Chapter 96

Without a doubt, Ma Xingfeng intended to use the advantage of the Divine Whip to prolong the time, deplete Sima Yan's internal energy, and then deliver a fatal blow when her energy was almost exhausted.

In front of the Divine Whip, Sima Yan was completely unable to release her divine consciousness, and could not capture Ma Xingfeng's next attack route at all. She could only continuously defend with the demon blade to protect herself, thus placing her in an extremely passive position.

"Haha, despicable? To deal with a demoness like you, who everyone can kill, I can use any means without reproach," Ma Xingfeng said with a smug smile, waving the Divine Whip even more vigorously, transforming it into numerous war qi dragons that surged towards Sima Yan.

Sima Yan was greatly alarmed. She was now inside the Flowing Cloud Sect, and if she could not quickly resolve the situation, once the other five elders of the Flowing Cloud Sect were alerted, she would surely die today.

"Go all out!" With this thought, Sima Yan immediately moved, holding the demon blade and charging forward without hesitation. The war qi dragons rushing towards her were swept away by the demon blade, turning into smoke and dissipating in the air.

When she had charged forward for over ten meters, her powerful divine consciousness suddenly spread out, instantly covering a hundred-meter radius around her, locking onto Ma Xingfeng, who was less than five meters to her right.

"Rumble!" As soon as her divine consciousness was released, it was struck by the Divine Whip. Sima Yan's entire consciousness sea was bombarded by countless violent thunderbolts, causing her to see stars and her head to throb painfully. The movement of her demon blade also slowed down significantly.

"Stupid demoness, daring to release divine consciousness in front of the Divine Whip, you truly don't know when to die," Ma Xingfeng said with a sinister laugh, suddenly waving the Divine Whip, sending several more war qi dragons roaring towards Sima Yan.

"Crack!" Due to the slower movement of the demon blade, one of the war qi dragons instantly tore through the air, passing by the right side of the demon blade and striking her heart.

"Bang!" With a deafening sound, Sima Yan's heart suddenly shattered, her eyes instantly dimming, and the powerful aura around her fading like a receding tide.

But before Ma Xingfeng's smug smile could fully fade, Sima Yan moved. The demon blade flew out of her hand, slicing through the air with a "whoosh" and a "crack," instantly passing through Ma Xingfeng's right shoulder.

"Snap!" Ma Xingfeng's entire right arm was severed at the root, along with the Divine Whip he was holding, and fell heavily to the ground.

"Ah!" With his right arm severed, Ma Xingfeng let out a heart-wrenching scream. Before his scream could subside, a strange scene occurred, causing the severely injured Ma Xingfeng's pupils to widen in horror and disbelief.

Sima Yan, whose heart had been shattered, fell heavily to the ground, seemingly dead, but then suddenly leaped up, standing alive as if she had never been injured.

"Swish!" With a wave of her right hand, Ma Xingfeng's fallen Divine Whip and severed right arm were both taken by Sima Yan.

"Boom!" Sima Yan expelled war qi from her palm, turning the right arm into a spray of blood that scattered to the ground. The Divine Whip was quickly stored in her waist storage bag.

"How is this possible? Could you... be..." Seeing Sima Yan come back to life, Ma Xingfeng immediately recalled the terrifying rumor and guessed her identity, shouting in shock.

Before he could finish his sentence, Sima Yan swiftly waved her hand, the demon blade reappeared, raised high, and then fiercely slashed down.

"Whoosh!" The massive demon blade seemed to fall from the sky, instantly tearing through the air, accompanied by a thunderous force, and landed with a heavy impact.

The thick fog above Ma Xingfeng's head was immediately torn apart, clearing the way for the terrifying demon blade, which cut down like the blade of death, aiming for Ma Xingfeng's forehead.

"Help!" At this moment, Ma Xingfeng no longer cared about his dignity and screamed frantically. His voice, filled with war qi energy, quickly echoed throughout the Flowing Cloud Sect, even reaching the five other elders who were in deep seclusion underground.

"Swish!" In his desperate cry for help, Ma Xingfeng did not hesitate to flee to the right, trying to avoid the fatal blow.

"Crack!" In his frantic escape, he managed to narrowly save his life. The demon blade grazed his left shoulder, not cutting him, but the energy from the demon blade left his entire left arm bleeding profusely, a gruesome sight.

"Whoosh!" Sima Yan, not letting up, turned the demon blade and fiercely slashed at Ma Xingfeng's waist, aiming to finish him off.

