Merciless

Lin Xiang was completely merciless. Endless fire-ice essence particles incinerated everything within the Elders' internal bodies to ashes.

Neither of them could even put up a slight resistance. Blood continually pooled out of the Elders' chest and mouth. Their bodies violently jerked.

The last thing they saw was the stone-cold expression of Lin Xiang. A seemingly extreme young genius of the younger generation, with a demonic allegiance! The light left their eyes only a moment later.

Tearing his fire-ice palms out of their chest, Lin Xiang flashed right in front of the Young Spirit Lord.

His fire-ice palm shot out at unreasonable speeds, tightly grasping around the Young Spirit Lord's neck, violently clenching down on it with an unbreakable force.

"Ah!"

The Young Spirit Lord coughed up mouthfuls of blood. Breathing became tremendously hard. The feeling of broken bones produced pain that made her wish for death. That beautiful face of hers was in utter despair.

'This...' Xie Ya, Elder Jing, and the ninth demon prince all had bewildered stares. Such domination left them grasping for air.

A fight between peak Heavenly Origin experts should be filled with brilliant splendors of Law radiance.

Not a simple slaughtering as if they were helpless farm animals!

But none of the elegance of Profound Law cultivators mattered at this moment. Lin Xiang didn't have the slightest bit of mercy or sympathy as he indifferently watch the Young Spirit Lord's struggling face.

His tone was colder than freezing ice as he asked, "So. Let's do this again. Tell me, as an all-powerful sect from the 1st ranked Province, why are you all bothering to come down here? And for that matter, why are you aligning yourself with the Sacred Moon School. Remember, you should choose your answer wisely."

He could understand righteous practices and their extreme attitudes toward demonic practices. A good portion of the time their values stemmed from demonic practices' past actions.

But, Lin Xiang couldn't understand at all why would the Spirit Heaven Valley help a sect that merely has a few ancient Heavenly Kings. The benefits the Sacred Moon School can gain would barely be negligible. It was too much of a waste to not be suspicious.

Within Lin Xiang's death grip hand, the Young Spirit Lord trembles. Her Martial Will was on the verge of completely collapsing. The fear of Lin Xiang turned him into a demon in her eyes.

But, despite overtly fearing Lin Xiang, the Young Spirit Lord still struggle to resist!

She didn't budge, giving out a stubborn answer. "Just-just kill me...you have no right to our secrets. And-and, though we may fall, you and that demonic sect will not meet a good end."

"Is that right?"

Lin Xiang's Soul Sense swept through the Young Spirit Lord. He could faintly detect another energy signature nestling within her soul. Presumably, a life crystal implanted on her by her Great Elders.

Since she wasn't willing to talk, Lin Xiang didn't bother trying to force out more information. It wasn't a huge matter of concern to him in the first place. Plus, with this squadron dealt with, the Sacred Moon School would be at a loss of powerful allies.

Thus, Lin Xiang surged his soul essence into the Young Spirit Lord's body. There wasn't resistance on his part. His soul essence penetrated into the Young Spirit Lord's body like an insidious virus.

The Young Spirit Lord's eyes widen to dinner plate sizes, nearly cracking her sockets open. A powerful essence had covered her soul!

Compared to mental and physical pain, soul pain was mental and physical anguish combined together and amplified by thousands of times!

She wanted to miserably scream out loud. Wanted to tear off her vocal cords. But within Lin Xiang's clutches, it was only possible for the Young Spirit Lord to barely speak.

Lin Xiang only needed a second to suppress the Young Spirit Lord's soul. Even without his evolvable Heavenly Origin soul, this was a simple task when considering the Young Spirit Lord's current battered state.

The suppression of her soul would make it impossible for the Great Elder to see the last moments of the Young Spirit Lord's death. And make it impossible to track her lingering life force.

The Great Elder would only see a mysterious fog because of Lin Xiang's suppressive force. Trying to disperse the mysterious fog would simply collapse it completely without revealing any information!

Once it was done, Lin Xiang clenched his palm. Bones loudly cracked. The Young Spirit Lord's body violently jerked in its last moments. Her neck was brutally crushed by Lin Xiang without any mercy. Horror and regret forever filled her vacant eyes.

Dropping her broken corpse to the ground, Lin Xiang then waved his palm, unleashing a suction force from it.

The suction force directly targeted the slain Spirit Heaven Valley cultivators. Out flew spatial rings from each of their robes.

Briefly sweeping his Soul Sense over the spatial rings, satisfaction curled Lin Xiang's lips.

While putting the spatial rings away, he waved out three orange fireballs. The fireballs struck the Spirit Heaven Valley cultivators' corpses, incinerating them into ashes of the wind.

All alone did Lin Xiang completely destroy cultivators from a Divine Tier sect. And it all occurred within mere minutes!

Xie Ya was simply shaking her head with a sigh. Her footsteps were surprisingly calm as she trailed over to Lin Xiang.

As for Elder Jing and the ninth demon prince, they were far wearier in their steps.

They already confirmed it when Lin Xiang causally dominated the half-step Heavenly Ruler beast. But now, it was absolutely cemented that Lin Xiang can instantly kill all of them within seconds.

They started to feel glad now that Xie Ya was doing all the heavy lifting in talking.

Who knows if they would've been able to rope Lin Xiang on their sides alone?

Just as Xie Ya got close and open her mouth to speak, Lin Xiang had already flung over two spatial rings. He calmly said, "Consider this as a token of my own goodwill. It's all best to be straightforward with ourselves, right?"

"Indeed." Xie Ya quickly caught the spatial ring without any shame.

She knows she hadn't been able to provide any help this first time around. But Xie Ya was still determined to at least enhance her situation for her own personal motives, her fellow teammates, and to see just where the depths of this mysterious man lay.

Hence, Xie Ya continued to say, "These will be highly helpful to my cultivation. By the way, is brother Lin still planning on reaching the 4th layer? There are actually good training spots anyone can use to enhance their perception abilities and Qi Sea foundation. The only thing is that there's another sect at the peak of the mountain."

"They are the Sword Monarch Palace. A sect that's surprisingly more relaxed and causal with us than most others. We wouldn't have to worry about getting attacked by them."

"Alright." Lin Xiang calmly nodded.

He had never once forgotten his reasoning for even coming up here. It was quite literally a matter of life or death. With the way clear forward, there wasn't any more time for distraction.

Lin Xiang already began turning around and walking down the single path, saying without looking back. "Well, come on then. The 4th layer isn't going to come to us. I'm also quite curious to see this Sword Monarch Palace in action."

Xie Ya, Elder Jing, and the ninth demon prince briefly shared a gaze with each other before nodding.

With Xie Ya in the lead, they closely trailed right behind Lin Xiang.

Xie Ya's eyes were filled with endless light. She couldn't take her gaze off Lin Xiang's back. The kind of prowess he has simply goes beyond great potential and high comprehension. This was power that can overturn the world so easily and could change any place in the entire Sky Cleansing Planet!

Xie Ya has her own determination as a Law Cultivator. Her Martial Will was and always will be fiercely determined to reach the absolute highest peak of the Great Dao Laws.

Truthfully, her age can be considered quite old already when within the Heavenly Origin realm. She lived for a few dozen years and could be considered Lin Xiang's far bigger senior.

At least, in terms of Lin Xiang's current physical age.

But even so, Xie Ya held a great desire to learn from Lin Xiang. 'In any case, whatever teaching he's getting is obviously better than what I can fill back at home. I must make the most of this opportunity.'