(Bonus chapter)
With a single palm strike, heaven and earth are shaken, the wind and clouds are reversed, and the earth cracks three feet deep.
The moment the newcomer clashed palms with Shen Zhao, he was directly blasted back thirty feet.
The moment he landed, the white-haired old man coughed up a mouthful of blood, staring at Shen Zhao in disbelief.
"Just what level is this kid at? I, Huang Gandang, one of the Ten Great Masters of the Holy Domain, can't even withstand his palm strike?"
Shen Zhao glanced at Huang Gandang, then at Xu Suiyan behind him, and couldn't help but snort coldly.
If it weren't for the continuous flow of internal energy into Mu Qiuyao, which led to the depletion of her dantian and the ongoing nourishment of the Nanming Fire, she wouldn't have been able to sustain herself.
Otherwise, a single Heavenly Dragon Roar would have cleared the field instantly; why bother with such a troublesome hand-to-hand combat?
Even so, it's more than enough to deal with you beasts.
"Very well, since you and your dog are here, then you may both stay!"
The next instant, Shen Zhao used the Water Wind Step and spun around to strike Xu Suiyan's vital point.
"Stop! Don't hurt him!"
Huang Gandang roared, trying to save Xu Suiyan, but Shen Zhao was too fast, and he had no time to react.
"Sword energy traverses nineteen provinces!"
Suddenly, thousands of sword energies swept down from afar, forcefully separating Xu Suiyan and Shen Zhao by a distance.
In the void, a cultivator in purple scholar's robes, with an air of otherworldly elegance, slowly descended to Xu Suiyan's side, wielding a three-foot-long cold sword.
"Uncle Pei."
"Your Highness, are you alright?"
"I'm fine, thank you for your help, Uncle Pei."
“Your Highness, please step back. Anyone who dares to hurt you, I will tear off my own flesh and blood to avenge you.”
The sword cultivator's name is Pei Xingnan. He is an elder of the Shushan Sword Sect in the Holy Domain and his cultivation has reached the level of a half-step Quasi-Emperor. He is also one of the Ten Champions of the Holy Domain.
He told Xu Suiyan to step back and walked straight toward Shen Zhao.
Do you know who you have offended?
"Forget it, what's the point of talking to a dead man? You—"
Huang Gandang roared, "Old Pei, this kid is weird, be careful."
Pei Xingnan scoffed at this: "Strange? My Shushan Sword Sect specializes in..."
Before he could finish speaking, a cold glint flashed before his eyes.
By the time he realized what was happening, Shen Zhao was already standing behind him, his hands forming a sword incantation, two drops of blood dripping from his fingertips.
"The Shu Mountain Sword Sect? Heh..."
With a cold laugh, Pei Xingnan's head lolled to the side, and he died instantly.
"Uncle Pei!"
"Old Pei!"
This scene was truly shocking.
Pei Xingnan, the sword immortal who had dominated the Holy Realm for three hundred years, was actually killed simply by wearing a mask.
When they looked at Shen Zhao again, their faces showed no fear, only deep apprehension.
"You, spare your life!"
Shen Zhao pointed at Xu Suiyan and decisively launched an attack on him.
"Your Highness, run! This man is not to be fought!"
Huang Gandang shouted and unleashed his full power, lunging at Shen Zhao.
Xu Suiyan could not afford any accidents; he himself could die, but he had to live.
This is Huang Gandang's dedication and belief in his friends. He still remembers the first time he met Xu Suiyan. The two of them drank and talked happily, enjoying the scenery together. They even broke into a respectable family's house and humiliated the wife in front of the husband. How wonderful that scene was.
He was willing to die for his confidant.
"Uncle Huang! No!"
Xu Suiyan cried out in surprise, dodging Shen Zhao's deadly palm strike.
However, Shen Zhao's palm strike did not diminish, and the remaining force still injured Xu Suiyan.
Just when Xu Suiyan knew he was doomed.
*Smack!*
A thunderclap ripped through the void.
Shen Zhao instinctively retreated, barely avoiding the powerful whip.
Where the whip landed, it left a shocking welt.
"The Soaring Dragon Whip?"
Seeing the blood-clad figure flash behind Xu Suiyan, Shen Zhao's eyes turned terrifyingly cold.
Uncle Sun?
Sun Yushu did not answer. After forcing Shen Zhao back with a whip, he directly turned around and wrapped the whip around Xu Suiyan's body, pulling him backward forcefully.
At the same time, Shen Zhao grabbed Huang Gandang by the neck as he tried to attack from behind.
"Brother Sun."
"Your Highness, I am late, please forgive me."
Xu Suiyan escaped death, and only then did her heart relax.
"Old Sun, quickly take the young master away! This boy is not fit to fight! Let's go!"
Sun Yushu frowned. Seeing that Xu Suiyan was badly injured, he decisively pulled him up and ran away into the distance.
Shen Zhao wanted to give chase, but Huang Gandang held him back tightly.
"If you want to hurt Prince Xu, you'll have to get past me first."
Seeing that Sun Yushu and Xu Suiyan had gone far away, Shen Zhao immediately grabbed Huang Gandang by the neck.
"You are quite loyal, but what you and that beast did is something I really can't condone, so I can only grant your request for loyalty..."
After saying that, he snapped Huang Gandang's neck.
Shen Zhao's assessment of Xu Suiyan's group of cronies was that, apart from having some loyalty, their behavior was no different from that of animals.
The two people who were killed by Shen Zhao today, one improved his sword realm by refining human pills, and the other improved his cultivation by absorbing yin to replenish yang. Countless people in the Holy Domain of Western Shu were ruined and killed by them, so it can be said that their deaths were not unjust at all.
It is a fact that the world of cultivation is cruel, and it is understandable that countless people improve their strength for personal gain in order to survive.
If it were cultivators killing each other, Shen Zhao didn't think there was anything wrong with it.
But if you, as a cultivator, use mortals as pawns and treat them like livestock, then you have crossed the line.
Shen Zhao never considered himself a good person, and neither did his team. They would even actively seek out trouble with those renowned masters and scholars.
So far, neither Shen Zhao nor Liang Hao have ever harmed those innocent people, and they have even provided material assistance when necessary.
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