Chapter 111: The MVP of the Entire Match!

“Is the power really this great?”

The shocking effect of a single sword strike to the head stunned everyone present, and Qi Xiu, the one who had struck, wore a face of surprise.

However, after the initial shock, Qi Xiu calmly considered the situation and found it reasonable.

Firstly, the key members of the Golden Flower Sect had been locked in fierce combat with the One-Armed Division Commander for a long time. Their protective true energy was already severely damaged, greatly reducing their defense.

Secondly, the Broken Body Invisible Sword Technique was specifically designed to penetrate protective qi.

Qi Xiu had struck suddenly from the shadows; the silent, invisible sword qi was impossible to detect or guard against.

Furthermore, the destructive power of this ruthless swordsmanship was indeed formidable.

All these factors combined led to a one-hit annihilation!

No matter how you looked at it, Qi Xiu’s sudden attack had indeed turned the already unbalanced battle into chaos once more.

“Hahaha, which hero is lending a hand? Old Chu thanks you!”

Chu Zhao laughed proudly in midair, his arms tightly gripping his opponent as his massive fists rained down relentlessly.

“I have often heard that sword cultivators are righteous and honorable. But now, it seems that is merely a rumor. Since you have come, why not show yourself openly and fight? Concealing and skulking like a rat is truly shameful.”

After a brief silence, the Scarlet Ridge Saintess spoke suddenly.

Her calm, unruffled tone betrayed little emotion, yet her voice rang loudly across the entire battlefield.

She knew sword cultivators were proud and high-spirited by nature.

Such a pointed verbal taunt would surely provoke resentment.

If this person showed himself, it would make matters easier for them.

“Bah! Don’t listen to this old hag’s nonsense, sword brother. You’re all righteous and honorable, huh? Releasing monsters, killing civilians—who are you to talk about shame? Have you no shame at all? I spit on you!”

Chu Zhao, skilled both in words and combat, cursed loudly at the Scarlet Ridge Saintess while fiercely fighting.

Though his insults were harsh, they drew cheers from below.

Hidden in the mist and light, Qi Xiu heard the cursing and chuckled.

Since beginning cultivation, his greatest advantage had been shamelessness—or rather, knowing when to advance and retreat.

“Since you say I hide and skulk like a rat, then I’ll show you what a true trickster is!”

Squinting, Qi Xiu searched with his eyes and soon locked onto a key member of the Golden Flower Sect fiercely battling the female division commander.

Suddenly, he raised his hand!

An icy, sinister invisible sword qi shot out like a venomous snake lurking in the shadows, lunging straight for the Golden Flower Sect member’s head.

The sect member, who was fighting the female commander, had just seen his comrade’s head explode from a sword strike.

He had been on guard against the invisible sword qi attack.

But if the Broken Body Invisible Sword Qi were so easy to defend against, why would it be recorded in the Sword Shock Heaven manual and rank 137th in the ruthless sword path?

He hastily summoned several Golden Flower vines to block the female commander’s whip-like leg sweep.

Just as he was about to counterattack, a fist-sized hole suddenly exploded in the protective true energy on his back.

Damn!

Realizing he had been sneak-attacked by that treacherous sword cultivator, the sect member quickly dodged to the side.

But the invisible sword qi, already close, was not so easy to evade.

Ssssh—

Like a cutting machine, the razor-sharp sword qi instantly severed the Golden Flower sect member’s left arm.

Blood gushed out in a violent torrent.

Accompanied by a piercing, agonizing scream that echoed through the air.

Seeing his opponent severely wounded, the female commander’s eyes flashed with ferocity.

Seizing the moment, her martial path technique erupted.

Surging blood true energy condensed into a long whip studded with serrated steel blades that roared as it wrapped tightly around the Golden Flower sect member!

“Die!!!”

Boom—

Like hundreds of steel saws turning simultaneously, sparks burst dazzlingly.

The protective true energy was torn to shreds, and the Golden Flower sect member exploded into a storm of blood mist and shredded flesh, raining down onto the ground.

In less than half a minute, Qi Xiu had struck twice—one kill, one assist.

The loss of two key members not only weakened the Golden Flower Sect’s strength but chilled the remaining members to the bone, their expressions tense.

They feared the treacherous sword cultivator lurking in the shadows would target them next.

But in a life-or-death fight, there was no time to be distracted.

For a moment, the Golden Flower Sect’s disciples, neglecting their flanks, were driven back by the division commanders, and defeat became increasingly apparent.

“A bunch of trash.”

Seeing their side, despite numerical superiority, being pressed back, the Scarlet Ridge Saintess could no longer sit still.

She stepped forward barefoot, holy white light extending before her feet, radiating an aloof, unworldly aura.

Above her head, three true energy seals resembling flower stamens descended, casting brilliant light.

This only added to her ethereal presence.

A peak-level cultivator!

Seeing the three true energy seals above the Scarlet Ridge Saintess, the division commanders’ expressions darkened.

The gap was too great.

Among them, the strongest, Chu Zhao, had only formed two true energy seals.

If the Scarlet Ridge Saintess personally entered the fray, none of them would stand a chance.

On the city tower, Li Jiufang clenched a jade pendant tightly, determination flashing in her eyes as she suddenly stood.

“Father, please forgive your child for—”

Boom—

The ground suddenly trembled!

