Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 51: You’re So Brave, Must Be Born in the Year of the Donkey, Right?
What answered them was an unparalleled gleam of sword light and a mist of blood that erupted like fireworks!
Ning Xuan unleashed the full power of his Fourth Realm swordsmanship while Si Lanyi employed her Primordial Dao Xuan Technique. They fought without reservation, with unrestrained and exhilarating ferocity!
"You’re seeking death!" an elder roared. He reached out, and a huge Palm Seal suddenly materialized in the void, crashing down. This man possessed the strength of at least the Seventh Layer Heavens of the Earth Realm. His might was absolutely terrifying.
HUM!
The space before him suddenly twisted, and a sword light flashed like lightning.
PFFT!
A head flew into the air as Ning Xuan appeared. Si Lanyi had executed her Primordial Dao Xuan Technique with sublime mastery. The newly appeared Ning Xuan made a slicing motion with his fingers.
Three more elders fell.
BOOM!
The experts further back finally reacted, attacking Ning Xuan in unison. But the void merely trembled, and Ning Xuan vanished without a trace. The next moment, a fan-shaped arc of sword light spread out from Si Lanyi’s side. A hundred heads soared into the air! The headless bodies stood erect like macabre firework tubes, their necks spouting fountains of blood.
"The... the elders have been killed!" someone stammered, his voice trembling.
The already terrified disciples of the Fiery Sun Sect turned to look, and their souls nearly fled their bodies.
"Run!"
As if a command had been given, the disciples in the plaza discarded their armor and scrambled over each other to flee the Fiery Sun Sect. Before long, the once-crowded plaza was empty, save for Ning Xuan, Si Lanyi, and a field of corpses.
Blood flowed in rivers. At the head of the plaza, more than ten people now stood. The youngest among them was already middle-aged. The upper echelon of the Fiery Sun Sect had all arrived.
"Two people slaughtered over a thousand of my Fiery Sun Sect’s disciples and four of its elders. You have plenty to be proud of," a middle-aged man said as he stepped forward. His face was an expressionless mask, showing no sign of grief.
He was Song Lie, the current Sect Master of the Fiery Sun Sect and an expert at the Twelfth Layer Heavens of the Earth Realm.
"Do you know that Su Yue Zhuai has a rule that anyone who reaches the Human Realm before the age of forty may join them to cultivate? I am thirty-nine, just a single step away from the Human Realm. By next year at the latest, I could have joined Su Yue Zhuai."
As he spoke, a ferocious malice surged from him.
"You—you have destroyed my future! You deserve to die! You truly deserve to die!"
RUMBLE!
The ground shook and the very heavens seemed to roar as Song Lie unleashed a torrent of terrifying aura. His fury had reached its peak. With the Fiery Sun Sect slaughtered like this, he could never join Su Yue Zhuai, even if he broke through to the Human Realm this very second.
"Capture them! I want them alive!" he bellowed. "As for the man, I will sever his limbs, gouge out his eyes, and turn him into a human swine! As for the woman, I will make her live like a dog in heat!"
Song Lie’s face contorted, his gaze a storm of viciousness and depravity.
Ning Xuan and Si Lanyi remained motionless, both focused on recovering their strength. Si Lanyi was using the Jade Marrow Ning Xuan had given her, while Ning Xuan was absorbing energy from Element Crystals.
Yet, even after Song Lie gave his order, no one dared to make a move. The corpses of the four elders lay nearby. The youth had killed them with just two sword strikes—both instant kills. The feat was utterly terrifying, considering they had all been experts of the Sixth and Seventh Layer Heavens of the Earth Realm.
"Protect me, and I’ll capture him!" someone finally shouted, breaking the dead silence. He had learned from the previous elders’ fatal mistake, fearing Si Lanyi would use her Dao Xuan Technique to teleport Ning Xuan before him again. The youth’s sword was simply too fast. Even though his own Cultivation was more than an entire major Realm higher, he dared not take the risk.
"Alright!" several elders replied in unison, moving to act as his protectors.
"Rise!" the man roared, thrusting his hands upward.
