Celestial Dragon Sword Venerable-Chapter 87: The Death of Guan Cangyun

"Leave the Fiery Sun Sword and give me ten drops of your Essence Blood. Do that, and I’ll let you live!"

Guan Cangyun’s voice, hoarse and clearly disguised, was chillingly cold.

The woman beside him, Guan Yusu, said nothing. Her icy, ruthless eyes were fixed directly on Ye Tianling.

It seemed she would unleash an endless torrent of destructive killing intent the moment Ye Tianling made a single move.

"Guan Cangyun, Guan Yusu, you’re both a little too eager. I just left the Sect, and you’re already here to kill me. You’ve got some nerve! I’m not handing over the Fiery Sun Sword, and I’m not giving you my Essence Blood. Why don’t you try and make me?"

Staring at the two of them, Ye Tianling suddenly spoke, calling them out by name.

His words made their hearts pound. ’Who leaked the secret? How did Ye Tianling figure it out so quickly?’

’Or is this little bastard just bluffing?’

Guan Cangyun sneered, his disguised voice rasping, "Little bastard, I don’t know what you’re talking about! Hand over the Fiery Sun Sword, or die!"

Guan Yusu remained silent, but killing intent began to radiate from her.

Ouyang Ruoxue frowned. ’These two old fools are so clueless,’ she thought. ’Do they really think a mask can block the keen perception of a Soul Talent? How stupid!’

’Does this mean my plan is going to fail before it even starts?’

Ouyang Ruoxue waited. The moment Que Xinyan appeared, she would seize the opportunity and deliver a fatal blow.

But Que Xinyan never showed himself.

Not even when the aura of a Sword Soul washed over and locked onto Ye Tianling.

"I have a Soul Talent. I knew who you both were the moment you appeared. Don’t bother denying it. If you want to fight, let’s go! As for my Fiery Sun Sword, you two old dogs can forget about it. Did you think I’d leave the Sect without some kind of assurance? The Ten Thousand Swords Sacred Land sent me a private message asking me to come out. If you dare to stand in my way, your deaths won’t even be worth mentioning!"

Ye Tianling bluffed, hoping to intimidate them.

If they really attacked, he would be in serious trouble. Even the Black Feather Escape Talisman might not be enough for him to get away.

So, Ye Tianling was just trying to scare them off.

Of course, if he went all out and unleashed his Dragon Blood, detonating the Dragon Blood Treasure Tower Celestial Ladder from his Dragon Soul Inheritance, he wouldn’t necessarily be afraid.

But an outburst like that would cause horrific damage to his body. The cost would far outweigh the benefit.

Guan Cangyun’s expression turned ugly. Gritting his teeth, he ripped off his mask, revealing his aged face.

"Since you’ve seen through it, then—die!"

Guan Cangyun was an Elder of the Nine Swords Sect, a master at the Nine Transformations of Sword Void Realm. An all-out attack from him was naturally a peerless method of slaughter!

In that instant, a terrifying Sword Void Power coalesced, like a soul dissolving into nothingness. It pierced through space, forming a deadly sword that thrust violently toward the spot between Ye Tianling’s eyebrows.

The attack was so terrifying that Ye Tianling was utterly powerless to resist it.

Even Ouyang Ruoxue was stunned. She hadn’t expected Guan Cangyun’s desire to kill to be so intense.

Nor that his killing technique would be so decisive!

"Little girl, you can die with him!"

The old woman beside Guan Cangyun ripped off her mask and simultaneously lunged at Ouyang Ruoxue.

Her own killing intent was just as concealed. The terrifying attack struck Ouyang Ruoxue in an instant.

Ouyang Ruoxue gritted her teeth and unleashed the power of her Sword Soul Guardian Prohibition Talisman.

The talisman’s power radiated beams of light, forming a halo that shielded both her and Ye Tianling.

However, because of the Great Prohibition Talisman on Ye Tianling, the part of the halo protecting him suddenly rebounded.

Guan Cangyun’s vicious attack therefore stabbed forward unimpeded, plunging into the space between Ye Tianling’s eyebrows.

Deep within his brow, his Sword Soul lay dormant.

In that instant, Ye Tianling shattered the Great Prohibition Talisman. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

Unable to defend himself, Ye Tianling directly activated the Dragon Blood of the Ninety-Ninth Layer of his Celestial Ladder, sending it to collide with Guan Cangyun’s deadly Sword Void attack.

The deadly attack pierced deep into the core of his Dragon Soul Inheritance.

It was like a single stone stirring a thousand waves.

The world seemed to freeze, plunging into a dead silence.

"ROAR—"

The Sword Void Power instantly struck the Treasure Tower Celestial Ladder.

A beam of draconic light shot out, soaring toward the heavens.

It was like a blood-red Five-Clawed Golden Dragon ascending to the heavens, instantly coalescing in the void.

Then, it transformed into a crimson, humanoid battle form. Wielding a Blood Axe, it brought the weapon down upon the void with a ferocious chop.

"SQUELCH—"

Guan Cangyun was instantly cleaved in two, dying a gruesome death on the spot.

The terrifying force seemed to have split the very world in two.

A massive, bottomless chasm was carved into the ground, stretching out for dozens of miles!

The earth quaked and the void itself fractured.

After that one strike, the fifth and sixth regions of the Ninety-Ninth Layer of the Treasure Tower Celestial Ladder exploded in succession, and the Dragon Blood within them instantly ran dry.

A searing pain shot through Ye Tianling’s body. He felt as if that single strike had drained every last drop of his Bloodline Power.

Apart from his True Essence, the Sword Essence Power hidden within his body had also vanished completely.

At the same time, he completely lost his connection to the Treasure Tower Celestial Ladder deep within his brow, as if the link had been severed.

Blood streamed from the corner of Ye Tianling’s mouth. He nearly fell off Ouyang Ruoxue’s Flying Sword, but he managed to steady himself in the end.

Meanwhile, Guan Yusu’s face had turned pale. Her gaze flickered over the void with shock and uncertainty. She took one last, deep look at the scene below, bowed deeply, and then turned and fled without a word.

"What... what just happened?"

Ouyang Ruoxue was stunned. She looked uncertainly at Ye Tianling, then at Guan Cangyun’s corpse, which had been split in two by the Blood Axe, completely dumbfounded.

’If Ye Qingfeng had shown up instead,’ she thought, ’wouldn’t he have died just as miserably?’

"It was just a trump card for killing, but unfortunately, it’s been used up now,"

Ye Tianling explained nonchalantly.

"Oh... I really thought an expert from the Ten Thousand Swords Sacred Land was secretly protecting you."

Ouyang Ruoxue saw how incredibly weak Ye Tianling was and immediately understood.

"If that were the case, with my personality, do you think I would have let Guan Yusu escape? Never mind. Help me get Guan Cangyun’s Qiankun Ring and see if he has any Elixirs... Find us a place to hide. I need to recover."

Ye Tianling said with great difficulty.

His injuries were indeed severe. The suppression from that kind of Sword Soul was too powerful, and for now, he had no way to counter it.

Even though his power had increased tremendously, he still couldn’t withstand a crushing attack from a true Sword Soul master.

Ouyang Ruoxue found a valley and silently stood guard for Ye Tianling.

At the same time, she mulled things over and sent out another message about Ye Tianling’s whereabouts.

She had already sensed the faint aura of that "rat" in this area.

This was, therefore, an excellent opportunity.