Like an ancient earth dragon turning and roaring underground, countless cracks spread rapidly like a spiderweb, extending in all directions.

Between the fissures, streams of black yin energy surged from below, filling the air.

They twisted and coiled like endless black mist.

With the shaking and the appearance of the black yin energy, the surroundings grew heavy and silent.

At this moment, the yin energy began to flow, as if an invisible force was drifting everywhere.

Amid the stillness came faint, heavy breathing, evoking a sense of oppression and unease.

Nearby objects seemed to lose vitality, looking pale and feeble in the chilling air.

The earth vein erupted!

Yin energy surged!

The sudden anomaly left everyone shocked and stunned.

Especially Li Jiufang and the Scarlet Ridge Saintess.

As the two strongest cultivators present, they knew such a massive earth vein eruption could not happen spontaneously.

Someone must have deliberately caused it.

That sword cultivator!

The thought struck both Li Jiufang and the Scarlet Ridge Saintess simultaneously.

At this moment, the instigator, who had caused the shock and awe, looked on the earth vein eruption with satisfaction, hands behind his back, smiling lightly.

“The great deed is accomplished.”

The yin energy flowed wildly, transforming into countless wandering black snakes.

Yin and yang attract.

After briefly lingering, the excess earth vein yin energy began to flood all the living beings.

This was...

Not good!

Lowering her beautiful eyes to watch the yin energy enter the bodies of the sect members below, the Scarlet Ridge Saintess’s pupils constricted sharply as fierce unease exploded within her.

But before she could speak, the astonishing change that could turn the tide of battle had fully begun!

The excess yin energy entering the bodies of the Golden Flower Sect followers—who had been transformed into women through yin-yang inversion—completely shattered their fragile yin-yang balance.

Amid agonizing yet partly liberating screams,

the Golden Flower Sect’s followers reverted to their original male forms.

Shock, surprise, disbelief, and uncontrollable joy!

Expressions flickered like a kaleidoscope across their faces.

“Hahaha! I’ve finally turned back!”

“You changed back too! Haha, congratulations, no more squatting to pee!”

“My brother! You’re finally back. You have no idea how much I missed you.”

The moment they transformed back, nearly all the Golden Flower Sect followers loosened their belts.

Seeing their familiar brothers, they wept for joy!

“Hey, you still going to fight?”

The soldiers on the city wall, holding their weapons and watching the suddenly male Golden Flower sect members crying, exchanged bewildered looks.

After a while, unable to contain themselves, one shouted.

“No more fighting! I’m going home to find my wife.”

“Stop fighting those girl monsters! It was them who turned me into this damn mess. If I catch them, I’ll break their legs!”

“Let’s go, this place isn’t safe to linger.”

With their bodies restored and psychological distortions gone, a large number of the Golden Flower Sect followers burst into uproar and fled.

Only a very few stayed behind to watch.

“Hahaha! Little girl, your soldiers have fled. What will you use to siege the city now?”

The situation abruptly reversed one hundred and eighty degrees, causing the division commanders to laugh heartily.

A reprieve from the brink of death!

Who would have thought such a desperate struggle would end so dramatically?

Even a storybook writer might find it exaggerated.

“Saintess, now that things have come to this, I think you should retreat.”

Li Jiufang finally relaxed, her heart settling as she smiled lightly, feeling as if the world had suddenly cleared. She stepped up on the city wall, her gaze clear as she looked at the Scarlet Ridge Saintess.

“You think you have won?”

Calmly watching Li Jiufang, the Scarlet Ridge Saintess suddenly raised her hand, releasing a burst of light that exploded in the sky, forming a dazzling, radiant golden flower.

“Wrathful Killing Arhat! What are you waiting for?”

“Wrathful Killing Arhat?”

Li Jiufang’s expression tightened as she clenched her jade pendant once more.

But while everyone stood alert, scanning for signs of demons and monsters, they found nothing.

Suspicious glances began to fall on the Scarlet Ridge Saintess.

They sensed something was amiss.

Turning her body, the Scarlet Ridge Saintess looked back toward the mountains behind her.

This old demon, he actually broke his promise...

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Meanwhile,

Eight hundred miles away in Qingliu County,

In the Corpse Demon Mountain, shaped like a tombstone and teeming with gathered monsters,

The ancient demon Wrathful Killing Arhat sat cross-legged on a lotus throne, eyes grave and expression dark as he stared at a small mountain made entirely of demon corpses under his command.

On this mountain of corpses, a figure in a dark blue Taoist robe with a red flushed face—the Qingyao Taoist—scratched his back with a wooden sword, eyes comfortably narrowed.

“Those in the Bloodstained Realm are forbidden from interfering in worldly struggles. What, little demon, are you planning to break the rules?”

Straightening up, the Qingyao Taoist shook his neck casually. A glance from his cold, piercing eyes sent chills through the Wrathful Killing Arhat’s entire body, nearly freezing his blood and qi.

“I... I didn’t...” the Wrathful Killing Arhat stammered, struggling to control his trembling.

“That’s good. Though the Bloodstained Realm forbids meddling in worldly fights, battling righteousness against evil, subduing demons and monsters, falls outside those restrictions. You agree, right?”

With a gentle smile, the Qingyao Taoist lightly tapped his wooden sword, and a bloodline suddenly appeared on the Wrathful Killing Arhat’s neck.

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(End of chapter)