Chapter 729: Joining Forces

“Strike!”

Yang Xiao moved.

He made his move while the crowd was still stunned by the Immortal Monarch’s body in his hands.

The Bloodthirsty Divine Sword in his hand slashed out.

It freed Nangong Tianling from Tianyi Immortal Venerable’s bindings.

The strike severed the power Tianyi Immortal Venerable had cast upon her. At the same time, with a casual flick, he sent the woman flying toward Yun’Er and Nangong Yin.

The very instant she landed,

A rift tore open behind Nangong Yin and Yun’Er.

It was the entrance to the Inner Realm of the Emperor’s Weapon, the Profound Sun Tower.

Yang Xiao’s voice followed immediately.

“Get in, quickly!”

His urgent voice and the perilous situation gave Nangong Tianling and the others no time to think or hesitate. They instinctively obeyed and entered the rift.

The entrance then snapped shut.

Yang Xiao instantly breathed a sigh of relief.

‘Now that they’re gone, it’s time for my slaughter fest.’

As for whether he might accidentally injure the people from Star God Academy,

Yang Xiao didn’t give it much thought.

He could only do his best.

So, after doing all this, while most of the crowd had yet to react,

Yang Xiao struck.

His first move was to plunge his sword into Xuyang Immortal Monarch’s Immortal Body. He had previously extinguished the man’s life force and drained his Immortal Dao Will, but he hadn’t allowed the Bloodthirsty Divine Sword to absorb his Immortal Body.

His goal,

was naturally to intimidate the crowd and find an opportunity to rescue Nangong Tianling.

And now,

since she was safe, everything else would be much easier.

With the Bloodthirsty Divine Sword and the activated Divine General Talisman, Yang Xiao’s true power was definitely at the level of a Tier One God King—and a top-tier one at that.

In other words,

even without the boost from his own innate talent, he was a top genius capable of fighting four Tiers above his own.

Although at least half a tier of that came from the Bloodthirsty Divine Sword, it was still enough to be proud of.

Once Yang Xiao’s true cultivation reached the level of Divine General Peak, his combat strength would likely be able to contend with even Third and Fourth Tier God Kings.

It might even be more terrifying than that.

With this in mind,

the many Immortal Venerables and Immortal Marquises present were nothing more than chickens and ducks waiting to be slaughtered in Yang Xiao’s eyes.

Aside from a Half-Step Immortal Monarch like Tianyi Immortal Venerable, who would take some effort to deal with, none of the others—not even Earth One Immortal Venerable, the closest in power to Tianyi—could likely withstand a single all-out strike from him.

This was especially true now, with many of the Immortal Venerables and Immortal Marquises yet to react.

Only a few of the stronger Immortal Venerable Peak experts had snapped out of their stupor. But even then, most of them had no idea what to do.

If Xuyang Immortal Monarch were still alive,

they wouldn’t have to think. Their first objective would undoubtedly be to capture Yang Xiao and force him to hand over the Space Divine Artifact he’d used to hide their target, Nangong Tianling.

But now that Xuyang Immortal Monarch was dead,

things were different.

They didn’t know whether to continue with the mission.

And at that moment,

Yang Xiao began his slaughter.

In the blink of an eye, he had already killed seven full squads.

Over sixty Immortal Venerables and Immortal Marquises had fallen at his hand.

What was even more terrifying,

was that whether it was Xuyang Immortal Monarch, who had been stabbed by Yang Xiao earlier, or the people he slaughtered afterward,

it seemed their Immortal Bodies were all being absorbed by the Divine Sword in his hand.

This discovery

caused the expressions of many Immortal Venerables and Immortal Marquises present to change drastically.

But what was even more frightening was something else.

Normally, the greatest advantage of being an Immortal Cultivator was that you couldn’t truly die.

Unless a world-shaking Great Power took action, few could ever extinguish their Immortal Dao Will. As long as their Immortal Dao Will existed, they had a chance to cultivate again.

But just now,

with the sixty-plus people slain by this brat,

it seemed no Immortal Dao Will had escaped. Some of the more powerful Immortal Venerables even sensed that while some Immortal Dao Wills had tried to flee, they were ultimately sucked into the attacker’s body.

Within his body,

there seemed to be a terrifying black hole, devouring these escaping Immortal Dao Wills.

