Immortal-Exterminating Divine Venerable

”Haha! The heavens are helping me, they truly are! To think a great figure will use my aura to descend to this place. Carefree Sect, that brat Yang Xiao—this time, you are all doomed!”

”How dare you trap me! You’re simply courting death!”

Trapped within the Eight Extremes Heaven-Burning Array, Xuan Tianxin burst into wild laughter.

This left the eight Fifth Tier Barbarian Beasts maintaining the Eight Extremes Heaven-Burning Array completely baffled.

”You guys think this old geezer has been driven mad from being trapped?”

One of the Eight Great Main Array Beasts, the Heaven-Swallowing Golden Dog, wagged its three tails, its eyes full of disdain as it spoke.

”Tell me about it. This old bastard has been locked in here for two days, hasn’t he?”

The Undying Firebird preened the red plumes on its head, looking utterly conceited.

But the ever-composed Moonlight Rhinoceros offered a different take. ”His mood seems a bit off. Acting so excited… could it be he’s discovered the secret to breaking the array?”

But before it could finish, the Three-Headed Cyan Nether Snake scoffed, ”Him? Is that even possible? Don’t be ridiculous, you dumb ox.”

Every single one of these words, without exception, reached Xuan Tianxin’s ears.

His expression immediately turned foul.

However, he knew that he alone was no match for these eight Fifth Tier Barbarian Beasts. To talk back would only be asking for humiliation.

But once that great figure arrived…

…things would definitely be different.

’When the time comes, I’ll definitely ask that great figure to act and reduce this Carefree Sect to dust! And these eight beasts—they must all die!’

’Hmph. Let’s see the looks on these beasts’ faces then.’

Xuan Tianxin seethed with hatred.

He couldn’t wait for the great figure the Immortal Lord had mentioned to arrive immediately.

Unfortunately…

…when the great figure would arrive was not up to him to decide.

He could only wait in agony.

Every passing second felt like an entire year. The agonizing wait quickly left him looking haggard.

But if Nangong Tianling truly arrived…

…given her temperament…

…she might actually agree to Xuan Tianxin’s request.

For a lofty True God like her, annihilating a mere mortal sect was a trivial matter.

After all, by being able to come here…

…she would owe Xuan Tianxin a favor of sorts.

Although, whether she chose to repay this favor was entirely up to her.

It would all depend on how Xuan Tianxin phrased his plea.

However, what Xuan Tianxin couldn’t have imagined was that while one day passed in the outside world, three years passed in the Sword Mansion. By the time that great figure descended…

…would things really go as he wished?

Everything was filled with uncertainty.

However, at present, Xuan Tianxin was trapped, anxiously waiting for Nangong Tianling to rescue him and help him destroy the Carefree Sect. Although the wait was agonizing, his life was not in danger.

But Yang Ziling and the others, also trapped on the 1st Layer of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion…

…were in imminent peril.

They hovered between life and death.

If Yang Xiao’s rescue didn’t arrive in time…

…they would surely die.

”Yang Lin, why don’t you escape by yourself? Don’t worry about me.”

Yang Ziling’s aura was faint, but her tone was firm as she spoke.

”How could I? You’re the boss’s woman. If I abandoned you here, what would the boss think of me?”

Yang Lin shook his head.

The valley was surrounded by Barbarian Beast Kings.

Zhang Mengfei had long since been grievously injured and fallen unconscious.

The Celestial Cyan Snake was unconscious.

Bing Xin’s inheritance process was not yet complete, leaving her with no combat power.

Even the most mysterious and powerful of them all, Yang Tian, had fallen into a stupor.

Only Yang Lin and Yang Ziling were left with any combat power.

To protect the others…

…Yang Lin and Yang Ziling decided to take the initiative and attack, hoping to lure the Barbaric Beasts away. Coincidentally, at that very moment, Bing Xin had absorbed a portion of her inheritance’s power and could now use her Ice Seal Power.

She could freeze all the injured and unconscious people, and even herself…

…completely concealing their auras.

This would make the Barbarian Beast Kings think they were already dead.

That way, when Yang Lin and Yang Ziling attacked, they would draw all the attention to themselves.

At first, their plan was very successful.

After they launched their attack, they enraged nearly all the Barbaric Beasts.

And Yang Lin’s strength and speed were considerable.

Although he couldn’t contend with the Peak Barbarian Beast Kings, none of the Fifth Tier Barbarian Beasts were his match; he could slaughter them with ease.

