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

Li Yang rushed back from the small world.

Upon arriving in the capital of Tianyuan, they overheard a demon disguised as a righteous emperor sowing discord among the troops. He even claimed in front of so many people that the Tianyuan Dynasty would be defeated and that he would go and favor the future Tianyuan emperor who would become a prisoner.

What else could this be but a demon?

He did not exchange pleasantries with the Emperor of Tianyuan.

Looking into the distance, one can see that the Qixia Mountain pass is under attack by demons, and a vanguard force skilled in stealth has somehow managed to break in.

The vanguard team's objective was clear—to target the array masters who would oversee the defensive formations of the checkpoints.

They launched a surprise attack, advancing with unstoppable momentum and forcing the cultivators guarding the array formations to retreat in defeat.

Each of them was a top expert in the demonic path, all of them Golden Core experts, and the leaders were more than twenty Nascent Soul cultivators.

On the other hand, the Tianyuan Dynasty...

The defeat was inevitable. Not only did they retreat back into the pass, but their fighting spirit also quickly faded. Facing this vanguard of the Nine Netherworlds, which numbered only a thousand, very few cultivators dared to step forward to stop them.

"Damn it! Is nobody protecting us?!" A formation master exclaimed, his eyes wide.

"What's the point of defending? We'll lose sooner or later. We might as well surrender now!" Another hot-tempered formation master decisively turned and fled.

"Luckily, I had already set up a teleportation array. Everyone, I'll be going now!"

Seeing that there were not many people protecting them, the group of array masters realized that none of them would be willing to risk their lives for the Tianyuan Dynasty, so they wisely chose to protect themselves.

"They're all my prey!"

Within the vanguard, a Nascent Soul stage Blood Path Demon chuckled and charged forward first.

Countless streaks of blood-red light erupted from his body, incredibly sharp, instantly piercing the hearts of more than ten Golden Core cultivators. Within a few breaths, they became dried-up corpses, their very souls drained away.

His speed did not decrease, and the blood light within his body continued to increase. It was unknown what kind of powerful evil technique he had cultivated; it was clear at a glance that he was the most outstanding demonic cultivator among the trial participants.

"This person is Blood Asura, ranked 18th on the kill list, the undisputed champion of the Asura Demon Palace in Kanzhou! Run!"

This person's appearance instantly became the final straw that broke the camel's back for all the array masters.

They had intended to use the formation to resist, but the appearance of the Blood Asura posed too great a threat to them.

"We have no choice but to leave!"

"Although I am willing to protect the people of the Tianyuan Dynasty, if I die here, they will still die, and I will die too."

"Good! Rather than being killed here, we should retreat to the second line of defense and delay the end of the secret realm as much as possible."

They said these things to each other, finding a suitable reason for their retreat.

"Click~"

The moment they stopped, cracks appeared in the barrier formation; the attack from the Nine Nether Dynasty's army of cultivators outside was too powerful.

Only a few array masters gritted their teeth and, even as they coughed up blood from the backlash of the array, continued to cast array patterns to reinforce their defenses.

"I cannot retreat! My family and my sect lie between here and the second checkpoint. How can I retreat!"

"If I retreat, the next time I see them, I'll probably be trapped in the demon's Soul-Refining Banner!"

"Even if I perish, I will not back down!"

The trial participants were able to withdraw with ease because they treated the Void Realm as a trial game.

But they can't; their roots are here, and they have reasons not to back down.

"Hehehe~ Obediently become my blood food, become part of the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood within my body!" The Blood Asura's attack was too fierce.

In just a few breaths, the blood-red light shattered the defensive barrier of the few array masters who were struggling to hold on, exposing them nakedly to death.

Blood Asura's face was filled with bloodlust, and his eyes were filled with lewdness.

The merit of being the first to arrive is truly remarkable.

Although he had no shortage of cultivation resources due to his status, the Holy Maiden of the Joyful Union Path possessed a top-tier furnace physique and was one of the Holy Son Qianyang's women. She was known for her aloofness and extremely strict requirements for her dual cultivation partners, which he had long coveted.

The Holy Son of Qianyang gave it as a reward, allowing the cultivator who had made the "first to ascend" to play for three days.

"I have two great passions in life—killing and women. I like it now. Killing you will satisfy my bloodlust and I can also enjoy the service of the Holy Maiden of Harmony."

How beautiful!

Die!

He raised his hand and pushed, and a burst of blood light erupted from his body, locking onto the few array masters who were struggling to hold on and whose faces showed signs of death.

"It's over..."

However, at that moment—

"Clang!"

A sword cry erupted, and a scarlet sword aura arrived in an instant, forcefully severing the blood-red light that was attacking the formation master.

The sword energy, still powerful, shot out from inside the barrier.

With a series of "hissing sounds," he slashed down more than a dozen Netherworld cultivators who were attacking the barrier formation.

Upon hearing that familiar sword cry, the entire Tianyuan Dynasty cultivators' defeat faltered.

