Elderly Martial Saint: Sixty Times the Cultivation Speed ​​at the Start

Not far from Wanfeng County, there is a valley called the West Suburb Valley.

This place is full of jagged rocks and surrounded by mountains on three sides, making it a place rarely visited by people.

But today, a few uninvited guests have barged into this place.

The three leaders of the Nine Evil Cults, who were being chased by Yi Yang, stopped abruptly after entering the valley.

The panic on his face vanished instantly, replaced by a chilling, dead-looking sneer.

They turned around abruptly, their eyes blazing with a crimson light.

Two of them had their auras rise steadily, breaking through the barrier of the late True Qi Realm and revealing their true realm of the Perfect True Qi Realm. They had been hiding according to the Blood Envoy's orders.

The last person was a powerhouse at the late stage of the True Qi Realm.

Without uttering a single word, the three stopped and formed a triangular shape, attacking simultaneously from three directions. Three streams of blood-red energy intertwined to form a deadly net, sealing off all of Yi Yang's escape routes.

The man on the left wielded a fist as powerful as a mountain, exuding a heavy and imposing aura.

On the right, a man with a vicious palm strike transformed into a dark blue-green ghostly claw, aiming straight for the heart.

The man in the very center, the one who had been carrying the corpse earlier, slid a poisoned dagger from his sleeve and transformed into a blur, aiming straight for Yi Yang's throat.

The three attacked in perfect unison, completely sealing off all of Yi Yang's escape routes in the valley.

However, Yi Yang showed no surprise at seeing this scene; he had already anticipated it when he chased after them.

Faced with the combined thunderous attack of the three, Yi Yang showed no sign of retreat or fear. The Xuan Yuan Black Blade, which was slung across his back, was now in his hand. He raised it diagonally from bottom to top, drawing an arc.

The blade light that slashed out from the Xuan Yuan was not fast.

But wherever the blade's edge passed, it could not stop and destroyed all the attacks.

clang!clang!clang!

Three clear, metallic clangs rang out almost simultaneously.

The fist's energy was deflected by the back of the blade, slamming into the rock wall beside it and creating a large crater.

The ghost claw was drawn by the side of the blade, grazing past Yi Yang's sleeve before grasping at nothing.

The poisoned dagger was precisely struck at the blade's edge by the tip of the blade. A skillful force was applied, causing the incense master holding the dagger to tremble violently, and the dagger almost flew out of his hand.

One strike neutralized the combined attack of three.

Seeing their attack blocked, the cold smiles on the faces of the three leaders of the Nine Evil Sect froze, replaced by expressions of disbelief.

How is that possible? Isn't this commander only at the late stage of the True Qi Realm?

How could they withstand their combined offensive? They thought that this unexpected counterattack, even if it didn't kill the opponent, would be enough to make Yi Yang flustered and seriously injured.

Who would have thought that the other party would block it so easily?

"Lord Yi, be careful!"

A clear, urgent female voice came from behind.

But what followed was a sword aura a hundred times more powerful than the three members of the Nine Evil Sect combined, which appeared silently behind Yi Yang, and an boundless killing intent suddenly erupted.

The one who made the move was Xie Tinglan.

Her face was filled with "anxiety," as if she wanted to rush to help. The soft sword in her hand, as thin as a cicada's wing, suddenly straightened the moment it approached Yi Yang's back, and a cold star shot out from the tip of the sword!

That's not true qi.

The sword light was emanating true energy that only a Transcendent Realm expert could wield!

Concise and pure, it carries a destructive aura that penetrates all things.

This sword strike is the real killing move!

This sword strike was the true killing blow that Ye Hanqian had prepared for Yi Yang!

She was absolutely confident that with this sword strike, not only would a late-stage True Qi Realm expert be pierced through the heart, but even a newly entered Profound Realm expert would be caught off guard and suffer the same fate.

however.

Just as the sword tip was about to touch Yi Yang's back.

Yi Yang's body twisted around at an angle that completely defied common sense.

He did not turn around.

He simply spun his upper body suddenly, as fast as a phantom.

The Xuan Yuan Black Blade on his back had somehow retreated and was now slashing repeatedly at Xie Tinglan behind him.

"Vermilion Bird's Blazing Flame!"

Xuan Yuan's blade tip trembled rapidly in the air, emitting a series of fine buzzing sounds.

Not a single cut.

It was thirty-six consecutive cuts!

Each stab landed on the same spot, so fast that only a blurry crimson afterimage could be seen.

Thirty-six condensed sword energies intertwined and overlapped in front of Yi Yang, eventually transforming into a blooming lotus flower of flames composed of scorching sword marks.

"burst!"

The moment the lotus took shape, it collided with Ye Hanqian's fatal sword strike.

boom!

There was no earth-shattering noise as I had imagined.

There was only one extremely muffled explosion.

A violent shockwave erupted from the two of them, sending the three Nine Evil Sect leaders who had just regained their footing flying and crashing into a pile of rocks a dozen feet away.

The ground of the valley was blasted into a charred, shallow crater several meters in diameter.

Smoke and dust filled the air.

Ye Hanqian's figure was forced back five steps by the impact of that violent shockwave.

