As Wei Qing burst out of the Silver Horned Divine Vessel, his Nirvana Realm divine sense swept out, and with just a slight probe, he discovered that myriad strange energy fluctuations were being manipulated by Shi Yan, trapping the warriors from the Penglai Sacred Land, the Heavenly Pool Sacred Land, and the Gu family, allowing the Yang family warriors to slaughter them with ease.

The reason the situation had devolved into such a one-sided rout was entirely due to Shi Yan's interference. The moment Wei Qing noticed the anomaly on the field, he roared, instantly drawing everyone's attention to Shi Yan.

Pan Zhe, Zeng Yanqing, Gu Linglong, and the other masters of the younger generation immediately focused their sights on Shi Yan.

Three Nirvana Realm masters hastily abandoned their battle with the Twin-Headed Flood Dragon and the Azure Blood Demon Bat, swiftly converging on Gui Liao. The three elder Nirvana Realm warriors unleashed their power together, each employing their unique methods to surround Gui Liao from three directions.

"Damn fellow, let's see you dare to meddle again!"

Gu Linglong let out a sharp cry, inhaling deeply. Her delicate chest swelled slightly, and seven beams of strangely colored light suddenly converged from various angles, shooting directly toward Shi Yan.

These seven beams of light, each a different hue, were the seven Divine Swords that recognized Gu Linglong as their master. Arranged in a sword formation, the beams interlaced to form a vibrant, multi-hued net of light that descended from above, targeting Shi Yan from a distance.

The sword light intertwined. Under the command of Gu Linglong's Divine Sword Heart Martial Soul, the Divine Swords resonated with spirit, emitting a low hum and releasing energy fluctuations of different attributes, carrying an extremely sharp sword qi.

Shi Yan’s expression shifted slightly.

Gu Linglong was at the Second Heaven of the Status Realm, and her Seven Divine Swords were extraordinary individually. The power they commanded when formed into a sword formation was utterly terrifying; even Nirvana Realm martial artists would hesitate to confront it head-on.

Without daring to delay, in just an instant, the Dark Light Shield and the Petrification Martial Soul were immediately activated.

Seated upon Gui Liao, Shi Yan gathered negative power and instantly struck forth with the Life-and-Death Seal secret technique. The Life Seal and the Death Seal overlapped, blasting toward the sword formation formed by the seven Divine Swords with maximum force.

With the Life-and-Death Seals overlapping, seven colossal handprints formed in the void, lined up like giant winnowing fans. A strange energy aura suddenly erupted from within the Life-and-Death Seals.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

A sound of earth-shattering energy reverberated, exploding in the sky, with dazzling, exotic light blooming like fireworks.

The Life-and-Death Seals plunged into the sword formation formed by the Divine Swords. The peculiar fluctuations emanating from the seals contained the power of life and death. The mixture of these two forces caused the energy waves to overlap, doubling the destructive power.

The sword formation formed by the seven Divine Swords suddenly dimmed. Under the furious bombardment of the Life-and-Death Seals, the formation was thrown into disarray.

Gu Linglong’s beautiful face suddenly paled slightly, and her delicate body trembled violently.

Within the shattered sword formation, seven streams of energy fluctuations with different attributes surged back, tracing Shi Yan’s life fluctuations and slamming into him with brutal force.

Shi Yan, still seated on Gui Liao, was struck by the counter-force of the seven Divine Swords. The Dark Light Shield twisted and shattered, and his petrified body was violently flung off Gui Liao.

"Puff!"

A mouthful of blood sprayed out. Shi Yan’s physical body remained intact, but his internal organs felt displaced, and an intense pain coursed through him.

The third stage of petrification had managed to block the counter-force of the seven Divine Swords, keeping his flesh safe, yet the retaliation from the swords had permeated inside Shi Yan’s body. Those seven forces acted like pervasive cotton threads, wreaking havoc within him.

His expression extremely grim, Shi Yan hurriedly activated the negative power within his acupoints to resist the invasive power of the seven Divine Swords within his body.

Negative power, vital essence defense—Shi Yan frantically worked to purge the destructive forces within his flesh.

Simultaneously, a surge of intensely hot flame power began to flow from the Blood Pattern Ring, injecting into his meridians to assist in clearing out the Divine Sword power from his body.

This was the flame power of the Ten-Thousand-Year Earth Heart Fire.

Three strange forces rushed rapidly along Shi Yan’s meridians, consuming the power of the seven Divine Swords in a very short span of time.

Multicolor, faint light seeped out from Shi Yan's skin.

At a glance, he appeared like a strange light source, the energy fluctuations within his body chaotic and disordered.

"Hoo!"

Letting out a light breath, Shi Yan coldly wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth. He leaped up abruptly, landing back on Gui Liao, his gaze cold as he stared at Gu Linglong. His sight swept over her pale, beautiful face before he stated gravely, "That's all you have."

Gu Linglong’s beautiful eyes flashed with icy coldness, and her delicate body trembled slightly in anger as she clenched her jaw silently.

With the full might of her seven Divine Swords, she was confident that among the new generation of Yang family masters, only Yang Mu and Yang Zhou could withstand the attack. She had expected the Hundred Tribulations Realm Shi Yan to be instantly slain, with no possibility of survival.

However, the full-power strike of the Divine Swords was intercepted by Shi Yan’s incredibly miraculous martial technique. The seven fatal forces that had escaped from the swords rushed into Shi Yan’s body but were once again consumed by the power within him.

Such an anomaly was entirely beyond Gu Linglong's expectations.

Shi Yan, once again seated atop Gui Liao, instilled in her a sense of unfathomable mystery. Gu Linglong looked at Shi Yan again, no longer daring to harbor the slightest contempt.

"Roar!"

