Chapter 151: Purging the Sect?

When Mo Yun met Li Jiansan's gaze, a sharp chill pierced his heart, and an unknown terror welled up within him.

Catching his breath, Mo Yun forced a relatively calm tone and said, "Alright, I must save him. As long as you spare his life, consider that I owe you a favor!"

Unexpectedly, Mo Yun dropped all his pride and became courteous to Li Jiansan. His humble attitude was tantamount to making amends.

As one of the esteemed Nine Great Elders, he was actually apologizing to a newly enrolled freshman—what immense respect he was showing Li Jiansan.

Just as everyone thought Li Jiansan would let Sun Yiqiu go, Li Jiansan spoke coldly.

"Your favor?"

Li Jiansan gave a faint smile, his murderous intent not fading in the slightest.

If Li Jiansan were to let Sun Yiqiu go, Mo Yun would certainly never remember any favor. Most likely, the moment Li Jiansan spared Sun Yiqiu, he would be ambushed and murdered in some remote corner.

Because Li Jiansan had already made him lose all face at this moment.

These people who fancied themselves superior cared about their reputation above all else. If anyone caused them to lose face, genius or not, they would crush them without mercy if they had the power to do so.

"Your face is worth less than dog shit. He dies today!"

Boom!

Ignoring the furious Mo Yun entirely, Li剑三 slashed out with a single sword stroke. The violent sword qi instantly engulfed Sun Yiqiu's body, and within a split second, he was reduced to a mist of blood.

Mo Yun had wanted to save Sun Yiqiu.

With the most cruel and bloody method possible, Li Jiansan cut him down.

"Ah..."

Seeing Sun Yiqiu blasted away without a single bone left intact was simply intolerable to Mo Yun.

The genius he had personally stepped forward to protect had been brutally killed right before his eyes.

Not even a corpse was left behind.

This was undoubtedly a fierce, resounding slap across Mo Yun's face!

He found this completely unacceptable.

Roaring with monstrous fury, he instantly plunged into a state of madness.

Right now, he had only a single thought: to kill Li Jiansan and make him suffer a most wretched death.

Everyone present was utterly dumbfounded; the events of today were simply too shocking.

A mere freshman had not only slain a prodigy, but had also brutally killed that prodigy right before Elder Mo Yun, leaving not even a corpse behind.

The scene was incomparably bloody and breathtaking.

Anyone who witnessed this spectacle would have it deeply etched into their minds, unforgettable for a lifetime.

If word of this got out, probably not a single person would believe it was true.

Li Jiansan, a mere newcomer, had disregarded Mo Yun's threat and outright killed Sun Yiqiu.

Who was Mo Yun?

He was a dignified supervisory elder, wielding absolute authority over life and death during the trials.

For a little freshman to dare provoke Mo Yun—such a tale was indeed hard for people to swallow.

Within Azure Dragon Academy, not a single freshman dared to ignore Mo Yun.

After today, Li剑三's name would likely sweep through the entire Azure Dragon Academy, and even the people in the imperial capital would come to know this name.

After all, such an arrogant freshman had never appeared before.

Compared to the shock of the crowd, Li Jiansan remained entirely calm, his expression showing barely any ripples of emotion.

To others, Sun Yiqiu was the foremost among the newcomers, a fifth-tier Foundation Establishment cultivator with formidable strength.

In Li Jiansan's eyes, however, he was merely an ant that could be easily crushed; if such a creature dared to act presumptuously before him, he would simply stamp it to death.

"Bastard! You actually killed him! Unforgivable! I'll have you pay with your life! I'll tear you to pieces!"

Driven mad, Mo Yun charged straight at Li Jiansan like a rabid hound.

Heaven and earth fell into absolute silence.

Seeing Mo Yun's state, everyone was startled.

They had never imagined that Li Jiansan would actually push Mo Yun to such an extreme.

He was a supervisory elder, possessing immense power here, holding the authority of life and death when necessary to purge the academy of unwanted elements.

They never dreamed Li Jiansan would provoke such a figure.

Li Jiansan cared nothing for any of this; an elder was simply not worth his concern.

Today, even if the headmaster of Azure Dragon Academy himself were here, Li Jiansan would still have slain Sun Yiqiu without a moment's hesitation.

Sun Yiqiu had fancied himself peerless, looking down upon the world and arbitrarily bullying other disciples.

For the sake of a so-called trial, he had even forced disciples to slaughter one another.

For what he did today, Li Jiansan killing him ten thousand times over would still not be enough.

Mo Yun's eyes were icy, resembling a murderous fiend.

He curled his hands into eagle-claw shapes, his fingers crackling with razor-sharp killing intent as he lunged fiercely at Li Jiansan.

Clang!

Li Jiansan leaped up with his sword, deflecting the killing intent toward Mo Yun's fingers with a flash of brilliant, dazzling light.

Crack!

Mo Yun drew a blade, slashing forward fiercely. Amidst the blinding light, it looked like a miasma-choked valley of evil, with endless killing intent swirling all around.

