Chapter 240

Volume 1 Chapter 240: Waiting for Strong Enemies to Walk into the Trap

When Xiao Yang opened the Qingyun Secret Realm, Wang Kunpeng from the Refining Sect suddenly arrived.

This guy had quite the appetite, as he actually wanted to force Liu Qingyun to hand over the Qingyun Sect’s sect seal.

The sect seal is the identification proof for the leader of a sect.

Whoever possesses the Qingyun Sect’s sect seal is the sect master.

Of course, this is because the Qingyun Sect now only has Liu Qingyun, Ling Xian’er, and Xiao Yang left—it’s pretty much a sect on life support.

If Wang Kunpeng snatched Liu Qingyun’s sect seal and claimed to be the Qingyun Sect master, he wouldn’t even be technically wrong.

With the sect seal in hand, he could rightfully inherit the Qingyun Sect’s territory and cultivation resources.

But how could Liu Qingyun possibly agree to hand over the sect seal?

Wang Kunpeng was ridiculously arrogant and directly attacked, intending to wipe out everyone present.

Who would have thought he would be blasted away by Ling Xian’er with a single palm, only to be punched by Xiao Yang and slammed into the mountainside some dozens of feet away, creating a huge dent in the rock.

He stared at Xiao Yang in disbelief.

That punch from Xiao Yang was astonishingly powerful; if it weren’t for him wearing the Ten Absolute Battle Armor, his head would have probably exploded by now.

Meanwhile, Liu Qingyun and Ling Xian’er looked at the faint imprint of a fist on Wang Kunpeng’s helmet, utterly shocked.

Xiao Yang’s punch had actually left a mark on him!

This was the Ten Absolute Battle Armor, the treasure of the Refining Sect.

During the Kaozi Grand Competition, although Li Xingyao had severed nine of the metal arms, the battle armor itself remained intact and still protected Wang Kunpeng’s entire body, allowing him to utilize the other lethal moves of the Ten Absolute Battle Armor.

“Let all of you die!”

Wang Kunpeng was furious. He yelled and flapped the metallic wings on his back.

In the next moment, countless cold lights erupted from the metallic wings, raining down towards Xiao Yang and the others like a torrential downpour.

Every single beam of cold light tore through the air, creating sharp whistling sounds.

Xiao Yang quickly pulled the dazed Zhao Fan behind him.

Meanwhile, Ling Xian’er stood in front of Liu Qingyun.

Countless feather blades shot towards them.

Xiao Yang casually waved his hand and directly swatted away the incoming feather blades.

Those incredibly sharp blades couldn’t even nick him.

Ling Xian’er, on the other hand, unleashed a freezing shield, and as the feather blades struck the shield, shards of ice flew everywhere but couldn’t penetrate it.

At that moment, Wang Kunpeng flipped his right hand, and a battle knife appeared instantly in his grasp.

Holding the knife with both hands, he stomped his right foot hard on the ground.

*Bang!*

With a dull roar, the ground shook, and he leaped up, swinging the knife directly at Xiao Yang’s head.

That strike was incredibly fierce, with an overwhelming wave of knife energy.

Sand and stones flew everywhere.

However, just as Wang Kunpeng’s knife came down, it abruptly froze in midair.

Because Xiao Yang had simply grabbed hold of the knife.

“…”

Wang Kunpeng was genuinely shocked.

Though this knife wasn’t a top-tier divine weapon, it could still slice through iron like mud.

How could Xiao Yang catch it with bare hands?

If someone hadn’t seen it with their own eyes, who would dare believe it?

Wasn’t this guy supposed to have self-destructed his dantian during the Kaozi Grand Competition?

How could he still possess such combat ability?

Before he could shake off his disbelief, Xiao Yang exerted force with his right hand, directly snapping the battle knife and then delivering a fierce kick to Wang Kunpeng’s chest.

Wang Kunpeng was sent flying again, crashing into the mountainside.

*Boom!*

The earth shook, and the mountainside was once again dented by Wang Kunpeng’s impact.

Cracks appeared all over the incredibly hard rock.

The enormous strength of Xiao Yang’s kick once again stunned everyone.

It was hard to imagine how terrifying Xiao Yang’s physical power truly was.

Barehandedly snapping a knife and kicking the Refining Sect’s Holy Son away.

Unless witnessed with their own eyes, who would dare believe that Xiao Yang still had such terrifying strength after self-destructing his dantian?

Xiao Yang had publicly self-destructed his dantian at the Kaozi Competition!

Wang Kunpeng jumped back down from the mountainside.

“Damn it!”

Wang Kunpeng roared to the sky, and the next moment, with red eyes, he charged toward Xiao Yang with all his might.

He just couldn’t believe he couldn’t deal with this guy who had supposedly lost all his cultivation!

Xiao Yang chuckled lightly and then flipped his right hand, revealing an ancient long sword that appeared in his grasp.

This was the Futian Sword given to him by the will of the immortal path in the Transformation Palace of the Yuanwu Immortal Domain.

No energy was radiating from the Futian Sword at all.

It looked like an ordinary sword.

Nothing about this sword attracted attention.

Such an unremarkable sword, even thrown on the ground, probably no one would bother to pick it up.

“Haha, you brought out a broken sword to embarrass yourself?”

Wang Kunpeng laughed and pulled out a war spear, swinging it directly at Xiao Yang.

“Broken sword?”

Xiao Yang gently waved his sword.

Then, Wang Kunpeng’s spear was sliced in half.

