Volume 1, Chapter 340 – Weapons Drawn

The area fell silent for a moment, then erupted in an uproar.

When Tianwu Yangyu spoke, not many dared refute him, because an Imperial Clan stood behind him.

Now that Shi Lan, an obscure figure, had stepped forward, the reactions of the crowd naturally varied.

After all, in everyone’s eyes, Shi Lan was only a martial artist at the mid-stage of the Myriad Phenomena Realm. Among those present, there were quite a few who were confident they could slap her to death with a single palm.

“You skulking coward, show your true face before you speak!”

A sharp shout suddenly rang out from the void. A young man whose twin pupils were filled with ghostly blue lightning raised his brows and sneered.

“Did you think these little tricks could fool everyone?!”

“Piercing Delusion Dharma Eyes!”

Those with keen sight identified the young man’s background.

“Someone from the Heavenlord of Piercing Delusion’s Manor!”

The Myriad Transformation Sacred Robe was only an imitation after all. Its four-star grade predetermined its limits. That it could not withstand ocular techniques was within Shi Lan’s expectations.

“The Heavenlord of Piercing Delusion’s Manor.”

Seeing the familiar ghostly blue lightning in the young man’s eyes, Shi Lan’s lips curved slightly. There was no warmth in her smile as killing intent suddenly rose around her.

“I’ll remember that…”

She had not expected an extra harvest here.

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Suppressing the killing intent in her heart, Shi Lan directly withdrew her disguise and revealed her true appearance. Tianbai stood at her side, demonic qi flickering faintly around her. As for Shen Tianlan and Gu Rongyue, Shi Lan had sealed the major acupoints all over their bodies and settled them in the distance. Their strength was still not enough to qualify them to take part in a situation like this.

Quite a few people drew in a sharp breath. The woman before them wore a cyan dress, with striking features and a cold aura. Her dark red hair draped over her shoulders like strands of flame. The mingling of ice and fire created an indescribable allure.

With the disguise removed, her vigorous blood and qi became even clearer, stirring the senses of everyone present. The woman before them was frighteningly young, unquestionably one of the monstrous heavenly prodigies.

Tianbai at Shi Lan’s side, on the other hand, caused no stir at all. Having a demon servant was nothing unusual, especially for certain great families from other Domains.

“Little girl, state your background first,” a middle-aged man said blandly. Before he had figured out Shi Lan’s background, he appeared remarkably restrained.

Tianwu Yangyu looked Shi Lan over. His blood and qi surged for an instant, but a trace of regret soon flashed through his eyes.

“Demon-Suppressing Army, under General Yunchen, upper third-rank Demon-Suppressing General, Shi Lan.”

The words Demon-Suppressing Army came down like a mountain, sending a chill down many spines. A third-rank official had already received an imperial appointment and truly had ties to the Imperial Court. This was not someone ordinary people could afford to offend.

But there were no ordinary people present here. The Human Emperor clans alone already numbered more than ten, and many Human Emperor ancestors were even standing outside the secret realm. This layer of identity as a Demon-Suppressing General was not enough to make them afraid.

“May I ask which great clan you come from, Miss?”

After confirming that there was not a single great Shi clan in his memory, the middle-aged man’s tone became even more serious. There were many officers in the Demon-Suppressing Army who were scions of great families. Perhaps the person before him came from a reclusive ancient clan, or possibly even an Imperial Clan.

“Just an obscure little clan from the Chengtian Domain.”

The moment he heard the words Chengtian Domain, the middle-aged man relaxed by more than half. Spiritual lands were scarce in the Chengtian Domain. Powerful clans would never choose to flourish and expand there. The fact that the entire Chengtian Domain had previously possessed only a single second-grade power was enough to show as much.

Aside from the Demon-Suppressing Army, the woman before him likely had no background worth fearing.

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Just some barbarian from the frontier…

At that thought, the middle-aged man’s expression gradually turned cold again. This was the Langya Grotto-Heaven, a realm beyond the outer world. The human race’s records held no sway here. A Demon-Suppressing General could be killed and that would be that.

A demon calamity had only just happened not long ago. If a few people died, that would be perfectly normal, so long as no one investigated…

Sweeping his gaze around, the middle-aged man’s eyes met those of several Human Emperor forces. A silent understanding passed among them, and they reached an unspoken agreement.

