When Snake Elder and Yin-Yang Sword felt the pressure of Lin Ye's Tianxiang Second Realm aura, it was like a hammer smashing down on their skulls.
Tianxiang Second Realm!
They had cultivated for countless years, spent unimaginable effort, and paid countless prices just to reach Tianxiang Second Realm.
And Lin Ye?
He looked not even twenty.
Yet he had already reached Tianxiang Second Realm.
Even if someone had been fed pills from birth, it would not be this absurd. There was only one possible explanation:
This man possessed a tremendous destiny-granted fortune.
Whenever someone acquired a great providence, their strength could skyrocket, even transforming overnight.
"This man must have some great fortune. The two of us must strike with full force and kill him immediately. After that, we can discuss how to divide everything. We cannot let a cooked duck fly away."
Snake Elder spoke grimly and looked toward Yin-Yang Sword.
Yin-Yang Sword was no saint either. He spent his days scheming behind others' backs, and even Snake Elder suspected he might stab him when the moment came.
But their mutual games could wait.
Right now, the priority was killing Lin Ye first.
"Fine!"
Yin-Yang Sword nodded fiercely, abandoning his hidden thoughts and preparing to fight with everything he had.
The moment their exchange ended, Lin Ye had already dived downward and slashed toward Snake Elder.
Boom!
The force of Lin Ye's strike was so precise that Snake Elder's cane seemed glued to the blade. Lin Ye drove him straight down from midair into the ground.
Snake Elder's feet slammed into the earth and shattered it into a huge crater.
"Eight Desolations Blood-Slaughter Force!"
Boom!
Lin Ye's hidden force detonated instantly.
Snake Elder's eyes widened. He tried to release his grip with one hand, but the other was too slow—
It was blasted off in an instant.
Unavoidable.
Even Snake Elder could not endure such an assault. Lin Ye's battle instincts were even more ruthless than his own.
Losing an arm was agonizing, but Snake Elder did not stop. His body shifted, rolling sideways just in time.
Lin Ye's sword dropped in a clean downward slash, but it missed.
Lin Ye was about to pursue when two swords struck from behind like twin whips.
The blades moved freely, sword energy surging like storm waves, trying to trap and kill Lin Ye.
"Shura Blood Armor!"
Lin Ye raised his Shura Blood Armor and easily blocked both blades.
But he did not turn to attack Yin-Yang Sword.
Instead, he continued hunting Snake Elder.
Snake Elder was already heavily wounded, so Lin Ye intended to finish him immediately.
If you let a wounded enemy live even one extra second, that was one extra second for accidents to happen.
Lin Ye did not waste a single word.
With Shura Blood Armor active, he charged straight forward with brutal force.
Snake Elder had never seen someone fight like this, so relentless and suicidal.
"Damn it!"
Snake Elder hurled a series of Thunderburst Orbs in desperation.
He believed the explosions would at least stop Lin Ye's momentum.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The orbs detonated at Lin Ye's feet.
Lin Ye remained completely unharmed.
Then he took one step—
And appeared directly in front of Snake Elder.
His palm struck forward.
Rebirth Palm!
In that palm was a mysterious seal of death. Once struck, it dragged the victim into a doorway of annihilation.
Bang!
Snake Elder's body was blasted away.
With one arm gone, his combat power had plummeted, and he could not resist at all.
He vomited blood violently, flying backward like a broken sack, crashing into the ground and sliding more than a hundred meters.
Snake Elder was now barely alive.
His body was shattered and torn.
Lin Ye's strike had stripped away most of his life force, and his realm began collapsing rapidly.
By now, Snake Elder's cultivation had fallen from Tianxiang Realm entirely.
"My cultivation…"
Snake Elder wheezed, trembling.
Losing his arm was pain.
But his realm falling was despair.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A black sword and a white sword shot toward Lin Ye's head.
But Shura Blood Armor was too strong. No matter how Yin-Yang Sword attacked, Lin Ye blocked everything with ease.
