Chapter 263

Chapter 263: Another Slash

Zhang Yang sneered.

Lightning surged from his body once more. This time, it was the lightning of the Consummate Slaughter Thunder Saint Power, far surpassing anything he had ever wielded before. It crashed into the ground, crackling with destructive force.

Yet, the intricately woven surface remained unaffected.

No lightning surged in response.

It was as if, with the departure of the Thunder Saint Monarch, the power of thunder had also been drawn away from this place.

This was bad news.

Without hesitation, Zhang Yang unleashed the killing thunder, striking toward the Thunder Mountain Seal behind him, hoping to summon the protection of the lightning from above.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Yilie and the other two, their Great Boundless Perfect Stage abilities honed to perfection, reacted instantly.

"Die!"

"My storage bag!"

"The Great Path Sacred Fruit is mine!"

The three attacked simultaneously, but each with a different goal.

Yilie, consumed by his bloodlust, wanted Zhang Yang dead.

Su Baishi and Ying Wuji, on the other hand, aimed for his storage bag, seeking to seize the Great Path Sacred Fruit.

Their conflicting actions led to internal strife.

For example, Yilie.

If he killed Zhang Yang outright, he risked losing the Great Path Sacred Fruit altogether.

From what he had seen, Zhang Yang had only revealed two of them during the wager. He had no way of knowing if Zhang Yang carried a third.

But Yilie hesitated not at all.

Instead, he turned and struck at his two so-called allies—attempting to stop them while also trying to capture Zhang Yang alive.

Of course, as he had claimed, he wasn’t actually trying to kill Zhang Yang immediately.

He wanted to capture him, to make him suffer, to make him unable to live or die.

"Get lost!"

A cold, commanding voice rang out, a voice like the decree of the gods from the Nine Heavens.

In the next instant, an icy, bone-chilling aura filled the air.

A frosted sword edge gleamed like a sliver of winter itself, standing between Zhang Yang and his attackers.

It was the Ice Spirit Holy Sword.

Bing Yuyan had arrived.

But she was different from before.

She was like a goddess of death stepping out of the battlefield, bathed in blood, radiating an overwhelming killing intent. The holy sword in her hand still dripped crimson.

Whoosh!

The Ice Spirit Holy Sword swept through the air.

The void itself split apart.

Yilie, Su Baishi, and Ying Wuji flinched, momentarily paralyzed by the sheer force of her presence.

Then, they snapped into action, quickly joining forces to launch a counterattack.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Their combined attacks slammed into the Ice Spirit Holy Sword, momentarily shaking it, but that was all.

An instant later, their assault was effortlessly overwhelmed—and cut down.

Five hundred years ago, Bing Yuyan had already been on the path to sainthood.

She was not someone they could compare to.

Even if they managed to attain sainthood, it would be through external means.

Bing Yuyan, however, had reached true sainthood on her own, recognized as a genius of the Southern Region.

Whoosh!

Her sword cut through the air.

Their attacks shattered.

Their bodies split open.

Deep, searing wounds formed across their right arms and chests, blood spilling uncontrollably as an icy chill seeped into their very bones.

The three of them crashed heavily to the ground.

They were not completely powerless, but they had been caught off guard by Bing Yuyan’s sudden arrival and overwhelming force.

At this moment, their extraordinary decisiveness revealed itself.

Their hunger for the Great Path Sacred Fruit ran deeper than their fear.

The instant Bing Yuyan appeared, they did not hesitate.

They activated an ancient teleportation array, and fled!

They abandoned the Great Path Sacred Fruit.

Even Zhang Yang was momentarily stunned by the sheer madness of their obsession.

But Bing Yuyan, she was in a killing frenzy.

She had already slaughtered countless lives at Green Sparrow Palace.

She had painted the ground red with blood.

Her murderous aura had already reached a peak.

Whoosh!

Ignoring the three who were activating the ancient teleportation array,

She swung her sword once more.

Bang!

A resounding explosion erupted as her blade struck the teleportation device.

Grand Elder Ying Wuji of the Golden Cauldron Sacred Land was unfortunate. His teleportation device shattered under her attack, causing him to plummet from midair.

"Chopped down!" Zhang Yang shouted, his voice filled with anger.