Gui Liao roared toward the sky, and the green eyes on its ferocious ghost-face suddenly shot out an eerie, pale green light.

The strange light targeted the three surrounding Nirvana Realm experts led by Wei Qing. Under the pale green glow, the divine sense fluctuations within Wei Qing's Sea of Consciousness became extremely chaotic. This turmoil in their mental spaces caused the martial skills of the three to momentarily fall into disarray, rendering them incapable of forming any effective attack.

Gui Liao roared, its massive body thrashing furiously on the Divine Vessel. With its menacing claws tearing downward, Penglai Sacred Land warriors were ripped to shreds, reduced to chunks of minced meat, surrounded by a misty scarlet fog swirling around Gui Liao.

A wave of even more fierce, baleful aura rapidly condensed within the blood mist, growing ever stronger.

Centered on Gui Liao, the blood mist spread like a raging tempest. Wherever the mist passed, everyone’s cultivation level recoiled, and even the three Nirvana Realm martial artists, including Wei Qing, had to evade its sharp edge.

Shi Yan also sensed Gui Liao’s violent fury.

It seemed that because Shi Yan had been attacked by Gu Linglong, this demonic beast had been provoked, stirring up its bloodthirsty side.

On the vast Silver Horned Divine Vessel, Gui Liao rampaged unchecked, its green eyes shooting out that eerie pale green light, while the baleful aura condensed from the blood mist ravaged everything in all directions.

Although only a sixth-level Gui Liao, at this moment, it was unleashing a might comparable to a seventh-level demonic beast.

Pan Zhe, Zhai Yanqing, Gu Linglong, Gu Jiange, and the others were all moved, shocked by the evil, heaven-cleaving baleful aura emanating from Gui Liao. They dared not approach it and retreated one after another.

Yang Mu, Li Feng'er, and the other Yang family warriors, who were about to move closer to Shi Yan, seeing Gui Liao suddenly go berserk, also consciously gave way.

For a time, the Silver Horned Divine Vessel seemed to have become Gui Liao’s stage for bloodlust. Responding to Shi Yan’s mental signal, it tore numerous warriors from the Penglai and Heavenly Pool Sacred Lands into pieces.

On the Silver Horned Divine Vessel, rivers of blood flowed, and mangled corpses littered the deck.

Shi Yan sat atop Gui Liao, fully absorbing the power of those who died. The acupoints in his body were throbbing with pain, nearly exploding.

Various negative emotions rapidly wreaked havoc in Shi Yan's mind; he could only barely maintain his clarity of consciousness.

However, an evil power—a mixture of brutality, fear, bloodlust, and resentment—began to radiate from him. The negative power coalesced into a pale, whitish mist that quietly diffused outward.

Gu Jiange attempted a sneak attack on Shi Yan, but in a lapse of attention, he was suddenly engulfed by the white mist condensed from Shi Yan's negative emotions.

In an instant, Gu Jiange became frenzied, losing all rationality. Like a demonic beast suddenly freed after being imprisoned for hundreds of years, he actually turned and lunged toward Gu Linglong.

Gu Jiange had gone mad.

"You're insane!" Gu Linglong’s beautiful face chilled. Just as she prepared to act, she suddenly noticed that Gu Jiange's eyes were filled with endless resentment, devoid of any recognizable emotional fluctuation.

Gu Linglong immediately realized he was truly insane.

Shi Yan, still on Gui Liao, was deeply shocked. This was the first time he discovered that the fluctuations condensed from negative emotions could drive others mad, turning them unrecognizable and causing them to attack even their own comrades.

A thought flashed through his mind, and Shi Yan realized this was an incredibly profound and miraculous ability. He immediately used his divine sense to envelop the faint white mist, which was intensely surging with negative emotional fluctuations, and purposefully spread it toward the warriors of the Penglai and Heavenly Pool Sacred Lands.

As expected.

Once covered by the white mist, those Sacred Land warriors immediately lost lucidity, became bloodthirsty, and actually began killing each other.

"What evil sorcery is this!"

Wei Qing shrieked. Watching his subordinates lose their minds and start slaughtering each other, he was suddenly filled with a sense of utter powerlessness.

"Roar!"

Gui Liao lunged fiercely toward Wei Qing, spewing forth an incredibly violent surge of Nether Qi directly at him.

Wei Qing’s expression changed drastically. Ignoring his subordinates, he leaped off the Silver Horned Divine Vessel and shouted loudly, "Retreat!"

The warriors on the Silver Horned Divine Pill also realized the gravity of the situation. Following Wei Qing's lead, they all jumped off.

Below them lay the boundless ocean of the Azure Sky Sea Domain. Knowing they would likely be safe once in the water, they dared not prolong the fight and jumped into the sea one after another to escape.

"Shi Yan, you remember this! I will definitely take your dog head!" Gu Linglong glared at him hatefully. Her delicate body moved gracefully, and she seized the deranged Gu Jiange, carving out a beautiful arc as she too flew into the sea.

In a mere three seconds, every surviving warrior from the Penglai Sacred Land, Heavenly Pool Sacred Land, and the Gu family aboard the Silver Horned Divine Pill had jumped into the sea, unwilling to remain any longer.

"Let's go," Shi Yan calmly patted Gui Liao, halting its pursuit into the sea. He turned to Yang Mu and said, "Pan Zhe and his group were just one force. There are other groups of warriors nearby, converging on this area. Those forces are no weaker than Pan Zhe's group—there are five Nirvana Realm martial artists among them."

Yang Mu’s expression shifted, and he nodded in understanding.

The Yang family warriors on the Divine Vessel, under the direction of Yang Mu and the others, all boarded Gui Liao, the Twin-Headed Flood Dragon, and the Azure Blood Demon Bat. Then, without hesitation, they flew up from the Divine Vessel and departed on the wind. (To be continued)