Chapter 409: Kill! Kill! Kill!

Puff—!

Shi Ritian took the brunt, bearing most of the force.

The bone armor on his body emitted a violent cracking sound, riddled with fissures.

He spewed a mouthful of jet‑black corpse blood, exuding intense corrosiveness and foul stench; the blood splashed into the starry sky, corroding several nearby tiny stars into huge pits that sizzled.

He felt his corpse body as if about to fall apart, countless bones broken, the primordial Corpse Qi shattered by more than half, and his Soul Fire dimmed by several levels!

The other seven members of the Corpse Clan fared even worse; two of the weaker cultivators, unable to withstand the terrifying shock during their backward flight, exploded with a deafening blast!

They turned into two clumps of viscous black blood mist, mingled with shattered bones and entrails, emitting a nauseatingly extreme stench!

The remaining five, also gravely wounded and near death, gasped feebly, falling like torn sacks onto distant star fragments, carving deep pits, immobilized, only able to utter painful, terrified moans.

One palm!

Just a palm through empty space!

Casually, even the True Body never showed.

He then crushed the Corpse Clan's divine abilities, brushed away eight Corpse Clan Heavenly Prowesses, two of whom died on the spot; the core figure Shi Ritian was severely injured, vomiting blood, while the rest were all on the brink of death!

What an incomprehensibly astonishing power!??

The five surviving Nine Heavens cultivators after the calamity stood rigidly in place, their minds blank, hardly daring to believe their eyes.

A moment ago they were despairingly awaiting death; the next moment that terrifying Corpse Clan enemy was dead or wounded, shattered and unable to regroup?

Only when that massive golden palm, as if capable of supporting the star‑sea, slowly faded into the Void did they snap back to reality, a huge wave of exhilaration and lingering fear flooding them like a tide.

Got... saved!

Which senior master intervened to save us?!

They hurriedly looked toward the direction where the golden palm first appeared.

In the distance, several thousand li away, two figures were calmly stepping through the void, approaching.

Leading them was a young man in a plain black robe, tall and upright, his expression calm and his eyes profound.

Beside him stood a man in dark robes, aura sharp, a black blade hanging at his waist.

The two seemed to walk slowly, yet each step contracted the earth, covering thousands of li in an instant, arriving near the shattered temple's phantom.

When they saw the face of the black‑robed young man, among the five Nine Heavens cultivators, the older male cultivator wielding a bronze ancient sword jolted, pupils contracting, then his face erupted with incredulous excitement and ecstatic joy!

"Ye... Lord Ye?! Is that you?!"

He cried out hoarsely, his voice trembling with excitement.

The other four cultivators were first stunned, then seemed to recall something, their gazes toward Ye Wuque instantly filled with unparalleled awe, reverence, and... tearful gratitude!

Ye Wuque! Saint Son of Great Thousand Divine Universe! Ye Clan Young Master! The Ye Demon God who, on the Nine Heavens Branch, single‑handedly crushed myriad foes!

His image and deeds have long been widely circulated among the young generation of Nine Heavens Ten Lands who have set foot on the Star Sky Ancient Path!

Especially among the cultivators emerging from the Nine Heavens Branch, many regard him as an idol and spiritual pillar!

They never could have imagined that, in this dire situation, the one who came to rescue them was this legendary figure!

"Thank you, Lord Ye, for saving us!!"

The five bowed in unison, their voices choked, filled with sincere gratitude.

Had Ye Wuque not intervened, they would by now be dead souls under the Corpse Clan, perhaps even forged into corpse puppets, never to be reborn.

Ye Wuque swept his gaze over the five, gave a slight nod:

"As fellow Nine Heavens cultivators, we ought to help. How are your injuries?"

His voice was calm and gentle, a stark contrast to the earlier domineering palm, further warming the five's hearts with reverence.

"We... can still hold on, thank you, Lord Ye, for your concern!"

The senior sword cultivator hurriedly replied, swiftly drawing out pills to distribute to his companions for healing.

Meanwhile, in the distance, the gravely wounded, blood‑vomiting Shi Ritian struggled to crawl up from the star fragments.

He stared fixedly at Ye Wuque, his twin ghost‑green Soul Fires flaring wildly, filled with horror, resentment, and a hint of… unmistakable fear!

"A… a palm through empty space… and such power…"

Shi Ritian's hoarse voice rang out, laden with incomprehensible emotion.

"You… who exactly are you?!"

In his mind flashed rapid intel from the Other Shore World about the dangerous targets in Nine Heavens Ten Lands that required priority hunting.

A young being with such power could not be nameless!

"Could it be… one of the top ten monsters on my Other Shore Nine Heavens hunting list?!"

Shi Ritian let out a sharp, voiceless gasp.

