Chapter 690: Tyrant Blade Technique

Blade Clan Villa and Divine Will Sect were both located in Feng Province, and naturally, there were some conflicts between them. This was especially true because Ye Ying and Xiong Tieshan, the sect leader of Divine Will Sect, had a long-standing grudge from their youth. That's why Ye Xiong chose to collude with Divine Will Sect; he knew that as long as he revealed Ye Ying's whereabouts, Divine Will Sect would certainly take action.

Indeed, this was the case. Divine Will Sect did not disappoint his expectations; Xiong Tieshan personally led eight elders from his sect in an ambush, killing Ye Ying in one swift strike.

What followed was simple. While the Divine Will Sect leader made his move, Deputy Sect Leader Pang Wanhai also led a group of people to assault Blade Clan Villa. This resulted in all of Ye Liu's brothers dying in battle, with only Ye Liu and Ye Liuli managing to escape with their lives.

In the following days, Pang Wanhai was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he remained to study the Overlord Blade technique, gaining considerable insights. However, tonight he felt intense combat activity emanating from a certain part of the villa. Surprised, he came to investigate.

Swooping near the battlefield, he looked up. Amidst the shattered walls and rubble, two figures weaved and moved, their cold blade gleams flashing.

One of them was precisely Ye Xiong, with whom he had only recently parted. The other was, surprisingly, Ye Liu, who should have long since fled.

This greatly astonished Pang Wanhai. In his view, Ye Liu clearly only possessed a cultivation of the sixth level of the Cloud River Realm, yet he was now fighting Ye Xiong to a standstill.

He had some understanding of Ye Xiong's strength, who was slightly stronger than the Divine Will Sect elders. Within the entire Divine Will Sect, only he and Sect Leader Xiong Tieshan could suppress him. What kind of trickery was Ye Liu employing to be so powerful?

As he watched, he noticed that although Ye Liu's cultivation realm was lower than Ye Xiong's, his blade speed and force were in no way inferior. Furthermore, seemingly due to his youth, his reaction speed surpassed Ye Xiong's. This was the root cause of his ability to overcome a stronger opponent.

"This young man cannot be allowed to live!"

This thought immediately sprang into Pang Wanhai's mind. At the sixth level, he was already so formidable. If given enough time to advance to the eighth or ninth level, he would undoubtedly become an endless source of trouble.

Although he didn't know why the young man had returned to Blade Clan Villa, this was an excellent opportunity to kill him. With that thought, Pang Wanhai's killing intent surged. Meanwhile, Ye Xiong, who was fighting Lu Ye, grew increasingly surprised as the battle progressed. He realized that with his current strength, he couldn't do anything to his grand-nephew, which made him both shocked and enraged.

He sensed Pang Wanhai's arrival, and the surging killing intent from him.

However, his only son had died by Lu Ye's hand, and he desperately wanted to kill Lu Ye himself to avenge his son. If Pang Wanhai were to intervene, even if Lu Ye were killed, Ye Xiong would not feel satisfied.

Thus, upon sensing Pang Wanhai's killing intent, Ye Xiong's expression hardened. Ultimately, he would have to use that one blade technique. His long blade struck down; this was a strike with Ye Xiong's full power. Accompanied by a crisp clang, both his and Lu Ye's figures trembled slightly, drifting backward. It was then that Lu Ye suddenly felt a warning sign. The source of this warning was not Pang Wanhai, who was lurking nearby, but rather Ye Xiong, his current opponent.

He looked up. Not far in front of him, Ye Xiong was in a half-crouch, his hands held level. One hand held the blade steadily, while the other hand, with fingers pressed together, sharply wiped along the blade, channeling spiritual energy into it. The long blade instantly burst forth with dazzling brilliance, its mirror-like surface reflecting Ye Xiong's cold gaze.

"The Overlord Blade technique!"

Lu Ye's heart skipped a beat. Although he had no understanding of the so-called Overlord Blade technique, seeing Ye Xiong's aura suddenly change drastically, he immediately understood what the man was about to do.

Although the Overlord Blade technique was an ancient inheritance obtained by Ye Ying, Ye Xiong, as the second master of Blade Clan Villa, had naturally practiced it as well.

Unable to secure a victory after a long battle, he could only use the Overlord Blade technique to decide the outcome.

As thoughts raced through Lu Ye's mind, Ye Xiong had already thrust his blade straight forward. With this strike, Ye Xiong's essence, qi, and spirit instantly reached their peak, and seemed to completely pour out with the blade.

"Kill!" a furious roar rang out.

To the side, Pang Wanhai, who was about to intervene and team up with Ye Xiong to subdue Lu Ye, couldn't help but halt. His gaze was fixed on Ye Xiong's movements without blinking.

He had been studying the Overlord Blade technique for several days, gaining some insights but also encountering some mysteries. Ye Ying was dead, and most of the Ye family's young men were also gone. Now, probably only these two individuals named Ye possessed knowledge of the Overlord Blade technique. Being able to observe the Overlord Blade technique in person would naturally be beneficial to him.

A point of cold light bloomed, and a chilling killing intent enveloped the area.

Immediately after, points of starlight burst forth, as if one were suddenly beneath a moonless night sky. Stars twinkled in the heavens, and the world was silent, with only the chirping of insects and croaking of frogs, a scene of natural harmony.

Suddenly, however, the twinkling stars in the sky began to fall, descending rapidly and carrying world-destroying power. This was the first form of the Overlord Blade technique: Falling Stars!

Even Pang Wanhai, observing from the side, couldn't help but be captivated by the chilling blade light. His skin prickled with cold, and his heart tightened. Yet, he watched in dazzled fascination, unwilling to blink.

