Chapter 2553: Chapter 2556: Cleaved with a Single Sword (Extra Chapter for ‘Old Yang’)

"Good!"

The Chen Family Head responded and leapt out of the tavern.

"Elder Jiu, sorry for any offense!"

Walking up to Hu Yiqiu, the Chen Family Head clasped his fists, a hint of solemnity in his eyes.

From Hu Yiqiu’s aura, he could tell that Hu Yiqiu, like himself, was at the peak of the Integration Realm. However, he was confident that he could defeat Hu Yiqiu. After all, he had stayed at this stage for decades, while he had heard that Hu Yiqiu had only broken through one or two years ago.

"Haha, since you’re here to die first, this old man will oblige you!"

Hu Yiqiu laughed loudly, his aura suddenly changing, as a brilliant azure light shot to the sky.

At the same time, an obscure mysterious vibration emanated from within Hu Yiqiu, causing the Great Dao aura in the surrounding heavens and earth to momentarily freeze. The Way of Water and Sword Dao aura became particularly pronounced, while other Great Dao auras were completely suppressed.

"You... you’ve touched the threshold of the Saint Realm!?"

Feeling that mysterious vibration, the Chen Family Head’s face changed, and he exclaimed in shock.

The observers watching also had changes in their expressions, all surprised as they looked at Hu Yiqiu.

Meng Changde’s face looked quite grim; now Hu Yiqiu was suppressing him. If Hu Yiqiu broke through to the Saint Realm, wouldn’t he never be able to stand tall before Hu Yiqiu?

"The Light of Changling is indeed extraordinary!"

Elder Feng sighed softly, "Even after wasting nearly a century, once restored, the brilliance returns entirely. The decision by Changling Academy back then was indeed absurdly wrong. If not for this delay, perhaps Changling Academy would have an Elder at the same realm as me by now!"

Si Huang’er was startled by these words, giving Elder Feng a surprised look, but couldn’t find retort. In just one or two years, to go from the Integration Realm Peak to touching the threshold of the Saint Realm, such talent was truly terrifying!

"Perhaps Elder Jiu used to feel sorrow for almost squandering a century, but not anymore. If not for that, Elder Jiu would not have encountered such an outstanding disciple!"

Lei Kai chuckled and spoke.

Elder Feng was briefly stunned, then a hint of envy appeared in his eyes, "Indeed! Even though I’ve seen many young people with extraordinary talents, even I feel a strong desire for Jiang Chen. If it weren’t for that little drunkard being his master, I would want to snatch the disciple!"

"Elder Jiu, we’re just sparring, is it necessary to be so serious?"

The Chen Family Head started to panic inside; touching the threshold of the Saint Realm meant understanding a bit of a Saint’s might. Before a Saint, all are ants! Although Hu Yiqiu wasn’t a Saint yet, and couldn’t even be considered a Semi-Saint, at this moment he was firmly suppressing him.

"Sparring? Waiting here for my disciple is also sparring? Go to hell!"

Hu Yiqiu coldly shouted, slapping the gourd at his waist. Instantly, the aroma of wine filled the entire abandoned town, as a longsword made of fine wine appeared in Hu Yiqiu’s hand.

"One Sword Determines the Universe!"

A loud shout arose, as Hu Yiqiu fiercely swung the sword in his hand.

Buzz!

Outside the tavern, the space trembled violently, as the azure colored Great Dao Divine Light surrounding Hu Yiqiu all converged into that Wine Fragrance Longsword.

Not only that, the Power of the Great Dao of Sword and the Power of the Great Dao of Water from the surrounding space all merged into the longsword, forming a majestic sword shadow before Hu Yiqiu, charging fiercely towards the Chen Family Head.

"No! Prefect, save me!"

The Chen Family Head’s face changed, crying out in shock, as blazing flames erupted from his body in an attempt to block Hu Yiqiu’s sword.

"Elder Jiu, stop!"

Liu Yuanshan’s face changed, his figure flickered as he rushed towards Hu Yiqiu, and the other three Family Heads also charged forward.

"Haha! Coming right up!"

"Drunken Slash of Ten Thousand Lives!"

Hu Yiqiu shouted again, fiercely slashing his sword at Liu Yuanshan and the others.

An annular sword shadow appeared, ferociously slashing past at waist height.

The expressions of Liu Yuanshan and the others changed, they didn’t dare to withstand this sword alone, bursting out with Great Dao Divine Light, joining together to form a light barrier in front of the sword shadow.

Bang!

The sound of an explosive blast rang out, shocking Liu Yuanshan and the others as they watched the sword shadow easily shatter, leaving an ominous feeling in their hearts.

They attacked Hu Yiqiu to encircle Wei and save Zhao, forcing Hu Yiqiu to split his strength to deal with them, thus alleviating the attacks on the Chen Family Head. Yet, this sword shadow seemed impressive but lacked much attacking force, making them realize something was off.

"Ah!"

Swish!

A miserable cry and the sound of a blade piercing flesh rang out; the sword striking the Chen Family Head shattered his Defensive Light Barrier and instantly cleaved him in half!

"Damn! Cut down with one sword?"

"He... really killed the Chen Family Head!?"

"Is this a not till death rivalry?"

"This Hu Yiqiu is so fierce! No wonder his disciple is so aggressive!"

The onlookers’ expressions changed, exclaiming in shock.

Liu Yuanshan and the others’ expressions changed, shouting, "Elder Jiu, since you’ve laid such a heavy hand, don’t blame us. All together!"

Whizz, whizz, whizz!

The four charged at Hu Yiqiu again.

Although they could not kill Hu Yiqiu, they could seriously injure him, at least making sure he wouldn’t be a hindrance when Jiang Chen emerged.

A four-on-one battle erupted instantly over the abandoned town.

boom, boom, boom!

bang, bang!

Huge booming and collision sounds carried from outside into the tavern, drawing everyone’s attention inside to the windows, watching this earth-shattering battle.

"Haha... exhilarating!"

From time to time Hu Yiqiu’s loud laughter echoed through the sky.

"Damn, another one!"

"Killed another! This Elder Jiu is really ferocious!"

Suddenly, a commotion of shock arose among the crowd, as one less aura existed in the sky!

"Not good, Elder Jiu is injured!"

"Damn, sacrificing injuries to slay two, Elder Jiu is quite ruthless towards himself!"

As the battle progressed, bursts of exclamations sounded out.

"Hu Yiqiu, you can’t protect him!"

An anxious, angry shout echoed, one of the remaining two figures in the sky made a speedy escape from the town.

"Come on, don’t run? As the Prefect of Qingyang Prefecture, leaving your fallen comrades on the battlefield, you truly have no shame!"

Hu Yiqiu shouted loudly, glancing in Liu Yuanshan’s running direction, but didn’t chase after him.

By now, Hu Yiqiu’s body was stained with blood, his face as pale as paper, his aura chaotic, with a terrifying sword mark running from his left shoulder to his right waist across his chest.

This very cut was what he paid for to slay two after intercepting an attack. If Hu Yiqiu hadn’t touched the threshold of the Saint, this sword strike would’ve taken his life.