As Chen Nan approached with a murderous aura, the man in white regained his senses and quickly grabbed Jiang Xiaomi, trying to use her as a shield in front of him.
However, lacking True Qi, his movements became sluggish and too slow to compare with Chen Nan’s speed.
Chen Nan’s figure flashed like a specter, and in a mere flick of the fingers, he arrived right in front of the man in white.
A seemingly casual wave of his hand was like iron tongs, firmly clasping the man in white’s wrist. Shaking off the man’s arm, Chen Nan gently reached out with his other hand and swept a stunned Jiang Xiaomi into his embrace.
After a series of shocks, Jiang Xiaomi was completely dumbfounded.
It wasn’t until she was held in Chen Nan’s arms that she suddenly jolted back to reality, trembling all over, and the tears that had dried up started flowing down her face once more.
"It’s okay now, silly girl, watch how I avenge you,"
After softly comforting Jiang Xiaomi for a moment, Chen Nan gently pushed the savage girl to the side of Su Qingqing and Liu Tiantian. Then, with the rage and murderous intent of the Splitting Sky Hand soaring to the heavens, his palm raised high and slammed down towards the man in white’s head, intent on crushing him with a single blow.
The wild True Qi swirled around him.
Chen Nan’s broad palm shone with a blinding light, and where his hand passed, the void vibrated with a "humming" sound, demonstrating its unparalleled power.
The man in white couldn’t muster his True Qi and facing such a ferocious ultimate kill, his complexion drastically changed, barely managing to raise his hands to meet the oncoming assault.
Yet, when he had his True Qi earlier, he was still no match for Chen Nan, so how could he possibly stop him now that he was devoid of True Qi?
With a "crack," the white-clad man’s hands were instantly twisted to a grotesque angle. Then, with a cascade of golden light, his arms were pulverized to their very roots.
"Ah! Senior Sister Gongsun, save me!"
The man in white let out a dreadful scream, fear overwhelming him, and instinctively cried out for help.
But Chen Nan gave him no opportunity, his palm shaking again as the sharp True Qi tore through the air and violently descended towards the man’s chest.
The unstoppable, ferocious power of his palm struck heavily upon the man in white’s chest, fracturing bones and caving in the chest into a terrifying pit, a gruesome sight indeed!
Bright red blood spurted from the man in white’s mouth, drenching him into a bloodied figure.
Staring fixedly at Chen Nan, his eyes gradually lost their luster, and as he felt life slipping away, regret filled the man in white’s heart.
He regretted not fleeing immediately after witnessing Chen Nan’s ability to challenge beyond his level, following the death of the man in green.
He regretted not heeding Gongsun Yudie’s advice, insisting on forcing Chen Nan by taking a hostage.
In the end, it wasn’t Chen Nan who died, but rather himself who had been pushed onto the path of death!
Blood continued to ooze from the corner of his mouth, and the man in white, now utterly powerless, glanced at the dent in his chest and struggled with resentment, "If... if Li Junior Brother hadn’t left the Sword Array..."
"Even if he hadn’t left the Sword Array, the ones to die would still be you! Because, you should not have provoked me!"
Chen Nan retorted coldly, loosening his grip on the man’s collar, watching as the man in white slowly collapsed to the ground.
With the death of the man in white, the remaining two were greatly shocked.
Both knew very well that they no longer had the means to contend with Chen Nan, not even the capacity to fight a desperate battle.
The only thing they could do was to flee.
"Senior Sister, save me!"
With a loud shout, both figures, in tacit agreement, chose different directions and fled in an utterly disheartened escape.
Previously doubted by several fellow disciples and subjected to malicious words, Gongsun Yudie also felt a mixture of grievance and anger in her heart.
However, when she saw her fellow elite disciples on the brink of being utterly annihilated, a trace of unwillingness to see them suffer appeared in her eyes. After a moment’s hesitation, she leaped forward with her sword drawn.
Blue sword light carried sharp True Qi, positioning itself in front of Chen Nan.
Facing the interception of Gongsun Yudie, Chen Nan’s brow furrowed slightly.
Without any hesitation, he circulated his True Qi and advanced rather than retreated, stepping out with the first move of Slaughter God Seven Steps.
Leaving a deep footprint on the ground, his entire body leapt into the air, stepping through the void and bypassing Gongsun Yudie, charging towards the man in red.
Within seven steps of Slaughter God Seven Steps, the speed reached an extreme peak, and when leveraging Qinggong to leap into the sky, one could step through the air as if flying like a dragon, moving freely without needing any fulcrum, akin to Sky-controlling Flight.
With such an invincible Divine Skill, even if Gongsun Yudie had the same Qi Dao Ten Layers cultivation as Chen Nan, how could she possibly stop him?
Chen Nan let out a cold laugh, moving as fast as lightning. With just three steps, he had already covered a distance of more than ten meters.
Then stepping through the void, he positioned himself directly above the head of the man in red.
"Don’t, don’t kill me!"
The man in red screamed shrilly, but it was already too late.
The void trembled as Chen Nan’s fourth step came thundering down, and boundless True Qi burst forth from beneath his foot, bringing with it the sound of wind and thunder like an inverted Milky Way, surging violently towards the man below.
As if a tomato were squashed, bright red blood and pallid brain matter exploded beneath Chen Nan’s foot, leaving a headless corpse to collapse limply, instantly staining the ground red.
"Younger Brother Nangong!"
Gongsun Yudie cried out in dismay, her expression turning pale.
She hadn’t been a stranger to death in conflicts, understanding that a martial artist could meet a sudden demise—that was an inevitable realization.
Yet such a brutally violent death still made her grieve as if mourning the loss of a rabbit or fox, for the deceased was her fellow sect disciple.
"Hmph, despicable beast, I still think they got off easy!"
Chen Nan spoke in a chilling tone, casting a glance at Gongsun Yudie before initiating Slaughter God Seven Steps once again, rushing towards the last man in black.
The man in black wasn’t deeply poisoned, but how far could he run from Chen Nan’s relentless pursuit?
With the fifth step, ten meters were traversed in a blink, and Chen Nan had already halved the distance between them.
Then came the sixth step, chasing directly above the man in black’s head.
Chen Nan’s killing intent was overwhelming, his intense blood Qi enveloping Heaven and Earth. The void itself seemed to emit a clear trembling as an incredibly ferocious aura torrented down from the skies, bringing an unrivaled ferocity that pounced directly towards the man in black.
Seeing the scene about to replay itself, Gongsun Yudie’s expression drastically changed.
Her eyes turned blood red, and like the males before her, Gongsun Yudie no longer dared hesitate. Biting her tongue and spraying Lifebound Essence Blood onto her soft sword,
Amidst her sharp rebuke, Gongsun Yudie channeled all her True Qi to the limit, sweeping her sword towards the ground beneath Chen Nan’s feet, her blade flashing like lightning as it struck.