoken, Gu Changfeng and the others from the Chunjun Sect all turned pale with anger.

Many Disciples were filled with despair and grief-stricken indignation.

Ye Qing, however, had a somewhat strange expression.

Tang San?

This name... those who didn't know better might think he was Tang San from that other story!

He shook his head, took a step forward, and calmly swept his gaze over Wang Tengfei and Tang San, speaking indifferently:

“Is there anyone else?”

“If there are, call them all over and I'll settle it all at once.”

“If there's no one else, then I will send you on your way now.”

As soon as he said this, the entire scene fell into dead silence.

Whether it was the members of the Wang Family or the Elders and Disciples of the Chunjun Sect, everyone was stunned.

Wang Tengfei and Tang San were also taken aback.

Immediately after, Tang San's eyes turned sinister, like a venomous snake about to strike.

“Junior, how arrogant!”

“A mere Nascent Soul First Layer dares to speak so boldly before this seat! Since you are in such a hurry to die, then this seat will fulfill your wish and grind your bones to ashes first!”

Before his voice had even faded, Tang San's figure suddenly vanished from the spot!

Boom!

A violent killing intent locked onto Ye Qing!

Tang San's figure was like lightning, carrying the terrifying pressure of a Nascent Soul Eighth Layer Cultivator as he struck out with a palm.

He swore to kill this boy who didn't know the heights of the heavens in a single blow!

“Young Sect Master, be careful!”

Seeing this, Gu Changfeng was horrified and couldn't help but cry out in alarm.

He subconsciously wanted to rush forward to the rescue.

He glanced nervously at Liu Xundao beside him, his heart filled with extreme anxiety: Peak Master Liu, hurry up and act!

However, when he looked, he was stunned.

He saw that Liu Xundao actually had his hands behind his back, standing calmly on the spot.

There was even a hint of a smile on his face as if he were watching a play, with no intention of intervening whatsoever.

Gu Changfeng's heart suddenly sank, turning cold.

Watching a play? Is now the time to be watching a play?

What Young Sect Master Ye is facing right now is a genuine Nascent Soul Eighth Layer expert!

This is a matter of life and death!

A thought suddenly flashed through Gu Changfeng's mind.

It's over! Peak Master Liu must have found out about the deep sea profound ice jade and is dissatisfied; now he's showing up but not putting in any effort!

No!

He's not even bothering to show up!

Gu Changfeng couldn't help but feel a sense of sorrow.

On the side, although Gu Qinglan had an inexplicable confidence in Ye Qing, her heart also jumped into her throat as she saw that palm strike, which seemed capable of destroying heaven and earth, heading towards him.

She was so nervous she held her breath.

At this moment, Gu Changfeng had already pushed his cultivation to its limit, prepared to try and save Ye Qing at any cost!

However, in the next instant—

BOOM!!!

A sword light so brilliant it reached the extreme flashed and vanished without warning!

Fast!

Incredibly fast!

So fast that no one present could react!

Ye Qing still stood calmly on the spot, as if he had never moved.

But Tang San, who had been charging forward aggressively, suddenly froze mid-air.

The ferocity and cruelty on his face instantly solidified, replaced by endless horror and disbelief.

He lowered his head and looked at his chest.

It felt somewhat empty there.

Then, centered on his chest, fine cracks began to spread across his entire body like a spiderweb!

Bang!!!

A muffled sound echoed.

The dignified head of the Tang Family, a Nascent Soul Eighth Layer, didn't even have time to let out a scream.

His entire body, along with his Nascent Soul, exploded into a mist of blood!

Instantly killed by Ye Qing!

The entire field was in dead silence!

Ye Qing shook his head slightly and thought to himself:

Of all the names to have, you had to be called Tang San.

I thought with that name, you'd have some tricks up your sleeve, but after all that...

You were just a small fry.

Silence—

The entire area was deathly quiet!

Even the wind seemed to have stopped at this moment.

Whether it was the Elders and Disciples of the Chunjun Sect or the remaining Cultivators of the Wang Family.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the slowly dissipating blood mist, their minds completely blank.

Dead?

The head of the Tang Family, an established expert of Canglang Prefecture at the Nascent Soul Eighth Layer, Tang San... just died like that?

Instantly killed with one sword... by a Nascent Soul First Layer youth?!

