Chapter 2847 - 2848: Harboring Filth and Corruption
Chapter 2847: Chapter 2848: Harboring Filth and Corruption
This streak of sword light was like a silken ribbon, slashing in from outside the garden. Wherever it passed, the flowers and grass bowed their heads, revealing a deep ravine, the momentum utterly terrifying.
But Ke Jinyun only snorted coldly. "A mere Sword Cultivator dares to act rashly in front of me?"
As he spoke, he slowly raised his hand. Clamped between his fingers was half a flower branch, which he tilted to point at this ferocious incoming sword.
There was no sound!
The sword light collided silently with the flower branch in Ke Jinyun’s hand.
After a brief stagnation, both the sword light and the flower branch vanished together.
Ke Jinyun paid this no mind, his face as dark as water as he looked into the distance.
Because just then, a figure could be seen treading slowly across the sea of flowers toward them.
Where he passed, his aura surged, wild winds whipping the flowers and grass, yet his expression remained utterly calm and unruffled.
Seeing him, Liao Zhiji reacted as if he had just seen a life-saving straw, and shouted hoarsely, "My lord, save me!"
Hearing this, Ke Jinyun frowned slightly, and then the flowers and grass entwining Liao Zhiji’s legs instantly extended two long sharp spikes, stabbing straight toward his chest and abdomen, clearly intending to put him to death.
But at that moment, two streaks of sword light arrived later yet struck first, severing those two spikes in the blink of an eye.
Then they heard Xue An say calmly, "He may be a dog, but even when you beat a dog you have to look at its owner. I’m sure you understand that much!"
At these words, Ke Jinyun let out a cold chuckle. "Even when you beat a dog you have to look at its owner... well said. But he belongs to the Palace of Light. And what kind of ’owner’ are you supposed to be?"
"I wasn’t before, but now I am."
"What an arrogant tone!"
Xue An shook his head. "This isn’t arrogance, merely confidence in my own strength."
Ke Jinyun stared icily at Xue An, and only after a long moment did he speak. "You dare come here alone and throw yourself into danger—I truly don’t know where you get your courage from."
Xue An ignored him, instead lowering his head to look at the riotous sea of flowers beneath his feet, and sighed softly.
"They’re really beautiful. It’s a shame that the prettier the flowers and grass, the more likely they are to hide filth beneath them. Am I right?"
Ke Jinyun’s face changed. "You’re courting death!"
As his words fell, flowers and grass in every direction around Xue An grew madly like they’d gone insane, sprawling outward and tightly encircling him.
Even so, Xue An remained unruffled, instead looking at Ke Jinyun with a faint, mocking smile.
It was precisely this silent contempt that stoked the fury in Ke Jinyun’s heart even higher.
"Kill!"
With that single word, these seemingly fragile flowers and plants instantly turned into lethal killing tools, launching an indiscriminate assault on Xue An in the center.
Liao Zhiji’s eyelids twitched wildly as he watched. He certainly wasn’t worried about Xue An’s safety.
The key was that there was still a talisman planted by Xue An inside his own head!
If Xue An died, wouldn’t he be buried along with him?
So Liao Zhiji watched this scene with his heart pounding out of his chest.
Thankfully, this worry only lasted a few seconds before he saw those flowers and plants suddenly crushed by some immense force, shattered into pieces.
Xue An stepped out from within them, his gaze cold as ice.
"You seem angry. But what’s buried beneath such a beautiful sea of flowers—you should know better than I do. Do I really need to spell it out?"
Ke Jinyun’s face went pale; without another word, he directly launched himself at Xue An.
As for this white-robed youth who had suddenly appeared, Ke Jinyun had initially dismissed him with contempt.
After all, this was his absolute home ground. Although he didn’t know how this youth had slipped in under his very nose...
Since the other hadn’t dared step into this sea of flowers earlier, that meant he knew this was Ke Jinyun’s absolute Domain.
Within his own absolute Domain, even beings far stronger than himself would find it hard to escape unscathed, let alone a mere ordinary Fifth-Rank expert.
But what Xue An did next shattered Ke Jinyun’s expectations.
Not only did he ignore the attack of the flowers and plants, he even exposed the secret of this sea of flowers with a single line.
Shocked and enraged, Ke Jinyun no longer dared hold anything back, and only wished he could kill this white-robed youth as quickly as possible.
Ke Jinyun’s attack methods were extremely peculiar.
Unlike other evil beings who relied on all sorts of bizarre tricks, Ke Jinyun’s fighting style was unexpectedly open and direct.
And so he and Xue An began a clash of raw strength against raw strength.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The shockwaves from their booming blows turned into howling winds, blasting the flowers and grass off the ground and revealing the blood-red earth beneath.
Liao Zhiji was dumbfounded.
He had never seen a battle like this.
Every punch landed solidly on flesh, and both sides were like fearless berserker warriors, not even thinking of dodging, only intent on killing the other as fast as possible.
This white-robed youth looked delicate and frail, yet he was this ferocious?
And as for his immediate superior—after all these years, Liao Zhiji had never seen him make a move. This first time he did, it was this violent.
Liao Zhiji watched, his eyes hardly able to keep up.
But he had no idea how shocked Ke Jinyun was feeling right now.
For certain reasons, he was unable to use his abilities.
Yet Ke Jinyun was confident that even relying only on his fists and feet, he was not inferior to anyone.
And yet under such conditions, this mere Fifth-Rank Colonel in front of him was actually able to fight him to a standstill.
At times, he was even able to suppress Ke Jinyun instead.
This was simply unbelievable.
But no matter the cost, this man had to die today.
With that thought, Ke Jinyun clenched his teeth and once again accelerated his onslaught.
If someone had looked down on this sea of flowers from above at this moment, they would have noticed that the flowers and grass in one corner suddenly withered.
And as those flowers and plants withered, Ke Jinyun’s strength surged again, instantly gaining him the upper hand over Xue An.
Just then, Xue An let out a cold laugh.
"So you finally couldn’t hold back? Aren’t you afraid that using your true body’s power ahead of time will cause all your previous efforts to go to waste?"
"Save your breath. Even if I have to damage my origin, I’ll kill you today. Besides, your talent is so astonishing—if I grind you into blood paste, I’ll surely be able to nurture the most beautiful flowers and plants. In that case, it won’t be a loss!" Ke Jinyun said coldly.
"Nice plan. Unfortunately, it’s destined to be nothing but wishful thinking." Xue An sneered, then said indifferently,
"Do it."
As his words fell—
The four corners of the garden suddenly erupted in towering flames.
This sudden scene stunned Liao Zhiji.
Ke Jinyun was even more incredulous. But when he saw the flowers and plants being consumed by the Sea of Fire one by one, he let out a shrill scream.
"No! This is impossible!"
As he shouted, wall after wall of flowers surged up, trying to stop the spread of the flames.
But this fire was no ordinary Mundane Fire. Those flower walls barely held it back for a moment before they too were burned into nothingness.
Then the flames rapidly spread, drawing more and more screams from Ke Jinyun.
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