Chapter 717: Four Protectors of the Bloodsword Sec (1/2)

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Even though the change occurred extremely suddenly and without any prior signs, old man Situ was a Sixth Heavenly Layer Saint Ruler, so his reaction speed was extremely fast. He immediately released Yu Fengyan before flying back by one hundred meters in a flash.

The speed of the red light was also extremely fast. It seemed to exceed the speed of lightning, following old man Situ closely as he retreated one hundred meters, directly piercing at the center of old man Situ’s eyebrows.

A gleam of light flashed across old man Situ’s eyes. With a sneer, the space before him immediately froze in attempt to forcefully lock the red flash mid-air.

The red light seemed extremely small, but it carried great power. Not only did the space frozen by old man Situ fail to hinder the red light in any way, it was shattered by the energy from the red light, before continuing towards the center of old man Situ’s eyebrows.

However, a dark staff had already appeared in old man Situ’s hands in this very moment. Grasping it with two hands, the staff immediately began to radiate with a dark light after an explosive shout. It was thrust at the red light with great speed.

Ding! With a clear sound, the dark staff and the red light collided. The red light was immediately knocked away.

Old man Situ trembled slightly and could not help but take three steps back. His expression was solemn.

The transparent barrier that enveloped the Changyang Manor suddenly broke. Shortly afterwards, a middle-aged man in blood-red, long robes appeared out of nowhere one hundred meters away. He casually extended both hands to catch the red light. At that moment, the red light that had attacked old man Situ could be clearly seen; it was actually a conical awl, around four thirds of a meter long and a finger thick.

The middle-aged man floated mid-air like a demon god. His long, red hair moved in the windless sky, floating about. He was expressionless and stared at the five old men coldly. A harsh light flickered in his eyes and killing intent radiated from them without any intention of concealing. As for the long awl in his hand, it seemed to be dyed blood red, giving off a demonic red glow.

The five old men no longer paid any more attention to the people of the Changyang clan. They all glared at the red-robed man. Someone had actually appeared to meddle with what they were doing at such an important time, which caused the five of them to become extremely angry.

“Sir, who are you? Why do you meddle with what we are doing?” Old man Mateng shouted with a deep voice. His eyes also began to flicker with killing intent. Although the man in red robes possessed similar strength as him, it did not cause old man Mateng any fear, because they had five people while he was just by himself. They had an advantage in numbers.

“The five of you are working with the Gilligan clan, doing things that betray the human race. We have come under the sect master’s orders to capture– and– kill!” The man said expressionlessly. His tone was extremely cold and carried no emotions. When he got to the last three words, he said it with great pauses.

As the three words ‘capture and kill’ came out of the man’s mouth, a powerful killing intent suddenly erupted from him, rushing at the five people with a great presence, like a roaring wave. Before the powerful killing intent, the surrounding space seemed to become viscous.

It was clear that the man had reached a high degree of proficiency in controlling killing intent. Even though he gave off monstrous killing intent, the killing intent only tightly enveloped the five old men. It did not spread any further and did not affect the people down below at all.

The five old men all became solemn. The strength of the killing intent from the man had caused them to tremble with fear.

This was because it was pure killing intent accumulated from slaughtering countless lives, vastly different from the killing intent that originated from the heart. At this moment, they were flooded with disbelief from feeling such powerful and pure killing intent from a Saint Ruler. This was because what Saint Ruler worried most about was massacres. Otherwise, once they committed such a great sin, they would suffer Celestial Decay and lose their lives.

However, what made them even more shocked was what the man had said. He actually knew about the relationship between the five of them and the Gilligan clan. The matter was a big deal because once it got out, the five of them would become the public enemies of the Tian Yuan Continent.

“Not good, this person actually knows about our relationship with the Gilligan clan. This is extremely bad.” Behind old man Mateng, a Fifth Heavenly Layer said with a soft voice.

“There’s only one person. Let’s move together. We have to kill him as soon as possible and not let him get away.” Old man Situ quickly made a decision. The staff in his hand immediately rushed towards the man with a great force.

“Do it together!” Old man Mateng exclaimed with a deep voice and also materialized his Saint Weapon, rushing at the man.

The man remained expressionless. Shortly afterwards, he actually disappeared suddenly, vanishing into thin air. In the next moment, a weird red glow appeared before old man Situ. It shot towards the centre of old man Situ’s eyebrows with lightning speed. As it approached old man Situ, it actually began to form many afterimages. From one to two, two to four and four to eight, it transformed into a group of densely-packed afterimages, surrounding old man Situ. Every afterimage contained the presence of a great energy, as if it possessed great offensive power. It was impossible to distinguish between the real and the fake.