"Wan—Jing—Ren—Zong—Mie!"
Ning Beichen slashed with the ancient bronze sword in his hand.
With a deafening roar.
The sun in the sky seemed to extinguish, and darkness enveloped the sky.
Not long after, snowflakes began to drift from the sky, and a rumbling sound like a train passing through a mountain tunnel could be heard.
"What happened?"
Not only was Li Wuyi at the scene confused, but everyone present had no idea what was happening, yet they could all sense that something was wrong.
Especially Li Wuyi, he had a vague, lingering sense of dread, as if something terrible was about to happen.
"No, I absolutely cannot let this brat continue. I must stop him."
Li Wuyi said to himself in his heart.
Then he saw him flip his palm and strike towards Ning Beichen.
"Tian Qiu!"
A moment later, a giant hand appeared in the sky, its fingers spread wide, reaching down to grasp Ning Beichen on the ground.
Black Flood Dragon was about to make a move, but Ning Beichen ignored the giant hand in the sky. Instead, he swung his sword diagonally, and an arc-shaped black sword light shot towards the sky.
At this moment, a white sword light also appeared behind Ning Beichen.
However, the white sword light was not aimed at Ning Beichen, but at the black light in the sky. The person who drew the sword was Luo Yingying.
"Ning Beichen, twin swords combined."
Luo Yingying's voice immediately reached Ning Beichen's ears.
Ning Beichen nodded, and saw the black and white lights in the sky intertwine, turning red, and forming a giant sword over a hundred meters long.
The giant sword turned its head in the sky and then, like a meteor, descended upon Li Wuyi on the ground.
"No!!!"
Li Wuyi roared as he saw the descending giant sword.
He raised both palms upwards, trying to block the falling giant sword.
However, his arms shattered in less than a breath, followed by his body, his legs, and finally his head.
Three breaths later, a small figure was seen frantically escaping from Li Wuyi's shattered body.
"Save me!"
The small figure begged for help from the few people who had come with him.
The people who had come with Li Wuyi hurriedly protected Li Wuyi's soul and fled.
Before they came, they all thought that their opponent was a soft persimmon that could be easily dealt with.
But now they realized that their opponent was a man-eating dragon. Even Li Wuyi, the strongest among them, had his body shattered, with only his soul escaping. How dare they stay?
"Want to leave?"
Ning Beichen gave Black Flood Dragon a look and instructed it to keep Li Wuyi's soul, as he still needed to interrogate Li Wuyi's soul about his师娘 (shīniáng - maternal aunt or teacher's wife).
Black Flood Dragon let out a deafening roar, not even bothering to chase. It easily shook these fleeing people to the ground, and a terrifying pressure fell upon them, pinning them so they couldn't move, as if several mountains were on their heads.
"Who?"
"Who is it?"
These people were terrified. It was clear that there was an even stronger expert present.
But they could never have dreamed that the "stronger expert" they perceived was actually the lazy little fellow standing behind Ning Beichen, who was only a little over 1.5 meters tall.
"You... don't come over."
Li Wuyi trembled and said as he saw Ning Beichen approaching him.
However, Ning Beichen was not afraid of him when he had a physical body, let alone when he was just a soul.
Ning Beichen reached out and grabbed, capturing Li Wuyi's soul.
"I'll ask you one more time, where is my 师娘?"
"If you don't say, I'll refine you into a soul slave and suppress you in a chamber pot, so you will never be reborn for eternity!"
Ning Beichen said to Li Wuyi's soul.
"I'll say it, I'll say it..."
Li Wuyi had no backbone left and could only obediently reveal everything.
In fact, he didn't know where Song Qiuyan was now.
After they chased Song Qiuyan into that forest, they couldn't find any trace of her.
That's why Li Wuyi was so eager to control or eliminate Red Sleeve Pavilion before Song Qiuyan returned, so that even if Song Qiuyan came back, they wouldn't be afraid.
Everything was planned perfectly, and they had even controlled Xiu Nü. If Ning Beichen hadn't interfered, they would have succeeded.
Xiu Nü would have become the Pavilion Master as she wished, and they would have controlled Xiu Nü to gradually control and dismantle Red Sleeve Pavilion.
But what Li Wuyi never expected was that Ning Beichen would intervene, causing his plan to fail.
But what shocked him the most was Ning Beichen's strength.
In fact, even with Ning Beichen's strength, no matter how powerful that sword was, Li Wuyi would not have been defeated.
He lost to the combined sword of Ning Beichen and Luo Yingying.
They all knew that their combined sword had even injured the Black Flood Dragon back then, let alone him.
"Your Heavenly Dao Sect deserves to die, and any force that participated in surrounding and attacking my 师娘, I will not let them go. Now, you go die!"
Ning Beichen clenched his five fingers, and Li Wuyi's soul scattered.
Following that, Ning Beichen interrogated the other individuals who were suppressed by the Black Flood Dragon. Their accounts were largely the same as Li Wuyi's.
Therefore, Ning Beichen directly annihilated them. Anyone who participated in chasing his 师娘 would not be spared.
As for the people outside who were surrounding Red Sleeve Pavilion, before Ning Beichen could even make a move, they were all swallowed by Black Flood Dragon, becoming its nourishment.
After dealing with these people, Ning Beichen left Red Sleeve Pavilion without any lingering attachment, taking Liu Yilin and the others, along with Black Flood Dragon.
A few days later, an astonishing piece of news spread from the outside world.
The Heavenly Dao Sect had been annihilated overnight, their buildings destroyed, and almost no one was left alive.
In addition to the Heavenly Dao Sect, several other forces were also wiped out at different times.
Red Sleeve Pavilion, upon receiving this news, fell silent, as they all knew who had done it, and therefore, they all remained quiet.
"Actually, having Young Master Ning as the Pavilion Master is quite good. If it weren't for Young Master Ning this time, our Red Sleeve Pavilion would have been gone."
Rumors began to circulate within Red Sleeve Pavilion.
However, to everyone's surprise, the Grand Elder, who had always detested these matters the most, remained silent this time. A few days later, she announced her withdrawal from the competition for the position of Pavilion Master.
And on the evening of the same day, the Grand Elder appeared before Ning Beichen alone.
"Young Master Ning, this old woman has offended you many times before. Now, I understand that my abilities are insufficient to be the Pavilion Master. I beg Young Master Ning to return to Red Sleeve Pavilion and take charge."
"Grand Elder, there's no need for this. I have never blamed you from beginning to end, nor have I suspected you of being a traitor. Regardless of your personal motives, you have always acted for the good of Red Sleeve Pavilion, and you have made great contributions to Red Sleeve Pavilion."