Wipe Out

"Li Yu!! I want you dead!!"

From the thick smoke, two divine souls with incredibly twisted and ferocious expressions charged out furiously. Their roars were as shrill as vengeful spirits, wishing they could tear the enemy who had framed them into ten thousand pieces!

They were the divine souls of the Sixth Elder and Seventh Elder of the Zi family.

The two were experts of the Primal Spirit Realm. Even though their physical bodies were blown to dust, their divine souls remained resilient and could ignore physical attacks.

Divine soul techniques were the trump cards of Primal Spirit cultivators, methods they would absolutely never use unless driven to absolute desperation.

Once their divine souls were destroyed, they would truly be dead.

But now, they had no choice but to use their divine soul techniques. Their bodies were gone. Aside from the two of them, the Eighth Elder and all the Zi family disciples who came with them had perished. Only dozens of powerless souls were left floating in the air.

"Senior, be careful! Divine soul attacks strike directly at the soul, and physical means cannot defend against them!"

Zi Ling'er suppressed the monstrous waves surging in her heart. Her originally dazed face suddenly turned solemn as she hurriedly shouted a warning to Mo Tianxiao.

Divine soul attacks were methods only usable by cultivators at or above the Primal Spirit Realm. Against those below the Primal Spirit Realm, they possessed an absolute, crushing advantage.

"Divine soul attacks?"

Mo Tianxiao looked at the dozens of souls in the sky with incredibly vicious gazes, as well as the Sixth and Seventh Elders charging towards him. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but curl into the most arrogant and sinister smirk.

"Let me tell you a secret. This is exactly what I fear the least."

With a flip of his palm, an ordinary-looking banner appeared in his hand. It fluttered gently in the wind, and wisps of black smoke drifted out from it.

Just this simple banner made Zi Ling'er's pupils instantly shrink. Her delicate body couldn't stop trembling as she broke out in a cold sweat.

How could she have forgotten about this!

The thing Senior loved doing most every time he finished killing someone...

Zi Ling'er slowly closed her eyes, silently mourning for these people from the Zi family in her heart, while also not daring to watch what was about to happen next.

"Arise!"

With a loud shout, the Human Emperor Banner in Mo Tianxiao's hand erupted with blinding golden light. An ancient grand formation rose out of nowhere, enveloping the dozens of soul bodies of the Zi family.

"Refine!"

As his voice fell, before the Zi family members could figure out what was happening, a tearing sensation struck them, and intense pain hit their souls directly.

"Ahhhhh!!!"

The next moment, the souls in mid-air clutched their heads with both hands, their bodies bending to the extreme, their faces twisted and ferocious. That kind of agony was ten times more violent than having their physical bodies subjected to death by a thousand cuts!

"Li Yu! What did you do!?"

The divine souls of the Sixth and Seventh Elders paused in place, their eyes wide with furious glare. They felt the changes in their divine souls; this grand formation was refining them!

While their faces showed shock, the two simultaneously stabilized their postures and formed hand seals. A blue light enveloped their divine souls, protecting them inside to avoid being refined by the grand formation.

"Sizzle! Sizzle!!"

The blue light protecting their divine souls emitted sizzling sounds, being slowly refined by a powerful force.

At this moment, a trace of true fear finally surfaced in their eyes—the fear of their lives impending wither.

"Li Yu! Let us go! Name any condition you want! As long as we can do it, we will definitely accomplish it for you!"

The Sixth Elder roared sternly, looking incredibly panicked.

He was a Primal Spirit cultivator! He still had thousands of years of lifespan, and his talent wasn't bad. He could step into higher realms in the future. He didn't want to die here!

"Li Yu! Let us go, and we can plead for Zi Ling'er in front of the Patriarch, so she won't be sent to the Huangfu family!"

The Seventh Elder hurriedly chimed in. No one wanted to die. They only wanted to elevate the Zi family's status, and the price was merely sacrificing Zi Ling'er.

