Chapter 146

Chapter 146: Ye Guan!

An Qi’s head flew off with her eyes wide open — even in death, her gaze was filled with disbelief.

The An clan had sent her out hoping she would buy some time, because the Sword Sect’s sect master had already informed them that Ye Tianming simply couldn’t hold on much longer. As long as they stalled him for a while, Ye Tianming would collapse on his own and die without question.

An Qi had also been willing to come out, because she believed she could stop Ye Tianming. After all, the two of them had grown up together as childhood sweethearts, and she refused to believe he felt nothing for her.

Yet she never imagined that Ye Tianming could be so utterly heartless.

She never imagined it, right up until the moment she died.

In the end, her feelings had been misplaced.

Seeing An Qi cut down, the faces of the An clan’s powerful fighters instantly changed. Ye Tianming at that moment was bathed in a bloody glow, like a god of slaughter, sending chills down everyone’s spines.

Beside him, Ye Zong radiated a terrifying surge of fist force, his killing intent surging to the heavens.

Within the An clan, a leading elder suddenly called out, “Bring forth the Ancestral Weapon.”

“Bring forth the Ancestral Weapon!”

Every member of the An clan roared in unison, their voices shaking the sky.

Boom!

From within the An clan, a spear radiance suddenly shot into the sky, and in an instant, the entire world seemed to crack apart.

The War God Spear!

A weapon left behind by that War God of the An clan from years past, treated by the An clan as their sacred guardian relic.

When the War God Spear appeared between heaven and earth, a terrifying War God will instantly spread across the world, bearing down on everything.

In that moment, the killing intent and sword force emanating from Ye Tianming, as well as Ye Zong’s fist force, were directly suppressed.

Witnessing this, the An clan’s powerful fighters nearby erupted in excited roars, “Our ancestor is invincible!”

Their voices shook the clouds.

Ye Tianming’s gaze fell upon the War God Spear. Back at the border between the Void and the True Realm, he had sensed a similar War God aura.

But this time, the War God aura emanating from this spear was far stronger than the one at the border — stronger by many, many times over.

At this moment, the aura of the War God Spear had also locked onto Ye Tianming. Even though Ye Tianming was now at the Circle-Breaking Realm and his sword intent was true sword intent — pure and refined — he still could not contend with that War God aura and was directly suppressed.

This was the War God!

Even a weapon once wielded by such a being was terrifyingly powerful, beyond the reach of any ordinary expert.

Yet Ye Tianming’s eyes held not a trace of fear — only boundless fighting spirit.

“Tianming bro!”

At that moment, Ye Zong nearby suddenly grinned, “Leave that spear to me.”

Ye Tianming turned to look at Ye Zong, who said earnestly, “I’ve got this.”

After a brief pause, Ye Tianming suddenly extended his right hand and used the Law of All Beings once more, attempting to forcibly suppress the spear’s power. But in the next instant, he was somewhat shocked to discover that the War God Spear was actively resisting the power of the Law of All Beings!

Ye Tianming was taken aback.

Not only that, the War God Spear suddenly unleashed a terrifying surge of War God aura directly toward Ye Tianming, attempting to strike him down on the spot.

Ye Tianming’s expression turned fierce, and he slammed his right hand downward, “Suppress.”

Boom!

A mysterious force manifested between heaven and earth, instantly suppressing and weakening the War God Spear’s aura. Almost simultaneously, Ye Zong launched himself forward with a fierce punch straight at the War God Spear.

Bang!

Though Ye Zong’s fist force was terrifying, the moment it made contact with the War God Spear, his overwhelming fist force shattered instantly, and he himself was forcibly blasted back several thousand zhang.

But the moment he came to a stop, he clenched both fists tightly, and the shattered fist force instantly reconverged, flowing back into his body like a tide.

“Come on then!”

Ye Zong laughed loudly, his body trembling as he charged straight at the War God Spear — and as he charged, heaven and earth shook.

Seeing that Ye Zong could barely hold his own against the War God Spear, Ye Tianming withdrew his gaze. By now, his face had lost every trace of color. Continuously using the Law of All Beings and the Life Bone Spirits had pushed his body to its absolute limit — he was forcing himself through sheer will, fighting on borrowed time.

Ye Tianming raised his head and looked toward the group of An clan experts in the distance. Seeing him look over, their expressions instantly changed, and in the next moment, they saw a streak of sword light slashing toward them.

At the same time, the Life Bone Spirit puppets beside Ye Tianming all charged forward alongside him.

Nearby, a leading An clan expert suddenly roared, “Everyone, stand with me and repel the enemy!”

“Kill!”

The An clan experts did not flee — every single one of them charged straight at Ye Tianming.

The War God clan!

How could they flee?

Even in death, they would not flee!

But at this moment, their clan had no Circle-Breaking Realm experts at all. How could they possibly be a match for Ye Tianming and his Life Bone puppets?

Very soon, agonized screams rang out one after another within the An clan.

This was nothing but a one-sided slaughter.

After blasting Ye Zong back, the War God Spear turned its tip directly toward Ye Tianming. But in the next instant, a furious roar rang out from behind it, “Your opponent is me!”

With those words, an overwhelming tide of fist force enveloped it completely.

