Peerless Empress: One Woman, One Sword, Slaying Through Myriad Realms

Ye Wuxi stopped in her tracks, her eyes suddenly closing as she sensed the unusual spatial fluctuations emanating from her surroundings.

"Someone is manipulating things." The spatial trajectory was clearly being forcibly altered. Ye Wuxi murmured to himself and simply waited where he was.

Once the surrounding spatial forces subsided, Ye Wuxi calmly walked towards the only corner, where a woman dressed in sky blue approached her.

The two locked eyes, their boundless sword intent and destructive sword intent clashing and raging within the cave.

"Not bad sword, but it would be better if you handed over the Gray Token, young lady." The woman in blue raised her eyebrows slightly, took a step forward, and a vast aura of energy surged forth, mixed with piercing frost. A desolate blade of light was born and charged towards Ye Wuxi.

"Thank you for your trouble." Ye Wuxi suddenly raised her eyes, said that, and then chopped down with her palm.

Demonic flames swept across thousands of miles, and from within the Netherworld Lotus, a sword of annihilation emerged, shattering the blade's light.

The Sword Emperor's strength was evident from the moment she made a move; it must have been specially arranged for her by Xiahou Guang.

"Quite alert." Xiahou Guang's body stiffened, as if Ye Wuxi's gaze had pierced through the barrier of the illusory world and truly seen him.

"The myriad energies of the desolate river." The woman in blue narrowed her eyes slightly, stomped her foot, and once again stirred up the wild earth energy, her sword intent soaring to the heavens.

In an instant, ice rivers sprang up across the desolate land, the desolate energy surged back, and the ice rivers poured down, extinguishing the Netherworld Fire Waves. Two kinds of sword energy raged, constantly clashing and fighting with the sword light.

"Break." Ye Wuxi took a step forward, her long hair flying, lightning surging in her palms, and a giant beast phantom stepped out, crushing the desolate icy river.

The surrounding heavenly punishment lightning swirled with cold white flames that transformed into swords, tearing through the icy blade light.

"Savage Dragon Slash." The woman in blue stepped back slightly, and suddenly a layer of frost covered her from head to toe. A vortex of wild and frosty energy rose between her palms.

The two energies intertwined and swept across the area. As she struck out with both palms, the surrounding sword light and myriad energies converged, transforming into icy dragons that roared as they crashed into the thunderous beast and sword energy.

"You're still a bit dazed." A calm voice rang out, and a phantom of a demon general rose up behind Ye Wu, bringing with it a thousand layers of demonic waves, mixed with domineering demonic sounds, constantly generating death and destruction swords, engulfing the frost dragon.

"Until we meet again." Under the wave of death, the frost around the woman in blue shattered, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood as her blood churned. The laws of wind condensed into a whirlwind that gathered at her feet, and she quickly retreated back the way she came.

"Leave the Gray Order here, or I'll spare your life." Ye Wuxi's spatial power surged, and he vanished from his spot in the blink of an eye, blocking her path and looking at her calmly.

This woman's cultivation level is slightly higher, reaching the late stage of the Lesser Extreme Realm. Her overall strength should be among the best in this batch of assessments. Their encounter was man-made, and if they were sensible, there would be no need to kill her.

"Thank you, my name is Mu Jinglan." Mu Jinglan's expression changed, but she immediately smiled and tossed the gray token over before disappearing.

Historically, the most skilled in the assessments are not necessarily the imperial family's offspring. She had just met Xiahou Sang, and neither of them managed to steal the Gray Token.

But if she didn't hand it over now, Ye Wuxi would probably not be able to leave. There was still plenty of time, and she could still try to take it from someone else.

Ye Wuxi grabbed the gray token in his hand and instantly disappeared into the passage ahead using sword steps.

The three commands emanated a peculiar rhythm, and the passage gradually widened. Ye Wuxi sensed the fluctuations in the surrounding space and murmured, "Once the three commands are completed, it should lead directly to the exit."

