Chapter 793: Kill Them All

They had received some information from the Sea Demon King. Only after rushing to this location did they discover that someone had already arrived and investigated. This indicated that the Sea Demon King had given this information to many people, rendering it essentially worthless.

Yu Tiandu hung his head in dejection. "Ah, ten thousand merit points seem like a lot," he sighed, "but getting them is as hard as ascending to the heavens."

Mu Ying forced a smile. "Don't be disheartened," she said. "If we find it difficult, they find it difficult too. It's just a matter of who can remain patient and who encounters an opportunity first..."

Suddenly, Mu Ying's eyebrows twitched. Her gaze fell upon the horizon. At the end of the vast, flat expanse, a dark figure was rapidly approaching them. The figure's movement technique was very peculiar. It didn't seem particularly fast, but one moment it was there, and the next it had flickered to another spot out of thin air. At first glance, it appeared to be a specter leaping through space.

"Is that the Cloud Immortal Step of the Divine Movement Sect?" Mu Ying was slightly startled. "Why would a disciple from an outer divine sect be here?"

She didn't need to warn them; Yu Tiandu and the others had already become vigilant. In Taicang Great State, the rogue cultivators of Qingli Mountain and the disciples of the outer divine sects were not on good terms.

Soon after, the person arrived before them, and they finally recognized him. "Zhang Yundian of the Divine Movement Sect?" Mu Ying was startled. She gazed at Zhang Yundian, who was covered in blood across his chest and whose aura was weak, her eyes filled with surprise.

Zhang Yundian had specifically come toward them, as more people offered a greater chance of evasion. When he clearly saw the group before him, his face lit up with joy.

"Mu Ying? Yu Tiandu?" He recognized them and hastily exclaimed, "Excellent! You two, I'm being pursued by an unknown assailant. Please, for the sake of us all being martial artists from Taicang Great State, protect me for a while. I'll give you the Cloud Immortal Step cultivation technique as a gift!"

Yu Tiandu's heart immediately stirred, and he whispered, "Is that true?" The Cloud Immortal Step was a renowned Earth-grade high-level movement technique in Taicang Great State. When cultivated to its peak, it was said to possess the heaven-defying divine effect of shrinking land into inches.

However, Mu Ying's eyes flashed. She cupped her hands and said, "Brother Zhang, we are currently on an urgent mission. We have no time to delay, so we apologize. Let's go!"

Yu Tiandu wouldn't have it. He whispered, "Sister Mu, that's the Cloud Immortal Step! Even if you don't cultivate it, you could sell it to the Jiangshan First-Class Pavilion for treasures. Are we just going to ignore it?"

Mu Ying glared at him fiercely. "How much stronger is Zhang Yundian than you?"

Yu Tiandu's expression became unnatural. "He's only cultivated for two more years than me, barely reaching the Ninth-Layer Golden Core Completion. Give me time, and I can reach that level too."

Mu Ying then asked, "Then how much stronger is the enemy who's pursuing him?"

Yu Tiandu's expression froze, and a chill instantly ran down his spine. An entity capable of injuring Zhang Yundian so severely and pursuing him to the point of fleeing for his life—was that something he could afford to provoke? He might get his hands on the Cloud Immortal Step, but he wouldn't live to enjoy it.

"Go, quickly! Don't get involved with Zhang Yundian in any way!" Mu Ying urged in a low voice. The others dared not linger and left with her.

Zhang Yundian had finally found a group to take the fall for him; how could he easily let them go? Gritting his teeth, he said again, "I'll lead you to the Hellish Wasteland Beasts, will that work?" In reality, he didn't even know where the true Hellish Wasteland Beasts were. He just needed to deceive Mu Ying and her group first to help him hold off his enemy.

"What?" Mu Ying suddenly stopped, her eyes flickering. She seemed to be weighing the pros and cons. A copy of the Cloud Immortal Step wasn't worth the risk for her. But the whereabouts of the Hellish Wasteland Beasts...

*Puff*— Suddenly, a sword light appeared out of thin air behind Zhang Yundian. Although he detected the danger in time and dodged, his palm was retracted too late. It was easily severed halfway. Instantly, blood gushed out. Zhang Yundian roared in pain repeatedly. As he dodged, he launched a fierce palm strike toward the place where he was attacked.

