"Today, whoever crosses this line shall die." Zhu Bufan spoke with an indifferent tone that hardly seemed a warning, pointing to the sword scar before him and addressing everyone present, including the Black Dam Army. His apathetic gaze swept over them, and some actually felt a chill in their hearts.

"Cackle, boy, I, Lian Xie, have seen my fair share of madmen, but I have never seen anyone as insane as you. To make such bold statements while only at the early stages of Body Tempering Sixth Layer Heaven? Everyone here possesses cultivation far beyond yours, haha."

"Your foolish son also had a higher cultivation than mine, didn't he? So, did he die?" In response to Lian Xie's mockery, Zhu Bufan let out an extremely sarcastic cold laugh before speaking.

"Damn you!!!" Zhu Bufan's words were like a sharp knife piercing deep into Lian Xie's heart, causing him agonizing pain. The moment Lian Xie's furious roar began, Zhu Bufan swung his left hand abruptly, and five beams of white light shot towards Lian Xie's body instantaneously.

"Uh?" Seeing the five white lights shooting towards him, Lian Xie was shocked and stretched out his hand to slap the lights away. 'Pop pop pop pop pop'—a series of Ice and Fire explosions forced Lian Xie to stagger back repeatedly, his face turning pale.

It turned out that just then, Zhu Bufan had flung five Jade Talismans towards Lian Xie, with three Fiery Fire Talismans and two Ice Talismans attacking him simultaneously. The overconfident Lian Xie reached out to catch them, and naturally, all the Jade Talismans exploded.

The Fire Element Spiritual Energy and Ice Element Spiritual Energy are inherently incompatible, which is why the simultaneous explosion of the Fiery Fire and Ice Talismans, due to the repulsion between the Spiritual Energies, resulted in an even greater blast than usual. The five Jade Talismans shook Lian Xie's hands violently. Once the Corpse Energy dissipated, everyone saw Lian Xie's Corpse Arm covered with marks of frostbite and burns.

"Jade Talismans?" Seeing Zhu Bufan use five Jade Talismans right off the bat, both Lian Xie and Lin Ya narrowed their eyes. Jade Talismans are high-demand items everywhere, and as one-time-use consumables, they might not seem too expensive. Still, in reality, it is almost impossible to easily buy them anywhere, and even if one could, they would not come in large quantities. But here was Zhu Bufan, flippantly throwing five at a time—the level of his wasteful extravagance was simply indescribable.

"Surprised? There's more." Seeing Lian Xie's astonished expression, Zhu Bufan remained indifferent. He waved his left hand repeatedly, throwing another four bundles, a total of twenty Jade Talismans, making it almost impossible for Lian Xie to dodge. In a blink, Lian Xie was continuously bombarded by the talismans, retreating step by step.

"Impossible! How can you have so many Jade Talismans??" With a fierce expression, Lian Xie roared loudly after being hit by several Jade Talisman explosions. While the Jade Talismans indeed weren't enough to take his life, or even inflict much damage, the incessant barrage of Jade Talisman attacks shocked and unsettled Lian Xie. Having been the Family Head of the Lian Family for so long, he had never seen anyone toss Jade Talismans around so recklessly. Even his Lian Family did not have the resources to afford such a prodigious waste.

"I already possess the Water Mystical Silver Garment, so what's impossible?" Zhu Bufan merely showed a mocking smile in response to Lian Xie's ragged state. That mocking smile again deeply infuriated Lian Xie. Being made into such a sorry sight by a junior of the Body Tempering Realm, where could Lian Xie's face go? And indeed, Zhu Bufan's aim was to enrage Lian Xie, to make him lose his calm!

"Lian Family Guard Team, charge in and capture those two big and small wretches. I want to personally tear them to pieces in front of this bastard!!" Driven completely irrational by Zhu Bufan's mocking smile, Lian Xie bellowed at the four Guard Captains of the Lian Family before charging towards Zhu Bufan himself. After exchanging looks, the four Guard Captains, all at Body Tempering Seventh Layer Heaven, had no choice but to pounce towards Zhu Bufan as well. Despite feeling something was amiss, they dared not contradict Lian Xie's words.

"I said, those who cross the line, die!!" Facing the simultaneous attack of the five men, Zhu Bufan's expression turned terribly grim. As Purple Cloud unleashed a bright purple radiance, Zhu Bufan counter-attacked towards the five from the Lian Family with the right hand wielding the sword and the left hand throwing Jade Talismans.

'Swish'

A stream of Sword Qi mixed with Poison Fire charged straight at Lian Xie. Lian Xie, having already suffered a setback earlier, hastily dodged to the side to avoid Zhu Bufan's Purple Cloud Sword Qi. However, Zhu Bufan's left hand did not stop, throwing five Jade Talismans, targeting each of the five men.

'Boom boom boom'

Including Lian Xie, the three people were too late to avoid the Jade Talisman and were blasted backward repeatedly. After the remaining two narrowly dodged the strike of the Jade Talisman, Zhu Bufan, like a ghostly apparition, pressed forward, and his Purple Cloud sword descended upon one of the Body Tempering Eighth Layer Heaven Guard Captains with the force of Mount Tai falling.