To save his life, Ma Xingfeng, enduring the pain, tore open the spatial storage in front of him with his remaining left hand, grabbing a black shield and hastily placing it in front of himself without using any energy to activate it.

"Crack!" Although the black shield was a high-grade defensive treasure, without energy activation, it could only provide less than half of its usual defensive power. The demon blade instantly cut it in half.

Ma Xingfeng was terrified, and with another wave of his left hand, he continued to pull out various treasures from his spatial storage, placing them in front of himself without hesitation.

As the demon blade swept through, these high-grade treasures were all reduced to fragments, scattering to the ground.

Seeing this, Ma Xingfeng was overwhelmed with anger and frustration, spitting out a mouthful of blood. These treasures were the result of his years of hard work, collected for future use during the Great Tribulation of the War Emperor, but today, to save his life, they were all destroyed.

But to buy time and wait for the arrival of the other five strong figures of the Flowing Cloud Sect, Ma Xingfeng, despite his pain, took out all the treasures from his spatial storage and stacked them in front of himself, hoping to block the demon blade.

"Crack!" The continuous sound of breaking treasures echoed, but without energy activation, their defensive power was greatly reduced, and they were all reduced to ashes, completely destroyed.

All of this happened in an instant, due to the incredible speed of the demon blade, which was so fast that it was almost indistinguishable to the naked eye.

"Swish!" As the demon blade cut through all the treasures and was less than a meter away from him, Ma Xingfeng was terrified and hastily grabbed the last item from his spatial storage, placing it in front of himself in a panic.

This item was in the shape of a person, it was Lu Tianyu, who had been captured by Ma Xingfeng. At this moment, he was so frightened that he was almost delirious, not even realizing what he had taken out and placed in front of himself.

Unexpectedly, this move worked. Seeing Lu Tianyu blocking the way, Sima Yan's right hand suddenly paused, and the demon blade's sweeping motion stopped, hovering just three inches in front of Lu Tianyu.

Ma Xingfeng was greatly surprised, not understanding why the demoness had suddenly stopped. Upon closer inspection, he realized that the item he had grabbed to block the blade was Lu Tianyu.

"Haha, how foolish of me! The demoness came here today to save someone, and Lu Tianyu must be of great use to her. Therefore, she wouldn't dare to kill him, but it's a pity that my innocent treasures were destroyed..." Ma Xingfeng thought, feeling as if his heart was being torn out.

"Whoosh!" But before Ma Xingfeng could fully recover, the demon blade suddenly changed its trajectory, rising into the air, bypassing Lu Tianyu, and continuing to slash down at Ma Xingfeng.

"Ah! It's coming again!" The terrifying demon blade had become Ma Xingfeng's nightmare. Seeing this, he was almost scared to death and instinctively raised Lu Tianyu high to block the descending demon blade.

"Crack!" But it was too late. The demon blade swiftly cut down from Ma Xingfeng's half-raised left shoulder, severing his entire left arm. Lu Tianyu, held in his left hand, also fell to the ground with the severed arm.

"Swish!" Seeing this, Sima Yan moved her left hand without hesitation, sealing Lu Tianyu's acupoints and grabbing him, while her right hand continued to mercilessly slash at Ma Xingfeng's waist.

"Stop, demoness!" As Ma Xingfeng fled for his life, a powerful, ancient voice suddenly echoed from the sky.

Hearing this voice, Ma Xingfeng clung to it like a lifeline and screamed frantically, "Elder Brother, save me!"

"Whoosh!" As Ma Xingfeng's words fell, a black meteor suddenly streaked through the air, blocking the path of the demon blade.

"Rumble!" With a deafening sound, the demon blade struck the black meteor, and both exploded, dissipating into energy in the air.

The air in front of Ma Xingfeng distorted, and five elders appeared, all with white beards and hair, wearing light golden robes, exuding an aura of authority.

They were the remaining five elders of the Flowing Cloud Sect.

"Brothers, help me kill that demoness..." Ma Xingfeng, seeing this, rushed forward, hiding behind the five elders and screaming again.

"Haha, what a grand scene! I didn't expect that dealing with me alone would alarm all of you old timers. I won't stay to chat, farewell." Before Ma Xingfeng could finish his sentence, Sima Yan laughed and shouted, then moved, instantly disappearing with Lu Tianyu.

"Chase..." The five elders, seeing this, all had their faces darken and quickly pursued Sima Yan in the direction she had fled.

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