Gu Changfeng's Adam's apple bobbed as he swallowed hard, his heart pounding frantically in his chest, nearly jumping out of his throat.

Shock!

Unprecedented shock!

This scene completely overturned his understanding of cultivation from the past several hundred years!

He understood the principle that a Prodigy could fight above their level.

Therefore, after seeing Ye Qing's extraordinary nature, he had made a bold estimate in his heart.

The Young Sect Master of the Taiyi Sect might have a combat power comparable to the Nascent Soul Second Layer, or even... the Nascent Soul Third Layer!

That was already the limit of his imagination!

But he never dreamed that reality would be so absurd, so... appalling!

Nascent Soul First Layer, one sword, killing a Nascent Soul Eighth Layer!

Between them was a full seven layers of difference in Realm!

Though it was rude...

He really wanted to ask right now:

Is Young Sect Master Ye Qing... still human?!

Gu Changfeng subconsciously glanced at Liu Xundao beside him.

He saw that the Peak Master of Xundao Peak still had that calm and unruffled appearance, stroking his long beard with a faint, lingering smile on his lips.

That look seemed to say: 'Standard operation, nothing special, just sit back down.'

Liu Xundao was indeed thinking that.

For a mere Tang San to die under the Young Sect Master's sword and receive the same treatment as that Deity Transformation True Lord from before...

It could be considered the fortune of his three lifetimes.

Gu Changfeng had simply seen too little!

If Gu Changfeng knew that the Young Sect Master had recently slain a true Soul Transformation expert with a single sword...

What kind of wonderful expression would he have now?

He would surely think...

A mere head of the Tang Family is nothing more than this, nothing more than this!

On the other side, Gu Qinglan's beautiful eyes were filled with brilliance, and a huge wave was similarly surging in her heart.

Although she had relied on her powerful intuition...

To have an inexplicable confidence in Ye Qing, when she witnessed this world-shaking sword strike with her own eyes, her heart was still violently impacted.

After the shock came endless relief.

Fortunately... fortunately she had taken the initiative to give that piece of deep sea profound ice jade to Young Sect Master Ye.

Otherwise, not only would her father's old Divine Soul injury have been unable to heal, they might have even offended this unfathomable and brilliant Young Sect Master.

If he were to take offense... the consequences would be simply unimaginable!

Just as the people of the Chunjun Sect were shaken to their cores...

The Wang Family's Old Ancestor, Wang Tengfei, finally snapped out of his horror!

His old eyes were wide open, his pupils bloodshot and filled with disbelief and boundless fear!

Tang San just died like that?

He died more cleanly than a Mortal killing a chicken!

That was an established expert at the same Nascent Soul Eighth Layer as him, someone he had known for hundreds of years!

He suddenly shuddered violently!

Wang Tengfei instantly realized that right now, there was an even more terrifying problem.

Tang San is dead... then the next one to die, isn't it... me?!

He considered his strength to be on par with Tang San's. Since Tang San was killed in one hit, if he went up, the result would definitely be no different!

“Run!!!”

This thought was like weeds growing wildly, instantly occupying his entire mind!

Swish!

Without the slightest hesitation, Wang Tengfei suddenly crushed a jade talisman hidden in his sleeve!

A green light instantly enveloped his body.

That was a movement jade talisman containing a speed-increasing Spell, which could increase his speed by thirty percent in a short time!

But that wasn't enough!

“Puff!”

Wang Tengfei suddenly spat out a mouthful of essence blood. His face instantly turned pale, but his Aura suddenly surged!

Blood-Burning Secret Technique!

This was the Wang Family's ultimate life-saving secret technique.

By burning essence blood as a price, one could exchange for stronger power and faster speed in a short time, reaching a greater combat strength!

But afterwards, one would be weak for a long time, and if it was severe, even the Foundation would be damaged!

In the past, this was a final trump card only used during life-and-death struggles!

But now, Wang Tengfei was using it to... escape!

Fight? Only a fool would fight!

Of the thirty-six stratagems, fleeing is the best!

Boom!

The blood-colored light and the green light merged into one as Wang Tengfei turned into a streak of light.

Without looking back, he fled for his life toward the distant horizon!

He only had one thought in his mind now!

Run! The further the better!

As long as he could survive, he could give up the yuan crystal mine and the Family's assets!

Although he had lived for over a thousand years, he was far from having lived enough!

