I just want to kill you all, or be killed by you all.

As soon as Li Yang arrived in Tianling County, he saw a demonic cultivator forcibly buying and selling goods on the street, acting arrogantly and domineeringly, and even planning to kill someone in public.

His temper and murderous intent surged, and he descended with his sword in hand.

Li Yang landed and casually severed the control between the blood-robed youth and the stubborn female cultivator with a single sword strike.

The female cultivator suddenly collapsed to the ground, as if she were drowning and gasped for air.

"Who are you?!"

The blood-robed youth frowned, sensing a strong threat from the swordsman before him.

He was already in the top 1,000 of the kill list, so the person in front of him must be ranked higher than him!

"I don't know the specifics of what happened, but I just want to know, is there no rule governing Tianling County? Why can you hurt people, even kill them, at will?"

Li Yang did not rush to make a move.

Before figuring out the situation, it's best to be patient with the other party.

"Restraints?" The blood-robed youth laughed. "A bunch of natives from secret realms dare to restrain me?"

The young girl, Ling Shuang, saw the sword in Li Yang's hand and the extremely dangerous killing intent emanating from it.

But for some reason, I don't reject it.

"He's awful!" Ling Shuang pointed at the blood-robed youth, her tone indignant. "He's been committing all sorts of evil deeds in Tianling County these past few days, even indiscriminately killing innocent people outside the county town, just because others don't give him face!"

Today was even more outrageous; they abused their power to do evil and even threatened us by invoking their connections!

The blood-robed youth merely sneered at the accusations:

"So what!"

He stood with his hands behind his back, then turned and left: "Just a bunch of natives, killing them is no big deal. Since you want to protect her, I'll give you face now. But you'd better keep her with you at all times, otherwise there will be times when you're not around."

The young man in the blood-red robe strode forward, and the cultivators watching along the way quickly stepped aside, afraid of offending him and incurring his wrath.

"Did I let you leave?" Li Yang asked.

The cause and effect have been basically figured out.

We can kill people now.

The young man in the blood-red robe stopped, turned around, and his expression turned cold:

"I admit you're strong, but I haven't killed anyone in the county town. Do you really want to offend the Blood Refining Demon Sect because of a few natives?"

This statement came out.

Li Yang laughed: "No. You must have misunderstood something?"

The young man in the blood-red robe relaxed his expression.

It seems that Li Yang is not going to attack me.

This guy is very strong. He needs to kill a large number of people to become stronger before he can get revenge.

"I knew you wouldn't dare. I thought you were from the Sword Alliance, about to put me on a ridiculous trial." The blood-robed youth chuckled.

But the instant he turned around, a strong sense of palpitation struck him!

"Clang!"

As the sword's cry reached his ears, Li Yang had already drawn his sword and slashed down—

"you--"

The blood-robed youth immediately turned around and activated a blood-red armor with all his might, which gleamed with an eerie light.

"Be careful!"

Ling Shuang quickly reminded her.

She suffered a loss when her sword struck the blood armor, resulting in injury from the powerful counter-damage effect.

However, what made her eyes widen in surprise was—

Li Yang swung his sword down with tremendous force, and the crimson killing intent easily cleaved through the blood armor, causing the nine runes on it to shatter at the same time!

If it weren't for a brief respite that allowed the blood-robed youth to unleash his Blood Escape technique, he would surely have died under that sword strike.

"I am the Demon Prince of the Blood Refining Demon Sect, and my father is one of the sect's ancestors. How dare you kill me?!" The blood-robed youth's sharp voice rang out from another street.

"My stance is very clear. You've misunderstood—eliminating evil needs no reason. Your actions have already sentenced you to death in my heart!"

Li Yang leaped up with his sword and attacked in an instant.

Lan Yue did not stop them when she saw this.

She dared not attack the talented individuals with powerful backgrounds from outside the region, but she couldn't interfere in the battles between the trial participants.

Since the blood-robed youth made the first move, he decided to ignore both sides.

"He's a sword cultivator!" Ling Shuang's beautiful eyes widened as she finally realized.

Then he saw Li Yang, alone with his sword, suppressing the blood-robed youth who made him feel utterly hopeless. Even though the opponent had used all his trump cards, he couldn't change the miserable battle situation.