Instantly, the edge of the plaza nearest him was torn from the ground. Huge slabs of bluestone, crackling with the terrifying power of the earth, surged toward Ning Xuan and Si Lanyi to crush them.
Ning Xuan and Si Lanyi leapt back instantly.
"Hahaha, the more you retreat, the stronger the power of the earth I accumulate will become!" the man laughed wildly, full of heroic spirit. "Foolish juniors, an Earth Realm expert is not to be insulted!"
PFFT! 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞
A flash of sword light pierced through his open mouth, and the laughter died in his throat.
The bluestone wall that seemed to cleave heaven and earth crumbled, except for one section that remained suspended in the void. A closer look revealed it was no wall at all, but a vast, churning ocean—a Dao Xuan Technique!
Ning Xuan and Si Lanyi had joined forces to execute another elder from the Fiery Sun Sect. The protective circle around him had been rendered completely useless.
BOOM!
A massive hand materialized above Ning Xuan and swooped down. The very void seemed to be crushed within its grasp. Beneath the giant hand, Ning Xuan was as insignificant as an ant.
The one who attacked was Song Lie. His opponents had brazenly killed another elder right in front of him, grinding the face of the Fiery Sun Sect—and his own—into the dirt. If he didn’t act now, the Sect was truly finished.
"What the hell are you all staring at?! Attack! Get that little wench for me!" Song Lie roared.
The remaining men snapped to their senses and charged toward Si Lanyi in unison. It seemed the young woman was the easier target. As for the youth, though his Cultivation Realm was low, his swordsmanship was terrifyingly divine. It was better to let the Sect Master deal with him.
They didn’t realize, however, that this startled Song Lie. He had meant for some of them to engage the woman while the others covered for him. Why did they all charge off at once?
Then, he breathed a sigh of relief as the youth unleashed a sword strike, beheading two of the men rushing toward Si Lanyi.
Wait, that’s not right! I attacked him! He dodged my strike! Song Lie realized with a jolt.
"Damn it!" he cursed, both shocked and furious. He was completely dumbfounded.
"Audacious!" Seeing Ning Xuan was about to attack again, Song Lie brandished a long spear that had suddenly appeared in his hand. As an expert at the Twelfth Layer Heavens of the Earth Realm, he had originally disdained using a weapon. But now, he couldn’t afford such arrogance. This youth’s strength had damn-all to do with his Realm! If they kept clinging to convention, they were all going to die.
WHIZZ!
The spear shot out like a dragon, like a rainbow piercing the sun. This thrust contained the vast might of a top-tier Earth Realm expert and was utterly terrifying.
Ning Xuan let out a low shout, his Soft Sword snapping straight to meet the attack head-on.
"Overestimating your abilities!" Song Lie sneered, his pupils narrowing.
CLANG!
Spear tip met sword tip. Song Lie channeled his Element Force and drove the spear forward, and Ning Xuan’s sword immediately bent under the pressure. But just as a smile began to form on Song Lie’s face, Ning Xuan’s body shot backward like an arrow released from its string.
Song Lie reacted in a flash. "Be careful!" he yelled, but it was too late.
PFFT!
Before the words had even left his mouth, two more heads flew into the air.
Song Lie’s roar and the terrifying Sword Beams made the hearts of the experts charging Si Lanyi clench with fear. Si Lanyi, however, did not miss such an opportunity.
A vast ocean materialized in the void.
BOOM! BOOM!
Three martial arts masters simultaneously exploded into bloody mist. The Primordial Dao Xuan Technique—Sea and Moon Tide—possessed terrifying killing power.
Ning Xuan landed beside Si Lanyi. In front of them, only four enemies remained.
At this point, besides the disciples who had fled, only five people in the entire Fiery Sun Sect were still alive.
Song Lie stared at the surrounding corpses, his expression dazed. Even now, he couldn’t comprehend how two mere youths had brought his entire Sect to this state.
A deep, unshakable chill crept into the hearts of the four remaining elders. What the hell kind of monsters are these?! Their Cultivation Realms aren’t even that high, so how are they like indestructible cockroaches?!
What was truly outrageous was that one of them, as if possessed, actually asked Ning Xuan, "You’re so relentless. Aren’t you tired? What are you, part donkey?"
