Immortality starts from the liver proficiency

Chapter 371 Sweeping Across the Land
Sensing these lurking energies, Xu Yunfan couldn't help but grin.

"Master Bi Yuan also said that supreme masters of the Ninth Realm are extremely rare..."

He crushed a wisp of dragon vein remnant energy drifting from the imperial mausoleum with his fingertips, and the Ten Extremes True Qi surged under his skin like a river. "Now it seems that it is not a cabbage by the roadside, but a poisonous mushroom that has sprouted after the rain."

At this moment, Yujing City is experiencing the most brutal street battle in the eight hundred years since the founding of the nation.

Li Haomiao personally led 100,000 Xuanjia soldiers to break through the Zhuque Gate. The dark, heavily armored torrent crashed into the fire wall constructed by the Imperial Guards using the "Heaven-Burning and Spirit-Destroying Array".

Those elite Imperial Guards clad in crimson scale armor actually spewed out their own blood essence mixed with sulfur and saltpeter, melting even the bluestone floor tiles into a glassy state wherever they passed.

"Form the 'Iron Chain Across the River Formation'!"

Li Haomiao's roar pierced the battlefield.

His gaze wasn't here, but rather fixed ahead, towards the depths of the Great Zhou Imperial Court.

Today is the battlefield between Xu Yunfan and the Empress.

Now that the Great Zhou's divine artifact has been relocated, the Empress is naturally in imminent danger. Li Haomiao is resolute and will not give up such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Suddenly, the front ranks of the Xuanjia Army erected massive iron shields over ten feet tall, while the soldiers in the rear rank hurled out iron chains soaked in icy spring water. Three thousand chains twisted and writhed like black dragons, forcefully tearing a gap in the wall of fire.

Seeing this, the warriors hidden in the army formation descended like clouds on their chains, almost crushing the Imperial Guards.

"Your Highness has excellent skills."

A sinister voice came from the pile of rubble.

The Imperial Guard Commander suddenly tore off the human skin disguise, and the face covered with dark blue-black demonic patterns suddenly twisted and deformed. Two curved bone horns pierced out of his forehead, his pupils shrank into two scarlet vertical lines, and his mouth split open all the way to his ears, revealing jagged, menacing fangs.

This made Li Haomiao's brow twitch involuntarily.

"True bloodline reversion?! People of the Great Qian Dynasty?"

The ultimate form of the Great Qian True Blood is the return of True Blood to its ancestral form, comparable to a Grandmaster of the Great Zhou Ninth Realm of Qi Refining.

The newcomer let out a low growl like a wild beast, and dark purple veins appeared beneath his exposed skin, writhing like living things.

That is the "Mysterious Netherworld Demon Blood" unique to the Great Qian royal family, which is said to have originated from ancient demons beneath the glaciers of the northern border.

As his blood boiled, frost and mist rose around him, his ten fingers transformed into sharp claws, and the cold iron ground was corroded with honeycomb-like holes by the dissipating demonic energy.

"Your Highness has a good eye."

The half-demon commander's voice had become a double tone, as if a human and a demon were speaking at the same time, "It's a pity that the fate of the Great Zhou Dynasty has run out. Today, I will use your blood, the blood of the commander of the Xuanjia Army, to sacrifice for the southern expeditionary banner of my Great Qian Dynasty..."

Although Li Haomiao's heart was pounding with fear, he knew that if he retreated, the Xuanjia Army behind him would collapse like a house of cards.

He sneered, "Just some mixed-breed demon blood, making himself neither human nor ghost."

"court death."

The half-demon flew into a rage and pounced on Li Haomiao in an instant, his ten sharp claws tearing through the air and splitting open the turbid white air waves.

At the critical moment, a sharp sonic boom resounded from the sky.

Xu Yunfan struck the half-demon's head with a chaotic vortex of Ten Extreme True Qi, his right palm slamming down like a meteor falling to earth.

The claw twitched violently as soon as it touched Li Haomiao's edge, then shattered into pieces like grains of rice thrown into a millstone.

“Xu…Yun…Fan…”

The half-demon's pupils shrank to pinpoints with fear.

Xu Yunfan's name was already widely known.

Now that Xu Yunfan has come here, they naturally know that the battle within the palace has already been decided.

The demonic energy within his body flowed uncontrollably backward, surging along his meridians towards Xu Yunfan's palm. His skin began to collapse, and his muscle fibers atrophied like dried fish bladders, turning him into a desiccated corpse draped in a black robe within a few breaths.

