MTLNOVEL Chapter 52 - The One Who Kills You!
Xiao Lingchen asked:
“Have you seen any Taixuan Sect disciples up ahead?”
The Tianhe Sect disciples hurriedly replied:
“Yes, yes, there are!”
“Quite a few, actually!”
“Right! And I saw Taixuan Sect’s Senior Brother Jiang up there too, fighting the Demon Clan!”
“Senior Brother Jiang?”
Yun Zhanyi asked:
“Are you talking about Jiang Yu?”
Among the Taixuan Sect’s disciples surnamed Jiang, known even to outer sect members, there was none other than Jiang Yu.
The Tianhe Sect disciples nodded repeatedly:
“Yes! It’s Jiang Yu, Senior Brother Jiang.”
“To cover our escape, he and a few other senior brothers and sisters fought the Demon Clan together.”
“But the situation didn’t look good. When we fled, Senior Brother Jiang seemed to have suffered serious injuries!”
Hearing this—
Yun Zhanyi couldn’t afford to delay any longer.
After exchanging a glance with Xiao Lingchen, without even time for words, she dashed straight toward the depths of the Dark Forest!
Along the way—
The two encountered numerous sect disciples—some locked in combat with the Demon Clan, others being pursued.
Both of them swiftly cut down the Demon Clan members they came across.
After traveling another hundred li—
They suddenly heard battle cries echoing through the sky.
The view ahead opened up.
As they drew closer, they realized they’d arrived at a vast cliff.
There, countless Demon Clan members had surrounded tens of thousands of sect disciples!
Looking around, Ning Huanhuan and Zhou Zhiyue of the Baihua Sect—whom Xiao Lingchen had met earlier—were among them.
Jiang Yu and a few sect prodigies stood at the forefront.
The situation on the scene was dire.
The tens of thousands of sect disciples all bore injuries, some light, some severe.
The prodigies, despite their Delusion Breaking Realm cultivation, were the most heavily wounded.
Jiang Yu appeared to have temporarily broken through to Delusion Breaking Realm. Covered in blood, he’d lost an arm and a leg, his aura extremely weak.
On the Demon Clan’s side, there were five Delusion Breaking Realm cultivators.
They were high-ranking elders of the Demon Clan branch entrenched in the Dark Forest.
The strongest among them was a young man at Delusion Breaking Realm fifth level.
His name was Ye Cangxuan, their leader.
Clad in black armor with a cape, he had two horns on his forehead and an eerie appearance.
With his command, the Demon Clan cultivators behind him let out a deafening war cry that pierced the clouds, charging toward the sect disciples!
Jiang Yu and the others wore grave expressions. With a single order, they launched a counterattack.
But—
They were already at their limit, battered and injured. How could they stand against the Demon Clan?
Not to mention, the Demon Clan had five Delusion Breaking Realm masters in peak condition!
The battlefield became a one-sided massacre.
Jiang Yu mustered his last strength, slaying dozens of Demon Clan cultivators.
But in the next moment, Ye Cangxuan shattered his remaining limbs.
“What do we do now?”
Yun Zhanyi’s face was filled with urgency as she looked at Xiao Lingchen.
Having witnessed Xiao Lingchen’s formidable strength, his status in her heart had unknowingly risen.
Xiao Lingchen’s lips curved slightly:
“What do we do?”
“Obviously, slaughter them and save our fellow disciples!”
With that—
He drew his Phoenix Sovereign Sword.
In the next instant, he unleashed Phantom Step and charged into the battlefield.
Seeing this—
Yun Zhanyi steeled herself, drew her longsword, and followed him in!
Positioned behind the Demon Clan, Xiao Lingchen and Yun Zhanyi caught them off guard.
With a full-force strike, Xiao Lingchen instantly felled tens of thousands of Demon Clan cultivators!
This scene left Yun Zhanyi utterly stunned!
Not to be outdone, she activated her divine ability, conjuring hundreds of tangible sword shadows around her before striking the Demon Clan ahead!
The shadows merged, their power surging a hundredfold!