Bing Yuyan stepped forward.

Bang!

The beleaguered Ying Wuji didn’t even have time to react. He had already sustained serious injuries, struck by the lightning power in the Realm of Thunder—and had yet to fully recover. Now, after taking another devastating blow from her sword and losing his means of escape, he was on the brink of collapse.

Bing Yuyan stomped down on his chest.

Crack!

His ribcage shattered.

Ying Wuji let out a piercing scream, spitting out a mouthful of blood. He tried to retaliate with all his remaining strength, but all he saw was a dazzling flash of sword light.

A head, the size of a large bowl, flew into the air.

Ying Wuji was beheaded.

Unfortunately, he had never even gotten the chance to fight back properly.

"Well done!" Zhang Yang roared triumphantly.

He had long wanted to take down the four figures of Great Boundless, but until now, he had only managed to kill Mu Yujing. With Ying Wuji now added to the count, it felt like a long-awaited release of pent-up frustration.

However, neither Zhang Yang nor Bing Yuyan realized that this single sword strike, this beheading would ignite an irreconcilable conflict with the Golden Cauldron Sacred Land, setting the stage for a future deadly battle between the two peerless beauties of the Southern Region, Bing Yuyan versus Qiu Yinong.

For now, none of that mattered.

All they felt was a fierce release of pent-up anger.

"You arrived just in time, didn’t you? Were you worried about my safety?" Zhang Yang said, feeling much better.

Bing Yuyan casually grabbed his storage bag, taking out a Great Path Sacred Fruit and a Holy Bone Dan Stone.

"I came for this," she said flatly.

Zhang Yang was speechless.

This beautiful woman really had no sense of courtesy.

His mood darkened slightly when he saw that the war statues had been reduced to stone fragments.

Since their battles in the Vast Forest, these statues had accompanied him every step of the way, and now, they had all perished here.

With a sigh, he dug a hole and buried them.

Regardless of whether they had ever been truly alive, they had followed him, and he respected them.

He also collected Ying Wuji’s and Sparrow King’s storage bags, finding quite a few valuable items inside.

Unfortunately, a small portion had already been taken by Bing Yuyan, who, satisfied with her gains, accompanied him back to Green Sparrow Palace.

The once glorious palace no longer reflected its former beauty.

Blood flowed like rivers.

Bones piled up like mountains.

The women of Green Sparrow Palace moved silently, cleaning up the battlefield.

Inside the palace, the structure itself had remained intact.

A testament to the fact that with just one sword, Bing Yuyan had dominated the battlefield.

Without an opponent at the Great Boundless Perfect Stage, even a large number of enemies had been helpless against her alone.

This was the same beautiful woman whom Zhang Yang had once mocked for being useless.

Now, her true power had been fully revealed.

In fact, back in Mo City, Bing Yuyan had already demonstrated her dominance, unmatched and unchallenged in battle.

It was not surprising that she was this powerful.

Only when she had suppressed her cultivation had she seemed weaker than Zhang Yang.

Yet now, aside from Seventh Prince, Ye Kuanglan, Yaoruoxian, the strange white crane, and Phoenix Woman Mu Lin’er, who else could stand as his opponent?

Even the Seventh Prince, the strongest among them, had been forced aside without a chance to retaliate.

It was impossible to compare anyone to Zhang Yang now.

Especially now, he had become even more monstrous.

Even the fifth level of the Ascending to Heaven Realm was not enough to fully unleash his powers, the Diamond Dragon Holy Power and the Consummate Slaughter Thunder Saint Power, at the same time.

They were shaken by Bing Yuyan’s massacre.

They were terrified that Green Sparrow Palace had provoked great enmity.

"What do you think Green Sparrow Palace will do to us?" Bing Yuyan asked.

"Will they hate us for bringing them such great enmity, or will they thank us for saving them?"

Zhang Yang remained silent.

He didn’t know the answer.

The palace was eerily quiet.

Once the battlefield had been cleared, even the young girls like Little Sparrow had fallen silent.

That day was somber.

That night passed without disturbance.

As dawn approached, Zhang Yang heard voices outside.

Stepping out, he saw Mu Lanxin standing there, her expression serious.