Chapter 54

"Boom..."

A massive sword beam, like a cannonball, suddenly struck Yang Dingtian's chest.

"Bang..." Yang Dingtian's body flew out dozens of meters as if he were a straw.

"Puff..." In mid-air, Yang Dingtian opened his mouth and spat out a jet of blood.

Yang Qi leaped into the air, aiming at the flying Yang Dingtian, and delivered another fierce slash in the air.

"Slap..." The fiery red sword beam struck Yang Dingtian's chest again.

Yang Dingtian, already in the air, spat out another mouthful of blood and was thrown back dozens of meters.

Then, he fell to the ground with a thud, splashing up dust and debris, rolling for several meters, covered in blood, and lay motionless.

"Ha ha..." Yang Qi laughed loudly, landed, and slowly walked over.

"Killing you is so simple, isn't it?"

As he approached Yang Dingtian, the strange red color on Yang Qi's face gradually faded, turning pale. At this moment, his inner mystic energy was almost depleted.

He walked to Yang Dingtian's side and lightly kicked him, but there was no response.

Yang Dingtian's blood had soaked the ground.

Yang Qi slowly raised his sharp sword, pressed it against Yang Dingtian's neck, and sneered, "Rest assured, I will take good care of Ximen Yan. Her cultivation has been regressing, while I have been rapidly advancing. I believe I will soon surpass her, and then I can fulfill my childhood dream. I have always dreamed of tasting this young face with a large (chest), the first beauty of the northwest."

After saying this, Yang Qi raised his sword high and aimed it at Yang Dingtian's neck, then slashed down.

He not only wanted to kill Yang Dingtian but also to decapitate him.

"Clang!" Suddenly, a broken sword blocked Yang Qi's descending sword.

Then, in Yang Qi's horrified gaze, the unconscious Yang Dingtian suddenly opened his eyes and gave him a mocking smile.

"Ah..." Yang Qi let out a terrified scream and immediately turned to flee, as his mystic energy was completely depleted.

But it was too late.

Yang Dingtian's body suddenly sprang up from the ground, and the broken sword flew from his hand.

"Whoosh..." The broken sword shot out like lightning, piercing Yang Qi's back and impaling him completely.

After the strike, Yang Dingtian, who had sprung up, pounced forward like a fierce tiger, grabbed Yang Qi's neck, and pulled out the broken sword from his back.

"Ah..." Yang Qi let out a惨叫.

"Thud, thud, thud, thud, thud..."

Holding Yang Qi's neck to prevent him from escaping, Yang Dingtian quickly stabbed his back with over a dozen sword strikes.

Each strike spurted blood, each one was excruciating.

"Ah..." Yang Qi screamed in terror.

After twenty strikes, Yang Qi's body was a bloody mess, like a pile of mud.

Yang Dingtian forcefully pressed Yang Qi to his knees, then placed the broken sword against his neck.

"I have the Deep Sea Mystic Robe, how could your mere mystic energy sword harm me? Even without the Deep Sea Mystic Robe, I am the Nine Yang Mystic Vein, capable of withstanding Zhu Hongxue's palm, let alone your mere sword qi," Yang Dingtian sneered. "If you had fled just now, I would have been helpless against you, but you foolishly tried to use a pill to overdraw your mystic energy to kill me. You truly sought your own death."

Yang Qi knelt on the ground, his body dripping with blood, cold and trembling.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me, brother-in-law, don't kill me," Yang Qi weakly cried. "Yan Yan is my cousin, you are my brother-in-law, don't kill me!"

Yang Dingtian shook his head. "I can't find a reason not to kill you. If it were just offending me, it would be one thing, but you openly spoke of harming Yan Yan and having improper thoughts about her. I won't allow a venomous snake to stay by her side."

"Brother-in-law, please don't kill me. It wasn't me who wanted to kill you, but someone else who ordered me to. He promised that if I killed you, he would give me Yan Yan for a night and make me the commander of the Black Blood Cavalry," Yang Qi trembled.

Yang Dingtian's face changed, and he raged, "Who? Is it Tang Li?"

"No, not Tang Li, he is just his lackey," Yang Qi said. "It's Qin Shaobai. He is about to come to Cloud Peak City to become the city lord. Because you are the designated successor of Ximen Wuyan, he ordered us to kill you before he arrives."

"Qin Shaobai? Who is he? What qualifies him to be the city lord of Cloud Peak City?" Yang Dingtian asked.

"He is the third son of the Northwest Qin family and also the nephew of Elder Yang Yan. However, a few days ago, he was expelled from Northwest Qin City for a mistake, and he and his mother, Yang Shishi, were sent back to Cloud Peak City. He has now changed his name to Yang Shaobai," Yang Qi said.

"Good strategy, good plan," Yang Dingtian sneered.

Indeed, it was a good plan to usurp the nest.

The Northwest Qin family, one of the dominant forces in the world. Among the three sects, nine gates, and twenty-seven schools, it ranks among the top nine gates.

Compared to Cloud Peak City, it is a true dominant force, with a territory spanning three thousand miles.

Before Ximen Wuyan's legendary battle at sea, the head of the Northwest Qin family was always recognized as the first expert of the Western Continent, ranking among the top five absolute experts in the world.

In terms of true strength, the Northwest Qin family is several times stronger than Cloud Peak City. It has no less than three or four grandmasters, while Cloud Peak City has only Ximen Wuyan.

The person Ximen Wuyan feared most in the entire Northwest Continent was the head of the Northwest Qin family, an absolutely unfathomable hero.

