Chapter 278: Total Annihilation

"Careful, one of them might be an Esper, and they have a firearm capable of inflicting fatal damage on Heaven Tier experts!" the Great Elder warned loudly.

"Boom, boom, boom," Lingyun struck out with both palms in rapid succession, instantly trading three blows with the several Shadow Guards who had lunged at him.

Only three screams were heard as the three Shadow Guards were instantly sent flying backward, crashing to the ground motionless, having already lost their breath.

"Damn it, the opponent is an Innate Expert; everyone below the Innate realm, fall back!" The Great Elder could not help but change color. Although to him, the Shadow Guards were items that could be reproduced at any time, having three of them wiped out like this was enough to make his heart ache.

Lingyun did not give them the time to react; with a flicker of his figure, he quickly caught up to a Shadow Guard who was trying to retreat and swept out with his right hand.

"Swift Wind Blade!"

The sharp Wind Blade sliced this Shadow Guard into two pieces on the spot, and then, under Lingyun's control, it shattered into countless tiny wind blades that showered toward the direction of the Great Elder and the others.

"Quick, dodge!" The leader of the Shadow Guards, sensing a fatal killing intent from the wind blades, shouted a warning.

Out of trust for the Shadow Guard leader, the members of the Ji Family all retreated rapidly. The wind blades landed on the open ground, instantly carving countless bottomless, narrow slits into the earth.

"This, what kind of technique is this?" Cold sweat could not help but bead on the forehead of the Ji Family Great Elder.

"Boom, boom, boom," a few gunshots rang out in the darkness, and several more Shadow Guards fell to the ground.

"Damn it, you few, go and find that woman!" the Great Elder said with an angry expression.

The Shadow Guards beside the Great Elder instantly vanished into the shadows, seemingly to track down Lingqi.

"Dragon Fighting in the Wild!" Lingyun pressed his hands into the Void, and massive power gathered around him, then transformed into several golden giant dragons that attacked the Ji Family Great Elder.

"Melting Yang Palm!" A red glow appeared on the Great Elder's hand as he struck heavily against the head of one of the giant dragons.

Upon contact, the Great Elder felt a tremendous force surging from the dragon's head. He immediately let out a deep shout and increased the power in his hands even further. The power of the Melting Yang Palm collided with the giant dragon, and the powerful energy leaked out, actually blasting several deep cracks into the ground.

The golden giant dragon shattered, and the Great Elder himself could not help but retreat several steps, leaving deep footprints on the ground.

"This guy, what exactly is his background?" The Great Elder was still pondering Lingyun's origins. "Such a young Innate Expert, it is absolutely impossible for him to be unknown!"

"Nine Yang Sword Qi!" After forcing the Great Elder back with one strike, Lingyun formed a sword seal with both hands and pointed forward in a series of motions; countless golden Sword Qi swept out from Lingyun's hands, enveloping the members of the Ji Family.

"Great Luo Finger!" Facing the assault of the Sword Qi, the Great Elder had no choice but to use his signature skill; his right index finger, wrapped in powerful energy, continuously blasted against the incoming Sword Qi.

The Great Elder was able to block the Sword Qi, but the others of the Ji Family were not necessarily so lucky; a series of screams followed, and quite a few people had already been severely wounded by Lingyun's Sword Qi and fallen to the ground.

"Does your Excellency really want to make an enemy of our Ji Family?" the Great Elder said while dodging Lingyun's Sword Qi.

"Does that even need to be asked? Didn't you say before that you were going to annihilate the Su Family? If you dare to lay a hand on my friend's family, you must have the resolve to pay the price!" Lingyun formed seals with his hands, and several head-sized fireballs instantly condensed around him, blasting toward the people present.

The Great Elder shattered three fireballs in succession, but his own consumption was not small. Just at this moment, a person suddenly rushed out from behind the Great Elder, the long sword in his hand thrusting straight at Lingyun's chest.

Lingyun extended his right hand and actually used two fingers to clamp onto the blade of the long sword, then struck a heavy palm against the man's chest, instantly caving in a large section of his chest and shattering his heart with powerful internal energy. The man groaned; even if he were an Innate Expert, facing such an injury, he could only drink the cup of hatred.

Lingqi's figure appeared quietly behind Lingyun, and in her hand, she was clutching a badge.

