Chapter 765: Instant Kill

“Happy!”
The people of Lingxiao Palace reacted quickly. As soon as one of their guards fell, nearly a hundred more rushed in from all sides, surrounding Qin Qing completely. She looked terrified and kept retreating.
“Qin Qing, Bloodclothes… we meet again…”
Happy pretended not to notice them. Having dealt with a group of experts, these ordinary disciples at the Life and Death realm couldn’t withstand the destructive power of “Heavenly Thunder Annihilation Style,” which exceeded 35,000.
Each of his sword strikes now rivaled the first and second strikes of an “Emperor” in terms of speed and lethality!
Even if Li Qing and Haotian came, it would only take a few strikes to end it.
He slowly stepped out of the retreating crowd and strode leisurely toward the tense and anxious disciples of Lingxiao Palace…
…
“Really happy!”
“How did he get here?”
The people behind him stared at Happy’s back with bright eyes. Some even quietly activated their recording functions, focusing on Happy as he walked calmly toward the group of Lingxiao Palace disciples, afraid of missing a single frame.
…
After realizing Happy’s identity, the people of Lingxiao Palace glanced quickly at the corpses of their elders on the ground, swallowing hard as they protected Qin Qing and kept retreating.
Happy’s fame was immense!
Equally renowned as an “Emperor,” and after attaining liberation, he even seemed to surpass him, solidifying his status as the greatest expert in the Central Plains.
Faced with such a powerful figure, many naturally thought of all the corpses under Happy’s feet—the result of his relentless rise to power.
The man who had defeated Zhou Yu in just two moves… who had driven countless top experts of the First Rank back hundreds of miles, and even single-handedly blazed a path of death out of the capital city!
Now, Happy was even more terrifying!
…
“Happy!”
Bloodclothes’ gaze was complex. Though protected by the crowd, he refused to watch Qin Qing get killed by Happy or see Lingxiao Palace perish. Gritting his teeth, he suddenly stretched out his arms, fingers splayed wide, and grabbed two Lingxiao Palace disciples on either side, shouting,
“Lend me your internal energy.”
Ah!!!!
The two disciples of Lingxiao Palace let out involuntary screams, their bodies trembling violently as if electrocuted. Their cultivation levels plummeted rapidly as their internal energy was drained.
As for Bloodclothes…
His power surged instantly, breaking through to the liberation level!
Everyone around him was shocked!
And he still wouldn’t stop!

Xueyi moved swiftly, tossing aside the two Lingxiao Palace disciples whose internal energy had been exhausted, then quickly grabbing two more who dared not resist. He kept inhaling, his aura growing stronger by the moment, his arm muscles swelling at an astonishing rate.

“Let him breathe!” Qin Qing’s decisive voice came from behind.

Kai Xin watched everything indifferently without intervening.

In just an instant, he had broken through from the Liberation Realm to the Non-Action Realm!

Only when his internal energy level stabilized at the Non-Action Realm did Xueyi open his eyes. Two terrifying glows shot from them as he confidently carved a path through the crowd and strode ten meters away from Kai Xin:

“I won’t let you touch her!”

As soon as those words were spoken, the air around them seemed to stir on its own, and his voice carried a strong sense of pressure.

“…”

Kai Xin stared at Xueyi, whose aura now surpassed his own, his expression unchanged, though his gaze turned slightly colder.

“Xueyi.”

Those two calm words failed to alert Xueyi. With his realm elevated, the internal energy flowing through his body gave him infinite strength.

His abilities had increased by 20%, as if he had consumed a Leopard Essence Pill!

“After all this time, you still haven’t improved at all. Haven’t you realized that the Star-Draining Art has a fatal weakness in you?”

Xueyi’s expression changed!

Before he could ask Kai Xin what he meant, “Sword Seven” was already drawn!

The speed was too fast.

So fast that Xueyi could only activate his protective barriers, yet still couldn’t fully block the attack. His eyes widened, his body trembled, and spots of blood appeared on his chest, solar plexus, and forehead simultaneously!

“Raising your realm doesn’t mean the gap narrows. It only makes you arrogant and underestimate your enemies…” Kai Xin slowly sheathed his sword, his tone as calm as if he were lecturing a close friend.

Thud!

As soon as the words faded,

Xueyi’s body crashed to the ground, his eyes still wide open, but life was gone, and his body rapidly cooled and blurred.

“Consider this the first blood debt paid to the First-Class Hall on behalf of Fengzhi and the brothers from the Mu Family’s branch…”

Kai Xin’s words were beyond Xueyi’s hearing.

After seeing Xueyi, whose realm had risen to the Non-Action Realm, killed so casually by Kai Xin, Qin Qing suddenly stopped retreating, her breathing held.

She knew.

At her speed, she couldn’t escape Kai Xin’s pursuit.

Nor could her subordinates protect her!

“Kai Xin, you’ll surely regret everything you’ve done today!” Qin Qing roared through gritted teeth.

Kai Xin continued walking, drawing his sword just once more…

The sword light slashed in a Z-pattern across the chests of the Lingxiao Palace disciples in front of him, as indifferent words came from Kai Xin’s mouth: “I’ll give you back these words exactly as they are.” After a pause, he added, “I came to see you today to give you a gift…” “…” Qin Qing stared at Kai Xin with a grim expression, not daring to miss a single word he said. Kai Xin spoke leisurely, seemingly unconcerned about wasting time here: “You destroyed one of my branches; I don’t want much in return—just your main temple in Yangzhou as compensation…” “…You!” “Also, the war you provoked against the Mu family resulted in four thousand of my people dying. You must pay with forty thousand lives…” Kai Xin remained calm as ever. A flash of sword light—blood splattered! One after another, they fell to the ground. All the Lingxiao Palace disciples in the vicinity were dead, leaving only Qin Qing! “You’re going too far!” Qin Qing, alone and surrounded by corpses, gasped heavily, clearly shaken. But Kai Xin didn’t finish speaking and continued on his own terms: “I don’t want much more. From now on, all the Lingxiao Palace disciples in Yangzhou must pay with their lives…” “…” Qin Qing was too angry to speak. Yet what Kai Xin said still sent shivers through her. The main temple! He was determined to take it this time. “You want my Lingxiao Palace’s main temple? Fine! I’ll fulfill your wish! But first, all your subordinates and the Xifeng Tower allied with your Mu family must be wiped out here!” Qin Qing’s eyes turned red as she stared hysterically at Kai Xin, who was approaching. “They won’t be hurt,” Kai Xin said without even glancing at the battlefield. At those words, Qin Qing turned her head abruptly toward the distance… In the far distance, chaos seemed to have broken out in the Lingxiao Palace’s rear camp. A force of several hundred soldiers charged in, sweeping everything in their path. “I’ll keep your life for the Silver Fox. Right now, I only want to know—where is that vice head of Longmen who’s always by your side?” Kai Xin glanced around coldly, and every martial artist in sight avoided his gaze.