Ye Fan did not let Zhuge Qing voice his concerns, as he was thinking about discussing with the Great Elder how to face the enemy, he heard someone report: "Great Elder, something bad has happened. Miss heard that the Liew Family has come to seek revenge, and she has taken two guards to find them."

Great Elder was shocked and asked, "How could you let her go out? This is terrible."

"We couldn’t hold her back, Great Elder. Please quickly think of a plan, otherwise Miss will surely fall into the hands of the Liew Family, what are we going to do?"

"Alright, you may leave, I understand now." After dismissing the servant, the Great Elder turned to Ye Fan and said, "Sect Master, please stay seated here with everyone, I will go retrieve my daughter!"

"This is unwise, we need you here to direct. If you leave, I won’t know what’s transpiring in your fortress and can’t assist you. How about this, stay here, and I, along with Fourth Elder and Xue Wu, will retrieve her. Second Elder and you will oversee things here, while Deputy Sect Master Zhuge quickly returns to the sect to gather forces and bring everyone here. The Great Fortress Master’s location is easy to defend and hard to attack, everyone should be ready to fight at any moment!"

As Ye Fan gave orders towards the end, he knew that once this matter is resolved, his prestige will be established, and the Skeleton Sect would completely submit to him henceforth, he took charge without hesitation.

After hearing Ye Fan’s words, everyone had no objections and each rushed to their tasks. The Liew Family has always wanted to annex the Skeleton Sect as an affiliate sect, not just because of the Great Elder, they have the Zhong Family as a backing and would strike at the Skeleton Sect eventually; now facing crisis, everyone must join forces.

Ye Fan didn’t know the Great Elder’s daughter, so Zhou Junjie volunteered to guide, the group didn’t dawdle, armed themselves, and proceeded outside Great Python Mountain.

The Skeleton Sect is located within the Barbarian Lands’ vast mountain range, and Great Python is just one of them. Ye Fan and the others did not hesitate, dashed towards the mountains in search of Miss Wu. The Great Elder strictly doted on his late-born daughter, as long as they rescue Miss Wu Qingxia, he’d be willing to go to any lengths, so Ye Fan’s actions were favorable to him.

However, traversing the mountains is difficult, and not knowing which path Wu Qingxia took, finding her wasn’t easy. Ye Fan broke the group into smaller teams, sending Zhou Junjie with him, Fourth Elder and Xue Wu each led a guide, with sect guards searching separately.

Ye Fan, bold and skilled, sprinted forward with Zhou Junjie. Wu Qingxia aimed to trouble the Liew Family, which meant heading to Broken Sword Ridge, so the two sped in that direction, hoping to find her before danger struck.

After sprinting nearly a hundred miles, harsh cries came from Broken Sword Ridge, Ye Fan glanced ahead, vaguely saw hundreds of vultures attacking someone, Ye Fan was anxious, recklessly dashed along the mountain path, Zhou Junjie couldn’t keep up; life was at stake, Ye Fan didn’t wait, he sprinted ten more miles or so, halted as fighting sounds and martial artists’ angry shouts came from ahead.

After consideration, Ye Fan leapt onto a small mountain peak, surveyed the area, realizing martial artists were assaulting the vultures with gleaming sword flashes.

"Miss Qingxia is there!" Zhou Junjie also caught up, informed Ye Fan seeing ahead.

Ahead, a red silhouette, wielding a Treasure Sword, gleamed as she attacked the vultures, its bright shine was evidently a Treasure.

Beside Wu Qingxia were five or six martial artists, Fourth Elder, a guide, along with several sect guards around her. Fourth Elder knew the terrain, took a shortcut and caught up with Wu Qingxia. All were surrounded by vultures numbering in the hundreds, everyone battling fiercely, Wu Qingxia’s two guards had fallen in pools of blood, several sect guards were injured, soaked in blood.

These vultures differed from those in the human realm, covered in red feathers resembling scales, emitting faint red light, iron claws shiny black, fearsome iron beaks on their heads glowed red.

"These are First Grade Spirit Beasts, Blood Vultures!"

Zhou Junjie recognized the vultures, told Ye Fan: "These vultures’ attacks aren’t very strong, but their defense is terrifying, they fly in flocks, a year ago I was chased by them for dozens of kilometers, barely escaped back to the fortress. How did Miss attract so many."

Ye Fan understood, the Blood Vultures’ attacks were weak, but their numbers made continuous attacks difficult to fend off, indeed a headache.

Miss Wu Qingxia wasn’t very old, yet her cultivation rivaled Zhuge Qing, which impressed Ye Fan, for a pampered lady, her strength was commendable.

"Sect Master Ye, what shall we do? If we don’t act, Miss will be in danger."

Zhou Junjie, worried about his mistress, urged Ye Fan.

Ye Fan instead remained composed, since they found her, urgency diminished, especially as he wanted to witness Fourth Elder’s prowess.

"Stay calm, I have a plan!" he reassured Zhou Junjie, retrieved his Flying Sword from his Hundred Treasure Bag, assisting where people were in danger by eliminating vultures.

Zhou Junjie, though unaware of the Flying Sword’s origins, gained confidence seeing Ye Fan’s aid, wielding his Giant Axe, he roared: "Miss, I’m here to help you!"

Brandishing his Giant Axe, he charged into battle.

"This young man is decent, earlier thought he was scared witless by the Blood Vulture."

Seeing Zhou Junjie join the fray, Ye Fan felt a fondness for him.

