Chapter 380: Chapter 380: How Dare You, Kid

"Yes, and the most frightening thing is, Tianling Divine Son, you’re only at the Sword Spirit Second Heaven Realm right now. Once you step into the Void Realm, I can’t imagine how terrifying your Battle Power will become."

Xia Xinqin sighed with emotion, unable to help but marvel.

"I do feel a bit of pressure, you know. But you could actually help me with that," Ye Tianling said with a lighthearted chuckle.

Xia Xinqin froze. She instantly realized Ye Tianling was bringing up the matter of Yin Yang Harmony again. A blush crept up her pretty face, and for a long moment, she was utterly speechless.

’She didn’t really know how to respond.’

’Was it maidenly reserve, or something else? She wasn’t sure herself.’

’But one thing was certain: she was indeed tempted.’

After his casual teasing, Ye Tianling started moving again.

However, they had just entered the towering Ancient Forest when Ye Tianling encountered another group of people.

This was the first time Ye Tianling had met other Cultivators in the Space-Time Soul-locking Tower.

Beneath an ancient, three-meter-thick tree in the dense forest, two men and a woman were seated cross-legged, their expressions grim.

Glistening beads of sweat dotted their foreheads, and their Battle Armor was slightly damaged. They looked a little worse for wear.

As Ye Tianling’s group of three approached, the seated trio immediately sensed their presence.

The man in the lead snapped his eyes open, a vicious glint flashing within as he stared them down.

"Hm? Xia Xinqin? Yao Lun?"

The man’s gaze swept over them, his eyes filled with hostility.

He then spoke, his voice sharp with a mix of surprise and suspicion.

"Xia Qiuhe? Xia Fansong and Xia Fanqian? You... You’re challenging the tower too?"

Xia Xinqin was taken aback, and a hint of pallor touched her pretty face. Clearly, she was shocked.

"Heh, if a piece of trash like you can be here, then of course we can too. Yao Lun, who would’ve thought? You couldn’t get your hands on her outside, but you managed it here in the Royal Family’s Celestial Tower! So, how was she? My useless little clan sister, did she taste good?"

Xia Fansong suddenly spoke, his voice dripping with mockery and malice.

Ye Tianling noted that all three of them had reached the Sword Void Second Transformation Realm.

"You— you’re insolent! Xia Fansong, you old bastard, I’d advise you to watch your mouth! Offend the Divine Child of my Golden Roc Royal Family, and you’ll pay the price! Princess Xinqin is the woman our Divine Child has taken a fancy to!"

Yao Lun was startled. Fearing Ye Tianling would fly into a rage, he immediately roared back.

"You’re the insolent one! A little roc whelp, daring to act so presumptuously before us? It seems the Elder Roc King has gone senile and failed to raise you right, you little mutt!"

Xia Qiuhe snapped coldly. A vicious light suddenly shot from his eyes, lancing straight toward Yao Lun.

Yao Lun shuddered and was forced back three or four steps before he could steady himself.

"You— You’re courting death!"

Yao Lun was enraged.

"Courting death? With a piece of trash like you? Have that clan sister of yours, Yao Ling, come over and perform Harmonization Dao with me. I’d be happy to die for you then— hahaha, die from pleasure, of course."

Xia Fansong’s tone was chilling. He then lifted his gaze to Xia Xinqin. "Making it to the thirty-first floor... your Talent is passable. The Royal Race may have approved of you and Yao Lun, but our Brahma King’s lineage does not. With your Talent, you should be a concubine for the Peacock King’s Prince."

"In your dreams!"

Xia Xinqin’s face was pale, but she retorted coldly.

"In my dreams? Xia Xinqin, don’t think so highly of yourself. It would be your honor to be a concubine to the Peacock King’s Prince."

Xia Fanqian stood up and advanced on Xia Xinqin, speaking with an air of indifference.

"It seems your Great Xia Royal Family isn’t very peaceful. Just a few stray dogs barking their heads off. How annoying."

After watching indifferently for a moment, Ye Tianling spoke up.

"Hm? And what are you? You dare meddle in the affairs of the Great Xia Royal Family?!"

Xia Fanqian’s expression darkened. A vicious, cold light flickered in her eyes as she tried to crush Ye Tianling with her presence alone.

Earlier, her gaze had told her this young man was merely at the Sword Spirit Second Heaven Realm, so she’d dismissed him as a mere servant to Xia Xinqin or Yao Lun.

But now, his sudden outburst and demeanor made it clear he was no servant.

"BUZZ—"

Just as Xia Fanqian tried to crush him with the Power of Battle Soul channeled through her gaze, Ye Tianling made his move.

The moment he acted, he summoned the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword and unleashed a vicious strike.

"SWOOSH—"

In that single move, Ye Tianling unleashed one hundred percent of his Battle Power, instantly striking with the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword’s ultimate killing technique—the Celestial Evil Heaven-Breaking Annihilation Dao!

On the twenty-seventh floor, the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword had devoured countless Yin Spirits and Resentful Spirits. It had already undergone several transformations, accumulating an immeasurable amount of Energy within its body.

Ye Tianling could see that these three were not to be trifled with. Furthermore, the moment Xia Fanqian attacked, she had tried to overwhelm him with the pressure of her higher Realm, her killing intent as blatant as if she were trying to crush an ant.

So why would Ye Tianling hold back?

’I don’t give a damn if you’re a Princess from some Royal Family. You can fucking die!’

"PFFT—"

How terrifying was that one strike?!

Wielding his full Battle Power and Ye Tianling’s terrifying Slaughter Sword Intent, the sword instantly shattered the oppressive Battle Soul that Xia Fanqian had released. Simultaneously, the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword carved a path of utter Destruction.

The strike was like an unstoppable force, instantly piercing through Xia Fanqian’s Guardian Dao Light and shattering her Guardian Foundation.

"PFFT—" 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

Once the protective halo was pierced, the sword ran straight through the center of Xia Fanqian’s forehead.

"AGH—"

Xia Fanqian shrieked in agony as a burst of Ancestral Dao Battle Intent erupted from her Guardian Foundation.

The Battle Intent took the form of an ancient crone who viciously swung a golden cane, striking the Xuanyuan Celestial Evil Sword.

"BOOM—"

The impact nearly rattled Xia Fanqian’s head apart, sending a spray of blood everywhere.

She then spewed a mouthful of blood as her cultivation Realm collapsed, plummeting from the Sword Void Second Transformation Realm down to the Sword Void First Transformation Realm. Her body was sent flying backward, slamming violently into the ancient tree.

Xia Fanqian wasn’t dead, but she was only clinging to half a life.

But the old crone with the golden cane, an Ancestral Dao Illusion manifested by the guardian power, shattered and dispersed after only a moment.

"AGH—"

As the crone’s illusion shattered, Xia Fanqian cried out in agony again, spewing another mouthful of blood. Her aura instantly weakened to a critical point.

"How dare you, brat!"

The entire battle had erupted and concluded in the blink of an eye.

Xia Qiuhe had only just realized something was wrong and shouted out, but by then, the fight was already over!

"I don’t dare?!"

Ye Tianling sneered and unleashed another strike.

The Celestial Evil Heaven-Breaking Annihilation Dao!

"SWOOSH—"

As the sword flew, Xia Qiuhe shrieked and unleashed a frenzied burst of Battle Power to defend himself, only to be brutally run through by the very same strike!