"The guys from the Wu Yan Palace died such unjust deaths!"

After sorting out these thoughts in his mind, Yun Xiao’s gaze involuntarily shifted to the twenty corpses below, and his heart was filled with a sense of regret, thinking that these guys were utterly deceived by the Strange Spirit expert.

If the Gold-grade Heavenly Spirit hadn’t taken over Mu Shiyi’s body, even if Wu Yan Palace had the courage of a lion, they wouldn’t dare to provoke the headquarters of Xuan Yin Hall lightly. The strength of both was always fairly matched.

However, when Mu Shiyi, possessed by the Gold-grade Heavenly Spirit, suddenly broke through to the Early Stage of the Heavenly Realm, it greatly boosted the confidence of Wu Zhukong, Fu Lingxue, and other Wu Yan Palace experts.

At first, they indeed shattered Xuan Yin Hall like crushing dry weeds, and with inflated confidence, they further desired to eradicate Lianyun Mountain, becoming dominant over Tenglong Continent.

Unfortunately, Lianyun Mountain produced Yun Xiao, this demon, causing Wu Yan Palace to be suppressed entirely under Zhukong, as twenty powerful figures perished, disappearing without a trace.

The cause of all this was the sudden return of the Heavenly Realm expert "Mu Shiyi," whose provocation led the pinnacle human cultivators to slaughter each other—something the Strange Spirit Clan always relished.

This tactic was incredibly effective, with the annihilation of Xuan Yin Hall, one of the top four powers of Tenglong Continent, and the disappearance of Wu Yan Palace—it was undoubtedly a boon for the Strange Spirit Clan.

"Since that guy is a Strange Spirit, it’s likely that the President is not his match!"

What Yun Xiao was thinking was far more complex than those ordinary cultivators. Upon realizing it was a Strange Spirit, he instinctively worried about Lu Yanji.

After all, the combat power of a Strange Spirit has always been superior to that of a Vein Demon of the same level, not to mention a human.

Even though Mu Shiyi didn’t break through to the Middle Stage of the Heavenly Realm after releasing the Strange Spirit aura, he was already incomparable to the previous Mu Shiyi.

Clang!

Just as Yun Xiao was contemplating whether to use the power of Golden Snake Worm Xiao Wu to aid Lu Yanji, a crisp clashing sound suddenly echoed from the sky.

As Mu Shiyi’s body radiated golden light, his entire being abruptly transformed into a giant golden blade several meters long, chopping down towards Lu Yanji’s head.

Lu Yanji clearly heard Yun Xiao’s loud voice earlier, but being directly involved, he had no time to retreat and evade, immediately pulling out an Intermediate Heavenly Rank weapon from his Waist Storage, hoping to withstand the powerful strike of the golden blade.

Yet as soon as the golden blade clashed with Lu Yanji’s weapon, the latter sensed a sharp aura upon him; his hand suddenly lightened as the Intermediate Heavenly Rank weapon was cut in half by the golden blade.

It was an Intermediate Heavenly Rank weapon—there’s no way even a Heavenly Rank Advanced weapon could be destroyed in one strike, suggesting the sheer strength of that Gold Attribute Heavenly Spirit.

"Not good!"

With his weapon abruptly severed, Lu Yanji barely had time to ponder other matters, as the fierce aura was already upon him the next moment.

The golden blade, transformed from the Strange Spirit, after slicing through Lu Yanji’s weapon, paused not an instant, furiously chopping toward the President of Lianyun Mountain.

At such a life-and-death moment, Lu Yanji had no better options and absolutely no time to pull out any defensive weapon to withstand it, not that defensive weapons would necessarily be effective.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh...

At this crucial juncture, Lu Yanji could only desperately unleash his Meridian Qi to form a black-green Meridian Qi Shield over his chest. Yet whether this Meridian Qi Shield could withstand the mighty chop of the golden blade, he had no assurance. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Poof!

In the blink of an eye, the massive golden blade, under the horrified gaze of all below, fiercely struck Lu Yanji’s chest, emitting a peculiar gentle sound.

"Can’t hold on!"

Perhaps only Yun Xiao’s powerful soul could discern that the Meridian Qi Shield Lu Yanji desperately formed was inherently inadequate against the Gold Attribute Strange Spirit.

Sure enough, the Meridian Qi Shield before Lu Yanji lasted merely a breath before the golden blade split it open, crashing onto his body with a thunderous sound.

Fortunately, due to the prior Intermediate Heavenly Rank weapon and the powerful Meridian Qi Shield, the chop from the golden blade lost nearly half its power, sparing Lu Yanji from instant death. Yet, he was sent flying, plummeting downwards.

Yun Xiao saw clearly that at this moment, Lu Yanji’s aura seemed dissipated by the chop; the ghastly knife wound on his chest was shocking, leaving him evidently powerless to continue fighting.

"Hahaha, all of you must die!"

