Chapter 5972 Sovereign Lord Appears
Surrounded by over a thousand experts, with thirty of them being Sovereign sprouts, even Xie Wanyi felt despair.
She had just fought three Sovereign sprouts and had yet to fully recover. Now, faced with over thirty, she instantly felt powerless.
Worse still, the assassins encircling them were like ravenous beasts, their eyes gleaming with bloodlust. There was only one possible outcome—total annihilation.
“Hand over your method of breaking our concealing technique!” shouted one of the Sovereign sprouts.
“Ah... so that’s why you mobilized such a large force,” murmured Xie Wanyi.
Xie Wanyi realized that they had set up this trap precisely to ensure no one could spread word of this method.
By mobilizing over a thousand experts, the assassins gave them no chance to escape. Clearly, their method of breaking the concealing technique frightened the assassins. So, they were willing to pay any price to silence Long Chen and the others.
“They’ll do anything to silence us. How hateful,” said one disciple.
Everyone grew increasingly anxious. They hadn’t encountered any other disciples of the violet blood race along the way. If they died here, this technique would vanish with them.
“What do we do? What can we do?!”
Panic surged through them. More than their own lives, the preservation of this knowledge mattered more. Even if they died, they had to pass on the technique, so that others could fight and eventually avenge them.
“Stop dreaming. We won’t hand over that technique even if you kill us all!” shouted Xie Wanyi.
She slowly started circulating her bloodline power. At this moment, there was no other choice. All she could do was take down as many as she could.
“Then die.”
The assassin leader gave the order, and the Lifehunter assassins attacked at once.
“Brothers and sisters of the violet blood race,” Xie Wanyi cried, “you go first. Don’t worry, I’ll be right behind you. I’ll drag a few of these bastards to hell with us!”
Xie Wanyi’s thirteen heaven veins ignited along with her Sovereign sprout flame. She had no intention of leaving alive. She only wanted to kill as many as she could before she died.
With a crunch, she shattered a blood battle seal. The assassins could no longer hide from her. She immediately locked onto their leader and charged.
“Kill!”
The Lifehunter leader drew his sword and stepped forward to intercept. He already knew their concealment art had been compromised, but he remained confident. As one of the strongest Sovereign sprouts among the Lifehunter assassins, he had more than just stealth. Even without relying on his concealing art, he possessed terrifying power.
BOOM!
But when their swords met, his expression changed. Xie Wanyi’s power exploded like a volcano and blew the Lifehunter leader back. He nearly lost hold of his blade.
Meanwhile, the other Sovereign sprout assassins rushed at her.
“Don’t be reckless!” exclaimed the Lifehunter leader.
But it was too late. In this state, Xie Wanyi was so powerful that she could blow apart seven Sovereign sprout assassins in one go.
“Kill!” shouted Xie Wanyi, her tone bordering on insanity.
She didn’t dare look back—afraid to see her comrades' corpses. She could only charge ahead, killing and killing until death claimed her.
Her sword arced through the air, and a brilliant violet divine light tore through the battlefield, annihilating all assassins in its path. Another three Sovereign sprouts fell.
After the attack, Xie Wanyi’s face turned ghostly pale.
“Violet Lightning Cloud Piercer!” she shouted.
Without hesitation, she merged with her sword, transforming into a streak of lightning aiming at the Lifehunter leader.
At this moment, fear welled up within the Lifehunter leader. Xie Wanyi had ignited her Sovereign sprout qi and essence blood to boost her killing power.
In this state, fighting her directly was courting death. However, he couldn’t hide from her; her lockdown was absolute.
“Block it together!” the Lifehunter leader roared, hastily summoning reinforcements to his side.
Around twenty Sovereign sprouts gathered, forming a glowing net of sword energy to intercept her.
BOOM!
The net was shredded.
Xie Wanyi coughed up blood. But the assassins also staggered, blood dripping from their lips.
Her face turned red with a sickly flush. She had exhausted all her power. Unfortunately, her power was limited, and she couldn’t change the bitter result.
“Die!”
Seeing Xie Wanyi weaken, the Lifehunter leader thrust his sword toward her head.
Xie Wanyi couldn't move. She closed her eyes, ready to embrace death. To exchange her life for so many Sovereign Sprout assassins was worth it.
“Hold it!”
An ancient voice rang out.
The sword quivered, stopping less than three inches from Xie Wanyi’s head. Then, a powerful gust blew back Xie Wanyi’s hair.
“Her life is worth less than the secrets she holds,” said a wizened old man who appeared without warning.
“You want to know my secrets?” Xie Wanyi sneered.
She circulated her bloodline power to kill herself, only to find that her bloodline power and Spiritual Strength had been suppressed by some terrifying force.
“A Sovereign Lord?!”
Xie Wanyi’s heart trembled. This old man, whose presence she hadn’t even sensed, was a Sovereign Lord assassin. He had concealed his aura with some secret art.
“Little girl, you’ve killed many of my Lifehunter race. I won’t let you die so easily,” the old man said with a sinister grin. “What awaits you... is a life worse than death. Not just for you, but for your companions as well.”
“Companions?”
Xie Wanyi was startled and hastily looked behind her.
To her shock, the violet blood race’s disciples were still alive. They had somehow erected a violet blood barrier and survived.
What should have been a joyous sight now felt unbearably tragic. With a Sovereign Lord here, their fate was sealed.
Xie Wanyi smiled bitterly. Even as a Sovereign sprout, she was no more than an ant before a Sovereign Lord. She didn’t know what kind of cruel torture awaited her.
The ancient elder stepped closer.
He said, “Now then, will you hand over the technique, or shall I perform a soulsearch myself? My method is... quite painful. I dare say, it’s the most exquisite torment in this world.”
“Old ghost,” she spat coldly, “don’t be so smug. The warriors of the violet blood race will cut off your head to avenge us sooner or later.”
“Hehe, you really are a stubborn girl. Good, then let me show you what I can do.”
A withered finger slowly stretched toward Xie Wanyi’s head.
However, before it could touch her, a hand covered in violet runes grabbed that finger.
Long Chen’s icy voice then rang out.
“Don’t you think it’s a bit much for a Sovereign Lord to target a Heaven Saint? What do you think, old fogey?”
Crack.
Long Chen twisted his wrist.
The elder's scream rang out, blending with the sharp crunch of shattering bone. His finger was ripped clean off.