Gou's Liver Experience in the World of Demons and Demons

The giant axe, powerful enough to split mountains, was actually deflected and sent flying back by this seemingly slender icy blue sword light!

A thick layer of solid ice instantly covered the axe blade!

Ye Hanguang felt as if he had been struck by a heavy blow. He let out a muffled groan and staggered back several steps!

He suddenly looked up at the source of the sound, his eyes filled with disbelief, horror, and... fear!
At the end of the street, a woman in a silver dress, dressed in an elegant palace gown, exuding a graceful and noble air, with the dignified presence of someone long accustomed to a high position, was slowly walking towards them.

In her hand she held a longsword, its blade a deep ice-blue color and radiating a chilling aura, a single, flickering glint of cold light emanating from its tip. It was none other than Tantai Bingtang!
With each step she took, frost spread beneath her feet, and the temperature in the air plummeted!
Her gaze was as cold as ice, fixed on Ye Hanguang, her voice devoid of any emotion.

"Ye Hanguang, how dare you! You dare to touch someone from the Tantai family!"

Ye Hanguang's expression changed drastically. He stared intently at Tantai Bingtang, his voice filled with surprise and doubt.

"Tantai Bingtang?! You... how did you get here?!"

Tantai Bingtang did not answer, but just looked at him coldly. She raised her ice-blue longsword slightly, the tip of the sword pointing directly at Ye Hanguang. An even more terrifying icy sword intent suddenly erupted, as if it would freeze the entire world!

"Show us your skills."

Tantai Bingtang parted her red lips slightly and uttered three words, revealing her murderous intent.

"Let me see how much you're really made of this Earth King Realm!"

Tantai Bingtang took a step forward, and the speed at which the frost spread under her feet suddenly accelerated. Her whole body turned into a blurry silver shadow, carrying a biting cold current, and instantly covered a distance of dozens of feet, rushing straight towards Ye Hanguang!
Its speed was so fast that it almost exceeded the limits of what the naked eye could perceive, leaving only a blur and a rapidly extending path of frost in its wake!

Ye Hanguang's pupils suddenly contracted!
He never expected that Tantai Bingtang would dare to approach him!

In the rush, he had no time to condense powerful spells and could only rely on his strong body and instincts as a Earth King to retreat violently backward!

At the same time, both palms were extended, and the thick, earth-yellow true essence was like two giant shields, standing in front of him!

Tantai Bingtang's figure appeared in front of Ye Hanguang. The ice-blue longsword did not pierce directly, but instead carried a chilling current that could freeze everything, and crashed hard into the true essence shield that Ye Hanguang had hastily set up!
A dull thud exploded like thunder! A violent energy shockwave spread out like tangible ripples!
The true essence shield in front of Ye Hanguang was instantly covered with spiderweb-like cracks!
He groaned, his body staggering backward again from the immense force of the impact. With each step, he left deep footprints in the hard ground, and cracks in the spiderweb-like pattern spread from his feet!
"Tantai Bingtang! You've gone too far!"

Ye Hanguang steadied himself, his eyes blazing with fury, a mixture of shock and rage!
He, a powerful expert at the Earth King Realm, was forced into such a sorry state by a woman!

The earth-shattering noise and terrifying energy fluctuations here were like a boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly alarming the entire Great Wilderness City!
Especially from the direction of Tiancheng, several powerful auras suddenly rose up, transforming into dazzling streaks of various colors, and shot towards Dicheng!

Clearly, they were alarmed by the commotion, which far exceeded that of an ordinary battle between kings!

Just as those streaks of light were about to reach the sky above the underground city—

"Humph!"

A deep, aged snort, yet imbued with supreme authority, resounded like thunder from the heavens, echoing across the entire Great Wilderness City!
The sound wasn't particularly loud, but it possessed a strange penetrating power, clearly reaching the ears of every startled martial artist, and carrying an undeniable will!

"Disciples of the Holy Academy, listen to my command! Without the academy's decree, no one may leave Heavenly City or interfere in the affairs of Earthly City! Violators will be punished according to the academy's rules!"

The voice clearly came from deep within the Great Wilderness Holy Academy! It belonged to the long-absent and highly respected head of the academy!

The several streaks of light that were flying at high speed suddenly stopped, as if they were being held back by an invisible giant hand, and were forcibly stopped in the sky above the boundary between the Heavenly City and the Earthly City!
As the light faded, several faces appeared, some aged, some dignified, and some filled with doubt and uncertainty. These were the powerful elders of the Holy Academy!
They looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock and confusion, but faced with the head of the academy's unquestionable order, no one dared to overstep the bounds!
"My Lord!"

Ye Hanguang naturally heard the order as well. He suddenly looked up and gazed in the direction of Tiancheng, his voice filled with anger and disbelief.

"This woman is not from the Holy Academy!"
She's protecting the murderer of my son! And she's even attacked me! Will the Holy House just stand by and do nothing?!

