Invincible Soul Emperor

Chapter 154: Chapter 154 The Elder of No Ultimate

If Li Zongrui had known what Ye Qingchen was thinking, he would have flown into a rage and gone berserk. What on earth did ”after all, he’s a normal human” even mean?

But at that moment, Li Zongrui was looking at Ye Qingchen as if he were already a dead man.

Li Zongrui relentlessly attacked, sword light flashing as his power erupted. Every single move aimed for Ye Qingchen’s vital points!

Ye Qingchen didn’t dare to block rashly, forced to rely on his Mystifying Steps to continuously dodge.

This was no long-term solution, however. Li Zongrui had also cultivated a Movement Technique Martial Skill and was by no means slower than Ye Qingchen. He could evade for a time, but he would inevitably be hit sooner or later.

Meanwhile, the wailing giant ape leader on the ground was gradually recovering. Judging by its condition, it would regain its combat strength in a few minutes at most. When that happened, it would surely launch an even more ferocious attack against Ye Qingchen, the one who had severely injured it.

Ye Qingchen’s heart raced with anxiety, but he was helpless. Li Zongrui was truly worthy of his title as the Young Sect Master of the Qingyun Sect. The Martial Arts he used were all of the Mysterious Rank. Even with his Double Pupils and Mystifying Steps, Ye Qingchen was struck multiple times.

Each blow forced Ye Qingchen to spit out a mouthful of fresh blood.

Then, the very situation Ye Qingchen had dreaded came to pass. The giant ape leader slowly got to its feet, glaring at him with pure fury.

”Ye Qingchen, go to hell!”

While Ye Qingchen was momentarily stunned, Li Zongrui seized the opportunity. He struck Ye Qingchen’s chest with a palm strike, sending him flying like a kite with a broken string before he crashed heavily to the ground.

As luck would have it, Ye Qingchen landed only a few meters away from where Li Susu was meditating.

Li Susu’s beautiful eyes lit up as she looked at the heavily injured Ye Qingchen. A vicious gleam flickered within them.

She would not let this opportunity go. Drawing her precious sword, she walked toward Ye Qingchen.

”Ye Qingchen, you didn’t expect this, did you? In the end, you’re still going to die by my hand!”

Li Susu’s face was twisted with excitement. She stood just half a meter away from Ye Qingchen, Longsword in hand.

Ye Qingchen tried to get up and resist, but the excruciating pain wracking his body made it impossible for him to move even an inch.

Li Susu raised her Longsword, aimed it at Ye Qingchen, and let out a cruel laugh. ”Ye Qingchen, the heavens have been kind to me, allowing me to personally eliminate a disgrace like you! Die!”

With that, she swung the Longsword down. In her mind’s eye, she could already see Ye Qingchen’s blood gushing out as his life faded away, and her maniacal laughter grew even more unrestrained.

The severely injured Ye Qingchen couldn’t dodge her sword, let alone block it.

”Sigh. It seems your big sister still has to help you out.”

A pleasant sigh echoed. In that instant, Ye Qingchen’s body shot upright as a powerful aura exploded from within him, knocking aside the Longsword Li Susu was about to plunge into him.

Terrified, Li Susu stared at the suddenly standing Ye Qingchen. She couldn’t help but stumble backward, stammering in disbelief, ”You... you... Ye Qingchen, how is this possible...?”

Li Susu was right. Ye Qingchen truly had no strength left to fight back. What she didn’t know, however, was that another consciousness resided within his body.

It was the beautiful woman Ye Qingchen had brought out from the Heart Demon Tower. She had finally escaped the tower and found an excellent host. How could she possibly allow him to die so easily?

As ’Ye Qingchen’ slowly finished speaking, he swung his sword. ”Li Susu, I nurtured your body for ten years. Without me, the Vermilion Bird Martial Soul would have killed you long ago. Yet you repaid my kindness with malice, repeatedly setting traps for me. Someone like you does not deserve to live in this world!”

SWOOSH!

A brilliant streak of sword light shot out, instantly reaching Li Susu and enveloping her completely!

The attack was so fast that Li Susu had no time to react before she was cleaved in two.

Even in death, Li Susu couldn’t understand. Why had her assured victory suddenly turned into a fatal disaster? Why had she been killed by a single sword strike from Ye Qingchen?

”Susu!”

Seeing Li Susu cleaved in two, Li Zongrui became utterly enraged and ran toward her body.

Just then, the giant ape leader reached ’Ye Qingchen’. Although it sensed the change in his aura, the beast had already lost all reason and threw a punch at him.

”You overestimate your strength!”

Now empowered by the beautiful woman, ’Ye Qingchen’s’ strength had increased dramatically. He gave the giant ape leader a disdainful look and swung his sword.

The same giant ape leader that had given Ye Qingchen so much trouble was slain in a single strike, collapsing to the ground with a loud thud.

”Ye Qingchen, you dared to kill Susu! I’ll kill you!”

Blinded by rage, Li Zongrui swung his fists and charged at ’Ye Qingchen’.

”How noisy.”

’Ye Qingchen’ simply extended a palm and slapped Li Zongrui, a martial master of the third rank, sending him flying.

’Ye Qingchen’ slowly advanced on Li Zongrui, speaking as he walked, ”You fool. We had no quarrel, yet you blindly believed that wretched woman’s one-sided story and repeatedly tried to harm me. If not for a fortunate turn of events today, I would have died by your hand. To let you live now would be an injustice to all the suffering you’ve put me through.”

Killing intent flared in ’Ye Qingchen’s’ eyes. He raised the Qingfeng Sword and slashed down at Li Zongrui.

Despair filled Li Zongrui’s eyes as he faced this new, formidable ’Ye Qingchen’.

Though he hadn’t known Li Susu for long, Li Zongrui was convinced he had fallen in love with her. Now she had been killed by Ye Qingchen, and he was powerless to avenge her. As deep self-reproach washed over him, he found himself thinking that dying alongside her might not be such a bad thing after all.

Just as Li Zongrui closed his eyes, ready for death, a furious roar echoed through the air.

”You impudent child, how dare you!”

A figure appeared, shielding Li Zongrui. With a single palm strike, he knocked ’Ye Qingchen’ back.

’Ye Qingchen’ stared at the newcomer and recognized him. It was the elder who had been with Li Zongrui during the training expedition in the Qingyun Mountain Range.

Ye Qingchen had seen this man after joining the sect. He was none other than the First Elder of the Qingyun Sect, Elder Wuji!

”Master, kill him! Avenge Susu!” Overjoyed to see his rescuer, Li Zongrui immediately pleaded with Elder Wuji.

Elder Wuji sighed. He was somewhat disappointed in his disciple, but Ye Qingchen had to die today regardless. The elder had sensed the potent killing intent radiating from ’Ye Qingchen’. Daring to try and murder his own disciple—that was unforgivable!

Martial Spirit Realm? The beautiful woman inside Ye Qingchen’s body was slightly startled. If I could recover even one percent of my power, a Martial Spirit Realm cultivator would be nothing to me. But in my current, gravely injured state, I’m no match for someone at that level.

From that single palm strike, ’Ye Qingchen’ sensed the immense gap in power between himself and Elder Wuji, and couldn’t help but tighten his grip on the Qingfeng Sword.

The woman from the Heart Demon Tower had never expected this. Ye Qingchen had only come to rescue Zhao Jiehui and Hong Yan, but it was just one disaster after another, culminating in the appearance of a Martial Spirit Realm expert!

”You... deserve... to... die...”

Elder Wuji stared coldly at ’Ye Qingchen’, making no effort to conceal the murderous intent pouring from his entire being.