Each step left a clear footprint on the hard rocky ground.

Her hand holding the soft sword trembled slightly, and there was a patch of crimson blood at the base of her thumb.

She looked up, staring incredulously at the figure standing ramrod straight across the smoke and dust.

Yi Yang stood still, without taking a single step back.

The Xuan Yuan Blade in his hand pointed diagonally at the ground, and the azure true energy on the blade flowed like water, completely dissolving the aftershocks of the explosion.

Upon seeing Yi Yang unleash the strength of the True Qi Realm from afar, Ye Hanqian's disguise finally crumbled.

The "anxiety" and "concern" on her face vanished completely, replaced by a chilling coldness and incomprehensible shock as she cried out:

"you……"

Her voice was so shocked that it even trembled slightly.

"How could you possibly... withstand this attack?"

She is a Tongxuan, a powerful figure who has already stepped into another level.

They actually failed in their sneak attack on a True Qi Realm cultivator?

This is absolutely ridiculous!

Yi Yang slowly raised his head, looking at her face filled with disbelief. His expression remained unchanged as he simply spoke:

"I have met Xie Tinglan."

Upon hearing this, Ye Hanqian's pupils suddenly contracted; she hadn't expected her disguise to be exposed so early on.

Ignoring her reaction, Yi Yang continued, "In Heyu County, at the Shanlinju Inn."

"She was also dressed in a moon-white outfit and wielded a soft sword."

"However, the way she looked at me wasn't as friendly as yours."

Yi Yang's lips curled into a disdainful smile as he sneered:

"She really wanted to kill me."

"After all, more than a decade ago, a foolish commander of the Zhenfu Guard deceived her, and in the end, she caught him and had him executed by slow slicing."

"She hates our Zhenfu Guard so much, she hates them to the core."

Yi Yang's gaze fell on Ye Hanqian's face, which was slightly distorted with shock. He calmly uttered his final words:

"So, how could she possibly come to save me?"

boom!

These words, like a final thunderclap, exploded in Ye Hanqian's mind.

The pretense on her face was torn to shreds.

All the luck vanished at that moment.

She stared intently at Yi Yang, squeezing out each word through clenched teeth.

"You... you've been acting from the very beginning?"

"Same to you."

Yi Yang lifted the Xuan Yuan Blade from the ground, twirled it, and pointed the tip at Ye Hanqian, demanding an answer:

"Now, can you tell me who you really are?"

"Thank you, Elder Tinglan."

Ye Hanqian looked at Yi Yang's calm and expressionless face and suddenly laughed.

She laughed so hard she was doubled over, as if she had heard the biggest joke ever.

"Giggle giggle..."

Laughter echoed through the empty valley, carrying an indescribable eeriness and chill.

She laughed as she raised her hand and wiped her face.

That once beautiful face, belonging to "Xie Tinglan," began to distort and deform, like a melting wax figure.

A few breaths later, a brand new, alluring yet somewhat mean face appeared before Yi Yang.

This is Ye Hanqian's true nature.

Her aura was no longer disguised as that of a True Qi Realm Perfection expert; instead, the pressure belonging to a Tongxuan Realm expert was released without reservation, sweeping across the entire valley.

I really underestimated you.

Ye Hanqian stopped laughing, licked her scarlet lips, and looked Yi Yang up and down with the same gaze she would give him as an interesting toy.

"How could a peasant who crawled out of a poor, remote place like Suining Prefecture have such cunning and strength?"

"That's interesting."

At the same time, the three Nine Evil Cult leaders who had been blown away by the shockwave also climbed up from the pile of rocks, forming a triangle that completely blocked Yi Yang's escape route.

"Originally, I just wanted to use you to lure that old bastard Ug out of the city."

Ye Hanqian pinched her face, which had just returned to normal, and said casually, "It's a pity that Huang Yi, that idiot, lost track of his target in the city with his witchcraft."

"The plan has to be changed."

She gave Yi Yang a cruel yet alluring smile.

"Therefore, I can only trouble you, Lord Yi."

"If you have to blame someone, blame your bad luck."

"Who told you to have to get involved with those two witches of your own kind?"

Her voice echoed through the valley, carrying an air of confident arrogance.

"Don't even think about running away."

"I have set up a Blood Fiend Illusion Array in this valley. Even a Transcendent Realm cultivator will not be able to break out for a while."

"You are destined to die here today."

Ye Hanqian looked at Yi Yang with a condescending pity in her eyes, as if she were looking at a flying insect that had fallen into a spider web and could not escape death no matter how much it struggled.

She was genuinely surprised that Yi Yang could block her sword strike.

But that's all.

In her opinion, even if Yi Yang was hiding his strength, he was at most at the initial stage of the Profound Realm.

He was a Blood Envoy of the Nine Evil Sect, a powerful figure who had been immersed in the "Manifestation" stage of the second realm of the Profound Realm for many years.

"Let's do it."

Ye Hanqian was too lazy to waste any more words and simply uttered two words.

"Leave his body intact; I still have a use for his head."

The words fell.

The three leaders of the Nine Evil Sect grinned maliciously and once again activated their full protective energy, transforming into three black shadows that pounced on Yi Yang, who was surrounded in the middle!