Chapter 686 - 685: Godslaying Slash

"I advise you to give yourselves up and stop this pointless struggle. With so many of our elders in control, even an expert at the Saint King Stage would be suppressed here!"

Mei Qingyuan looked coldly at Yi Tianyun and Shi Xueyun. He was well aware of Shi Xueyun's identity, but now that his son was dead, what was the point of keeping her around?

They had always had high hopes for the union between Shi Xueyun and Mei Yiming. Now that Mei Yiming was dead, all of that was meaningless. Seeing the two of them holding hands, his inner fury surged to astonishing heights, and he wished he could hack Yi Tianyun and Shi Xueyun to pieces.

"Give ourselves up?" Yi Tianyun said indifferently. "And what would you do to us after that? Lock us up somewhere to rot, or are you planning to flay us alive?"

"I will use your blood and flesh to appease my son's spirit!" Mei Qingyuan hissed. "Seize them!"

The elders had already finished charging their energy. The surrounding Celestial Plum Trees rapidly released a biting chill that surged madly toward them, causing the temperature to plummet to a terrifying degree.

This extreme cold was easily comparable to the effects of the Celestial Yin Fire, capable of freezing a person solid in an instant. The attack's range was also incredibly vast; as long as you were trapped here, there was no escape, no matter where you stood.

This vast array was a true Heaven and Earth Net; no matter how many people came, they would be swiftly frozen. This was only a fraction of its power. For now, they didn't want to kill Yi Tianyun and Shi Xueyun, but merely trap them so Mei Qingyuan could deal with them personally.

In an instant, the area where Yi Tianyun and Shi Xueyun stood was shrouded in layer upon layer of thick, icy mist. Mei Qingyuan and Elder Mei watched, as if they could already see Yi Tianyun and Shi Xueyun frozen into ice sculptures, completely under their control.

Off to the side, Elder Wan shook her head and sighed. "I am powerless to help. There are many things I cannot control… I'm sorry…"

She was filled with regret but didn't step forward to help. Although she was an elder, her rank was too low, so her status was clearly inferior to that of Elder Mei and Mei Qingyuan. Whatever they did, she could only acquiesce.

HUMMM!

A terrifying Sword Aura sliced the enveloping icy mist in two, causing it to instantly dissipate. At the same time, a crimson Sword Aura swept out in all directions. Wherever it passed, ice and snow melted, and even the Celestial Plum Trees were instantly set ablaze.

One by one, the ignited Celestial Plum Trees went up in flames like torches, burning so rapidly they turned to ash in a flash!

It all happened too suddenly. The crimson Sword Aura slashed horizontally toward the surrounding elders. Before they could even react, the red light had already passed through their bodies.

Their eyes bulged, and then with a WHOOSH, a terrifying fire engulfed them. Amidst their screams, they were quickly burned to cinders, deader than dead.

"Ding! Successfully killed an elder of the Celestial Plum Divine Clan. Experience gained…"

"Ding! Successfully killed…"

One Spirit King Stage expert after another was slain by his sword. With a single swing, he killed five or six Spirit King Stage experts and ignited a large swath of Celestial Plum Trees. However, the array's effectiveness didn't seem to weaken. The loss of some Celestial Plum Trees was not a major problem.

The problem was that with so many elders dead, their control over the Celestial Plum Array's power was drastically weakened.

"You pieces of trash think you can control me?" Yi Tianyun gripped the Celestial Nether Divine Sword tightly in his hand. 'With a Divine Artifact paired with my terrifying cultivation, everyone here is nothing but trash.'

Mei Qingyuan's eyes narrowed. In the blink of an eye, more than half of his elders were dead. 'These were the elites of our Celestial Plum Divine Clan… and they died just like that?'

Elder Mei was stunned. 'This is an array that can trap even a Saint King Stage expert, an array that can withstand any attack… Yet it couldn't block a single sword strike!' In an instant, it had been ignited by those terrifying flames, turning the entire mountain into a sea of fire.

Celestial Plum Trees were notoriously difficult to ignite, especially with ordinary fire. Even common weapons couldn't harm them. But under these terrifying flames, they were instantly incinerated, their ashes scattering in the wind.

"Such terrifying power… Xueyun, is this the man you've given your heart to…?" Elder Wan was dumbfounded. 'To overwhelm the world with a single strike!'

"That's Immortal Fire! Who in the world are you?!" Mei Qingyuan trembled inwardly. Now he finally understood why his opponent was so fearless. With this power alone, he had no reason to fear them.

"Does it matter who I am?" Yi Tianyun said indifferently. "It seems that unless I make you pay a price, you'll never understand who you've provoked. And here you were, thinking the Celestial Plum Divine Clan was invincible!"

"Madness Mode, activate!"

Yi Tianyun's gaze turned cold as his Combat Power instantly skyrocketed thirty-twofold. A terrifying power erupted toward the heavens, and the very earth trembled beneath his might. Everyone could feel Yi Tianyun's dreadful power—everyone except Shi Xueyun. She felt no fear, only a profound sense of relief and security.

The Celestial Nether Divine Sword in his hand erupted with a dazzling light as the Immortal Fire flared toward the sky. It turned out that Netherworld Fire wasn't required to unleash the Celestial Nether Divine Sword's power; the Immortal Fire worked just as well.

The scorching flames shot skyward, and the intense heat instantly melted the surrounding ice and snow. Then, he aimed at the Celestial Plum Mountain Range and brought his sword down in a vicious slash!

"Stop!"

Sensing this terrifying power, Mei Qingyuan shouted frantically, but he didn't dare get any closer. Though his cultivation was not weak, he felt utterly insignificant in the face of such dreadful might.

"Godslaying Slash!"

Yi Tianyun turned a deaf ear, instead putting even more force into his strike as he brought the sword down heavily. Even as the surviving elders frantically manipulated the array, their efforts were utterly insignificant against this world-destroying power.

BOOM!

A Sword Aura hundreds of yards long slammed down. The surrounding defensive shields were like fragile paper, crumbling instantly. Then, the solid palace, like a block of tofu, was cleaved just as easily.

The slash continued downward, plunging deep into the earth and striking the very heart of the array. BANG! The once-durable core proved utterly fragile, shattering into dust beneath the strike.

Yi Tianyun hadn't just slashed randomly; he had aimed for the very eye of the Celestial Plum Array. Once the array's eye was destroyed, the Celestial Plum Divine Clan would be completely exposed. The white mist that concealed their home would vanish.

As the core shattered, the white mist enveloping the Celestial Plum Palace rapidly dispersed. With the great array gone, the true landscape was revealed. Had anyone been watching from the outside, they would have seen a snow-covered mountain suddenly appear, dotted with numerous palaces.

Without the great array, they were wide open to intruders and had no way to stop an invasion. Under normal circumstances, however, no one would go out of their way to pick a life-or-death battle with the Celestial Plum Divine Clan, as there was little to be gained.

But this time, it wasn't someone else provoking the Celestial Plum Divine Clan. It was the Celestial Plum Divine Clan that had provoked Yi Tianyun!