Volume 1, Chapter 240 – Arriving One After Another

A saber aura more than ten zhang long shot out from beneath Shi Feng’s blade. Compressed to the utmost, the saber aura unleashed razor-sharp force that swept in all directions!

The air itself was torn apart, and the howling did not cease. In an instant, the reception hall was reduced to ruins. Pillars and beams cracked under the aftershock, and tiles from the roof flew upward, scattering more than a hundred zhang into the sky.

Gu Rentong hurriedly circulated his true qi to protect his son and grandson, unable to stop retreating, while Wu Lingkong had already withdrawn from the reception hall the instant Shi Feng attacked. She had absolute confidence in Shi Lan’s strength and was not worried in the slightest.

Clang!

The saber aura struck a pale golden longsword and shattered like paper. The scattered fragments of astral qi carved fissures across the ground.

From beginning to end, Shi Lan had not moved her feet in the slightest, nor had she summoned Golden Rainbow. Golden Rainbow had acted on its own to protect its master.

After striking out in a blade of pure fury, Shi Feng calmed somewhat. He took several deep breaths, his gaze toward Shi Lan impossibly complicated.

Shi Lan swept a glance around. The Shi Residence remained in complete silence, entirely unaffected. Such an enormous commotion had failed to alarm anyone at all.

“Reincarnation, sorry to trouble you again.”

Shi Lan quietly offered her thanks. The moment Shi Feng had moved, she had asked Reincarnation to intervene and draw a barrier around the area.

Shi Tianlu was at a critical juncture in his seclusion. Shi Lan did not want anyone disturbing him.

“It’s fine. It won’t cost much energy.”

Reincarnation replied indifferently, then shifted Wu Lingkong and Gu Rentong’s group outside the barrier.

A layer of white mist rose from the barrier, sealing everything away, as if this stretch of ruins had been peeled out of the world itself.

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At this moment, Shi Feng’s feelings toward Shi Lan were extraordinarily complicated. It was obvious that a drastic change had already taken place in Shi Lan back in Tenglong City.

And afterward, in Twin Moon City, the one who had saved his life had been the person standing before him now.

“Who exactly are you? And where has Shi Lan gone?”

Shi Feng suppressed the urge to strike again, stared fixedly at Shi Lan, and spoke in a heavy voice as he looked at that familiar face.

“I am Shi Lan now, and the Shi Residence is my home.”

Shi Lan put Golden Rainbow away and slowly walked up to Shi Feng, her expression calm.

“As for who I used to be, does it really matter?”

Shi Feng slowly tightened his grip on the horizontal saber, and killing intent began to rise in his eyes.

“If it weren’t for you, Shi Lan would still be Shi Lan…”

Sensing the killing intent rising from Shi Feng, Shi Lan shook her head and suddenly let out a derisive laugh. She raised her right arm slightly, formed a seal in one hand before her chest, then struck down with a palm through the air!

Heaven Extremity Seal—obtained from the Dao Treasury of the Guiyun Sword Sovereign—was an Emperor level killing secret art. Once cultivated to great success, plucking stars and seizing moons with a lifted hand would be nothing remarkable, its might vast enough to shake the heavens.

Though Shi Lan was only in the Earth Fiend Realm now, and the Heaven Extremity Seal had barely entered the beginner stage, it still erupted with terrifying power!

As the palm seal struck out, it seemed half-visible and half-hidden, swallowing all light around it. Faintly, shadows of Dao resonance interwove around the seal, frightening beyond measure!

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Shi Feng’s horizontal saber rose again. The force of heaven and earth surged like an ocean, carrying countless saber auras as it crashed down in a heaven-covering torrent!

Shi Lan remained completely unruffled. The descending palm seal did not slow in the slightest. Her body glowed with a faint radiance as the Glazed Jade Body was pushed to its limit, using the strength of her flesh alone to withstand the edge of a spirit treasure.

Crack—

The saber auras borne along by the force of heaven and earth were instantly shattered into pieces and blown apart.

It was as if the palm seal had torn through space itself. In an instant, it slammed into Shi Feng’s chest.

