Chapter 235: Slaying Shao Jingyun

Chapter 235: Chapter 235: Slaying Shao Jingyun

Yun Shang and Lu Jin were both shocked. They could keenly feel the killing intent radiating from Yi Xiaoyao when he spoke Shao Jingyun’s name.

Thus, they both understood that Yi Xiaoyao wanted to kill Shao Jingyun.

"For my cousin’s sake, let me give you a word of warning," Yun Shang said. "Shao Jingyun may be a notorious degenerate, but his talent and Cultivation are exceptional. Otherwise, my grandfather would never have agreed to this marriage."

Lu Jin added, "That’s right. The Shao Family is extremely wealthy. With the backing of immense resources, I heard he broke through to the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Realm not long ago!"

"The seventh level of the Nascent Soul Realm, is it?"

Yi Xiaoyao nodded thoughtfully. With his normal strength, he could at most contend with someone at the sixth level of the Nascent Soul Realm; actually killing them would be no easy feat.

Shao Jingyun being at the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Realm was, indeed, a bit of a problem for Yi Xiaoyao.

But Yi Xiaoyao only hesitated for a moment before saying, "One of you will stay here. The other will go find Shao Jingyun and bring him here. Alone."

Yun Shang and Lu Jin froze. They had assumed Yi Xiaoyao would abandon his plan after hearing about Shao Jingyun’s Cultivation, but to their surprise, the man didn’t waver in the slightest.

"In that case, let me go," Lu Jin offered. "I know Shao Jingyun. The man is a lecher. If I tell him a beauty is waiting for him here, he’ll definitely come alone."

"A lecher?" Yi Xiaoyao’s eyes turned cold. ’A man like that is worthy of being engaged to Ling’Er?’

He then looked at Lu Jin and said, "Go. But remember, your fiancée is here with me. If you have any funny ideas, I don’t need to spell out the consequences. Also, once you’ve brought Shao Jingyun here, you’d best make yourself scarce."

Lu Jin quickly agreed. Though he was acquainted with Shao Jingyun, Yun Shang was his fiancée. The choice between them was obvious.

Watching Lu Jin depart, Yi Xiaoyao leaped onto the branch of a nearby tree and lay down to rest.

Yun Shang, however, stood beneath the tree with a complicated expression, staring blankly at Yi Xiaoyao’s silhouette.

After a full hour, Yi Xiaoyao’s eyes snapped open.

"Lu, why would a beauty be in a godforsaken place like this?"

A frivolous voice drifted over from a short distance away, quickly turning even more crass. "Oh, I get it! You’re trying to set up a little tryst in the wild with a beauty!"

It was followed by Lu Jin’s voice. "Shao, I’m sure you’ll be pleasantly surprised when you see this beauty. She’s just up ahead."

"Oh? Can she compare to my Little Mengling, the one I long for day and night? It’s a shame Little Mengling won’t let me touch her now. Once she marries into my Shao Family, I’ll be sure to ’train’ her properly. For now, I’ll have to settle for some wild game to satisfy my cravings."

It was obvious, without even guessing, that this was the voice of Yunzhou City’s infamous degenerate, Shao Jingyun.

Hearing this man associate such vulgar filth with Yun Mengling, Yi Xiaoyao was instantly enraged.

"Right now, allow me to satisfy that craving for you!"

A cold voice rang out, and Shao Jingyun froze.

"Lu, why’d you find me a man! That’s not what I’m into!"

But when Shao Jingyun turned around, he found that Lu Jin had already vanished.

The limping, black-robed youth beside him said doubtfully, "Young Master, that voice... I feel like I’ve heard it somewhere before!"

The words had barely faded when a figure dropped from a tree branch up ahead, landing before the two of them.

"Young Master! It’s him!" the black-robed youth immediately exclaimed, pointing at the figure. "He’s the brat who injured me! You have to get revenge for me!"

This figure was, of course, Yi Xiaoyao.

Hearing the black-robed youth’s words, Shao Jingyun glared furiously at Yi Xiaoyao. "The guy you said was all over Meng Ling... it was this brat?"

"Absolutely! It’s him!" the black-robed youth confirmed with certainty.

Upon hearing this, Shao Jingyun’s rage instantly ignited, and he roared at Yi Xiaoyao.