He had already suffered severe injuries earlier, so the power of this strike was far from reaching the full might of a Ninth-Layer Golden Core Completion expert. Therefore, when a divine statue eerily hovered and simultaneously unleashed four fists, Zhang Yundian was blasted away again. He uncontrollably spewed out another large mouthful of blood mist.

Zhang Yundian was a mix of shock and fury. While being sent flying backward, he used the momentum to flee into the distance, desperately channeling his spiritual power to execute the Cloud Immortal Step and escape. He didn't look back as he shouted: "Mu Ying, Yu Tiandu, what are you waiting for? Why aren't you killing him? We had an agreement!"

Mu Ying's eyes widened in fury. This scoundrel was trying to drag them into trouble! She hastily cupped her hands toward the surrounding air. "Your Excellency!" she called out. "Don't believe him. We don't know him well!"

There was no movement in the air. It was as if the other party was thinking. Meanwhile, Zhang Yundian used this opportunity to flee a hundred zhang away. This made him secretly rejoice. It would be best if both sides started fighting, allowing him to escape.

Just then, he suddenly felt the air grow scorched; it was the smell of air burned by lightning. He turned his head to look, and a massive sword, two hundred zhang long, was directly descending from above. Zhang Yundian's pupils contracted violently, and he cried out in horror, "The Six Parts of Heavenly Lightning: Indestructible Blade!"

*Boom*— The lightning sword streaked across the sky, slashing down fiercely. Zhang Yundian's vision was quickly engulfed by the violent lightning energy. He didn't even have time to cast a defensive divine ability before he was swallowed by the lightning sword.

*Sizzle*— The lightning sword pierced through his body and struck the vast ice plain, leaving a terrifying, two-hundred-zhang-long charred fissure. A large amount of rising steam condensed into a white cloud, slowly ascending into the sky. From within the steam, a transparent figure passed through, arriving before the charred and lifeless body of Zhang Yundian. Immediately after, his head and neck were severed by a single sword strike and placed into a spatial storage device.

Subsequently, the figure, shrouded in steam, turned around and stared at Mu Ying and the others from a distance. Mu Ying's expression drastically changed, and she quickly bowed, "We didn't see anything!" The steamy figure then looked at Yu Tiandu. Yu Tiandu's face turned pale, and he hastily bowed. Wherever its gaze passed, everyone fell silent, like cicadas in the cold. With that, the steamy figure ascended into the air and flew away, leaving Mu Ying and the others in a cold sweat of shock.

Mu Ying turned her head and glared fiercely at Yu Tiandu: "If you ever take matters into your own hands again, get out of our team!" The other five, shaken by their near-death experience, also stared at Yu Tiandu with resentful eyes.

Fortunately, Mu Ying had been wise not to agree to protect Zhang Yundian for the Cloud Immortal Step. Otherwise, with that person's single use of the Six Parts of Heavenly Lightning: Indestructible Blade, who among them could have resisted? They would all have met the same end as Zhang Yundian. Yu Tiandu wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and mumbled, "It won't happen again."

In truth, there was one thing he hadn't dared to mention. When that person looked at him, there was clearly a faint wisp of killing intent. This left Yu Tiandu very bewildered. When had he ever offended such a powerful expert? He always knew how to size people up and would never easily provoke powerful individuals. When had he provoked this expert from the Myriad Tribulation Sacred Hall to have actually drawn such killing intent!

On the other side, after Jiang Fan left, he immediately used the Sky-Monitoring Jade Mirror to check on the other team. "I wonder if Senior Brother Ren and Senior Sister Wu have found this group yet," he mused. "These people act quite cunningly. It wouldn't be easy to find them."

Soon, Jiang Fan captured a scene, and his expression first relaxed, then became incredibly grim. That team had actually been discovered by Wu Manyue and her group. And they had somehow managed to slay a formidable fierce beast, similar to Tingfeng. They had also killed several mysterious individuals. However, they were now besieged by the remaining mysterious individuals. But this wasn't what Jiang Fan was worried about. The two had many ways to escape, so this group might not be able to hold them. What alarmed him was...

Not far from them, there was a faintly discernible mysterious figure, standing with hands clasped behind its back in the wind and snow, silently observing them. White snow filled the sky, swirling with the wind. However, within three feet around him, there was a complete vacuum!

When Jiang Fan examined more closely, his pupils contracted further. This person's feet were actually off the ground, standing in mid-air!