"Ye Hanguang!"

The academy director's voice rang out again, still calm, but carrying a chilling indifference.

"As an elder of the Holy Academy, you have violated the academy's rules by leaving Heavenly City without permission, entering Earthly City, and attacking others! This matter is a personal grudge of yours, and the Holy Academy will not interfere! Resolve it quickly and stop disturbing the entire city!"

"you!"

Ye Hanguang was struck dumb, his face turning ashen instantly!

He never expected that the Holy Academy would abandon him so decisively!

A surge of anger at being betrayed and a chilling despair instantly welled up in my heart!

"heard it?"

Tantai Bingtang's voice rang out coldly, tinged with sarcasm.

"It seems your backer doesn't want to help you."

She slightly raised the ice-blue longsword in her hand, its tip pointing at Ye Hanguang, the chill flowing from the sword seeming to freeze even the space around it.

"You attacked my sister and even tried to kill the savior of my Tantai family. Ye Hanguang, today we shall fight to the death!"

"A savior?"

Ye Hanguang was stunned for a moment, then his gaze swept over Gu Sheng, who was being protected behind Tantai Xueli and whose breathing was somewhat sluggish. His eyes were filled with resentment and realization.

"So that's how it is! Very well! Well done, Tantai family! Well done, Holy Academy! In that case, I'll see what kind of skills you, this prodigy from Central Plains, possess today!"

He knew that there was no way out but to fight to the death!

The last glimmer of hope faded from their eyes, replaced by utter madness and a resolute determination to destroy everything!

"Sea-Covering Divine Seal! Suppress!"

Ye Hanguang suddenly let out a roar! He formed hand seals and poured out his vast, ocean-like true essence of the Earth King Realm without reservation!

A massive, ancient, heavy seal, radiating an earthy yellow light, instantly materialized above his head!
This seal, though only a few feet in size, seemed to bear the weight of the entire earth. On its surface, the phantoms of mountains and rivers flowed endlessly, emanating a terrifying pressure that suppressed all ages and made the four seas submit!
"This is my natal spiritual treasure! It has been nurtured for a hundred years! No one below the Heavenly King Realm can break its defense! Tantai Bingtang, let's see how you break my divine seal!"

Ye Hanguang's hair and beard stood on end, looking like a madman, as he pushed the Overturning Sea God Seal to its limit, firmly protecting his body!

Facing the Sea-Overturning Divine Seal, which exuded terrifying pressure, Tantai Bingtang showed no sign of solemnity. Instead, she revealed a strange, pitying sneer.

"No one below the Heavenly King Realm can break through this barrier?"

Her red lips parted slightly, her voice ethereal.

"Unfortunately, you're wrong."

Before she finished speaking, Tantai Bingtang neither brandished her sword nor unleashed any earth-shattering magic.

She simply raised her left hand slowly, her five fingers pointing towards Ye Hanguang, and gently clenched it!
An invisible, indescribable wave instantly spread out!
This fluctuation was neither true essence nor spiritual power, but it carried a higher level of power that seemed to be able to directly affect the rules!

The crazed look on Ye Hanguang's face suddenly froze!

He was horrified to discover that the space around his body seemed to be instantly wrapped and tightened by countless invisible and intangible, yet incredibly strong, threads!
These threads ignored the surging Earth King Realm true essence on his body, and ignored the defensive aura of the Overturning Sea Divine Seal, which was said to be invincible below the Heaven King Realm, directly affecting his physical body! "What...what is this?!"

Ye Hanguang was shocked and speechless. He desperately tried to activate his true energy to break free from these invisible constraints, but found that his true energy could not budge them at all!
The feeling was like a flying insect stuck in a spider web; the more it struggled, the tighter the restraints became!
"When did I ever say... I am a king?"

Tantai Bingtang's voice seemed to come from the deepest hell, cold and devoid of emotion.

She looked at the incredulous terror in Ye Hanguang's eyes as if she were looking at a dead person.

She extended her left hand, her five fingers slowly moving downwards in a pressing motion.

The sickening sound of cutting rang out in rapid succession!

There was no earth-shattering explosion, no horrific carnage.

Ye Hanguang's body, which was bound by invisible threads, was instantly divided into dozens of pieces!
The head, torso, limbs... the cuts were as smooth as a mirror, and not even any blood spurted out immediately!

Only after the limbs were scattered all over the ground did blood gush out from the severed wounds, instantly staining the ground red! A thick, pungent smell of blood rose into the sky!

Ye Hanguang, a powerful elder of the Xuanmen sect and a former Earth King Realm expert, was dismembered without any resistance under Tantai Bingtang's seemingly casual grasp! His death was extremely gruesome!
The entire battlefield was deathly silent!

Those martial artists in the distance who were alarmed but dared not approach were all dumbfounded, their bodies turning ice-cold!
Ying struggled to her feet from the ruins, her eyes filled with horror as she looked at the scattered limbs.

