The poorest member of the Imperial Guard, the Empress begged me to embezzle.

"No need to be polite."

Chu Xiu arrived beside Ning Qingshuang and her daughter in a few steps. He frowned and looked at Lin Yu, who was lying on the ground vomiting blood.

He hadn't expected Lin Yu to act so quickly.

Only Ning Qingshuang and her daughter remained alive in the entire Xuan Yang Sword Sect; everyone else had been killed by Lin Yu.

Lin Yu's cultivation level had actually reached the second stage of the Immortal Ascension Realm.

The speed of this growth is truly rapid.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis."

Ning Qingshuang and her daughter thanked him and slowly stood up, standing behind Chu Xiu.

"Champion Marquis Chu Xiu..."

Lin Yu struggled to her feet, looking at Chu Xiu with a hint of fear on her face, and said in a trembling voice.

He clearly hadn't expected Chu Xiu to appear here.

Chu Xiu was already renowned throughout the entire Great Zhou Dynasty, not to mention Hongnong County, which was not far from the capital.

Even the Hongnong Yang Clan, the head of the Five Surnames and Seven Noble Families and known as the number one family in the world, had its ancestral lands razed to the ground by Chu Xiu. How could Lin Yu not know about Chu Xiu?

"Will you take your own life, or do you want me to do it myself? Choose one."

Chu Xiu looked at Lin Yu with a calm expression and said.

"My lord, the reason I destroyed the Xuan Yang Sword Sect was because the sect leader, Lu Yuanchen, wanted to seize the Shadowless Sword Technique manual of my Lin family."

"Lu Yuanchen even witnessed my Lin family being wiped out by the sect leader of the Bihai Sword Sect. This hypocrite did not intervene at all. Based on this, what crime have I committed in destroying the Xuanyang Sword Sect?"

Lin Yu's face showed resentment, and she clenched her fists, speaking with great anger.

"Every wrong has its perpetrator, and every debt its debtor. This was done by Lu Yuanchen alone; what does it have to do with the Xuan Yang Sword Sect?"

"Moreover, you not only destroyed the Xuan Yang Sword Sect, you also drained the innocent people in five villages."

"For that alone, you deserve to die!"

Chu Xiu stared at Lin Yu with murderous intent in his eyes and said coldly.

"Your Excellency is right, I really shouldn't have implicated the innocent!"

"But if I don't kill them, how can I master the Shadowless Sword Technique?"

"How can I avenge the hundreds of members of my Lin family!"

"How could I possibly kill the sect leader of the Azure Sea Sword Sect?"

"How could I possibly kill Lu Yuanchen?"

Lin Yu's expression changed slightly, then he laughed loudly. After laughing, he closed his eyes and shouted, "My lord, kill me!"

"I, Lin Yu, am completely convinced that I will die by your hand!"

"I will grant your wish!"

Chu Xiu pointed his right hand at Lin Yu from a distance, and a sword light appeared between heaven and earth.

laugh!

The sword light pierced through Lin Yu's brow, leaving a bloody hole.

Lin Yu's body fell to the ground with a thud.

Chu Xiu's sword strike even annihilated Lin Yu's primordial spirit, leaving him no chance to survive.

"Thank you, Lord Marquis, thank you, Lord Marquis..."

Seeing Lin Yu die at Chu Xiu's finger's edge, Ning Qingshuang and her daughter, overjoyed at having avenged their great grudge, knelt down and thanked him with tears streaming down their faces.

"Come out, how long are you planning to hide?"

"Isn't your goal to lure me out of the capital and kill me?"

Chu Xiu seemed to ignore Ning Qingshuang and her daughter's gratitude, instead standing with his hands behind his back and speaking calmly.

Ning Qingshuang and her daughter were stunned for a moment upon hearing this.

They quickly realized what was happening, and their faces showed shock.