Xu Yunfan frowned deeply as he looked at the wisp of demonic energy in his palm. Finally, he exhaled and casually flicked his wrist, dispersing the condensed demonic energy into the air.

Before figuring out a way to absorb the essence, doing so without proper guidance might impure one's true energy.

The reason I can now absorb the true energy of the five major sects is because I rely on the Ten Extremes True Energy I have cultivated, which has the special effect of returning all laws to their source, and can sort it out and remove impurities.

He looked at Li Haomiao, who was in a daze, and smiled slightly, with a hint of mockery: "Your Majesty, it seems you are about to ascend the throne."

Li Haomiao's expression relaxed slightly, then he laughed and scolded, "Looks like you've become the number one in the world too."

"As it should be."

For the next half hour, Yujing City became Xu Yunfan's hunting ground.

He moved through the market, his Ten Extremes True Qi spreading out like a spider web.

The old Taoist priest of Xuanzhen Sect, who was hiding in the cellar of Zuixianlou, had his Dragon Tiger Pill energy drained from his body from a distance.

The monks of the Ku generation from Amitabha Temple, disguised as peddlers, were melted down into gold dust, along with their staffs.

Even an elder of the Nine Luminaries Sect who tried to use the "Turtle Breathing Feign Death Technique" to deceive others was dragged out of the pile of corpses by Xu Yunfan, who crushed his skull and absorbed all the blazing sun true energy.

When Xu Yunfan returned to the Imperial City Square with the last Ninth Realm expert by the neck, Li Haomiao was directing the Xuanjia Army to clear out the remaining Imperial Guards who were stubbornly resisting.

Seeing the desiccated corpse dangling in his hand, even this usually composed prince's eyes twitched: "You've turned the 'Ten Extremes Martial Arts' into a scythe for harvesting crops."

"There are so many ninth-realm beings in the Great Zhou. In three days, they will only become food for those extraterrestrial demons. Why not give them to me? I am also a person of this realm, so I can say that I have contributed."

Xu Yunfan kicked the mummified corpse at his feet, then suddenly sensed a slight movement of energy. He squinted and looked towards the Imperial Observatory. "Wait... there's a big fish hiding there!"

Before the words were finished, the Imperial Observatory building exploded with a deafening roar.

A hunched figure draped in a star-patterned robe soared into the sky; it was none other than Guo Lang, the supervisor who should have died yesterday!

What he held in his hands was not the Dragon-Suppressing Seal, but a beating, purplish-black heart!

"Such profound demonic energy."

Xu Yunfan paused slightly, and the Ten Extremes True Qi exploded in an invisible ripple under his feet. His figure suddenly turned into a blur and disappeared.

"With the heart of the Heavenly Demon as a sacrifice, I beseech the Nine Netherworlds."

Just as Guo Lang's withered fingers reached the third incantation, a sharp cracking sound, as if his spine were breaking, suddenly came from his throat.

Xu Yunfan appeared behind him like a ghost. With his left hand, he cleaved the man's cervical spine like a knife, while his right palm pierced through the man's hunched chest. The purplish-black Heavenly Demon Heart was still twitching when it was crushed into a cloud of poisonous mist by the five fingers.

"Aiding and abetting evil, part three"

Xu Yunfan flicked the bloodstains from his palm and coldly stared at the distorted human face emerging from the purple mist. "The Empress is dead, yet you still want to summon the extraterrestrial demons ahead of time?"

He crushed Guo Lang's rolling head with his foot, saying, "With such loyalty, you might as well go to the Netherworld and continue serving your master."

Xu Yunfan slowly withdrew his hand, and then his brow twitched slightly. His Martial Arts Heavenly Eye suddenly opened, and the outline of the entire Jade Capital City was reflected in his golden pupils.

The lingering smoke of battle, the fleeing remnants of the army, and the sporadic hostility lurking in the shadows are all as clearly discernible as the lines on a palm.

"It's been swept clean, though."

His gaze suddenly turned southeast, and the Ten Extremes True Qi surged like a dragon between his spine.

That's the direction of Jiangnan Daojian Pavilion.

A cold glint flashed across Xu Yunfan's face. The debt for the sneak attack by the Sword Master of the Sword Pavilion yesterday should be repaid with the true energy of the Sword Classic that filled the entire pavilion.

(I've been thinking about how to improve things today, and I'll continue to work hard tomorrow! Thank you for your support! Please feel free to offer any suggestions or comments.)
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