These powerful figures were utterly terrified.
"Young friend! We bear you no ill will. We never intended to seize the Ancient Saint inheritance from your wife. We merely wished to invite her as a guest. We implore you to spare us!"
The expert from Tianchuan Kingdom forced a smile, more ghastly than a cry, attempting to quibble.
"Invite my wife as a guest? Heh, with your methods of invitation? Keep those lies for when you meet the King of Hell," Ling Fan's voice fell. He flicked a finger, and the Flowing Blade Zephyr emitted a cheerful, light hum, instantly transforming into a peerless sword light that slashed towards them.
"Pfft!"
"Pfft!"
One by one, the Condensation Core realm experts were effortlessly slain by the sword light, their bodies pulverized by the sword qi. The Flowing Blade Zephyr spun, collecting all their storage spiritual artifacts and their Nascent Cores.
At that moment,
The entire scene fell into deathly silence.
Countless experts from Tianyun Royal City who had been watching the battle lost their voices in unison.
Those were over a dozen Condensation Core realm Martial Venerables!
Among them were late-stage Condensation Core realm powerhouses no less formidable than the Evil Tree Martial Venerable.
Yet, before Ling Fan, they were like mere clay chickens and pottery dogs, utterly incapable of putting up a fight!
Just how powerful had this young man become?
On the opposing side,
The experts from the Tianyun Royal Clan broke out in cold sweats of tension and fear, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
The Evil Tree Martial Venerable was not faring any better.
He still wished to speak, but Ling Fan had no more time to waste on them.
As the Flowing Blade Zephyr swept across, a scene that caused everyone to tremble appeared in the sky.
In an incredibly short time, the Flowing Blade Zephyr pierced through one Tianyun Royal Clan expert after another. The sky seemed to erupt with countless blood-red fireworks.
Finally, as the Flowing Blade Zephyr returned to Ling Fan's side,
Only the Evil Tree Martial Venerable remained in the void. A gaping hole was pierced through his bizarre face, which grew on the tree trunk. Green blood flowed out, and his face contorted in pain as he cursed, "Your Majesty, the King of Tianyun, has become a Quasi-Golden Core. He personally went to your Jiangnan City. Your in-laws and your brother-in-law are unlikely to survive! You will pay the price for your actions today!"
"What is a Quasi-Golden Core? Even if he became a Golden Core, killing him would be no different than swatting an ant!"
Ling Fan flicked a finger, and the Evil Tree Martial Venerable's body completely shattered.
He was as dead as one could possibly be.
As the battle above the firmament concluded,
The vast Tianyun Royal City was plunged into a deathly silence.
Everyone stared with wide, horrified eyes, unable to believe what they were witnessing...
The Tianyun Royal Clan...
Annihilated!
Along with them were the experts from other kingdoms stationed in Tianyun Royal City.
"Wow, it seems Tianyun Kingdom has provoked a truly formidable and unprovokable individual..."
"Who would have thought the husband of this Lan Xueyi would be so ferocious!"
"Heavens, perhaps even true Golden Core realm experts are not much more than this, killing Martial Venerables like slaughtering pigs and dogs..."
"Does such a monstrous talent truly exist in this world..."
Everyone's hearts were shaken to the extreme.
Looking at Ling Fan, who slowly descended from the sky like a god descending to earth, Princess Xiyue's beautiful eyes were filled with shock, and for a moment, she was speechless.
Behind her, the geniuses from Yaoyue Kingdom, who were in the Giant Spirit realm, appeared nervous and uneasy, unsure of where to place their hands.
As for the group of experts at the city gates, they were as if they had seen ghosts, daring not to move.
They truly wished they could slap themselves right now.
Ling Fan must have overheard their conversations!
What if he became displeased and casually annihilated them?
That would be too unjust a death.
Indeed, disaster often stems from loose lips. If they were fortunate enough to survive this ordeal, they vowed never to gossip outside again.
Ling Fan did not even glance at this group.
He walked directly towards Princess Xiyue, his expression indifferent, devoid of any emotional fluctuation, making it impossible to discern that he was the monstrously powerful individual who had just wreaked havoc.
"Besides the Tianyun Royal Clan and the experts from the other three kingdoms, who else made a move? Did the Martial Venerables from the Seven Great Martial Venerable Families of Tianyun Kingdom participate?"
Ling Fan asked calmly.
"Yes."
Princess Xiyue nodded.
Then, her eyes widened as she looked at Ling Fan, "Are you still planning to kill more people?"
"I said, anyone who dares to lay hands on my wife will die,"
Leaving these words, Ling Fan turned and departed.
Princess Xiyue stood frozen in place.
She was stunned by the icy killing intent emanating from Ling Fan's calm words.
After a long while, she shook her head and gave a wry smile.
This was the man Xueyi had chosen.
No wonder such a peerlessly graceful woman would marry him.
While Princess Xiyue was sighing, and even feeling a hint of envy, the group of experts cowering at the city walls finally let out a sigh of relief, their bodies drenched in cold sweat.
"Thank goodness, thank goodness, we saved our lives!"
"I will never dare to speak carelessly again."
"Let's go quickly!"
This group of experts no longer dared to linger. They scattered in a flash.
At the same time,
In Tianyun Royal City.
The Han family, one of the Seven Great Martial Venerable Families.
The old patriarch of the Han family, who was also the sole Martial Venerable realm expert of the Han family, summoned all the core experts of the Han family.
He had only one objective.
That was to instruct all members of the Han family to absolutely, under no circumstances, provoke that Ling Fan.
For this period, all members of the Han family must lie low, lest they suffer the same fate as the Tianyun Royal Clan.
"Grandfather, do we really need to be this cautious? You were only involved in the encirclement back then. In reality, you didn't even get a chance to make a move, and that Lan Xueyi broke free. What's the big deal? Is this Ling Fan going to target our Han family because of this! That's too overbearing."
The young master of the Han family said indignantly.
In his opinion, their Han family had done nothing wrong.
So many Martial Venerable experts had participated in the interception, all wanting a piece of the pie. Their Han family had merely participated.
As the saying goes, the law does not punish the multitude.
It was one thing for Ling Fan to annihilate the Tianyun Royal Clan.
Did he dare to annihilate all the forces that participated in intercepting his wife because of it!