At the same time that hundreds of members from the Youfang family began to flee in panic, the leader among the Thirteen Axes, his blood-red eyes flashing with a murderous glint, transmitted his voice in a roar: “Kill them all! Leave no one alive!”
“Haha, understood!”
“They won’t escape!”
“Little brothers Nine and Thirteen, it’s your turn now.”
Eleven among the Thirteen Axes, including their leader, swiftly dashed forward as blurred shadows, pursuing the stronger cultivators among the fleeing Youfang members. Meanwhile, two men clad in black battle armors grinned sinisterly and stretched out their hands. In an instant, *swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!* A dense hail of luminous projectiles shot out in all directions!
At the ninth stage of Novice rank, Luo Feng had already been able to fully control over a dozen flying daggers. Now, without pursuing maximum power, he could easily control thousands of golden tiny swords simultaneously. Of course, if he pursued ultimate destructive force, he could only control several dozen.
These two Star-Level Peak experts each released over a hundred miniature, razor-thin throwing axes as hidden weapons—each about half the size of a palm, and one millimeter thick.
A dense swarm of flying axes filled the sky, shooting in every direction.
“Ahh!” “No!” “Run!”
The numerous cultivators who had been fleeing instantly fell into chaos. Around them, one companion after another was beheaded by the flying axes, or had their foreheads sliced open, blood spurting as skulls shattered and flew through the air. In an instant, the entire canyon was dyed red, as a nightmarish scene descended. This entire group of Earth-Level (Planet-Level) cultivators were being slaughtered!
Within mere seconds!
In the entire canyon, fewer than twenty Youfang members remained alive.
“Heavens!” The bearded old man collapsed onto the ground, his face splattered with someone else’s blood, his eyes wide with terror.
*Puh!*
A small, thin throwing axe, as delicate as a cicada’s wing, left a dazzling trail of light in midair before burying itself into the old man’s skull, slicing through it as easily as cutting through tofu.
“Nothing.”
“No presence here.”
“This old fellow had a spatial bracer, but there’s no armor inside it.” The two among the Thirteen Axes who specialized in hidden weapon attacks quickly examined some of the key corpses, only managing to recover a single spatial artifact. The spatial bracer held nothing of what they sought.
“The ones who fled back had the most people. Dozens have already escaped the canyon.”
“Don’t worry, the elder brothers are chasing after them.”
“Right, let’s go after them.”
*Ziu! Ziu!*
The two of them streaked through the air and quickly gave chase!
…
On a wide road, over a dozen people were fleeing in a state of panic.
“Faster!”
“Faster!”
Their faces were filled with terror, especially the tall, handsome young man in the center—”Young Master Youfang”—whose face had turned pale with fear. Transmitting frantically, he cried out, “Third Uncle! Third Uncle! Take me with you! Take me with you!” However, the strongest among the fleeing group, Third Uncle Youyan Ta, had already fled far ahead, ignoring him completely.
“Hahaha, you still want to escape!”
A figure clad in golden battle armor, like a demonic god, tore through the sky from afar, his booming laughter echoing in the ears of the dozen fleeing cultivators. Behind the golden figure, more figures could be seen swiftly approaching.
“All of you, die!”
The golden-armored demonic figure dove straight down, simultaneously unleashing a violent surge of Yuan power at the Cloud-Level (Cosmic-Level) that radiated outward from him in all directions. In an instant, the area within hundreds of meters exploded with a deafening roar. The terrifying impact force contained within the Cosmic-Level Yuan power instantly reduced the surroundings to ruins, while screams, cries, and shrieks filled the air.
“No! No! No!!!” Young Master Youfang screamed in terror, but in the next moment, his body was struck by countless hidden weapons, pierced from all directions until riddled like a sieve. Even his head bore several holes where stone-like projectiles had pierced through. Then, in an instant, his entire body exploded into a pile of mangled flesh.
Young Master Youfang…
Was dead!
“Naka!” With wide, bulging eyes, Youfang screamed in desperation. How he longed to reach Naka’s group, where at least a sliver of hope remained. Unfortunately, his speed had been far too slow.
…
At this moment, the only one still fleeing from the Youfang family’s group was Youjia, one of the three great experts of the You family—’Blood-Dripping Blade’ Youyan Ta. Even among the Thirteen Axes, he would rank fourth or fifth in strength. From the very beginning, he had turned back and fled at full speed.
He didn’t spare a glance for Youfang.
Because he knew… if that armor was gone, the You family in the main city would also be doomed.
“At that time, I shouldn’t have agreed. Were we really worthy of touching treasures within the Ancient God Ruins? Regret… I regret my greed, my excessive greed!” Youyan Ta’s heart ached as he flew at top speed. Back then, the You family had seen the enormous benefits of success, and their greed had surpassed their fear, leading them to gamble everything.
Yes, it had been a gamble.
“Hahaha, Blood-Dripping Blade, do you really think you can escape?” A voice rang directly into Youyan Ta’s ear.
Youyan Ta turned his head. In the distance, the golden figure was tearing through the sky, causing Youyan Ta’s face to darken further… It was the First, the Third, and the Seventh of the Thirteen Axes—the three he least wanted to encounter. Because these three had reached the Cloud-Level (Cosmic-Level), while the other ten posed no real threat to him.
“Naka!”
