Chapter 981
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Beneath the cloak of night, the moon’s rays gently spilled down.
Outside the mansion, the stench of decaying flesh mingled with the iron tang of blood, creating an air of macabre.
A figure, clad in white, moved with the speed of lightning, carrying an aura of terrifying lethality. In that very instant, it darted through the ranks of blood-drenched skeletons, leaping straight onto the courtyard wall.
The Tianyan Sword!
The Wangpin Lingjue Ming Lei Yuan Sword Technique.
The most domineering move.
The Sword Extinguishing Thunder Seal!
Enhanced by Ye Wushuang’s subtle and profound sword momentum, and bolstered by the sudden, fierce surge of his long-suppressed killing intent.
With a single, decisive stroke of the sword.
Wanyan Chuxue had yet to sense the impending danger.
In the blink of an eye, Ye Wushuang’s figure appeared at the base of the courtyard wall, and then he sprang into the air, the Tianyan Sword slicing through the air.
The sword was unsheathed.
Blood splashed.
A head soared high into the sky.
A geyser of blood spurted three zhang into the air.
At that moment, Wanyan Chuxue felt an excruciating pain in her head, and then she saw her own head seemingly floating in mid-air, while her body still stood on the courtyard wall.
What was happening?
What had just occurred?
At that very moment, Ye Yang, who had been standing beside Wanyan Chuxue, had not yet realized that her head had been severed.
When the warm blood splashed onto him, soaking through his clothes, Ye Yang glanced over and his face instantly turned ashen.
“Ah!!!”
A blood-curdling scream, piercing the very heavens and earth, echoed through the air.
In that instant, Shang Yunshang, Duan Xingqing, Tan Yongcheng, and others all turned their gazes, their souls trembling and their bodies growing cold with fear.
“Chuxue!”
Shang Yunshang’s voice was a cry of shock.
Wanyan Chuxue… had been beheaded!
All of this had happened in the blink of an eye.
From the moment Ye Wushuang made his move to the moment he severed Wanyan Chuxue’s head, it had taken no more than three breaths.
No one had been able to react in time.
“The next one is you!”
Already standing on the courtyard wall, Ye Wushuang struck again, his sword piercing Ye Yang’s chest and extinguishing his life force.
Ye Wushuang had been observing for quite some time.
Had it not been for the spiritual array set up by Wanyan Chuxue to hold back those blood-drenched skeletons, they would have already breached the mansion’s defenses.
So, when it came to launching a surprise attack, the first target had to be Wanyan Chuxue.
As for how beautiful this woman was… it mattered not a whit to him!
He would kill anyone from the Tianji Mansion!
Ye Yang had simply been too terrified to react, and Ye Wushuang had taken the opportunity to eliminate him as well.
In just five breaths, Wanyan Chuxue’s head was severed, and Ye Yang’s chest was pierced.
Two spiritual array masters were struck down.
“Ye Wushuang!”
Startled cries rang out as the Tianji Mansion warriors stared at Ye Wushuang, their eyes filled with disbelief.
Where had this man come from?
Ye Wushuang gazed coldly at the dozen or so people.
“It’s me!”
As these words left his lips, a surge of killing intent rose within Ye Wushuang. Without another word, he lunged towards Duan Xingqing, the one closest to him.
Duan Xingqing was seething with rage.
This despicable wretch had suddenly emerged, underhandedly assassinating Wanyan Chuxue, and now he dared to try to kill him as well?
“You’re courting death!”
Duan Xingqing roared in fury, ignoring the blood-drenched skeletons for the moment, and charged straight at Ye Wushuang.
His massive frame, with fists clenched, seemed to emit a thunderous roar.
“Flame Thunder Fist!”
His fists pounded forward, not only producing rolling thunder but also igniting flames, unleashing a terrifying explosive force.
Seeing this, Ye Wushuang actually discarded the Tianyan Sword and instead slapped out with both palms.
“Sacred Thunder Palm!”
It was also accompanied by rolling thunder, but Ye Wushuang’s Daxu Lei Palm Technique lacked the fiery attribute.
