Fearing being killed for his overwhelming merits, the empress decided to marry him.

In the dead of night, outside Bianjing city, Lin Yunxiu, Ouyang Xuanyi, and Li Wan'er, three extraordinary figures, faced each other.

The chilling killing intent made the surrounding air seem to drop to freezing point.

Just a moment...

bass--

Three sword beams shot out simultaneously, their clanging sounds echoing as they clashed together.

The three were evenly matched in cultivation, and without any probing, they immediately engaged in a fierce battle on the brink of life and death.

After a hundred or so moves, Lin Yunxiu fought two opponents alone, gradually leading them to a wider area to avoid harming innocent women and children.

Seeing this, Ouyang Xuanyi unleashed a flurry of rapid sword strikes, each one faster than the last, every single one aimed directly at Lin Yunxiu's vital points.

Li Wan'er, whose cultivation was slightly weaker, took the opportunity to turn to the side and use her qi to control her sword, thus distracting Lin Yunxiu.

Lin Yunxiu pushed her protective energy to its peak, relying entirely on instinct and experience to defend herself. With each turn of her sword, she blocked all the incoming sword moves.

Ding--

The two swords clashed and struck each other, the sound of metal striking jade generating a strong airflow, and the two entered into an even more intense battle of fundamental strength.

"Senior sister, I'm here to help you."

Just then, Li Wan'er leaped forward with her sword drawn, attacking from the side with the tip of her sword aimed directly at Lin Yunxiu's neck.

Just when the two thought Lin Yunxiu was surely dead, suddenly...

Lin Yunxiu let her left hand fall down, and a spirit sword appeared again from her sleeve.

puff...

With a swift, sharp sword strike, Li Wan'er was caught off guard and her shoulder was slashed by the sword's energy, forcing her to take a step back.

"Leaving the Sword Style".

Having forced one person back, Lin Yunxiu felt much less pressure. She then used her left hand to control the sword with her inner energy, aiming directly at Ouyang Xuanyi's vital point.

Ouyang Xuanyi was shocked and immediately withdrew her attack and gathered her energy.

Just as she withdrew her sword, Lin Yunxiu decisively thrust her sword forward.

Lin Yunxiu unleashed her dual sword skills, instantly reversing the situation. Her exquisite sword moves, combined with dazzling swordplay and qi manipulation, forced Ouyang Xuanyi to retreat step by step.

In just a few moves, Ouyang Xuanyi's originally tight and continuous Shu Mountain sword technique suddenly became chaotic and disordered. Faced with the unpredictable double sword, he was already flustered.

In terms of cultivation foundation alone, Ouyang Xuanyi is no worse than Lin Yunxiu. With the addition of Li Wan'er, they can completely suppress Lin Yunxiu.

However, in terms of practical experience and mental fortitude, neither of them combined can surpass Lin Yunxiu.

Lin Yunxiu's defining characteristic is that the more desperate the situation, the more she can unleash an unprecedented survival instinct, coupled with the principles she holds dear, she will not easily give up.

After another ten moves, Ouyang Xuanyi was stabbed three times, and finally, after her spirit sword was knocked away, she was completely defeated.

"Judging from your swordsmanship, you two should be disciples of the Shu Mountain Sword Sect. It is said that the Shu Mountain Sword Sect is chivalrous and benevolent, and is a renowned and accomplished sect in the martial arts world."

It's chilling to think you'd aid and abet such evil. I only hope your actions today were due to being misled by treacherous individuals, rather than stemming from your own intentions.

I hope you will all take care of yourselves and leave.

After saying this, Lin Yunxiu crossed her two swords behind her back and turned to walk towards the women.

But just then, an even more chilling killing intent swept through the air.

Lin Yunxiu frowned, feeling an immense pressure descend upon her.

"Ok?"

With a soft murmur, Lin Yunxiu did not hesitate and decisively swung her twin swords above her head.

In the blink of an eye, a blinding white light flashed before my eyes.

boom--

With a powerful palm strike, Lin Yunxiu felt her blood surge within her body, and her feet sank half a foot into the ground.

"puff……"

Blood spurted from his mouth, instantly leaving a bloody mark on his face with the surging air currents.

"Good job, you reacted quickly."

