Villain: Her Imagination Makes Me Invincible

Chapter 60: If you don’t kill them all, how can you count them as no one?

The enormous pillar of fire resembled a straight, roaring fire dragon as it streaked across the sky. The scorching heat caused the space across heaven and earth to warp and twist.

On the other side, facing Yan Kui’s deadly strike, Ye Cangqing naturally did not dare to be careless. The thunderous power inside his body erupted frantically, accompanied by rolling thunder, forming a colossal tornado of lightning around him in an instant.

Then, the lightning tornado collided with the fiery red pillar in midair, as if two dragons were crashing into each other!

Boom!

A thunderous crash echoed, shaking the heavens and earth! Thunder and fire wildly swept together in the tremor, causing the sky to change color. A vast shockwave spread across the entire imperial capital. Even the bloody mist left by Ling Xue’s earlier strike was blown away, revealing the desolate earth beneath.

The full-force clash of two Extreme Martial experts was naturally terrifying! The vast thunder-fire shockwave raged through the sky, engulfing both Yan Kui and Ye Cangqing.

All around, everyone involved in the chaotic battle instinctively backed away, unwilling to get too close. Besides Ling Xue, no one present could withstand the aftershocks of such a terrifying confrontation.

The shockwave engulfed half the sky and only subsided slowly after a long time.

Ling Xue and the others fixed their gaze on the center of the dissipating thunder-fire storm. As the storm cleared, two figures stood tall within.

At this moment, both Yan Kui and Ye Cangqing were disheveled, blood at the corners of their mouths, their bodies charred and in tatters, looking incredibly wretched. Their bodies were covered with wounds, oozing fresh blood.

After a brutal battle between two Extreme Martial experts, the result was mutual destruction.

Both men, like dying oil lamps, had very little fight left in them.

“Yan Kui! You can’t kill me!”

Ye Cangqing panted heavily, his gaze locked firmly on Yan Kui.

As two equally powerful Extreme Martial experts, neither he nor Yan Kui could easily kill the other.

“Humph! If I were to go all out, even if I had to take ninety percent of the damage, I could still kill you!” Yan Kui snorted coldly.

He was slightly stronger than Ye Cangqing, and if they truly fought to the death, the first to fall would undoubtedly be Ye Cangqing. The only reason he hadn’t done so was because this was Ling Xue’s arrangement.

As for what exactly Ling Xue was planning, he had no idea!

“Heh, you’re afraid of dying!”

Ye Cangqing let out a bitter laugh, his gaze drifting to the battlefield where the imperial army had been slaughtered, leaving less than one-tenth of its original size.

Then, a spatial distortion appeared around him!

“Old dog Ye, watching your son and grandson being killed, watching your empire reduced to ashes, and now you want to escape? What a coward!” Yan Kui immediately taunted.

Ye Cangqing’s bloodstained face twisted, his expression darkening.

But at this moment, he had no other choice. He had to save himself first!

Buzz!

Just as he was about to tear through space and flee, a sudden hum surrounded him. Six blood-red sword energies suddenly encircled him!

The six blood-red sword energies positioned themselves above, below, to his left, right, in front, and behind. Each sword tip pointed directly at him, forming a cross-like “Lu Ban lock” shape, trapping him in the center the third form of the Heaven and Earth Sword Technique—Sword Lock!

A single-target strike, is perfect for a situation like this against Ye Cangqing.

Seeing these six sudden sword energies, Ye Cangqing’s face darkened even further. He quickly tried to dodge, but the sword’s energies moved like his shadow, following him wherever he went!

This was a locking strike, impossible for anyone to evade.

Ye Cangqing’s face grew solemn as he lifted his gaze to look at Ling Xue on the other side.

“I said it. After today, your empire will have no one left!”

Across from him, Ling Xue gave a cold smile. “How can it be called ‘no one’ without killing everyone?”

As he spoke, Ling Xue clenched his hand.

Boom!

In an instant, the six blood-red sword energies converged on Ye Cangqing, pressing towards a single point!

Ye Cangqing had no way to escape and could only muster all the energy he had left to resist.

Bang!

The next moment, a terrifying wave of sword energy exploded in the air. The six sword energies all struck Ye Cangqing.

If Ye Cangqing were in his normal state, he could have withstood this attack from Ling Xue.

But after the previous battle with Yan Kui, he was already half-dead. In his severely weakened state, there was no way he could resist Ling Xue!

Ling Xue’s move had been enough to bring him down.

As the remaining sword energy dissipated in mid-air, it revealed Ye Cangqing’s figure inside.

At this moment, Ye Cangqing was drenched in blood, on the brink of death.

Pfft…

Another mouthful of blood sprayed from his mouth. His bloodshot eyes filled with hatred as they stared at Ling Xue.

“The fifth form! Return to One!”

Ling Xue gave him no time to recover. In the next moment, he unleashed the fifth form of the Heaven and Earth Sword Technique.

This move contained only one sword energy—its attack range was small, but it carried an incredibly concentrated amount of power.

The sword shot straight toward Ye Cangqing!

At this point, Ye Cangqing had no way to avoid it!

He could only watch helplessly as the sword energy hurtled toward him, mustering the last of his spiritual energy to defend.

But it was futile!

The sword energy pierced through his feeble defense and finally pierced his chest, pinning him from the sky down into the ground below.

It drove him into the barren earth!

Pfft…

Another mouthful of blood sprayed from Ye Cangqing’s mouth, but this time, he had no strength left. The solidified blood-colored sword energy pinned him to the ground.

At this moment, he didn’t even have the strength to speak, only blood continuously pouring from his mouth.

Yet, he still wasn’t dead!

Ling Xue had no intention of killing him yet. He needed Ye Cangqing alive to achieve the Extreme Martial Realm!

In the next moment, Ling Xue’s figure descended, landing in front of Ye Cangqing.

At this point, Ye Cangqing was nothing more than a fish on the chopping board, completely at Ling Xue’s mercy.

But Ling Xue did not kill him. Instead, he raised both arms, enveloping Ye Cangqing in a surge of blood energy.

Then, a vast flow of spiritual energy began pouring out of Ye Cangqing’s body, flowing into Ling Xue’s hands.

Under everyone’s gaze, all of Ye Cangqing’s spiritual energy was being absorbed by Ling Xue. At that moment, Ling Xue’s hands seemed to transform into two black holes, constantly devouring Ye Cangqing’s spiritual energy.

Of course, Ling Xue did not possess any true devouring ability!

This was all just an illusion.

In reality, forcibly absorbing someone else’s spiritual energy without the ability to devour it was incredibly difficult to process and absorb. If the two spiritual energies were close in strength, it could even cause a backlash!

What Ling Xue was really doing was absorbing Ye Cangqing’s spiritual energy into his body, where he would slowly destroy and dissipate it over time.

But to the others, it appeared as though he was devouring all of Ye Cangqing’s energy.

This was, of course, what Ling Xue wanted.

He wanted Yun Luoxi to believe that he had devoured all of Ye Cangqing’s power.

He wanted Yun Luoxi to believe… that after devouring Ye Cangqing’s strength, he had ascended to the Extreme Martial Realm.

He wanted Yun Luoxi to think… that he possessed a heaven-defying ability to fully absorb his opponent’s power!

All in one move—many goals achieved!

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