But now, because of Zi Ling'er, even they were going to lose their lives. Naturally, they had to prioritize their own survival first.

"Oh, I don't believe you."

Mo Tianxiao replied indifferently, then with a snap, he snapped his fingers. "Let's let you guys out to play."

The next instant, the Human Emperor Banner radiated divine light, and one mournful, terrifying, and ferocious figure after another shot out from it.

"Jie jie jie jie......!"

"Whoosh!"

"Hiss!"

Over a thousand black spectral souls filled with hostility rushed out, instantly surrounding the dozens of unrefined souls in the grand formation. Their shrill voices sounded incredibly excited; this was their first time fighting for their master.

The entire space echoed with ferocious and eerie laughter, giving the divine souls of the Sixth and Seventh Elders goosebumps all over, as a chill pierced through their entire beings.

"You, you, you evil cultivator!! You will die a horrible death!!"

The miserable voices of the Sixth and Seventh Elders were drowned out by the thousands of spectral souls. In just a moment, the blue light on their divine souls was torn to shreds. The dozens of souls from the Zi family, including the divine souls of the two Primal Spirit Realm cultivators, were reduced to nourishment for the Human Emperor Banner.

After assimilating the dozens of people from the Zi family, the thousands of spectral souls were unusually excited. They began swirling around Mo Tianxiao, as if claiming credit from their master, their voices shrill and ear-piercing.

Standing to the side, Zi Ling'er kept her eyes tightly shut, her body trembling continuously. Feeling the cold, gloomy aura around her, she didn't dare to move an inch, terrified of accidentally touching these horrific entities.

"Go back."

At Mo Tianxiao's command, the thousands of spectral souls all returned into the Human Emperor Banner.

As he stored away the Human Emperor Banner, a pleasant voice rang in his ears.

[Killed dozens of Zi family members from the Immortal City above your level. Your methods were cruel and ruthless, your mind meticulous, leaving no chances. Matches villainous behavior. Villain Points +24,163!]

[Slain nineteen cultivators with purple destiny. Destiny plundered successfully. Destiny Points +1,900!]

Awesome!

Large families truly have an abundance of geniuses, Mo Tianxiao sighed emotionally.

Glancing from the corner of his eye at Zi Ling'er, who had her eyes tightly shut and was trembling all over, Mo Tianxiao couldn't help but twitch his mouth. He patted her shoulder and said softly, "It's already over."

"Ah!"

"O-over?"

Zi Ling'er tremblingly opened her eyes. She looked at the deep crater with a radius of a hundred miles that had been blasted open, and the thick smoke filling the sky. Her voice trembled unconsciously, and her gaze dodged slightly when looking at Mo Tianxiao.

Senior was so fierce. She was so excited, yet so scared!

"What? Scared? Do you think Senior is too cruel?"

Mo Tianxiao looked at her with a half-smile and asked softly.

"No!"

Hearing this, Zi Ling'er immediately stood up straight and shook her head repeatedly. "If it weren't for Senior, I would probably be dead by now. Moreover, the Zi family wanted to put Senior to death and even threatened me with my parents. Even death cannot wipe out their crimes!"

Zi Ling'er wasn't a bleeding heart saint either. She wouldn't develop feelings for the Zi family just from living there for a few years. She knew best the cruelty and ruthlessness of these large families.

When you have use value, they treat you like a treasure, doing everything possible to squeeze out your last drop of worth.

Once you are worthless, they kick you away and leave you to fend for yourself.

"It's just that I didn't expect Senior to be this powerful. I was a bit startled for a moment."

Seeing this, Mo Tianxiao just smiled. "Alright, things aren't over yet. Let's leave this place first."

After looting the dozens of spatial rings left in the scorched earth, Mo Tianxiao took Zi Ling'er and quickly left the area.

Now comes the main event. I wonder if the Huangfu family will send anyone.