Martial Master

"Xi'er, listen to my explanation..."

Feng Shaoyu hurriedly tried to explain, sensing that something was amiss. The Tianmen Sect's surprise attack on Piao Miao Palace and the humiliation of Murong Bingyun surely had some hidden intricacies.

But just as he was about to clarify, a shadow suddenly flashed across the void. Taking advantage of his momentary distraction, a shadow struck his body.

"Ah!"

The timing of this ambush was so precise that he couldn't react in time. In a hurry, he dodged to the side, but it was too late. With a splatter, blood sprayed, and a sinister aura emanated.

"It's you! This is all a plot by you Demon Tribe people." Feng Shaoyu's anger surged upon seeing his assailant. Again, it was the Demon Tribe. If not for them, why would Xi'er be so distant from him?

Ever since these Demon Tribe people were taken in, Xi'er had changed, becoming someone he no longer recognized.

"You seek death!"

Furious, Feng Shaoyu brandished the Emperor's Sword. At once, sword light soared skyward, transforming into an invisible sword aura that madly slashed at the shadow.

Boom! The sword aura pierced the heavens, shattering eons. With one slash, Feng Shaoyu split the shadow in half, but it quickly reformed, regaining human shape.

"Feng Shaoyu, you killed my Demon Tribe people, destroyed the Mo family's mausoleum, and now you've damaged the Ji family's ancestral land, equivalent to eradicating our Demon Tribe's base and destroying our reincarnation altar. If I don't kill you today, the heavens won't tolerate it."

The shadow snarled, then unleashed hundreds of dark tendrils from its body, which wrapped towards Feng Shaoyu.

"Just with you, a thing neither human nor ghost, die!" Feng Shaoyu wielded the Emperor's Sword, and emperor's aura burst from his body, towering and majestic, cleaving the countless black tendrils.

Boom boom boom! With a casual slash, Feng Shaoyu didn't use any astonishing technique, nor did he change his form, but the unleashed power was unprecedented. Under this sword, the heavens and earth mourned, and all forces, be it rules or earthly power, dissipated.

With a sound, the myriad dark tendrils were instantly severed without any suspense. The tendrils, which could decimate a mighty Martial God, exploded with no resistance.

The skyward tendrils were cut down, and all the black aura turned into debris, scattering away.

The Emperor's Sword, held by Feng Shaoyu, was the sword of an ancient emperor. With the sword in hand, he was invincible.

Such was the terror of the Emperor's Sword. Once it truly unleashed, it suppressed everything, and all forces had to dissipate under its slash.

After severing the tendrils, Feng Shaoyu walked forward coldly, the aura of the Emperor's Sword erupting again, closing in on the shadow, and slashed once more.

This slash was even more plain, silent, as if it contained no special power. Yet when it fell, all brilliance in the world vanished, as if night had suddenly descended, with all light sources concentrated in that one sword.

Unbearable to behold!

"Holy Realm?" The shadow was shocked, looking at Feng Shaoyu.

"No, not yet the Holy Realm. The power of this world has been restricted, and it’s impossible for anyone to enter the Holy Realm for now. You've merely touched the threshold."

The shadow focused, observing Feng Shaoyu again, and finally sneered.

"Hmph, killing a thing neither human nor ghost like you is enough."

Feng Shaoyu sneered, proud despite his injuries, with a gaze of disdain. He was the monarch of the earth, the lord of the sky, the mightiest emperor of this continent.

His sword fell, and the world went silent, as if everything was on the brink of collapse.

"Not reaching the Holy Realm, yet daring to be arrogant before me." The shadow roared angrily, a massive shadow towering a hundred feet high, like an infernal asura emerging from hell, reaching to grasp the Emperor's Sword.

Buzz!

With a silent radiance, countless buzzing sounds arose, and more black tendrils appeared, densely packed, as if to fill the world, standing before the Emperor's Sword.