Chapter 366: Gap in Strength

Outside the Holy Pill Hall, the sight of Yi Xiaoyao killing Ce Yuan left everyone in the crowd stunned.

It was too crazy!

He actually dared to let his enemy plunge a sword into his heart.

Too bizarre!

His heart had been pierced, but not only did he survive, his wound healed in an instant.

At the same time, what shocked the crowd even more was that Yi Xiaoyao, at the Void-Entering First Realm, had killed someone at the Void Third Realm!

“Who is this kid?”

“This guy is too ruthless! He’s definitely not someone to be trifled with!”

“Such a stunningly talented young man with such powerful methods shouldn’t be a nobody. Why have I never heard his name before?”

Gradually, a large crowd gathered in front of the Holy Pill Hall.

Yun Mengling and Flame Sacrifice Fire Dance were also shocked by the way Yi Xiaoyao recovered from his injuries, but they could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

“We need to get out of here, now! I’m afraid these two brothers from the Ce Clan were waiting here for their elders!” Flame Sacrifice Fire Dance said, stepping forward.

Yi Xiaoyao nodded gravely. He couldn’t fail to meet the Red Butterfly Saint Witch only to get dragged into a huge mess by two idiots who were asking for death.

Then, Yi Xiaoyao took Yun Mengling’s hand, ready to push through the crowd with Flame Sacrifice Fire Dance and leave.

“Where do you think you’re going?!”

At that moment, a furious roar came from within the Holy Pill Hall. A flash of light followed, and a blinding ray shot instantly toward Yi Xiaoyao.

The ray was incredibly fast, scorching and distorting the very air it passed through.

“Look out!”

Flame Sacrifice Fire Dance hastily raised a hand, sending a fiery serpent to meet the ray of white light.

Yun Mengling reacted at the same time, conjuring a Holy Light Shield.

However, Flame Sacrifice Fire Dance’s fiery serpent stood no chance against the ray of light. It was pierced and extinguished in an instant.

But then, when the white ray struck Yun Mengling’s Holy Light Shield, something strange happened.

Logically, Yun Mengling’s Cultivation was lower than Flame Sacrifice Fire Dance’s. Since even the latter couldn’t resist the force at all, Yun Mengling’s Holy Light Shield should have been pierced instantly.

Yet now, as the ray of light touched the Holy Light Shield, it was bizarrely reflected away.

At the same time, Yun Mengling looked as if she’d been severely wounded. She coughed up a mouthful of blood as her Holy Light Shield shattered instantly.

The residual light that hadn’t been reflected still shot toward Yi Xiaoyao.

The whole sequence had happened too fast. Yi Xiaoyao had just managed to react, raising the Bloodthirsty Sword in his hand to block his chest.

TING!

With a crisp sound, Yi Xiaoyao felt an irresistible force strike his blade, and the sword was knocked from his hand.

But because of that block, the ray of light was deflected from his heart, instead piercing through the area below it.

A fist-sized hole appeared in Yi Xiaoyao’s side by his ribs. His Cyan Wood Undying Body tried to heal the injury, but an intense burning sensation prevented the wound from closing at all.

Blood trickled from the corner of Yi Xiaoyao’s mouth. He knew that if it weren’t for his Cyan Wood Undying Body, the residual burning power of that light ray would have incinerated him completely.

If that ray had hit his heart, even with the Cyan Wood Undying Body, he would have died for sure since he hadn’t mastered it to the Great Success stage.

This was the difference in power!

The surrounding crowd scattered in terror. A moment later, a cry of surprise came from within the Holy Pill Hall, and two figures in white emerged.

One was an old woman, the other a young man who looked to be under thirty.

“Extreme Pure Holy Light! It’s Extreme Pure Holy Light!”

The old woman seemed incredibly excited and strode toward Yi Xiaoyao’s group.

The white-robed young man, however, looked surprised. Perhaps it was because Yi Xiaoyao hadn’t been burned to death by the ray he’d just fired, or perhaps it was something else entirely.

