Chapter 330

If it were an ordinary time, facing a scene where the noble families of the world were trapped in a dead end—a scene the common people loved to see—he certainly would not step forward to protect them.

In fact, he might even help them along.

But he alone could not defeat those thousand-year noble families who had been plotting for years, especially judging from tonight's encirclement battle; the opponent's strength far exceeded everyone's imagination.

Under these circumstances, he could only choose to fight side by side with the Immortal Sects.

It is true that the Immortal Sects and noble families of Qingyun are cold and greedy, but they are still a little better than that group of people who can even harm their own relatives.

This is a rotten world where, in order not to choose the worst, one can only choose the slightly worse.

With a 'clang', Ji You drew his sword, and with unprecedented solemnity, he slashed fiercely toward that Spirit Travel Realm Evil Seed.

The sword intent opened the sky, causing explosions in all directions.

At the same time, the Evil Seed also swung its claws, pressing down like a mountain, making the cliff tremble, and a burst of wild wind and thunder exploded between its venomous, sharp claws.

"Boom!!!!

In the instant the night sky was pressed to a boil, Ji You's sword strike was suppressed and trembled violently, while at the same time, the murderous sharp claws came head-on with incomparably terrifying pressure.

That was supreme, majestic power, like a sudden mountain torrent, like a collapsing mountain; the air and light between the pitch-black fingers and claws were distorting.

In the canyon, countless people fighting the Evil Seeds raised their heads, beginning to stare at the figure standing alone, holding up the battle line.

Without a doubt, Ji You is the one among the younger generation who makes the noble families of the world feel the most complex.

He and Chu He entered the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan together, but due to the halo of the Chu family's second son, he was never favored, and his journey had been full of bumps.

But no one could have imagined that one day, when an unstoppable disaster struck head-on, it would be him holding the sword and guarding this place.

At this moment, the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples were trying their best to break out toward the northeast, and while blocking the corpse tide from forming an encirclement in the rear, they couldn't help but look back at the figure who seemed to be blocking the breach, their eyes even more complex and indescribable than when they saw him kill three in an instant earlier.

Ji You had been in the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan for five years and was often compared by various disciples.

But the place where he was now was a battleground that they could not participate in at all.

However, when that Spirit Travel Realm demon-man held the power of ten thousand paths and ten thousand acres, and suppressed them with a roar, the Guo and Tao families, who were behind him, still chose to charge westward at the first opportunity, wanting to tear open the corpse tide at the cost of heavy injuries.

What they were thinking was not to escape in one go, but merely to get away from behind Ji You and escape to the rear of Elder Yu and Elder Wang, who were beside him.

Because in their view, even if Ji You came with high pride, he was the one least capable of holding the line here.

Indeed, his combat power was comparable to the Boundless Realm, and even because of his physical strength, his combat power far exceeded imagination.

But what he was facing was a Spirit Travel Realm demon-man.

The two Boundless Realm ancestors of the He and Zuoqiu families joined forces to struggle, yet were constantly seriously injured. In their view, Ji You coming with a sword only slowed down the result of the battle line being crushed, but it was difficult to truly change this battle situation.

Ji You would die, the battle line would be broken through from his side immediately, and the position where their Guo and Tao families were located would inevitably be the first line where the killing intent descended.

"Family Head Guo?!"

"This place is dangerous, you can't handle it; my Guo family is here to help you!"

"?!"

Except for the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan being divided into sixteen teams, other noble families basically charged into the canyon on their own.

The Guo and Tao families moved with their entire clans at this moment, instantly scattering the Ma and Miao families who were fighting the Evil Seeds nearby, like an adverse current.

There were extremely many Evil Seeds rushing into the canyon. The Ma and Miao family members were exhausted dealing with the Evil Seeds' pouncing and were instantly scattered behind Ji You.

In such a dangerous environment, they naturally knew that this sudden move by the Guo and Tao families was because the position where Ji You was located was the weakest point of defense.

Even the surrounding members of other families, such as the He, Zuoqiu, Chai, and Shi families, couldn't help but feel a tremor at the decisiveness of the Guo and Tao families when they saw this scene.

However, the Ma and Miao families did not sit and wait for death either, and the moment they were squeezed away, they immediately pounced back.

Between life and death, face became less important. These cultivators, who had always maintained a sense of peace, raised their knives in an instant, and the sense of conflict rose suddenly amidst the chaos.

However, the Guo and Tao families were powerful after all, and with the Evil Seeds pouncing non-stop, the Ma and Miao families could not squeeze back for a time.

Meanwhile, everyone was still slaughtering Evil Seeds while worrying about the killing intent from all four directions.

With Ji You's addition, the battle line that was on the verge of collapse held on again amidst the tottering. More than a dozen Spirit Travel and more than twenty Boundless Realm cultivators of the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan constantly looked for opportunities to replenish with spirit stones, continuing to confront the evil-transformed powerful figures at the front of the battle line.

During this time, some people sacrificed life-saving artifacts, pressing down with a roar, and killing light that gathered again pierced the dark night, causing mountain walls to collapse and heavy waves to rise.

"The front can't hold on for much longer. If all the elders die, it makes no sense for you and me to live even a moment longer."

