The martial artists relied on their inner energy, yet they still could not see anything in this darkness.
Gloomy, icy, terrifying, eerie, evil…
This sword strike felt exactly like a massacre after the end of days. It actually induced a sense of despair and surrender in people’s minds.
“Heavenly Demon Annihilation Body?”
Among the crowd, although they could see nothing, they still heard Ling Xiao’s voice.
“Could it be that Ling Xiao has actually cultivated that supremely yin and evil Heavenly Demon Annihilation World Art?”
“Impossible. His cultivation level is nowhere near high enough. That’s a martial technique only top-tier Yin-Yang Realm experts are qualified to practise.”
“But if it’s not the Heavenly Demon Annihilation World Art, then what is it? How could it be so dark and terrifying?”
No one could answer the question.
Because they could not witness the full splendour of Ling Xiao’s sword.
In the darkness belonged to Ling Xiao’s senior sister.
In that instant, almost every martial artist present went blind.
The pitch-black space left them like sightless beggars.
The seven Barbarian Elephants could not see Ling Xiao. They grew tense and frantic.
The twin sisters were even more frightened. They abruptly halted their attack midway, unable to judge Ling Xiao’s position. They could only shift from offence to defence.
A powerful sense of crisis surged in the hearts of the seven Barbarian Elephants and the twins. They were utterly terrified.
Steward Jia also began to panic.
Although he had not been pulled into that dreadful Dark Sword Domain, he could still sense the fate of his subordinates.
“What on earth is happening inside?”
The martial artists who had avoided the Dark Sword Domain all shared the same question.
Before their eyes was a massive black sphere. That sphere was the Dark Sword Domain. What exactly was occurring inside, they had no way of knowing.
“They’re probably fighting already, right?”
Someone guessed.
Boom!
A deafening explosion erupted from within that dark space.
Then the space cracked open like an eggshell.
Vague silhouettes of several figures could be seen standing inside.
Steward Jia breathed a sigh of relief.
As long as multiple figures remained standing, it meant his subordinates had not all died. It seemed Ling Xiao’s move, though spectacular in appearance, was not very effective.
The darkness gradually faded.
Yet Steward Jia’s expression turned exceptionally ugly.
Indeed, someone was still standing.
But the only one truly alive was Ling Xiao.
The seven Barbarian Elephants remained frozen in their previous postures and states, except that every one of their bodies had turned purplish-black and was continuously rotting away.
The reason Ling Xiao had chosen the Dark Demonic Sword was not without cause.
The Dark Demonic Sword possessed terrifying corrosiveness, which played a crucial role in breaking through the formidable defences of the Barbarian Elephant warriors.
No martial artist’s defence could ever be completely omnidirectional. At the very least, there were still the seven orifices.
As for those two jade-like beauties, they had already dissolved into two pools of pitch-black stagnant water, completely losing any human shape.
“He actually killed them all?”
The crowd’s hearts twitched violently.
The Dark Demonic Sword — Heavenly Demon Annihilation Body was truly too horrifying.
In a single move, he had slain seven Barbarian Elephant warriors equivalent to ordinary Third Cave Heaven Realm experts, along with two Third Cave Heaven Realm Divine Phoenix martial artists.
And judging by Ling Xiao’s appearance, he seemed completely unharmed.
What exactly was Ling Xiao’s cultivation level? How could he be so terrifying?
People felt intense disbelief and overwhelming shock.
If earlier Ling Xiao had killed the five dogs of Lingyue and the assassins from the Five Poisons Hall branch with one sword, they could still attribute it to carelessness on the enemy’s part.
But this time?
The seven Barbarian Elephants and the twin sisters had clearly prepared thoroughly. They had even taken the initiative to attack.
Yet in the end, they could not even withstand a single sword.
How fearsome was Ling Xiao’s sword?
“Ming Jin, what do you think?”
Feng Yinshan asked calmly.
“This Ling Xiao truly possesses terrifying talent in martial arts. If I may speak bluntly, I’m afraid even you, Crown Prince Yinshan, do not match him in this regard. This horrifying technique is something your subordinate has never heard of or seen before. It is most likely something he created himself.”
Ming Jin’s face was also filled with shock.
Although he was confident he could block Ling Xiao’s move, one must not forget that his cultivation was far superior.
Meanwhile, Ling Xiao was only at the Second Cave Heaven Realm, and he was merely a seventeen-year-old youth!
Such potential was genuinely too terrifying.
“You’re right.”
Feng Yinshan nodded.
How could he not know about Ling Xiao’s dreadful talent? If not for valuing precisely this quality, he would never have allied with Ling Xiao.
The stronger Ling Xiao became, the safer he himself would be.
But once all his enemies had been eliminated, how should he face Ling Xiao then?
It seemed he would need to recruit even more experts to his side.
“Ming Jin, how far has the Heavenly Generals Pavilion developed now?”
Feng Yinshan suddenly asked.
Ming Jin glanced at Feng Yanran, seeming somewhat hesitant.
“No matter. Just speak freely.”
Feng Yinshan said calmly, “Yanran is one of our own.”
“Yes, Your Highness the Crown Prince. As per your orders, the Heavenly Generals Pavilion is currently recruiting talented experts across the Divine Phoenix Continent, the Heavenly Dragon Continent, and even the Seven Martial Sect Islands and the Five Immortal Islands. Everything is progressing smoothly so far. However, the ones we have recruited are mostly Cave Heaven Realm martial artists. Yin-Yang Realm experts are still very difficult to obtain.”
Ming Jin replied.
“No rush. Yin-Yang Realm experts are rare after all. If it really comes to it, we can extend our reach to the White Tiger Continent. I believe there will definitely be people willing to join.”
Feng Yinshan said with a light smile.
“Understood, Your Highness.”
While the two were speaking, the crowd on the other side was also discussing fervently.
Only now did these people suddenly realise that the youth who had only recently stepped into the Heavenly Human Realm had now become a terrifying Cave Heaven Realm powerhouse.
He truly was growing at an astonishing speed. In the blink of an eye, he had already become a fearsome martial artist.
Yet no matter how much time passed, his temperament had not changed in the slightest.
He still did whatever he pleased, without the least fear.
Whoever dared to provoke him, he dared to destroy.
He killed Jia Tianfeng!
He killed Kong Ming!
He killed Steward Jia’s subordinates without even furrowing his brow.
At this moment, Steward Jia’s expression flickered between dark and uncertain. He was thinking: if he had attacked at the same time just now, what would the outcome have been?
Could he have blocked that strike?
He definitely could!
But he absolutely could not have emerged unscathed.
What a despicable brat, saving such a powerful move for last. Fortunately, he had kept his guard up, or he really would have been outmanoeuvred.
“Ling Xiao, you’ve already revealed all your trump cards. Let’s see what else you have left to escape alive from my hands!”
Although Steward Jia still felt a trace of apprehension in his heart, at this point he had no choice but to act. The arrow was already on the string.
Jia Tianfeng’s death had pushed him to a dead end.
His several subordinates had also been killed by a single sword. He naturally could not let them die in vain.
This brat had to be eliminated as soon as possible. The sooner the better. Every extra day would allow him to grow even stronger.
Given this fellow’s growth speed, sooner or later he would escape everyone’s control.
He had originally thought that luring Ling Xiao into Lingyue Courtyard for an ambush today would be a flawless plan. This net of heaven and earth would absolutely never let Ling Xiao escape.