Seeing the assault failing and his own energy draining, Yin-Yang Sword's eyes turned savage.
"Yin-Yang Gu!"
He pulled out a small jar.
When he opened it, two insects crawled inside—one black, one white.
He tipped the jar straight into his mouth.
And swallowed them alive.
From a distance, Thirteen-Niang saw it and instantly lost her appetite. She ran aside and began vomiting uncontrollably.
"What is wrong with that man? He actually eats bugs!"
Yin-Yang Sword swallowed the insects, and his whole body shuddered violently.
Then his power surged.
Clang! Clang!
Lin Ye was forced backward repeatedly. Yin-Yang Sword had used some method to double his strength, and his speed was far faster than before.
Lin Ye began to feel pressure.
But even so, Yin-Yang Sword still could not break Shura Blood Armor.
"Tiance Dragon-Wandering Step!"
Lin Ye let out a low shout.
His body flickered forward, leaving multiple afterimages behind him.
Yin-Yang Sword's strength and speed had increased, but his control had worsened.
Once Lin Ye changed his rhythm, Yin-Yang Sword could not keep up.
Lin Ye slipped into his blind spot—
And instantly closed the distance.
Yin-Yang Sword's heart jolted.
Before he could react—
Lin Ye's sword swept across.
His head flew off.
Bang!
Yin-Yang Sword's body collapsed.
No hesitation.
One clean strike.
Snake Elder saw this and struggled shakily to rise, trying to flee.
Lin Ye lifted the Skybreaker Crossbow and fired.
The arrow pierced straight through Snake Elder's skull.
Pfft!
Snake Elder fell with a heavy thud.
Lin Ye walked up and collected their storage rings—
Including Granny Slashmoon's ring from earlier.
He stuffed them all into a small cloth bag.
The bag clinked with the sound of rings colliding, proof of a full harvest.
They had come to deliver resources to Lin Ye, and Lin Ye certainly would not refuse.
This battle:
Three Tianxiang Realm experts slain.
Murong Ao, patriarch of the Murong family, slain.
The entire city of Leihe was shaken.
Xia Wei and the others finally breathed again, but they also exchanged looks of deep horror.
Lin Ye, alone, had slaughtered the Murong family's three Tianxiang experts.
And if you included Zhong Bai from earlier…
Lin Ye had killed four Tianxiang-level enemies.
Wang Shu and the three great clans remained where they were, not daring to leave.
The three clan leaders exchanged glances and then descended rapidly, arriving before Lin Ye.
"Brother Lin Ye, this was entirely the Murong family's decision. It has nothing to do with us. We only accompanied them. If there is nothing else, we will take our leave. May you enjoy long life and prosperity."
One of them, smoother in temperament, spoke quickly.
Lin Ye showed no reaction.
The man immediately signaled everyone to escape.
The ten Earth-Shift Realm experts from the three great clans turned and hurried away.
They had not dared to flee earlier. If they ran, Lin Ye could easily find them later.
Better to come down, explain, and leave openly.
They took several steps.
When Lin Ye did not speak, they almost sighed in relief.
Then Lin Ye's voice rang out.
"Stop."
All of them froze instantly, turning around with forced respect.
"What does Brother Lin Ye command?"
Lin Ye spoke calmly.
"Each of you will prepare ten million spirit stones. Deliver them to me within three days. If I do not see the stones in three days, or if even one person is missing, I will come find you myself."
Lin Ye did not even know exactly which powers they belonged to or how many families there were.
But they had shown up, so everyone paid.
Even if they did not attack, they still stood against him.
Ten million per person was already extremely generous.
The moment they heard the demand, the faces of the three great clans collapsed.
Ten million each!?
"T-This… this is too much…"
One of them pleaded bitterly, hoping to bargain.
Lin Ye's gaze turned cold.
"Anyone who thinks it is too much does not need to leave."