Chapter 561: Yu Sanqiu

“You!”

The sudden turn of events stunned Huo Susu.

The bloody light was so fast it was nearly invisible to the naked eye. In just an instant, it was right before her face.

An eerie, chilling aura enveloped Huo Susu. Her skin began to ache, and her movements grew sluggish.

An intense sense of danger sent a chill down her spine. For a moment, she thought she was going to die from this attack.

Just then, a large hand suddenly shot out and seized the bloody light, holding it firm.

No matter how hard the wielder of the light struggled, it couldn’t move another inch.

“Hm?”

The Celestial Mountain Sect disciple spoke with shock and suspicion. He looked up and saw that the one who had intervened was the young man who showed no trace of Spiritual Power.

At that moment, Ye Chen was staring at him with a look of utter indifference.

His expressionless face radiated an immense sense of pressure.

“Who ordered you to do this?”

Ye Chen held the bloody light in his hand.

The chilling, crimson glow gradually faded, revealing a uniquely shaped dagger in Ye Chen’s grasp.

The dagger had a curved blade, etched with many strange, blood-red patterns.

A faint, bloody scent lingered around the dagger, enough to make one’s spirit tremble.

“H-How could this be?”

The Celestial Mountain Sect disciple was dumbfounded. He stared blankly at the crimson dagger in Ye Chen’s hand as if witnessing something impossible, his eyes wide with disbelief.

“That’s… the Bloodfiend Dagger!”

Huo Wuji, who had just boarded the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle, felt his pupils shrink. “That’s an incredibly vicious spiritual weapon! According to legend, it can even pierce through the protective Spiritual Power of a Divinity Transformation Cultivator with ease!”

“The materials used to forge the Bloodfiend Dagger contain a potent blood poison. If it so much as scratches someone, the poison will enter their bloodstream through the wound. After just a few circulatory cycles, it will severely deplete their vital energy and even cause their cultivation to regress!”

Hearing this, everyone couldn’t help but gasp in shock.

Their gazes toward the Celestial Mountain Sect disciple were now filled with fury.

They had kindly taken in this man who had been beaten to a pulp by the Yu family, yet he had harbored such ill intentions, hiding a terrifying weapon to launch a sneak attack on Huo Susu?

A chill ran through Huo Susu. She felt as if she had just had a brush with death.

If Ye Chen hadn’t intervened in time, she couldn’t even begin to imagine the consequences!

“You deserve to die a thousand deaths!” one of the Huo family Elders roared, his eyes burning with killing intent as he glared at the Celestial Mountain Sect disciple.

“I… I…”

“It wasn’t me! I was forced! You… you can’t blame me…”

The Celestial Mountain Sect disciple panicked.

His own cultivation was mediocre. He could only threaten others because he had the Bloodfiend Dagger.

Now that Ye Chen had taken even the Bloodfiend Dagger, he had lost his only leverage.

Faced with the powerful members of the Huo family, he could do nothing but beg for mercy.

“It’s a trap!”

“This guy was in league with the Yu family all along! He deliberately led us here!”

Huo Wuji exclaimed upon seeing this.

Just then, several terrifying auras suddenly erupted into the sky.

It was the pressure of the Divinity Transformation Realm, like a vast, boundless sky, crushing down in all directions.

“BOOM!”

“Isn’t it a little late to be realizing it’s a trap now?”

First, a loud laugh echoed between heaven and earth. Then, a terrifying torrent of Spiritual Power swept out from below, blasting toward the people on the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle’s back.

“Miss, look out!”

An intense sense of crisis gripped everyone. If this torrent of Spiritual Power knocked the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle from the sky, everyone on its back would surely be injured.

A Huo family expert immediately stepped forward, activated his full cultivation, and met the torrent of Spiritual Power head-on.

But in the end, he coughed up blood and staggered backward. The immense force threw him onto the eagle’s back, leaving him severely wounded on the spot.

“Huo Xing!”

Huo Susu cried out in alarm as the other Huo family experts rushed to help him up.

Ye Chen watched this scene, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Huo Xing, the youngest Elder of the Huo family. Not yet thirty, he had already broken through to the Divinity Transformation Realm and held the position of Elder. He was considered to have a limitless future.

‘But even a Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator like him was grievously injured on the spot, unable to withstand a single blow?’

“Hm?”

“He’s not dead?”

“I’ll give you that, kid. You’ve got some skill.”

A scornful laugh drifted up from below. A figure in gray robes took a step, and with a deafening sonic boom, he appeared in front of the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle, blocking its path.

It was a middle-aged man with graying temples!

A terrifying aura radiated from his body. The forearms extending from his sleeves were a strange, grayish-white color.

Simply by standing there, he exuded an imposing aura of profound stillness and power. His gaunt figure felt like a towering, ancient Divine Mountain, creating an immense sense of pressure.

“The Yu family’s Supreme Elder, Yu Sanqiu?”

The Huo family’s Third Elder, Hoffman, said hoarsely, his pupils constricting.

Hearing this, all the Huo family experts on the back of the Black-Crowned Golden Eagle grew solemn. Their auras tensed, and their eyes were filled with apprehension as they stared at the gray-robed man before them.

Huo Susu’s pretty face also paled slightly, and her jade-like hands clenched unconsciously.

‘She clearly hadn’t expected to encounter such a formidable enemy here!’

“The Yu family has deployed its strongest forces. They intend to bury us here for good!”

Huo Wuji clutched his chest, speaking with difficulty.

“Second Elder, didn’t you call for help from the Grand Elder the moment you encountered danger?” Hoffman couldn’t help but ask, looking at Huo Wuji’s miserable state.

The Huo family’s Grand Elder, Huo Tianxing, was a Cultivator who had reached the Eighth Layer of the Divinity Transformation Realm. His strength was no less than that of the Patriarch, Huo Qiguang.

To obtain the Profound Mirror Treasure Record and heal Patriarch Huo Qiguang’s hidden injuries, the Huo family had taken this operation very seriously, even having Grand Elder Huo Tianxing personally oversee it.

If any Huo family Cultivator encountered trouble and called for help immediately, Huo Tianxing, an Eighth-Layer Divinity Transformation Realm Cultivator, would arrive in time to eliminate all threats and enemies.

However, upon hearing this, Huo Wuji’s face grew even paler.

His voice trembled as he said, “The Grand Elder… I can’t contact him!”

“I strongly suspect that the Grand Elder might have met with disaster as well!”

“What?” The moment he said this, the Huo family members felt as if they had been plunged into an icy cellar, a chill running through their bodies.

Huo Tianxing was their backbone!

If something had happened to even Huo Tianxing, it would be a devastating blow to the Huo family’s morale.

Ye Chen’s brow furrowed slightly. He too realized the gravity of their situation.

In the distance, Yu Sanqiu watched the Huo family experts with cold eyes, a ruthless killing intent appearing on his face.

“This time, it’s like shooting fish in a barrel. This place will be your grave!”