Chapter 121: What Can You Do to Me

Chapter 121: Chapter 121: What Can You Do to Me

"What? An afterimage from his speed!"

Ouyang Bing cried out in alarm. It turned out that what he had struck was merely an afterimage, created when Yi Xiaoyao used his Body Technique.

’What is this speed? It’s terrifying!’

Ouyang Bing was reeling with shock. He couldn’t understand how Yi Xiaoyao’s speed had increased so dramatically.

After all, the last time they fought, Yi Xiaoyao had been completely unable to dodge his Sword Qi. He had been forced into a direct confrontation and was ultimately slashed into a spatial rift.

But Ouyang Bing didn’t know that Yi Xiaoyao’s Nine Heavens Dragon Soaring Technique had already formed a Dragon Spirit Mark. Having reached its peak, his speed was now countless times faster than before.

Just then, more blood-curdling screams echoed from nearby.

Ouyang Bing whipped his head around to see that Yi Xiaoyao had somehow appeared a few hundred feet away, where he was tearing the arms right off of Xuanwu and Xuan Liu.

Blood geysered out, atomizing into a crimson mist that hung in the air.

"Don’t be in such a hurry. I told you I’d make you suffer a fate worse than death. Next, I’m going to take your bodies apart, piece by piece."

Yi Xiaoyao sneered at Xuanwu and Xuan Liu, completely unfazed. He paid no mind whatsoever to Ouyang Bing, who had just failed to hit him.

How could Ouyang Bing not feel the blatant contempt? Not only was he being ignored, but Yi Xiaoyao was slowly dismembering his companions right in front of him!

And most importantly, Yi Xiaoyao’s Cultivation was far lower than his own.

Humiliation!

This was utter humiliation!

This was the greatest humiliation Ouyang Bing had ever suffered.

Ouyang Bing’s face twitched violently. Yi Xiaoyao’s actions had thoroughly enraged him.

"Yi Xiaoyao! I swear I’ll tear you to shreds today!"

The moment the words left his mouth, Ouyang Bing shot toward Yi Xiaoyao again, his sword descending with thunderous Momentum and all his might.

It was a strike just like this that had previously sent Yi Xiaoyao into a spatial rift.

But now, Ouyang Bing would not make the same mistake. This strike was faster and sharper, intended to obliterate Yi Xiaoyao before the spatial rift could even begin to swallow him.

The razor-sharp Ice Sword Qi ripped through space, blasting out with unavoidable speed. Yi Xiaoyao had barely begun to react before the Sword Qi cleaved him in two.

"Hmph! Against me, even your incredible speed is useless!"

Ouyang Bing watched with a smug sneer as the spatial rift pulled the two halves of the body in until they vanished.

However, another pair of screams from nearby made his smug expression freeze on his face.

’What? Don’t tell me what I just hit... was another one of that brat’s afterimages?!’

Ouyang Bing spun around, only to be confronted by the gory sight of Yi Xiaoyao ripping the legs off Xuanwu and Xuan Liu.

Yi Xiaoyao shot Ouyang Bing a mocking grin. ’How could this man possibly see through the speed of the Nine Heavens Dragon Soaring Technique at its peak?’

"Impossible!!"

At this point, Ouyang Bing couldn’t care less about the fate of his companions. His mind was filled with utter shock and disbelief. He distinctly remembered that last strike; it had definitely hit Yi Xiaoyao.

And yet, the reality was that he had only hit another afterimage.

Meanwhile, the disciples from the other sects stood frozen in horror, their mouths agape, jaws nearly hitting the floor.

The moment Ouyang Bing had revealed his Golden Core Realm Cultivation, they had all assumed Yi Xiaoyao wouldn’t last a single move.

But what they had just witnessed completely shattered their expectations.

Yi Xiaoyao had effortlessly dodged Ouyang Bing’s attacks, time and time again!

A strange fear began to creep into Ouyang Bing’s heart. He was starting to realize he couldn’t track Yi Xiaoyao’s speed at all.

