But Ye Jingyu was different. Even though his strength was still inferior to Ying Kongshi's, the moment Ying Kongshi drew his spear, a sharp glint flashed from the Reincarnation Eye between his brows. Under the illumination of the Reincarnation Eye, what appeared to others as seven spear shadows resolved into just one...

The Seven Stars Splitting the Heavens—only one true strike tore the void, but Ying Kongshi's speed was so immense that it left seven phantom afterimages...

Since he had seen through the essence of this move, what did Ye Jingyu have to fear? The Overlord Essence Power within his body stirred, and instead of retreating, he advanced directly toward the dazzling seven streams of light...

"Drift with the Flow!" Ye Jingyu roared, yet the Sky Venerable Blade in his hand merely flickered lightly. He tapped the spear shaft, a mere touch that shattered the trajectory of the spear. The seven spear shadows vanished instantly without a trace...

The Sky Venerable Blade in Ye Jingyu's hand then swept past the spear's guard, aiming straight for Ying Kongshi's wrist. Before the blade even made contact, a fierce surge of blade qi erupted...

Ying Kongshi was greatly alarmed. He never expected Ye Jingyu to shatter his attack so easily. Feeling the blade qi tearing through the air toward him, he loosened his grip on the spear and rapidly retreated, barely evading Ye Jingyu's lightning-fast strike.

But Ye Jingyu would not let such an opportunity slip away. He surged forward, bringing the blade down on Ying Kongshi once more...

In an instant, the wind and clouds shifted color. Vast torrents of energy continuously exploded from Ye Jingyu's body. The Sky Venerable Blade in his hand transformed into a massive Demonic Blade, appearing directly before Ying Kongshi and plunging toward his chest...

Ying Kongshi gasped internally and hastily sidestepped to the left. Yet, after moving only half a step, he felt a sharp pain in his left arm...

Focusing his gaze, he saw the Sky Venerable Blade, wreathed in violet blade light, had somehow materialized beside him.

The Blade of Samsara Illusion and Extinction?

This was precisely Ye Jingyu's self-created supreme art, the Samsara Illusion and Extinction—everything was like a fleeting dream...

Before he could fully process the injury to his left arm, Ying Kongshi saw another colossal blade light flare above his forehead, hacking down with terrifying force.

He quickly retreated backward, but after taking only three steps, before he could evade the immense blade light, he saw the tip of a blade appear directly behind his heart...

And he was instinctively moving straight toward that very tip. At such speed, completely dodging was impossible; Ying Kongshi could only instinctively shift his body.

But the razor-sharp tip struck mercilessly against his armor, piercing through it as if it were soft tofu...

A wave of excruciating pain nearly caused Ying Kongshi to lose control, but an even larger blade light reappeared in front of him, slashing toward him with unimaginable velocity...

With a sharp sizzle, a spurt of blood shot out—Ying Kongshi's entire ear was cleaved off by that single blow.

The intense pain jolted Ying Kongshi awake. Upon closer inspection, he realized there was no wound on his left arm or chest. Instead, his entire right ear was gone, and a massive gash marred his right shoulder. Had he not been wearing the Demon Heaven Armor, his entire arm might have been severed...

Looking at the blue blood, and feeling the throbbing pain from his shoulder and ear, Ying Kongshi finally understood: he was wounded. Truly wounded.

He was wounded—slashed by someone whose strength was, at best, at the Martial Saint realm. How could this be possible?

Not only was his face etched with disbelief, but Shu Yun, standing nearby, watched everything with utter shock. He hadn't perceived the terror of the Blade of Samsara Illusion and Extinction; he only knew that when Ye Jingyu swung, Ying Kongshi seemed unable to evade, allowing the strike to land...

Only Ying Kongshi could vaguely recall that blade attack, wondering what kind of blade it was that even he couldn't distinguish the real from the fake. Why did everything feel identical?

However, after the momentary stupor, Ying Kongshi was utterly enraged—furious, berserk, maddened rage...

"I will kill you!" a roar burst from Ying Kongshi’s mouth. Streams of blue light suddenly shot out from his body, and powerful demonic energy surged toward the heavens. A wash of blue light engulfed him, and an aura of absolute destruction fully erupted...

"My Lord, you must not..." Seeing Ying Kongshi suddenly break his seal and unleash such formidable power, Shu Yun's face changed drastically.

He was not supposed to exist in this world. If those powerful entities sensed his aura, could he expect to survive?

But Ying Kongshi, already lost to madness, paid no heed. The demonic energy throughout his body intensified, and the blue light grew brighter.

Ye Jingyu, standing before him, felt the steadily mounting aura and his expression drastically altered. What was this power? This was definitely strength surpassing Xuanyuan Xiao Zhan...

Who was he? Why did he possess such terrifying might?

Without a second thought, Ye Jingyu mobilized the Overlord Essence Power within him, unleashing the skill Flowing Clouds and Water, rushing at full speed toward the center of the Blue Dream Marsh. Ying Kongshi’s innate strength was already superior to his. Had it not been for his Reincarnation Eye discerning the true nature of the attacks, those first two strikes could have gravely injured him. Now that he had broken his seal, how strong was he?

To fight someone like this—wasn't that just suicide?

"You think you can leave?" Seeing Ye Jingyu vanish instantly, Ying Kongshi sneered. He took a step forward, covering hundreds of zhang in a single stride, closely tailing Ye Jingyu...

The very moment Ying Kongshi broke his seal, several potent auras across the Nine Provinces Continent simultaneously sensed the shift. Especially in a cave within the nearby Tian Gang Mountain Range, Dugu Ba Chen, who appeared utterly devoid of presence, suddenly opened his eyes...

"Demonic energy? Has another demon race descended?" A calm sentence escaped his lips as his body slowly rose. He took one step forward, a stride that spanned thousands of meters...

In just a few steps, he traversed tens of thousands of meters, his speed even greater than Ni Bo’s...

Bai Xiaodi of the East Sea, Xuanyuan Jue of Tian Yuan City, and Huangfu Yun of the Western Chu Empire also felt this immense aura. However, apparently sensing that Dugu Ba Chen was already moving toward the source, they merely frowned slightly before closing their eyes once more...

(Tragic Brazil, tragic Kaka, tragic jinx-mouth Beilei! Alas! More updates this afternoon!)