170: Chapter 170 Entering Rift Sky City Alone, Slaughtering the Entire City and Seizing the Treasure Vault

Lietian City was not named after the deceased Patrol Envoy, but was a massive city built upon an ancient burial ground, said to be that of the ancient Yao Emperor, Lietian Si.

This was the true ruling core of the Heavenly Demon Imperial Court on the eastern front, garrisoned by an old Yao of the Early Stage Soul Transformation—the Golden-Horned Si King.

Ye Qing stepped through the sunset's afterglow, arriving before the city gate of Lietian City, which resembled the maw of a giant beast.

The city gates were tightly shut, and the city walls were covered in dense runes, flickering with a cold, black light.

Squads of elite Yao Race guards patrolled back and forth, on high alert.

Clearly, the news of the fall of Xifeng Pass and Blood Tooth Fort had already reached here.

"Halt!"

On the city gate tower, a heavily armored Mid-Nascent Soul Stage Yao general shouted sternly.

Ye Qing did not stop; he did not even look up at him.

"Fire arrows!"

A trace of ferocity flashed in the Yao general's eyes as he waved his hand abruptly.

On the city walls, hundreds of archers released their bowstrings simultaneously.

Countless poison-tipped armor-piercing arrows, like a swarm of locusts, whistled through the air, shooting towards Ye Qing with piercing screeches.

Ye Qing still did not stop.

Those armor-piercing arrows, capable of piercing metal and stone and imbued with Demonic Qi, seemed to strike an invisible barrier a zhang in front of him, falling weakly to the ground with clinking sounds.

On the city wall, the Yao general's expression changed.

Realizing he had encountered a tough opponent, he quickly roared, "Activate the defensive formation!"

Hum—!!!

The entire Lietian City shook violently.

The dark runes on the city walls instantly erupted with blinding black light.

A massive, black, water-like barrier appeared out of thin air, completely shrouding the entire Lietian City.

A thick, cold, primal Aura of pressure emanated from the black barrier.

"The power of a remnant soul of the ancient Yao Emperor, Lietian Si? Interesting."

Ye Qing finally stopped, looked up at the black barrier, and a look of interest appeared in his eyes.

But that was all.

He slowly raised his right hand, and the hunyuan ruler appeared in his hand out of thin air.

Dark silver light flowed across the body of the ruler.

Then, he simply slashed down at the seemingly impenetrable black barrier with the ruler.

Chi la!

A soft sound, like fabric tearing.

The city's defensive barrier, which could withstand the full-force attack of a Nascent Soul Perfection Cultivator, was torn open like paper before the hunyuan ruler, creating a gap several dozen zhang long!

"What?!"

On the city wall, the Yao general and the crowd of Yao Race soldiers were all dumbfounded, expressions of disbelief on their faces!

This defensive formation contained the power of a remnant soul of the ancient Yao Emperor, Lietian Si!

How could it... how could it be broken so casually by the opponent?!

In the moment they were stunned, Ye Qing had already taken a step forward, his figure passing through the torn gap and appearing above Lietian City.

He overlooked the massive city below, his Divine Sense sweeping across the entire Lietian City like a tide.

Several powerful Auras of Demonic Qi rose into the sky from within the city.

One of them, standing like an abyss or a mountain, was unfathomable, emitting the unique pressure of a Soul Transformation Realm powerhouse.

That must be the Golden-Horned Si King garrisoned here.

"A Human Race Soul Transformation?! Who are you?!"

A voice like rolling thunder resounded from the most magnificent black palace in the city, carrying a trace of shock and solemnity.

Immediately after, a golden figure appeared not far in front of Ye Qing, as if teleporting.

It was a burly middle-aged man with a pair of golden curved horns on his head, a rugged face, and clad in golden battle armor.

His eyes were a cold amber color, radiating a faint golden light, giving people an invisible sense of oppression.

He was the City Lord of Lietian City, the Early Stage Soul Transformation Golden-Horned Si King.

"A Loose Cultivator, Ye Qing," Ye Qing said in a flat tone.

"Today, I have come to borrow Lietian City for a while."

"Ye Qing?!" A flash of realization crossed the Golden-Horned Si King's eyes, immediately turning into thick killing intent.

"So it was you! The Human Race Cultivator who killed Patrol Inspector Lietian, Tu Lie, and Blood Wing!"

"I hadn't gone to find you, yet you delivered yourself to my doorstep!"

Before his voice had even faded, an even more violent and terrifying Demonic Qi surged from his body like a volcanic eruption!

