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Chapter 266 The Murderer Was Ji You!
The evil race possesses a powerful physique and immense strength, far surpassing that of the barbarians.

The human race is the weakest of the three races.

The prodigies had already experienced that despair-inducing power and speed, especially Tu Ri, who was smashed down by a punch while fleeing, leaving a horrifying crater in his chest that was now black, red, and purple.

But at that moment, as Ji You's sword struck down, the second son of the Bu family, whose strength had instilled despair in everyone, plummeted off the cliff with a thud.

At that moment, he felt as if the force of the attack was collapsing down on him.

Stupid!
The chilling sword energy, like a thunderbolt from a frosty sky, slammed into the valley floor, crushing Bu Sheng's hardened body after his transformation.

The powerful sword energy sliced ​​through the waves of earth stirred up by the chaotic battle in the valley, creating a clear vacuum in the thick smoke when viewed from above.

In the arena, countless geniuses gaped open, and even Huo Hong, whose eyes had lost their light, had his pupils dilate at that moment.

boom!
Yan Qiubai, who was being held by Boss Bu, was thrown to the ground. At the same time, a black shadow flew through the air and sent Ji You, who was about to slash with his sword for the second time, flying.

Amidst the deafening crash that shattered ancient trees and mountain rocks, Ji You's flying figure was engulfed by a surge of dust.

With his true colors revealed, Boss Bu landed heavily on the ground, then looked up to the sky and roared, his voice filled with rage.

At the same time, Bu Lao Er, who had been violently slashed off the cliff, also got up.

His left shoulder had completely caved in, and the skin was torn open, revealing the stark white bone between the sword blades.

The two brothers looked toward the direction where the dust was rising, their eyes surging with ferocity.

He could vaguely recognize that the person descending from the cliff was the top-ranked Tongxuan candidate at the Heavenly Dao Assembly.

Having gained a connection to the immortal realm, he always looked down on the disciples of immortal sects, and even more so on the private cultivators in the countryside.

Even though the Bu family had fallen on hard times, they were still a prominent family in the immortal sects, and Ji You was an outcast who had jumped into this place.

He remembered that when he was secretly observing the battle in the Heavenly Dao Society, he and the second brother had said that he could kill him with one punch. He never expected that he would suffer a loss in a single encounter today.

"Uncle!"

On the cliff, Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu shouted, their hearts pounding in their throats.

There's an old saying in Qingyun: "Concern leads to confusion." So even though they had unparalleled confidence in Ji You's combat prowess, they couldn't help but feel nervous.

Upon hearing the urgent use of the word "son-in-law," the numerous prodigies present were immediately taken aback and looked at them in astonishment.

Just then, a figure slowly stood up from the smoke.

There are currently two known types of evil species: one is a type of evil species that has no thought at all and originates from ruins.

Another type is the Bu family, who are evil beings capable of switching between human bodies while retaining their consciousness.

However, if we break it down further, even though Ji Youjue and the Bu family are all members of the same family, they are still different from each other.

Although the disciples of the Bu family used as bait also have their own thoughts, they are often influenced by the evil energy and are not entirely rational when the evil intent enters their minds.

But the Bu brothers in front of us are clearly different.

They were less affected by the malevolent intent, and their physical strength and resilience were greater than those of the Bu family members he had previously killed.

Ji You gripped the three-foot-long sword in his hand, his arm taut like a heavy iron bow. Then, with a thud, he arrived with a whooshing sound.

At the same time, a bright sword aura rose up and slashed fiercely at Boss Bu, the heavy sword intent causing the mountains to tremble.

Upon seeing this, Bu Yao's murderous aura surged violently, covering his entire body like viscous liquid, and his pair of venomous claws fiercely met the attack.

At almost the same moment, Bu Lao Er suddenly darted out from another direction and charged towards Ji You.

The brutal collision had created a significant distance between them, requiring the sword energy and the attack to cross half a valley.

As the bright sword energy slashed down, Boss Bu, who could travel ten miles in an instant amidst the raging wind, immediately sensed something was wrong.

Ji You's sword strike on the cliff was purely powered, without any external aura emanating from it.

Only when he was about to collide with the sword, which was slashing like a meteor, could he truly understand what kind of sword it was.

boom!
Like a mountain collapsing, Boss Bu felt a sharp pain between his arms, as if he were being torn apart, and he was sent flying.

Ji You's blood and qi surged, his powerful body burning like a ball of fire. He rose up from the ground, brandishing his sword, intending to behead someone.

However, the moment he leaped into the air, Bu Lao Er, who was attacking, was already in front of him, his sharp claws, filled with murderous intent, slashing through the air.