However…
Fists met palms.
Instantly, the two forces converged, releasing a power that tore through space, shattering the nearby array patterns.
The two figures clashed and then separated. Duan Xingqing staggered back into the courtyard, his face turning pale.
Ye Wushuang, however, stood firm, catching the falling Tianyan Sword with ease.
“Second rank of the Wanfa realm!”
Duan Xingqing exclaimed in astonishment.
But…
Even though Ye Wushuang had reached the second rank of the Wanfa realm, and he himself was already at the fourth rank of the Wanfa realm!
In a head-on clash, he had failed to withstand Ye Wushuang’s assault!
Meanwhile, with Wanyan Chuxue and Ye Yang killed one after another, and Duan Xingqing engaging Ye Wushuang, disrupting part of the spiritual array, the blood-drenched skeletons had gradually broken through the array and poured into the courtyard.
The dozen or so Tianji Mansion disciples had no choice but to retreat.
Tan Yongye, dressed in a sleek outfit, stood in mid-air, looking down at the scene below, his gaze fixed on Ye Wushuang.
“Are you the one called Ye Wushuang?”
“Yes, I am!”
Ye Wushuang gripped the Tianyan Sword and said indifferently, “And you must be Tan Yongye.”
Tan Yongye seemed taken aback that Ye Wushuang would dare to speak to him in such a manner, and his expression faltered for a moment.
“Were you the one who led the attack and killed Jiang Yihan and the others?”
Upon hearing this, Tan Yongye’s expression remained calm as he replied, “Within the ancient city, every column of blue light is a place of refuge where the blood-drenched skeletons cannot enter.”
“The towers and pavilions within the blue light all contain rare treasures. When I led my men there, I found that the opportunities had already been seized by your Lingjian Mountain warriors. So, I simply killed them…”
“Simply killed them…”
Ye Wushuang’s eyes turned cold.
Tan Yongye continued in an unruffled tone, “Of course, I also wanted to see how you, who had killed so many of my Tianji Mansion men, would react!”
“Now it seems you are quite angry about it?”
Tan Yongye shook his head and said, “Both of us are extraordinary beings. It’s not worth grieving, sorrowing, or getting angry over those ordinary people.”
“No need for you to lecture me!”
Ye Wushuang replied coldly.
Though he was the reincarnation of the Heavenly Emperor, he was still a human being with emotions, not a heartless plant.
“However, you are too foolish.”
Tan Yongye said again, “Now you come to provoke me. No matter how we fight, in the end, these blood puppets will reap the benefits!”
“Is that so?”
Ye Wushuang sneered, “I don’t think so!”
Huh?
Tan Yongye looked at Ye Wushuang in confusion.
But Ye Wushuang did not rush to fight with the people of Tianji Mansion at this moment. Instead, he struck out with his sword again and again, completely destroying the spiritual array of the mansion.
Now, the blood-drenched skeletons poured in without any obstruction.
Hundreds of blood-drenched skeletons climbed over the walls one by one and attacked the dozen or so disciples of Tianji Mansion.
“Huh?”
For the first time, Tan Yongye’s eyes showed ripples of surprise as he looked at Ye Wushuang.
The blood-drenched skeletons actually ignored Ye Wushuang?
No wonder Ye Wushuang could silently reach the courtyard wall just now and decisively strike, assassinating Wanyan Chuxue.
“It seems you have indeed obtained a treasure that is closely related to this place. These blood-drenched skeletons have no killing intent towards you, and they even ignore you!”
“Yes!”
Ye Wushuang gripped the Tianyan Sword, looked at Tan Yongye, then at the others, and finally his gaze returned to Tan Yongye, and he couldn’t help but smile.
“What are you smiling at?”
“Why can’t I smile? Now, hundreds of blood-drenched skeletons are your deadly enemies, but they are my helpers. I can just watch you all die one by one…”
Upon hearing this, Tan Yongye actually laughed.
“You can rest assured.” Tan Yongye said confidently, “They may die, but I will definitely not die here.”
“Then let’s see about that?” Ye Wushuang said with a provocative expression.