The void beneath his feet twisted slightly under this terrifying Aura!

"Since you volunteered to come and die, then I will grant your wish!"

The Golden-Horned Si King roared, his right hand gripping the air, and a pitch-black trident radiating thick Evil Qi appeared in his hand!

Holding the trident, his figure flickered, appearing in front of Ye Qing like a teleportation.

The trident in his hand, wrapped in earth-shattering momentum, stabbed fiercely towards Ye Qing's heart!

This strike was fast, accurate, and ruthless! It was already the full-force attack of a Soul Transformation Realm powerhouse in anger!

A trace of solemnity flashed in Ye Qing's eyes, but he showed no fear.

He held the hunyuan ruler, its dark silver light shining brilliantly.

Without dodging or evading, he swept the ruler horizontally to meet the incoming trident!

Clang—!!!

A deafening sound of metal clashing resounded through the sky!

A violent turbulent flow of energy, centered on the two of them, swept madly in all directions!

It collapsed half of the many buildings in Lietian City below!

The Golden-Horned Si King only felt an indescribably terrifying giant force transmitted along the trident to his arm, numbing his tiger's mouth and making his arm tremble slightly!

"Such strong power!"

The Golden-Horned Si King was shocked, his gaze towards Ye Qing filled with solemnity.

He had originally thought the opponent was just a greenhorn who had just broken through to the Soul Transformation Realm, and with his own deep accumulation and ancient Yao Emperor Bloodline, taking him down should not be a problem.

Unexpectedly, the opponent's strength was so terrifying!

In terms of pure strength, he was even above him!

"Cannot fight head-on!"

The Golden-Horned Si King immediately made a judgment in his heart and changed his strategy.

His figure flickered, turning into a golden stream of light, and he began to circle around Ye Qing, fighting while moving.

His footwork was extremely flexible, ghost-like, flickering left and right, making him unpredictable.

At the same time, the trident in his hand, like a venomous snake, constantly stabbed at Ye Qing's vital points from various tricky angles.

He tried to use speed and technique to make up for the lack of strength.

However, how rich was Ye Qing's combat experience?

He saw through the Golden-Horned Si King's intention at a glance.

He simply gave up on pursuing, stood in place, and remained unmoved by the changes.

Holding the hunyuan ruler, he stood like a reef; no matter how the Golden-Horned Si King attacked, he remained motionless.

Whenever the Golden-Horned Si King's attack came, he always managed to resolve or block it in the most concise and efficient way.

The Golden-Horned Si King became more shocked and irritable the more he fought.

He discovered that his attacks seemed to hit a ball of cotton, with nowhere to apply force.

And the opponent's seemingly casual counterattacks always managed to seize the flaws in his Moves, forcing him to defend.

"This cannot go on!"

The Golden-Horned Si King was anxious, a flash of ruthlessness in his eyes.

He gritted his teeth, his figure suddenly stopped, and he held the trident with both hands, raising it high above his head!

An even more violent and terrifying Demonic Qi surged into the trident in his hand like a tide!

The shaft of the trident began to tremble violently, emitting a blinding black light!

A terrifying Aura that seemed capable of piercing the heavens and destroying everything emanated from the trident!

"Lietian Strike!"

The Golden-Horned Si King roared, and the trident in his hand, like an angry black dragon, was thrown fiercely towards Ye Qing with earth-shattering momentum!

This strike was his strongest ultimate Move!

It condensed all his Demonic Qi and insights into Law!

Wherever the trident passed, the space seemed to be torn apart, leaving a pitch-black spatial rift!

Seeing this, Ye Qing's eyes finally became serious.

He took a deep breath, pushing his Chaos Infant Essence to the limit.

On the hunyuan ruler, the dark silver light became brilliant to the extreme, like an dark silver sun rising in his hand!

"sword, Break the Void!"

He pointed the ruler, simply and directly, at the trident coming towards him like an angry black dragon!

This strike, seemingly slow, seemed to contain some kind of heavenly truth.

It struck later but arrived first, precisely hitting the tip of the trident!

Ding!

A crisp sound, like metal and jade clashing, rang out between heaven and earth!

Time seemed to freeze for an instant at this moment.

Then, in everyone's terrified gaze, the trident that had condensed all the Golden-Horned Si King's power began to show fine cracks at its tip, which rapidly spread to the entire shaft!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Amidst the crisp breaking sounds, that Lifebound Treasure that had accompanied the Golden-Horned Si King for thousands of years shattered, turning into countless fragments and scattering!

"Pfft—!"