Over the years, the open and covert struggles between Ximen Wuyan and the Northwest Qin family have never stopped. Ximen Wuyan relentlessly suppressed the Yang faction in Cloud Peak City and supported the three outstanding adopted sons, Ximen Ju, Ximen Lie, and Ximen Nu, to sideline the Elder Council. The Northwest Qin family, on the other hand, secretly supported the Yang faction and had many marriages with the Yang family.

As long as Ximen Wuyan was around, the Northwest Qin family never dared to use overt means against Cloud Peak City.

Now that Ximen Wuyan is gone, the Northwest Qin family has immediately shown its ferocious fangs.

Qin Shaobai's arrival in Cloud Peak City immediately put him in a position of supreme authority. With the support of the Northwest Qin family, a massive force, and the backing of the Elder Council led by Yang Yan, the position of Cloud Peak City Lord seemed to be within easy reach.

"Brother-in-law, I've told you everything, spare me, spare me!" Yang Qi collapsed on the ground, weakly crying.

Seeing Yang Dingtian's expression change, Yang Qi coldly said, "I am a member of the Yang family, I am Qin Shaobai's cousin. If you kill me, they will tear you to pieces. Spare my life, and perhaps I can plead for you in front of Qin Shaobai and save your life."

Yang Dingtian said calmly, "You are overthinking it."

Then, Yang Dingtian asked, "How old are you?"

"Seventeen!" Yang Qi trembled.

"So young..." Yang Dingtian sighed. "But I have no choice, I'm sorry!"

"Swish..." Yang Dingtian suddenly slashed down with his sword.

"Ah..." Yang Qi's terrified scream was cut short as blood spurted out, and his handsome head was severed, rolling on the ground.

"I told you too much, and you openly spoke of harming Yan Yan, so you must die," Yang Dingtian said calmly.

Looking at Yang Qi's severed body and the shock on his face that had not yet faded, Yang Dingtian sighed and shook his head.

Killing is not my intention, but I have no choice!

...

The pride of heaven, Qin Shaobai, right? Let's meet, and I'll see how arrogant you are.

Yang Yan, betraying the ancestral legacy, deserves death!

The Elder Council, fawning to the enemy, selling out Cloud Peak City to outsiders, deserves death!

Yang Dingtian grabbed Yang Qi's head with one hand and carried his body with the other, walking forward.

Not to bury him, but to throw him into the abyss. This way, his body would quickly be melted by the lava, and Yang Qi would completely disappear from the world.

At this moment, the entire trial wilderness was deserted, and no one saw Yang Dingtian kill. As long as he thoroughly destroyed the evidence, Yang Dingtian would have almost no suspicion, as everyone saw him as a waste, a madman, how could he possibly kill a five-star apprentice warrior like Yang Qi?

After walking a few hundred meters, the deep, bottomless abyss was ahead, with blood-red lava surging below. Despite the distance of several kilometers, a scorching and terrifying energy was spreading upward.

Yang Dingtian lightly threw Yang Qi's head down.

Then, he pushed his body down as well.

Several seconds later.

"Puff..." Yang Qi's body fell into the lava, splashing a bit of blood-red liquid, and a puff of smoke rose.

A moment later, Yang Qi's body was completely burned away, disappearing from the world.

...

"Phew..." Yang Dingtian relaxed and collapsed on the ground.

He had killed the Flame Demon Wolf and then Yang Qi.

At this moment, Yang Dingtian was covered in wounds, his body a bloody mess.

He slowly closed his eyes, preparing to rest for a moment before taking a healing pill.

Suddenly, Yang Dingtian smelled a rich and enticing fragrance, like the scent of a flower, but much stronger.

Strangely, after smelling this fragrance, his body felt light, as if he were about to fly.

Moreover, the pain in his body quickly diminished and even disappeared.

How strange, this strange fragrance actually had such an effect.

"Master, what is this? It's so fragrant and magical," Yang Dingtian asked in his mind.

Dongfang Niemo said, "Look around the cliff, there should be a flower nearby."

Yang Dingtian looked down and indeed saw a beautiful flower blooming a hundred meters below the cliff, blooming visibly.

The flower was constantly changing colors as it bloomed.

It had no leaves, only a fiery red stem. It had six petals, unlike any flower Yang Dingtian had seen before, but it was truly beautiful and dreamlike, a mysterious and beautiful flower he had never seen.

"This is the Soul-Binding Orchid, used to refine the Soul-Binding Pill. It blooms for less than half an hour," Dongfang Niemo said.

"Is it valuable?" Yang Dingtian asked.

"Very valuable. In terms of price, a Soul-Binding Orchid is more expensive than a Blood Black Gold," Dongfang Niemo said. "But it's not very useful to you."

"I'll pick it and give it to Ximen Ningning to refine a pill as a thank-you gift for her help," Yang Dingtian said.

Then, he climbed down the cliff to pick the Soul-Binding Orchid.

"Be careful, get away quickly..." Dongfang Niemo said.

Yang Dingtian was startled, didn't ask why, and quickly abandoned the Soul-Binding Orchid, climbing up as fast as he could.

"It's too late..." Dongfang Niemo sighed. "I should have known that where there is a Soul-Binding Orchid, there must be a Wind Shadow Demon Snake."

Yang Dingtian turned slightly and indeed saw a snake, four to five meters long, gradually revealing its form, fierce and terrifying, with wings that allowed it to float in the air, shooting cold light at Yang Dingtian.

The Wind Shadow Demon Snake, a wind-type beast, can become invisible, fly, and attack from a distance.

Compared to the Flame Demon Wolf, it was much more dangerous and troublesome. Of course, it had a wind-type beast core on its head.

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