The village before them was clearly insignificant, weak in its power. At that moment, it seemed to have reached some unbearable limit. The demon, with the head of a leopard and the body of a man, trembled violently, and with one swipe of its claw, it ripped open a woman's head, pulled out the white brain matter, and stuffed it directly into its mouth...

Ye Jingyu's eyes had turned completely bloodshot. In the mere blink of an eye, this woman had been brutally slaughtered. The sheer cruelty of these demons surpassed the limit he could bear. Almost instantly, his body shot behind the leopard-headed demon and slammed down a full-force palm strike...

With a sharp smack, the demon’s head shattered as if struck by a sledgehammer against a watermelon. Its powerful body slowly crumpled, falling onto the woman's corpse...

The woman was already torn by numerous wounds; even without having her head torn open, she was destined to die. Her life was swiftly ebbing away. In that final moment, her gaze toward Ye Jingyu was filled with a plea?

A plea for what? Following the direction of her eyes, Ye Jingyu looked back and saw a small, beautiful young girl being dragged toward a massive prison cart by a group of grasping, clawing demons...

"Go peacefully. I will not let them harm your daughter!" Although the woman said nothing, Ye Jingyu understood everything in her heart...

His figure vanished in an instant. When he reappeared, he was standing before the prison cart, unleashing a relentless barrage of heavy punches. In the space of a breath, he had thrown hundreds of blows. All the demons guarding the cart, and those holding the young girl, were blasted away. Their bodies exploded while still airborne, pulverized by the sheer violence of his fists...

The young girl had cherry-red lips and snow-white teeth, her face stark white from overwhelming terror, her eyes brimming with tears and absolute despair. When these demons seized her, she had already understood her fate and surrendered to hopelessness. But suddenly, the demons holding her were violently thrown backward. She looked up to see a handsome man standing before her...

He possessed a face carved like a blade, thick eyebrows, a high nose bridge, and lips even redder than her own. Everything about him was strikingly handsome, but what etched itself deepest in the girl's memory were his strange eyes...

His right eye shimmered with a rainbow glow, seeming to hold a tempest of lightning coursing within it. His left eye burned with an inferno, as if capable of drawing the very soul into its depths. How could one person possess such bizarre eyes?

"Tell me, what is your name?" A gentle voice sounded in the girl's ear...

Without hesitation, without even a moment's thought, a faint, timid voice escaped her lips: "Xueling!"

Xueling, as ethereal and graceful as snow...

What a beautiful name, what a beautiful girl, yet condemned to such a fate. Ye Jingyu sighed deeply in his heart...

"Will you come with me?" Gazing into Xueling's clear eyes, Ye Jingyu asked softly.

This time, the girl did not answer immediately. She looked back at the corpse of the woman, a shadow of grief crossing her features, though she quickly concealed it well...

"I will..." A crisp reply came from Xueling’s mouth, and immediately, she felt a strong hand grasp her small one...

It was an extraordinarily warm, large hand. Holding it, Xueling felt a sense of security she had never known. It was as if, with the owner of this hand present, the sky itself could fall, and she would have nothing to fear. Unconsciously, Xueling tightened her grip on his hand...

At this moment, the surrounding demons noticed the disturbance. They dropped whatever they were doing, snatched up their weapons, and charged toward them, quickly surrounding Ye Jingyu...

Watching the ever-increasing horde of maniacal demons, Ye Jingyu's face turned utterly cold, and a chilling killing intent erupted fully...

Holding Xueling’s small hand with his left and gripping the Tianzun Blade tightly in his right, he began to walk forward, step by deliberate step...

Sensing Ye Jingyu’s overwhelming aura, the surrounding demons showed flickers of terror. But then, someone shouted, and the demons surged forward in a frenzy toward Ye Jingyu...

Whoosh... A dazzling blade light flared, illuminating Xueling's face, stinging her eyes. Yet, she kept them wide open, watching that streak of light cleave the head from a demon. The head flew off, and dark-gold blood sprayed out like a fountain, splattering over her body, over her face...

A dense smell of blood permeated the air, making her feel nauseous, as if she had consumed something utterly vile. But she suppressed the urge to retch, clinging tightly to Ye Jingyu's hand, watching him as he severed one demon head after another with his blade...

She needed to see clearly the agonizing deaths of those demons who murdered her kin...

Hand rising, blade falling, Ye Jingyu advanced step by step. The Tianzun Blade in his hand barely paused. Countless flashes of light erupted; any demon that dared to approach was instantly sliced in half. Not a single one could withstand a single blow from him...

The blade was stained crimson with dark-gold blood, and Xueling's body was covered in warm blood. Her face remained pale, but a spark of exhilaration ignited in her eyes—the sheer joy of witnessing her enemies die in agony...

Gradually, the demons slain by Ye Jingyu’s blade surpassed hundreds. When several high-level demons, those who had reached the Desolate Tier, were also cut down, no remaining demon dared to press the attack. Their courage had been shattered by Ye Jingyu's terror, and they began to turn tail and flee...

But this was when the true slaughter was about to begin. Ni Bo and Taotie, who had remained aloof until now, finally made their move...

And the Tianzun Blade in Ye Jingyu’s hand began to swing even faster. The blade light became larger, brighter, and... sharper...

One step, two steps, three steps...

By the time Ye Jingyu, still holding Xueling’s small hand, reached the edge of the village, all three thousand two hundred and thirty demons who had come to loot the settlement lay dead...

(There will be an update this afternoon, likely not a small one. Everyone please show your support!)