Chapter 638 - 273: Killing with a Borrowed Knife
Chapter 638: Chapter 273: Killing with a Borrowed Knife
The faint sound was not loud.
Yet to everyone watching the battle, it struck their ears like a clap of thunder.
Because with that faint sound, Huang Lie’s headless body collapsed to the ground.
"He’s dead!"
"The Jiuyang Young Monarch... is gone just like that!?"
"That’s the Island Master of Hengyang Island! He... he was so confident just a moment ago... Why did he suddenly die?"
Sounds of shock and disbelief rose from all sides.
The scene was simply too appalling.
"A moment ago, Huang Lie had clearly reached the ultimate state of Pure Yang Unity from the Pure Yang Celestial Book.
"He burned his own lifeblood and vital energy, converting it all into Pure Yang True Qi.
"His Power had surged to its absolute peak... but why, why?"
Granny Xuan Yi, beside Shui Tianxin, couldn’t help but speak up.
Ever since her long talk with Shui Tianxin, she had held Fang Shuwen in awe. She was paying incredibly close attention to this battle today, wanting to see for herself if he was truly as formidable as Shui Tianxin claimed.
The facts had proven it: Fang Shuwen’s Martial Arts were just as Shui Tianxin had described—sublime to the highest degree.
The Thirty-six Sea-Boiling Prohibitions Grand Array, jointly deployed by the thirty-six Elders, couldn’t harm him. Huang Lie’s Great Sun Burning Heaven was shattered by a single point of his finger before it could even land.
But this final scene was something she simply could not comprehend.
Previously, before Huang Lie achieved Pure Yang Unity, he could at least trade blows with him.
Why, after achieving Pure Yang Unity, was he... no longer a match for even a single move?
"Because Huang Lie’s Martial Arts were insufficient to force him to use his full strength."
Shui Tianxin’s voice replied:
"In his eyes, what Huang Lie did today was nothing more than a monkey show.
"He could be toyed with for a while... but once the novelty wore off, he could be shattered with a flick of a finger."
Granny Xuan Yi suddenly felt that Shui Tianxin’s decision had been perfectly reasonable—in fact, it was the only logical choice.
Against someone like that, resistance was a death sentence.
Perhaps the greatest opportunity was to be able to bow at his feet.
Luo Shuqing let out a soft laugh:
"Palace Master Shui seems to understand Guard Fang very deeply."
"You flatter me, Miss Luo."
Shui Tianxin replied coolly.
The two exchanged a lukewarm pleasantry and said no more.
But Fang Shuwen’s work was not yet finished.
Hengyang Island had lost an Island Master and thirty-six Elders, but the disciples of Hengyang Island were still around.
He was not one to leave things half-done.
And he refused to leave behind even the slightest lingering threat.
Besides, with Huang Lie dead, Hengyang Island had lost all its value...
Fang Shuwen slowly began to speak:
"Everyone, be you my fellow martial artists from the East Sea Jianghu, or the prominent disciples from Little Night Valley, Wuyan Island, Profound Ice Hall, and Lingbo Sect.
"Today, I intend to annihilate Hengyang Island.
"Would you all be willing to lend me... a hand?"
His voice carried, covering almost the entire island.
Some people were too far away to know what had happened and were naturally baffled when they heard this.
But all who were close enough to understand the situation responded with reverence:
"We are willing to serve the Demon Evil God!"
As their voices fell, figures scattered in all directions, rushing to kill the people of Hengyang Island.
’If we help you kill them, you can’t possibly kill us too, right?’
With this sudden turn of events, the entire Wuxia Island was thrown into chaos.
Many who didn’t understand what was happening were still intent on killing Fang Shuwen and seizing the Profound Celestial Iron Mirror. They could only stare, dumbfounded, at the Jianghu people who had turned to slaughter Hengyang Island’s disciples at a single command from him.
Some kind souls explained the situation to them, and only then did they quickly join in to help.
As for the people of Hengyang Island, they were undoubtedly the most bewildered.
They had arrived aggressively, thinking they would join forces with the people on the island to deal with Fang Shuwen.
How could this group of people suddenly switch sides because of a single sentence from Fang Shuwen?
’Have they no principles at all?’
A portion of them had also seen Huang Lie’s death, and that the thirty-six Elders had been casually exterminated by Fang Shuwen.
They wanted to leave, but before they could even move, they were stopped.
Heart-wrenching screams rang out from all directions, and for a time, cries of agony echoed throughout Wuxia Island.
Neither Shui Tianxin nor Luo Shuqing had expected things to develop to this extent. They moved from their spectator positions to Fang Shuwen’s side.
"Young Hero Fang..."
Shui Tianxin glanced at Fang Shuwen:
"Impressive methods."
"You flatter me, Palace Master Shui."
Fang Shuwen chuckled lightly:
"Killing them one by one is too tiring. Since there are people who can lend a hand, I’m happy to take it easy.
"Please, Palace Master Shui, instruct the disciples of the Celestial Water Palace to help supervise.
"Remember, do not let a single person from Hengyang Island escape."
"Yes."
Shui Tianxin gave a slight fist-and-palm salute and had Granny Xuan Yi instruct the disciples of the Celestial Water Palace.
As for herself, she followed by Fang Shuwen’s side.
After this battle, she didn’t even dare to walk shoulder-to-shoulder with Fang Shuwen.
Fang Shuwen paid it no mind. Purple Qi Mountain Villa was now empty, so he led the others in a search of the premises.
It was clear that Yuchi Ting’s men had left in a great hurry.
They hadn’t had time to pack up many of their things.
While searching the villa, Fang Shuwen discovered another use for the Observing Traces Technique.
This art was miraculously effective for finding clues.
In a short amount of time, he found three secret rooms and one hidden passage within Purple Qi Mountain Villa.
He even found some people in the hidden passage who hadn’t left...
However, these people weren’t Yuchi Ting’s disciples, but servants from the island.