As soon as the black-robed man appeared, Gu Xiaoyue’s expression changed slightly. She quickly hid behind Ye Yun and pointed at the man, saying.
“The Demon Sect elder who was blocking the inn earlier, it’s this guy!”
Hearing this, Ye Yun glanced at him. As Gu Xiaoyue said, his cultivation was only at the Emperor stage second level, a mere nobody in his eyes.
Similarly, the black-robed man also noticed Ye Yun and said coldly.
“I am Xu Wusheng from the Nine Nether Demon Sect. Are you here to meddle in other people’s business?”
Although he couldn’t see through Ye Yun’s cultivation at all, given Ye Yun’s age, he couldn’t possibly be stronger than him. He guessed that Ye Yun was using some kind of qi concealment technique.
But if possible, he preferred to scare Ye Yun away.
However, Ye Yun sneered at him and said, “Meddle? Have you misunderstood something?”
“To think that a dignified sect elder would bully our sect’s disciples here. Do you think my Ancient Dao Heavenly Sect has no one?”
“You are from the Ancient Dao Heavenly Sect?”
Xu Wusheng frowned, a little surprised.
But soon, he showed a sinister smile and said in a deep voice.
“Since you are from the Ancient Dao Heavenly Sect, even better. This Emperor will deal with you all together!”
These three in front of him: one is the disciple of the Sect Master of the Ancient Dao Heavenly Sect, another is an exceptionally talented female disciple, and then there’s this Ye Yun whom he can’t quite figure out.
Dealing with them all at once would undoubtedly cause significant losses to the Ancient Dao Heavenly Sect!
Seeing his killing intent, Gu Xiaoyue shrank behind Ye Yun, and Lin Xueyan also took a few steps back. She was sensible enough to know that the opponent was not her master’s match, so she had to be careful not to be caught in a desperate counterattack or taken hostage.
“You think you have the strength to kill us?”
Ye Yun smiled slightly, and the Fenglan Sword materialized in his hand.
Unfortunately, his words made Xu Wusheng scoff, almost losing his grip on his saber.
“Arrogant brat, it seems you don’t understand the situation. You dare to speak such bold words in front of this Emperor. Do you really think you are your sect’s Ye Yun?”
In the Eastern Domain, among the Four Great Sects and even the hidden sects, only Ye Yun had reached the Emperor stage at the age of twenty without any external help.
And after reaching the Emperor stage, he directly set a record of killing a third-level Emperor stage expert while being at a lower level, becoming famous after that battle.
Fortunately, such a monstrous talent was only Ye Yun. He had been secretly crippled by their Nine Nether Demon Sect long ago, so there shouldn’t be any other monstrous talents of the same caliber.
Regarding his mockery, Ye Yun’s lips curled up slightly, “Then try me.”
This dismissive attitude instantly enraged Xu Wusheng, who snorted.
“Stop the nonsense and die!”
Although he underestimated his opponent in his heart, Xu Wusheng held nothing back. As the saying goes, even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit. He didn’t want to be capsized in a ditch.
He leaped forward, and a scarlet flame rapidly materialized on his saber, accompanied by sharp blade energy.
Around him, the scorching dark red flames exuded an eerie glow, making Gu Xiaoyue and Lin Xueyan, who had lower cultivation, feel immense pressure.
Xu Wusheng leaped into the air and swung down a killing blow entwined with flames, as if the space itself was ignited at that moment.
“Crimson Flame Burns the Heavens!”
The scarlet flame blade surged towards Ye Yun.
“Master, be careful!”
Lin Xueyan couldn’t help but remind him. Ye Yun remained standing still, causing her heart to race with anxiety.
Xu Wusheng also sneered, thinking this kid was all talk, had he been scared stiff?
However, when the flame blade was only a zhang away from Ye Yun, Ye Yun sighed and finally uttered a sentence.
“Is that all?”
As the words fell, Ye Yun finally moved, and the Fenglan Sword in his hand instantly slashed out towards a certain point.
The sword strike was silent, and not even a trace could be seen.
But as the long sword fell, it suddenly stirred up a storm-like sword energy at the point of impact, which instantly engulfed the powerful flame blade.
