76: Third Life: How Am I the Villain? (Forty)

Before the Joyful Union Sect Elder could finish speaking, the pink radiance in her eyes suddenly surged.

Like two bottomless pools of peach blossom water, they shone directly at Xu Yuan!

At the same time, she lightly waved the short dagger in her hand, bringing up a wave of decadent sounds and pink clouds that stirred the mind, instantly enveloping the surrounding space.

Xu Yuan felt the scene before him change abruptly!

The originally desolate Stone Forest vanished, replaced by a luxurious palace filled with warm jade, fragrant scents, and dancing light veils.

Countless beautiful women draped in thin veils, with enchanting figures and stunning appearances, gathered around him with coquettish laughter. Their skin was partially visible, their breath was like orchids, and their slender, jade-like hands touched his body and cheeks with an alluring warmth.

In his ears were lingering, sentimental music and soft whispers that made one's bones feel numb and weak.

An intensely rich fragrance drifted into his nostrils, seemingly capable of stirring up the most primal desires, making one sink into it, unwilling to wake up.

Bewitching Arts—Thousand Illusion Desire Realm!

If it were a Cultivator with an unsteady mind or a slightly weaker Divine Soul, they would instantly be lost in this gentle trap, left to be slaughtered!

However, Xu Yuan's eyes only glazed over for a fleeting moment before his Ten Thousand Blades Returning to the Origin Foundation vibrated violently!

Hum!

An incomparably sharp and overbearing Saber Intent that could sever everything rose into the sky from his Dantian Dao Foundation, rushing straight into his Sea of Consciousness!

Within Xu Yuan's eyes, it was as if a black blade radiance flashed and vanished!

"Break!"

Xu Yuan shouted coldly in his heart. There was no need to deliberately circulate any anti-illusion techniques; that Saber Intent, tempered by the Evil Qi crystal and filled with Evil Qi and sharpness, was inherently the nemesis of such Bewitching Arts.

Whatever gentle trap, whatever stunning beauty—in the face of this overbearing Saber Intent, they were all Delusion!

Crack!

A sound like shattering glass rang out, and the luxurious, sensual scene before him shattered inch by inch like a reflection in a mirror or a flower in the water, revealing the desolate Stone Forest once again, along with the Joyful Union Sect Elder's face, which wore an expression of astonishment!

She clearly had not expected that her usually infallible Bewitching Arts illusion would be so easily and quickly broken by a kid who had just achieved a Breakthrough to Foundation Establishment!

And at the very moment the illusion shattered.

Xu Yuan moved!

He did not hesitate in the slightest, as if he had long anticipated this moment!

His body followed the blade; man and blade became one!

The body of Ink Sever erupted with an unprecedented jet-black Evil Qi radiance, and Xu Yuan himself transformed into a streak of black thunder that tore through everything, lunging straight at the Joyful Union Sect Elder!

The speed and the tricky angle far exceeded his battle against the Stone Ape earlier!

"What?!"

Before the astonishment on the Joyful Union Sect Elder's face could fade, she felt the fierce blade Evil Qi rushing toward her, and her heart gave a sudden jolt!

She excelled in Bewitching Arts and illusion techniques that confused the mind and killed invisibly; head-on combat was not her strongest suit.

Now that her illusion was broken and the opponent was lunging at her so fearlessly and aggressively, she subconsciously chose to retreat and evade, while simultaneously waving her short dagger to parry, condensing the pink clouds around her into a light shield!

Clang!

Ink Sever slashed fiercely against the pink light shield, emitting a harsh metallic clang!

The light shield trembled violently, its radiance dimming by more than half, but it did not shatter immediately.

However, through this strike, Xu Yuan keenly captured a piece of information—

The defensive power of this light shield did not seem as impregnable as he had imagined!

"As expected! She relies more on illusions! Close-quarters combat is not her forte!"

A thought flashed through Xu Yuan's mind like lightning!

An opportunity!

Although the opponent was at the Mid-Foundation Establishment Stage and her Spiritual Qi was far richer than his, when it came to the danger and ruthlessness of close-quarters combat, he, having condensed the Ten Thousand Blades Returning to the Origin Foundation, might not lack the power to fight!

At the very least, he was definitely not without the power to fight back!

