This is not surprising, it can even be said it’s too normal!

Yang Wenshu knows these petty people best; what pursuits could they have beyond their daily petty schemes?

But this time, he dared to target Yang Wenshu. Truly fed up with living!

"Clang!"

As the sword blade sliced through the air, it formed a silver arc, accompanied by a rolling wave of energy.

Yang Wenshu sneered coldly.

"Swish!"

In an instant, Nie Tong was beheaded in front of him, almost unobstructed, with blood spurting out.

The sword in Yang Wenshu’s hand was supposed to smoothly cut through the blood and return to its sheath.

But the next moment, he suddenly felt his sword was blocked by something unmovable.

It seemed that...

Someone’s fingers had caught it!

Upon realizing this, Yang Wenshu was momentarily stunned, then lifted his head, looking through the flying blood to meet a pair of cold eyes like icy stars.

Across the fallen headless corpse of Nie Tong, a person had appeared out of nowhere.

Dressed in white, one hand behind his back, the other stretched out two fingers, casually pinching his sword.

Yang Wenshu’s pupils contracted, a chill surged from behind, hair standing on end.

The person before him, unbeatable!

Yang Wenshu instinctively tried to draw back his sword, but it remained unmoving.

The white-clad person’s forehead subtly revealing a white lotus, as his fingers intertwined, a tremendous force transmitted, instantly twisting and breaking Yang Wenshu’s sword in half!

Yet not horizontally into segments, but vertically, twisted like a braid!

Yang Wenshu’s sword was certainly no ordinary weapon; it was the Three Talents Sword, bought at a high price from Sword Lodge, definitely not a shoddy product so easily broken!

Achieving such an effect required not only absolute strength but also exquisite skill.

This alone left Yang Wenshu terrified, lost his nerve, relinquished his sword, planning to escape immediately.

As Yang Wenshu turned around, he saw the white-clad person lift his eyelids, slipping his fingers apart, the useless sword falling from his grasp.

And as the white-clad person swept his sleeve, the scrap metal dispersed along with Nie Tong’s corpse.

Yes, dispersed.

Yang Wenshu’s sword shattered, yet Nie Tong’s body disintegrated, like a puppet without seams falling into water, splitting apart...

Yang Wenshu suspected he was dreaming at that moment.

For Nie Tong’s corpse melted into the air, like foam, gradually becoming invisible, as if it had never existed.

What kind of technique was this?!

Yang Wenshu didn’t know, but the horror he felt at this moment, he would likely remember forever... if he managed to survive.

All this happened in just a few breaths.

Yang Wenshu was already fleeing, while before the white-clad person, metal fragments and blood mists scattered instantly.

Metal fragments clattered onto the ground.

Yet the blood mist vanished before touching the ground, disappearing into thin air.

Ultimately, Nie Tong seemed as if he had never existed.

In reality...

He truly didn’t exist.

As Nie Tong disappeared outside, on the street within the "In Between," another... or rather, a returned identical Nie Tong appeared.

Chen Kuang watched the direction Yang Wenshu escaped, not pursuing him.

After learning about her experiences from Lv Zhexiong, Chen Kuang first focused on the anomalies of the Bi Yun Sect.

Though Lv Zhexiong mentioned her suspicions of Bi Yun Sect were merely intuitive.

However, with his understanding over the years, Bi Yun Sect could be considered half a Demon Cave.

Therefore, Chen Kuang directly investigated, indeed uncovering some clues.

But considering he couldn’t act too overtly, Chen Kuang decided to proceed carefully.

He began investigating, while replacing the problematic Bi Yun Sect members with illusions created by the "In Between," allowing them to continue living unchanged within Bi Yun Sect.

Since the illusions were virtually identical to the originals, they would never be discovered.

Meanwhile, through hints and selection, he ensured misguided Bi Yun Sect disciples all left.

Thus, continued contact, judgment, replacement, selection...

The same steps had been repeated for nearly half a year.

This Nie Tong was one of the replaced disciples.

Had Yang Wenshu not acted, he could have continued living in this false reality.

But unfortunately... he chose the worst path.

Yang Wenshu believed he had escaped, spared his life.

But in fact,

Returning to Bi Yun Sect would be the true beginning of a nightmare...

...

Chen Kuang didn’t immediately leave, instead standing his ground, looking towards the direction of the chamber.

Lv Zhexiong was inside, picking a spiritual treasure shaped like an aromatic pouch.

This pouch, named "Heart Shield," could be used to focus and calm, enhance Spiritual Qi recovery speed and cultivation speed, effective for Middle Three Grades as well.

Among "Star" level spiritual treasures, it’s considered exceptionally good.

But unfortunately... Middle Three Grades would never lack Spiritual Qi, and the slight increase in cultivation speed seems insignificant.

It’s basically a redundant demand.

Thus, the price of this pouch isn’t particularly high, just within Lv Zhexiong’s affordability.

Even so, Lv Zhexiong earnestly haggled with the chamber’s manager for a while.