Chapter 148: Devouring the Killing Intent

"Thank you, you old fool!"

Xia Jiuxuan immediately activated the spatial flag, sealing the space entirely.
With a flash of his figure, he appeared beside the old man.
With a single sword strike, he brought it down!

Beside the old man, Shen Yu, who was already on the verge of death, had his head cleanly severed.

"You beast!"
The old man was filled with extreme shock and fury.
This little bastard actually possessed no sense of honor or faith whatsoever!

He watched helplessly as the young master was killed, completely powerless to stop it.

"Yu Guiyuan, you reckless brute, are you still not coming out?!"
At that moment, the old man let out a long, heaven-shaking roar that made the earth tremble.

Coincidentally!
Following this fierce howl, the sky suddenly grew dark.
A figure hovered amidst the rolling clouds.

He looked down, his ash-gray pupils reflecting the figure of Xia Jiuxuan.

"I have arrived late."
Immediately after, that figure plummeted straight down.

Crack, crack, crack!
He landed directly within the space sealed by Xia Jiuxuan.
That condensed space was actually crushed into fragments by the mere weight of his body.

Xia Jiuxuan's spatial seal was shattered, and he suffered a slight backlash.
His internal organs burned with a pain as if they had been set ablaze by raging flames.

"This brute is truly powerful!"
Xia Jiuxuan instinctively retreated backward.
To be able to shatter his sealed space purely with physical body weight—not even a peak Sea-Splitting expert could achieve such a feat!

Immediately, Xia Jiuxuan unleashed his spiritual sense, locking it onto Yu Guiyuan.

"There are no soul fluctuations!"
Xia Jiuxuan was slightly startled.
No wonder he had noticed deathly qi permeating Yu Guiyuan's pupils.
As it turned out, this fellow had already turned into a walking corpse!

As for why Yu Guiyuan had undergone such a transformation, Xia Jiuxuan could not discern the reason.

"Luoyan, Han Yu, take the young miss and retreat."
Xia Jiuxuan knitted his brows tightly.
Faced with Yu Guiyuan in his current state, Xia Jiuxuan did not have absolute confidence in slaying him.

"You scoundrel, why on earth did you only show yourself after my young master died?!"
The old man flew over, his eyes bloodshot as he interrogated Yu Guiyuan.

"I have just come out of seclusion," Yu Guiyuan replied coldly.

"Hmph, cut the crap! In order to help you slay Xia Jiuxuan, my young master was killed by him instead. You must bear the responsibility for this!"
"Do not forget, in front of the Shen family, you are nothing more than a dog!"
The old man vented all his rage onto Yu Guiyuan.

"Have you said enough?"
Yu Guiyuan cast a cold glance at the old man.

The old man trembled instantly, yet he felt no fear toward Yu Guiyuan.
"What? Are you, this corpse, actually planning to strike at me? Do you dare?!"

Boom!
The next moment, Yu Guiyuan flicked his finger.
The old man's head exploded from that single flick.

"In order to kill you, I spared no expense in selling my soul in exchange for today's undying body. You should consider it the fortune of a lifetime to die by my hands."
Yu Guiyuan stared apathetically at Xia Jiuxuan.

"So you became someone else's corpse slave. And by the look of it, you're quite proud of it?"
Xia Jiuxuan understood the situation now.

Yu Guiyuan had undoubtedly sacrificed his soul to some powerful sorcerer.
Through corpse-refinement techniques, his physical body had been forged into something exceedingly formidable.
As for the claim of an undying body, that was absolute nonsense.

"Enough with the nonsense, little beast, go die!"
Yu Guiyuan had no desire to exchange any more idle words with Xia Jiuxuan.
Waves of deathly qi billowed from within his body.

The entire region of the Taixuan Academy turned gloomy and eerie.
Wailing cries laced with deep resentment, accompanied by frantic laughter, echoed through the air.
Countless rotting faces flashed hideously.

"Spirit-Slaying Blood-Bone Sword."
Yu Guiyuan spread his palms, and a bone-white, blood-red sword materialized in his hand.

"Such heavy murderous intent."
Xia Jiuxuan narrowed his eyes.
The appearance of this sword excited him greatly!

Xia Jiuxuan judged that this blood-bone sword had slaughtered at least tens of thousands of living beings!
Furthermore, all those slaughtered creatures had left behind their lingering resentment and murderous intent within the blade.

"This sword suits me perfectly!"
Xia Jiuxuan gazed at the weapon with unconcealed greed.

"Die!"
Yu Guiyuan charged forward.

