Chapter 353

Although he had not sensed anything, this was the Yunling Mountain Range, a place fraught with hidden dangers. It was not only the Blood Lotus Sect that would kill them; those searching for treasures in the Yunling Mountain Range would not mind slaughtering a few Purple Sun Sect disciples if they had sufficient strength.

"Bang!"

As the two continued forward for several hundred feet and arrived at the foot of this mountain, the grass halfway up the slope suddenly exploded, and a ghost-masked figure shot into the sky.

A foul wind rushed into their faces. The ghost-masked figure’s energy was like a volcanic eruption, his entire body surging with crimson battle qi as he quickly drew the blade in his hand.

"Boom..."

It was merely the blade leaving its sheath, yet it sounded like a thunderclap erupting from within, the noise deafening, as if it had shaken the heavens and earth.

"Die!"

A fierce light flickered in Song Shixian’s eyes, his killing intent breaking through his body and causing the surrounding temperature to plummet.

Amidst the rumbling, he poured his battle qi into the Green Water Blade as if it were worthless. A sharp, terrifying energy blanketed the area, sweeping in all directions.

Within a hundred-foot radius, birds flew off in terror, insects fell silent, and vegetation snapped soundlessly, as if sliced by an invisible blade.

"Boom!"

A terrifying blade radiance, like a heavenly river falling from the firmament, smashed toward Xu Yang and Gao Lin with the force to crush all things.

Facing such terrifying, sharp blade qi, Xu Yang did not doubt for a second that it could easily kill him. Even though the blade qi was still over ten feet away, he felt a horrific sensation as if his whole body were about to split apart; his scalp tingled, his hair stood on end, and it felt as if a massive mountain were pressing down on him, capable of easily crushing him into a meat patty.

"Damn it, this is a Spirit Weapon! Junior Brother Xu, run!" Gao Lin screamed, his soul nearly fleeing his body in terror.

A Spirit Weapon!

To think there was actually a beast wielding a Spirit Weapon here specifically to kill them. What virtue or ability did they possess that a Spirit Weapon would be deployed to kill them?

Facing a weapon of this level, wielded by a Heaven Origin expert, one basically had no choice but to take the beating if they lacked a weapon of the same grade. They had no power to fight back; if they were lucky, they might escape with their lives.

He hadn't expected that after burning over a decade of his lifespan just a few days ago to escape a Heaven Origin expert, he would encounter a Spirit Weapon ambush today. It was as if the heavens were determined to finish him off.

The terrifying blade qi crashed down from above. It felt as if a thousand-pound boulder were pressing on him, and his feet had already sunk an inch into the ground under the terrifying, invisible pressure.

"A Spirit Weapon?" Xu Yang’s gaze was icy. To think it was something like a Spirit Weapon; no wonder it felt so terrifying.

"Rumble..."

His fresh blood surged like a dragon, and his robust golden battle qi roared into motion.

Xu Yang’s long hair flew, his robes billowed, and specks of gold quickly emerged on his body, covering him entirely in an instant.

Golden Battle Art!

He immediately activated this divine protective art, and the golden battle qi erupted from his pores like a volcano, shielding his body.

"Boom!"

As the invisible energies clashed, the surrounding earth shook and cracked. Xu Yang felt his body lighten; the mountain-like pressure was blasted back by his powerful energy and no longer affected his mind.

"Ah..." Gao Lin’s eyes were splitting, his battle qi surging.

Already injured, he had not even the slightest strength to move and could only watch helplessly as the terrifying blade qi descended.

"Bang!"

The next moment, a long spear swept across him, knocking him flying.

Xu Yang also shot into the sky, dodging this blade strike that seemed to split the heavens and earth.

"Boom!"

The earth trembled. Amidst the sky-high dust, a crack over ten feet long was torn open by the blade qi. Rocks flew, dust billowed, and vegetation was pulverized into powder with a series of soft pops.

"Who are you?" Gao Lin was horrified, cold sweat pouring down his back.

If Xu Yang hadn't knocked him away at the critical moment, he would likely be dead by now, even with his inner armor on.

With such terrifying power, no inner armor would be of any use; his internal organs would have been shaken into mush in an instant.

The opponent was acting sneakily, clearly someone who couldn't show their face.

"Whoosh!" As he spoke, he slashed out a wave of blade qi.

The crescent-shaped blade qi tore through the air, accompanied by a sharp whistle. Song Shixian said nothing, merely waving the Green Water Blade in his hand, and the blade qi Gao Lin had slashed out was shattered, posing no threat at all.

He ignored Gao Lin, his battle qi surging, and while still in mid-air, he unleashed a second strike at Xu Yang.

Xu Yang’s face was flushed!

He had saved Gao Lin at the last second, but he had still been affected by the blade intent. Even his formidable body could not ignore the blade qi unleashed by a Spirit Weapon.

Facing this second strike, he dared not be negligent. While bracing his protective battle qi, he moved his body rapidly to the side.

The massive blade radiance struck the ground in front of him, and the terrifying shockwave spread out. He used the long spear in his hand like a staff to sweep out, shattering the shockwave heading toward him, and another crack over ten feet long appeared on the ground.

