Chapter 1658: All Things Are Equal

"What terrifying aura! Why can I clearly sense a formidable oppressive force from this individual, yet I can't pinpoint his actual body? What in the world is going on?"

The human cultivator elite, who had just moments ago exuded an air of invincibility, suddenly snapped back to reality. He spun around 360 degrees repeatedly but failed to catch even a glimpse of Xu Yang.

Yet, the soul projection emitted by Xu Yang and his terrifying oppressive aura lingered around the young man, making him feel as though Xu Yang held him firmly in his grasp, ready to crush him completely at any moment. This sensation truly sent shivers down the human youth's spine.

"Where exactly are you? Why the theatrics? As the leader of the beast race, don't be a coward. Stand before me and fight to the death!"

This young human expert was indeed outstanding in terms of strength, but Xu Yang found his worldview deeply repellent.

It was as if he had been completely brainwashed by the superior cultivation environment of Kunlun Peak, willingly becoming a puppet and lackey for a higher will. This desire made Xu Yang scoff at him.

Young cultivators nurtured by such ideologies could never achieve anything great.

Furthermore, in a sense, their existence was akin to termites gnawing away at the development of the Kunlun Divine Dao civilization.

In reality, this young human expert, already targeted by Xu Yang's aura, was an embodiment of the collective ideology held by the so-called "Sage Camp."

Every Sage cultivator who appeared here to impede the advance of Xu Yang's beast army shared the exact same beliefs.

In Xu Yang's view, such individuals were destined to be utterly crushed by his army; there was no need for any pity.

Just as the young man faltered in confusion, Xu Yang's voice resonated in his mind for the second time.

"If I'm not mistaken, you just killed four hundred and ninety-two warriors of my beast army. In response, as the leader of the beast race, I shall carve four hundred and ninety-two skull marks onto your body. Do you think that's fair?"

The Sage elite was utterly stunned. He simply couldn't understand why, in the midst of battle, Xu Yang had suddenly fixed his attention on him.

However, the current situation left him no time for further thought. The only answer he sought now was how to escape Xu Yang's grasp with his life.

Unfortunately, that question would never be answered, for Xu Yang had already judged his fate based on his actions.

Soon, around the spatial battlefield where the young man struggled to break free, a unique law had materialized unnoticed—a spatial restriction rule specifically crafted by Xu Yang for him.

His current range of movement was confined to a mere hundred-meter radius within the surrounding spatial battlefield. No matter what cultivation techniques or methods he employed, he could not break free from this restriction, which stemmed from a law-level power.

He was now like a turtle in a jar, with no possibility of escape.

Swiftly, a not-so-exquisite sword gleam coalesced above his head.

This was merely a casually formed sword aura by Xu Yang, more than sufficient to punish this individual.

"Do you have anything else to say to me? You are a Sage elite, and I am the leader of the beast army. With our identities unchanged, I can grant you a few final words—consider them your last message to this world."

Xu Yang continued to speak to him from the commanding height of one who judges destiny, while the Sage elite, who had been so gleefully slaughtering before, had now fallen into complete despair. He could not fail to sense Xu Yang's irresistible power, yet he also felt the injustice of his own fate.

"Stop speaking to me with such condescension! As a human, you are helping beasts fight against your own kind. Don't you find that inherently shameful?"

Xu Yang burst into laughter. "Do you truly believe someone of your lowly status is qualified to judge me? You keep claiming the beast race is mere food for you, yet you fail to realize that in my eyes, you are equally insignificant, even more humble than an ant.

I will use my actions to show you arrogant fools that whether it's the beast race or any other race, they are all equally entitled to fair treatment as humans, both on Kunlun Divine Dao and in every corner of the main continent.

All beings are equal, all things are equal. Your spiritual realm and mine exist on completely different levels, which is the fundamental reason for your fate today. Bid farewell to this world, little one; you are not fit to live in my presence."

As Xu Yang finished speaking, the fate of the Sage elite was sealed.

The moment the not-so-exquisite sword energy, hovering above his head, violently struck down, the Sage elite's entire soul world was split in two by a single strike. His soul was extinguished on the spot, and his physical body, along with the disappearing spatial restriction law, was instantly refined into nothingness.

Since Xu Yang had just led the beast army into Kunlun Peak, he did not want to reveal his true trump cards and power too early. Doing so would only plunge Kunlun Peak, which was still relatively calm, into complete chaos.

It would not benefit the team's subsequent advance. Therefore, Xu Yang tried his best to conceal his aura, restrain his power, and leave more opportunities for these relatively well-matched legionnaires to act.

He would only target the strongest and most prolific killers within the elite teams, like a sovereign hidden at the peak of the clouds, who would, at a certain moment, bestow the power to judge eternal destinies upon a chosen individual.

In this manner, Xu Yang successively punished the ten strongest individuals in the Sage army. Each was subjected to different levels of retribution based on the number of beasts they had slain, as calculated by Xu Yang.

The Sage who suffered the worst fate had killed over five thousand beast warriors, and Xu Yang, using the rules set by his punitive methods, carved over five thousand sword marks onto that individual.

"Damn it, why are these beast army soldiers so powerful, and that ghost-like human leader hiding behind them? Retreat quickly! We can't withstand the assault of this mighty beast army at all."

The remaining two thousand-plus Sage experts in the void had now decided to retreat, their initial spirited demeanor upon entering the fray completely gone.