Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao-Chapter 589 - 026: Counterkill!

Zhou Yan stared at the constantly changing Array Patterns ahead, lost in thought.

The imprints of those human figures were not illusions but real existences. This meant that these were the actual residual images of people who had recently entered, causing the Array Patterns to alternately change and imprint these human-shaped Runes.

Zhou Yan stood and watched for a long time, gradually becoming familiar with the way these ancient Array Patterns were transforming, and he also had some understanding of the changes that were about to occur.

"This Secret Realm is actually very suitable for cultivating a cold-nature constitution—if I comprehend the way of the Green Water Sword Body and study the ’Bishui Sword Heart Method’ here, the effect would be excellent."

Zhou Yan analyzed and came to such a conclusion in his heart.

He had a deep understanding of Jiang Yushuang’s "Bishui Sword Heart Method" but had not started practicing it because even if he did, it would be laborious and not easy, especially since his Thunderflame Sword Body was not yet at Great Success.

If he could cultivate the Thunderflame Sword Body to the extreme, deriving the Extreme Yang Sword Body and from the Extreme Yang derive the Extreme Yin Sword Body, then the Extreme Cold Sword Body would emerge.

This was a transformation, following a natural law, a derivation of the Five Elements, in accordance with the ultimate Secret of the Xingyi Five Elements.

Only such a transformation, this change and development of the Sword Body, would make sense.

Zhou Yan calmed down and decided to enter the Ancient Array, to break its restrictions and enter the inner parts of the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm.

He took a step forward and flew onward.

Behind him, Hou Chen and Hou Ling’er also immediately followed.

"Boom!"

Just then, a violent noise suddenly came from ahead; Zhou Yan from afar saw the Array Patterns of the Ancient Array shaking, emitting countless purple-black glimmers that twisted the surrounding space, which undulated and twisted violently, a surge of frightening Destruction Energy suddenly burst.

"What is this..."

Zhou Yan suddenly stopped; his eyes tightly fixed on those turbulent Array Patterns, and in just a moment, he saw the clues.

"Is someone attacking the Ancient Array with brute force? To open a channel? Or is this just a trap-like illusion?"

Zhou Yan’s heart chilled; although he knew that many Cultivators would enter the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm by unknown methods, encountering a group upon just arriving here still disgusted him.

Zhou Yan was not very attached to this Secret Realm, although once the Yuan Ci Secret Realm devoured it, there would be great benefits, but Zhou Yan did not value it much, considering his own Yuan Ci Secret Realm was of a very high level.

But if because of the Heavenly Heart Secret Realm, his parents, wife, or even children encountered misfortune, then everyone in this Secret Realm would have to be buried with them!

"You can be interested in the resources and treasures of the realm, but I hope you don’t harm my family. Otherwise, I will not let you off easily!"

Zhou Yan thought to himself.

He paused for a moment and then continued forward.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

Countless destructive lights crisscrossed in the Void; the ancient Array Patterns roared like gigantic beasts, issuing an angry retaliation.

Thirty-six Divine Lights shuttled through heaven and earth, seventy-two Array Patterns transformed into Fierce Beasts in the Void, continuously attacking the Cultivators within the Array. The Cultivators’ Sword Dao, Sword Intent, Sword Soul, and Sword Spirit all appeared, including Fairies, demonesses, handsome and commanding figures, and various auras full of sinister might.

Various attacks collided, explosions occasionally erupted, turmoil ensued.

In the sky, there were roars, the hissing of the Fierce Beast Array Patterns, murderous auras surged to the sky, killing intentions like ten thousand paths. Waves of chaotic energy surged like an overwhelming sea, gushing forth, annihilating everything.

Amidst them, a surge of cold energy turned into a wave, rushing out of the Array Patterns directly towards Zhou Yan!

This was someone intentionally using the power of the Array Patterns to counterattack, deriving boundless killing intent, aiming to murder Zhou Yan and the others.

Zhou Yan was greatly surprised; he hadn’t expected that while these people were dealing with the Ancient Array, they had the intention to derive the Killing Dao and kill him.

"Hmph, simply seeking death!"

Zhou Yan scoffed coldly, his terrifying physique directly transformed into a beam of light and surged out, the Purple Flame Void suddenly transformed, large amounts of Destructive Power were devoured and diverted into the Purple Flame Void, causing the violent Array to suddenly stop due to the loss of energy!

At the same time, Zhou Yan erupted the Emperor Qi Sword Body’s Blood Qi, his Twelve Battle Beast Sword Souls directly formed a Sword of Slaughter, deriving the Ten Thousand Ghost Sword Dao and striking out.

"Chiii, chiii, chiii—"

In the sky, it was as if a flood had surged past, the ancient Array Patterns suddenly collapsed, among them two young men looked pale, struck by a mysterious energy instantly, their bodies went limp, and they knelt on the ground.

"Lu Yun, Lu Feng, what’s wrong with you? Hm? You did not die?"

A woman’s voice carried out, then from the Void appeared a woman dressed in red Combat Armor.

This woman appeared to be about thirty years old, her body very alluring.