This scene is actually very similar to the scene where Tu Ri tried to escape, but was pressed down by Tu Ri from the sky.

But as the sharp claws attacked, what met them was a pair of slender left hands with slightly protruding knuckles, which clamped down hard on his wrist. The sound of the two hands coming together was deafening.

Ji You's right hand was originally holding a sword to slash at Bu Yao, but after clamping down on Bu Sheng, the sword strike was broken.

He suddenly released his grip, and the iron sword, filled with sword energy, trembled violently and floated in the air.

Ji You grabbed Bu Sheng, clenched her right hand, which was holding the sword, into a fist, and slammed it down hard with a scorching heat emanating from her arm.

Bang bang bang!
Bu Sheng's chest made a dull thud upon impact, then collapsed at a visible speed.

At the same time, the powerful and scorching energy penetrated his body, so much so that the evil energy on his back was pierced through and a hole was created, and the cloth clothes he was wearing were torn apart.

The light in Bu Sheng's eyes dimmed rapidly, and the murderous aura emanating from him dissipated.

However, his vicious claws, acting on the will of his body, still reached out to grab Ji You.

But before he could strike, a punch to the face shattered his hand bones, the broken bone instantly piercing his skin.

"You've clearly reached the Profound Realm but haven't broken through yet..."

"you're right."

"Why is your body stronger than ours...?"

"High-quality men are all like this."

"?!"

Ji You swung his arm, pressed Bu Sheng down, and punched him, smashing him into the deep pit.

Then, as he opened his hand outwards, the Dao Sword returned to his hand with a buzzing sound. With a whoosh, the blade slashed down fiercely, and amidst a spurt of blood, Bu Sheng's neck was severed cleanly at the root.

At this moment, Ji You raised his eyes, his pupils surging with a golden divine soul that seemed to be flowing. Then he drew his sword and took flight, leaping suddenly towards the nearby mountains and forests.

In the dense forest, Bu Yao, who looked like a demon, was frantically fleeing westward, his howling aura permeating the entire mountain forest.

He wasn't the type to abandon his family, but he knew that if he stayed, they would all die.

But as a scorching wave of air continued to approach, he was met with another heavy sword aura that seemed to split the heavens, and a graceful figure slashing through the air with a sword.

That guy was clearly just a scholar-looking man...

Old Master Bu opened his bloodshot eyes wide with terror, staring at the swordsman before him as if he were seeing a colossal beast.

boom!
Amidst the mountains and forests, sword light rose up, instantly cleaving through the malevolent aura that had been swaying the forest, accompanied by a sonic boom that pierced the sky.

The next second, a mangled body plummeted through the air and crashed heavily into the already cratered valley floor.

That was Bu Yao's body, shattered from his neck to his chest.

As the malevolent energy dissipated, the cracks turned into horrific wounds, constantly oozing blood.

His neck was completely empty, clearly indicating that his head had been severed.

At this moment, Ji You walked out of the dark forest carrying a long sword. During the process, her hair ornament got caught on a tree branch, and she had no choice but to reach out and untangle it for a long time.

In fact, from the moment Ji You appeared to the moment the matter was settled, it only took the blink of an eye.

To everyone else, the whole process was that Ji You swung his sword and sent Bu Yao flying, then smashed Bu Sheng with his fist and cut off both of their heads.

The scorching and fierce aura emanating from him had not yet dissipated, giving the geniuses present a feeling of trepidation, like watching a tiger emerge from the forest.

He untied the branch that was holding his hair ornament, walked to the foot of the towering ancient tree, and looked down at Bu Hui, who was sitting on the ground.

Bu Hui was truly terrified this time.

He never imagined that in the blink of an eye, his eldest and second eldest brothers would both be decapitated.

At this moment, Bu Laosan looked up at him and clutched the hem of his clothes with trembling hands: "Don't kill me, I can tell you anything you want to ask."

"Really?"

"I'm a coward, I'm terrified of dying, but I will definitely tell you!"

Just as Ji You was about to speak, he suddenly looked up towards the due east direction, and the golden divine sense in his eyes began to surge once again.

Just moments ago, he sensed a presence that had appeared briefly and then vanished quickly.

Ji You quietly came to her senses, and in a moment of thought, casually raised her sword and gently sliced ​​it across his neck.

Bu Hui looked down in bewilderment and saw large spurts of blood spreading across his chest...

Seeing that the other person had stopped breathing, Ji You reached into his pocket, took out a money pouch, and then turned to Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu: "Found the location, let's go."

Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu immediately bowed and said, "Yes!"

