The Earth Clan cultivator, after initially agreeing with Ding Yueyin, shifted his tone, saying, “The lowly humans of Human Yellow City have indeed committed a grave sin. It’s only right for the Dayuan Clan to wipe them out. Human Yellow City, sitting on our land, has long been draining the cosmic vitality. Destroying it early is a good thing. However, its existence until now is due to everyone’s efforts. Since the Dayuan Clan’s holy army is here and Human Yellow City has offended them, why not let the Dayuan Clan act, with us cheering them on? When it’s time to divide the spoils, the Dayuan Clan takes fifty percent, and the Beast Soul Clan and I split the rest. How’s that?”
Hearing this, the Beast Soul Clan’s Que fellow said nothing more. After all, Human Yellow City had killed another’s holy son, and they had come unprepared, while the Dayuan Clan brought their holy army. Lan Xiaobu remained silent, watching these clowns negotiate.
He wasn’t sure what the Earth Clan was, but this fellow was a peculiar sight, barely a metre tall with a disproportionately large head. At first glance, he might pass for human, but a closer look revealed stark differences. People jokingly say men have three legs, but this one genuinely did, the third leg slightly back, making him waddle like a three-pronged horse. Ding Yueyin was reluctant but knew that claiming fifty percent of the human cultivators was already the best deal. Otherwise, with the Beast Soul and Earth Clan powerhouses present, a single urgent decree could summon millions of troops. Offending both clans would be disastrous for the Dayuan Clan. “I have no objections, but what if other clans come demanding a share?” Ding Yueyin asked. She didn’t want other races claiming a portion from the Dayuan Clan after the humans were divided. The Earth Clan’s short man laughed, “Friend Ding, you worry too much. With representatives from our three clans here, it’s naturally ours to split. Who can blame those who didn’t show up? Besides, once our three clans decide, no one can change it.”
Indeed, while this universe had countless races, the Dayuan, Beast Soul, and Earth Clans were among the top five. With three of the top five here, smaller clans had no say. Even if the other two major clans arrived, this agreement, based on the Dayuan holy son’s death, would stand.
“Good, that puts my mind at ease,” Ding Yueyin nodded, satisfied.
The Dayuan army was ready, awaiting her command. To them, Human Yellow City’s cultivators were property, theirs to claim. In their eyes, these humans were less than livestock.
“My Dayuan holy army, heed my command: raze Human Yellow City, capture every human ant. We will not allow these filthy humans to defile our sacred land,” Ding Yueyin declared, issuing the attack order again.
She kept her eyes on Lan Xiaobu. Alone, she didn’t fear him, and now, with two powerhouses from the Beast Soul and Earth Clans, he was as good as hers. Despite her words about humans defiling the land, she knew a Seventh Step human cultivator was priceless.
“Kill!”
Hundreds of thousands of Dayuan troops surged towards Human Yellow City like a swarm of locusts, dense and overwhelming. Even before they arrived, their murderous aura made every cultivator in the city’s scalp tingle, their breaths stifled.
“Friend Lan, let’s fight together. Even if we fall, it’s better than being crushed,” Yinlingzi urged, stepping forward. Lan Xiaobu waved him off, “No need. These petty tricks and ugly clowns don’t require everyone’s effort.” With that, he raised his hand, unleashing endless rules while summoning the Cosmic Mill. He didn’t use it out of fear but to seal this space, ensuring no one escaped. Otherwise, with hundreds of thousands of troops charging, he might not stop Ding Yueyin and the other Seventh Step powerhouses from fleeing.
A terrifying cutting rule ravaged the space, threatening to slice it into countless fragments. This tearing aura could seemingly shred the cosmos itself, let alone anyone caught within. Blood mist exploded across the sky. No matter how many troops, they were nothing before a true powerhouse.
“What kind of divine ability is this?” The Earth Clan’s short man stared in horror at Lan Xiaobu’s devastating cutting rule, his scalp tingling, his back cold. The Great Cutting Technique was alien to him, a heaven-splitting ability he’d never seen.
Mi Ji, watching Lan Xiaobu unleash the Great Cutting Technique, thought these barbaric universe ants had never witnessed such a terrifying divine ability. Under this technique, millions, even tens of millions of troops, would turn to ash. Qin Xuxi knew Lan Xiaobu could also use the Great Destruction Technique. She understood why he didn’t: these inhuman, monstrous aliens had enraged him, and he deliberately chose this bloody method to teach them a lesson. A Great Destruction Technique would leave nothing, lacking the shock factor. After a brief moment of awe, Ding Yueyin roared and charged at Lan Xiaobu, her twin ice spikes transforming into a chilling domain. She couldn’t allow him to continue, or her Dayuan holy army would be annihilated.
“Friend Tong, let’s act together. This man is extraordinary,” the Beast Soul Clan man said, stunned by Lan Xiaobu’s methods.
Such tactics rendered the hundreds of thousands of Dayuan troops mere fodder. Lan Xiaobu had worried the Beast Soul man and the short man might flee when he attacked Ding Yueyin, but now, with both charging at him, he relaxed. His Longevity Halberd unleashed billions of halberd rays, enveloping them all in his Horn Sound Kill. The sky filled with endless killing notes, the Great Cutting Technique already staining the space red, and the halberd’s killing notes exploded within, as if washing the vast sky with blood.
The Horn Sound Kill stirred a thousand miles of howling winds and blood-soaked robes. The sky unyielding, my halberd brings ten thousand killing cries! Under the vast killing notes, only slaughter and death remained. All resistance was futile “
Whether it was Ding Yueyin, the Beast Soul Clan’s Que, or the Earth Clan’s short man, they were utterly stunned by this terrifying halberd technique. They had never seen such a shocking killing ability. Their domains, extended against Lan Xiaobu’s, were like child’s play, unable to even protect themselves, let alone resist.
Lan Xiaobu’s divine ability chilled their hearts just by witnessing it, let alone fighting back. This wasn’t a contest of near-equal strength but a chasm of difference.
“Crack!”
Ding Yueyin’s twin spikes, just summoned, were caught in the halberd’s killing rules and shattered. She felt ice-cold, certain that not even ten of her could survive against this man. Wasn’t this their universe? Why did it feel like his?
“Stop, we surrender…” Ding Yueyin screamed, convinced Lan Xiaobu wasn’t a Seventh Step but a Ninth Step powerhouse. How else could he crush their combined efforts so easily in this universe?
“Pfft!” She had a chance to plead, but the short Earth Clan man was cleaved from head to toe by Lan Xiaobu’s halberd, his soul split, annihilated on the spot. The Beast Soul Clan’s Que, terrified, retreated frantically, burning his lifespan and essence blood, even using his most precious talisman. As it activated, he breathed a sigh of relief, thinking escape was near. He’d hide far away, never returning to the Beast Soul Clan. Offending a powerhouse like Lan Xiaobu could mean the clan’s destruction, let alone revenge.
But the next moment, he found the space locked. His divine sense swept out, revealing a massive mill sealing the area. Burning his lifespan or even his entire life wouldn’t free him now.
Before he could act again, a giant shovel flew from afar, piercing his chest and pinning him in the void. It was the Earth Clan’s Protector Tong’s Earth Essence Shovel, his final thought. Simultaneously, Ding Yueyin’s shattered ice spikes split into four, carrying her and pinning her in the void. Compared to the Dayuan holy son, she fared slightly better, her brow spared.
“You…” Ding Yueyin, chilled to the bone, stared at Lan Xiaobu. His strength could easily destroy the Dayuan Clan. It was finished, she thought.