"Do you really think you are something special?" This Guard Captain, one of the two people brought out by Lian Xie, was enraged that Zhu Bufan had chosen to strike at him first. As someone who colluded with Lian Xie, he was no good to begin with, and now, provoked by Zhu Bufan, his ferocity was fully unleashed.

A pair of pitch-black Iron Gloves reached for Zhu Bufan's Purple Cloud sword. Blinded by anger, the Guard Captain had forgotten that even Lian Xie's arm transformed into a Corpse Arm could not withstand the sharpness of Zhu Bufan's Purple Cloud, let alone his Iron Gloves. When he came to his senses, Zhu Bufan's Purple Cloud sword no longer gave him any chance.

"Slash!!"

The purple sword light, accompanied by Poison Fire, fell without the slightest hindrance, "Ahh!!!" In an instant, the Guard Captain let out a horrific scream; Zhu Bufan's Purple Cloud sword did not give him any chance, directly chopping off the hands clad in Iron Gloves. However, his screams did not last long because at the moment of hitting the ground, Zhu Bufan wielded his Purple Cloud sword again, and after the purple sword light passed, all signs of life from the Guard Captain were severed.

Seeing Zhu Bufan easily slay a Guard Captain whose cultivation was two levels higher than his own with the help of Purple Cloud sword, everyone on the scene felt a chill. They never expected the Purple Cloud sword in Zhu Bufan's hand to be so sharp, reaching Divine Weapon Level already.

You should know, a Cultivator with a Divine Weapon versus one without gives an advantage that is not trivial. Let alone Wu Yingzhong's impressive combat with the Azure Dragon Crescent Blade against Silver Charm. Just like the Nine-Ring Great Saber and this Guard's Iron Gloves earlier, they had no chance of resisting against the edge of a Divine Weapon and were destroyed, so even the most basic Human Rank Divine Weapon is coveted by all Cultivators.

"Who exactly is this guy? With his Water Xuan Silver Robe and numerous Jade Talismans, and now this purple sword turns out to be at the Divine Weapon level? Who is he really?" Watching Zhu Bufan wielding the Purple Cloud sword, Lin Ya, who did not know Purple Cloud was a Soul Sword, his eyes gleamed with greed, "Regardless, huhu, let's snatch that purple Divine Weapon later, too. Didn't expect such a big haul this trip. Water Xuan Silver Robe, Divine Weapon, and it seems that the kid has a good number of Jade Talismans as well, hehe, kill, good kill, it would be best to wipe out the entire Lian Family, to save me the trouble."

As for Lin Ya's thoughts on the side, Zhu Bufan naturally could not understand. As for Lian Xie, at this time, he stopped caring about anything else. Seeing another one of his painstakingly recruited Guard Captains fall under Zhu Bufan's hand, the bloodlust in Lian Xie's eyes could only be described as terrifying.

"Roar, you little bastard, go to hell!!" The power unleashed by anger is hard to estimate. Completely enraged to the extreme, Lian Xie's body suddenly erupted with a thick blood mist. His speed almost doubled from what it was before, instantly flashing to Zhu Bufan's side.

"Corpse Blood Burst, that old ghost Lian Xie has gone mad, to be forced into using it against a little devil at the Body Tempering Sixth Layer, hehe." Seeing Lian Xie's move, Lin Ya was momentarily stunned and then let out a cold laugh. He had heard of this self-damaging Cultivation Technique and was amazed that Lian Xie would be so crazed as to use this life-saving move against Zhu Bufan, who was merely a minor cultivator at the Body Tempering Sixth Layer.

Faced with Lian Xie's suddenly increased speed and surging momentum, Zhu Bufan was caught off-guard and quickly placed the Purple Cloud sword horizontally in front of himself while unconsciously concentrating all his Primordial Qi in the direction of Lian Xie's attack.

'Boom!!'

A loud blast sounded, and Lian Xie's swollen Corpse Arm covered in blood vessels hammered down on Zhu Bufan's Purple Cloud sword. In an instant, Zhu Bufan was blasted away like a cannonball, crashing fiercely into a large tree. The tree, thick enough to be embraced by two people, splintered into wood shavings the moment Zhu Bufan collided with it.

"Wah!!" Gushes of dark red blood continuously spurted from Zhu Bufan's mouth. This time, Zhu Bufan really suffered the full brunt of Lian Xie's attack. Several ribs on his right side were instantly broken. If it hadn't been for Zhu Bufan's quick reflexes to place the Purple Cloud sword in front and focus all his Primordial Qi in the direction of the attack, even with the Water Xuan Silver Robe, Zhu Bufan might have been killed on the spot!

"Roar!!" Lian Xie, who had been growling, saw that Zhu Bufan was still not dead and immediately let out a roar like a wounded beast. With a thick blood mist around him, he pounced towards Zhu Bufan again, his hands sporting five-inch-long sharp claws radiating boundless Corpse Energy.

"Spirit Aura Flame, Sky Radiance, Earth Yin Killing, Radiance Without Sky, Black Aura Becoming Flames, Break Shackles, Return All Transformations!" Facing Lian Xie's ferocious attack, Zhu Bufan coldly recited a string of spells taught to him by Emperor Yan. As the last word fell, a 'clang' sounded like glass shattering, followed by a surge of Black Flames that erupted from Zhu Bufan as the center, washing outward in all directions like a tidal wave.

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