"Yi Xiaoyao! What’s so great about dodging? Fight me head-on if you have any guts!"

Ouyang Bing, beside himself with fury, tried to goad him. ’He’s only fast,’ he thought. ’His actual power can’t possibly match up to a Golden Core Realm expert like me.’

Yi Xiaoyao shot him a cold smile and said flatly, "So what if you’re in the Golden Core Realm? I’m killing your companions right in front of you. What can you possibly do to me?"

His words sent a shock through all the onlookers.

’That’s right,’ they thought. ’What good is Ouyang Bing’s Golden Core Realm Cultivation? Yi Xiaoyao is just toying with him, humiliating him like he’s walking a dog.’

"ARGH!!!"

At that moment, Ouyang Bing was on the verge of madness. He threw his head back and roared at the heavens.

Yi Xiaoyao just smiled coldly. "No need to be anxious. Since you want to fight me head-on, I’ll grant your wish. Because next, I only need one strike to defeat you!"

With that, he ripped the bodies of Xuanwu and Xuan Liu in half and tossed them to the ground.

Yi Xiaoyao now seemed like an unsheathed blade, radiating a piercing sharpness as he slowly walked toward Ouyang Bing.

"You? Defeat me in one strike? Utterly ridiculous!"

Ouyang Bing laughed, his rage twisting into a cruel grin. "You foolish brat. If you had just kept running, there’s nothing I could have done. But since you’re actively seeking death, then die!"

"Azure Ice Storm!"

With a thunderous roar, Ouyang Bing unleashed a killing blow right from the start.

His Ice Sword swung, unleashing a thousand streams of Ice Sword Qi that coalesced into a raging, churning maelstrom of ice that swept toward Yi Xiaoyao.

Wherever it passed, sand and stone were sent flying, the ground cracking and buckling as if mountains were collapsing.

The nearby disciples scrambled back in terror. Some of the slower experts were caught in the shockwave. They were either sent flying, coughing up blood, or instantly killed by the Ice Sword Qi, their bodies rent asunder...

Screams and cries of alarm echoed all around.

"Help me!"

"Ouyang Bing’s Azure Ice Storm is too terrifying! There’s no way to block it!"

"That Yi Xiaoyao is taking it head-on... he’s a dead man for sure..."

The disciples who had managed to escape exclaimed, still shuddering with fear.

But faced with the thunderous momentum and surging, frigid Qi, Yi Xiaoyao’s expression remained perfectly calm.

"Silent Swordsmanship—Annihilation Sword Qi!"

Yi Xiaoyao executed the Silent Swordsmanship with fluid grace. Every Sword Shadow he created burst forth with streams of black Sword Qi. In a mere instant, a thousand strands of deep black Annihilation Sword Qi had formed.

The streams of Sword Qi surged like a legion of dragons, their combined momentum even greater than the Azure Ice Storm. In a flash, they crashed into the icy tempest.

BOOM!

The two torrents of energy collided. Black and blue light intertwined as devastating shockwaves raged outward.

But in just a single moment, the Annihilation Sword Qi crushed Ouyang Bing’s Azure Ice Storm, wiping it from existence as if it were nothing. In a blink, the frigid air returned to normal.

Although Yi Xiaoyao’s Annihilation Sword Qi had been partially depleted, nearly half of it remained, and it shot toward Ouyang Bing.

"What? How is this possible!"

Ouyang Bing’s face contorted in shock, his eyes wide with disbelief.

But the oncoming Annihilation Sword Qi gave him no time to react. He could only erupt with Spiritual Power, desperately forming a defense in front of him.

SHRED!

The Sword Qi tore through Ouyang Bing’s defense, striking his body like a piercing blade and sending him flying backward, vomiting a spray of blood.

Everyone cried out in unison. Just as Yi Xiaoyao had claimed, it had taken him only a single strike to defeat Ouyang Bing!

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