The Capital, Ye Family Ancient Estate.
The night was pitch black, and the air was thick with the stench of blood and decaying corpses.
At the roar of Ancestor Blood Corpse, over a dozen Blood Corpses, like humanoid tanks, launched a three-dimensional siege on Shan Hu from all angles.
Shan Hu stood alone in the center of the horde, his black robe flapping in the breeze.
Facing this group of invulnerable, immensely strong monsters, Shan Hu showed no sign of panic. His battle consciousness had already reached the Immortal Emperor level; the attack routes of these Blood Corpses were clearly visible in his eyes, playing out in slow motion.
"Excellent!"
Shan Hu shouted, his eyes blazing with fierce light. His movement technique unfolded, and he darted through the horde like a phantom.
He stopped relying on pure brute force and instead activated the body refining technique from the Azure Emperor Eternal Life Art, concentrating True Essence on his fists and legs.
"Heavenly Emperor Kick!"
Shan Hu delivered a side-kick, striking the waist of a Blood Corpse that was attempting a sneak attack from the flank. The force and angle of the kick were perfectly controlled, and True Essence penetrated the bone, directly shattering the core of the Blood Corpse's meridians.
Crack!
Accompanied by a crisp sound of bone breaking, the Blood Corpse tumbled through the air and crashed heavily onto the ground, unable to move again.
Simultaneously, the massive claws of two other Blood Corpses grasped for Shan Hu's head and chest, one on the left and one on the right. Without turning his head, Shan Hu slightly lowered his stance, and his shoulders, like the roots of an ancient tree, violently exerted power. The muscles and bones in his shoulders unleashed astonishing force.
"Collapsing Mountain Shoulder Strike!"
Thud! Thud!
With two muffled impacts, the two Blood Corpses were sent flying outwards as if hit by a high-speed train, with clearly visible, sunken shoulder prints on their chests. Though they weren't instantly killed like the first one, they were severely injured and their movements became sluggish.
Shan Hu's movements were continuous, dodging and weaving. Each strike was concise and highly effective, aimed directly at the Blood Corpses' vital weakness—the core that evil cultivators often left within the body as the source of control during the refining process.
Every punch and kick from Shan Hu struck this core with surgical precision.
In just thirty seconds.
Ten Blood Corpses lay scattered across the courtyard of the Ye family, the Capital's foremost aristocratic family. They were no longer terrifying monsters but piles of broken flesh and charred remains.
Chen Tiannan was utterly dumbfounded!
He never dreamed that the Blood Corpse legion, which commanded fear in Xiangxi, couldn't even last thirty seconds against this young man before being completely slaughtered! This was not Early Foundation Establishment; this was a humanoid beast!
Ancestor Blood Corpse's pair of ghostly green eyes also showed shock, but as an Evil Dao magnate, he quickly regained his composure.
"Good, very good! To destroy my corpse horde single-handedly, it seems you are a rare cultivation genius! What a pity, you are too conceited!"
Ancestor Blood Corpse suddenly pulled out a small black wooden effigy from his robes. His fingers quickly formed a hand seal, and a black beam of light was injected into the effigy.
"Blood Corpse Blast!"
Boom—!
The last two heavily injured Blood Corpses, under the Ancestor's curse, had the toxins and corpse energy inside them instantly detonated, resulting in two massive explosions. The concentrated, bloody toxic smoke rushed towards Shan Hu like two mushroom clouds!
This toxic smoke was highly corrosive; even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would be severely damaged if contaminated!
"Trying to run?" Shan Hu snorted coldly. Instead of dodging, he violently shook both arms. The True Essence in his body transformed into an invisible wall of Qi, enveloping him.
"Wind-Thunder Barrier!"
Zzzzzz—
The bloody toxic smoke impacted the Qi wall, producing a fierce corrosive sound, but the wall remained unmoving. After three seconds of persistence, the toxic smoke was completely isolated and dissipated into the air.
Shan Hu was completely unharmed. He raised his head, his gaze like two sharp swords pointed directly at Ancestor Blood Corpse.
"Your little tricks are finished," Shan Hu's voice was icy, carrying an unquestionable dominance. "Now, it's your turn."
Ancestor Blood Corpse's face turned ashen. He knew that the young man before him was a far more formidable existence than he had anticipated.
"Hmph! This Ancestor has dominated the cultivation world for a century. Who are you, a wet-behind-the-ears brat, to lecture me?"
He hesitated no longer, leaping backward. Simultaneously, his pair of withered fingers stretched out like eagle claws, and ten streams of pitch-black poisonous Qi shot out from his fingertips, transforming into ten small black snakes that coiled towards Shan Hu.
"Black Mamba Life Snatch!"
These venomous snakes were condensed from potent poison. Once coiled around a person, the poison would instantly enter the body, and even a Late Foundation Establishment cultivator would meet a tragic end.
Shan Hu's eyes narrowed. Facing this genuine Mid-Foundation Establishment Evil Cultivation technique, he dared not be careless.
He slowly stretched out his right hand and clenched it in the void.
Buzz—!
A clear sword hum resonated. In Shan Hu's hand, an azure longsword, purely condensed from True Essence, materialized out of thin air. The sword body shimmered with brilliance, the sword intent was sharp, carrying the aura of a supreme sovereign.
"Condensing an artifact with True Essence?!" Ancestor Blood Corpse was greatly alarmed. This was a technique that only Peak Late Foundation Establishment, or even Golden Core stage mighty figures, could easily accomplish!
Shan Hu held the azure longsword, its tip pointing diagonally to the ground. He coldly uttered a single word:
"Slay."
He executed no complex sword moves, simply stepping forward. The longsword in his hand instantly transformed into an azure bolt of silk, carrying the power to crush everything, and met the ten black poisonous snakes.
Wherever the azure sword light passed, the black poisonous snakes were instantly severed and purified like melting ice and snow, failing to form even a second of obstruction.
The sword light's momentum was undiminished, heading straight for Ancestor Blood Corpse's chest!