"So young and already with such achievements; this little girl’s future is simply immeasurable..."

Gazing in the direction where the skyship had departed, Elder Xunlong also stepped forward, his expression filled with emotion.

Ling Yin looked just a bit over twenty, yet possessed strength enough to rival a Saint. Even that Black Dragon, which the three of them together couldn’t stop, had been forcibly devoured by her. If she really cultivated the legendary Bewildering Heavenly Eye, her strength would no doubt reach an even more terrifying level.

Ling Chen did not deny this. With the terrifying resources of the Heavenly Eye Clan supporting her, Ling Yin’s achievements would definitely reach an extremely high level.

"Next, it seems we have to clean up the mess."

Ling Chen’s gaze suddenly fell upon the Grand Elder of Huangfu Family and Capture God opposite them. Both had just been heavily injured by the Heavenly Eye Ancestor. Although they hadn’t died, their strength was greatly reduced, and the aggressive arrogance they’d shown earlier was long gone.

The Grand Elder of Huangfu Family also knew things looked grim. After taking a killing blow from the Heavenly Eye Ancestor, he now had less than half of his original strength remaining. At this point, he feared that even facing Ling Chen alone, he might not be a match.

His gaze flickered for a moment, then fell on Capture God not far away, and he suddenly said, "Capture God, this old man still has one last killing move, but I need some time to prepare it. Help me block them for a while. Once my killing move is complete, these three will undoubtedly die."

"The Great Elder still has a killing move?"

Capture God’s eyes lit up involuntarily. At this critical moment, he had thought they were finished, but he hadn’t expected the Great Elder to still have a trump card. As expected of a Great Elder of a Saint Family—he really had many methods.

"Then I’ll give it a try and hold them off for a while!"

Capture God nodded. Although he was also severely injured, if he risked his life, blocking Ling Chen and the other two for a short while shouldn’t be a problem. With that, he suddenly shot out, charging toward Ling Chen’s group of three.

However, the instant his body shot forward, the Grand Elder of Huangfu Family behind him suddenly had a change in his eyes. He abruptly ceased his spellcasting, and his palm flashed out like lightning, striking Capture God’s back with thunderous speed.

"Great Elder, you!"

Caught by surprise, Capture God’s expression changed drastically, but before he had any time to react or adjust, his body had already been sent hurtling at high speed toward Ling Chen’s group of three. Meanwhile, the Grand Elder of Huangfu Family seized the chance to violently retreat and flee, clearly using some kind of escape Secret Method to flee into the distance at an astonishing speed.

So the old fox had never intended to fight at all; from the very start he’d planned to sell Capture God out to save his own life.

However, he didn’t have much time to think. Ling Chen and Elder Xunlong had almost simultaneously made their move—Ling Chen suddenly slashed out with a Blazing Thunder Cut, splitting the Void, while Elder Xunlong unleashed a killing-move Swordsmanship.

"Spare when you can! Ling Chen, I know I was wrong, let me go this once. From now on, I, Capture God, will never be your enemy again!"

Fear surged in Capture God’s eyes. At this moment, his life mattered most. In fact, he and Ling Chen didn’t have any great hatred between them, just some minor grudges. Now that the people of the Huangfu Clan were either dead or had fled, he had absolutely no need to keep opposing Ling Chen.

But while he thought that way, Ling Chen had no intention of giving him the chance. Ling Chen didn’t plan to leave a single loose end.

"Damn it! Then let’s die together!"

A crazed look flooded Capture God’s eyes instead, and he actually sped up, lunging wildly toward Ling Chen. Since Ling Chen wouldn’t spare him, then even in death he’d drag Ling Chen down with him!

All the True Qi in his body poured into the iron claw on his right hand, then he viciously tore through the Void, grabbing straight for Ling Chen’s heart!

On the brink of death, Capture God’s speed reached its absolute limit. However, just as his metal claw was about to touch Ling Chen, with a soft "puchi," a streak of sword light pierced through the Void first, stabbing into Capture God’s chest.

Before Capture God could injure Ling Chen, his vitals had already been pierced, and he completely lost the ability to take another action.

Crack!

Elder Xunlong’s sword arrived late, like a blazing rainbow, and chopped Capture God’s head clean off.

Even for a Saint, once his head was severed, death was inevitable.

Seeing the beheaded Capture God, Yuwen Lin and the others in the distance all felt a chill in their hearts. Capture God and the gray-robed old man were both formidable Saints, yet in the blink of an eye, they had fallen one after another.

Although neither had died directly by Ling Chen’s hand, their deaths were inseparable from Ling Chen.

"Thankfully, we didn’t make a move on this kid."

Wei Renjie swallowed hard. If they had been the ones to fight Ling Chen, their fate might not have been much better than Capture God’s.

"Hmph, that kid just got lucky."

Yuwen Lin was equally full of fear, but on the surface he still refused to concede. Having been screwed over by Ling Chen at the auction, he bore a grudge. But now that even Capture God had died because of Ling Chen, with their current condition, they were obviously no match for him.

"Let’s go."

Elder Gong spoke up. He too was afraid that Yuwen Lin would do something impulsive just to fight for pride. Now was not the time.

Suppressing the unwillingness in his heart, Yuwen Lin turned and left with Wei Renjie.

All around, only Wei Wuxian’s group remained.

"Wuxian, we should be going too."

The Old Man in White waved at Wei Wuxian. Now that the Heavenly Eye Ancestor and the other had left, there was no need for them to remain here.

"Treasures are easy to find; worthy opponents are rare."

Wei Wuxian stared straight at Ling Chen, a hint of fighting intent flickering in his eyes. It seemed he actually wanted to spar with Ling Chen.

"Sword Madman, truly lives up to the name."

Watching this scene, Lin Wan could only shake her head with a wry smile. At a time like this, Wei Wuxian still wanted to compete with Ling Chen. If that wasn’t a Sword Lunatic, then what was?

"Ling Chen, I believe right now you feel the same as I do. If we don’t have a battle, both you and I will be left with regret."

A sharp gleam flashed in Wei Wuxian’s eyes as he looked at Ling Chen and drew his sword. From him surged a towering Sword Intent, vast as a boundless sea, tearing at the heavens. This Sword Intent was already infinitely close to Saint Sword Intent, extremely powerful.

One had to know, not many people grasped Saint Sword Intent. Even among Sword Saints who had become Saints through the Sword Way, many had never pushed their Sword Intent to the Saint level. From this, one could imagine just how powerful Wei Wuxian’s Sword Intent was. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"Wei Wuxian, you’re very right. I am indeed looking forward to crossing swords with you."

Ling Chen nodded. When a Genius Swordsman meets another Genius Swordsman, it’s impossible for their hands not to itch.

"However, I won’t fight you now. If you truly want to spar with me, then come to the Nine Streams Tournament. If we meet there, I will definitely accept your challenge."

"Nine Streams Tournament?"

Wei Wuxian was slightly taken aback. He knew that the Nine Streams Tournament was a grand gathering for the geniuses of the Nine Provinces Land to be ranked and交流, but he’d only heard of it; he didn’t know much about it. As a genius from the Penglai Island Territory, he’d never participated in a grand event of the Nine Provinces Land. Yet after hearing Ling Chen say this, he became quite interested.

"Then it’s a deal."

Without pestering him, Wei Wuxian sheathed his sword. He was never one to force others. Since Ling Chen had agreed to face him at the Nine Streams Tournament, then they’d meet there. Right now, both of them were in poor condition; if they fought hastily, they wouldn’t be able to go all out, and the battle would be far from perfect. In that case, it was better not to fight at all.