Bu Qirong was willing to risk being discovered in order to divert the Immortal Sect's attention and send his three sons away, which shows that he really loves his sons.

So when he killed the three sons of the Bu family, a trace of his barely suppressed aura was exposed. Although he quickly concealed it, it confirmed to Ji You that they were nearby.

In the dark mountain forest, Ji You led Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu through the forest.

However, when they arrived at the location they had sensed, it was already completely silent, without a single person in sight.

"Son-in-law, it seems he's no longer here."

"It's alright. There's not much room left for them to hide in now. We'll definitely find them, it'll just take a while."

Ji You sensed her surroundings, then looked at Ding Yao and Zhuo Wanqiu: "Do you want to find a place to sleep for a while?" Ding Yao shook her head seriously, her eyes dark with dark circles: "It's okay, we're not sleepy."

"Really?"

"real……"

"She truly is a femme fatale..."

Ji You muttered something to himself, then sensed several auras heading in this direction. He frowned and quickly left the place.

[Ji You hasn't broken through to the next level? I thought he was on par with us.]

He couldn't get involved in the affairs of the Dongping Mountains; coming here was tantamount to suicide...

After Ji You left, the dust settled in the empty valley.

The group, covered in wounds, sat on the ground, staring blankly at the three corpses.

Their injuries were all very serious. Some of them had even exhausted their spiritual energy in the battle and were now completely unable to move. The only thing they could move was their soul.

Ji You came and went like the wind, suddenly appearing from the mountains and forests. After fiercely descending the mountain, he forcefully killed three people and then roared away.

If it weren't for the fact that the place was full of pits and there were three corpses lying there, they might have even wondered if it was a dream.

But the fiery physique, the swordsmanship that seemed to open the heavens, the iron fists that sounded like a god beating a drum, and the imposing posture that suppressed all directions were deeply imprinted in their minds.

Jiang Yan clutched her chest, the image of the Heavenly Ring Slash replaying in her mind.

Huo Hong and Jiang Chenfeng kept projecting their own experiences into the character, and finally realized that Ji You from earlier seemed to be the future version of themselves that they had imagined.

"What...what level is he at now?"

Xie Chenyu coughed up a mouthful of blood, and a question came from his hoarse throat.

Yes, what level is he at now?
No one knows about this, but their eldest and second eldest sons, Bu, are indeed at the Yingtian Realm, and their bodies have been corrupted...

Thinking of this, everyone fell silent.

The Bu brothers, through their corrupted physical bodies, have combat power that is almost equivalent to that of a mid-stage Yingtian realm cultivator, making them even more difficult to deal with when they attack together.

However, Ji You killed them both in a short period of time with a suppressive approach.

No one dares to imagine what level of combat power he currently possesses.

Jiang Chenfeng looked at Bu Hui's corpse: "The money pouch..."

"?"

"The bodies found earlier did not have money pouches on them, but they did have torn ropes attached to the pouches."

Upon hearing Jiang Chenfeng's words, everyone was stunned again, then their eyes widened as the image of Ji You snatching Bu Hui's money bag flashed through their minds, and they understood what Jiang Chenfeng meant.

He killed all the Bu family members he had found earlier.

He had arrived at the Dongping Mountains long ago, hiding there, and then fought his way here.

Huo Hong, whose legs were broken, and Xie Chenyu, whose body was fractured, were lying on their backs on the ground, listening to the discussions around them, their eyes seemingly empty.

For the rest of the time, no one spoke, and the place fell silent, just like the surrounding mountains and forests.

Before long, some people began to lose consciousness due to their injuries, and in a daze, they fell into a coma.

After an unknown amount of time, a loud cry of alarm rang out from the cliff, shattering the silence of the forest.

"..."

"There are people in the mountains!"

"It's Senior Brother Jiang and Senior Sister Yan!"

"Someone is injured! Quickly notify the elders!"

"..."

The evil seed in the Dongping Mountains was activated and unleashed its ferocity, bursting out of the ruins and howling throughout the vast forest, disrupting the entire search operation.

Meanwhile, everyone in the Immortal Sect retreated to Falling Eagle Gorge.

Because the evil species have no mind and are not afraid of being injured, and because there are so many of them, countless people were injured and brought back by their fellow disciples.

Jiang Chenfeng and Huo Hong were also rescued.

In fact, if the evil seed hadn't suddenly rushed out of the ruins, and hadn't changed the search area on their own, the fact that they were disciples of different immortal sects gathered together and went against the grain would have certainly aroused suspicion.

But it was precisely because of this sudden chaos that they had an excuse, so everyone insisted that the zombie horde had scattered them and that's why they had gathered together.

