Chapter 93: Racing Against Time

Yu Yi’s utter disregard caused the Slanted Sword Immortal’s mood to gradually shift.

“Although you have some skill, your experience seems a bit shallow.”

The edge of the sword in the Slanted Sword Immortal’s hand grew several degrees sharper.

“There are few in this world who do not recognize my blade, and those who dare tell me to get lost simply do not exist!”

Although his swordsmanship had reached the pinnacle and his cultivation was exceptionally deep, the Slanted Sword Immortal had suffered much ridicule and cold treatment due to a physical disability he had since childhood.

This had left a massive psychological shadow on him.

Even after using his sharp sword to slay everyone who mocked him, he could not erase the trauma in his heart.

This resulted in him having an extremely fragile yet intense ego.

If he was even slightly provoked, he would spiral out of control and do everything in his power to seek revenge.

“A mere third disciple of the Sword Pavilion. Do you think you are worthy of having Grandmaster remember your name?”

Yu Yi smiled indifferently and said softly, “Even if your Master — the Sword Emperor himself — were here, he would not dare block Grandmaster’s path.”

“…You don’t know what’s good for you!”

The Slanted Sword Immortal was instantly enraged.

The longsword in his hand traced a crescent moon in the air, releasing Sword Qi that flew toward Yu Yi at an extremely tricky, slanted angle.

As the Sword Qi slashed toward Yu Yi, the Slanted Sword Immortal himself charged forward.

His figure transformed into an afterimage in the air, trailing almost right behind the Sword Qi as he closed in on her!

This was his famous signature move: One Sword, Life Ends; One Sword, Soul Severs!

Facing a killing move that the Slanted Sword Immortal spared no effort in executing, Yu Yi simply stood in place, unmoving.

The snow filling the sky was all at her command.

At the very moment the Slanted Sword Immortal slashed toward her with his Sword Qi, the snow filling the sky melted into water and then froze into ice.

Hundreds, even thousands of ice swords fell from the sky, pinning the Slanted Sword Immortal firmly to the ground like a celestial net!

Trapped within the cage-like sword formation, the Slanted Sword Immortal tried to break free, only to find that the cold air radiating from the surrounding ice swords had already invaded his body.

It threw his Zhenqi into chaos, and then his limbs began to grow stiff.

He could no longer manage even the most basic sword swing.

It was a complete and total suppression.

The Slanted Sword Immortal had no chance to strike back or resist; the enemy before him was an existence he simply could not contend with.

In this world, aside from his Master, the Sword Emperor, there were perhaps only two others who could suppress him to such an extent.

One was the Great Leader of the foreign tribes, who shared the title of “Twin Emperors” with the Sword Emperor.

However, that person had already been driven out of the Great Yan Territory and could not possibly appear in Cangzhou.

The other person was the Demoness Yu Yi Jue, known as the “Strongest Grandmaster.”

Yu Yi Jue commanded the Seven Laws and could freely borrow the power of all phenomena between Sky and Earth.

Aside from Yu Yi Jue, the Slanted Sword Immortal could not think of anyone else who could unleash such extreme cold by utilizing the snowy environment of Cangzhou.

However, even though he had guessed the identity of the person before him, he could not understand it.

Even with the environmental boost, Yu Yi Jue was only at the Grandmaster level of cultivation.

Why was she suppressing him so thoroughly?

‘Could it be… that the Demoness has also made a Breakthrough?’

Under the horrified gaze of the Slanted Sword Immortal, Yu Yi walked past him soundlessly.

“If the Sword Emperor wishes to seek revenge, Grandmaster is welcome at any time,”

she said calmly.

From the moment the Slanted Sword Immortal decided to block Yu Yi’s path, his fate was sealed.

Countless ice swords manifested once more and fell from the sky.

Ten thousand swords pierced his heart, instantly taking his life.

Yu Yi turned her gaze toward Ouyang Yue, who was not far away.

Ouyang Yue’s entire body was wrapped in thick Demonic Qi, and she was suspended in mid-air.

The line connecting the mark on her forehead to the invisible mass in the shadows grew increasingly dazzling.

Furthermore, with a large number of Leng and Luo clan members being killed, their life force became nutrients to nourish that invisible mass.

The invisible mass then continuously funneled that power into Ouyang Yue.

