CHAPTER 585: 585 GUAN FAMILY ANNIHILATED!

Crack! Crack! Crack!

Three streaks of dark light flashed by, followed by the heads of three Guan Family members from the Spirit Vein Realm Middle Stage being severed by spurting blood. None of them lasted even a single round before being beheaded.

"You... You’ve actually broken through to the Late Stage of the Spirit Vein Realm?!"

It wasn’t until Yun Xiao once again revealed his Meridian Qi that Family Head Guan Yu finally sensed it. His face was filled with horror as if he had seen a ghost.

For in Guan Yu’s memory, just a month ago, Yun Xiao had broken through two realms in a row at the Meridian Refining Master Guild, reaching the Early Stage of the Spirit Vein Realm. Even then, the news had given him a huge shock.

Later, during the massacre at Jade Pot Sect, although Yun Xiao performed brilliantly, he was still no match for those at the Peak or Late Stage of the Spirit Vein Realm and almost lost his life at the hands of Second Elder Yao Shi from Qingshan Sect.

What Guan Yu could never have imagined was that, in just a month’s time, the Yun Xiao who was taken away by the woman in black, Shen Xingmou, not only came back safely but also broke through to such a realm.

Guan Yu had never doubted Yun Xiao’s combat power; at least in battles of the same level, this fellow was probably already invincible.

"Be careful, everyone!"

Therefore, after sensing Yun Xiao’s true cultivation level, a sense of unease inexplicably rose in Guan Yu’s heart, as if the Guan Family was facing an unprecedented catastrophe today.

But under Yun Xiao’s Dragon Taming Sword, could those in the Late and Middle Stages of the Spirit Vein Realm from the Guan Family really keep their lives just by being a little cautious? The answer was obviously no!

Yun Xiao had no mercy for these rulers of the Guan Family. Since these people had attempted to annihilate Jade Pot Sect, they had already sealed their fate.

Pfft, pfft, pfft...

More blood spurted into the sky as several of the stronger Guan Family members in the Late Stage of the Spirit Vein Realm fell into pools of blood. At this point, only Family Head Guan Yu remained on the field.

"Yun Xiao, I, Guan Yu, swear to be irreconcilable with you!"

Guan Yu, who had been chasing after Yun Xiao but never catching up, was nearly shooting fire from his eyes. As the Family Head of the Guan Family, watching his clansmen die in front of him was an indescribable torment.

Especially since these Guan Family members, who had reached the Middle Stage or higher of the Spirit Vein Realm, were the backbone of the entire Guan Family, the basis of their centuries-old legacy. Today, they were slaughtered by Yun Xiao, and the great Guan Family might dissipate into nothing.

At this point, Guan Yu’s heart might be filled with a tinge of regret, regretting provoking Jade Pot Sect and this devilish genius.

The once seemingly insignificant Yun Xiao, in the eyes of a strong Spirit Vein Realm Peak expert like Guan Yu, was merely an ant. Even winning the championship of the Countries Hidden Dragon Conference was only supreme among the younger generation.

However, the Yun Xiao who had returned strongly after a month had brought Guan Yu an unstoppable force. Even many of the Late Stage Spirit Vein Realm experts from Guan Family could not withstand a single move from him.

Of course, more than anything, Guan Yu’s heart was filled with fury and resentment. As he roared, Yun Xiao, who had killed so many strong members of the Guan Family, was already irreconcilable with them.

But was this useful? Yun Xiao, after wiping out many Guan Family members, now effortlessly waved the Dragon Taming Sword, turned around, and stared at the Family Head with a cold sneer.

"Irreconcilable? Perhaps you no longer have the chance!"

Since he had come to collect a debt, how could Yun Xiao possibly allow this biggest debtor to continue existing in the world? With a light chuckle, a streak of dark light lashed out furiously towards Guan Yu.

No matter how confident Guan Yu was in himself, he couldn’t dare to directly engage the edge of the indestructible Dragon Taming Sword. Whether it was the outcome of Jin Wuli or the decapitation of those Guan Family members, they all showcased the extraordinary nature of this Wooden Sword.

Swoosh!

One must admit that the Family Head’s strength was indeed much stronger than those at the Peak of the Late Spirit Vein Realm among the Guan Family members. Yun Xiao’s swift sword strike ultimately did not succeed in decapitating Guan Yu.

As the Family Head, with centuries of legacy, he still had some trump cards. After dodging Yun Xiao’s sword strike, Guan Yu stimulated his Ancestor Vein Power, elevating his Meridian Qi Cultivation to almost reach the threshold of the Qi Seeking Realm.

Whoosh...

A subtle power of the Earth was drawn from beneath by Guan Yu. Although it differed from those true Qi Seeking Realm experts, ordinary cultivators at the Peak of the Meridian Union Realm probably had no room to resist.

"The power of the Earth?"

Yun Xiao was not surprised by the power Guan Yu exhibited at this time. Being the head of one of the top three families in the Imperial City, he was bound to have some unique techniques.

But for Yun Xiao, such methods were simply mundane. The soul of the Long Xiao Battle God was not something these Hidden Dragon Continent cultivators could even imagine.