At this moment, Xu Wusheng realized something was wrong. The terrifying oppressive aura turned his face pale.
In the next instant, Xu Wusheng, who had attacked with all his might, felt as if he had hit an unshakeable mountain. He was sent flying back without any suspense, scattering sparks like fireworks.
Xu Wusheng’s body slammed heavily into a nearby stone wall, the entire section caving in, showing the power of Ye Yun’s casual strike.
“You… Who exactly are you?!”
From within the wall, Xu Wusheng’s face was pale, his clothes were tattered, and blood trickled from the corner of his mouth.
However, he couldn’t care about that. His eyes, filled with fear, looked at the approaching Ye Yun and he asked in a hoarse voice.
“Honestly, that’s asking the obvious.”
At this moment, Gu Xiaoyue skipped over and struck a pose of introduction, pointing at Ye Yun with a smile.
“Let me introduce to you all, this is the chief elder of our Ancient Dao Heavenly Sect, and also my most favorite, the Ancient Dao Sword Emperor Ye Yun!”
As soon as she said this, Xu Wusheng was stunned. He forgot about his internal injuries and roared in disbelief.
“Ye Yun? How is this possible! That guy was clearly crippled a year ago, how can he be so strong!”
To be able to crush his full-power attack with a casual sword strike and inflict such serious injuries, one would need to be at least at the Emperor stage sixth level or higher.
Ye Yun stroked the Fenglan Sword and said with a smile, “That’s true, but who says being crippled means you can’t recover?”
“This…”
Xu Wusheng was speechless for a moment, but soon said in a deep voice, “Did you obtain a seventh-grade pill?”
Even in his opinion, a seventh-grade pill would at most allow his injuries to recover slightly. To recover and become so strong so quickly, it would require at least an eighth-grade pill, or even higher.
The further back he thought, the more he dared not to. He couldn’t figure out what great fortune Ye Yun had encountered.
Ye Yun smiled, “Compared to that, you’d better worry about your own life first.”
As he spoke, he raised his sword and pressed it against Xu Wusheng’s neck.
The latter was startled by this action, his face ashen. He hurriedly said.
“You… you, you can’t kill me! I am a confidant of the Grand Elder. If you kill me, our Nine Nether Demon Sect will declare war on you, and His Excellency will not let you go!”
Ye Yun scoffed, “How ridiculous. When your Nine Nether Demon Sect sent people to kill me back then, did you consider these things? If I remember correctly, didn’t you, this guy, seem to be among those who ambushed me then?”
In his memory, a year ago, the Nine Nether Demon Sect’s Emperor stage experts had all come out, and among them was this elder named Xu Wusheng.
Seeing that he was not threatened at all, Xu Wusheng became genuinely flustered and quickly resorted to emotional manipulation.
“I’m sorry, it was the sect that forced me to do it back then. Please don’t kill me. As long as you don’t kill me, I’ll give you anything I have!”
Ye Yun glanced at him, “If I kill you, those things will be mine anyway.”
Hearing this, Xu Wusheng trembled, not knowing what to say, his eyes filled with fear.
Unexpectedly, Ye Yun suddenly smiled.
“Of course, if you reveal the person who betrayed me back in our sect, I can consider sparing your life.”
“Don’t try to trick me, I’m best at judging the truth of people’s words.”
Mentioning this, Xu Wusheng fell silent, a look of struggle on his face. After all, if such a sect secret was leaked, the sect would never forgive him lightly.
“I…”
Just as he hesitated, a sharp glint flashed in Ye Yun’s eyes, and he directly slashed his sword at his arm, spraying fresh blood.
“Ah!”
Xu Wusheng cried out in pain, “My hand…”
At this moment, Ye Yun looked at him coldly, “You have three seconds. If you don’t speak, next will be your right arm.”
After saying that, he began to count down, “Three… two…”
Seeing that he was about to reach one, Ye Yun raised his hand, ready to swing his sword. Xu Wusheng finally couldn’t hold back.
“No, no, no! I’ll say it! I’ll say it! It was your chief elder, Zhao Qiankun!”