Chapter 267: Chapter 125: Annihilation of the Blood Saber Sect, the Seven Stars Gang in Peril! The Brow Heart Platform Awakens, the Tree of Qi and Blood is Complete

Sun Qin’er’s charge came to a dead stop, the frenzy in her eyes turning to a dazed stupor before she collapsed to the ground.

The one who struck was none other than Jiang Lianyue, the Right Guardian of Seven Stars Castle.

Sun Qin’er’s eyes were wide as she stared at Jiang Lianyue.

’Jiang Lianyue is stronger than me, true, but not *this* much stronger!’

In her final moments, she saw Jiang Lianyue’s blood-red eyes clearly.

’These people from Seven Stars Castle... they’re even more insane than the Blood Saber Sect! The rumors about them using children to cultivate Demon Techniques... they’re true!’

The last glimmer of light faded from Sun Qin’er’s eyes, and with a soft thud, she collapsed, dead.

The slaughter began.

The Blood Saber Sect disciples rushed out, sabers in hand, ready to fight to the death.

They were decent enough at bullying common folk, but they stood no chance against the combined pressure of Seven Stars Castle’s top experts and the Moon Worship Sect’s envoys.

Sword light flashed and palm winds howled. The air filled with an endless cacophony of screams, shattering weapons, and the dull thud of falling bodies...

Within moments, the Main Altar was a river of blood.

The disciples of the Blood Saber Sect, who once dominated the region, were cut down in swathes like fields of wheat!

They had once shattered countless families in Cyan Yang Ancient City, forcing them to taste the depths of despair.

Tonight, that despair was repaid to them a hundredfold.

It was just that the ones reaping their lives were even more evil and tyrannical than they had ever been...

Beside themselves with fury, Xue Li and Qin Quan tried to fight back desperately, but they were no match for Lin Luoxue and the others, who had cultivated Demon Techniques.

Lin Luoxue and Shen Shikang attacked personally. Her sword light moved like a dragon, and his Palm Seals were as heavy as mountains.

CRACK!

ARGH—!

Shen Shikang shattered Qin Quan’s left arm with a single palm strike. A moment later, Lin Luoxue’s sword severed his right leg at the knee, and he collapsed, screaming.

Xue Li did not escape a similar fate. Jiang Lianyue severed both of his legs, and Shen Shikang brutally tore his saber-wielding right arm from its socket. Blood gushed like a fountain, turning him into a man of blood.

The two sides, once evenly matched in strength, were now locked in a completely one-sided slaughter!

Having submitted to the Moon Worship Sect two years prior, Lin Luoxue and her group were now far more powerful than the Hall Masters and Guardians of the Blood Saber Sect.

A few moments later, the din subsided...

At the Blood Saber Sect’s Main Altar, a place that once terrorized Cyan Yang Ancient City, not a single soul remained alive—save for Xue Li and Qin Quan, who knelt on the ground, their limbs severed, barely clinging to life.

The black-robed man watched the hellish scene with indifference, as casual as if he were merely brushing dust off his sleeve.

He raised a hand and gave a slight wave.

Understanding his signal, Lin Luoxue and the others moved forward. They hauled up Xue Li and Qin Quan—who were barely conscious from the excruciating pain and blood loss—like they were dragging dead dogs.

The others went to retrieve the chests that Xue Li had ordered his men to bring out earlier.

"Let’s go." The black-robed man turned and stepped into the darkness.

Lin Luoxue and her group followed close behind, leaving only the dead-silent Main Altar and the field of corpses in their wake.

And so, on this night, the Blood Saber Sect—one of the three great gangs of Cyan Yang Ancient City—was utterly destroyed, all because they had been framed by a mysterious "Ghost-faced Man" no one had ever seen.

And the architect of it all, Chu Fan, was likely somewhere in the city, cultivating in peace, completely unaware that the storm he had set in motion had already uprooted the malignant tumor that had plagued the city for years.

The night wind swept through, carrying the thick stench of blood. It swirled above the Blood Saber Sect’s Main Altar, like the mournful spirits of the unjustly slain, letting out silent whimpers.

Amid the deathly silence, the other factions in the Inner City all felt a bone-chilling dread.

The tyranny of the Moon Worship Sect, the submission of Seven Stars Castle, and the turmoil stirred up by the mysterious "Ghost-faced Man"—all of it shrouded the nights of Cyan Yang Ancient City in an even deeper, more unfathomable darkness.

「The next morning...」

Shocking news spread through Cyan Yang Ancient City like wildfire.

The Blood Saber Sect’s Main Altar had been massacred!

From the Gang Leader on down, over one hundred members of the sect had been slaughtered. There were no survivors!

The news sent shockwaves through all the major factions.

No one was surprised that the Moon Worship Sect was capable of wiping out the Blood Saber Sect.

But for them to dare make a move within the Inner City—that was no different from openly provoking the Government Office and defying the imperial court.

The Government Office in Cyan Yang Ancient City might not have many top experts, but the imperial army was stationed just outside the city walls, and behind them stood the might of the entire Great Yan Dynasty!

When had the Moon Worship Sect become so audacious?

When the news reached the Seven Stars Gang, Gang Leader Cao Feng immediately convened a meeting.

Chu Fan and Zhao Tianxing were both in attendance.

Chu Fan’s expression remained perfectly calm as he heard about the massacre.

’He had already guessed that this was most likely the Moon Worship Sect taking revenge on the Blood Saber Sect for the deaths of their three experts.’

’The Blood Saber Sect had always preyed on the common folk with vicious cruelty. Thanks to my covert manipulations, they had been framed for several crimes. This end was nothing more than what they deserved.’

’Whether they were annihilated by the Moon Worship Sect or fell at the hands of some other power, it was a wonderful thing for the people of Cyan Yang Ancient City.’

But the secret that Cao Feng revealed next made Chu Fan’s heart sink—

The ones who had carried out the massacre were very likely Shen Shikang, Lin Luoxue, and their people!

An uproar immediately erupted in the hall.

Shen Shikang was the former Gang Leader of the Seven Stars Gang, and Lin Luoxue was the former Hall Master of the Punishment Hall...

Those people had remained completely inactive ever since Cao Feng’s group had taken over the Seven Stars Gang.

Even when Cao Yan rescued those one hundred and fifty-odd disciples, there was still no reaction from Seven Stars Castle.

’So why would they suddenly attack the Blood Saber Sect?’

’What benefit was there for them in storming the Inner City and destroying the Blood Saber Sect’s Main Altar?’

Suddenly, the expressions on many faces changed drastically.

If one connected this to the incident three days ago, when a masked man killed the Moon Worship Sect’s experts, the answer became as clear as day—

’Shen Shikang and his group must have been acting on orders from the Moon Worship Sect when they destroyed the Blood Saber Sect!’

Everyone’s expression grew incredibly grim.

’Shen Shikang, Lin Luoxue, and the others... after lying low for so long, they’ve finally made their move...’