Chapter 675: One-Step Kill

The air was thick with the stench of blood. The ground was stained crimson, and from a distance, it looked like a field of red—a truly ghastly sight.

An unending chorus of miserable screams echoed in all directions, adding to the terrifying atmosphere.

Piles of corpses littered the ground. These were all powerful experts whose cultivation had been considerable; the number of Spirit King Stage cultivators was relatively small, but experts at the Void Spirit Stage were everywhere. In Yi Tianyun’s hands, they were like blocks of tofu, sliced in two with a single strike!

“Demon! A demon! Run! Run for your lives!”

“What is this power? I thought… I thought he only had this kind of strength because he was using the Ascension Divine Altar!”

“That’s complete nonsense! His own power is immense! I’d guess he’s truly at the late Spirit King Stage!”

They scrambled to flee as if they’d gone mad, not daring to remain a moment longer. But as for the enemies who had surrounded Yi Tianyun, would he let them escape?

His figure flickered as he swung his sword again and again. He reaped countless lives with ease, leaving a trail of death and injury. If his first strike didn’t kill, he wouldn’t follow up with a second. It meant the person was lucky, and they were allowed to escape.

The factions watching from a distance, who hadn’t joined the encirclement, felt a chill creep into their hearts. ‘This isn’t a case of a fox borrowing a tiger’s might—he *is* the tiger!’ He killed anyone who drew near without mercy.

‘Thank goodness, thank goodness… I didn’t act on that misplaced sense of pity.’ Zuoqiu Divine Envoy was utterly stunned. Seeing such power, he and the others with him were so shocked their jaws hung open.

They hadn’t intended to join the fight to capture him, largely out of a certain reverence for the Creation Celestial Divine King, so they had refrained from such actions. Clearly, their decision had been the right one. The *absolutely* right one!

If they had joined in, their fate would have been the same as those corpses: to be effortlessly slaughtered.

“How terrifying… This Inheritor of the Creation Celestial Divine King… it’s like he’d slay a god if one stood in his way…” The onlookers didn’t dare approach and even hid far in the distance, able to do nothing but watch from the sidelines.

“Cease your arrogance!”

Just then, a thunderous roar echoed from the sky as a Saint King Stage expert descended. He had obviously heard that the Creation Celestial Divine King’s Inheritor was here and had rushed over. They couldn’t let someone else beat them to the punch; if another party snatched him up, their opportunity would be lost.

The Saint King Stage expert had only just arrived when he viciously slammed a palm down from the Void. A terrifying power instantly coalesced, forming a colossal palm that seemed to blot out the sky as it descended.

This was the might of a Saint King Stage expert. Upon seeing it, many of the fleeing cultivators looked as if they had just seen a ray of hope.

“Flowing Light Saint King, save us!” Seeing that it was the Saint King from their own Divine Kingdom, they all began to cheer.

This Flowing Light Saint King was just as domineering. The moment he arrived, he moved to suppress Yi Tianyun without a single word. His intentions were obvious: he planned to capture him and force answers out of him, not negotiate.

The other onlookers’ expressions changed. They all thought the same thing: ‘Yi Tianyun is done for this time. He’s actually managed to attract a Saint King Stage expert. Is he really going to be suppressed here?’

“It’s Flowing Light Saint King! His speed is incredible! He can slaughter everyone in the blink of an eye…”

“The Inheritor is done for. Flowing Light Saint King is so fast, how could he possibly land a hit?”

They saw that Flowing Light Saint King’s attack was blindingly fast. He had opened with his swiftest technique, the Flowing Light Divine Palm. Though it appeared to be a single palm descending, he had actually struck dozens of times in succession. The overlapping blows created a power that was truly unimaginable!

“So what if I’m arrogant?”

Yi Tianyun’s eyes went cold. He didn’t even need to activate Mad Damage Mode. With a flash, his figure vanished, reappearing the next instant behind the Saint King Stage expert. He brought his sword down in a heavy slash!

The speed was inconceivable. The Saint King Stage expert instantly sensed a dangerous chill behind him, but it was too late to react. A flash of sword light cleaved down from above his head, splitting him in two. Just like that.

DING! Successfully killed Yu Liuguang. Obtained 2.3 billion Experience, 250,000 Madness Value, and 12,000 Sin Value. Obtained Martial Arts: Flowing Light Slash, Sky-Breaking Technique. Obtained Items: Flowing Light Divine Sword (High-Grade Sacred Artifact), Flowing Light Armor (High-Grade Sacred Artifact), and Flowing Light Talisman (instantly increases speed fivefold).

Flowing Light Saint King was slain with ease, exploding into a bloody mist that scattered on the wind. The terrifying power of that single strike was enough to completely obliterate him. Flowing Light Saint King’s speed was indeed astonishing, but it was nothing compared to Yi Tianyun’s.

The three pieces of Desolate Ancient Equipment had already boosted his power and speed so dramatically that he didn’t even need to unleash Madness Mode to suppress all opposition.

‘Besides, Flowing Light Saint King was merely at the second layer of the Saint King Stage. What right did he have to act so arrogantly before me? Unless you’re at the peak of the Saint King Stage, don’t even think about posturing in my presence!’

‘Anyone less than a peak Saint King Stage expert is just trash to me. Unless they’re a supreme prodigy with an unparalleled Bloodline, they have no business acting arrogant in my presence.’

Of course, Flowing Light Saint King couldn’t hear any of this. He was already dead and gone. How could he possibly hear anything?

“He’s… dead?”

A Saint King, slain so easily. The sight scared many of the onlookers witless. The subordinates of Flowing Light Saint King in particular turned ashen-faced when they witnessed it.

The being they revered most had been killed in a single strike, just like that. He had offered no resistance and was slain effortlessly. It was as if Flowing Light Saint King wasn’t a Saint King at all, but an ordinary Body Refining Stage cultivator—at least, that’s what he seemed to be in Yi Tianyun’s eyes.

“If anyone else has an Ancestor Level expert, feel free to call them out. I’d welcome it.”

Yi Tianyun descended. This time, he didn’t continue the slaughter. Instead, he gestured to the crowd. “I’ll kill as many as you send. As it happens, my hands are itching for a fight. I’d like to scratch that itch.”

He gave a placid smile, but it sent a shiver down their spines. This time, they finally understood what a mistake was—a colossal error in judgment!

Many now recalled what Yi Tianyun had said earlier—that he had destroyed not just Empires, but even a Divine Kingdom. Judging by the current situation, it seemed entirely possible.

For him to slay an expert at the second layer of the Saint King Stage with a single sword strike meant his power was absolutely heaven-defying. He could easily destroy an ordinary Divine Kingdom. Even against a more powerful one, all he would have to do is charge in and begin a frenzied slaughter.

He might eventually be driven off, but the Divine Kingdom would be left half-crippled. Battles between Saint Kings were ferocious affairs. Some were exceptionally difficult to kill, which was why they generally avoided fighting one another—the costs were simply too high. But for Yi Tianyun, killing one was effortless, presenting no difficulty at all.

This revelation deeply shook them all, once again upending their judgment: even a Saint King Stage expert could be suppressed just the same!