With one blow, thousands upon thousands of Demon Clan members perished!
This sudden turn disrupted the Demon Clan’s formation.
The rear Demon Clan cultivators hurriedly turned to counterattack.
But below Delusion Breaking Realm, almost none could withstand a single strike from Xiao Lingchen’s sword.
He plunged into the crowd, swinging his Phoenix Sovereign Sword freely—each slash claiming at least tens of thousands of Demon Clan lives.
Blood sprayed across the battlefield, staining him red—an exhilarating sight!
Soon, the Demon Clan elders and Ye Cangxuan at the front noticed the chaos behind them.
When they turned, they saw a sea of blood.
Millions of Demon Clan cultivators had been reduced to corpses!
This sight struck a nerve in the Demon Clan elders and Ye Cangxuan.
It also shocked the sect disciples fighting at the front!
For a moment, the battle paused, all eyes fixed on the man and woman wielding swords at the rear.
One Demon Clan elder roared in fury, pointing at Xiao Lingchen:
“Who are you!”
Xiao Lingchen sneered:
“The one who kills you!”
As he spoke—
He swung his Phoenix Sovereign Sword toward the elder!
The Demon Clan elder dodged the incoming sword qi, his anger boiling over.
“Insolent!”
“This old man will make you pay with the lives of a million of my kin!”
With that, black light erupted from the elder as he charged at Xiao Lingchen!
At the front, Jiang Yu and the others recognized Xiao Lingchen and Yun Zhanyi.
Though they didn’t know how the two had just wiped out so many Demon Clan cultivators, they could see that Xiao Lingchen and Yun Zhanyi were only at late Dao Palace Realm.
No matter how you looked at it, they couldn’t possibly match a Delusion Breaking Realm Demon Clan elder!
In an instant, Jiang Yu shouted anxiously:
“Run!”
“You’re no match for him!!!”
But by then, the Demon Clan elder had already reached Xiao Lingchen.
His speed was astonishing—
His figure like a phantom.
With black steel claws, he struck at Xiao Lingchen with fierce force.
Xiao Lingchen raised his sword to block—
Clang!!!
The grating sound of claws scraping the Phoenix Sovereign Sword pierced everyone’s ears.
The immense force sent Xiao Lingchen staggering back hundreds of zhang.
After repelling Xiao Lingchen, the Demon Clan elder turned with a sinister grin, aiming his claws at Yun Zhanyi’s delicate face!
A Delusion Breaking Realm expert’s terror was overwhelming—Yun Zhanyi couldn’t even react as the claws closed in.
She froze in shock and panic!
But at that moment, Xiao Lingchen flashed back to her side from a hundred zhang away.
This was another earth-grade divine ability he’d gained from the Cauldron of Creation, aside from Great Luo Diamond Fist—called Instant Flash Technique!
When activated, it allowed him to teleport instantly to any spot within a certain range.
Its speed far surpassed Phantom Step by more than a little.
However, it heavily drained his body, so he only used it in dire situations like this!
With the Radiant Jade Sundial accelerating time, Shadow Assault Technique bound the Demon Clan elder’s movements.
The Phoenix Sovereign Sword’s qi and killing aura erupted simultaneously, aimed straight at the elder’s heart!
The Demon Clan elder’s eyes widened in horror.
He hadn’t expected Xiao Lingchen’s speed to be this fast, his movements this agile—matching, if not surpassing, his own.
Most crucially, the killing aura from that sword was overwhelming, filling him with dread.
As the sword qi erupted, even he had to momentarily avoid its edge.
Yet—
When he tried to dodge, he was shocked to find his body bound by something, rendering him immobile!
Though he broke free with all his spiritual energy in an instant, it was too late to evade Xiao Lingchen’s strike!
The Phoenix Sovereign Sword plunged into his heart.
In a flash, the sword qi detonated!
Shattering his heart into countless pieces!
The Demon Clan elder’s eyes bulged, filled with disbelief.
But in the end, without a heart, he could only collapse in bitter unwillingness, dead!