At this moment, she felt an immense longing for the sword cultivation system.

"I am not a demon, you cannot kill me!"

The blood-robed youth's strength was approaching that of a peerless master, but after exhausting all his trump cards, he was at his wit's end and roared in terror.

"You've done evil, that's a fact; you'll fall into the evil path sooner or later. I'm too lazy to waste words with you; just accept your death!"

The young man in the blood-red robe faced a life-or-death crisis, and the blood-red demonic mark between his brows glowed, transforming him into a beloved old man who was protecting him.

"Who dares to kill my son?!"

A colossal crimson demonic shadow descended, and even Lan Yue, who was in the Nascent Soul stage, felt an overwhelming pressure.

"Splash...splash...splash..."

A large number of the cultivators present knelt down.

However, only Li Yang remained motionless.

"Father!" The blood-robed youth was overjoyed, then glared fiercely at Li Yang, "You still dare to kill me now?"

However, the words had barely left his mouth—

"Pfft!"

Li Yang cleanly and decisively severed the head of the blood-robed youth.

He already has experience.

This method of protecting younger generations will condense into a phantom image after withstanding a fatal attack.

At this moment, the phantom is gathering, which is the best time to kill the enemy.

"Uh...uh..."

The blood-robed youth did not die immediately; his head stared at Li Yang with resentment and fear, his vocal cords severed, rendering him unable to utter a single word.

next moment.

The sword intent shattered his consciousness and soul, completely eliminating any possibility of resurrection.

"You're asking for it!!!"

The crimson phantom possessed the strength of a Golden Core cultivator and struck down with a palm.

However, Li Yang, who had reached the Great Perfection of Foundation Establishment, was not faking anything.

"You're asking for it!"

Seeing that Li Yang dared to draw his sword even when facing the phantom of such a supreme expert completely overturned Ling Shuang's world.

"Damn swordsman, I'll remember you!"

Li Yang charged forward with his sword, delivering the final blow:

"Remember this! I'll wait for you to kill me, but if you allow me to rise, I will march into Kanzhou and kill you!"

With a "poof," the blood-red phantom completely vanished.

Li Yang casually took away the resources from the blood-robed youth, as if he had done something insignificant.

The onlookers, seeing the blood-robed youth whom no one dared to provoke now dismembered, looked at Li Yang with awe.

"You are the prefect?"

Li Yang approached Lan Yue and handed her the jade slip given to him by the person in charge of Panshi County.

"So you are the one my husband spoke of, the one who single-handedly turned the tide of battle!"

Lan Yue wasn't too surprised; she had seen Li Yang's performance just now.

Facing a phantom that would make even a Nascent Soul cultivator like myself tremble, Li Yang remained unfazed, which meant he must be a very important figure from the outside world!

"I've known about the situation in Tianling County all along the way. With such a useless prefect as you, I can understand the situation very well," Li Yang said, making a startling statement.

Lan Yue was taken aback, realizing what Li Yang was referring to.

She wasn't angry that Li Yang, who was only at the Foundation Establishment stage, dared to insult her; perhaps his true cultivation level was also at the Nascent Soul stage.

"I'm sorry, I don't dare to provoke them. After all, one day, this world will have to merge with the outside world."

Li Yang sneered, "But because of your incompetence, many people can't even see the outside world! They've been killed by your incompetence, and you're still here suffering!"

For some reason, if someone else had insulted her mother like that, Ling Shuang would have already lost her temper.

But there was no way to refute Li Yang's words, and there was also a strange sense of satisfaction.

"I won't say more. There's no point in explaining to a coward like you. Just give me your identity token." Li Yang held out his hand.

He couldn't be bothered to talk to such a useless woman.

If their identities were reversed, and the young man in the blood-red robe dared to be arrogant, he would be lucky to escape being hacked to pieces.

"What are you going to do?" Lan Yue frowned, utterly confused.

At this time.

Ning Xi arrived on her sword: "Senior Brother Qin, it's all set up."

At this moment, Lan Yue heard the commotion among the cultivators outside the city walls.

His divine sense immediately swept away.

Upon seeing the blood-soaked scene outside Tianling County, he froze on the spot.