"Good grandson, haven't you come to pay your respects to Grandpa?"
Xiao Yi, with a playful smile on his face, stared straight at Ye Beixuan as he chuckled lightly.
Ye Beixuan's complexion abruptly stiffened.
His eyes stared intently at the eight individuals lying motionless on the ground, his face alternately turning green and white. Looking at Xiao Yi, for the first time ever, a sense of seriousness emerged in his gaze.
He had a profound understanding of the strength of the Eight Gates Golden Lock Formation.
In bygone days, he would often spar and exchange blows with Hu Da and others, but even when he made a move, breaking this Formation was not an easy feat.
Xiao Yi, from beginning to end, had shattered the Formation with just a single finger.
He couldn't help but be shocked by such a technique.
Elder Hu's complexion was also unsightly. Hu Da and the others were disciples he had nurtured from a young age, yet now, all nine of his disciples had perished at the hands of Xiao Yi.
He had nearly wiped out all the disciples in his sect!
Taking a deep breath, Elder Hu slowly exhaled and said in a serious tone, "Young Master, please allow your servant to make a move!"
Ye Beixuan nodded and said, "This lad is somewhat peculiar, we can't take him lightly!"
Elder Hu sneered viciously and walked toward Xiao Yi.
Trembling and showing his age, Elder Hu slowly straightened up as he walked, his hunched body gradually becoming upright.
The extremely bent spine was also stretching out at this moment.
Especially the wrinkles on his face, which inflated like a balloon, continuously filling out the creases.
Regaining the look of a man of about forty, even his height increased, growing by roughly two heads amidst the crackling sound, taller than before. The walking stick in his hand tapped lightly on the ground, and amidst another series of crackles, the bark and trunk of the stick shattered.
Transforming into a three-foot-long Cross Sword.
This Cross Sword had a cross-shaped blade, adorned with strange runes, which were arranged at a peculiar angle along with the blood grooves on the blade.
This three-foot Cross Sword was also a seventh-tier elemental weapon.
"Although these fools are unworthy, they were still disciples of this old man, and you dared to kill them in front of me. Hehe, as their master, I have no choice but to personally send you to hell to accompany them!" Elder Hu cackled with a ghastly smile.
The silver Cross Sword trembled and buzzed, gathering bits of cold light.
Xiao Yi raised his eyebrows, his eyes slightly focused, "Then we'll see if you've got what it takes!"
"Hehe, my strength is ordinary, but it is more than enough to kill you!"
Elder Hu's face was cold as he casually flicked his wrist.
A thick layer of elemental energy instantly enveloped the silver Cross Sword, making the silver patterns on the blade burst forth with brilliant light, as if mercury poured on the ground.
Bits of silver starlight condensed and spread throughout the void.
Before Elder Hu, a sea of stars formed, and his figure, hidden by the silver starlight, became momentarily invisible.
"What's going on? Where did that old man go?"
"Seems like he's merged with those star-like lights?"
Even Yang Zun and others failed to spot Elder Hu's location, looking at one another in astonishment, faces filled with shock.
Ye Beixuan, seeing the crowd stunned, scoffed disdainfully, "A bunch of inexperienced fools, this is nothing but the Starlight Cross Sword's activation of the Star Curtain. Indeed, you lowly people are clueless, so easily flustered..."
Yang Zun and the others' faces flushed with embarrassment.
Ye Beixuan's words had truly hit a nerve!
The starlight had already covered Xiao Yi's surroundings, a cluster of glittering stars enveloping him.
Bits of silver starlight drifted slowly.
Like fireflies, they swirled around Xiao Yi.
The starlight next to Xiao Yi paused abruptly, then, with whooshing sounds, the specks of starlight shot towards Xiao Yi like arrows leaving the bowstring. The speed of these starlights was extremely fast.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Caught off guard, Xiao Yi's body was marked with several wounds.
Blood rolled down his skin.
Xiao Yi raised his hand to touch his cheek, and a smear of bright red stained his fingertips.
Elder Hu's voice, its origin unclear, came through: "Xiao Yi, have we just begun and you're already injured? That strike just now didn't even utilize one-tenth of my strength. Next, I'm going to use half my power."
Xiao Yi's face was expressionless, his eyes squinting as he stared at the fluctuating starlight all around.
The starlight, without any warning, burst forth again, and Xiao Yi, executing the "Green Bat Skill," continuously dodged.
But there were too many starlights, too fast!
Even faster and more numerous than before.
Numerous wounds still appeared on his body, blood flowing freely, but fortunately, after executing the "Green Bat Skill," Xiao Yi's speed was multiple times faster than that of a cultivator in the Nine Nirvana Rebirth Realm.
This was what allowed him to avoid life-threatening injuries.
"Heh heh, I didn't expect you to withstand even half of my strength. Now, I will have to go all out!" Elder Hu cackled.
As soon as he finished speaking.
The surrounding starlight abruptly stopped, then the silver light surged and shot toward Xiao Yi once more.
Xiao Yi's mouth curved into a smirk, and instead of sitting idly by, he sneered: "Here I come!"
A surprised voice echoed from the void.
Xiao Yi's form had already shot toward the area where the starlight was thickest, his striking speed shockingly fast: "Four Symbols Heavenly Suppressing Finger!"
With one finger, vital energy condensed into a giant finger tens of meters long.
Around the finger, the Azure Dragon and White Tiger, Vermilion Bird, and Black Tortoise specters appeared frequently, revolving around the giant finger and with a booming sound, striking at the dense cluster of stars.
The cluster of starlight paused violently, followed by a thunderous explosion.
Pieces of starlight shattered.
The phantom images of the Four Symbols Divine Beasts coiled around Elder Hu, who had appeared in sight, and furiously swept up his body high into the air. Xiao Yi took advantage of the momentum to rise and instantly caught up with Elder Hu.
Elder Hu's face suddenly changed, filled with shock as he raised the Starlight Cross Sword high, "Meteor Cross Kill!"
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The Starlight Cross Sword drew a cross in front of him, successfully slicing through the phantoms of the Four Symbols, and then the starlight condensed into a crisscrossing sword mark that enveloped Xiao Yi.
Facing the oncoming sword light.
Xiao Yi's mouth lifted slightly, blood-red light flickering in his eyes.
Elder Hu was indeed strong, even more troublesome than Xu Changsheng, but at this moment, Xiao Yi had gained more insights into combat during his confrontation with Xu Changsheng.
As Xiao Yi rose against the heavens, he merged with his entire demonic sword, Zhan Yue: "Sword Twenty-Two!"
A sword intent, mysterious and profound, appeared in the void in an instant.
This streak of sword light was exceedingly sharp, as if it could split the void in two, and when the two sword glows collided in the void, it was like a clash of titans, sending blinding light soaring into the sky.
Amidst the snapping and cracking sounds.
The cross sword light shattered, and Xiao Yi's Sword Twenty-Two was relentless.
Under Elder Hu's stunned and horrified gaze, a sword stroke split him in two.
Xiao Yi casually reached out.
He drew in Elder Hu's storage ring and the Starlight Cross Sword, pocketing the storage ring and handing the Starlight Cross Sword over to Zhan Yue. After a round of devouring, Zhan Yue became even sharper.
To ascend to the rank of an eighth-grade Yuan weapon was still far from enough.
Slaying Elder Hu and devouring the Starlight Cross Sword.
All of this was done in an instant, accomplished in one go. Only then did Xiao Yi turn his attention to Ye Beixuan, who wore a cold expression: "Your turn!"