Whoosh!

Yun Xiao’s speed was astoundingly fast, and by the time Guan Yu summoned the Earth Power to press down upon him, Yun Xiao had already vanished from his original spot.

After breaking through to the Late Stage of the Spirit Vein Realm, Yun Xiao’s strength and speed had both reached an extreme. Just now, he had simply used the Dragon Taming Sword to avoid further trouble and finish off those members of the Guan Family.

Aside from the Supreme Divine Weapon, the Dragon Taming Sword, the speed Yun Xiao exhibited at this moment didn’t seem like that of a cultivator at the Late Stage of the Spirit Vein Realm—it was more akin to a ghostly apparition.

"Huh?"

Yun Xiao’s instantaneous disappearance caused Guan Yu’s expression to change abruptly, and he immediately felt a strong force attacking from behind. Without hesitation, he slightly shifted his stance, and his powerful attack collided with the force that was coming at him from behind.

Boom!

A massive energy swept through, and Guan Yu, the Family Head of the Guan Family, couldn’t maintain his stance and took several steps back, his face filled with horror, completely unsuspecting of what had just happened.

"You... you can actually summon the Earth Power?!"

The reason for Guan Yu’s terror was because, during that exchange, he had shockingly discovered that Yun Xiao’s attack also contained a streak of Earth Power.

Moreover, this streak of Earth Power was even more formidable than what Guan Yu himself could summon, which left him utterly baffled, especially since the youth before him was only at the Late Stage of the Meridian Union Realm.

Summoning Earth Power was a hallmark of the Earth Rank Third Realm. Generally, only upon reaching the true Qi Seeking Realm could one sense the Earth Power.

However, the myriad phenomena of heaven and earth could not be summed up in a single phrase. For instance, Guan Yu, upon activating his Ancestor Vein and boosting his Meridian Qi to the threshold of the Qi Seeking Realm, had already been able to sense that streak of Earth Power.

In fact, many cultivators at the cusp of the Qi Seeking Realm couldn’t sense the Earth Power, much less summon it. It has to be said that the Family Head of the Guan Family was already more formidable than most cultivators of the same realm.

But this Earth Power, which one might not sense even at the half-step Qi Seeking Realm, had now appeared in a young man at the Late Stage of the Spirit Vein Realm—how could this not shock Guan Yu beyond measure?

What Guan Yu did not know was that the youth before him had just used a Meridian Technique of the Earth Rank. The defining feature of this Meridian Technique was to rely on the Earth Power to injure or kill an opponent.

The Meridian Techniques of the Nine-layered Dragon Cloud differed substantially from those of the Hidden Dragon Continent, and with Yun Xiao’s physical strength, practicing Earth Rank Meridian Techniques across levels wasn’t something particularly surprising.

It was precisely because of this that Guan Yu was stunned for a moment, and how could Yun Xiao let such an excellent opportunity slip by? Suddenly, a fine streak of blood-red flames emerged silently and eerily from behind Guan Yu’s back.

"Not good!"

The intense heat transmitting from his back finally snapped Guan Yu back to reality, but it was a bit too late to discover this now. With Yun Xiao at the Late Stage of the Spirit Vein Realm, the Ancestral Vein Fire he was currently deploying undoubtedly had its power multiplied several-fold.

"Damn it, what kind of flames are these?"

Guan Yu, trying to extinguish the flames with his Meridian Qi, eventually realized that no matter how much he mobilized his Meridian Qi, the flames seemed to cling to his back, drilling into his flesh and blood.

"Explode!"

Not far away, a sneer crossed Yun Xiao’s face, followed by a low shout. At his command, the blood-red Ancestral Vein Fire that had penetrated into Guan Yu’s back exploded.

Bang!

An explosive sound burst forth from Guan Yu’s back. His face suddenly became rigid, and then his chest burst open, leaving a grotesque, gaping hole.

Clearly, this was another application of Yun Xiao’s Ancestral Vein Fire which, despite looking similar to the previous flames, contained a vastly different power.

It was Yun Xiao condensing several ordinary Ancestral Vein Fires using a special method to an extreme limit, then controlling them to explode within Guan Yu’s body, the destructive force of which can only be imagined.

The Ancestral Vein Fire which shattered Guan Yu’s heart did not leave his body but, under his incredulous expression, turned him to ashes within the span of just two breaths.

Perhaps at the moment of his death, Guan Yu finally regretted it—Yun Xiao, who had grown to this extent, was no longer someone a family like the Guan Family could contend with.

"The Li Family, the Wang Family, the Qingshan Sect; it’s over!"

As Guan Yu’s consciousness faded away, this thought suddenly popped into his mind. Perhaps this could give him a trace of solace in his last moments, knowing that it wasn’t only the Guan Family that was about to be destroyed.

Moreover, Guan Yu believed that Yun Xiao’s return, so openly and spectacularly, would not only be aimed at the Guan Family. The Guan Family was simply the first step on Yun Xiao’s path of vengeance. Next, the strong members of the Song Family, Wang Family, and Qingshan Sect would likely soon join him in death.