Chapter 220: Slaughter Him!

Annihilate the Sect and Exterminate the Clan!

Such a casually spoken sentence, coming from the mouth of a youth who looked like a scholar out for a spring outing, carried a strong sense of unreality.

The two Sword Sect disciples even thought they had misheard.

However, they had no chance to ask again.

"Whoosh!"

Sword light flashed from its sheath, lightly circling both their necks; two heads immediately fell, and the scent of blood instantly alarmed the Upper Profound Sword Sect.

"Who is it!?"

"What petty villain dares to invade our Sword Sect!?"

Sword lights were seen rising from all parts of Profound Sword Mountain, their tones filled with shock and rage, yet the next second, their voices were strangled in their throats.

Meanwhile, the two Foundation Establishment True Persons at the very peak of Profound Sword Mountain, the Profound Gold Sword Master and the Profound Silver Sword Master, were abruptly awakened; they felt under their spiritual sense that calamity had befallen their own sect, especially the Profound Gold Sword Master, whose face showed panic as he quickly walked out of his meditation chamber and looked toward the direction where the sound came from.

The next second, both men wore expressions of disbelief:

"What is that?"

Profound Sword Mountain is situated among a range of mountains, where flowers, plants, and trees should normally surround it; yet at this moment, they saw only a dark, oppressive white tide.

Boom-boom-boom!

They saw that towering white tide surge at this very moment; figures emerged from within it, one after another, armed and armored, numbering in the tens of thousands.

Leading them were two people, one male and one female.

The woman possessed peerless beauty and a cold expression, with a hall of rolling Yin Evil filling the sky standing behind her; the man wore a bitter expression, his feet treading upon a Great Dao diagram of Yin and Yang.

Both were clearly Foundation Establishment True Persons!

Yet at this moment, these two Foundation Establishment True Persons stood respectfully with hands clasped at their sides, flanking a Daoist in a black robe who was handsome and elegant, holding a magic sword upside down.

For a moment, the Profound Silver Sword Master's gaze was horrified; with his eyes as a Foundation Establishment True Person, he could naturally see that the dark crowd below was not actually people, but something akin to puppets; yet undeniable, even if they were merely puppets, this was a terrifying force.

Although in reality the opponent was only one person, it was enough to rival the entire Upper Profound Sword Sect!

Thinking this, the Profound Silver Sword Master was about to step forward to inquire, but before he could move, his arm was firmly gripped by the Profound Gold Sword Master beside him.

"Profound Gold...!?"

The Profound Silver Sword Master turned his head and was instantly stunned; he saw that the Profound Gold Sword Master, who had always been proud and confident, now had a pale face and a look of full panic.

"It is him... it is him!"

"He is that evil demon!"

Upon hearing this, the Profound Silver Sword Master's face also changed; the Profound Gold Sword Master had escaped back from Jiangbei, and what he described most was the so-called evil demon.

"Activate the Sword Array!"

The next second, the Profound Silver Sword Master had already spoken in a booming voice; his reaction could not be called slow; within Profound Sword Mountain, ten thousand swords rang out together, and the array's radiance instantly illuminated the sky.

However, seeing this, Lu Yang was not panicked at all.

He was even smiling: "Do you two Daoist friends think I am the kind of foolish person who is unaware of his own stupidity, boasting of great strength, and then openly attacks the door?"

"What..."

Hearing these words, the Profound Silver Sword Master was instantly stunned; before he could react, countless screams suddenly rang out within Profound Sword Mountain covered by the sword array!

Looking out, they saw that the mountain-protecting sword array, originally meant to deal with external enemies, was now turned against all disciples of the Upper Profound Sword Sect; countless sword lights fell instantly, and except for disciples at the peak of Qi Refining, the rest, with no defense, were almost instantly pierced through by the sword lights!

In an instant, the entire Profound Sword Mountain was dyed red with blood.