“Naka!” Youyan Ta desperately accelerated, staring fixedly into the distance. Suddenly, a group of over a dozen figures appeared in the distance, among them the silver-armored youth Naka, whom he recognized. Hope suddenly flared in Youyan Ta’s eyes. His face flushed red as he desperately roared out, “Young Master Naka! Save me!”
…
Luo Feng’s group had maintained a distance of nearly two hundred kilometers from the Youfang family’s front ranks. However, Youyan Ta was at the Star-Level Peak. Although the gravity of the Xue Luo world was so intense that even Planet-Level cultivators couldn’t fly, Youyan Ta still maintained a speed of eight kilometers per second. In the vacuum of space, a Star-Level Peak cultivator could reach speeds of around 150 kilometers per second!
The immense gravity of the Xue Luo world limited Youyan Ta to eight kilometers per second.
The nearly 200-kilometer distance took him several dozen seconds to cross.
Within just those dozens of seconds…
The rest of the massive Youfang group had been completely wiped out.
“Save me, Young Master Naka!” The roar, infused with Yuan power, echoed across the heavens and earth, causing Luo Feng, Naka, and their group—who had been traveling—to freeze in shock. They all looked up.
Two blurred figures appeared in the distance.
One chasing the other, rapidly approaching the group. Especially the golden figure behind, whose immense aura had already spread far and wide.
“It’s Youyan Ta, and the one behind is the leader of the Thirteen Axes.” The burly man, Elder Lei, identified them at a glance, his face paling with fear. Transmitting urgently, he warned, “Everyone, listen well—don’t provoke the leader of the Thirteen Axes under any circumstances. Young Master Naka, don’t try to help Youyan Ta. We can’t help him—we’d only get ourselves killed!”
“Yes.” Naka’s face was also pale.
The leader of the Thirteen Axes? Within the millions of kilometers of Yan Gang Territory, this was an awe-inspiring figure, a true powerhouse.
…
“Help!” The gaunt man Youyan Ta, his face twisted with anxiety and terror, flew desperately toward Naka’s group. However, Naka and his companions stood rooted to the spot, clearly unwilling to intervene.
*Boom!* A terrifying shockwave surged from behind.
“Not good!”
Youyan Ta glanced back. The golden-armored demonic figure, holding a massive axe, had already raised it high and was now bringing it down directly toward him. The pressure wave formed ahead of the axe blade, clearly visible as axe-shaped ripples spreading toward him. Youyan Ta’s eyes turned blood-red as he desperately swung his battle blade.
*Clang!* Youyan Ta was instantly smashed into the ground, his entire body shattered to the bones.
“I… I…” Youyan Ta’s eyes bulged, blood continuously spilling from his mouth before his head dropped lifelessly.
*Boom! Boom!*
Two more figures landed in succession in the distance.
“Brother, did you find it?” Two burly men shouted.
“It should be on him.” The leader gazed at Youyan Ta’s corpse on the ground, then grabbed the battle bracer on his arm. Looking toward his brothers, he said, “Third Brother, Seventh Brother, this is a spatial bracer.” The two men beside him, who had just finished their killing spree, lit up with excitement.
…
Luo Feng, Naka, and their group stood rooted to the spot, too afraid to advance or flee.
“Just as the reports described, the Xue Luo world reveres power. Killings are everywhere. A figure of such high status just died like this.” Luo Feng glanced at Youyan Ta’s corpse in the distance and shook his head inwardly.
At this moment, one after another, figures descended from the sky.
“All the Thirteen Axes have arrived.” Elder Lei’s eyes held a trace of shock.
“The Thirteen Axes, the legendary Thirteen Axes.” Young Master Naka’s eyes gleamed with excitement and unease. These were legendary figures—slaying high-level Youfang experts was as effortless as killing chickens. This was true power! True superpower!
Nearby, the leader of the Thirteen Axes frowned slightly: “How could it not be here?”
“What, it’s not here?”
“Brother, the spatial bracer doesn’t contain the armor?”
“Did you check the others?” The leader turned to his brothers. The other twelve quickly replied, “No, we’ve checked everyone. Only one person had a spatial artifact, and even that artifact didn’t contain the armor we sought.”
“This Blood-Dripping Blade was calling for help from them.” The golden-armored leader, with blood-red eyes, turned his gaze toward Naka’s group nearby. Instantly, the guards under Naka’s command trembled in fear. The leader frowned, “They might very well be with the You family, just split into two groups—one ahead, one behind.”
“Brother, just kill them and search again! Why think so much?”
“Right!”
The leader nodded. “Kill them!”
To the Thirteen Axes, killing a group of seemingly wealthy young nobles within Yan Gang Territory was as easy as crushing an ant. In the Xue Luo Continent… might made right. There was no such thing as justice—only power determined what was right!
“We have nothing to do with the You family! Don’t kill us!”
“Mercy!”
Even the burly Elder Lei, the guards, and the determined, earnest youth Naka all wore expressions of terror.
“Such a bother.” Luo Feng slightly shook his head. “This group still has three Cosmic-Level experts. Pure mental pressure won’t kill them—I’ll have to handle them personally. Looks like the reports were correct—sometimes, in the Xue Luo world, you have no choice but to kill.”
*Boom!*
The Thirteen Axes, who had been coldly staring at Naka’s group, were about to unleash hidden weapon attacks when suddenly… all thirteen of them simultaneously wore expressions of horror. For in an instant, a single figure had appeared before each of them—a black-armored, black-haired youth!
Thirteen illusions appeared simultaneously before the thirteen enemies!
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