Yi Xiaoyao’s expression was extremely grave. ‘It looks like I’ve really stirred up trouble now,’ he thought. ‘These two are clearly from Xuanhuang and master the Light Attribute. I don’t even have to guess to know they’re connected to the Ce brothers.’

In the next instant, Yun Mengling let out a cry of alarm, and Yi Xiaoyao’s expression changed.

Because at some unknown moment, the old woman had seized Yun Mengling. No one present had even seen how it happened.

“Ling’Er!” Forgetting the searing pain in his left side, Yi Xiaoyao glared at the old woman, his face a mask of shock and fury.

The old woman paid him no mind and gripped Yun Mengling’s shoulder, causing a halo of light to bloom from her body.

“Just as I thought! It’s Extreme Pure Holy Light!”

The old woman was overjoyed. The young man beside her said in surprise, “No wonder she was able to reflect my Daylight Scorch despite her low Cultivation. So it was the Extreme Pure Holy Light!”

“Little girl, let me ask you, are you a virgin?” the old woman asked Yun Mengling.

Yun Mengling was already terrified. Now, being asked such a question in public, how could she possibly bring herself to answer?

Seeing Yun Mengling in the enemy’s clutches and hearing such questions, Yi Xiaoyao erupted in fury.

“Let Ling’Er go!”

A low roar escaped his throat. The Bloodthirsty Sword flew back into his hand, and he shot toward them.

The old woman completely ignored Yi Xiaoyao’s attack. Instead, the young man beside her spoke. “Congratulations, Master, on finding the girl of Extreme Purity. But that kid killed our two junior brothers. How should we deal with him?”

“He killed my disciples. How can I let him live? You will avenge your junior brothers.”

The old woman glanced at the two corpses on the ground and snorted heavily. If her discovery of the Extreme Pure Holy Light hadn’t tempered her rage, she might have acted herself.

The white-robed young man cupped his fist in salute, accepting the order. Unhurriedly, he faced the oncoming sword flash from Yi Xiaoyao and simply pointed a finger.

Another ray of light shot out. It struck the edge of Yi Xiaoyao’s blade, and the Bloodthirsty Sword was once again knocked from his grasp.

“Trash.”

The white-robed young man looked at Yi Xiaoyao, who had been sent flying, and let out a disdainful sneer.

Then, the man stepped forward and pointed at Yi Xiaoyao once more.

A miserable look appeared on Yi Xiaoyao’s face. ‘The gap in strength between me and this young man is just too vast.’

Yi Xiaoyao heard Yun Mengling’s sobs and could only curse himself in his heart. ‘Not only can I not protect her, but I’m just making her worry.’

Just then, Flame Sacrifice Fire Dance stepped in front of Yi Xiaoyao and roared at the white-robed young man, “I am the Red Wilderness Saintess! Do you dare touch me?”

The white-robed young man’s brows furrowed, and the light gathering on his finger dimmed.

Then, his leisurely voice drifted to Yi Xiaoyao’s ears. “Trash, weren’t you acting all high and mighty just now when you killed my two junior brothers? Now you’re just going to hide behind a woman?”

Yi Xiaoyao clenched his jaw and stepped forward.

“Don’t be reckless!” Flame Sacrifice Fire Dance said, grabbing Yi Xiaoyao. “This guy was able to enter the Holy Pill Hall. I think he must be the First Generation Saint Son of Xuanhuang! You’re no match for him!”

When the surrounding crowd heard this, they all gasped in astonishment.

Like the Saintess, the Saint Son title has three ranks. The First Generation is the highest, reserved for the strongest young prodigies who have a chance of becoming the ruler of their respective wilderness.

But what else could Yi Xiaoyao do? There was at least a full Great Realm of difference between him and this white-robed young man, not to mention that old woman. There was no escape.

And with Yun Mengling in their hands, she was his reverse scale. He had no choice but to fight with everything he had!