Although the War God Spear’s power had been greatly diminished, Ye Zong was still being suppressed by it. Even so, Ye Zong grew more fierce and more exhilarated with every exchange, and his fist force grew more and more terrifying with each passing moment of battle.

His fist force was like the waters of a great river — endless and unceasing, wave after wave, each one layering upon the last.

And he held the War God Spear at bay through sheer tenacity. After Ye Tianming led the Life Bone puppets into the An clan, it was like wolves entering a flock of sheep — the An clan experts could not resist at all. The entire An clan ran with rivers of blood, and soon that blood began slowly flowing of its own accord toward Ye Tianming.

Within the An clan, those still alive fell into utter despair.

Soon, they all fled into the An family ancestral shrine, where three statues were enshrined — the three generations of War Gods of the An family.

Countless people knelt, pleading without end.

They wanted to summon their ancestors, but unfortunately… they simply could not.

None of the three generations of War Gods had left any divine consciousness within the An family, so no matter how hard they tried, there was no way to make contact.

And now, the despairing members of the An clan had no other recourse — they could only kneel before those three statues and beg.

At that moment, Ye Tianming walked over, sword in hand.

Without a single word, he charged straight in.

Soon, dozens of bloodied heads lay scattered across the An family ancestral shrine.

Every last one of them, slaughtered.

In less than a quarter of an hour, Ye Tianming had wiped out the entire An clan.

By the time the Sword Sect’s sect master arrived at the An clan, there was not a single survivor left — save for one person.

That person was none other than An Xiao, the father of An Qi and An Yan.

An Xiao stood in the courtyard strewn with corpses, staring at Ye Tianming in the distance — who looked every bit like a god of slaughter — with utter disbelief. At that moment, he was terrified beyond measure, “You… why didn’t you kill me…”

Ye Tianming wiped the blood from his face, “An Yan is my brother.”

With that, he turned and walked away, sword in hand.

Beside him, the Life Bone puppets followed close behind.

Ye Tianming paid no attention to the Sword Sect’s sect master. He turned to look at Ye Zong in the distance, who was still holding the War God Spear at bay, “Ye Zong, second brother is leaving. In the next life, let’s be brothers again.”

With that, he transformed into a streak of sword light and shot into the sky.

He knew that when he could no longer hold on, the Law of All Beings would vanish. And once it vanished, both his eldest brother Ye Nan and Ye Zong would die.

But it didn’t matter, because he would go and keep them company.

In the distance, Ye Zong laughed loudly, “Tianming bro, let’s be brothers again in the next life… haha!”

As he spoke, his fists rained down upon the War God Spear like falling drops of water.

And not far away, the moment the Sword Sect’s sect master saw the direction Ye Tianming was heading, her expression instantly changed. In the next moment, she rode her sword into the air and gave chase.

Because the direction Ye Tianming was heading was none other than the Ye family of Nan Prefecture — the very place where the Guanxuan Sword Master had been born.

This Ye Tianming was going to slaughter every last great clan!

Not far away, An Xiao stood in the courtyard full of corpses, his face blank with confusion.

At that moment, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from beside him.

An Xiao turned to look. The person approaching was none other than An Yan.

An Yan walked to An Xiao’s side, raised his head to gaze at the horizon, and said nothing.

An Xiao murmured, “Dead. Everyone in the An clan is dead. Your sister…”

As he spoke, he suddenly turned to look at An Yan, his eyes red, “Why didn’t you stop him? Why? Given your relationship with him, if you had stepped forward, you could surely have made him show mercy…”

An Yan gazed toward the far end of the horizon and said softly, “Because he is my brother.”

The Ye family.

Before long, Ye Tianming arrived at the Ye family with his group of Life Bone puppets. The Ye family also chose not to flee, because just like the An family, the Ye family had its own pride — after all, the Guanxuan Sword Master had been born within their clan.

Of course, they also knew that given Ye Tianming’s terrifying strength, unless they fled to the True Realm, it would be utterly useless.

Moreover, they had no need to flee, because they believed the Guanxuan Sword Master would surely stand on their side.

As long as the Guanxuan Sword Master was here, the Ye family would never be wiped out!

When Ye Tianming arrived at the Ye family, the clan was fully prepared and on high alert. Although the Ye family also had no Circle-Breaking Realm experts left at this point, not a single one of their powerful fighters showed the slightest fear.

Because they firmly believed the Guanxuan Sword Master would appear — would absolutely not allow the Ye family to be wiped out!

Ye Tianming walked slowly toward the Ye clan, gripping his blood-red sword. At this moment, his body was trembling continuously — he had truly reached his absolute limit.

Sustaining the Law of All Beings alongside the Life Bone Spirits for so long, combined with the Transcendent Sacred Seal, had left him completely spent. He was running purely on willpower now, and he himself knew he could not hold on much longer.

Behind him, the Life Bone puppets followed close.

Just then, a group of Ye family experts pushed a statue forward — the statue of the Guanxuan Sword Master, Ye Guan.

One of the Ye family experts pointed furiously at Ye Tianming, “Ye Tianming, you heartless beast — with the Guanxuan Sword Master watching over us, I want to see today whether you dare wipe out our Ye family!!”