The disciples who found them and brought them back believed, but that did not prevent others from not believing.

There was one issue they still needed to explain: the severity of their injuries.

Ordinary evil seeds could not cause such severe damage to a Dao Fusion Realm cultivator, let alone break the legs of Huo Hong, who had already reached the threshold of the Yingtian Realm.

Most importantly, they also found the bodies of the three Bu family sons, which also needs an explanation.

They searched for a month in the vast Dongping Mountains, and this was the first time they had seen the core members of the Bu family. In the end, there were no survivors, only corpses.

This was intolerable for the elders nearing the end of their lives, and for the important figures waiting for news in the mountains.

In the valley where the campfire leaped, the elders of each sect stood with their hands behind their backs, their powerful auras constantly swaying, pressing down on the group of people whose bodies were not intact.

"We met near Eagle Fall Gorge, talked for a long time before parting ways, but then we encountered the Evil Seed, so we reunited on our way back."

"We originally planned to search for other people as we went, but we unexpectedly encountered three members of the Bu family and were attacked."

“We should have reported this immediately, but the evil seed disrupted everyone’s positions, and we don’t even know where the messenger disciple is.”

"But no matter what, it is all my fault, and I beg the elder to punish me."

Jiang Chenfeng's expression was very sincere. After he finished speaking, he raised his head and looked into the sharp eyes of his elder.

This person is Shang Yang, the chief elder of the Dao Asking Sect, and the uncle of the current sect leader. He is over two hundred years old.

Before coming to the Dongping Mountains, he had been in seclusion in the mountains for decades, and his body was full of the aura of corruption, clearly indicating that he had reached the end.

At this moment, he stared intently at Jiang Chenfeng with his deeply lined face, and after a long silence, he spoke: "Just what realm are these three members of the Bu family, that they could injure you like this?"

"With the cultivation level of the initial stage of the Yingtian realm, plus the corruption, and the two of them working together, they should have the combat power of the middle stage of the Yingtian realm."

"Bullshit!"

Shang Yang glared at him with venom: "If they were truly at the mid-stage of the Yingtian realm, how could you possibly kill all three of them?!"

Jiang Chenfeng opened his mouth: "It wasn't us, it was Ji You who killed them."

"Who?"

“A disciple of the Heavenly Academy.”

Because none of the people who went against the plan were disciples of the Heavenly Academy, Elder Fang and Elder Ge were not included in this group.

Shang Yang straightened up and looked at the disciple beside him: "Go and invite Elder Fang from the Heavenly Academy."

"Yes!"

In fact, the members of the Heavenly Academy had noticed early on that all the elders, except for themselves and the Chen Clan, had gathered together, and suspected that they had some information.

Upon hearing that someone had come to invite him, he immediately went without hesitation.

When they arrived, they found that the elders of various sects were looking at them with strange expressions.

Amidst the whispered desires, one could vaguely hear the words "Ji You".

Qin Rong and Ji Jingyao, the heads of the Imperial Household Department, also came here and waited outside.

After a long while, Elder Fang and Elder Ge emerged from within, their expressions inscrutable, but their eyes revealed doubt and solemnity.

"I discussed this with you before, and we need to send more people over. Is Ji You among them?"

Qin Rong was somewhat puzzled, not understanding why the Dao Asking Sect's invitation to them would be related to sending more people, but after hearing the question, he still spoke up: "We did ask, but Ji You is not in the Heavenly Academy."

Elder Ge stepped forward: "When did you leave?"

Around the time of Cold Dew.

"How can it be……"

Qin Rong and Elder Ge exchanged a glance: "Elders, what exactly happened?"

Elder Fang raised his head: "Several disciples from other immortal sects encountered Bu Qirong's three sons on the east side of Falling Eagle Gorge and fought a battle. However, because they all returned alive, the elders from the other sects did not believe their story."

"Why?"

"Because those two people were almost at the Yingtian Upper Realm in terms of combat strength, while the strongest among these people had only just touched the threshold of the Yingtian Realm, yet they survived, while Bu Qirong's three sons died."

Qin Rong frowned immediately upon hearing this: "That's indeed impossible, but why did we invite you two here?"

Elder Fang remained silent for a moment, then raised his sharp eyes.

"Because they said that Ji You suddenly appeared and saved them, and then drew his sword and killed the three members of the Bu family."

"The elders of each sect interrogated them separately and found that their descriptions of the battle were exactly the same, and they all even mentioned that he punched Bu Lao Er through the chest with three punches and took Bu Lao San's money bag."

"That scene must have been incredibly profound for them..."

(End of this chapter)