"She's here. Shen Rong, Yin Han, Mo Pei, the three of you work together to eliminate her. Kill her if you can." Xiahou Guang's order quietly entered the minds of the three guarding the exit.

“This…” Mo Pei hesitated. It was forbidden for freshmen to kill each other, but according to the rules, the senior students were only responsible for preventing elimination and could not kill freshmen. Otherwise, it would be a disaster for most of the participants in the assessment.

The senior students guarding the exit usually block the newcomers one-on-one rather than all at once; the newcomers just need to get past their defenses one by one.

"Go ahead and do it. Doing your best to stop them is within the rules," Xiahou Guang said in a deep voice.

Among those in charge of the first stage of the assessment, these three are the strongest. They were all placed in this fifth area specifically for Ye Wuxi.

Those who are unruly and indeed possess some talent cannot be friends and should be nipped in the bud as soon as possible.

“We understand, we will definitely not let her leave the cave,” Shen Rong and Yin Han said without hesitation, and Mo Pei could only agree.

Ye Wuxi, dressed in green, appeared gracefully at the exit, where a narrow passage, not too long, connected to a flat, circular open space.

"They haven't changed the person yet." Ye Wuxi glanced casually at Shen Rong and Yin Han.

The two didn't make a move a month ago, but they're still guarding this place now, so their strength must be quite good, just as Xiahou Guang thought.

"Put down the gray token obediently, or you'll be coming back." Shen Rong shouted sternly. No matter what, he couldn't let his personal interests be on the surface. The battle map assessment was recorded, so he had to do things cleanly. As for accidentally killing one or two people, he couldn't blame them.

"Get lost." Ye Wuxi's Death Demon Eyes flashed, and his domineering will rushed into his mind. Then, a towering finger mountain surging with Buddhist and demonic light slapped him away.

Shen Rong crashed into the stone wall, his body covered in blood and his severed limbs flying everywhere, as if every bone in his body had been crushed.

The place of exit was filled with wails. Shen Rong's body was being cleansed and reshaped by the power of the laws, but the injuries to his limbs and internal organs could not be healed for a while.

"Useless." Xiahou Guang spat out two words in displeasure. It's not that he can't put on an act, but at least he should say it while he's making a move. He had to wait for the other party to make the first move, wasting the opportunity.

"Her body-refining technique is quite good." Zong Changce narrowed his eyes slightly.

Shen Rong was, after all, a senior student with a higher cultivation level. Even if he were a complete waste, he couldn't possibly have his physical body crippled by a single palm strike from a lower-level cultivator. Ye Wuxi's attack just now was powerful, but it also carried considerable physical strength, which is why it had such an effect.

"Make your move." Yin Han's eyes trembled, and she hurriedly shouted at Mo Pei, her palm sword aimed at Ye Wuxi.

The sword of the great river surged down, carrying terrifying shockwaves, relentlessly annihilating everything in its path.

Ye Wuxi took a step forward, and the Netherworld River swept around him. The sword with lotus fire in the waves submerged the river and killed the sword.

"Suppress!" A furious roar suddenly rang out behind her. Mo Pei's palms trembled, and the raging heavenly fire transformed into a suppressing cauldron, crushing towards Ye Wuxi.

The shadow of the cauldron was endless, as heavy as ten thousand pounds. Ye Wuxi did not move, but the deathly demonic energy around him surged. With a finger, he drew the two characters "burial and destruction", and pierced through the heavy fire cauldron. Mo Pei's expression was slightly stern, and he quickly left an afterimage to avoid the big characters.

"Kill!" Yin Han seized the opportunity to move, and the surrounding mountains and rivers surged, transforming into a mountain and river chariot that rushed past. Sword energy churned and soared into the sky within the chariot, layer upon layer, attacking Ye Wuxi.

"With you?" Ye Wuxi's voice was cold as he spoke, his palm flipping over to transform the two characters into a killing sword, burning with rolling thunder and fire and carrying spatial power, piercing through all attacks and breaking straight into Yin Han's body.

Since these senior students could kill her, she probably wouldn't have any problem killing someone in return.