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Seeing this, the surrounding cultivators quickly gave way, dodging to the sides of the street.

"Isn't that the young master of the Ning family?"

"He's out to cause trouble again..."

"Shh, keep your voice down. We can't afford to offend the Ning family."

The young cultivator rode on a spiritual beast, sweeping his arrogant gaze forward, seemingly enjoying the feeling of everyone making way for him.

When he saw someone standing completely still in front of him, his face darkened, and he was just about to shout a reprimand.

But when he saw the four exquisitely beautiful women beside Gu Changyuan, his eyes instantly lit up with unbridled lust.

He looked the four women up and down, his gaze lingering on their faces and roaming over their bodies.

He drove his spiritual beast to stop in front of Gu Changyuan, looking down from his high vantage point at this ignorant man, and curled his lips into what he thought was a suave smile.

"Hey, brat, daring to block this young master's path, I think you..."

Just as the other party was about to finish his sentence demanding that Gu Changyuan hand over the women beside him in exchange for being spared, Gu Xing'er made her move.

Long before he had even approached, Gu Xing'er had secretly channeled her stellar threads, quietly enveloping the area.

Hearing his frivolous words, a glint of cold light flashed in her eyes, and she simply raised her right hand slightly.

The hidden stellar threads instantly materialized, directly severing the limbs of the brocade-robed man. The spiritual beast beneath him was also sliced into several pieces on the spot, sending blood spurting out.

The blood that splattered toward Gu Changyuan and the women was blocked by a transparent barrier three feet away from their bodies. It slowly slid down the surface of the barrier, not a single drop staining their clothes.

The brocade-robed man instantly fell to the ground. Feeling the agonizing pain from his severed limbs, he could only roll around and wail on the ground, his voice piercing and miserable.

Gu Xing'er looked coldly at the wailing man on the ground and gave a soft snort, her eyes completely devoid of pity.

Her master had once said that when encountering this kind of man who bullied others with his power, he couldn't be allowed to die so easily; his limbs should be severed so he could properly experience pain before his death.

Seeing that Gu Changyuan's group actually dared to strike down the brocade-robed man so decisively and sever his limbs, the surrounding cultivators couldn't help but discuss fervently. Their expressions varied, some were shocked, some were fearful, and some harbored a bit of secret satisfaction.

Before the man's screams could cease, two figures at the Tribulation Crossing realm instantly appeared beside him. Their auras were violent, and thick murderous intent swirled around them.

A man and a woman, both middle-aged in appearance, possessed thick and explosive auras. They were clearly the guest elders of the Ning family.

Seeing their young master's tragic state, their faces instantly turned ashen, and raging fire burned in their eyes.

"You have a lot of nerve—"

Ye Qingxue released her cultivation base.

It wasn't deliberately aimed at anyone; it was just a natural release.

The aura of a peak Half-Immortal surged from her body, spreading in all directions like an invisible tide.

The aura was deep and heavy, carrying a majesty and oppression that only those who had long held high positions possessed.

In that exact moment, the longswords of the two Tribulation Crossing cultivators flew uncontrollably out of the scabbards at their waists. Hovering in mid-air, the sword tips turned, aiming right at their original masters.

Ye Qingxue didn't even raise her hand. With merely a thought, the two longswords shot forward, piercing straight through the chests of the two Tribulation Crossing cultivators.

The two looked down at the bloody holes in their chests, the anger in their eyes replaced by sheer disbelief.

They opened their mouths, wanting to say something, but only managed to let out a few weak gasps before both crashing to the ground, entirely devoid of life.

A Half-Immortal.

Someone in the surroundings finally realized the cultivation level of this group.

No wonder they dared to kill members of the Ning family in the middle of the street; no wonder they completely disregarded the Ning family's guest elders.

A Half-Immortal cultivation base was an absolute ceiling-level existence in the Yunhuang Dynasty.

However, the death of those two Tribulation Crossing cultivators was like poking a hornet's nest.

The Ning family's grand protective array lit up in the distance. Two Half-Immortal level auras shot into the sky from the direction of the Ning family's estate, and two figures sped toward the street.

Their voices arrived before they did, old and furious:

"Hmph! Little brats, even with Half-Immortal cultivation, that is not enough to give you the confidence to run wild here.

Daring to kill my Ning family members, today we will make you—"

Gu Changyuan raised his head and looked at the two Half-Immortal elders speeding through the air.

He felt a bit annoyed. If they were going to come, they should all come together. Coming one or two at a time just to die, what was the point?

And acting so pretentious too. No one is allowed to act more pretentious than me here!

Gu Changyuan raised his right hand and gently squeezed it toward the direction of those two afterimages.

The figures of the two Half-Immortal elders speeding through the air suddenly froze. The spiritual energy shields around their bodies shattered in an instant, and then they turned into a mist of blood.

Then, he opened his right hand, palm facing upward.

A gigantic spear materialized in the sky above Muyun City.

The tip of the spear pointed downward, aiming directly at the Ning family's estate.

The moment the spear appeared, the entire Muyun City was enveloped in a suffocating pressure.

The pedestrians on the street stood frozen in place, forgetting even to breathe.

Several powerful auras flared up in the direction of the imperial palace, but they quickly extinguished.

The spear plummeted down, crashing like a crimson-gold meteorite from the highest heavens.

The spear tip was the first to touch the Ning family estate's grand protective array. The formation lasted for less than a breath under the spear tip before shattering explosively.

Accompanied by an earth-shattering boom, the Ning family estate was instantly swallowed by the spear's power.

Dust and smoke filled the air. When the dust settled, the entire Ning family estate had been completely erased, reduced to a field of ruins.

The residences, shops, and streets adjacent to the Ning family estate were completely unharmed.

The gazes of the surrounding cultivators looking at Gu Changyuan's group completely changed.

Before, it was fear; now, it was reverence, awe, and the kind of bewilderment and shock one only feels when encountering a completely incomprehensible power.

Casually crushing Half-Immortals to death, casually wiping out a family with a thousand-year foundation, their strength was horrifyingly immense.

Gu Changyuan withdrew his right hand, his gaze falling upon the Ning family's young master.

At this moment, the other party was no longer screaming. Blood was still pouring out from the stumps of his severed limbs, dyeing the bluestone ground beneath him a dark red.

He just lay there in a pool of blood, his head slightly turned, his dull gaze staring toward the distant direction of the Ning family estate.

His mouth was slightly open, and his throat let out weak, gasping sounds.

In those eyes that had once been filled with arrogance and domineering pride, only emptiness and bewilderment remained.

He didn't understand. He had just been rampaging through the city on his beast like any other day; how did his entire clan suddenly get exterminated today?

The Ning family had a legacy of a thousand years, a Half-Immortal patriarch, countless guest elders, and had taken root in Muyun City for so long that even the royal family had to give them face, and it was just gone?

Gu Changyuan waved his hand casually.

The young cultivator lying in the pool of blood didn't even have time to let out a scream before his entire body turned into a mist of blood.

A gourd flew out from beside him, absorbing all of the three vital energies.

The gourd spun once in the air, then flew straight toward the ruins of the Ning family, heading for the massive amount of three vital energies there.