Chapter 2456: A Massive Onslaught

The middle‑aged man defending Divine Sword Villa, with a death‑bound resolve, was ready to fight Ye Liuyun to the death.

But unexpectedly, after Ye Liuyun pointed a finger at him, he drew his sword first, without waiting for the man to unsheathe.

Ye Liuyun's slash was a straight cut.

Seeing Ye Liuyun make a move, he intended to block with a full‑power sword.

But before he could draw his sword, Ye Liuyun's slash was already before his eyes.

He hadn't even reacted when the blade split him in two.

"Divine Sword Villa is no different, huh!"

Ye Liuyun glanced at the trembling Steward standing aside and ordered, "Go deliver my words to Divine Sword Villa!"

"Huh?"

"I... I don't dare..." The Steward thought Ye Liuyun was scolding him.

Ye Liuyun, however, threatened.

"Hm?"

"If you don't go, you'll meet the same fate as them!"

"Yes, yes, I'm going right now!"

The Steward kept agreeing and vanished in a flash.

He now deeply regretted it, never expecting to get tangled in such a matter.

But he couldn't stay; Divine Sword Villa needed a messenger, and he dared not offend a ruthless one like Ye Liuyun.

After the Steward left, Ye Liuyun collected the Storage Rings of those from Divine Sword Villa and swaggered back to the Side Courtyard.

The Martial Cultivators watching the spectacle around fell silent.

Afraid that Ye Liuyun might later settle the earlier accusations against them.

Only when Ye Liuyun left did they breathe a sigh of relief.

"Where did this guy come from? He's so strong! One slash kills a foe, no need for a second strike."

"He must have come to provoke Divine Sword Villa, right?"

"The sword contest is finally lively!"

"Can he defeat the Sword God?"

People began to discuss again.

Since they witnessed Ye Liuyun's power, no one dared to blame him.

The bodies Ye Liuyun had cleaved were left where they fell; no one dared to move them, fearing collateral trouble.

Mo Sha had already blended into the crowd and saw Ye Liuyun's final kill of the middle‑aged man.

Ye Liuyun actually projected his sword intent outward.

He himself estimated that even this slash he couldn't block.

He had a rough sense of the man's strength and thought he could be killed in a single blow.

Although he didn't draw a sword, Mo Sha already sensed his sword intent.

As a renowned assassin, his judgment of Martial Cultivators' strength was quite accurate.

After nearly half an hour, a sharp killing intent surged this way.

Ye Liuyun's Divine Sense detected over two hundred Martial Cultivators from Divine Sword Villa charging forward with fierce aura.

A smile curled his lips; he closed his eyes and relied on feeling to gauge their movements.

"Divine Sword Villa staff, miscellaneous people stay back!"

The voice reached them before the people arrived.

The surrounding Martial Cultivators watching the scene stepped back voluntarily, giving space as they saw so many and so powerful arrivals.

They descended in front of the corpses.

Leading them was a bald Martial Cultivator with an especially pointed crown.

It is said this skull shape marks one fit to be a Sword‑Inspection Cultivator.

The Steward followed from behind.

"First, collect the corpses for the junior brothers!"

The bald Martial Cultivator instructed the others.

The others rushed over and gathered the bodies.

"Is anyone still inside?"

The bald one asked the surrounding Martial Cultivators again.

"They're still here! We've been guarding this spot, fearing they'd escape!"

Someone nearby instantly flattered, saying.

"Thanks!"

The bald one was indeed courteous.

Then he ordered everyone, "Enclose this Side Courtyard!"

"Second Senior Brother, shall I lead people in to kill?"

A young disciple asked him.

The bald one thought for a moment, didn't answer, but loudly addressed Ye Liuyun inside the courtyard: "You dare provoke our Divine Sword Villa yet refuse to step forward and fight?"

"Ha ha, Divine Sword Villa's skill is trash, and now they want to besiege me?"

"Come on then! You may all come together, or come one by one to spar with me!"

"Those with such poor skill shouldn't come, lest you have to collect their corpses again!"

Ye Liuyun shouted back loudly in the courtyard.

His words made the faces of those at Divine Sword Villa turn very grim, but they all seemed quite afraid of the second senior brother, and no one dared to speak up and retort.

Ye Liuyun had previously spoken with Da Huzi, a Martial Cultivator in the tavern, and learned that Divine Sword Villa is normally overseen by the Sword God's three disciples, who also act as their master to accept disciples; thus those three are the strongest in Divine Sword Villa.

The first senior brother, nicknamed Zhong Feng, wields an ultra‑heavy great iron sword.

The second senior brother, known as Huo Yanwang, has directly slain almost every opponent.

The third senior brother, called Piao Yu, moves with extreme agility.

When Divine Sword Villa usually requires a top fighter to step forward, it is most often Huo Yanwang who charges ahead.

Huo Yanwang, hearing Ye Liuyun's words, directly told the young disciple who asked for a fight, "You go in, kill an unknown junior, and Divine Sword Villa won't even bother to lay siege."

"Yes!"

The young disciple answered with a nod, his figure flashing as he entered the Side Courtyard.

However, Ye Liuyun kept his eyes closed in the courtyard, raised his hand, and swung Yi Dao forward.

The precision of his positioning startled Huo Yanwang.

He could sense that Ye Liuyun had not released his Divine Sense, and that the slash was executed purely by feeling.

What shocked him even more was that Ye Liuyun's slash arrived the instant it was released, clearly fused with Spatial Power.

But the disciple he sent in happened to be one with relatively strong Spatial Power, allowing him to instantly enter the Side Courtyard.

Ye Liuyun's slash not only sensed his position but also left the disciple unable to dodge, which alone attests to Ye Liuyun's strength.

"Puff!" With a sound, the disciple's head flew out of the Side Courtyard.

He himself hadn't expected that, despite his strong Spatial Power, he would have no chance to evade.

Before he could act, his head was already flying away.

"Plop," the corpse hit the ground, yet Ye Liuyun remained standing in the courtyard with his eyes still closed.

Outside the courtyard, a disciple of Divine Sword Villa, quick of eye and hand, snatched the head into his Storage Ring before it even hit the ground.

But the many Martial Cultivators all saw the head.

Some people hadn't even seen what happened before they realized the battle was over.

This left everyone present deeply unsettled.

Everyone held their breath and focused, watching the battlefield, and for a moment the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

Huo Yanwang also frowned.

Given Ye Liuyun's strength, it was inevitable that he had to act.

If anyone else went in, they would likely not match Ye Liuyun.

"May I have your name?"

Huo Yanwang asked Ye Liuyun from outside the courtyard.

He thought that someone of Ye Liuyun's caliber could not be a nameless wanderer.

Ye Liuyun did not answer him directly, but said lightly, "Alas! You people of Divine Sword Villa only know how to talk?"

"If you want to chat, guess whether my Yi Dao can kill you?"

Ye Liuyun knew at that moment that Huo Yanwang would be hard to deal with.

Because ever since he arrived here, Ye Liuyun had not sensed any killing intent from him.