Li Jiansan blocked it with a sword strike, feeling the webbing between his thumb and forefinger go numb from the shock. He stumbled back several steps before steadying his stance.

Li Jiansan's expression shifted. "Second-tier Profound Realm! This old bastard has stepped into the Profound Realm for years; his strength is truly terrifying!"

Compared to Mo Yun at the second tier of the Profound Realm, Li Jiansan was still several cultivation levels behind, a gap he could not easily bridge.

"As expected of an elder; not only do they possess rich experience, but their combat power is also terrifying. He forced Li Jiansan back with a single move."

"What did you expect? Every one of them is an expert of the academy with monstrous strength. How else do you think they secured those positions?"

"And they cultivate without sparing any effort, increasing their strength at a terrifying pace. Li Jiansan is dead for sure this time."

"Indeed. He actually dared to kill the genius protected by Elder Mo Yun. Having enraged him, getting killed by Elder Mo Yun is only what he deserves."

Seeing Mo Yun's ferocious strike, the onlookers exchanged uneasy glances.

"Fiend Slicing Slash!"

Mo Yun slashed down once more, a black sword beam erupting like something straight out of hell, accompanied by the screeches of malevolent ghosts. Terrifying power exploded across the void, instantly surrounding Li Jiansan.

Hum, hum, hum!

With the sword light roaring, Li Jiansan found himself unable to move.

He could feel Mo Yun's might; if he tried to fight purely on cultivation level, even with the golden greatsword, he probably wouldn't be able to withstand Mo Yun.

"Li Jiansan, you actually dared to slay a genius of the academy right before my eyes! Damnable..."

In Mo Yun's cold, aged eyes flashed a vicious, chilling light as the sword glow in his hand fluctuated endlessly, rolling toward Li Jiansan in a torrent.

Swish!

Endless sword light swallowed Li Jiansan whole!

Li Jiansan calmly said, "Trash like that—I killed him simply because I wanted to. What can you do about me?"

"Still spouting such arrogance! Today I will surely slay you and purge the academy of scum!"

Mo Yun roared with exhilaration. "Go to hell!"

"You may be strong, but I am no weaker than you. If this is the extent of your strength, then you can go down right now!"

The golden greatsword in Li Jiansan's hand blazed with light, its radiance piercing and dazzlingly brilliant!

"Boom!"

An earth-shattering power burst forth frantically from the supreme remnant sword, causing the entire world to tremble violently.

Crack!

With a slight tremor of the golden greatsword, Mo Yun's sword light was effortlessly blasted apart.

"This... How is this possible?" Mo Yun's pupils constricted violently. He simply could not believe that Li Jiansan had shattered his sword technique so easily.

One had to know this was his signature skill; relying on this move, he had defeated countless prodigies and could even trade blows with third-tier Foundation Establishment experts.

Yet now, it had been easily broken by Li剑三.

This was simply unimaginable.

"That sword... It's the power of that sword."

Mo Yun's gaze burned with intense greed as he stared fixedly at the blade in Li Jiansan's hand. Naturally, he could tell the sword was extraordinary.

If he could acquire that sword and master its power, he might well use it to become the foremost elder of the outer courtyard.

Eyes shining with covetousness, Mo Yun said, "Haha, brat, hand over your sword, and this old man can spare your life."

Li Jiansan calmly replied, "Weren't you just righteous about purging the academy of scum? What, changed your mind so soon?"

"As long as you hand over that sword, I can let bygones be bygones." Mo Yun eagerly pointed at the weapon in Li Jiansan's hand. Once he got it and took control of the outer courtyard, would he still need to worry about not being able to kill a mere Li Jiansan?

Looking at Mo Yun with a playful expression, Li Jiansan said, "You might let bygones be bygones, but I won't. You must die today as well!"

"Besides, you are utterly unworthy of wielding this sword!"

Li Jiansan fiercely cleaved a sword strike at Mo Yun.

The terrifying sword light was dazzlingly brilliant, resembling a sudden, scorching solar storm whipped up in a desert. Overwhelming sword qi pressed down to blot out the sky.

"No!"

Mo Yun's eyes widened in horror; in that single instant, he was frightened witless.

The sword strike unleashed by Li Jiansan was simply too breathtaking. He couldn't dodge it at all, and the destructive power of this sword qi was worlds apart from his own previous move—they were simply not in the same league.

The terrifying sword qi seemed to tear the heavens and earth apart, god-like and demonic, terrifyingly immense.

Under this momentum, Mo Yun had no power to resist whatsoever, and even if he wanted to evade, there was simply no time.

Crack!

The sword beam arrived before Mo Yun like thunder from the nine heavens, piercing his body with absolute, lethal force. From top to bottom, Mo Yun was engulfed by the sword light. Streams of bloody arrows burst from his entire body before he dissolved into mists of blood.

Mo Yun, one of the Nine Great Elders, who had arrived in a flurry of arrogance, met a miserable death on his return!

Yet the author of all this was nothing more than a youthful teenager...