She initially appeared from the Void surprised by the kneeling of the two young men, then suddenly she looked ahead, exclaiming at Zhou Yan.

"Do you really wish for my death?"

Zhou Yan’s expression was icy, he indifferently said.

"Uh, not really, we were just breaking the Array at a critical moment, mainly worried about being—"

The woman was speaking but suddenly her eyes widened, showing an unbelievable shock.

For at that moment, she saw a Netherworld Bridge suddenly form a path extending right before her eyes.

The handsome yet sinister young figure on the opposite side appeared beside her at an unimaginable speed.

She sensed the peril of death, felt an irresistible powerful force.

She was close to the Sword Tribulation First Refining Realm, yet now, powerless as a mere mortal, she could not move in front of this man.

"Ptui—"

A streak of Thunder Light struck her body in the instant her eyes widened, her body suddenly numb and powerless as if struck by lightning.

"Hiss—"

A formless light suddenly entered her brow, her world instantly darkened, as if she had entered reincarnation, experiencing a life reversal.

"This...this is the Killing Spirit Divine Dao..."

Just before she lost her memory, she had thought of this terrifying Killing Dao that frightened all who heard of it.

Struck by this Dao, one would wish for death over the suffering it brought.

She wanted to kill herself, but now it was too late.

As her consciousness faded, she suddenly deeply regretted agreeing to the Holy Land Princess’s request—to use the Ancient Array to scheme against others and seize treasures.

Through this Ancient Array, she, along with Lu Yun, Lu Feng, and the Little Princess Lee Shuru, had plotted against scores of genius Cultivators, reaping many benefits. They were about to leave for the inner areas, but that young girl kept wanting to make one last score, which ultimately led them to this plight.

Alas, she understood everything, but there was no longer a chance.

Because from the corner of her eye, she saw that Lu Yun and Lu Feng had also suffered the same fate.

"Perhaps, I hope he kills that Little Princess, then... he will have no way out either!"

In the moment her consciousness faded, she spitefully thought.

...

Zhou Yan killed his way to this woman who brought him a strong sense of crisis. After unleashing the Ten Thousand Ghost Sword Dao, Zhou Yan instantly derived the Thunder God Fire Sword Dao, pinning down the voluptuous woman who couldn’t move. While she was incapacitated, Zhou Yan performed the Killing Spirit Divine Dao, striking all three of them.

At this moment, Zhou Yan’s soul sensing power also detected that there were four people in this team, with one still unaccounted for.

Zhou Yan didn’t hesitate; while controlling the three with the Killing Spirit Divine Dao, his palm suddenly erupted with a horrifying Purple Flame.

Then, Zhou Yan fiercely pressed his hand against the head of the red-clothed woman.

"Puff—"

Under the Purple Flame, the red-clothed woman’s instinctive resistance had no effect, for the might of the Purple Flame surpassed all.

In the midst of the Purple Flame, the body of the red-clothed woman was instantly burned into Tribulation Ash, unable to break out before being reduced to nothingness by the Purple Flame again.

In that instant, this combat power stunned both Hou Chen and Hou Ling’er.

"This, this woman was at the Sword Tribulation First Refining Realm! To think she was killed in an instant, Master is indeed formidable!"

Hou Chen’s eyes widened, watching Zhou Yan kill as if he was observing a brutal form of art, feeling both ruthlessness and a sense of perfect artistry—truly an eye-opener.

"Puff, puff—"

With the red-clothed woman now dead, Zhou Yan moved like a shadow with the Netherworld Sky Bridge Technique. In the next moment, his hands pressed onto the heads of Lu Yun and Lu Feng.

Their bodies, too devoid even of the power to instinctively resist, immediately transformed into Tribulation Ash with two ’puff’ sounds.

These two, previously stunned by the impact of the Ten Thousand Ghost Sword Dao, had only knelt because their souls had been stunned by its might. It was during that brief moment that Zhou Yan took his chance to kill them instantly.

Though everything seemed complex, it all happened in the blink of an eye.

Beside Hou Chen, Hou Ling’er’s heart raced at the sight, Zhou Yan’s methods utterly devastating, remorselessly killing without blinking an eye, extremely ruthless.

Killing the men did not affect Hou Ling’er much, but that red-clothed woman, with such an appealing figure—enough to make even women envious, let alone men!

That Zhou Yan could strike down such a figure—such temperament...

Hou Ling’er thought, and suddenly felt a poignant sense of something being irrevocably changed.

The once somewhat timid young boy, who had fawned in front of her in the Zhou Family, had truly grown up.

"My impression of him still dwells in the past, yet he has been continuously transforming, becoming different from before—how could I still view him with the same eyes as before?"

Hou Ling’er couldn’t help but think to herself.

At that moment, she truly adjusted her current mentality.

...

"Will you come out on your own, or shall I make my move and kill you?"

Zhou Yan’s voice suddenly turned ice-cold.

"Ah, don’t— I’ll come out myself, okay?"

Suddenly, in the quiet space, a timid woman’s voice sounded.

The voice was incredibly melodious and pleasant, yet carried an inexplicable fear, seeming like the voice of a little girl.