Being mocked by Yang Kai like that, Ren Tianrui opened his mouth to retort, but Yan Pei raised his hand to stop him: "There's no need to say anything. This matter was our fault from the start. Sect Master Yang, rest assured — I will take everyone from the Gathering Treasure Pavilion and leave Lingxiao Sect!"
Yang Kai gave him a deep look and said nothing further. He simply turned his head toward Granny Feng and the others, chuckling softly: "Very good, very good. Grand Elder Ye is a compassionate man with a sense of righteousness, but I never imagined he would end up saving a pack of ingrates. You lot are truly something!"
The Return Void Realm martial artists on the opposing side all wore expressions of shame, their faces unsightly with embarrassment.
Truthfully, this whole affair was rather disgraceful. Every person present was a high-ranking figure from various major factions, an elite combatant. Most of them were as cunning as foxes and as ruthless as wolves, but having done something like this left them with nowhere to hide their shame.
So in the face of Yang Kai's contempt, they had no ability to refute anything.
Moreover, they feared provoking Yang Kai's wrath and bringing about a bloodbath, so one by one they fell silent.
Yan Pei stood off to the side with a dark expression, feeling Yang Kai's killing intent — thick and almost tangible — and his face grew solemn. He hesitated to speak several times before finally letting out a deep sigh and maintaining his silence.
"Who was the leader?!" Yang Kai bellowed, his gaze sweeping through the crowd like lightning.
Sensing that terrifying aura, everyone involuntarily took several steps back. In the next moment, most eyes converged on Granny Feng of the Myriad Beast Mountain.
Granny Feng's face changed drastically. She glanced at Yang Kai with wariness.
Yang Kai bared his teeth in a savage grin.
No longer daring to remain in place, Granny Feng let out a long howl. Her withered body suddenly erupted with powerful momentum, transforming into a streak of light as she bolted outward.
"Thinking of leaving? Leave your life behind first!" Yang Kai coldly shouted, thrusting his hand forward in a grabbing motion toward Granny Feng from a distance.
A hundred zhang away, Granny Feng suddenly felt the surrounding space solidify. Rifts in space, visible to the naked eye, materialized around her, encircling her like the sharpest blades as they slashed toward her.
"Sect Master Yang, let's talk this over! This old woman admits defeat! I'm willing to offer compensation!" Granny Feng cried out loudly, having absolutely no courage to resist this bizarre technique. She could only circulate her Saint Source and desperately withstand the devouring and cutting force of those spatial rifts.
"Too late!" Yang Kai was unmoved. The power of space erupted once more.
In the void, those spatial rifts all hummed in unison, as though they had truly transformed into blades. They swept across Granny Feng's body.
In the next instant, the Myriad Beast Mountain powerhouse of the third-stage Return Void Realm lost all traces of life. Her body had been torn to shreds, with most of her remains banished into the endless void, only fragments falling from the sky and splattering into a heap of mangled flesh.
Yang Kai's gaze settled on the remaining members of Myriad Beast Mountain.
The high-ranking figures who had followed Granny Feng here had gone deathly pale, each reacting differently.
Some collapsed to their knees, weeping bitterly and crying for mercy. Some, like Granny Feng, made the split-second decision to flee. Others, knowing escape was impossible, simply stood in place with ashen faces, circulating their Saint Source, prepared to fight back at any moment.
As for Feng Yan, she stood frozen in shock. Her beautiful face was filled with utter disbelief, as though she still hadn't processed what had happened.
Yang Xiuzhu and the other two charged out once more. This time, they needed no orders from Yang Kai — they already knew what to do.
Ten breaths later, the upper echelon of Myriad Beast Mountain had been completely annihilated. Only Feng Yan remained, standing blankly in place.
The bloodshed surrounding her and the gruesome deaths of her senior finally jolted Feng Yan into something closer to awareness. Her delicate body trembled, her thoughts in complete disarray, and she did something no one had anticipated — she charged straight toward Yang Kai, screaming: "I'll fight you to the death!"
Yang Kai watched her expressionlessly, making no move to block or strike.
Lin Yurao, standing behind him, stepped forward. With a light wave of her slender hand, a streak of light flashed from her fingertip. Feng Yan's beautiful eyes went wide. Just five zhang from reaching Yang Kai, she suddenly collapsed to the ground. A thin line of crimson blood spread across her fair, elegant neck.
With that, Myriad Beast Mountain was truly wiped out to the last soul. The faction had been permanently erased from the Dark Star.
"You can't kill me!" From within the crowd, a panicked shout suddenly rang out. "I am the most preeminent alchemist on the Dark Star! I have made tremendous contributions to the human race — you cannot kill me!"
Yang Kai turned toward the voice and was surprised to find that the speaker was none other than Li Jianming, the Grand Elder of the Medicine Pill Sect.
His face was bloodless. Having witnessed Yang Kai's brutal methods, he was on the verge of breaking down.
"So it seems the Medicine Pill Sect had a hand in this too?" Yang Kai narrowed his eyes, his figure flickering slightly as he materialized directly in front of Li Jianming, reaching a hand toward him.
Though Li Jianming held the esteemed position of Grand Elder of the Medicine Pill Sect, he was ultimately only a first-stage Return Void Realm cultivator. Years of alchemy work had left him with no excess energy to devote to the martial path, so his cultivation was not particularly high, and he had even less combat experience.
When Yang Kai's palm descended toward him, he didn't even attempt to dodge. He merely babbled and screamed: "You can't kill me!"
Yang Kai paid him no heed and simply slapped his head to pulp with a single palm strike.
"Stop!" A belated shout rang out. The cry only reached Yang Kai's ears after Li Jianming's head had already exploded.
Yang Kai turned to look and saw several other high-ranking members of the Medicine Pill Sect glaring at him with fury.