Supreme of the Heavenly Realm
Chapter 273 - 270: Mad Demon Life Shortening Pill

Chapter 273: Chapter 270: Mad Demon Life Shortening Pill

Feeling the sudden stab of cold light attacking from behind, Ye Xuan abruptly turned around, and with a flick of his Spiritual Edge Sword, he deflected the cold light away.

The cold light struck a nearby tree trunk with a force, revealing itself to be a poisoned dagger.

"Who’s there?"

Ye Xuan’s brows furrowed as he then directed his gaze toward the front; out of the eerie fog, one male and one female figure emerged.

The two figures were none other than Gu Feiyang and Junior Sister Zhuo Qian.

"It’s you two."

Ye Xuan’s pupils contracted slightly, and his expression darkened a little.

"How does it feel, quite unexpected?"

Junior Sister Zhuo Qian stared at Ye Xuan with fierce eyes, her gaze twisted with a trace of murderous intent, "When you humiliated me in public, did you ever think how I would feel? You bastard trampled on my dignity. Only with your death can the hatred in my heart be extinguished."

Hearing these words, Ye Xuan inwardly sighed. He had not intended to humiliate Zhuo Qian initially, merely hoping she would reform. Unexpectedly, his restraint not only failed to have any effect but had caused Zhuo Qian to hate him to the bone.

"Junior Sister Zhuo, Ye Xuan has, after all, helped us a lot along the way. Why not let him apologize and admit his wrongs, and we can consider this matter resolved?" Gu Feiyang said from the side.

"No, I must kill him. What, didn’t you always say you liked me? Then follow the plan and kill him for me! If you can kill him, I’ll accept you."

Junior Sister Zhuo Qian’s gaze was cold and sharp as she stared at Gu Feiyang.

Hearing these words from Junior Sister Zhuo Qian, Brother Gu took a deep breath and then a cold look appeared in his eyes. He produced a blood-red pill and swallowed it in one gulp.

Seeing Gu Feiyang swallow the pill, Junior Sister Zhuo Qian’s lips curled into a somewhat twisted, delighted smile.

Crack crack snap!

The sound of bones bursting came from Gu Feiyang’s body, as veins and muscles bulged out, and his skin displayed an eerie blood-red color.

At the same time, Gu Feiyang’s aura became wildly violent, his cultivation unexpectedly broke through the Third Grade Martial Sect level, reaching the Fourth Grade level. His combat power and True Qi all rose a notch.

"It’s the Mad Demon Life Shortening Pill, it requires the sacrifice of twenty years of life and the depletion of the body’s potential to raise one’s cultivation by one stage temporarily, unleashing the latent power of the body and achieving considerably increased combat ability."

Seeing Gu Feiyang’s significantly altered aura, Ye Xuan’s expression changed subtly. The Mad Demon Life Shortening Pill was an extremely vicious pill that was almost taboo within the Sects, as consuming it would greatly shorten one’s lifespan and affect one’s potential. The disciples of major Sects were strictly forbidden from using it, and only some Elders with exhausted potential and nearing the end of life had entitlement to such pills.

This Mad Demon Life Shortening Pill had been stealthily obtained by Zhuo Qian from her master, an Elder of the Xuanbing Mansion.

What Ye Xuan didn’t expect was that for Zhuo Qian, Gu Feiyang would take the Mad Demon Life Shortening Pill so decisively.

"Ye Xuan, to rid Junior Sister Zhuo of her Heart Demon, I must kill you. I hope you won’t blame me."

Brother Gu raised his battle saber, pointing it at Ye Xuan. His demeanor was crazed and bloodthirsty, filled with murder, yet he retained a sliver of reason.

"Perhaps killing me is not a good idea."

Ye Xuan looked at the increasingly frenzied Brother Gu and silently shook his head. That Gu Feiyang would go to such lengths for such a woman seemed utterly worthless.

"Enough talk, prepare to die!"

Under the time limitation of the Mad Demon Life Shortening Pill, Brother Gu had no intention of wasting words with Ye Xuan and directly slashed his saber down at him.

Clang!

Ye Xuan’s sword scabbard came up to block the saber light, yet he was still driven back four or five steps.

Gu Feiyang, having taken the Mad Demon Life Shortening Pill, had greatly increased in strength and was no longer the opponent who could be easily restrained back in the Martial Arts Plaza.

"Ice Stone Shatter!"

Brother Gu roared, his hair wild in the air. A succession of oval frost layers burst from his bronze-colored battle saber, creating a dense array of ice crystals in the air. With the saber light, coldness erupted, gathering on the blade as he slashed out.

Crack crack!

The saber light landed on the ground, extending at a visible speed where it landed. A crack appeared, and the icy saber light froze the ground, spreading quickly towards Ye Xuan.

With a clang, Ye Xuan pulled out the Spiritual Edge Sword and viciously thrust it into the ground in front of him. The Sword Qi burst forth, dispersing the encroaching saber light from Gu Feiyang.

However, in that instant, a trace of chilliness followed the blade of the Spiritual Edge Sword and attacked Ye Xuan’s arm, instantly covering his hand with a layer of frost and leaving his nerves numb.

Swoosh!

Seizing the opportunity, Brother Gu slashed diagonally toward Ye Xuan’s neck. The saber light seemed to extend a fraction, shimmering coldly. If it struck Ye Xuan—mere touch would be enough to seal his throat with blood.

Ye Xuan’s pupils contracted, and he suddenly pushed off the ground with his feet, his form drifting backward to dodge the vicious saber light.