Mu Shiyi, or rather the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, who severely injured Lu Yanji with one strike, was undoubtedly filled with pride at this moment. Hearing his wild laughter, everyone’s hearts sank to rock bottom.

Especially the cultivators watching from the sidelines. If Mu Shiyi were still human, even if he wiped out Lianyun Mountain, he probably wouldn’t have targeted those unrelated to the conflict.

But Strange Spirits are different. The Strange Spirit Clan is humanity’s mortal enemy. When they encounter humans, whether Heavenly Rank experts, Earth Rank cultivators, or even ordinary people, the result is always death.

This Strange Spirit expert, who has reached the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit, is no exception. Now that Yun Xiao has revealed his true nature, he can no longer use the identity of Mu Shiyi to provoke human infighting.

But if he exterminates everyone here, perhaps this secret can be preserved for a while. When humans have slaughtered each other to extinction, the Strange Spirit Clan could effortlessly conquer Tenglong Continent.

Having beaten even the Heavenly Realm Lu Yanji, it goes without saying that those lower-ranked human cultivators are no match. At this moment, the Gold Attribute Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit has absolute confidence in slaughtering these humans completely.

"The most detestable one is that human lad named Yun Xiao. I’ll start with him!"

Sensing the weakened aura emanating from Lu Yanji, Mu Shiyi didn’t waste any time on this already incapacitated Heavenly Realm expert. Instead, he turned his gaze to a specific direction.

There stood a young human clad in simple clothes, floating in the air. For this human, the Gold Attribute Heavenly Spirit who has seized Mu Shiyi’s body is not unfamiliar at all.

This Gold Attribute Heavenly Spirit expert was indeed the one who escaped from the Geng Metal Suppressing Spirit Array in Demons Mountain. His previous plan was undoubtedly thwarted by Yun Xiao, almost costing him his life.

Back then, Yun Xiao harnessed the Geng Metal Suppressing Spirit Array to absorb the Gold Attribute Heavenly Spirit’s painstakingly gathered energy, forcing him to flee in distress and take a long time to recover.

Luckily, the Gold Attribute Heavenly Spirit’s fortunes were not too bad. He encountered Mu Shiyi, the previous master of Wuyan Palace, seized his body, and discovered his cultivation had broken through to the Early Stage of the Heavenly Realm.

Later, refining the Holy Fire No Flame in Wuyan Palace, whose attributes closely matched those of the Gold Attribute Heavenly Spirit, further propelled him on the path of the Early Stage of the Heavenly Realm.

Upon reaching the Heavenly Realm, the gaps between small realms are significant. Even within the same small realm, there’s variability in combat strength.

Furthermore, the inherent combat prowess of Strange Spirits far exceeds that of human cultivators at the same level. This is precisely why Mu Shiyi could easily defeat Lu Yanji.

After all, Lu Yanji had only broken through to the Heavenly Realm just over a month ago. Given such circumstances, defeating a Heavenly Spirit expert of the same level would be sheer fantasy.

Thus, upon seeing Yun Xiao, Mu Shiyi’s mind, belonging to the Heavenly Spirit, was filled with a surge of resentment, both new and old grudges arising. He desperately wished to dismember that detestable human youth.

Whoosh!

The Heavenly Spirit expert, transformed into a Golden Blade, didn’t hesitate a bit. A colossal golden light saber, several meters long, spanned the sky like a golden meteor trailing a long tail, slashing towards Yun Xiao.

"No!"

Seeing this scene, Mo Qing beneath could not help but be scared out of her wits. She had just witnessed how the President of the Heavenly Realm was nearly dying by that Golden Blade’s strike.

Yun Xiao, after all, only has cultivation at Floating Life Realm Peak. At this moment, without deploying that Treasure Refining Hall’s powerful weapon, Mo Qing clearly knew that under this strike, Yun Xiao might be directly killed.

Even Lu Yanji couldn’t withstand that Golden Blade’s strike. If Yun Xiao, two major realms lower, survives the slash, then there truly exists an undying being in this world.

Unfortunately, Mo Qing’s loud shout neither made the Gold Attribute Heavenly Spirit hesitate nor caused Yun Xiao’s figure to move, seemingly petrified by the sudden deadly attack.

Swish!

The golden light saber sliced through the sky, cutting Yun Xiao into two halves. Meanwhile, some keen-minded individuals below, witnessing the cleaved Yun Xiao, couldn’t help but feel thoughtful.

"It was indeed an afterimage!"

Nie Xiaosheng, believing his preliminary judgment, had harbored suspicions from the beginning. Yun Xiao’s uncharacteristic unresponsiveness was unlike him as he knew.

Now that Nie Xiaosheng had called attention to it, everyone realized Yun Xiao deployed his deceptive Shadow Clone technique, even managing to fool the Holy Grade Heavenly Spirit.

Then, where is Yun Xiao’s true body now?

Whoosh!

A wind-breaking sound drew everyone’s attention. A silver-gray figure suddenly appeared, catching Lu Yanji’s heavily injured body in its arms just before he fell to the ground.