Starting as a Grandmaster, all of my cultivation techniques are at max level.

Xia Jin, carrying the Embroidered Spring Blade, headed straight for the injured Baiyun Mountain.

Baiyun Mountain was backed by a broken cliff. Although he had been briefly bandaged, the excruciating pain in his right leg still made his eyes twitch involuntarily.

As he watched Xia Jin's figure gradually approach, he felt his throat go dry. In his sixty years of life, this was the first time he had felt a surge of fear.

The dignity of a Grandmaster prevents Baiyun Mountain from easily begging for mercy.

But as Xia Jin drew closer, the invisible pressure gradually eroded his mental defenses.

"Wait! I admit defeat this time. Please, Your Excellency, grant me the honor of visiting Tianyuan Valley! I promise I will never set foot in Great Xia again!"

"Tianyuan Valley? What is that?" Xia Jin stopped three steps in front of him, looking down at him.

"From the moment you stepped into the capital and mingled with these remnants of the demonic cult, your fate was sealed. Did you really think I would fear the power behind you?"

"You!!" Bai Yunshan was stunned for a moment, then his face turned bright red.

This guy actually completely ignored the power behind him.

"You...you've gone too far! I'll fight you to the death!" A fierce glint flashed in Bai Yunshan's eyes.

He roared, ignoring the excruciating pain of his right leg's broken meridians, and slammed his left palm into the ground, using the force to propel his body up like a cannonball!

He poured all the remaining true energy in his body into his right fist, and the Qi of the Grandmaster Realm Level 3 surged wildly, forming a visible white vortex around his fist!

"A white rainbow pierces the sun—!"

This is his trump card, his last desperate move!

With a single punch, a fierce wind howled, and the white wall behind Xia Jin cracked with a loud "crack" from the aftershocks of the punch!

However, Xia Jin remained standing still, his embroidered spring knife hanging casually at his side, seemingly without any intention of parrying or dodging!

Upon seeing this, Baiyunshan was overjoyed!

This underworld emperor is far too arrogant!

At such close range, to take a punch that would cost him his life, even if he were a Grandmaster at the ninth level, he would be seriously injured if not killed!

"Die!" Bai Yunshan's face was ferocious, and his fist, carrying an unparalleled gale, slammed solidly into Xia Jin's chest!

"Thump—!"

Baiyun Mountain felt as if a giant hammer had smashed onto the millennia-old black iron!

The anticipated scene of shattered bones and gushing blood did not occur.

A look of horror and pain appeared on Bai Yunshan's face.

A powerful and unparalleled force of recoil, like a violent countercurrent, surged back along his arm!

"Snap! Snap snap—!"

The sickening cracking of bones resounded repeatedly as Bai Yunshan's right fist, finger bones, metacarpal bones, wrist bones, and even forearm bones shattered inch by inch under the terrifying recoil!

"ah--!!!"

A heart-wrenching scream erupted from Baiyunshan's mouth as his entire right arm twisted at an eerie angle.

A faint golden glow appeared on Xia Jin's body and vanished in an instant.

Indestructible Vajra Body!

When you cultivate to a certain level, your physical body becomes comparable to a divine weapon!

To him, a mere injured Grandmaster's triple-force attack was no different from that of a three-year-old child.

"Alright, it's my turn now, old ghost, are you ready to die?" Xia Jin raised the Embroidered Spring Blade in his hand.

A crimson light flashed and disappeared in an instant.

A thin line of blood appeared on Baiyun Mountain's throat, followed by a gush of blood.

He clutched his neck, made a few hoarse sounds, and fell backward, dying instantly.

The last thing reflected in those wide-open eyes was Xia Jin's emotionless gaze.

Thus, Lei Wujie, the leader of the Ming Cult, died, Shen Cangsheng, the leader of the White Lotus Cult, was executed, and Baiyun Mountain of Tianyuan Valley was beheaded! And another Grandmaster, under his orders, had his head cut off by Qin Hu.

Seeing this from a short distance away, Qin Hu took a deep breath, strode forward, and asked with awe in his eyes, "Your Highness, what should be done with the remaining members of the Demonic Sect?"

He pointed to the group of demonic cultists who were surrounded by the Imperial Guards not far away.

Xia Jin glanced at Qin Hu and said coldly, "Is that even a question? If we don't kill him, are we going to bring him back and waste the food of our Great Xia?"

Qin Hu stiffened, immediately straightened his back, and loudly replied, "Understood, subordinate!"

He turned and raised his right hand: "By order of the Prince! The remnants of the Demonic Cult are unforgivable! Kill them without mercy!"

"kill--!"

At the command, the Jinyiwei guards, who had been unable to contain themselves, charged forward like tigers released from their cages, roaring as they attacked.

Qin Hu himself took the lead, while on the other side, Su Xuanji once again drew her sword. With each flash of her sword, a member of the Demonic Sect would bleed from the throat.

The two top experts led the elite Imperial Guards to wipe out these remnants of the evil cult, making it as easy as cutting melons and vegetables.

The battle was completely over in less than fifteen minutes.

The streets and the mansion were littered with the corpses of more than a hundred cultists.

Just as the last cultist breathed his last, the system notification sounded again in Xia Jin's mind:

[Ding! Congratulations, host, on completing the mission: Slay 163 remnants of the Demonic Cult!]

[Task rewards are being distributed...]

[Quest Reward: Demon Heart Crossing (Beginner Level)! Eighty Years of Cultivation!]

A hint of satisfaction flashed in Xia Jin's eyes.

He glanced up and swept his eyes across the entire room.

Although the Imperial Guards were all wounded and covered in blood, their eyes looked at him with unusual brightness.

Xia Jin shouted loudly, "Today, everyone has rendered meritorious service in the siege of the Demonic Sect! All participants will be recorded by me and rewarded accordingly! Commander Qin."

"Your subordinate is here!" Qin Hu immediately stepped forward.

"You're in charge of handling the aftermath!"

"Yes, Your Highness! Rest assured!" Qin Hu responded loudly.

"Long live the Prince! Thank you for your grace, Your Highness!" Upon hearing this, the Imperial Guards present burst into enthusiastic cheers, as if all their fatigue had been swept away.

Following such a powerful and fair prince, they felt that their future was bright!

Xia Jin nodded slightly and said no more.

After throwing the Embroidered Spring Blade in his hand at Qin Hu, he returned directly to the Jin Prince's Palace in the Imperial Palace.

Seeing Xia Jin leave, Qin Hu breathed a sigh of relief, and his spirits immediately lifted again.

He summoned a commander of the Imperial Guard: "You take your men and stay here to clean up the bodies of these traitors of the demonic sect!"

"Yes, Commander!"

After giving his orders, Qin Hu could not hide his excitement. He needed to go to the palace immediately to report the day's results to Emperor Xia Yu in detail.

This annihilation of the remnants of the evil cult is a great achievement.

Given Xia Jin's status and position, he naturally wouldn't care, and the credit would fall on his own head as the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

"It's secure, this time it's secure. As long as I don't make any major mistakes, I'm completely and utterly set on this position as Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard!"

Qin Hu couldn't help but roar to the sky!

Compared to these Imperial Guards, Su Xuanji was also deeply shaken.

Perhaps I have underestimated this treacherous emperor of the Great Xia Dynasty!