Chapter 712: Sinister Luo Tianheng!
"Is this all you have?"
Unexpectedly, facing this ghostly demonic net, the corners of Li Yun’s mouth curled up. He swung his sword without hesitation.
"Five Elements Wind and Thunder Sword."
Chi! Chi! Chi!
The demonic net was violently churned by the Sword Qi, constantly emitting sounds of corrosion. Even the sky-covering devilish qi was rapidly destroyed.
Lightning-attributed energy was naturally the nemesis of all evil powers, and the combined power of lightning and Sword Qi pushed this suppression to its absolute limit.
Thus, before Li Yun’s Five Elements Wind and Thunder Sword, the move Yan Hanming was so proud of appeared vulnerable and was instantly dismantled.
Puff!
With the devilish qi destroyed, he coughed up a large mouthful of blood under the intense energy backlash. His face turned pale instantly, and combined with his gaunt and sinister appearance, he looked like a malevolent ghost.
"Kid, you have completely enraged me."
His face looked like a ghost’s as he grinned hideously. "Opposing me is the most foolish thing you have ever done in your life."
"Dark Boundless Sword."
He suddenly swung his sword again.
Pitch-black light radiated from the blade, rapidly spreading in all directions and plunging the entire space into darkness.
In just a few breaths, the area within dozens of meters was completely shrouded in darkness. It was so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face, and vision became entirely useless. Even though everyone present was a Heavenly Core Realm cultivator, at this moment, they could see nothing with their naked eyes.
"Kid, you are dead."
Yan Hanming’s hideous laughter rang out. "This sword of mine targets both the physical body and the soul at the same time. It is impossible for you to block it. Now, sink completely into endless darkness. Hahahaha!"
As Yan Hanming laughed wildly, the darkness expanded further.
Within this darkness, not only was vision useless, but even the soul seemed to be sealed, leaving only the sensation of a boundless void.
Loneliness, despair, dead silence, and fear surged up, causing one to completely lose the will to resist.
"Thunder Rain Soul-Seizing Sword."
But at that moment, Li Yun abruptly struck with his sword.
A streak of Sword Light, like a bolt of lightning splitting the darkness, erupted with extremely brilliant radiance. In an instant, the endless darkness was dispelled, and dazzling light enveloped heaven and earth.
Boom!
A clap of thunder suddenly sounded, followed by a torrential downpour.
This rain was actually composed of sharp strands of Sword Qi. The endless Sword Qi descended upon Yan Hanming in an overwhelming manner.
"Ah!"
His body shook violently as if his soul were being torn apart.
He spat out a large mouthful of blood, then pitched forward and fainted directly.
As he lost consciousness, the endless darkness was immediately dispelled, and the surrounding world instantly regained its clarity.
"Yan Hanming actually lost?"
This scene caused the expressions of the silver-haired youth and the others to change at the same time.
Although many of them disliked Yan Hanming, his strength was indeed the greatest among them aside from Luo Tianheng. Few within the same rank could survive ten moves against him.
But now, in only two sword strikes, Yan Hanming had been defeated.
And the one who defeated him was merely a Half-Step Heavenly Core Realm cultivator, an outsider from the Azure Void Region.
"Interesting."
Luo Tianheng, the tall youth at the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm, finally spoke.
As things stood, if he did not step forward, the Supreme Heaven Sword Sect would truly lose all face.
He said with a smile, "Little brother, I must say, your strength has indeed exceeded my expectations and earned my respect. In another place, perhaps I would be willing to befriend you. But after all, you injured my junior brother and junior sister. As their senior brother, I must give them an explanation."
"How about this. If you can withstand one move from me, I will not pursue today’s matter further."
As his voice fell, he took a sudden step forward.
His speed was extreme, already reaching thirty times the speed of sound, very close to the thirty-threefold limit of the Heavenly Core Realm.
His figure flickered, appearing before Li Yun in an instant.
Then, he threw a sudden palm strike.
This strike seemed casual, but it actually contained intense killing intent, whipping up a terrifying airflow as it struck toward Li Yun’s heart like lightning.
Clearly, although he claimed he would not pursue the matter if Li Yun withstood one move, his true intention was to kill Li Yun with a single palm strike.
"Sword immortal puppet."
At the critical moment, Li Yun directly deployed the sword immortal puppet instead of using his own strength.
He clearly felt that showing his true strength here was not a wise move.
The puppet erupted with the aura of the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm and swung its sword, blocking the palm strike in the blink of an eye.
"Hm?"
Luo Tianheng raised an eyebrow and retreated to his original position.
His gaze lingered on the sword immortal puppet for a long time, and his expression turned somewhat uncertain.
After a long while, he laughed loudly and said, "I did not expect you to have a sword immortal puppet in your hands, little brother. It seems I misjudged you."
"Very well. Spoken words are like spilled water. Since you withstood my move, today’s matter is settled. You may leave."
"Senior Brother!"
As soon as Luo Tianheng finished speaking, the expressions of the silver-haired youth and the green-robed girl changed.
But halfway through their protest, Luo Tianheng glared at them, making them shudder and immediately shut their mouths.
"Let us go."
Seeing this, Li Yun did not hesitate.
He immediately withdrew the sword immortal puppet and quickly left with Zhu Heng and the other two.
"Senior Brother, are we really just letting them go like this?"
Once Li Yun and the others had left, the silver-haired youth spoke resentfully. "Those damn outsider natives made us lose face. How can we just let them leave?"
"Let them leave?"
The smile had long since vanished from Luo Tianheng’s face. His expression was cold as he said indifferently, "A Half-Step Heavenly Core Realm kid with such strength, and who even possesses a sword immortal puppet capable of unleashing 9th level Heavenly Core Realm power. This kid obviously has a great secret."
"Moreover, the Heavenly Sword Sect was only recently exterminated, and this kid appears here now. Perhaps he carries the entire treasure trove left behind by the Heavenly Sword Sect. Under these circumstances, how could I possibly let him leave?"
"This..."
The silver-haired youth was stunned. "In that case, why did Great Senior Brother let him go just now?"
"It was just for show."
Luo Tianheng said coldly, "Besides, while dealing with that kid is easy, he does have that sword immortal puppet at the 9th level of Heavenly Core Realm. If the delay were too long and attracted others’ attention, that would not be good."
"Next, I will inform my grandfather of this matter. I believe that with Grandfather’s intervention, even if that kid grew several pairs of wings, he would not be able to escape."
"Elder Luo!"
Hearing Luo Tianheng’s words, the silver-haired youth and the others’ expressions changed, quickly turning into excitement.
Elder Luo was the leader of the Supreme Heaven Sword Sect’s stronghold in Boundless Martial City, a powerful expert of the Spirit Manifestation Realm.
With him taking action, Li Yun would absolutely have no way to escape.