So, very quickly, the two of them lured all the Barbaric Beasts out of the valley to pursue them.

The consequence of this…

…was their current situation.

Yang Ziling’s cultivation was too weak, and she had long since lost the strength to fight.

Although Yang Lin still had some combat power left, it was sadly not much.

Yet the number of Barbaric Beasts before them hadn’t dwindled in the slightest.

And only about an hour had passed since Yang Tian fell unconscious.

’I don’t get what these Barbaric Beasts are after. They’re staring at us as if their lives depend on it. Could it be we have something on us that they desperately want?’

Yang Lin watched the Barbaric Beasts continuously swarm them, a strange feeling in his heart.

What he didn’t know was…

…that his casual thought had actually hit upon the very reason the Barbaric Beasts were surrounding them.

In the distance…

…several Barbarian Beast Kings were glaring at Yang Lin and Yang Ziling.

One of them looked very familiar. It was blood-red, resembled a giant mastiff, and was, in fact, a Red Blood Hound, magnified several times in size.

And in fact, this was none other than the King of the Red Blood Hounds.

It was also the most powerful among all the Beast Kings present.

”They’re almost at their limit. In a moment, once I’ve taken the bloodline from that fellow with the Qilin aura, everything that old thing Qianyi had will be yours. How about it?”

The Red Blood Hound King licked its lips, its face savage.

Beside it were a giant, cyan-furred Wolf King and a fiery-red, three-tailed Fox King. Upon hearing the Red Blood Hound King’s words, the Cyan Wolf King said nothing.

But the Three-tailed Fire Fox King spoke up with a sly grin, ”For the Red Blood King to be willing to give up even the Thousand-Winged Serpent Eagle’s Inner Core, it seems that fellow’s Qilin Bloodline must be exceptionally pure. To think you can just take it from us so easily… that’s probably not quite appropriate, is it?”

As soon as these words were spoken, the Cyan Wolf King’s brow furrowed.

The Red Blood King, however, just laughed. ”Fine then. I won’t take his Qilin Bloodline. I’ll fight you for the Inner Core instead!”

The Three-tailed Fire Fox King’s expression froze instantly.

It had originally planned to play a little trick to make the strongest of them, the Red Blood Hound King, give up some of its gains.

But it never expected to shoot itself in the foot.

In the end, under the mocking gaze of the Red Blood Hound King and the displeased look of the Cyan Wolf King, the scheming Three-tailed Fire Fox King could only force a laugh and say, ”Red Blood King, you jest. I was only joking just now.”

”Joking? Hmph! Fine, I won’t lower myself to your level. Since we’ve agreed, we shouldn’t delay. Let’s capture these two quickly, lest more complications arise. The rules of this world can change in an instant. I have a feeling something big is about to happen. Let’s secure our prize first.”

”Indeed. The Red Blood King is right.”

The other two Beast Kings deeply agreed with this sentiment.

They were not the only three Barbarian Beast Kings on the 1st Layer. If the other Beast Kings were to find out that the Thousand-Winged Serpent Eagle had been killed and its Inner Core had fallen into the hands of a group of weak humans…

…they would probably come swarming in a frenzy.

”Then let’s end this now. Three-tails, you make a move.”

The Red Blood King glanced at the Three-tailed Fire Fox King.

The Three-tailed Fire Fox King felt a bit helpless, knowing this was payback for its earlier words. However, it didn’t have much of a choice under the circumstances.

It nodded.

With a flick of its three tails, its massive, mountain-like body soared gracefully into the air.

It pounced toward Yang Lin and Yang Ziling, who were entangled with the other Barbaric Beasts.

And upon seeing this behemoth appear…

…the two, who were already at their wits’ end, were instantly overcome with despair.

’Are we… going to die here?’

Yang Ziling was unwilling to accept it.

The image of Yang Xiao flashed through her mind.

It lingered, refusing to fade.

Yang Lin was just as unwilling.

The Little Celestial Cyan Snake in his arms had not yet been healed, and he himself had only just been reborn.

’How could I die?’

But in this situation, survival seemed impossible.

’Unless…’

’…Yang Xiao suddenly appeared.’

’But right now… is that even possible?’

Just as Yang Lin and Yang Ziling gave in to despair, closing their eyes to await death…

Suddenly…

…the space of the Northern Wilderness Sword Mansion’s 1st Layer began to tremble violently.

A terrifying, powerful will instantly descended, suppressing every single Barbaric Beast on the entire 1st Layer.

It was as if a god had descended from the heavens!