91: Chapter 91: Just two short words, as light as silence.

The sickle-wielding Elder's vision blurred, and the figure from several hundred meters away instantly arrived right in front of him.

A seemingly unremarkable fist magnified infinitely in his pupils.

Time seemed to be infinitely elongated at this moment.

He could clearly see the texture of every inch of skin on the fist, and could perceive that terrifying power that crushed everything.

He wanted to dodge, wanted to defend, wanted to beg for mercy... But his body and Divine Soul were completely imprisoned by a supreme mighty force, unable to move even a fraction of an inch.

He could only watch helplessly as that punch fiercely slammed into his chest.

"Bang."

A soft sound, crisp and deathly silent.

There was no follow-up.

An Elder of the Blood Sea Sect at the Peak Spirit Pill Realm, along with the High Grade Magic Treasure blood-red sickle in his hand, together turned into dust all over the sky, completely dissipating between heaven and earth, turning to ashes.

The spot was completely empty, leaving not a trace behind.

Elder Xuetu and the Black-robed Protector completely froze in place, standing dumbfounded on the spot, their minds blank.

Dead?

The dignified Peak Spirit Pill Realm expert, just like that... gone?

Just a single punch!

Not far away, Zhao Ruoan's figure slowly appeared.

He gasped heavily for breath, his complexion as pale as paper, and the spiritual power throughout his body rapidly receding like a tide.

Extreme emptiness and exhaustion swept over his whole body, his limbs weak and sore, making it almost difficult to stand steady.

This strike had almost drained all of his Origin power.

Even so, he still stubbornly supported his crumbling body, locking his icy gaze onto the remaining two people.

He had won the gamble.

A kill with a single strike, shocking everyone present!

At this moment, the pressure completely shifted onto the opposite two people.

Should they fight to the death, or feel the urge to retreat?

Elder Xuetu and the Black-robed Protector exchanged glances, deep and unmasked fear filling each other's eyes.

The Zhao Ruoan before them was by no means an ordinary Cultivator, but a thorough madman, a Heaven-Defying monster!

Deep in their hearts, thoughts of retreating had already sprouted.

Yet just at the instant they were preparing to withdraw and leave, they acutely captured Zhao Ruoan's extremely weak state.

"He... He is exhausted!"

"This is his last trump card! At this moment, he is just putting up a false front!"

In the blink of an eye, monstrous greed completely overwhelmed the fear in their hearts.

Slaying such a Heaven-Defying monster, not only would it establish a supreme great contribution, but the secret arts, Magic Treasures, and Opportunity on his body would all belong to them!

"Kill!"

Fierce light surged violently in the eyes of the two, and regardless of everything, they fiercely lunged and slaughtered towards Zhao Ruoan once more!

"Damn..."

Zhao Ruoan smiled bitterly in his heart, silently greeting the eighteen generations of ancestors of these two crafty bastards.

At this moment, his spiritual power, vital essence, and Divine Soul were completely withered, leaving not a shred of combat strength.

It's over, this time he completely messed up.

He shook his head bitterly, having already prepared himself to meet death.

"Revered Master... If you don't come soon, this disciple of yours will lose his life here today..."

Just at the split second when Elder Xuetu's blood-red sharp claws were about to grab Zhao Ruoan's crown— —

The entire heaven and earth suddenly fell into deathly silence.

An extreme chill that froze eternity and chilled the Nine Heavens descended upon this heaven and earth without warning.

The rolling and rampaging blood-colored Evil Qi clouds above the firmament froze layer by layer at a speed visible to the naked eye, condensing into cold ice.

That extremely sturdy Blood River Soul-Locking Array that suppressed all directions instantly became unbearable, emitting crisp crackling shattering sounds, as ice-blue cracks rapidly spread across the blood-colored light barrier, covering the entire region.

The actions of all living creatures between heaven and earth slowed down completely, as if deeply trapped in a sticky quagmire of time, making every step extremely difficult.

Elder Xuetu and the Black-robed Protector, who were lunging over, were even more like frozen amber insects, the ferocious killing intent on their faces solidifying, and their bodies completely stiff and dead in mid-air, unable to move a single fraction of an inch.

The next instant, a cold, indifferent female voice line without a shred of mortal world's aura seemed to fall from the Nine Heavens firmament, and also seemed to slowly resound in the depths of all living beings' Souls.

"Who gave you the guts to touch my people?"

Before the voice fell, a peerless icy blue sword light without a trace suddenly slashed across the boundless horizon.

This sword strike was dazzling and peerless, and all the lights of the myriad Daos in the world were completely overshadowed before it.

Wherever the sword light passed— —

"Boom!"

The indestructible Blood River Soul-Locking Array, like fragile foam, completely collapsed silently and utterly!

Elder Xuetu and the Black-robed Protector frozen in mid-air, along with all the surrounding residual Demonic Path Cultivators, had their bodies like weathered sand sculptures, melting inch by inch from the top of their heads to the soles of their feet, turning into crystal-clear ice chips all over the sky, drifting across the long sky.

No screams, no struggle, no traces.

Dozens of Spirit Pill Realm Demonic Path Cultivators, including three Peak experts, were all completely erased from the world under this single sword strike!

Heaven and earth were cleared, leaving only a peerless icy blue sword light, as well as that cold questioning echoing in the Souls of all living beings.

Zhao Ruoan stared blankly at the scene before him, his mind greatly shaken.

He knew that Revered Master had come.

The mind that had been taut to the extreme suddenly relaxed, and a boundless sense of exhaustion swept over his whole body with a roar.

His vision darkened, and his body fell softly backward.

The intense pain of hitting the ground that he had anticipated did not arrive.

A warm and soft embrace steadily caught him.

A familiar cold and faint fragrance lingered at the tip of his nose, refreshing the heart.

Zhao Ruoan raised his eyes with difficulty, and what came into view was a peerlessly beautiful face that was ethereal and otherworldly.

Yun Qinghan.

She was still in a plain white long dress, with dark hair like a waterfall, a natural bare face, and a peerless demeanor, so beautiful it was breathtaking.

Only at this moment, in those eyes of hers that were usually as calm as an ancient well, indifferent and dust-free, surged complex emotions that Zhao Ruoan had never seen before.

There was heartache, lingering fear, monstrous anger, and a hint of a piercing killing intent he could not read.

"Ma... Revered Master..." Zhao Ruoan barely twitched the corners of his mouth, wanting to reveal a smile, but even this bit of strength was already exhausted, "If... If you had come a step later, you could only... collect my corpse..."

As the voice fell, he had no more support, completely closed his eyes, and fell into a deep coma.

Yun Qinghan cradled her disciple, whose breath was weak and whose face was pale, looking at the residual blood at the corner of his mouth and the cracks covering the xuanlin inner armor on his body.

That Immortal Emperor Dao Heart that had been dormant for eternity, without sorrow or joy, stirred up monstrous angry waves for the first time, breeding extreme rage.

She slowly raised her head, her cold and icy gaze sweeping across this land tainted by Devilish Qi and blood, and finally locking distantly in the depths of the Qingxuan Sect.

"Very good."

Two short words, as light as silence.

But the frozen killing intent wrapped within them made the firmament of the entire Cang Prefecture completely change color and lose its luster!