"Ah~"

A pitiful cry, another guard was injured by the Blood Vulture, shoulder clawed, dripping blood. These guards were weaker than Wu Qingxia, only Fourth Elder and Zhou Junjie could harm the Blood Vultures.

Blood Vultures’ defense was incredibly robust, feathers like steel, ordinary swords and blades hardly damaged them, on the battlefield besides Fourth Elder, Zhou Junjie, the guards’ strength was insufficient to hurt the vultures.

"Am I truly going to die here today? I’m really unwilling! Liew Li that fairy isn’t dead, yet I die before her."

Wu Qingxia internally lamented, nearly exhausted, her Treasure Sword losing force, but the Blood Vultures kept coming, triggering thoughts of demise.

"Ignorant wretches, all die!"

At this moment, Ye Fan appeared before everyone, with his shout, his Flying Sword danced, slashing vultures in swathes, invigorating everyone.

However, seeing who arrived, Wu Qingxia doubted again, the newcomer seemed just slightly older; with so many Blood Vultures, can he save everyone?

"Young man, you had better leave now, don’t come to your death!"

Wu Qingxia’s words made the Fourth Elder and Zhou Junjie’s faces twitch. What did Miss Wu mean, did she think she had a long life? She wanted the one with the strongest cultivation to leave!

"Ah!"

The next moment, the sight before them startled Wu Qingxia. She saw flying swords spinning, dismembering the Blood Vultures around Ye Fan into pieces.

Zhou Junjie and Wu Qingxia exchanged a glance, getting a boost of spirit, but when Wu Qingxia saw still so many Blood Vultures left, she couldn’t help but worry.

"Zhou Junjie, who is that person? How is he so powerful?"

Wu Qingxia asked Zhou Junjie.

"He is..."

Before Zhou Junjie could finish, a sudden turn of events occurred. The claw of a Blood Vulture King grabbed Ye Fan’s flying sword, its beak as sharp as blades striking towards Ye Fan.

"Ah! No, young man, forget about us and run!"

Wu Qingxia cried out in shock, urging Ye Fan to escape quickly.

Ye Fan rolled and leaped on the ground, dodging the Blood Vulture King’s attacks, shouting loudly, "I won’t leave, if we go, we all go together!"

As he spoke, swords and blades burst out from the Hundred Treasure Bag, instantly slaying countless Blood Vultures in the sky. The Vulture King let out a mournful cry, exerting its claws, its entire body with the flying sword stabbed towards Ye Fan.

Ye Fan couldn’t dodge in time, and the flying sword stabbed into his chest, but was blocked by the Hundred Treasure Bag which immediately showed a rip. Ye Fan was startled; he truly hadn’t expected the Vulture King to be so formidable.

With the spiritual energy inside struggling to control the flying sword, Ye Fan shouted, seized the flying sword back, and with a light sweep, turned it into a Giant Sword, chopping towards the Blood Vulture King.

This time it was a strike full of hatred, the Blood Vulture King had destroyed his Hundred Treasure Bag, and Ye Fan was fiercely angry at it, swinging down hard.

"Crack!"

A sound was heard, and the Blood Vulture King’s claw was chopped off by Ye Fan. The maimed Vulture King flapped its wings, crying mournfully as it soared into the sky, flying away into the distance.

"Huh...!"

Wu Qingxia was astonished, knowing the Blood Vulture’s formidable defensive power, even the Fourth Elder could only wound it but not kill instantly, let alone the guards, yet it was injured by Ye Fan just like that, and it was a Vulture King! It was incredibly unbelievable.

"Everyone, don’t relax, strike while the iron is hot, with Sect Master here, we will be safe today."

The Fourth Elder timely shouted to everyone, the guards, seeing Ye Fan’s divine might, also shouted, "Kill!"

Ye Fan didn’t bother about this, leaping into the air, using a Blood Vulture’s body to springboard himself higher, his Giant Sword repeatedly striking at the escaping Blood Vulture King.

"Gah..."

A shrill scream, one of the Blood Vulture King’s wings was cleaved into two by Ye Fan. It could no longer maintain balanced flight, spiraling down into the mountain gully ahead.

"A remarkable person!"

Wu Qingxia looked at Ye Fan, who was like a Divine General, with a tinge of admiration in her eyes.

Ye Fan’s method revealed the secret to everyone, including the Fourth Elder, they no longer avoided, each swinging swords and blades at the Blood Vultures’ wings, quickly chopping down a Blood Vulture.

Wu Qingxia imitated, slashing at the Blood Vultures’ wings. With a Treasured Sword in hand, she quickly felled one Blood Vulture with just two strokes.

"Sect Master, we must strike quickly, there might be a Beast Tide ahead, possibly attracting stronger beasts."

The Fourth Elder was extremely excited, though the appearance of Blood Vultures was strange, he feared a large number of beasts might be drawn in, as they say, a fierce tiger can’t withstand a pack of wolves, if the fighting dragged on, attracting a horde of Ferocious Beasts, no one would escape.

"Alright!"

Ye Fan shouted loudly, having tried to retract the swords and blades from his Hundred Treasure Bag earlier and finding it was possible with some resistance, fearing further mishap to his flying sword, he stored it away, taking out a Giant Axe weighing several thousand pounds from the Hundred Treasure Bag, he hacked fiercely at the Blood Vultures.

Where the Giant Axe swung, a Blood Vulture was struck on the wings each time, falling onto the ground, inspiring everyone, who also swung fiercely.

"Clang..."