"Is that so?"
Qin Shilei scoffed, "I, however, have no intention of cooperating with you."
Heaven-Shattering Sword!
Qin Shilei raised the Juque sword high, and a sword energy shot out from its tip, quickly forming a colossal phantom of sword energy.
Watching the sword energy phantom that was over a hundred meters tall, Elder Zhang's heart pounded wildly. He had a terrible premonition of impending disaster.
"Go, capture his family and threaten him!"
Elder Zhang shouted hoarsely, and at the same time, he moved his body, fleeing rapidly into the distance.
He was instantly a hundred meters away.
However, there was no hint of joy on his face, for his intuition, honed by countless life-and-death battles, told him that he was still within the threat of that sword strike.
He didn't dare to look back, only focusing on escaping desperately.
In the eyes of the onlookers, Elder Zhang had covered several hundred meters in an instant.
At this moment, Qin Shilei's sword energy reached its peak, extending for hundreds of meters.
The sharp killing intent and dazzling light swept downwards.
Boom!
The sword energy, appearing slow but actually fast, descended upon Elder Zhang's head.
His protective treasures shattered one after another, yet they couldn't impede the sword energy by even a fraction.
The sword energy cleaved through, splitting Elder Zhang into two, then shredding him into pieces by the fierce energy, leaving no trace behind.
Following a thunderous roar, a crack, two meters wide, hundreds of meters long, and bottomless, appeared on the ground.
The scene returned to when Elder Zhang was about to flee.
Upon hearing Elder Zhang's command, some members of the Demonic Sect, fearing Elder Zhang's usual tyranny and considering that capturing Qin Shilei's family was indeed the best course of action, charged towards the Qin An Royal Palace, preparing to apprehend Kong Qingshu and the others standing in the front courtyard.
Others, genuinely terrified by the spectacle Qin Shilei had created, also turned and fled into the distance.
Of the three Platinum experts, Jiang Zhen turned and fled immediately, while the other two Platinum experts stormed into the palace together.
By the time Qin Shilei was about to unleash the Heaven-Shattering Sword, they were less than three meters away from Kong Qingshu and the others.
A hint of relief flickered across their faces. "A bunch of mere Gold realm trash, easily captured with a wave of my hand. It seems my life is safe."
Why had the light suddenly dimmed?
The two looked up and saw an enormous phantom that, at some unknown time, had appeared before them.
The phantom bore a resemblance to the King of Qin An.
It seemed to wink at them.
Then, a colossal energy sword transformed into several sharp sword shadows, enveloping them.
One Punch Man!
Lightning Chain Slash!
Ten swords were unleashed in less than a tenth of a second.
"Ah!"
The two Platinum two-star experts, along with more than ten Gold experts at the forefront of the fleeing group, only had time to let out a scream before being cut into several pieces.
After killing over a dozen experts in one move, the phantom stepped forward and unleashed another Lightning Chain Slash.
Cold light flashed, and sword energy raged.
Demonic Sect experts were continuously and mercilessly sliced in half, falling dead to the ground.
"Spare me! I surrender!"
Some, their minds shattered by fear, dropped their weapons and knelt, begging for mercy.
However, the phantom's orders were to slaughter all the Demonic Sect members present. It paid no heed to their pleas, its colossal energy sword continuing to swing forward without hesitation.
Furthermore, to minimize damage to the surrounding buildings, it had deactivated its Dharma Idol state and, in an human-sized form, pursued the remaining Demonic Sect experts.
After cleaving Elder Zhang to death with a single sword strike, Qin Shilei moved, pursuing the fleeing Demonic Sect experts.
The first one he caught up to was the effeminate man.
Before the opponent could even utter a plea for mercy, Qin Shilei waved his hand, and a massive head flew into the sky.
After he had dispatched the dozen or so Gold experts, he turned a street corner only to have lost track of the last Platinum expert.
Qin Shilei reverted to his original form and leaped onto a tall building, scanning his surroundings.
In the distance, a flash of blood-red light streaked by, and then it vanished again.
Qin Shilei transformed into a bolt of lightning and quickly arrived at the location where the blood-red light had appeared.
He leaped onto another tall building, but due to the obstruction of numerous structures, he could no longer find any trace of the blood-red light.
"I hope you're sensible and don't show yourself again, otherwise, you won't be so lucky next time."
The one who had escaped was Jiang Zhen.
It was precisely because he possessed a life-saving ultimate technique, Blood Escape, that Elder Zhang had chosen him to enter the spatial rift.
Jiang Zhen was indeed cunning. Fearing he would attract Qin Shilei's attention, he didn't dare to use Blood Escape at first, merely using his light body technique to slip into a corner and evade Qin Shilei's sight before quickly activating Blood Escape.
Moreover, after using Blood Escape, he didn't travel in a straight line, constantly changing direction, weaving and turning his way out of the city.
He didn't dare to remain hidden in the city to retaliate against Qin Shilei. He returned directly to the Demonic Sect's spatial secret realm and informed the sect leader of Qin Shilei's terrifying power.
As Qin Shilei walked back towards the Qin An Royal Palace, he checked the system notifications.
"Ding, the first Platinum expert has appeared within the world. The system's suppression of spatial rifts has further weakened. In one year, foreign races at the Platinum realm will be able to invade Blue Star through spatial rifts. Survivors are urged to cultivate diligently to defend against the foreign enemy."
"Ding, in three years, the system's suppression of spatial rifts will completely fail, at which point all foreign races may be able to reach Blue Star through spatial rifts."
"Ding, the cultivation ranking and prestige ranking have been expanded to ten thousand places."
"Ding, to better assist survivors in improving their strength, survivors will receive varying boosts in cultivation speed and luck based on their ranking on the prestige board."
The four system announcements sent shockwaves across Blue Star.
"I haven't even reached Gold, and Platinum enemies are coming. What's the point of playing?"
"Even though I'm at the Gold realm, facing Platinum bugs in a year, I'll surely be the one instantly killed."
"Blue Star is finished. If we can survive the tribulation in one year, we definitely won't make it through the one in three years."
"The cultivation system provided by the system indicates that beyond Platinum are Diamond, Master, and King, implying the existence of invincible experts of the King realm in other worlds. In three years, how can we reach the King realm?"
"Eat when you should eat, drink when you should drink, and have a good time for these three years. Or rather, one year or one day."
"Don't be so pessimistic. Perhaps the strong from the other world just want to keep us as livestock, raising us like beasts. Haha..."
"Madness. Another one has gone mad."
"It's all Qin An King's fault. If he hadn't advanced to Platinum, the system's suppression of spatial rifts wouldn't have weakened so quickly."
"Are you an idiot upstairs? The system clearly doesn't have the ability to suppress the spatial rifts any longer."
On Blue Star, some attacked Qin Shilei, while others, in admiration, defended him.
Qin Shilei was also shocked by the system's prompts and felt a deep sense of worry.
Even with the system, he was far from confident that he could withstand the invaders from other worlds in three years, whose strength was unknown.
Of course, for survival, he still had a sliver of hope.
Because of the existence of the Formless Mask, he could disguise himself as the invading enemies at will.
If it truly came to that, and he was the only one left on Blue Star, what would be the point of living?
However, as he scrolled down the system prompts and saw the ones specifically sent to him, a sense of relief arose.