Chapter 444: One Person, One Sword Handles the Whole Scene

Thump! Thump...

Suddenly, an eerie, heart-pounding drumbeat echoed from the endless northern frontier wilderness, spreading across the horizon.

“This is the Blood Savages’ unique war drum, their call to assemble. It seems the scouts hidden in the shadows have discovered our presence.”

As Ice Elder spoke, the faces of the several Five Elements Elders beside him tensed. Even Yun Shu's dozens of personal Xuanmen silver-armored female guards became visibly nervous. The name "Blood Savages" exerted immense pressure on them. It's fair to say that in the years since Xuanmen and the Northern Dynasty ceased hostilities, over a thousand Xuanmen members—a staggering thirty percent of their total numbers—had died at the hands of Blood Savage warriors. This was a significant reason for Yun Shu’s profound sense of crisis.

Now, she had effectively staked everything on Xu Yang. After all, while masters were abundant in the Northern Frontier, a peerless expert like Xu Yang, who had reached such a transcendent level, had yet to appear. Naturally, taking this step meant the final showdown between the two strongest forces in the Northern Frontier had officially begun.

“Yun Shu, it seems your Xuanmen truly can’t contain its ambition, and you’ve even brought some helpers. Good, come sooner to your deaths, and our Blood Savages’ great endeavor to unify the Northern Frontier can be significantly accelerated.”

The speaker's voice was extremely deep and resonant, but he seemed unaware that after delivering this boast, the peak of his life had already passed. What awaited him next was nothing but the devastating wrath of Xu Yang’s faction.

“Just a handful of people? Not even enough to feed our Blood Savages!”

Soon, another woman’s voice, brimming with a dominant aura, emerged. It sounded extremely alluring, filled with a special ability to enchant souls. With a gentle stomp of his foot, Xu Yang enveloped everyone around him in a soft glow, quickly restoring their temporarily disrupted thoughts.

Immediately after, from the horizon, vast expanses of blood-red began to advance, steadily shrinking the visible landscape, completely covered by countless combat units emanating a thick, bloody aura. Blood Wolves, Blood Lions, Blood Savage warriors… The cultivation methods and growth systems of this lineage were all profoundly connected to their bloodline origins.

The only exception was the pair of man and woman on the skull-decorated carriage, surrounded in the very center. The man wore black armor, his muscles highly developed, and he wielded a broadsword over a meter long, presenting a formidable appearance. Beside him, the woman had a remarkably noble appearance, draped in a water-blue gown. Even her brilliant eyes were as clear and transparent as two embedded sapphires. These two were none other than Teda, the leader of the Blood Savages, and his queen, Aisi. It was said that Aisi was originally the queen of another tribe, but she was later conquered by the mighty power of the Blood Savages. She eventually united with Teda, and their tribal strengths merged. This was the formation and origin of the most powerful faction in the Northern Frontier today.

“Hmph, on the battlefield and he’s still showing off to women? This guy just irritates me. I’ll take him.”

Murong Jian's words certainly seemed a bit odd, but since he had chosen his target first, Yun Shu, standing by, naturally didn't want to be outdone.

“I’ll take that woman. I find her quite irritating as well.”

Prince Bing was about to interject and stop her, but Yun Shu blocked his gesture with a wave of her hand.

“You needn't say more. This battle will determine the survival of both our peoples. You all have your own opponents to face, and as the Lord of Xuanmen, I certainly cannot shrink back.”

“Well said!” Xu Yang smiled and stepped forward: “This is the demeanor a faction leader should have. Once you decide to fight, you must be fearless and advance without hesitation.”

Lei Zhen grinned cheekily, sidling closer to Xu Yang. “Heh heh, Great God, it’s your turn to pick an opponent!”

Xu Yang gave the young man a benevolent glance: “You all pick first. I’ll clear out the rest.”

Everyone: “...”

Damn it, these were thousands of elite Blood Savages, clearly prepared after receiving the outpost's message. Xu Yang's audacious claim completely stunned the team. Flame Woman even inhaled on her pipe so hard she choked for a long time.

“Great God, we know you’re powerful, but… facing this many alone, isn't that a bit too exaggerated?”

Xu Yang smiled but said nothing. Suddenly, he soared into the air, standing upon his King’s Sword. At the same time, the flamboyant-haired Sword Spirit materialized beside him, speeding through the air shoulder-to-shoulder with Xu Yang.

“Boss, which poor unfortunate soul have you targeted this time? Damn, where did all these rats come from? It’s truly nauseating!”

Gazing at the densely packed crimson dots below, Xu Yang gave a cool smile: “I called you out to rid this plain of pests. Interested in seeing who can eliminate more of these vermin?”

“Then I won't hold back. Those few down there are your people, right? I wouldn’t want to disrespect my master.”

The Sword Spirit retorted playfully, but Xu Yang wasn’t flustered: “If you have that ability, I’ll call you master.”

Whoosh!

Perhaps this playful remark gave the Sword Spirit endless motivation. It charged out like a mad dog, its true form transforming into an incomparably brilliant sword beam, recklessly cutting through the enemy ranks, carving a bloody path through their front-line cannon fodder. The sword beam's power was so immense that anyone dozens of meters away would instantly be obliterated into a pool of blood.

With his subordinate proving so powerful, Xu Yang, as the leader, naturally wouldn't be outdone. However, compared to the Sword Spirit, his methods were noticeably less violent. He merely took a step into the air, condensing a terrifying black cloud of light between his palms, which transformed into a solid black dragon, letting out a roar that caused the entire endless plain of the Northern Frontier to suffocate.

“ROAR!”

The instant this dragon's roar descended, all the Blood Savage soldiers below, like giant blood-red rats, ceased their movements. They stared dumbfounded at everything, their ability to act completely paralyzed.

Rumble!

The black dragon descended from above, brazenly unleashing its irresistible power of annihilation. It ceaselessly swayed its head and tail among the thousands of Blood Savage warriors. Wherever it passed, every Blood Savage soldier's body rapidly decayed within an extremely short time.

“My heavens… this is too powerful, isn't it?”

“So, it turns out that whole time, when that guy was fighting us, he wasn’t even serious!”

Flame Woman and Lei Zhen were utterly dumbfounded. They now fully understood just how true Xu Yang's seemingly casual, yet incredibly arrogant, statement had been earlier… It seemed that if he wished, no matter how many enemies arrived, he could still annihilate them all!