From the fake emperor to the concubine

"Piercing Void Sword Technique - One Sword Pierces the Sky!"

The sword light flashed like lightning, instantly tearing through the void and heading straight for the Blood Eagle.

The speed of this sword strike was so fast that even Blood Eagle almost couldn't react in time.

She hurriedly spread her wings to defend herself, but the sword light still left a deep wound on her wings.

"How is this possible?" Blood Eagle looked at his injuries in disbelief.

Her wings are her strongest defensive weapon; even a full-force attack from a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator might not be able to harm her.

But this junior, who was only in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, actually broke through her defenses with a single sword strike?
“Nothing is impossible,” Zhang Yunfan said coldly. “In the face of absolute skill, the gap in cultivation level is not insurmountable.”

Indeed, with Zheng Yi's careful guidance, Zhang Yunfan's understanding of swordsmanship has reached a very high level.

Although his cultivation level was only at the early stage of Foundation Establishment, his swordsmanship skills were comparable to those of a Golden Core stage swordsman.

With the added benefit of the Void-Breaking Sword, a mid-grade spiritual weapon, he was fully capable of threatening a powerful enemy like Blood Eagle.

"Technique?" Blood Eagle laughed angrily. "Boy, you overestimate yourself! Before absolute power, any technique is meaningless!"

"A sea of ​​blood raged to the heavens!"

She unleashed her domain attack once more, and crimson energy instantly enveloped the entire valley.

In this sea of ​​blood, Zhang Yunfan felt immense pressure.

Domain attacks not only suppress the enemy's strength but also enhance the caster's combat power. Within the domain, Blood Eagle is virtually invincible.

"Let's see how long you can remain arrogant!" Blood Eagle grinned as he traversed the sea of ​​blood, his speed several times faster than before.

Countless crimson attacks came at Zhang Yunfan from all directions, each containing terrifying power.

Zhang Yunfan swung his sword to defend, but under the suppression of the domain, his movements became noticeably slower.

Soon, several wounds appeared on his body.

"Hahaha! This is what happens when you make an enemy of me!" Blood Eagle laughed triumphantly.

But at that moment, Zhang Yunfan suddenly stopped resisting.

"Give up? You've given up?" Blood Eagle sneered. "It's too late to regret it now!"

"Regret?" Zhang Yunfan slowly raised his head, a strange light flashing in his eyes. "Why should I regret it?"

As he spoke, he began to circulate the spiritual energy within his body.

What shocked Blood Eagle was that the spiritual energy circulating within Zhang Yunfan's body resonated with the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"What's going on?" Blood Eagle sensed something was wrong.

“You don’t understand,” Zhang Yunfan said calmly. “Cultivation is not just about accumulating power, but also about comprehending the ‘Dao’.”

"And I have begun to grasp the true essence of the 'Tao'."

Under Zheng Yi's guidance, Zhang Yunfan's understanding of the laws of heaven and earth far surpasses that of other cultivators at the same level.

Although his cultivation level was only at the early Foundation Establishment stage, his understanding of the Dao was already close to that of the Golden Core stage.

"Piercing Void Sword Technique - Ten Thousand Swords Return to Their Origin!"

Zhang Yunfan raised his sword to the sky, and the sword emitted an unprecedented light.

This light is not simply a manifestation of spiritual power, but a manifestation of the laws of heaven and earth.

Under the illumination of this light, cracks began to appear in Blood Eagle's Blood Sea Domain.

"Impossible!" Blood Eagle exclaimed in shock. "How could a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator break through my domain?"

"Because you don't understand what 'Tao' is at all." Zhang Yunfan's voice became authoritative, as if some special power flowed within it.

"You've only been accumulating demonic power, but you've never truly understood the laws of heaven and earth."

"And I have already begun to grasp the power of the laws!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Yunfan unleashed a sword strike.

This sword strike may seem simple, but it contains the immense power of the laws of heaven and earth.

Wherever the sword light passed, the Blood Sea Domain was torn apart instantly, as if it were made of paper.

"Ah!" Blood Eagle let out a painful scream.

With her domain broken, she suffered a severe backlash and fell from the sky.

"How could this be? How could this be?" Blood Eagle looked at Zhang Yunfan in disbelief.

How could a human cultivator in the early Foundation Establishment stage break through her domain?

This simply subverted her cognition.

"Now you're scared?" Zhang Yunfan sneered. "Too late."

"Piercing Void Sword Technique - Slicing Heaven and Earth!"

This is the most powerful move in the Breaking Void Sword Technique, and also the strongest attack that Zhang Yunfan can currently unleash.

The sword light poured down like a celestial river, slashing towards the Blood Eagle with the power to split the heavens and the earth.

Blood Eagle sensed the threat of death and desperately tried to escape.