Sheng's eyes were solemn as he stared intently at Tantai Bingtang's seemingly frail figure, his heart filled with turbulent emotions!

This is definitely not the work of a King Realm expert! Tantai Bingtang's strength is unfathomable!
In the midst of this deathly silence, a figure suddenly lunged at Tantai Bingtang!

It's Tantai Xue Li!
Completely ignoring the bloodstains at the corner of her mouth and her pale face, she crashed headfirst into Tantai Bingtang's arms!
She wrapped her arms tightly around her sister's waist, buried her face deep in the palace dress that carried a faint, cool fragrance, and her body trembled slightly.

"sister……"

A soft cry, choked with sobs and filled with grievance, escaped her lips.

At this moment, she was no longer the aloof and arrogant head of the Linglang Pavilion, but more like a little girl who had been bullied outside and had finally seen her family.

Tantai Bingtang stiffened slightly, clearly not expecting her sister to do such a thing.

She looked down at the trembling figure in her arms, feeling the dampness on her clothes (those were tears that Tantai Xueli was forcibly holding back), and the icy coldness in her eyes, which had never melted for thousands of years, finally showed a barely perceptible softening.

She raised her right hand, which was not holding a sword, hesitated for a moment, and finally gently placed it on Tantai Xueli's back, patting her somewhat awkwardly.

"Okay, it's okay."

Her voice remained cool and clear, but it had lost some of its authority and gained a subtle gentleness.

"Look at you, how old are you, still so reckless. If I hadn't arrived in time..."

She didn't finish her sentence, but her tone was filled with lingering fear and reprimand.

"Go back and cultivate in seclusion! Your spiritual power is so weak that you can't even hold off a mere Earth King Realm cultivator. You're a disgrace to the Tantai family!"

Tantai Xueli snuggled closer to her, not arguing, but simply holding her even tighter.

The crimson vines wrapped around the arm seemed to sense their master's emotions, curling up slightly and ceasing to emit their eerie light.

Tantai Bingtang let her sister hug her, but her gaze went past her sister's shoulder and landed on Gu Sheng, who was walking slowly towards her.

Gu Sheng walked closer and looked at the two sisters embracing, his expression complicated.

He first glanced at Ye Hanguang's gruesome remains on the ground, then looked at Tantai Xueli, who was weak but tightly holding her sister, and finally his gaze fell on Tantai Bingtang's cold and dignified face.

He suppressed the turmoil in his heart and solemnly clasped his hands and bowed to Tantai Bingtang.

"Thank you so much, Miss Bingtang, for saving our lives. If it weren't for your timely intervention, Gu Sheng and Pavilion Master Xue Li would probably not have survived today."

Tantai Bingtang's gaze fell on Gu Sheng, filled with scrutiny and inquiry.

She did not immediately respond to Gu Sheng's thanks, but remained silent for a moment before slowly speaking, her voice regaining its previous coldness.

"No need to thank me. I saved my sister; you were just incidental."

Her words were direct, even somewhat cold. But Gu Sheng didn't mind. He straightened up, met Tantai Bingtang's gaze, and spoke calmly and sincerely.

"In any case, it is a fact that the young lady helped us. Gu Sheng will remember this kindness."

Tantai Bingtang nodded slightly, accepting the gratitude.

She looked at Gu Sheng with sharp eyes.

"So you're Gu Sheng? The... somewhat special alchemist Xue Li mentioned?"

"It's down."

Gu Sheng said frankly.

Tantai Bingtang's gaze lingered on Gu Sheng for a moment, as if trying to see through him.

She could sense an indescribable aura emanating from the young man before her. Despite his seemingly not top-tier cultivation level (in her eyes), he remained calm under Ye Hanguang's earth-binding power and even attempted to resist.

Moreover, his younger sister seemed to treat him... in a particularly different way.

"You are very good."

Tantai Bingtang gave a brief comment before changing the subject.

“However, we should not stay here for long. Although the Holy Academy says it will not interfere, Ye Hanguang is an elder after all, and there will be no shortage of trouble later. Xue Li’s injuries are not light, and she needs to be treated as soon as possible.”

As she spoke, she gently patted Tantai Xueli, who was still nestled in her arms.

"Xue Li, let go."

Tantai Xueli reluctantly released her arms, raised her head, her face still flushed and tear-stained, but her eyes had regained their usual coldness, though she still looked at her sister with dependence.

Gu Sheng looked at Tantai Bingtang, pondered for a moment, and then spoke.

“Miss Bingtang, I have some questions about ‘that thing’ that Ye Hanguang mentioned before his death, and… about your previous conversation with Pavilion Master Xue Li. May I speak with you in private?”

Upon hearing this, Tantai Bingtang raised her eyebrows almost imperceptibly, her eyes gleaming.

She gave Gu Sheng a deep look, as if trying to read something from his face. (End of Chapter)