When the white light dissipated, Lin Yunxiucai could see that the person who came had an extremely beautiful face.

However, the aura she exuded left Lin Yunxiu with no room to comment on her beauty.

"There aren't many people who can withstand one of my palm strikes, and you, with your newly entered late-stage Innate Realm cultivation, managed to withstand one of my attacks and still stand in place, which is even rarer in the world."

The newcomer was none other than Lang Yue. After stunning Lin Yunxiu with a single move, she flipped over and landed lightly five steps away from her.

She wasn't in a hurry to kill her opponent, because in Langyue's eyes, Lin Yunxiu was an interesting prey.

Feeling the lingering force in her arms, Lin Yunxiu realized that her opponent's cultivation level far surpassed her own, a level that could not be compensated for by mere combat experience.

Perhaps only Shen Lang's Taixu Blade Intent, far away in the Chu Kingdom, could achieve a kill across cultivation levels.

Tonight, things are unlikely to end well.

Do you have any last words?

Langyue took out a glass mirror and casually admired her own appearance.

Exporting, however, cut off all of the opponent's escape routes.

Because Ye Fan told himself that he absolutely could not let these women leave, and he could not let his beloved disciple Ye Fan down.

The best way is to kill the woman in front of you.

As for right and wrong, she didn't care at all.

Lin Yunxiu took a deep breath, looked at the two spirit swords in her hands that had already developed cracks, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Can you let them go?"

"No."

Langyue's answer was very straightforward, leaving no room for negotiation.

Lin Yunxiu gave a bitter smile: "When did martial artists become accomplices to evil, harming innocent people together?"

Langyue chuckled lightly: "Isn't the purpose of becoming strong so that one day you can wantonly humiliate the weak?"

Besides, what do these innocent people have to do with me? I only want to take them all back. As for you, since you've chosen to be my disciple's enemy, then I have no choice but to eliminate this threat."

Lin Yunxiu brandished her two swords, one on her back and the other across her chest, her body bowing like a pine tree in the forest, assuming a fighting stance.

"The Shu Mountain Sword Sect is truly not as impressive as it sounds; it's utterly disappointing!"

Langyue put away the mirror: "It seems you've already made up your mind."

"Words are useless, make your move."

Upon hearing this, Langyue decisively waved a white sleeve.

"Leaving Sword Style!"

Lin Yunxiu moved with the grace of a dragon, swiftly and lightly, stepping on her white sleeves as she headed straight for Langyue.

The spirit sword beside her swirled and danced in the air, seemingly protecting Lin Yunxiu's final strike.

Langyue remained motionless, silently watching Lin Yunxiu's approaching figure.

Ding--

With a sweep of her sword, Langyue merely touched the already shattered blade with her jade finger, instantly destroying it.

With a sweep of his long sleeves, the scattered broken swords transformed into countless meteor showers, heading straight for Lin Yunxiu's vital points.

ding ding ding-

Lin Yunxiu swung her longsword, sweeping away all the broken swords.

As the sword energy condensed, he gathered all his life's power into a single point and thrust the sword fiercely at Langyue, who was right in front of him.

Boom——

However, the protective energy of the Immortal Realm directly extinguished all hope.

With a shattering sound, the spirit sword broke apart. Lin Yunxiu didn't even see how Langyue made her move before she was forced back three zhang by a fierce palm strike.

"puff--"

The moment she hit the ground, she knelt on one knee and spat out a mouthful of blood, already sensing that death was imminent.

"I'll leave you with your last breath, so you can take one last look at this beautiful, colorful world, hahaha."

Langyue left behind a sentence, then turned and disappeared into the night with her two disciples.

boom--

As soon as the others left, the palm force remaining in Lin Yunxiu's body suddenly surged out, instantly pulling her headdress off.

"I'm sorry, I couldn't complete the task you entrusted to me. If there is an afterlife, I will still be your confidante, Zhou..."

Leaving behind her last words, Lin Yunxiu gripped the yellow earth on the ground and slowly lowered her head.

Just as he was dying, he heard a faint sound of footsteps.

"Oh no, we're too late!"

Before his consciousness faded, he felt himself lying in a warm body.

"Quickly fetch the Xuanlang Life-Sustaining Pill and give it to her immediately!"