CHAPTER 542: 436 ZHANGG SHA CAI

Chapter 436: A Ruthless Slayer

"Daoist, show mercy!"

The two Immortal Venerables, Guangmu and Jiuyang, who had achieved enlightenment the latest, were the first to crumble.

Their physical bodies were nearly obliterated, and their Primordial Spirits had suffered grievous wounds. In just moments, they would inevitably perish, their souls dispersed, leaving only a trace of their True Spirit to fall into the Immortal Sect. There, they would slumber for countless years before awakening.

By then, they would still be exalted Immortal Venerables.

But this was not what they wanted.

Though rebirth through the Immortal Sect spared them from fearing death, the price was steep. Every cultivation realm except for their cultivation level had to start from scratch, and even their Lifebound Immortal Treasure would need to be reforged.

Such a setback would make transcendence a nearly unattainable dream, an outcome they would not accept.

"If I had known this day would come, I would have acted differently!"

But Wang Yan’s Dao heart was unyielding, and she turned a deaf ear.

Regardless of Guangmu and Jiuyang’s desperate pleas, she wielded her sword, slashing with such power that it dimmed the heavens and darkened the earth. Today, the Immortal Venerables, leading a host of Heavenly Venerates, besieged the Immortal Sect. If she and Chen Jichuan lacked the strength, their Dao would undoubtedly be severed by these attackers.

To block another’s Dao was a grudge deeper than the heavens—how could she grant leniency?

"Those who block my path shall perish!"

Wang Yan’s heart surged with killing intent.

Her mind replayed scenes of being obstructed today, the blockade of Dongning Realm in the past, and the looming separation from Chen Jichuan, unsure when they would meet again.

"Whoever defies me, dies!"

Anger burned within Wang Yan, her fury igniting like a blaze. Her sword light swelled, dazzling and deadly.

In one strike after another—

The five Immortal Venerables could no longer endure.

"Dongning!"

"I curse you! May you never achieve the Immortal Dao, may you be trapped in samsara for all eternity!"

Guangmu Immortal Venerable was the first to collapse. Overcome with scorching hatred, his venomous resentment transformed into a lethal curse. Sacrificing his remaining life force, he unleashed a forbidden malediction with all his might.

"A curse?"

Wang Yan’s will was as sharp as her blade, her wrath surging like a tidal wave. With the successful completion of the Anger Realm—the fourth level of intent within her ’Seven Emotions’—her blade burned brighter and fiercer than ever, following the mastery of realms of ’Joy,’ ’Thought,’ and ’Worry.’

"What can you do to me?"

Raising her sword, Wang Yan sent four Magic Swords out together, shredding every trace of mystic phantoms and demons.

Break!

The poisonous blood that spewed from Guangmu Immortal Venerable’s mouth was instantly obliterated, turning into nothingness. His doomed curse, intended to deliver a cruel fate, was rendered futile.

It was, after all, merely a super-level curse, incapable of inflicting any substantial harm.

"Ah!"

Guangmu Immortal Venerable’s heart was consumed with regret and hatred. Struck by despair, he was unable to persist further, and his essence scattered first. A trace of his True Spirit disappeared into the distant Immortal Sect.

"Immortal Venerable!"

"Guangmu Immortal Venerable!"

Wanying Heavenly Venerate and the eight other Heavenly Venerates standing by had been recuperating and observing the battle, watching with utter shock. At first, Guangmu and Jiuyang’s pleas for mercy had already kindled a premonition of calamity in their hearts.

They were just about to withdraw their spiritual focus and flee.

But before they could act, Guangmu Immortal Venerable’s blood-stained form flashed and disappeared, his essence scattering directly into the Immortal Sect.

He was dead!

This realization sent waves of terror through them.

"Run!"

"Flee, now!"

The eight of them wasted no time, leaping into action. Each unleashed their Divine Skills in an attempt to escape.

"You think you can escape?"