The Lin family was wiped out, and Lin Yu's cultivation of the Shadowless Sword Technique turned out to be nothing more than a trap from beginning to end.

A trap set for Chu Xiu!

Whether it's the sect leader of the Azure Sea Sword Sect, Lin Yu, or their Xuan Yang Sword Sect, they are all just pawns in the hands of these people!

Swish!Swish!Swish!

Figures appeared from all directions, surrounding Chu Xiu and his two companions.

There were a full twelve men in black!

All twelve men in black had reached the True Immortal Realm!

The black-clad man with the highest cultivation level has already reached the peak of the seventh level of the True Immortal Realm!

"Chu Xiu, surrender!"

"You will not escape from me today!"

The black-clad man, at the peak of the seventh level of the True Immortal Realm, stared coldly at Chu Xiu and spoke with a chilling murderous aura.

"What about you?"

"You're not coming out?"

Chu Xiu didn't even glance at the black-clad man at the peak of the seventh level of the True Immortal Realm. Instead, he looked towards the mountains and forests not far away and said indifferently.

The black-clad man at the peak of the seventh level of the True Immortal Realm didn't even notice that Chu Xiu had ignored him, yet he remained completely unperturbed, waiting for King Qi's men to come out.

We can't just let them do the work while the King of Qi's men reap the benefits.

A colossal figure emerged from the forest, causing the entire world to seem to dim and lose its light.

Blocking out the sky!

This is a black ape that is over ten zhang tall and looks ferocious and terrifying.

Even when the black ape emerged from the forest, the pupils of the twelve men in black shrank. They had no idea how this black ape, which was over ten feet tall, had managed to hide in the forest.

demon!

This is a demon!

Moreover, he was a demon with a murderous aura that soared to the sky, and he had already stepped into the peak of the ninth level of the True Immortal Realm!

The black-clad man at the peak of the seventh level of the True Immortal Realm even suspected that King Qi's deployment of this demon at the peak of the ninth level of the True Immortal Realm might not be simply to eliminate Chu Xiu, but rather to eliminate them all at once.

Otherwise, why would they send such a terrifying demon?

What terrified them even more was the thought that the King of Qi might have such terrifying demons under his command.

What exactly is the relationship between this demon and King Qi?

In just a few steps, the black ape had arrived at a distance not far from Chu Xiu and the others, looking down at them from its elevated position.

A chilling aura permeated the air, sending shivers down one's spine.

Ning Qingshuang and her daughter looked at Chu Xiu with tense expressions. Neither the twelve extremely powerful men in black nor the black ape could be resisted by them. They could only hope that Chu Xiu could stop the men in black and the black ape.

"Very good, everyone's here!"

A hint of satisfaction appeared on Chu Xiu's face as he calmly said, "Let's begin!"

"Chu Xiu, since you're so eager to die, then we'll grant your wish!"

"kill!"

The black-clad man at the peak of the seventh level of the True Immortal Realm gritted his teeth, waved his hand, and spoke to the group of black-clad men.

"kill!"

The group of men in black shouted in unison, rushing towards Chu Xiu like streaks of lightning.

however!

A shocking scene has unfolded!

One by one, human heads flew up from the heads of the men in black.

All eleven men in black who had attacked fell to the ground.

The black-clad man, a peak seventh-level True Immortal, widened his eyes, his scalp tingling.

A look of seriousness appeared in the eyes of the black ape at the peak of the ninth level of the True Immortal Realm, clearly indicating that it had also felt the pressure.

Swish!

A figure appeared beside Chu Xiu.

This figure was none other than Qi Tianchen, the Director of the Imperial Observatory and the National Preceptor of the Great Zhou Dynasty!

"When I said 'take action,' I wasn't referring to you. I was speaking to the Grand Preceptor."

Chu Xiu smiled slightly and looked at the black-clad man at the peak of the seventh level of the True Immortal Realm who recognized Qi Tianchen's identity and whose eyes showed fear.