"Don't hold back anymore; follow me with all your might to tear open the corpse tide."

In the rear camp, He Lingxiu shouted, leading the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan disciples to slash continuously toward the northeast direction.

This was the direction that lured them into the valley, and it was also the only direction that had not been surrounded in order to invite them into the urn.

But with the tide led by those evil-transformed people, the slaughter here also became very difficult.

But they had no other chance; if they couldn't kill their way out here, they would truly be surrounded and killed.

Wen Zhengxin, Ban Yangshu, and Cao Jingsong also joined in, their spiritual energy pouring out crazily, knowing that if they killed their way out a moment earlier, Ji You could retreat sooner.

As for the Lu sisters, they, along with Bai Rulong and other outer-court disciples, constantly smashed spirit stones in the rear, letting the pure spiritual energy whistle and release, providing timely replenishment for He Lingxiu and the others.

As expected, the Heavenly Tian Shuyuan elders at the front battle line were truly at the end of their rope, and many were already covered in wounds amidst their exhaustion.

The Chai family ancestor even had his arm shattered, and half of his body was covered in terrifying blood holes.

With a roar, the Shi family ancestor waved his sleeve and sacrificed an artifact to block an attack, coughing up blood as he pulled the Chai family ancestor away, and then the two joined forces to fight.

Such a tragic scene made everyone's hearts turn to ash.

But what was most worrying was the north side.

Ji You's sword path, released toward the sky, was like fragile glass, persisting only for an instant before splashing into ten thousand sparks under the crushing of the pitch-black venomous claws, instantly annihilating in the surging evil aura.

The boiling killing intent poured down like a tsunami, crushing the sand and stones within a hundred feet into powder, and the venomous claws pressed down with a shrill whistle.

Ji You swung his sword to slash again, but was instantly blasted back ten feet, spitting out a mouthful of blood, which bloomed into a patch of blood flowers on his chest, looking particularly eye-catching against his white sword robe.

But without a moment of respite, the sharp venomous claws pressed down again with undiminished momentum, slashing fiercely toward his crown.

Seeing this scene, the Guo and Tao families couldn't help but feel fortunate for their precise grasp of the situation and their decisive and straightforward change of position.

To be honest, Ji You blocking that demon-man alone several times was already shocking enough.

But this kind of struggle clearly couldn't last many more times.

However, what they didn't expect was that the battle situation changed in an instant.

As the Evil Seed slashed down from the sky, intending to take his life, another clear sword chime pierced the clouds amidst the dancing dust.

Amidst the rolling dust and sand, Ji You's right hand's five fingers were like hooks, and he actually pulled a blue blade out of the sky full of yellow sand.

The moment the sword body trembled, the flying sand and stones around him suddenly stagnated.

The rigid sword Qi pierced through the boiling dark night, blooming like incandescent sword light, colliding with a 'boom'.

He had probably already figured out the opponent's strength, speed, and physical strength.

The gap was large, and wanting to kill him by force was very difficult.

But fortunately, he wasn't trying to kill this demon-man, but to buy time for those behind him.

So the key here was to let himself hold on longer, and the only way was to protect himself from being seriously injured as much as possible.

And sometimes, the best defense is an extreme offense.

In an instant, the sword light surged like a pouring galaxy, and the Dao sword named "Guiqulai" leveled the sand and dust around him at extreme speed, slashing fiercely toward the Evil Seed's head in the blink of an eye.

Ji You's combat power and the evil-transformed demon-man were not truly Boundless or Spirit Travel in the real sense. Unlike those elders who gathered the power of the Heavenly Dao into techniques to blast and kill, this battle was more like close-quarters combat.

On the trembling cliff, the Evil Seed turned around in horror, its claws, which were pressing down and making the surroundings tremble, grinding the sword Qi in front of it to pieces.

The moment the air wave exploded, Ji You stepped on the mountain rock with his left foot, his figure turning into a white rainbow and thrusting forward; the third sword had already gone from top to bottom, piercing straight through its chest.

The incomparably sharp sword intent bloomed like a full moon, pressing forward with a roar.

"Boom!!!"

The continuous and magnificent sword Qi constantly shredded the dark night, the magnificent sword slash shaking everything around.

Compared to the Evil Seed, which was over two feet tall and had knotted muscles bulging like piled mountain rocks, Ji You, who carried a scholarly air, looked more like an angry, monstrous beast, constantly leaning in and slashing wildly.

The sword light between his swinging arms directly split a large part of the cliff, and the evil-transformed demon-man roared non-stop, struggling to grasp with its claws to crush the tricky-angled sword Qi.

During this time, the demon-man tried many times to take advantage of the gap in his sword strikes to thrust forward and directly shatter his crown, but never succeeded.

With a 'boom', the evil aura was like a wave.

Ji You's lips and teeth were scarlet, and his incomparably rigid body already had many terrifying wounds, but the Dao sword in his hand became increasingly swift and sharp.

The power bursting from his flesh was poured into his arms, and as he slashed with the sword, it caused ripples in the air, slashing with the momentum of a crashing wave.

The three managers who had arrived on flying swords were watching this scene from high above, their expressions incomparably solemn.

Standing high, they naturally saw clearly.