Especially those array masters who turned and fled, their faces, which were originally full of worry and fear, instantly transformed into firm resolve.

"It's Qin Feng! It's the Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Camp! They're back!!"

"Run? Run my ass! Fight them!"

"Damn it! We array masters are used to strategizing and planning, how can we flee in such a sorry state and fight them to the death!"

"Damn it! With the Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Camp leading the attack and us focusing on defense, what's the point of running?! We're going to explode!!"

All the array masters returned simultaneously, sitting cross-legged in the void, their hands forming array patterns that left afterimages.

The originally cracked array of checkpoints was instantly repaired and its light shone brightly.

"Clang!"

Another sword aura swept in, locking onto Blood Asura.

"You're not dead?!"

Blood Asura's eyes widened as he saw a group of murderous sword cultivators charging from the depths of Qixia Mountain.

At the forefront of thousands of sword cultivators, a figure stood that rendered the void blood red.

His eyes gleamed with a crimson light that would terrify even a demonic cultivator like him who practiced the Asura Killing Path. His killing intent was completely materialized and attached to the sword formation.

And unlike last time—

The Qin Feng we see now, besides his extremely strong killing intent, is also empowered by a terrifying baleful aura that terrifies all living beings!

The entire being is like a walking human-shaped natural disaster, bringing a celebration of death and slaughter!

Blood Demon was terrified and decisively unleashed his trump card for survival: a Great Teleportation Talisman.

The Great Teleportation Talisman is far more precious than the Void-Breaking Talisman, not to mention other Five Elements Escape Talismans.

The latter can break through the void and escape quickly, but it faces certain dangers in the void and is relatively easy to be interrupted.

However, the teleportation talisman forcibly moves one's current location to a certain area of ​​space. It is a powerful supernatural ability—a talisman version of shrinking the earth into an inch. It is not only safe but also allows for fixed-point teleportation.

"Want to leave? Not so easy!"

The speaker was a trial participant in a group of array masters, a prodigy of a certain array-based power.

He summoned an array plate, and amidst the flying array patterns, it transformed into countless chains.

The chains were illusory, as if they did not exist in the main world, yet they completely sealed off this space.

"you--!"

Blood Asura watched as the teleportation talisman in his hand trembled and spontaneously combusted, rendering the teleportation ineffective, and he was completely distraught.

Moreover, the sword energy that was heading straight for him was too terrifying. It was about to destroy a whole world, and the void along the way was shattered layer by layer. There was no way to avoid it!

He could only pin his hopes on his strongest escape technique, and shouted:

"Blood Escape!"

Li Yang watched the sword energy crisscross and the incredibly thick cloud of blood mist, feeling somewhat disappointed.

"As expected of the unparalleled master of demonic arts, such a powerful blood escape technique!"

However, he did not notice that the blood mist was filled with fragments of the Blood Asura's corpse.

Upon witnessing this scene, the faces of the thousand-strong elite vanguard changed drastically.

As demonic cultivators, they knew better than anyone that Blood Asura hadn't escaped; he had clearly been hacked into a bloody mist!

If the Blood Escape Technique was successfully activated, how could such a dense blood mist appear?

"Run!"

"Damn it, we've been fooled! Li Yang didn't die in that little world at all!"

"He definitely obtained that supreme treasure of the killing path!"

However, Li Yang had already led the Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin Formation and arrived on swords.

In just a few dozen breaths, they were all slaughtered, and their blood stained the peaks of Qixia Mountain Range red.

They chose to be imprisoned. If they were outside, they could scatter and escape, but inside the checkpoints and formations, it would be a cat-and-mouse slaughter.

Nine Nether Elite?

I'm going to kill the elite!

"Everyone of the Tianyuan Dynasty—do you intend to continue retreating? Until when? Until there is nowhere left to retreat?"

Li Yang's voice resounded throughout the heavens and earth as he looked at the Tianyuan Dynasty cultivators who had retreated back into the checkpoint:

"If we retreat today, rivers of blood will flow tomorrow, and only then can we get a night's rest. But when we rise and look around, the demons have already arrived!"

You may continue to retreat, and you may simply disregard the lives of ordinary people.

But if you retreat today, your path of cultivation will be one step back again and again until you encounter a bottleneck and your path to immortality ends prematurely.

We cultivators must cultivate ourselves to a state of having a clear conscience, being worthy of the righteous path and all living beings, and, more importantly, being able to smile calmly when we examine our own hearts.

Li Yang's gaze then fell upon the surging blood mist outside the formation.

Without any hesitation, he decisively led the Heavenly Gang Demon-Slaying Camp to break through the checkpoint formation and head straight for the most troublesome problem.

The first person to follow Li Yang out was a woman.

Upon seeing this person, all the cultivators of the Tianyuan Dynasty were stunned.

Emperor Tianyuan!

"If I die, please wrap my body in the banner of the Tianyuan Dynasty and bury it in the Qixia Mountains, so that any evil spirits that enter the country may pass over my corpse."

Even if I perish, I will have no regrets!