Crack—

Shi Feng was sent flying backward at once, coughing up great mouthfuls of blood in midair. The brocade robe over his chest split open, revealing a deep palm imprint.

After hitting the ground, Shi Feng forced himself back to his feet through the pain of broken bones, saber in hand, searching all around for Shi Lan’s position.

Before he could look carefully, his neck turned cold. A blood-red battle halberd was already resting against the side of his throat.

“Shi Feng, whether you believe it or not, even if I had never existed, there would never have been any result between you and Shi Lan. And…”

Shi Lan’s gaze changed abruptly, as sharp as a steel blade scraping bone, enough to chill the soul.

“If I were not mindful of old ties, you would already be a dead man.”

Shi Lan drew in a breath and spoke again.

“Since entering the Lingyang Realm, I have wronged Shi Tianlu, I have wronged Su Lanyue, and I have wronged many others, but I do not owe you anything, Shi Feng. After Twin Moon City, you and I were already even!”

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Shi Feng stood stunned, silent.

…

Because of the barrier, Wu Lingkong and Gu Rentong’s group could not see what was happening inside at all. With the barrier in the way, and considering the strength of the two within, they could only wait outside.

Just as the four of them were growing anxious, a terrifying pressure descended over the Shi Residence.

“Shi Lan, someone’s here,” Reincarnation said, sounding slightly urgent.

“Who?”

Shi Lan had already sensed the pressure herself, and her heart tightened.

“People from the Sacred Martial Immortal Sect.”

Crack—

Before Reincarnation had even finished speaking, the barrier around them shattered instantly. The other members of the Shi Residence sensed something was wrong and began gathering one after another.

Shi Lan withdrew the Tianhuang Halberd and looked up at the sky.

A white-haired elder in a gray robe stood among the clouds with several disciples of the Sacred Martial Immortal Sect. Among them was a young woman Shi Lan had met once before—Fang Chan.

The group slowly descended to Shi Feng’s side. When Fang Chan saw Shi Feng in such a sorry state, her eyes immediately reddened. Only after confirming that his injuries were not too severe did she let out a breath of relief.

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“This one’s around the third stage of the Heaven-Man Realm. I don’t have much energy left, but I can just barely keep you safe.”

Hearing Reincarnation’s words and looking at the group before her, Shi Lan steadied herself. With her status as a member of the Demon-Suppressing Army, even the Sacred Martial Immortal Sect should not dare move against her lightly.

Everyone in the Shi Residence except Shi Tianlu had already gathered. Su Lanyue looked at Shi Lan standing alone amid the wreckage, her face full of worry.

Shi Feng saw Su Lanyue and wanted to say something, but when he saw the look on her face, the words died before they left his mouth.

“Why did you injure a true disciple of my Sacred Martial Immortal Sect?” the gray-robed elder asked with a frown.

Wu Lingkong slowly walked to Shi Lan’s side, her gleaming battle armor saying everything that needed to be said.

“The Demon-Suppressing Army… is this a provocation?” The gray-robed elder’s brow furrowed even more tightly.

“The Sacred Martial Immortal Sect is far too arrogant. The Demon-Suppressing Army provoking you? Does your Sacred Martial Immortal Sect even have the qualifications for that? Ridiculous.”

A cold snort suddenly rang out, echoing through the courtyard. Ripples spread through the void as a figure strode out with the bearing of a dragon and the gait of a tiger.

He wore dark battle armor engraved with countless Dao patterns. He looked about thirty, with a broad, full forehead, a square face, and eyes green as amber. His entire body gave off an icy aloofness that kept others at a distance.

The newcomer slowly walked to Shi Lan’s side and stood with his hands behind his back. A purple Demon-Suppressing Token hung quietly at his waist, swaying in the wind.

“The Sacred Martial Immortal Sect shrank back in the face of battle and attempted to preserve itself alone. It should by rights have been publicly punished according to the law, as a warning to others. But in consideration of the fact that your supreme headmaster is even now shedding blood for the human race beyond the starry heavens, merit and fault cancel each other out. From this moment onward, Xianwu City will be fully taken over by the Demon-Suppressing Army. Do any of you have objections?”