If the heavens could give him a chance to start over, he swore he would never provoke this Chunjun Mountain Range or this damn yuan crystal mine ever again!

Wang Family's Old Ancestor's sudden escape left the Wang Family Cultivators who followed him completely dumbfounded.

By the time they reacted, Wang Tengfei's figure was already about to become a small black dot.

“Old Ancestor! Old Ancestor, wait for me!”

“Old Ancestor! I am your most beloved great-great-grandson Wang Da! Take me with you!”

“Help! Don't kill me... I surrender! I'm willing to serve you like an ox or a horse!”

For a moment, cries, shouts, and pleas for mercy rang out in a mess, and some were also trying to escape; the scene was chaotic.

In response, Ye Qing's expression was calm, only his thoughts moved slightly.

Swish swish swish swish swish!

Several invisible Sword Qi were born out of thin air.

Like the scythe of the Grim Reaper, they drew arcs through the air.

Puff puff puff!

Blood flowers bloomed one after another!

The voices of those Wang Family Cultivators who were still crying out for mercy stopped abruptly.

Their bodies were strangled into mists of blood by the sharp Sword Qi in mid-air, like brilliant and tragic blood-colored fireworks blooming.

And all of this happened in the blink of an eye.

It was just a single thought!

When the last blood-colored firework bloomed...

Ye Qing's figure also turned into a Startling Sword Rainbow, moving at a speed that left Gu Changfeng and the others dumbfounded.

He chased in the direction Wang Tengfei had fled.

At the same time, an indifferent voice echoed leisurely between heaven and earth.

“Run?”

“Can you escape?”

The voice wasn't loud, but it clearly entered the ears of the fleeing Wang Tengfei.

Wang Tengfei only felt a chill rush from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, his soul nearly scared out of his body!

He didn't dare to look back, only frantically squeezing every bit ofmagic power from his body, while also urgently transmitting his voice to beg for mercy:

“Senior! My Lord! Spare my life!”

“It was I, Wang Tengfei, who was blind and offended you! I promise that from now on, my Wang Family will never set foot in the Chunjun Mountain Range again!”

“What do you want? Spirit Stones? Magic Treasures? All the accumulation of the Wang Family over thousands of years can be given to you! The women of my Wang Family, you can pick any of them! I... I also have a great-great-granddaughter, sixteen years old, beautiful as a flower, still a virgin, most obedient, and knows how to serve people, I...”

However, the only response he got was a sword light.

Ye Qing's figure appeared behind him, his expression indifferent.

He raised his hand and pointed his fingers like a sword, slashing down toward the blood-colored light in front of him from afar!

BOOM—!!!

A grand and brilliant sword light, as if slashed down from the Nine Heavens, carrying a Divine Might that seemed capable of destroying everything, instantly tore through the sky!

Wang Tengfei's pleas for mercy stopped abruptly.

The final expression on his face was one of endless despair and regret.

In the face of this brilliant and grand sword light, even if he wanted to struggle, he simply couldn't; all resistance appeared so pale and weak.

The blood-colored light, along with his Physical Body, Nascent Soul, and even his Divine Soul...

Were all completely evaporated and annihilated into nothingness by the sword light in an instant!

And the sword light's momentum did not decrease, crashing down onto the earth!

Rumble—!

The ground shook violently, and dust soared into the sky.

When the dust settled...

A long, straight, and bottomless terrifying chasm...

Permanently appeared on the ground!

Gu Changfeng, who had chased from behind, stared blankly at that sword mark. He felt his mouth go dry and his mind tremble wildly.

His injuries were now completely healed!

But he had no doubt that even if he broke through to the Nascent Soul Eighth Layer or even the Nascent Soul Ninth Layer right now!

Facing this sword, he would only be killed instantly!

It took a long time before he recovered from the shock.

In addition to the shock in his chest, an indescribable excitement and pride surged at the same time.

Magnificent! Magnificent, my Taiyi Sect!

With such a heavenly Prodigy holding the position of Young Sect Master, the future of the Taiyi Sect is simply beyond imagination!

Ah ha ha ha ha ha!

...“To kill is to wipe out the clan; to cut the grass is to remove the roots.”

Ye Qing's figure drifted over, glancing at Gu Changfeng with a flat tone.

Gu Changfeng immediately understood and bowed respectfully, saying, “The Young Sect Master is right! I will lead the way for you. Let's go to the Wang Family first!”