With his Lifebound Treasure destroyed, the Golden-Horned Si King suffered a backlash, spewing a large mouthful of golden blood, and his Aura instantly withered!

The look in his eyes towards Ye Qing was filled with horror and despair!

"Your... your strength..."

He opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but couldn't utter a word.

Ye Qing did not give him any chance to breathe.

His figure flickered, ghost-like, appearing in front of the Golden-Horned Si King.

The hunyuan ruler in his hand, like the scythe of the Grim Reaper, gently swept across his neck.

Pfft!

A head with an expression of disbelief and a pair of golden curved horns soared into the sky!

The Early Stage Soul Transformation Golden-Horned Si King, dead!

Ye Qing retracted the hunyuan ruler, not even looking at the Golden-Horned Si King's corpse.

He waved his hand and collected the corpse, along with the shattered trident fragments, into his Cave Heaven World.

Then, he turned his gaze to Lietian City below, which had lost its master and had begun to fall into chaos.

He did not care about the Yao Race soldiers fleeing in all directions, but directly locked onto the core locations in the city—the City Lord's treasury, the Spirit Medicine garden, and the large Spiritual Vein that supported the operation of the entire Lietian City.

He took a step and appeared in front of the City Lord's treasury gate.

The treasury gate was cast from ten-thousand-year black iron, several feet thick, and engraved with Soul Transformation-level defensive runes.

Ye Qing did not even use the hunyuan ruler; he just extended his right hand and pressed it onto the heavy black iron gate.

Then, he exerted a gentle force.

Boom—!!!

A loud noise!

The black iron gate, weighing over a million catties and engraved with Soul Transformation-level runes, collapsed inward as if hit by an ancient giant beast!

Inside the treasury, dazzling treasures came into view.

Mountains of Top-Grade Spirit Stones, like small hills, emitted brilliant starlight; a rough estimate was at least several hundred thousand!

On rows of shelves carved from ten-thousand-year warm jade were placed various rare Spirit Medicine, Ores, and Yao Beast Materials that were hard to see in the outside world.

Many were top-tier Materials for refining Soul Transformation-level Medicinal Pills or Magic Treasures!

In the corner, dozens of extraordinary-grade Magic Treasures were piled casually, and some of them even faintly exuded the Aura of Acquired Spirit Treasures!

"Worthy of being the treasury of Lietian City! The collection is indeed rich!"

A flash of joy appeared in Ye Qing's eyes.

Without hesitation, he opened his Cave Heaven World and began to devour crazily!

Spirit Stones, Spirit Medicine, Ores, Materials, Magic Treasures... everything of value was swallowed into the Cave Heaven World in one go, like a whale inhaling water!

He was like an efficient human harvester; wherever he went, nothing was left behind!

In just the time it took for an incense stick to burn, the massive treasury was emptied by him, not even leaving a single Low-Grade Spirit Stone!

Then, he went to the Spirit Medicine garden and transplanted all the long-aged, high-grade Spirit Medicine into his own Cave Heaven World.

Finally, he arrived deep underground in Lietian City, before the large Spiritual Vein that coiled like a giant dragon.

This Spiritual Vein was of extremely high quality, and the Spiritual Qi it contained was far more massive than all the medium-sized Spiritual Veins he had devoured before combined!

"This Spiritual Vein is the true Foundation of Lietian City! Devouring it, my Cave Heaven World will surely take another leap!"

Ye Qing took a deep breath and pushed the devouring power of his Cave Heaven World to the limit!

An invisible, terrifying suction force like a black hole spread from his body, shrouding the large Spiritual Vein along with the entire essence of the earth vein it was rooted in!

The large Spiritual Vein seemed to feel a fatal threat and began to struggle violently, emitting a deafening roar!

But in the face of Ye Qing's Soul Transformation-level devouring power, its struggle was destined to be futile.

Rumble—!!!

Amidst a heaven-shaking roar, the large Spiritual Vein, resembling a giant dragon, was forcibly extracted from the ground by Ye Qing and sent into his Cave Heaven World!

Having lost the support of the Spiritual Vein, the entire Lietian City began to shake violently.

Huge cracks appeared on the ground, and many buildings began to collapse!

This once-glorious Yao Race giant city was heading toward destruction!

Ye Qing did not even look at the collapsing giant city.

His figure flickered, turning into a streak of light, and he shot into the sky, rushing towards the deeper parts of the Heavenly Demon Imperial Court.

Lietian City had been broken; his next target would be the true hinterland of the Heavenly Demon Imperial Court—those ancient Holy Lands that contained more resources and stronger Legacies.