Chapter 538: Proof of Blood

Ji Xuanyuan!

Watching Ye Wushuang appear, Patriarch Zong’s eyes blazed with endless, venomous hatred!

His expression, contorted as if his eyes were about to burst from their sockets, revealed the sheer depth of his hatred for Ye Wushuang!

It wasn’t just Patriarch Zong; Zong De and the Third Layer Soul Transformation Level powerhouse were also enveloped in killing intent, their terrifying auras spreading outwards.

The Zong Family had lost—utterly defeated by the young man before them!

But they didn’t understand why they had lost.

"Why? Why must you annihilate my Zong Family?"

Patriarch Zong roared hoarsely, his face a mask of savagery!

To have eight of the Zong Family’s Nirvana Powerhouses wiped out for no reason—the price was too steep!

Ye Wushuang said nothing. His body and face began to change.

He reverted to his original appearance, that handsome and familiar face appearing before Patriarch Zong once again.

Ye Wushuang!

Ji Xuanyuan was Ye Wushuang!

Patriarch Zong’s pupils constricted. Now, he finally understood why Ye Wushuang wanted to annihilate his Zong Family.

Zong De and the other man had also never imagined that the person they hated with every fiber of their being was their family’s greatest enemy!

It wasn’t just the Zong Family; Elder Demon Bai and his two companions were also stunned by Ye Wushuang’s true identity.

He wasn’t Ji Xuanyuan, but Ye Wushuang—the one who had thrown Holy City into turmoil and spent a fortune at the auction.

The expressions on the three men’s faces were incredibly strange!

They still vividly remembered the voice from the Dueling Arena that had declared, "I, Ye Wushuang, will pay your Zong Family a visit. It won’t be long."

"You’re here for revenge?"

Having understood Ye Wushuang’s identity, Patriarch Zong’s eyes shot out a blood-red light!

"You’re wrong. This isn’t for revenge. It’s to prove a point!"

Ye Wushuang stated calmly, "To prove a point!"

"Prove a point!"

Patriarch Zong’s group of three and Elder Demon Bai’s group of three were all baffled. Annihilating the Zong Family not for revenge, but merely to prove a point? Prove what?

"It started back at Baihua Tower, when your Zong Family began looking for trouble!"

"Then, at the Dueling Arena, four shameless Yang Destruction Level cultivators ambushed me!"

"After I left Holy City, the great Patriarch of the Zong Family, a Nirvana Realm powerhouse, personally came after me, determined to kill me every step of the way!"

"I was lucky enough to survive, but Patriarch Zong still wouldn’t give up. Last night, he sent countless powerhouses to ambush me yet again!"

"Time and time again, you wanted nothing more than to see me dead!"

"But none of that is the main reason. I could have even let all of that go!"

"However, your Zong Family made one fatal mistake!"

Ye Wushuang slowly recounted his grievances one by one, answering Patriarch Zong’s "why."

"A fatal mistake?"

Patriarch Zong narrowed his eyes, staring at Ye Wushuang in confusion.

"Still don’t get it?"

Ye Wushuang said coldly, "Let me remind you. One year ago, your Zong Family hunted Ye Xuan!"

"Ye Xuan?"

The three from the Zong Family lowered their heads in thought. Ye Xuan, Ye Wushuang... Could it be...

The three of them abruptly looked up, their gazes fixed on Ye Wushuang.

"Have you guessed? He is my father, the person closest to me!" Ye Wushuang said impassively. The thought of the Zong Family’s pursuit chilled his heart to the core. He didn’t even know what his father had suffered, what hardships he had endured. ’What a failure I am as a son!’

"So that’s why you’re here for revenge!"

Patriarch Zong recalled it now. A year ago, they had indeed hunted Ye Xuan!

At this thought, Patriarch Zong suddenly stared at Ye Wushuang and burst into a savage laugh. "I’m not afraid to tell you! It was I who severely wounded your father, Ye Xuan!"

"You probably don’t even know! It was I who struck him seven times, shattering the bones in his body!"

"I still remember his agonized screams! His life was a living hell, worse than death!"

"How about it? Hearing all this must be painful for you, doesn’t it? Don’t you want to kill me right this instant?"

"But you can’t! You can’t break through the Holy Light Guardian! You can’t kill us! HAHAHAHA!"

Having learned the connection between Ye Wushuang and Ye Xuan, Patriarch Zong laughed savagely and maniacally, his every chilling word drilling into Ye Wushuang’s ears.

Ye Wushuang’s eyes turned blood-red!

"From this day forward, your Zong Family is finished!"