"Good, Brother Gu, press on and kill him!"

Junior Sister Zhuo Qian’s eyes lit up, delighted to see Gu Feiyang seemingly gaining the upper hand, with a harsh glint flashing in her eyes, desperate for Gu Feiyang to kill Ye Xuan right then and there.

Brother Gu’s expression turned cold, as he slashed his saber again in a diagonal arc. Its blue, frosty breath turned into saber light, fiercely assaulting Ye Xuan’s face.

Whoosh!

At that moment, on Ye Xuan’s arm, a layer of deep red flame suddenly ignited, the Molten Lava Earth Core Fire rapidly spread over the blade as if setting the entire treasured sword ablaze, and then with a swing in mid-air, the fiery glow merged with the Sword Qi, colliding violently with the chilly blade light.

Boom!

Ice and fire are incompatible, as the blade light and sword shadow collided, they immediately exploded, causing the rocks on the ground to suddenly rise, forming a destructive storm.

After the storm, just as Gu Feiyang was about to deliver another strike, a sword light, with inconceivable speed, shot towards him, carrying an extremely fierce fluctuation.

His expression changing, Gu Feiyang hastily brought up his blade to block, but the next moment the sword, as if with its own sentience, suddenly changed direction, slicing into the underside of the blade, and sent the ancient bronze treasured sword flying away.

Pfft!

The Sword Qi soared like a rainbow, slicing through Gu Feiyang’s tendons, and blood immediately spurted out like a fountain.

Yet Gu Feiyang had no intention of giving up; he wanted to retrieve his treasured sword and continue the fight. However, Ye Xuan turned around and struck Gu Feiyang’s shoulder with the flat of the blade, sending him kneeling to the ground.

"I’ve lost, go ahead and kill me."

Gu Feiyang was completely defeated by Ye Xuan, and with a sigh, he closed his eyes.

However, Ye Xuan had no intention of killing him. The Spiritual Edge Sword moved away from him, and then his gaze landed on Zhuo Qian, "The person who should die is not you, it’s her."

Ye Xuan slowly approached Zhuo Qian.

"No, don’t harm Junior Sister Zhuo."

Gu Feiyang’s expression changed drastically, he wanted to rush to stop Ye Xuan, but with a flick of his sleeve, Ye Xuan sent him flying once more.

"I spared your life in the hope that you would mend your ways, but instead of showing any remorse, you’ve only become more outrageous."

A cold light flashed in Ye Xuan’s eyes.

"Ye Xuan, don’t play the good guy here, you hypocrite," said Zhuo Qian with a cold voice as she suddenly lashed out, thrusting her sword straight at Ye Xuan.

With the sword light flashing chaotically in his eyes, Ye Xuan didn’t even look as he struck diagonally with his sword, knocking Zhuo Qian’s long sword flying away.

"Die!"

Her long sword knocked aside, three Poison Needles shot from Zhuo Qian’s left hand, striking towards Ye Xuan.

"Obstinate ignorance."

Ye Xuan created a flurry of sword flowers, effortlessly blocking the three Poison Needles, then landed a palm on Zhuo Qian’s shoulder.

Thud!

The powerful Palm Force broke Zhuo Qian’s shoulder bone, fresh blood spewed from her mouth as she was sent flying backwards, crashing to the ground.

Ye Xuan positioned his sword at Zhuo Qian’s neck, "You and your sister, you don’t just differ in appearance, your character is far worse."

Zhuo Yanyun was just haughty and proud, albeit not fundamentally bad, but Zhuo Qian, her very heart was rotten, and beyond redemption.

"Ye Xuan, give her another chance to reform, rest assured, I will keep a close eye on her, and make sure she won’t threaten you again."

At that moment, Gu Feiyang stumbled towards Ye Xuan, seeing his indifferent expression, his eyes flashed, and he bit his lip saying, "I will cripple her Cultivation, so she’ll never be able to threaten you again. If you kill her, it wouldn’t be easy to explain to Senior Sister Zhuo."

"Fine."

Ye Xuan considered, if he personally killed Zhuo Qian, he would indeed find it difficult to face Zhuo Yanyun, even though he wanted nothing to do with Zhuo Yanyun. Crippling Zhuo Qian’s Cultivation was as good as killing her.

Sheathing the Spiritual Edge Sword, Ye Xuan looked at Gu Feiyang and shook his head silently, "Live with the consequences of your actions," he said, then turned to leave.

However, before he had gone far, he heard the sound of flesh being pierced from behind that instantly changed his expression, and he spun around to look, within his field of vision, there was a sword thrust through the heart of Gu Feiyang, who lay dead with eyes wide open.

Gu Feiyang’s eyes were bulged out, not believing until his death that the woman before him had killed him.

"You actually killed him?"

A hint of shock flashed in Ye Xuan’s eyes, Gu Feiyang had gone to such lengths, and yet Zhuo Qian had personally taken action to kill him?

"He actually thought of crippling my Cultivation, once I’m crippled, how can I live in this world, where all the lowly would mock me? He doesn’t have the right to decide my fate, he deserves to die," Zhuo Qian said with a ferocious look on her face.

"You’re insane."

Ye Xuan’s eyes were cold as he pinched his fingers and pointed towards Zhuo Qian’s Dantian.

With a "puff" sound, Zhuo Qian’s Qi Sea was shattered, and she kneeled on the ground.

"Without your Cultivation, you’re nothing but a cripple. You won’t live beyond a few hours in the Suspended Air Secret Realm. Fend for yourself."

Ye Xuan didn’t want to give the woman another glance and left straight away.

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