"Lingyun, I have already taken care of that Shadow Guard leader. By the way, I learned from him that the Ji Family seems to have also sent Innate Experts to the Villa side!" Lingqi said to Lingyun. "It's just a pity that I couldn't pry anything useful out of him; that guy committed suicide!"

"Don't worry, with Ye Xi and Esdeath there, even if a dozen Innate Experts went over, it would be in vain!" Lingyun waved his hand indifferently. "Now it is time to end the battle here!"

"Ji Ming actually died? Died at the hands of that little girl?" The Great Elder's pupils could not help but shrink.

"Didn't get any useful information from him? Then forget it; anyway, if we want to find out in the future, there are plenty of channels!" Lingyun waved his hand.

Lingyun formed a sword seal, and countless sword shadows emerged from around him.

"Peerless Under Heaven!"

Lingyun gave a cold shout, and the sword shadows attacked the people present like a rainstorm. For a time, Sword Qi crisscrossed within the Array, and the entire Array was within the attack range of the Sword Qi, with deep marks being carved into the ground. Seeing this move, Lingqi couldn't help but stick out her tongue and flashed into a shadow on Lingyun's body.

The Sword Qi raged for about several minutes before Lingyun dispersed it. In the now-silent space of the Array, a massive flame suddenly appeared, and the ground, which had been left in a mess, began to squirm; the cracks and deep pits everywhere were repaired bit by bit.

After Lingyun withdrew the Array, this place had returned to looking no different from how it was at the beginning; no one would have thought that in this inconspicuous place, six Innate Experts had actually fallen.

"Now, let's go back to the Villa and take a look! The battle there should be over as well!" Lingyun said.

"Okay!" Lingqi, who had emerged from the shadows again, nodded, then took Lingyun and sank into the shadows once more.

At the Villa, the battle had also reached its end; even though Esdeath and the others had suppressed their strength to the Heaven Tier Extreme, the battle was still a one-sided affair.

"Go to hell!"

Suddenly, a Shadow Guard lunged violently, the aura on his body surging, instantly rising from the late Heaven Tier to the Xiantian Initial, and the long sword in his hand even shimmered with a faint light. The Shadow Guard turned his blade and suddenly killed toward the direction of Esdeath.

"Not good, among that group, there was actually an Innate Expert hidden!" Huang Lao could not help but have his expression change drastically.

"Heh, I was just waiting for you to deliver yourself to my door!" A cold sneer curled the corner of Esdeath's mouth, and a transparent ice shield suddenly appeared beside her, blocking the Shadow Guard's blade.

The Shadow Guard struck the ice shield with his full-force sword, yet failed to shake the ice shield in the slightest. Seeing this, the Shadow Guard's pupils shrank, and a trace of an ominous premonition rose in his heart.

"There is more than one Innate Expert here, you know!" Esdeath sneered, and the aura on her body also rose to the Xiantian Initial in an instant.

"Goodbye!" Esdeath grabbed at the Void with her left hand, and countless Ice Spears appeared in the Void, piercing toward that Shadow Guard.

That Shadow Guard's expression changed, but it was already too late to dodge. He could only let out a deep shout and put his full strength into propping up his Protective Qi Shield, wanting to withstand Esdeath's attack head-on. In his expectation, this move was merely something Esdeath had unleashed casually, and the power should not be too strong. However, the result was beyond his expectations; his Protective Qi Shield was no different from paper in front of the Ice Spears, and he was directly skewered into a hedgehog by them.

"In, Innate? And an Innate who can kill their peers in a second?" Qi Lao almost bit his own tongue.

Since she had already revealed her "strength," Esdeath no longer held back; with a wave of her right hand, countless Ice Spears appeared in the Void simultaneously, instantly killing all the enemies present in a second.

"Being able to control the power of heaven and earth, this young girl is indeed an Innate Expert! Tsk tsk, looking at her, then looking at myself, I feel like my martial arts all these years have really been practiced in vain!" Nangong also sighed. "Alright, we should go; with such a powerful Innate Expert here, the people here are completely finished!"

After killing all the enemies present in a single move, Esdeath waved her hand, and all the corpses present were frozen in a sheet of solid ice, then shattered into ice crystals that filled the sky and vanished. Thus, the forces that came to attack the Villa were completely annihilated!