Chapter 684: Those Who Stand in My Way Shall Die

Faced with this terrifying power, Yi Tianyun was not the least bit afraid, but Shi Xueyun’s heart was still filled with worry. Although Yi Tianyun’s cultivation was decent, she knew Elder Mei was even stronger. They hadn’t seen each other in so long; she had no idea how powerful he had become.

However, seeing Yi Tianyun’s calm expression, her heart gradually settled. She knew he never did anything he wasn’t confident about.

Her hand felt incredibly warm, and her heart was completely at ease. It was as if time itself had frozen.

“You shameless pair! Let go of her!” Mei Yiming suddenly launched a sneak attack from the side, slashing down with his sword without a moment’s hesitation, intending to sever Yi Tianyun’s arm.

He had been consumed by jealousy and fury for some time now. Shi Xueyun had taken Yi Tianyun’s hand of her own volition—how could that not drive him mad with jealousy? From the very beginning, he had considered Shi Xueyun his woman. Now, some Yi Tianyun had appeared out of nowhere, and she was throwing herself at him. He was about to explode with rage.

He could finally bear it no longer. He drew his sword and slashed down, wanting to sever Yi Tianyun’s hand. The force of his swing stirred up a wave of frigid air. He showed absolutely no mercy; if this heavy blow landed, Yi Tianyun’s arm would truly be gone, and his entire body might even be frozen solid.

“Ignorant.”

Yi Tianyun struck out with a single palm. The move seemed as placid as still water, with no discernible power contained within—just a light wave of his hand.

BAM!

Mei Yiming let out a wretched scream as he was sent flying backward. He crashed through a thick wall and landed in the snow outside. Immediately, a large patch of white snow was stained red. Elder Wan turned to look and saw a palm print embedded deep in Mei Yiming’s chest.

An expert at the seventh or eighth layer of the Void Spirit Stage had been utterly crippled by a single, casual wave of the hand. He was barely clinging to life.

“Yiming!”

Elder Mei shrieked, flew outside, and scooped up her son. Mei Yiming was bleeding from all seven orifices. His breathing was shallow, and he was on the verge of death. Every bone in his body had been completely shattered by that single palm strike; not one was left intact.

He looked fine on the outside, but his insides had been pulverized. Not even a healing Divine Pill could save him. After all, it wasn’t just his bones that were shattered—his internal organs had been turned to pulp. How could he possibly be saved?

If his skin hadn’t been so tough, he would have already dissolved into a pool of blood. How could Yi Tianyun have possibly spared him? When someone needed to be killed, he showed not the slightest bit of mercy.

He had already given them a chance. But not only were they aggressive and overbearing, Mei Yiming had even launched a sneak attack. That was a one-way ticket to death!

“I said that those who stand in my way will die.” Yi Tianyun led Shi Xueyun outside, step by step, completely ignoring Elder Mei by the side.

Shi Xueyun was utterly stunned. Although she had been prepared for him to be strong, killing Mei Yiming in a single move was truly a display of formidable power. ‘I wonder what his true cultivation level is,’ she thought. ‘Mid-stage Spirit King? Or maybe late-stage?’

“You… you actually killed Yiming! I’ll kill you!”

Like a madwoman, Elder Mei let out a bloodcurdling scream and lunged toward them. The surrounding snow was swept up, transforming into a terrifying blizzard that surged in their direction.

A top-tier Sacred Artifact instantly appeared in her hand. An extreme, frigid aura condensed into a greatsword. As she swung it, the blade instantly drained all the cold from the air, and she brought it down heavily upon him in a strike that could cleave the very Void!

She herself possessed the astonishing Ice Elemental Body. Though slightly inferior to the Ice Saint Body, it was still formidably powerful. This special constitution granted her a substantial power boost.

For example, her current attack caused the surrounding Ice Spiritual Power to automatically gather around her, amplifying her strength. In essence, it meant she had an extremely high affinity with the ice attribute.

With this slash, her Combat Power skyrocketed past a billion—a truly astonishing figure.

But was a Combat Power of over a billion meaningful to him? Of course not.

“Begone!”

Yi Tianyun flicked a finger. The effects of his Desolate Ancient Equipment rapidly stacked. The combined effects of his dual rings and necklace boosted the power of this single flick to a staggering seven to eight billion.

BOOM!

The immense ice greatsword shattered into a shower of ice shards from his light flick. Even more terrifying, the force from that finger flick was like a shockwave that could pierce the Void. It shot through the sky and slammed directly into Elder Mei.

BAM!

Elder Mei was sent flying by the flick while still in mid-air. She plummeted from the sky and sank deep into the thick snow below.

“Hm? She’s not dead?”

Yi Tianyun looked over in some surprise. ‘That flick wasn’t even that strong,’ he thought, ‘but it’s still not something an expert at the Spirit King Stage should be able to withstand.’ Yet, Elder Mei hadn’t died. ‘She must have some kind of Treasure on her.’

Sure enough, Elder Mei shot up from the snow a moment later. A ray of light enveloped her, though it had now grown incredibly faint. She herself was gravely injured; it was only because of this Protective Treasure that she had survived, albeit with heavy injuries.

‘How can this be? Why is his power so immense!?’

A wave of terror washed over Elder Mei. ‘How can such a young man possess such terrifying power? I’m a dignified Spirit King Stage expert, and I attacked with all my might, yet I couldn’t even withstand a single flick of his finger!’

‘This means there is only one possibility,’ she realized. ‘The young man before me is either at the peak of the Spirit King Stage, or he’s at the Saint King Stage!’

Elder Wan, at the side, was also dumbfounded. Her own cultivation was far inferior to Elder Mei’s, yet Elder Mei had been sent flying by a single flick of the young man’s finger. If not for her Protective Treasure, Elder Mei would have died on the spot.

This terrifying power made her tremble. ‘No wonder he was so calm and composed before,’ she thought. ‘It wasn’t that he was a fool—he had everything under his control!’

All schemes and plots were nothing but trash in the face of absolute power.

“Tianyun, your power…” Shi Xueyun was stunned. She had expected him to be strong, but this was on a terrifying new level.

An expert at the Spirit King Stage, a level she found hard to even fathom, couldn’t withstand a single flick from Yi Tianyun. He had sent her flying with as much ease as flicking away a speck of dust.

“I told you I would protect you. I will protect you for the rest of our lives,” Yi Tianyun said with a faint smile. It was a smile he reserved only for Shi Xueyun.

“Mhm…” Shi Xueyun’s heart felt incredibly warm. It was as if nothing else mattered; as long as Yi Tianyun was by her side, everything would be fine.

“What’s happened?”

The fluctuations of Spiritual Power in the area drew the distant elders over. This was the Celestial Plum Palace, a key area for the Celestial Plum Divine Clan. They would naturally rush over the moment anything happened.

“He… He’s an intruder! He wants to destroy our Celestial Plum Palace and steal the ultimate Treasure of our Celestial Plum Divine Clan!” Elder Mei began to spout slander, falsely accusing Yi Tianyun of forcing his way in to steal their Treasure!

Without a doubt, she wanted revenge—vicious revenge. If the truth got out that they had gone back on their word and refused to let Shi Xueyun leave, the Celestial Plum Divine Clan would certainly not mobilize to suppress Yi Tianyun.