However, the backlash she suffered was too severe, and she was unable to exert her normal strength at all.

"Blood Feather Shield!"

She used all her strength to unleash her strongest defensive spell, and countless blood-red feathers formed a thick shield in front of her.

But these defenses were as fragile as paper in the face of Zhang Yunfan's sword strike, which contained the power of laws.

"boom!"

The sword light struck the blood feather shield, unleashing a deafening roar.

The Blood Feather Shield shattered instantly, but the sword light, still powerful, struck the Blood Eagle directly.

“No, this is impossible,” Blood Eagle’s voice became extremely weak.

She looked down at her chest, where there was a deep sword wound from which blood was gushing out.

"Why...why could a human in the early stages of Foundation Establishment hurt me?" Blood Eagle muttered to himself.

"Because you only see the surface of cultivation, but you can't see through the essence of cultivation." Zhang Yunfan sheathed his sword and stood still. "Cultivation is not about who has the greater strength, but about who has the deeper understanding of the 'Dao'."

“So that’s how it is…” Blood Eagle’s eyes began to glaze over. “So that’s how it is.”

"It's a pity you realized this too late," Zhang Yunfan sighed. "If you had given up your obsession with power sooner, perhaps you would have had a chance to go further."

"Cough!" Blood Eagle coughed up blood. "Kid, do you think killing me will change anything?"

"Our demon race's plan has already begun; your human race will be ruled by us sooner or later."

"Dominate??" Zhang Yunfan sneered. "With just brute force like you?"

"You will never understand that true strength does not come from conquering everything with power, but from influencing all things with wisdom and the 'Tao'."

"Hahaha," Blood Eagle let out his final laugh, "That sounds nice, but in this world, the strong ultimately reign supreme."

"You killed me today, but soon, a stronger demon will come to avenge me."

"At that time, all of you humans will die."

As soon as he finished speaking, Blood Eagle's life force was completely cut off.

The leader of the demon clan has fallen.

Looking at Blood Eagle's corpse, Zhang Yunfan felt no pride, but rather a sense of heaviness.

Blood Eagle's dying words made him realize that this incident was by no means accidental.

The demon race's interference in human affairs must be part of a larger conspiracy.

"Yunfan!" Zheng Tianming and Zheng Hui rushed over. "Are you alright?" "I'm fine," Zhang Yunfan shook his head. "Second Uncle, Brother Hui, how are your injuries?"

"We can still hold on." Zheng Tianming, enduring the pain, stared in shock at Blood Eagle's corpse. "Yunfan, you actually killed her? How is this possible?"

Indeed, it is almost impossible in the cultivation world for a Foundation Establishment cultivator to kill a powerful enemy in the mid-Golden Core stage.

"It was just luck," Zhang Yunfan said modestly. "She expended a lot of energy just now, and her strength was greatly diminished; otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to win."

Although Zhang Yunfan spoke lightly, Zheng Tianming and Zheng Hui both knew that things were far from simple.

The fact that he was able to kill a powerful enemy at the Golden Core stage cannot be described as "lucky" in any way.

"By the way, Second Uncle, how is the situation now?" Zhang Yunfan asked.

"The situation is not optimistic," Zheng Tianming said with a wry smile. "Several of our teams have been attacked, suffering heavy losses. Moreover, the enemy's identity is highly suspicious; this Blood Eagle claims to be a leader of the demon clan."

"The demon race?" Zhang Yunfan frowned. Although he had guessed some of it from the battle, he was still shocked to hear the confirmation.

“That’s right, and according to her, the demon race and the Demon Heart Sect have formed an alliance,” Zheng Hui added. “This is a huge threat to us.”

Zhang Yunfan pondered for a moment, then said, "Now is not the time to discuss these things. Let's go back and meet up with the clan leader first."

“Yes, we must inform the clan leader of this news immediately.” Zheng Tianming nodded.

Just as the three were about to leave, the sounds of fierce fighting came from afar.

"There's still fighting over there!" Zhang Yunfan immediately looked in the direction from which the sound came.

"It's the Nanshan Sect!" Zheng Hui recognized the direction. "They're fighting another enemy!"

“Let’s go and provide support!” Zhang Yunfan said without hesitation.

"But Yunfan, you just exerted yourself so much," Zheng Tianming said worriedly.

"It's alright, I can still fight." Zhang Yunfan gripped the Void-Breaking Sword tightly. "The Nanshan Sect is our ally; we can't just stand by and watch them die."

The three immediately rushed to the scene of the battle.

From afar, they could see the battlefield shrouded in black mist.

Several figures were struggling desperately in the black fog, and the situation looked extremely dangerous.

"That's poisonous fog!" Zheng Tianming's expression changed. "The enemy is a master of poison!"

