Chapter 272: You’ll Die Before Me

Chapter 272: Chapter 272: You’ll Die Before Me

High above, Yuan Lie was unleashing a frenzied assault on Little Hei, who had transformed into a giant ape.

But Little Hei was only a Fourth-Tier Demon Beast. While it could contend with an ordinary expert at the First Realm of Nascent Soul Transformation, it stood no chance of victory against someone like Yuan Lie, who cultivated Golden Killing Qi and had transformed into the Golden Demon Body while also being at the First Realm.

Thus, under Yuan Lie’s ferocious assault, Little Hei could only passively take a beating.

But even though Yuan Lie held the absolute upper hand, he was still incredibly frustrated. No matter how many times he sent the Black Ape flying, it would always return to entangle him.

The more Yuan Lie fought, the angrier he became, and his attacks grew increasingly vicious. Even with Little Hei’s tough Demon Body and extremely high defense, it was pummeled until its flesh was torn and it was drenched in blood.

But it held on, absolutely refusing to let Yuan Lie interfere with Yi Xiaoyao.

"You beast! Even more despicable than your master! Let’s see just how much of a beating you can take!"

Yuan Lie roared repeatedly, but in the next moment, he heard the Right Protector’s bloodcurdling scream. He witnessed the Right Protector being annihilated by Yi Xiaoyao and, what’s more, saw Yi Xiaoyao himself, wreathed in an astonishing Sword Aura, rocketing toward him.

’This guy... he actually killed the Right Protector!’

In an instant, Yuan Lie’s face filled with terror as a bone-deep chill shot up his spine and through his entire body.

Originally, Yuan Lie had been intent on killing Yi Xiaoyao, completely certain of his victory.

But now, not only had Yi Xiaoyao turned the tables and killed the Right Protector, but Yuan Lie himself was now in the desperate position of being hunted.

"Hurry up and stop this madman!"

The terrified Yuan Lie desperately roared the command at the experts watching from a short distance away.

However, the experts all wore troubled expressions. Not a single one of them stepped forward.

’Are you kidding? Even the Right Protector died at Yi Xiaoyao’s hands. In the entire Primordial Evil Alliance, only the Left Protector and the Alliance Leader could contend with him. Who would be willing to step forward just to die?’

Seeing Yi Xiaoyao rushing over, Little Hei put all its effort into tying down Yuan Lie and let out a booming, mocking laugh.

Unable to break free and mocked by Little Hei, Yuan Lie was both anxious and furious. With a furious roar, he unleashed his full power, sending Little Hei flying several hundred yards with a single punch.

Little Hei, already heavily injured, could no longer withstand such an attack. It crashed straight into a distant mansion, causing it to collapse, and was buried under the rubble, falling completely silent.

Upon seeing this, the fury and Killing Intent of Yi Xiaoyao, who was wreathed in Sword Aura, erupted to the heavens.

"Yuan Lie! Time to die!"

A demonic, life-reaping cry erupted from his lips as his speed increased explosively.

The cry scared Yuan Lie out of his wits, and he turned to flee.

But in the next moment, his face lit up with joy, and he cried out as if he had just seen his salvation.

"Father, save me!"

Yuan Lie’s gaze was fixed on the sky in the distance, where an incomparably brilliant golden light was streaking toward him from the direction of the headquarters.

The surrounding experts in the air all cried out in alarm.

"The Alliance Leader is here!"

"Now Yi Xiaoyao is a dead man for sure!"

Indeed, the rapidly approaching golden light was none other than the Leader of the Primordial Evil Alliance, Yuan Chou.

Yi Xiaoyao had sensed his arrival as well, and his brow furrowed deeply upon feeling Yuan Chou’s aura.

’Yuan Chou, ranked eleventh on the Chaos Alliance List, with a Cultivation at the Ninth Realm of Nascent Soul Transformation!’

No matter how arrogant Yi Xiaoyao was, he would never delude himself into thinking he could contend with an expert of that caliber.

But even so, the Killing Intent radiating from him did not diminish in the slightest, and his eyes remained locked on his target up ahead.

"Yuan Lie, even if God himself came today, you would still die!"

As Yi Xiaoyao’s chilling voice rang out, the blood-drinking sword in his hand erupted with an ultimate Slaughter Qi.

’If Yuan Lie hadn’t obstructed me at every turn, would I have ended up in this situation? I probably would have secured the Secret Collection and left safely long ago.’