Legend had it that the Overlord Blade technique comprised three forms. Aside from the first form, 'Falling Stars', which was known to the world, no one knew what the other two forms were called.

It seemed that even Ye Ying had never publicly demonstrated the other two forms.

Yet, even just this single form of the Overlord Blade technique was enough for him to establish Blade Clan Villa in Feng Province and achieve widespread renown. Ye Xiong's strength was inferior to Ye Ying's, and from an observer's perspective, this blade strike wasn't executed perfectly smoothly. However, even an imperfect strike possessed incredible power.

This further intensified Pang Wanhai's interest in the Overlord Blade technique. He secretly made up his mind that once Ye Xiong had dealt with this young man, he would make him practice the blade technique with him.

He presumed Ye Xiong wouldn't dare refuse. In his opinion, once this strike was unleashed, Lu Ye would surely have no way out. Because even he himself, facing such a strike, would only be able to temporarily evade its sharp edge. If he were to meet it head-on, he would at least be severely wounded, if not killed.

However, in the next moment, a shocking scene unfolded before him.

Lu Ye, facing the strike head-on, did not retreat but advanced instead. He threw himself into the myriad falling stars. In that instant, Lu Ye suddenly unleashed power even greater than before.

Since the young woman had warned Lu Ye that there were still Divine Will Sect members in the villa, how could Lu Ye not be on guard?

Therefore, in his previous exchange with Ye Xiong, he had not used his full strength.

It was only now that he held nothing back. The points of starlight shattered; in just an instant, the myriad falling stars vanished without a trace.

"What?" Pang Wanhai's eyelids twitched.

He saw it clearly: facing Ye Xiong's Overlord Blade strike, the young man named Ye Liu unleashed over a dozen strikes in an instant, almost blocking every attack. A figure flew backward, blood splattering across the sky—it was Ye Xiong, who had just been so imposing. In the battlefield, Lu Ye stood firm, his spiritual energy and vital blood fused, especially on his blade-wielding right arm where vital blood surged. If he hadn't cultivated the Blood Shifting Art, enabling him to unleash speed and power far beyond his usual limits in an instant, he truly wouldn't have been able to block this strike.

Even so...

Lu Ye looked down at his abdomen. Crimson blood stained his clothes, and there was a hole in his lower abdomen, wounding his internal organs.

He circulated spiritual energy to seal the flesh around the wound. Lu Ye let out a soft breath.

The reason he came to Blade Clan Villa for revenge was twofold: first, he needed to act according to the identity of Young Master Ye Liu; second, he was interested in the Overlord Blade technique.

However, he hadn't thought much about it before. He simply felt that even if the blade techniques of this world were profound, they might not be exceptionally so, perhaps not even as good as what he had extorted from the Berserker Blade Sect.

But after his fight with Ye Xiong, Lu Ye realized that he had underestimated the Overlord Blade technique.

This particular blade technique was likely something extraordinary.

This intensified his interest in it even further.

Looking across the entire Nine Provinces, with his current strength, no eighth-level cultivator could force him to use his full power and inflict injury.

Yet, Ye Xiong had achieved it. It wasn't his cultivation realm that enabled him, but that one blade strike.

Such a blade technique had surpassed the realm of ordinary blade arts, even giving Lu Ye a strange sensation,

Blade intent...

Lu Ye had always heard of such ethereal concepts, but had never paid them much mind. He had always believed that blade arts were merely simple techniques for fighting enemies, not something with so much profound and ethereal depth.

But Ye Xiong's strike had made him sense a trace of 'intent'.

This was quite wondrous. If he were to go into seclusion and study it now, perhaps his blade arts could advance significantly, but this was clearly not a good time.

"Ah..." A miserable cry pierced the night sky. It was Ye Xiong, who had flown backward, now screaming loudly.

It was true that he had cultivated the Overlord Blade technique, but this was his first time using it against an opponent. Because his mastery of blade arts was simply not enough to unleash this strike, forcing it would only cause a massive burden on himself.

At this moment, outwardly, he only had the wound inflicted by Lu Ye's single blade strike. But in reality, his entire body's flesh and blood had ruptured.

When that blade strike was unleashed, his essence, qi, and spirit had all poured out. At this moment, he had no strength left.

He had originally believed that he could kill Lu Ye with that single strike. However, his cultivation was ultimately insufficient. Not only did he fail to kill his enemy, but he was also wounded by Lu Ye.

He couldn't help but recall Ye Ying's previous teachings, which stated that his comprehension of this strike was inadequate. It wouldn't cause much trouble when dealing with opponents weaker than himself, but if the opponent was stronger, this strike would not only be ineffective but would also put him in an even more disadvantageous position.

But why would he use such a blade technique against someone weaker than himself? Therefore, even though he had cultivated the Overlord Blade technique, this was his first time using it in combat. And the result was this frustrating outcome, leaving him utterly unwilling to accept it.

"Brother Pang, please lend a hand!" Ye Xiong, lying on the ground, looked towards Pang Wanhai.

Since he couldn't take revenge himself, he could only do so through another's hand.

Ye Liu was already wounded. If Pang Wanhai were to make a move, there would surely be no problem.

"As it should be!" Pang Wanhai, pleased after enjoying a grand battle, readily agreed to Ye Xiong's request. He raised his hand and clenched it in the air, and a long blade appeared in his grasp. His battle intent flared as he gazed at Lu Ye, his eyelids lowered as he said, "Young man, endure three of my strikes, and I will spare your life!"