"No! I recall the aura, appearance, and divine technique traits of those top‑ranked; you are not among them! Apart from those… the young generation of Nine Heavens Ten Lands, how could someone like you exist?!"

He roared madly, trying to find a match in his memory, but to no avail.

Ye Wuque's rapid rise meant his reputation, though spreading through the Nine Heavens Branch and some regions, had not yet fully reached the higher echelons of the Other Shore, especially for a core Heavenly Pride like Shi Ritian, who had only recently entered the Star Sky Ancient Path, his knowledge of Ye Wuque limited.

However, Ye Wuque had no interest in answering his question.

Regarding Other Shore beings, especially this Corpse Clan that delights in slaughtering Nine Heavens cultivators, he had only one word… "Kill!"

"Noisy."

Ye Wuque lightly uttered the two words, not even glancing at Shi Ritian, merely pointing toward his direction with a casual… finger snap.

Buzz!

A faint, grayish, seemingly insignificant Finger Spear burst from his fingertip.

The Finger Spear started minuscule, but after leaving his finger, it surged wildly with the wind, instantly turning into a Chaos Torrent that pierced the star‑sea!

Within the torrent, yin and yang divided, the five elements cycled, spacetime warped, containing a terrifying will to annihilate all laws and return to Chaos!

It was Ye Wuque, combining Chaos Force with his own fist intent, casually unleashing a terrifying supreme technique… Chaos Returning to Void Finger!

All the dead souls of Corpse Sun Heaven erupt!

He felt a more pure, more terrifying aura of Destruction than the palm just now!

He let out a frenzied howl, burning the dwindling Primordial, even at the cost of spitting a mouthful of corpse blood from his heart, forming a filthy blood shield engraved with countless wronged souls' faces to block before him, while his body violently retreated, attempting to slip into the depths of the Star Sea!

However, all was in vain.

Chaos Finger Spear swept by, and the filthy blood shield vanished silently like a soap bubble in sunlight.

The Finger Spear's momentum remained undiminished, piercing Corpse Sun Heaven's brow with pinpoint precision!

Corpse Sun Heaven's violently retreating form suddenly stiffened, the Soul Fire in its eyes abruptly extinguished, becoming hollow and Dead Silence.

He opened his mouth as if to speak, but in the end, his whole body, like a weathered sand sculpture, began at the Finger Spear's wound in the brow, rapidly spreading countless Liewen, then with a bang it shattered completely, turning into drifting ash, and together with its soul's Primordial, was utterly erased by the returning-to‑void power contained in the Chaos Finger Spear, leaving no trace!

The younger generation of the Corpse Clan, second only to Shi Litian's core Heavenly Pride… Corpse Sun Heaven, has fallen!

The remaining five gravely wounded, dying Corpse Clan Heavenly Pride, seeing even Corpse Sun Heaven annihilated by a flick of a finger, were terrified to the point of soul and spirit scattering, daring not even a groan, desperately writhing their remnants to flee.

Ye Wuque's gaze was indifferent, and he need not act further.

Beside him, Geshu Wenyue let out a cold snort, his black blade at his waist never drawn, but with fingers aligned like a sword, he casually sliced a few strokes in the air.

Chirp chirp chirp—!

Several strands of ultra‑condensed black blade qi burst through the air, precisely sweeping across the necks of those five Corpse Clan Heavenly Pride.

Five skulls covered with ashen gray skin shot upward, the pale green Soul Fire instantly extinguished, the remnants twitched a few times, then fell completely silent, and the intense Corpse Qi began to dissipate rapidly.

Thus, this squad of eight formidable Corpse Clan Heavenly Pride led by Corpse Sun Heaven was, in less than ten breaths, completely exterminated by Ye Wuque and Geshu Wenyue with the force of Lei Dian.

This region of the Star Sea temporarily regained calm, with only lingering Corpse Qi and energy fluctuations, and the heavy breathing of those five Nine Heavens Dark Cultivators and the sound of mana circulating during their healing.

Ye Wuque looked at Geshu Wenyue: "Let's go."

Geshu Wenyue nodded, his gaze sweeping over the five Nine Heavens Dark Cultivators, calmly saying, "Leave this place as soon as possible; the Corpse Clan may have secret techniques that sense the death of their own kind. The First Chill Pass lies ahead; passing through it will be far safer."

"Yes! Thank you, Lord Ye! Thank you for the reminder!" the five cultivators hurriedly thanked again, watching Ye Wuque and Geshu Wenyue turn into streaks of light, racing toward the direction of the increasingly clear grand law wave in the depths of the Star Sea, soon vanishing within the stellar radiance.

"Ye Demon God... truly lives up to the name..."

The elder Sword Cultivator gazed toward their departing direction, murmuring to himself, his eyes filled with yearning and awe.

A moment later, the five also forced their injuries, swiftly leaving this place of controversy.