Slash!
He raised his sword and swept it across.
A streak of crimson light rapidly spread through the air.

Xia Jiuxuan likewise swung his sword.
Blazing fire filled the sky, illuminating the grim and dreary world.

Boom!
The two sword glares collided.
Crimson light surged into the heavens, swallowing Xia Jiuxuan's figure within it.

"Young Master, be careful!"
Li Luoyan, who had retreated a thousand feet away, could not help but cry out in alarm at the sight.

"Exhilarating!"
Amidst that crimson light, far from suffering any impact, Xia Jiuxuan wore an expression of absolute enjoyment.
It had been far too long since he had bathed in such pure murderous intent.

The dense murderous intent invaded Xia Jiuxuan's divine soul, subsequently nourishing his physical body.

"Absorb it for me!"
A continuous stream of murderous qi poured into his body.
Within his dantian, a crimson pearl was faintly beginning to condense and form.

Just like a swordsman who, once his sword dao reached grand completion, could condense a sword core within his dantian, Xia Jiuxuan walked the path of slaughter and could thus condense a Blood Slaughter Pill!

Once this internal elixir was formed, he would truly have stepped back onto the path of the Slaughter God!

At that moment, Yu Guiyuan finally sensed that something was amiss.

Whoosh!
His figure vanished as he lunged fiercely toward Xia Jiuxuan's direction.

A sword strike!
Once again, it was the spectacle of a surging river of blood.
This time, Xia Jiuxuan made no attempt to block it whatsoever.

He allowed the river of blood to pound against him.
Even as the murderous qi sliced open the skin of his body, he did not care in the least.

"Continue!"
Xia Jiuxuan frantically absorbed the qi of slaughter.

Suddenly, Yu Guiyuan closed in on Xia Jiuxuan, stabbing viciously toward his head with his sword.
Xia Jiuxuan spread his palm and lashed out fiercely.

Clang!
Palm and sword met, and Xia Jiuxuan was knocked flying backward.
Yet, he was completely uninjured!

Yu Guiyuan froze on the spot.
For he sensed that this brat was actually growing stronger!

At that moment, Yu Guiyuan put away the blood-bone sword.
"Damn little beast, you actually swallowed the corpse ghost murderous qi!"
Yu Guiyuan stared angrily at Xia Jiuxuan.

"Thanks, you've practically delivered a grand gift right to my doorstep," Xia Jiuxuan said indifferently.

"Die."
Not daring to use the blood-bone sword again, Yu Guiyuan prepared to rely solely on his formidable physical body to crush Xia Jiuxuan.

Stomp, stomp, stomp...
He charged forward at lightning speed, his heavy steps sending ripples coursing through space itself.

Xia Jiuxuan activated his movement technique and vanished on the spot.

Boom!
Yu Guiyuan lashed out with a palm strike.
Xia Jiuxuan effortlessly dodged it.

Bang!
Suddenly!
With a sharp explosion, Xia Jiuxuan felt a searing pain erupt from his waist.

"This fellow can actually track my movements!"
Xia Jiuxuan was inwardly shocked.
Having just evaded that palm strike, he had intended to use his speed advantage to circle behind Yu Guiyuan and counterattack.
Never had he expected that a blood-bone claw would suddenly emerge from the enemy's spine, striking him squarely in the waist.

A bloody hole had been blasted clean through Xia Jiuxuan's waist!

"Little beast, your strength is indeed formidable, but to me in my current state, you are still no different from an ant. Today, you are destined to perish."
His imperial robe billowing, Yu Guiyuan looked down coldly at Xia Jiuxuan.

Slash!
No sooner had Xia Jiuxuan steadied himself than Yu Guiyuan attacked once more.

Boom!
Yu Guiyuan hurled a punch.
Dense corpse qi billowed forth, surging toward Xia Jiuxuan.

"Blood Slaughter!"
Xia Jiuxuan did not dare to be careless in the slightest.

Having formed the embryonic form of the Blood Slaughter Pill within his body, he employed a technique from the Slaughter Sword Dao.
This stance was the most fundamental move of the Slaughter Sword Dao.
Yet its power was undeniably superior to any so-called Mysterious-grade sword skill.

Clang!
A metallic ringing sound echoed, shaking the entire Taixuan Academy violently.

Reeling from the immense counter-force, Xia Jiuxuan flew back over a hundred paces before steadying his footing.
On the opposite side, however, a split had appeared across Yu Guiyuan's palm.
Gray blood continuously dripped down from his hand.