"This is impossible!" the Profound Silver Sword Master's eyes were about to burst; the Profound Gold Sword Master had a blank, dazed face: "How could this happen? Why did the mountain-protecting sword array turn against us?"

"Nothing is impossible."

Lu Yang shook his head: "The fact that the Upper Profound Sword Sect has a mountain-protecting sword array is no secret; since I knew, how could I come without making any preparations?"

He always planned before acting, only putting on the steadiest show.

Without ten percent certainty, how could he personally risk danger?

As early as yesterday, he had used 【Star-Hiding Radiance】 to conceal his aura, and relying on his attainment as a sixth-rank array master, he had secretly modified the Upper Profound Sword Sect's sword array.

"Since I have come, it means this place is very safe."

Lu Yang smiled calmly: "And since I said I would annihilate the sect and exterminate the clan, naturally I had already finished everything; coming up the mountain today was just to clean up the aftermath."

"After all, there is one person in your sect who is rather troublesome."

Before Lu Yang finished speaking.

"Clang-clang!"

A clear sword sound was heard rising from the belly of Profound Sword Mountain; at first it was as faint as a mosquito's buzz, yet after a few breaths it resounded inside and outside the Shanfeng.

Immediately, a middle-aged man in a Daoist robe, tall in stature, appeared in the sky above Profound Sword Mountain; at a glance, his sword-like eyebrows reached his temples, his expression resolute; then he waved his large hand, splitting into ten thousand sword lights to protect all disciples, and only then turned his head to look at Lu Yang below the mountain.

Their gazes met at this very moment.

The next second, sword light flashed!

"Whoosh—"

Without a single word, a sword light followed the line of sight and slashed directly across; almost simultaneously, a colorful aura of divine abilities appeared on Lu Yang's body.

Then the sword light struck by the middle-aged man seemed to lose its aim, veering a hundred thousand miles off course; instead of slashing at Lu Yang, it landed in the forest hundreds of meters to Lu Yang's left; although it cut down many trees, it did not harm Lu Yang, who stood with hands behind his back, in the slightest.

"... Hmm?"

Seeing this scene, the Upper Profound True Person immediately narrowed his eyes, looking at Lu Yang with a hint of surprise: "You can actually evade the lock of my sword intent?"

His sword intent cuts directly at causality; ordinary means cannot evade it.

Even if one had the same cultivation as him, in theory one could only choose to resist his sword light head-on; yet Lu Yang managed it, showing that his divine abilities were extraordinary.

"Sword intent... truly impressive."

Lu Yang sighed: "I heard that you Daoist friend received the inheritance of the Jade Pivot Yushu Jiange; you must surely have one or two secret sword techniques passed down from the Jade Pivot Yushu Jiange on your person, right?"

"What, do you want them?"

True Person Shangxuan remained remarkably calm, his eyes seeming capable of dissecting Lu Yang: "This divine ability of yours is formidable, yet it harbors a slight discord with your innate nature."

"If my guess is not wrong, this divine ability was formed from an external object."

"Your cultivation should not yet have reached the mid-stage perfection, but rather is bolstered like a 【official position】 in the Dao Court; your foundation is unstable, ultimately making you but a clay chicken and earthen dog."

As he spoke, True Person Shangxuan's sword intent also began to surge.

The familiar, needle-prick-like pain caused Lu Yang to squint his eyes: "I have seen another formidable sword cultivator; compared to him, you are much the same."

The one Lu Yang spoke of was naturally Ye Xingfeng.

To date, Ye Xingfeng was the only person Lu Yang had ever seen capable of achieving a mid-stage Foundation Establishment reversal against a mid-stage Foundation Establishment perfection, that is, challenging someone of a higher level.

Although it was not a cross-realm challenge, it still represented the gap between possessing one innate divine ability and possessing two innate divine abilities, revealing the strength of Ye Xingfeng's power. In comparison, although True Person Shangxuan was inferior to Ye Xingfeng in terms of spiritual treasures, Dao foundation, and divine abilities, he had already reached mid-stage perfection.

