All the demons shuddered in terror.
In their team, the strongest cultivation was only at the Five Elements Realm. Encountering a single Seven Luminaries Expert would mean certain death, let alone three of them.
There was no hope of survival!
Sensing the peril, Jiang Ke’er made a split-second decision, decisively drawing her sword!
“You all run, I’ll hold them off!”
With that, Jiang Ke’er swung her sword recklessly at one of the Seven Luminaries Experts!
That Seven Luminaries Expert scoffed dismissively, flicking his finger with casual ease, but within that desperate flash of sword light, Jiang Ke’er’s crimson lips parted slightly.
“Your horse is dead.”
“???”
As the Shun Wind Colt screamed, the Seven Luminaries Expert’s body suddenly sank. With a cry of alarm, he hurriedly gathered Crushing Mountain Gravity in his palm and smashed down toward Jiang Ke’er with all his might!
“Scram.” Jiang Ke’er spat out the words.
The Seven Luminaries Expert found it laughable.
Heh, you tell me to scram and I just scram? Then wouldn’t I be…
“Aaaahhh—wha~t~the~heck?”
His palm was about to smash into Jiang Ke’er’s temple, ready to split her head open in an instant, but to his despair, he realized that his hand was getting farther and farther from Jiang Ke’er’s head.
He spun wildly through the air, turning into a tiny black dot in the distance.
The other two experts were utterly horrified.
What kind of overbearing Sword Technique was this?
They saw only Jiang Ke’er swing her sword, and the noble Shun Wind Colt beneath the Seven Luminaries Expert collapsed dead on the spot. Immediately after, that expert was sent flying, completely out of control!
This opponent… they had underestimated her!
“Let’s attack together!”
Knowing things had changed, the other two Seven Luminaries Experts surrounded Jiang Ke’er at once.
But Jiang Ke’er stood proudly, her eyes brimming with disdain and ridicule, shouting loudly, “I call you Awai—do you dare answer?”
The two Seven Luminaries Experts were instantly infuriated by the disdain on Jiang Ke’er’s face—this mere Four Symbols Realm pup, relying on some underhanded trick, dared look down on them, seniors at the Seven Luminaries level!
Against such a small fry, they couldn’t afford to lose face!
“If you want us to answer, we’ll answer! What’s the big deal?”
A look of exaggerated fear and shock appeared on Jiang Ke’er’s face. “You actually, actually dare… Awai?”
“Eh! What’s up?”
At their response, a sly smile played on Jiang Ke’er’s lips, and a dazzling flash of sword light rose in her hand.
She slashed forth with overwhelming force, meeting the enemy head-on without the slightest fear of their crushing power!
The onlooking demons nearly lost their souls in fright; this was clearly suicide!
“Clang—”
The sword light flashed and vanished in an instant. Facing the two attacking experts, at the last critical moment, Jiang Ke’er confidently sheathed her sword, standing proudly as if she were a sword deity descended upon the world.
Then she whispered, “Awai is dead.”
“Thud, thud—”
The two Awai’s pupils contracted violently. Before their attack reached Jiang Ke’er, their bodies suddenly felt drained of strength, stumbling as they collapsed to the ground.
“S…so fast…such a sword…”
They convulsed on the ground, unwilling to accept defeat.
With their strength, they couldn’t even see Jiang Ke’er’s sword’s trajectory!
In the blink of an eye, they’d fallen, feeling their spiritual power drain away, consciousness slipping, unable to even locate their wounds.
That sword strike was simply too powerful.
I’m dead.
A gentle breeze swept across the deathly silent wilderness, fluttering Jiang Ke’er’s White Headband.
Jiang Ke’er released her grip on the sword hilt, closed her eyes, her lips tinged with faint pity and disdain.
Only two Six Harmonies Stage experts remained, staring at Jiang Ke’er in terror, trembling all over, their pants soaked with foul fear.
Jiang Ke’er said nothing, her aura still that of an unremarkable Four Symbols Realm, yet somehow infinitely more terrifying and unfathomable.
“Se…senior,” one Six Harmonies Stage expert swallowed, “we have disturbed you, we are deeply sorry. Please accept these horses as an apology… These are rare top-grade Shun Wind Colts, able to ride the wind, worth ten thousand Jing each. We hope, for the sake of these fine steeds, you might spare us.”
Jiang Ke’er remained silent, eyes closed.
Her attitude left the two Six Harmonies Stage experts thoroughly uncertain, their legs weak, not daring to move at all.
The other Six Harmonies Stage expert gritted his teeth and knelt. “If you are still dissatisfied, here is the Soul Seeking Crystal that Venerable Ye temporarily entrusted to us. It is a rare relic from ancient times. Once it locks onto a cultivator’s Qi Machine, no matter where they flee, the Soul Seeking Crystal will point them out, even sensing their surroundings!”
He placed the gleaming Soul Seeking Crystal on a Shun Wind Colt’s back, then nervously stepped back.
“If you are satisfied, Senior, we will take our leave now,” the Six Harmonies Stage expert said, wiping his eyes aggrievedly, “we really never expected you were disguising your strength at Four Symbols Realm just to experience life… No, no, I don’t mean any offense!
I heard it’s quite popular lately to suppress your realm and pretend to be a pig to eat the tiger—I love doing that too, of course nowhere near your professional level, Senior! You’re truly amazing! Even Venerable Ye couldn’t spot a single flaw!”
The man grew more and more upset as he spoke, and ended up sobbing.
Jiang Ke’er’s liver ached from listening to his endless rambling.
Why was this guy so chatty? If he didn’t leave soon, she really wouldn’t be able to hold out.
“Since we share similar interests, Senior, please spare us! We promise never to reveal your secret! Now that we’ve lost the Soul Seeking Crystal, there’s no way we can go back to Venerable Ye anyway. Even if I survive, my life will be worse than death. Please, have pity on me…”
Jiang Ke’er couldn’t bear it anymore.
“Will you ever shut up?” She glanced at him, her eye twitching.
The two Six Harmonies Stage experts shuddered in terror.
“We’re leaving! We’re leaving! Thank you for your mercy, Senior! Thank you, thank you!”
They stumbled off in a panic, fleeing in disgrace.
Only when they were far away did they dare summon their flying swords, fleeing in opposite directions at the fastest speed of their lives.
“Qing Yi, you…”
The four teammates stared at her in a daze.
Seeing that the enemies were all gone, Jiang Ke’er finally let out a scream.
“It hurts so much!”
The force of the Seven Luminaries Expert—just the residual gust alone—was enough to snap her tendons and break her bones.
At this moment, not a single meridian in Jiang Ke’er’s arm was intact, and her ear was swollen from the gust of the opponent’s palm.
Tears welled up as she desperately blew on her arm, healing and puffing at it as if that could ease the pain.
“…”
The drastic contrast left Gan Ruǎnruǎn, Jie Shui, and the others completely at a loss for words, brains freezing up.
Si Lian and Shanshan arrived late, staring in astonishment at Jiang Ke’er who was baring her teeth and howling in pain, as well as at the two unmarked Seven Luminaries Expert corpses on the ground, utterly confused.
“What just happened?”
The little demons who had narrowly escaped death wore complicated expressions.
“Qing Yi took out three Seven Luminaries Experts in an instant.”