’And just three days ago, Yuan Lie even set a trap, intending to use the Earth Return Alliance’s Di Village to have me killed.’

’Therefore, I must kill this man today!’

"Who dares kill my son, Yuan Lie!"

Yuan Chou was about to arrive. His roar was laced with immense Spiritual Power, causing everyone who heard it to be sent reeling, coughing up blood.

Hearing Yuan Chou’s voice, Yuan Lie’s heart settled. Seeing that Yi Xiaoyao still intended to kill him, his earlier panic vanished, and he let out a fearless sneer.

"Yi Xiaoyao, with my father here, you can’t kill me, even with your heaven-defying abilities!"

As he spoke, Yuan Lie laughed smugly. "And I’m going to watch my father slowly crush you to death, just like an ant!"

Under the circumstances, with Yuan Chou’s level of Cultivation, he could indeed reach Yuan Lie’s side to protect him before Yi Xiaoyao could.

But Yuan Lie had forgotten one extremely crucial factor.

Namely, that Yi Xiaoyao had mastered an advanced Celestial Tier Body Technique: the Celestial Fire Illusion Body.

Hearing Yuan Lie’s laughter, Yi Xiaoyao simply let out a chilling snort.

"Is that so? You want to watch me die? You won’t get the chance. Because next..."

Before he could finish his sentence.

The next instant.

Several flame clones appeared at almost the exact same moment, each spanning a distance of a thousand yards from the next.

In the blink of an eye, Yi Xiaoyao used his Celestial Fire Illusion Body, swapping places with the flame clones in a continuous series of Instant Illusions. His figure flickered several times, instantly crossing several thousand yards to appear right in front of Yuan Lie.

"Because next, you’re going to die before I do!"

The demonic voice, as if from the depths of hell, came from Yi Xiaoyao, who was now less than ten feet away from Yuan Lie.

"What!?"

The smug smile from a moment ago was still frozen on Yuan Lie’s face, but as he stared at Yi Xiaoyao, who had appeared out of thin air, he found he could no longer smile.

Because before he even had time to react, his head had already been severed from his neck!

"When I want you dead, not even the sky falling can stop me!"

Yi Xiaoyao watched Yuan Lie’s lifeless body fall, speaking with indifference.

"Heavens, Yi Xiaoyao actually killed Yuan Lie!"

"Under those circumstances, he didn’t flee! Instead, he raced against the Alliance Leader for time and speed and took Yuan Lie’s head!"

"This Yi Xiaoyao is terrifying! If he manages to survive today, we must never, ever provoke him in the future!"

All the experts who witnessed this scene turned pale with shock, utterly horrified by Yi Xiaoyao’s madness.

Just then, a roar that seemed to set the sky on fire, accompanied by a heaven-storming Killing Intent, instantly enveloped Yi Xiaoyao.

"You little bastard! You killed my son! I will tear you to a million pieces!"

Having personally witnessed Yi Xiaoyao behead his son, Yuan Chou’s eyes nearly split from rage, and he became like a maddened beast.

Yuan Chou immediately unleashed his full power, striking out with a colossal hand that brimmed with monstrous Qi. It instantly blotted out the sun, sealing off all of Yi Xiaoyao’s escape routes as it descended from the sky to crush him in its furious grasp.

If that colossal hand were to grasp shut, the entire Primordial Evil Alliance headquarters and everything for miles around would be utterly annihilated.

This was the terrifying power of the Ninth Realm of Nascent Soul Transformation.

Beneath this colossal hand, Yi Xiaoyao felt as insignificant as an ant, completely powerless to resist.

His Celestial Fire Illusion Body, from the earlier fight with the Right Protector and the pursuit of Yuan Lie, was already approaching the maximum number of times he could use it in a short period. It wasn’t nearly enough to let him escape the area covered by the colossal palm.

Yi Xiaoyao had no path of retreat, nowhere to run!

’Am I going to die here?’

He muttered to himself, but how could he possibly be resigned to such a fate?

’I promised Ling’Er I would marry her. I said I would become the strongest man in the world. I haven’t done any of those things yet, so how can I possibly die in a place like this!’

At this moment of life and death, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Yi Xiaoyao, and a resolute look appeared in his eyes.

’If I don’t want to die, then I’ll have to snatch life from the jaws of death!’

The next moment, Yi Xiaoyao suddenly shot toward Yuan Chou.

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