Wang Yan let out a furious laugh, stepping onto Wind Thunder with god-like grace. Even while ensnaring the remaining four Immortal Venerables, she had room to give chase to the eight Heavenly Venerates.

Wind Thunder Walking swept through the battlefield.

One step took her to one target, and with one sword strike—

Eight steps, eight slashes.

Boom!

Boom!

The eight Heavenly Venerates died with their eyes wide open in disbelief. Their bodies disintegrated into dust, leaving behind only faint traces of True Spirit ascending into the Immortal Sect.

In just one encounter,

The eight Heavenly Venerates were all slain.

...

"What a formidable Dongning!"

"Such brutality?"

The four Immortal Venerables locked in combat with Wang Yan were left shaking. As they watched Wang Yan first kill Guangmu Immortal Venerable, then annihilate Wanying and the eight Heavenly Venerates, despair took root in their hearts—they knew their fates were sealed.

One by one, they fought with desperate vigor.

But as Guangmu Immortal Venerable fell, followed by the eight Heavenly Venerates—

It was like a mountain collapsing.

It was like an avalanche.

Soon after, the three Immortal Venerables, Jiuyang, Maha, and Taiyin, though they struggled with wrath and indignation, were each slain in succession.

Their three True Spirits floated upward, finding refuge in the distant Immortal Sect.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Only Golden Light Immortal Venerable, relying on his remarkably resilient body radiating golden light, managed to last slightly longer.

But it was only a matter of a few more strikes.

After the deaths of the four Immortal Venerables, Wang Yan loosed a few more devastating blows, bringing Golden Light Immortal Venerable to his ultimate end as well. As he fell, he sneered obstinately: "Kill, go ahead and kill! The more joy you take today in your bloodbath, the more suffering the Fierce Bird Mountain lineage will endure tomorrow. When I return, I shall dedicate every ounce of my energy to overthrowing your entire lineage until your Daoist heritage is reduced to ashes!"

Golden Light Immortal Venerable knew there was no avoiding death today. When he was reborn through the Immortal Sect, Chen Jichuan and Wang Yan would already have left Chongming Realm far behind.

But their Daoist heritage and the Fierce Bird Mountain lineage would remain.

Golden Light Immortal Venerable, even in his dying breath, refused to grant them peace, spitting his final venom to trouble their minds. With his eternal existence on his side, he planned to dedicate his all to bring ruin to their lineage upon rebirth, which would indeed be a disaster if they were caught unprepared.

"We’ll deal with you after you rise from the dead."

Unfazed, Wang Yan swung her sword again, reducing Golden Light Immortal Venerable to nothingness.

And so, all five Immortal Venerables fell, not to return for at least tens of thousands of years.

Having slain eight Heavenly Venerates and five Immortal Venerables,

Wang Yan did not stop.

She noticed that while the Five Directions Emperor was able to suppress the remaining Heavenly Venerates, exterminating them all was proving to be a monumental task.

"How could this be?"

"She’s too powerful!"

"Dongning Immortal Venerable! Dongning Immortal Venerable! How could she be this strong?!"

Some among the Heavenly Venerates, witnessing Wang Yan slaying both Immortal Venerables and Heavenly Venerates like a butcher slaughtering cattle, were utterly terrified. They mobilized every ounce of their strength in an attempt to escape the seal of the Five Directions Emperor.

"None of you will escape!"

Wang Yan strode forward, her Magic Sword in hand. One strike, one kill. After ten steps, save for Shanhua and Yu Cheng, no Heavenly Venerate remained alive on the battlefield.

Under the clear skies and bright daylight—

A true slaughterer of myth was born!

...

"The Seven Emotions Magic Sword is indeed formidable."

Chen Jichuan, locked in battle with the two Immortal Venerables, Bixia and Xuanming, kept a part of his focus on Wang Yan’s side of the battlefield. Seeing her slaughter five Immortal Venerables with repeated destruction of their physical forms, even he could not help but cheer.

The killing power of the Third Realm Divine Skill was genuinely terrifying.