"Everyone be careful, don't inhale the toxic fumes," Zhang Yunfan warned.

He had already learned from Blood Eagle that there was another demon clan leader named Black Flood Dragon.

It seems that this black dragon must be a demon race member who is skilled in using poison.

"Piercing Void Sword Technique - Gentle Breeze!"

Zhang Yunfan swung his sword, and the wind from the sword whistled past, dispersing some of the poisonous mist.

The Nanshan Sect members, who had been trapped in the poisonous fog, were finally able to catch their breath.

"Who is it?" a chilling voice echoed from within the black mist. "Dare to ruin my plans?"

"The one who killed you!" Zhang Yunfan replied coldly.

The black mist began to gather, gradually revealing a tall, thin middle-aged man.

This is the Black Dragon, the leader of the demon clan.

"Huh? Blood Eagle's aura has vanished?" Black Dragon looked around in confusion. "She couldn't be..."

When he saw the Void-Breaking Sword still dripping blood in Zhang Yunfan's hand, his expression immediately changed.

"You killed Blood Eagle?" Black Dragon asked incredulously.

"As you can see," Zhang Yunfan said calmly, "now it's your turn."

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" the black dragon roared. "Blood Eagle is stronger than me. How could you, a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator, possibly kill her?"

"You'll find out soon enough," Zhang Yunfan said, pointing his sword at the black dragon, "because you're about to go and be with her."

Although the battle had taken its toll, Zhang Yunfan was confident he could fight again.

After all, he had already found a way to deal with the demon race.

As long as he makes good use of the power of the laws of heaven and earth, these demons who only know brute force are no match for him.

"Boy, you're too arrogant!" Black Dragon roared in fury. "Let me avenge Blood Eagle!"

"Nine Nether Poison Dragon!"

He opened his mouth and spewed out a giant dragon formed from poisonous mist, which pounced towards Zhang Yunfan.

This venomous dragon is not only extremely poisonous, but also has terrifying attack power.

But Zhang Yunfan's expression remained unchanged as he once again circulated the spiritual energy within his body.

"Piercing Void Sword Technique - Invulnerable to All Poisons!"

The sword light bloomed like a lotus flower, forming a perfect defensive circle.

The poisonous dragon collided with the sword light and was instantly purified.

"What?!" the black dragon exclaimed in shock. "How can your swordsmanship purify my poison?"

"Because my swordsmanship contains the righteous energy of heaven and earth," Zhang Yunfan explained. "While your poison skills are essentially evil, they naturally have to yield to righteous energy."

This is not Zhang Yunfan exaggerating; it is the truth.

Under Zheng Yi's guidance, the swordsmanship he comprehended followed a righteous and upright path, naturally restraining all kinds of evil and crooked ways.

"Righteousness? Hahaha!" Black Dragon laughed wildly, "Kid, do you think this is some kind of chivalrous novel? Righteousness, my foot!"

"Before absolute power, all talk of righteousness and evil is just bullshit!"

"A raging sea of ​​drugs!"

The black dragon exerted all its strength, enveloping the surrounding area for several miles in poisonous mist.

This is his strongest move, even more terrifying than Blood Eagle's domain attack.

But Zhang Yunfan remained calm and composed, even showing a slight smile on his lips.

"It seems you still don't understand." He slowly raised the Void-Piercing Sword. "Then I'll show you what true swordsmanship is!"

"The Void-Piercing Sword Technique - A Single Sword's Light Chills Across Nineteen Provinces!"

With this sword strike, Zhang Yunfan used all his strength, even burning some of his life essence.

The sword light cascaded down like a celestial river, instantly splitting the entire sea of ​​poison in two.

Before this sword light, any poisonous mist must retreat, and any evil must be purified.

"No, this is impossible!" the black dragon cried out in despair.

But his voice was quickly swallowed up by the sword light.

When the sword light dissipated, the black dragon's figure also disappeared.

Another demon clan leader died by Zhang Yunfan's sword.

Ten miles away on a mountain peak, Qi Yang was observing the battlefield situation through a special communication device.

When he saw Blood Eagle being killed by Zhang Yunfan with a single sword strike, he was struck dumb and nearly fell off the mountain.

"No, it's impossible." Qi Yang muttered to himself, his eyes filled with disbelief.

Blood Eagle Hall Master, a powerful demon race expert at the mid-stage of Golden Core, was actually killed by a human junior at the early stage of Foundation Establishment?
This completely overturned his understanding of the cultivation world.

"I must be seeing things, I must be!" Qi Yang shook his head desperately, trying to deny what he was seeing.

But when Hei Jiao also died on the spot under Zhang Yunfan's sword, Qi Yang could no longer deceive himself.

His greatest reliance—two demon clan leaders—was thus defeated by an inconspicuous young man. (End of Chapter)