It was hard to imagine what Ouyang Yue would become after absorbing such a massive amount of power.

After the Slanted Sword Immortal perished, everyone from the Ouyang Clan noticed Yu Yi’s presence.

They stood guard around Ouyang Yue warily, but no one dared to take a single step toward Yu Yi.

The old Family Head, Ouyang Yun, had initially looked like a man with victory in his grasp, but as he saw Yu Yi’s face clearly, it looked more and more familiar.

Finally, a chill ran down his spine, and he felt a wave of dread.

Ouyang Yun recognized her.

This woman approaching them like a god of death was the very same Demoness, Yu Yi Jue, who had disguised herself five years ago to steal the Heart of the Firm Rock Jade and subsequently killed all the assassins sent after her!

When the Ouyang Clan learned back then that the person they were hunting was the Demoness who struck fear into the hearts of everyone in the world, they immediately lost their nerve and chose to stop.

Even though their Eldest Young Master had died at the hands of the Demoness, they dared not speak out despite their anger.

For the sake of the “big picture,” they could only swallow their resentment and wait for the opportunity for revenge to arrive.

This so-called “big picture” was a transaction established ten years ago between someone in the Imperial Family of Great Yan and the Ouyang Clan.

The Ouyang Clan’s young granddaughter, Ouyang Yue, had been chosen as the “successor” to inherit a Forbidden Demonic Art.

To this end, “That Person” in the Palace and the Ouyang Clan had exerted a tremendous amount of effort over the past ten years.

Everything had been progressing silently and smoothly, but the Martial Arts Marriage Tournament five years ago became the greatest variable.

The Ouyang Clan lost their family heirloom, the Heart of the Firm Rock Jade, at that time.

Initially, they did not dare seek revenge against Yu Yi Jue.

However, as the day for Ouyang Yue to reach “great success in her divine art” approached, Ouyang Yun, who had endured for many years, finally could not take it anymore.

He decided to launch a retaliatory strike against the Demoness in advance!

After discovering that Yu Yi Jue had given the Heart of the Firm Rock Jade to her Disciple, Su Cheng, they first had Jiang Hanshan, a member of a branch family, use the name of the Yan Emperor to recruit the Cold Sword Sect and Wanhua Hall to corner Su Cheng.

When that failed, they took advantage of the Demoness’s absence from Among the Colorful Clouds and sent their second grandson, Ouyang Lei, along with a group of Martial Experts, to launch a sneak attack on Among the Colorful Clouds.

That, too, resulted in failure.

And these two failures had become the biggest variables affecting the big picture at this moment.

Because the vengeful Yu Yi had appeared right here and now.

At this point, Ouyang Yun could only hope his granddaughter could master the Demonic Art and contend with Yu Yi.

Thus, he hysterically ordered the Imperial experts disguised as servants around him, “What are all of you just standing there for?! My granddaughter is about to reach great success! She is about to achieve that Lord’s goal! How can you shrink back at this most critical moment? Get up there! Hold her off!!!”

“Why has the Demoness appeared here? Ouyang Yun, did you secretly commit a crime behind That Person’s back?!”

One of the Imperial experts sensed something was wrong and questioned Ouyang Yun coldly.

Ouyang Yun’s face turned ashen upon hearing this.

He lowered his head slightly, not daring to speak.

His reaction made all the Imperial experts around him understand instantly.

“If your Ouyang Clan hadn’t taken it upon yourselves to provoke the Demoness, how could the situation have become this tense!?”

they cursed in anger and helplessness.

With the Slanted Sword Immortal and a group of Imperial experts providing protection, no accidents should have occurred if everything had gone according to the original plan.

Even if other families had Martial Experts helping them, they wouldn’t have been a match for the Slanted Sword Immortal.

But who could have imagined that they had a “pig teammate” among them?

He had endured for nearly five years, only to lose his patience at the very end to seek revenge on the Demoness, directly drawing her here.

Now, there was no need for internal strife.

Because Yu Yi had already arrived before them.

“A race against time? How interesting.”

Yu Yi glanced at Ouyang Yue, who was only one step away from reaching great success.

She narrowed her eyes slightly.

A brilliant Bingjing condensed in her palm, reflecting her face full of cold arrogance.

She said to Ouyang Yun and the others:

“Guess which will happen first: her completing the Demonic Art, or Grandmaster killing every last one of you?”