The Battle Intent in Xu Yuan's eyes instantly soared to its peak. Instead of retreating, he advanced, his blade momentum sweeping out again like a violent storm!

"Arrogant!"

The Joyful Union Sect Elder was both shocked and furious. She had not expected that Xu Yuan would not only break her illusion but also dare to take the initiative to attack!

She immediately exerted her full strength, and the pink clouds surged again, colliding fiercely with the jet-black blade light!

In the Stone Forest, black light and pink clouds collided wildly, with explosive sounds ringing out incessantly!

Xu Yuan unleashed his blade techniques to their limit. In his hands, Ink Sever seemed to come alive; every slash was tricky and ruthless, imbued with a blade Evil Qi that could sever everything.

He completely abandoned defense, attacking without guarding, every blade aiming straight for the Joyful Union Sect Elder's vital points!

This style of fighting, risking his life and fearing nothing, made the Joyful Union Sect Elder, who was accustomed to controlling the situation with illusions and slowly wearing down opponents, extremely uncomfortable.

She had the vast Spiritual Qi of the Mid-Foundation Establishment Stage in vain, yet she was forced into a flustered state, able only to continuously urge the pink clouds to condense into shields or ribbons to parry and entangle, appearing quite disheveled.

Although her short dagger Magical Artifact was agile and eerie, bringing up streaks of pink poisonous radiance, it struggled to find a fatal opening in the face of Xu Yuan's overbearing, wide-sweeping, and Evil Qi-filled blade techniques.

Unable to secure a victory after a long attack, the Joyful Union Sect Elder became increasingly anxious and suspicious.

She had thought that capturing a junior who had just reached Foundation Establishment would be easy, but she had not expected him to be so difficult to deal with!

If they continued to fight, and it attracted powerful Yao Beasts in the Wilderness, the consequences would be unpredictable.

Thinking of this, she began to consider retreating.

Feigning a move, the pink clouds suddenly expanded, posing as a strong attack, but in reality, her figure drifted backward as she said coldly, "Kid, consider yourself lucky today! This lady has no time to play with you!"

Having said that, she turned around, intending to transform into an escape light and leave.

However, how could Xu Yuan let her have her way?

He had long since seen that the opponent was feeling timid. He sneered, and his offensive not only did not stop but became even more violent!

"Want to leave? Too late!"

Xu Yuan's voice was cold: "Let you leave so you can go back and bring reinforcements?"

"Since you have come, you shall rest here!"

Since you have come, then be buried here!

Before his voice faded, the blade momentum of Ink Sever changed again, sticking to her like maggots on bones. A fierce blade radiance even tore through her protective clouds, slicing a bloody wound on her arm!

"You!"

The Joyful Union Sect Elder was both shocked and furious. She had not expected Xu Yuan to be so aggressive, actually daring to turn the tables and try to keep her there!

"Little bastard! Do you really think this lady is afraid of you?!"

Being pushed like this by a junior at the Early Foundation Establishment Stage, she finally became completely enraged, and that trace of desire to retreat was burned away completely by raging anger!

"Since you are seeking death, this lady will fulfill your wish!"

She let out a sharp shriek, no longer holding back, and the Spiritual Qi of the Mid-Foundation Establishment Stage erupted without reservation!

The pink clouds around her became as rich as blood, and the short dagger Magical Artifact burst forth with blinding light. A pink needle shadow, extremely sinister and capable of eroding the Divine Soul, silently mixed into the clouds and shot toward the center of Xu Yuan's forehead!

Soul-Dissolving and Bone-Eroding Needle!

However, at the subtle moment when she was exerting her full power, with her old strength spent and new strength yet to be generated—

The opportunity Xu Yuan had been waiting for finally arrived!

A dazzling light suddenly erupted from his eyes, and the method of the Heavenly Blade Calamity within his Innate Blade Bone was instantly circulated to the limit!

An intent, far more terrifying and violent than before, containing the destructive aura of a Heavenly Tribulation and majestic blade Evil Qi, erupted from within his body!

The Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth seemed to solidify because of it!

Xu Yuan gripped Ink Sever tightly with both hands; on the blade, jet-black Evil Qi and dark golden light of retribution intertwined wildly!

"Heavenly Blade Calamity!"