Among the Sacred Martial Immortal Sect group, Shi Feng, the man carrying the spirit saber, stepped forward. He had seen the killing intent in the middle-aged man’s eyes.

“Shi Feng! What are you trying to do?!” A Sacred Martial Immortal Sect elder sensed that something was wrong and shouted.

“Forgive me, Elder. I can’t stand by and watch her die.”

Shi Feng tightened his hand and spoke in a low voice. No matter whether the current Shi Lan was still the same Shi Lan as before, he had no way to watch her die right in front of him.

“Get back here!”

Boom!

A thunderous explosion rang out as the middle-aged man made the first move. He brought out a Dao armament shaped like a divine ring. He did not strike at Shi Lan. Instead, he brazenly attacked the surrounding forces.

Violent fluctuations of the laws overflowed from the divine ring, and its terrifying pressure swept across the sky. This blow was enough to crush every martial artist below the late Nascent Soul Realm.

Bang, bang, bang!

A series of bloody bursts exploded. Dozens of martial artists were struck by the divine ring in a single sweep. Their bodies shattered on the spot, crushed into gore, while splashes of blood danced through the air and vanished before they could even touch the ground.

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Several Human Emperor forces moved at the same time and instantly began clearing the field!

The others began to fight back at once. Searing blood and qi surged as a desperate battle to the death unfolded.

“Everyone, please stop!”

“This is internal attrition!”

The scholar-robed man who had earlier told everyone not to fight among themselves wore a bitter smile and repeatedly tried to stop them. But now that killing intent had already risen, everyone’s eyes were red with slaughter. No one paid him any heed, and he was even dragged into the battlefield himself.

After narrowly avoiding being torn apart by several streams of force, the bitter smile vanished from the man’s face. He sighed, and a cold light spilled from his eyes.

“So this is the Dao by which you seek death…”

Lowering his head, he recited softly,

“At last I gain the Azure Cloud Sword,

Ascend to heaven and slay dragon whales!”

Clang!

Sword qi shot into the sky, rising through the clouds and climbing to the heavens. In the span of a breath, it sent several Nascent Soul Realm great cultivators straight into the Yellow Springs underworld!

Not far away, the people of the Sacred Martial Immortal Sect also met with slaughter. Under a sea of thunder and lightning, the people of Purple Lightning Manor attacked with all their strength, clearly because of the grudge they had formed outside.

Shi Feng, who had just left the Sacred Martial Immortal Sect and come before Shi Lan, saw this scene and clenched his jaw so hard that his nails dug into his palm.

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A few breaths later, he looked back at Shi Lan once, then turned around again and rushed toward the Sacred Martial Immortal Sect group. His spirit saber left its sheath, and its saber aura shone like blood.

For a time, no one paid any attention at all to Shi Lan, Tianbai, or Tianwu Yangyu nearby.

“Follow me. I’ll keep you safe today, and in the future I will grant you a lifetime of splendor and glory.”

A young man dressed in a golden brocade robe embroidered with dragon patterns, noble bearing all over him, stepped around the battlefield and came before the two women. He stared fixedly at Shi Lan as he spoke. His aura surged as he spoke, with a faint dragon breath coiling around him, like an imperial scion born to rule.

“Get lost.”

Shi Lan stared at the sky and calmly uttered a single word. The flame mark on her brow flickered with light.

“Do you know who you’re speaking to?”

“She’s only a third-rank Demon-Suppressing General. With a single word from His Highness, she could be thrown out of the Demon-Suppressing Army!”

The two white-faced middle-aged men beside the young man, both dressed in dark blue long robes, spoke one after the other. Their tones were soft and effeminate, their voices shrill and grating.

Tianbai’s face darkened like still water. In her eyes, those words alone were enough for the people before her to die ten thousand times over.

“You have not yet drawn weapons. I’ll spare your lives today. Get lost!”

The flame mark on Shi Lan’s brow suddenly flashed. Her natal true fire blazed upward as she raised two fingers like a sword straight into the sky. A dark golden arc roared out of the void, split at once into thousands upon thousands of sword shadows, and swept across the heavens wrapped in the domineering true fire of a divine phoenix.

Inside her sea of consciousness, the Spirit Infant had undergone a complete transformation, only a single thought away from Spirit Transformation.