Being one realm higher was enough to erase all gaps.

'Speaking honestly, if I were to engage him in magical combat with my current strength, it would be at best a fifty-fifty split, and I would be unable to prevent him from fleeing or seeking aid from the outside world.'

Fortunately, he had come prepared.

At this thought, Lu Yang immediately formed the hand seal, and almost simultaneously, True Person Shangxuan merged his body with sword light, striking down from afar with a single sword aimed at the crown of Lu Yang's head.

"Boom!"

A deafening roar sounded; the 【Hundred-Breaking Subduing Perilous Black Cloak】 took effect once more. Lu Yang remained unscathed, his hand-seal forming action did not cease, and a radiance rose from his fingertips.

This streak of radiance began as merely a spark, but swiftly erupted into a prairie fire, merging with the Profound Sword Mountain Great Array already under Lu Yang's control. In an instant, it engulfed the entire Shenshan, encompassing True Person Shangxuan, the two Sword Lords Xuan Jin and Xuan Yin, and numerous Sword Sect disciples within the array.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

During this time, True Person Shangxuan did not cease his movements, striking out with three more swords, all of which were still hard-blocked by the marvelous power of the 【Hundred-Breaking Subduing Perilous Black Cloak】.

"So that is how it is. It cares not for power, but only counts the number of strikes, does it?"

Having cultivated for several hundred years, True Person Shangxuan was rich in experience. Although he had only struck three swords, he had already discerned the characteristics of this spiritual treasure and immediately changed his tactics.

The next second, he unleashed ten thousand sword lights!

The power of each sword light was inferior to before, but as long as they struck down simultaneously, they could still break through the 【Hundred-Breaking Subduing Perilous Black Cloak】 and injure Lu Yang's dharma body!

However, just at this moment, Lu Yang moved.

"True Person Yinshan attacks the Zhalong Pass, using the blood-defiling qi to temporarily reduce the array's power at Zhalong Pass, allowing me to shift the void here slightly."

Before his words had fully faded, the divine ability suddenly appeared!

【Fixing Intimacy and Distance】! 【Imperial Mountain-Relocation Great Art】!

"I invite all of you to tour Jiangbei!"

Lu Yang was seen laughing loudly as the radiance blooming from his fingertips instantly filled the vision of everyone present, swallowing everyone whole.

When the radiance dispersed, True Person Shangxuan was instantly stunned in place.

The surrounding environment had changed.

Profound Sword Mountain was still there, yet the surroundings were no longer dense forests, but a flat plain. On this plain, streams of qi surging toward the sky emerged.

The leader wore a black robe, his expression gloomy.

It was none other than True Person Yinshan!

Besides him, Han Xiang and Yu Chan followed closely behind, along with numerous Foundation Establishment True Persons summoned by the Holy Sect this time, clearly exceeding the number of ten fingers!

Yet the faces of these True Persons were also filled with astonishment, looking at Lu Yang, who stood with hands behind his back, in disbelief. Especially Han Xiang and Yu Chan; they finally understood why Lu Yang had not appeared at Zhalong Pass earlier. They had thought he merely intended to launch a surprise attack on the Profound Sword Sect.

Who could have expected that he actually moved the entire Profound Sword Mountain here!

"Fellow Daoists, why are you still standing there stunned?"

The next second, Lu Yang's voice drifted out eerily: "We, these evil demons and heterodox paths, what righteousness should we speak of with the righteous sword cultivators? All of you, attack with me!"

It was his turn!

"Wait, there is a misunderstanding here—"

Before True Person Shangxuan could finish speaking, he was simultaneously bombarded by the spiritual treasures and divine abilities of more than ten Foundation Establishment True Persons, completely submerged by a multitude of radiance!

Compared to direct magical combat, this is truly the style of the Holy Sect.

What of mid-stage Foundation Establishment perfection? If bullying the weak with strength is not allowed, then bully the few with many! As long as there is no qualitative gap, one can simply bury you with numbers!

(End of this chapter)