Even worse,

some Immortal Venerables who were closer could feel this suction force.

It wasn’t particularly powerful,

at least not enough to forcibly pull the Immortal Dao Will from their bodies while their Immortal Bodies were still intact. However, this revelation was still enough to strike fear into many hearts.

‘Do we flee? Or do we fight?’

Some of them hesitated, weighing their options.

These people wanted to escape.

But they were worried and afraid.

They weren’t the strongest among the group; in fact, they were arguably the weakest.

Right now, with so many experts present,

including the likes of Tianyi Immortal Venerable and Earth One Immortal Venerable, none had made a move.

How could they dare to flee on their own?

If they were to be held accountable after this was all over, it would not end well for them.

After all,

at this moment, aside from a few Immortal Venerable Level experts who could sense that the slain cultivators’ Immortal Dao Wills were being devoured, these weaker ones had not sensed it.

To outsiders, the Immortal Dao Will was something they found difficult to destroy.

But within the Immortal Realm, destroying it was much simpler.

Therefore,

they were more afraid of their fellow Immortal Cultivators.

They weren’t as afraid of Martial Cultivators.

If killed by a Martial Cultivator, they still had a chance to cultivate again.

But if killed by an Immortal Cultivator, that wasn’t necessarily the case.

It was possible that even their Immortal Dao Will would be extinguished.

Because of this,

these weakest ones, the ones most desperate to flee, lost their final chance.

They were cut down by Yang Xiao, one by one.

As for those who remained,

they had other ideas.

They didn’t want to flee.

On the contrary,

they wanted to kill Yang Xiao without hesitation.

Firstly,

to complete the mission.

Because they were powerful, they were well aware that this mission hadn’t been issued by Xuyang Immortal Monarch, but by Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch, one of the Ten Great Immortal Monarchs.

Even with Xuyang Immortal Monarch dead,

they could still receive immense benefits upon completion.

They might even earn the favor of Yuan Yang Immortal Monarch, which was a far more tempting prospect than anything they could have gotten while Xuyang Immortal Monarch was alive.

Secondly,

as Yang Xiao killed, the Divine Soldier in his hand naturally caught their eyes.

How could these people not see that it was a special Divine Soldier, comparable to an Upper-Grade Divine Weapon, perhaps even more precious?

It could devour all the power of those it killed.

The mere thought of it made their hearts race with excitement.

They knew that any such Divine Soldier would have a feedback ability.

In other words,

a portion of the devoured power would be fed back to the wielder.

A Divine Soldier like that

was absolutely the rarest of all special Divine Soldiers.

How could they not want it?

The reason they hadn’t acted yet

was simply because

Yang Xiao’s demonstrated strength was not weak.

Furthermore, they couldn’t work together in good faith. After all, there was only one mission to complete and only one Divine Soldier to claim.

No one wanted to be the first to act,

only to pave the way for someone else to reap the rewards.

As for the weaker squads, they were secretly glad to see them die.

It saved them the trouble of getting in the way and ruining their plans.

However,

in the time it took for them to hesitate and observe,

these powerful Immortal Venerable squads soon discovered

that the originally considerable number of people had been reduced by more than half in an instant.

Nearly thirty squads

had fallen to Yang Xiao’s sword.

A strong team like the Yellow Team was even annihilated in an instant.

And at this point,

they finally felt fear.

The leading Immortal Venerables of each squad began to communicate rapidly, reaching an agreement.

They finally decided

to join forces and kill Yang Xiao first.

Everything else could be discussed later.

Instantly,

the three remaining major squads, along with a dozen or so secondary squads,

finally united.

In an instant, they formed an Immortal Array.

It pressed down on Yang Xiao.

At the same time, the last few squads finally arrived and immediately integrated themselves into the Immortal Array.

In a flash, a terrifying Immortal Array of over two hundred people was formed.

Its aura grew even stronger.

With such power,

even a Tier Two God King would likely not dare to confront it head-on.

And seeing this scene,

Yang Xiao, who had been completely calm until now,

saw his expression change in an instant!

But the Immortal Array, under the leadership of the three major squads,

showed no mercy as it closed in on him.

The power of more than two hundred people condensed together,

transforming into a terrifying Divine Dragon.

It lunged toward Yang Xiao, ready to kill!