"Brat, you dare touch my woman? You’re courting death! Today, I’ll hack you, the third wheel who’s gotten between me and Meng Ling, into a thousand pieces!"

Yi Xiaoyao stared coldly at him, a crimson Killing Intent raging around his body.

’Saying Yun Mengling is his woman? Calling me the third wheel?’

’How absurd!’

The next moment, fueled by Yi Xiaoyao’s fury, the surrounding forest spontaneously combusted, and the temperature instantly soared to an extreme.

"Shao Jingyun, is it? Scum like you aren’t even worth the effort of dirtying my hands on. But you touched something you have no right to touch, and for that, the only outcome is death!"

Yi Xiaoyao raised a hand and pointed. A colossal finger of flame, one he had prepared in advance, materialized out of thin air.

This colossal finger of flame was none other than Yi Xiaoyao’s current strongest technique: the Celestial Tier Spiritual Skill, the Eight Desolates Heaven-Burning Finger!

His opponent was, after all, at the seventh level of the Nascent Soul Realm. Without activating his Soul Burning Forbidden Technique, Yi Xiaoyao knew he likely wouldn’t be a match for him in a direct confrontation.

Thus, he unleashed his strongest killing move at once. Combined with the element of surprise, even if Shao Jingyun’s Cultivation were slightly higher, he would have no time to defend.

One Finger Ashes Mountains and Rivers!

The colossal flame finger, both terrifying in size and power, incinerated everything in its path as it shot toward Shao Jingyun with astonishing speed.

"What!"

Shao Jingyun’s expression changed drastically. This attack would be incredibly difficult to handle even under normal circumstances. More importantly, Yi Xiaoyao had prepared this technique in advance, and he had no time to unleash a move powerful enough to counter the heaven-shaking finger.

Still, Shao Jingyun was a Nascent Soul Realm expert, one at the seventh level at that. He instantly stabilized his Heart Spirit and hastily summoned a crystalline blue Spiritual Shield.

Clearly, given Shao Jingyun’s status, a shield he would rely on in such a desperate situation was no ordinary item.

The next moment, the shield erupted with a massive, thick, crystalline blue barrier, enveloping him and the black-robed youth.

BOOM!!

The Eight Desolates Heaven-Burning Finger slammed violently against the barrier. A deafening explosion followed, and the very space and earth trembled.

Ripples spread across the crystalline blue shield, followed immediately by a series of cracks. The Eight Desolates Heaven-Burning Finger was also being rapidly depleted.

The contest between the two energies was decided in the blink of an eye.

CRACK!

The crystalline blue shield shattered at the same time as the Spiritual Shield itself. The remaining force of the Eight Desolates Heaven-Burning Finger incinerated the black-robed youth. Even with a thick layer of Spiritual Power protecting his body, Shao Jingyun was sent flying, vomiting blood.

Seeing this, Yi Xiaoyao’s expression hardened. Shao Jingyun, incredibly, was still alive.

However, the man was now grievously wounded and could no longer cause any trouble.

’This... What kind of Spiritual Skill is this? It broke right through the high-grade, Earth Tier defensive Spiritual Artifact I spent a fortune on!’

Shao Jingyun cried out in disbelief, but his words were cut short.

A dragon-shaped phantom appeared above Shao Jingyun as if by teleportation, before he even hit the ground.

"You don’t need to know what Spiritual Skill it was. All you need to know is that you’re already dead."

Yi Xiaoyao’s frigid voice rang out. Then, with a flash of blood-red light, the Bloodthirsty Sword plunged straight into Shao Jingyun’s throat.

"You..."

Shao Jingyun stared at Yi Xiaoyao with eyes full of unwillingness, but he could no longer make a sound.

As his voice faded, Shao Jingyun’s body crashed to the ground. Yi Xiaoyao stood over the corpse, watching as the Bloodthirsty Sword devoured every last drop of his blood. Just before the light faded completely from Shao Jingyun’s eyes, Yi Xiaoyao gave him a wicked smile.

"Yun Mengling is mine! Anyone who touches her dies!"

With those words, the Bloodthirsty Sword was pulled free with a SWOOSH. The light in Shao Jingyun’s resentful eyes finally faded.

A satisfied smile graced Yi Xiaoyao’s lips.

Now that he had helped Ling’Er completely destroy the marriage contract, he could finally head to the Chaotic Alliance Domain without any worries.

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