“…”

Wang Kunpeng’s heart sank.

Xiao Yang lightly swung his sword again.

Wang Kunpeng felt a chill run down his spine.

Then he horrifiedly saw his lower half still standing on the ground, but his upper body had already toppled over.

“This…”

Liu Qingyun and the others were dumbfounded at the sight.

Xiao Yang had actually bisected Wang Kunpeng, who wore the Ten Absolute Battle Armor, with a single sword!

“My broken sword is enough to deal with you!”

Xiao Yang coldly gazed at the still-breathing Wang Kunpeng on the ground.

“You…”

Wang Kunpeng realized he was done for, and he regretted underestimating Xiao Yang immensely.

But it was too late to say anything now.

Soon, he unwillingly breathed his last.

Xiao Yang put away the Futian Sword.

Liu Qingyun and the others were astonished by the scene.

Wang Kunpeng had been wearing the Ten Absolute Battle Armor, and yet Xiao Yang’s seemingly ordinary sword shattered it.

What kind of sword was that?

Even the three divine swords of the Northern Region probably couldn’t have bisected someone in the Ten Absolute Battle Armor with just one strike!

“This is a serious problem!”

Liu Qingyun suddenly said.

“What’s wrong?”

Zhao Fan asked curiously.

“That guy was the Holy Son of the Refining Sect. Now that Xiao Yang killed him, won’t the Refining Sect seek revenge?”

Liu Qingyun, with a helpless expression, replied, “Looks like we’ll be running for our lives again.”

“What’s there to fear? I’m more worried they won’t come. As long as they dare show up, I’ll make sure they go back empty-handed.”

Xiao Yang retorted coldly.

“But with our current strength, how could we possibly go against the entire Refining Sect?”

Liu Qingyun sighed.

The Refining Sect was once one of the top ten sects in the Northern Region.

With just the few of them, challenging the Refining Sect was practically a death wish.

“That’s not necessarily true!”

Xiao Yang declared, striding into the Qingyun Secret Realm.

He wasn’t just boasting.

He was gearing up for a big showdown.

The Qingyun Secret Realm concealed numerous cultivation resources.

There were mountains of spiritual stones and spiritual jade.

Also, countless spiritual herbs.

And plenty of divine metals for refining.

The most valuable treasure in the Qingyun Secret Realm was, of course, the Qingyun Sword.

The Qingyun Sword was embedded in the sword platform.

Not everyone could pull this divine sword from the platform.

This scene was strikingly similar to what they had just encountered in the Qingyang Secret Realm.

However, beneath the sword platform, they found a corpse.

This person had turned to dry bones, and the skeletal remains displayed an eerie black hue.

“Despicable and shameless Demon Sect!”

Liu Qingyun spat as he glared at the bones on the ground.

Years ago, the Demon Sect had poisoned the water source of the Qingyun Sect, successfully storming in and slaughtering everyone without mercy.

Now, armed with the Futian Sword, Xiao Yang had little interest in the Qingyun Sword.

He directly gathered a large amount of spiritual stones and jade from the secret realm before leaving.

At this moment, Liu Qingyun and the others had already dealt with Wang Kunpeng’s corpse.

Xiao Yang began setting up formations on Qingyun Mountain.

He buried blocks of spiritual stones throughout Qingyun Mountain.

This time, he didn’t bring Zhao Fan along.

He also put on a golden mask.

With the golden mask on, he no longer needed to hide.

He unleashed the Ice-Bound Profound Flood Dragon and the Fire麟圣兽.

These two sacred beasts burrowed underground, drawing the Earth Veins Spiritual Energy from the surrounding area towards Qingyun Mountain.

At the same time, Xiao Yang poured all his energy into the formation.

He inscribed array runes on the jade talismans and buried them deep underground.

Before long, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth began to shift toward Qingyun Mountain.

In just five days, he had laid down a super spirit-gathering array near Qingyun Mountain.

And atop Qingyun Mountain, he had set up multiple killing arrays.

He was waiting for those folks to come and try to kill him.

Moreover, he even sent out messages about his presence on Qingyun Mountain.

With this, anyone wishing to hunt down Xiao Yang would inevitably come.

The Ice-Bound Profound Flood Dragon and Fire麟圣兽 successfully drew the Earth Veins Spiritual Energy towards Qingyun Mountain.

Changing the world was no big deal for Xiao Yang now.

With the help of two mighty beasts, this was a piece of cake.

If it were anyone else, even a master of formations wouldn’t be able to set up such a super spirit-gathering array in mere years, let alone channel the Earth Veins Spiritual Energy to Qingyun Mountain.

Xiao Yang repaired the damaged earth veins.

Soon, the spiritual energy on Qingyun Mountain began to revive rapidly.

“This…”

Liu Qingyun and the others were utterly shocked.

He had indeed stumbled upon a treasure.

Xiao Yang actually possessed the power to reshape the world.

On the tenth day after killing Wang Kunpeng, everything was ready.

On the morning of the eleventh day, the Refining Sect finally found Qingyun Mountain.

Besides the Refining Sect, only the Guiyuan Martial Sect and the Dan Ding Sect remained.

These three sects had all been kicked out of the top ten sects of the Northern Region.

They had lost their territory and cultivation resources.

To them, the Qingyun Sect was like a huge piece of meat.

As long as they could take over the Qingyun Sect’s territory and resources, their own sects could continue their legacies, maintaining their strength and waiting for sixty years to reclaim what they lost in the next Kaozi Grand Competition.