"Junior Brother Xu, don't take it head-on, run!" Gao Lin, in the distance, dared not approach and could only shout a warning to Xu Yang.

If Xu Yang had a Spirit Weapon in his hand, he could naturally suppress and kill the ghost-masked man easily, but he did not. He could only avoid the edge of the Spirit Weapon; there was no room for a direct exchange.

"Alright!"

Xu Yang tapped his toes on the ground and flew backward, not daring to expose his back to the opponent.

He had already realized that the person before him had come specifically to kill him; Gao Lin had merely been caught in the crossfire. The opponent radiated intense killing intent, his gaze as if he wanted to skin Xu Yang alive.

"Liu Qingyuan or the Song family?"

Among those who wanted him dead, besides the Blood Lotus Sect, only the Song family and Liu Qingyuan had the capability to bring out a Spirit Weapon.

It couldn't be the Blood Lotus Sect; Lu Tianchen had already made his move, and it was impossible for them to have Gao Lin wielding a Spirit Weapon here to kill him. Although Liu Qingyuan wanted him dead, the people he sent wouldn't harbor such hatred for him. Therefore, the person before him was from the Song family.

Elder Huoyun truly stuck to his bottom line; he said he would watch the Heaven Origin experts, so he really only watched them, completely ignoring the Song family expert who had come wielding a Spirit Weapon.

Of course, Elder Huoyun probably didn't know about this matter. With so many people in the Song family, he could at most keep an eye on the Heaven Origin expert Song Yushao; he couldn't possibly watch everyone. He was a Heaven Origin expert, not a god.

"Beast, die for this old man!" Song Shixian hadn't expected that two strikes would fail to truly injure Xu Yang, and his killing intent surged.

He tapped his toes on the ground, the soil cracking, and his figure flew from his spot like an arrow from a bow, skimming the ground as he sped toward Xu Yang, kicking up dust along the way.

The Green Water Blade hummed, battle qi poured in, and Song Shixian unleashed another strike at Xu Yang.

The sharp blade qi swept out, pulverizing rocks and vegetation, the earth rumbling.

Xu Yang’s expression was grave. With this kind of momentum, he feared few Marrow Cleansing martial artists could resist it, other than Heaven Origin experts.

Even if he had cultivated the Marrow Cleansing realm to perfection, he would likely still fall short.

"If my Immovable King Body weren't perfected, I wonder if I could take a Spirit Weapon head-on!"

He shot into the sky, the sharp blade qi brushing past his body, nearly shattering his protective battle qi.

"Boom!"

Xu Yang’s gaze was cold and sharp. A roar of tendons and bones erupted from his entire body in mid-air, the veins on his arms bulging. The two-meter-long spear tore through the air with a shrill whistle, piercing straight toward Song Shixian.

"A deathbed struggle, that's all. Today, you will undoubtedly die!" Song Shixian’s voice was icy.

He had long sensed Xu Yang’s energy and knew that Xu Yang’s cultivation had already broken through to the Marrow Cleansing Great Completion. Such a cultivation speed caused his killing intent to soar even higher.

With such talent, if Xu Yang didn't die, it was a certainty he would reach the second Dragon Ascension. In the future, breaking through to the Heaven Origin realm and wiping out his Song family would be no difficult task.

Because the talent Xu Yang displayed was far more stunning than that of his Song family ancestor, Song Yushao.

He swung the Spirit Weapon, and with a loud bang, the semi-Spirit Weapon grade spear was shattered into pieces, which shot off in all directions.

Song Shixian took a large step forward, only to discover that while he was busy shattering the spear, Xu Yang had already charged into the mountain forest.

"You cannot escape!" Song Shixian roared, his voice rolling like thunder.

A wave of blade qi blasted in the direction Xu Yang had disappeared, and his figure followed, vanishing from the spot as he pursued into the woods.

Gao Lin watched all this with unease, not knowing how to handle the situation.

With his cultivation, chasing after them would be a dead end, and returning to the Purple Sun Sect to seek help would be too late, as it would take several more hours of hard running to get back.

"Boom!"

Another wave of blade qi landed beside Xu Yang. The overflowing force impacted his protective battle qi, causing his blood to churn.

His gaze was cold as he grabbed a second long spear.

This person was biting at his heels like a mad dog, and he, too, had been provoked into a true rage, intending to find an opportunity to kill this man.

"Bang!"

He flicked the spear against the ground, and a boulder the size of a millstone flew toward Song Shixian.

The Spirit Weapon swept across, and the boulder was pulverized into powder with a boom.

The next moment, Song Shixian’s pupils contracted violently. Amidst the sky-filling stone powder, a point of cold starlight suddenly appeared, tearing through the air and parting the dust to stab at his brow.

Under the golden spear radiance, he felt as if his brow were about to split open.

"How bold!" he couldn't help but roar.

He hadn't expected that in such a situation, Xu Yang would actually start a counter-attack. Engaging him in combat was simply seeking death.

"Boom!"

As he let out a roar, the Spirit Weapon in his hand turned into a deep blue light, precisely striking the tip of the spear.