Staring coldly at the three Zong Family members, Ye Wushuang produced an Ancient Battle Spear in his hand!

RUMBLE!

Then, with a single motion of his hand, he pulled the corpse of a Zong Family elder onto the Chaos Altar, where it disintegrated and vanished, transforming into the Power of Sacrificial!

The power within Ye Wushuang’s body surged wildly, all of it pouring into the Ancient Battle Spear!

"Strength!"

As he uttered the single word, great waves stirred within his Divine Court. The "Strength" Dao Fruit flickered, sending endless Holy Patterns into the Ancient Battle Spear!

An aura of Holy Dao Slaughter was awakening!

A Holy Dao Soldier!

Nearby, Elder Demon Bai and his two companions were terrified to death, their eyes glued to the Ancient Battle Spear in Ye Wushuang’s hand. From it, they could feel the aura of the Holy Dao.

It was too terrifying!

That Holy Dao aura tore apart every inch of space!

The Illusionary Destruction Five Elements Sword Array was becoming unstable, unable to withstand this dreadful power!

Retreat!

Retreat!

Elder Demon Bai and his companions wore looks of terror as they retreated frantically!

Meanwhile, the expressions of the three from the Zong Family had also twisted in terror!

Never in their wildest dreams could they have imagined that Ye Wushuang possessed a Holy Dao Soldier, let alone that he could activate it!

"Kill!"

Ye Wushuang roared, and the Holy Patterns bored into the Ancient Battle Spear!

The light of the Holy Patterns on the Ancient Battle Spear pierced the Firmament, shining for ten thousand zhang!

RUMBLE!

The Illusionary Destruction Five Elements Sword Array could no longer hold and collapsed with a deafening boom!

A peerless Holy Dao aura, with the Zong Mansion at its epicenter, spread out in all directions across Holy City, weighing down on the hearts of several Nirvana Powerhouses and filling them with dread.

DONG!

Deep within a palace, the Donghuang Bell resonated with a single chime!

"Impossible! How can you wield a Holy Weapon!"

Patriarch Zong shrieked, frantically marshaling all his power to resist!

They even tried to flee, but they were bound by the Power of the Holy Dao. The very void was compressed, making it impossible for them to tear it open and escape!

AH!

The Ancient Battle Spear shot through the air. Before it even got close to the three men, the Holy Light Guardian shattered in an instant. The light of the Holy Patterns obliterated their bodies!

"Ye Wushuang, I hate you! I hate that I didn’t kill your father! I hate that I didn’t exterminate every last one of you remnants! AH—!"

Patriarch Zong shrieked his last, gruesome words as he was swiftly obliterated by the Holy Dao Soldier!

RUMBLE!

The Ancient Battle Spear descended, piercing the void and pinning itself into the earth!

RUMBLE!

The Zong Mansion was flattened, and a massive chasm tore it in two!

Above the Zong Mansion, ten thousand zhang of the void collapsed in an instant!

The entire Holy City trembled from the shock!

Even though Elder Demon Bai and his companions had fled quickly, they were still caught in the shockwave and violently spat out mouthfuls of blood!

This was the power of a Holy Dao Soldier—enough to destroy heaven and earth!

Ye Wushuang stood in the void, a small golden bell floating above his head. It cast a golden light that protected him!

Only with a Half-Saint Soldier, combined with his Ultimate Treasure Body, was he able to block that wave of Holy Dao Slaughter!

Not even Ye Wushuang had expected the power of a Holy Dao Soldier to be this terrifying!

However, it had come at a cost. His Divine Sense was almost completely drained, and his entire body felt utterly weak!

With his current Realm, he could only unleash that kind of slaughter once!

Now, he was completely debilitated. If someone were to take this opportunity to attack, he would be completely defenseless!

’It seems these trump cards can only be used in moments of life and death,’ he thought. ’Otherwise, if used at the wrong time, they can just as easily lead to my own demise!’

With a wave of his hand, the Ancient Battle Spear shot back into Ye Wushuang’s body, but the lingering might of the Holy Dao remained over the Zong Mansion!

Elder Demon Bai and his two companions suppressed their terror and approached Ye Wushuang’s side!

"Ji... Young Master Ye, there are still some Zong Family members alive. What are your orders?"

Elder Demon Bai asked respectfully.

Ye Wushuang’s body remained motionless as he focused on recovering, but his eyes were fixed on the few Zong Family members in the distance!

Kill!

He then gently uttered a single word.

If you harm a single person by my side, I will slaughter three thousand!

One man’s strength may not be enough to protect the entire world, but he must be able to protect the parents and loved ones by his side. Otherwise, he is unworthy of being called a man!