The Fengxun Clan leader stared ahead with a dark expression. Ye Xin stood floating in mid-air, and the pressure she exerted on him was even greater than before.
This human woman, the moment she referred to herself as this empress, he clearly felt the immense, powerful aura surging from her body.
The pressure doubled. Clearly, she was only at the first level of the Transcendent Realm, but why was this human woman even more difficult to deal with than other soul martial artists of the same realm?
Was it because she was the Empress of the Hua Xia Empire that she possessed such strength?
"Use the wind, use speed, attack the enemy's weakness with our strength," the Fengxun Clan leader thought to himself, locking his gaze on Ye Xin. His pupils glowed with a green light, and the translucent cloak connected to his body began to emit a faint green glow, swirling around him.
Air currents surged, and the sound of explosions followed as the wind moved. The Fengxun Clan leader's long robe flapped violently in the whirlwind.
The green soul power around him condensed into a translucent ring-like zone. Though it appeared light, it was incredibly sharp. The spinning green wind was comprised of thousands of razor-sharp wind blades.
Whoosh!
In the next moment, the Fengxun Clan leader vanished from his spot. He no longer treated Ye Xin as just a first-level Transcendent Realm soul martial artist.
In his eyes, she had become a formidable enemy requiring his full power!
The Fengxun Clan, born of the wind, moved with it. As soon as the Fengxun Clan leader took action, he seemed to disappear, his body blending into the whirlwind.
The violent storm of chaotic winds was unpredictable, and this chaotic wind zone was precisely the creation of the Fengxun Clan.
The more Fengxun Clan members there were, the stronger and faster the chaotic winds would become!
"Their speed has increased," Yang Guixiang observed, surrounded by a river of blood, staring at the Fengxun Clan ahead.
Zhou Yian nodded slightly, glancing at Ye Xin. "It's probably related to the fact that the Fengxun Clan leader is using his true power now."
Ye Xin frowned slightly as the chaotic winds swirled around her. The enemy had disappeared, which was indeed troublesome.
However, she was no longer who she used to be. She was far stronger now than before.
If it had been in the past, Ye Xin might have been at a loss in this situation, but now...
"Come out!" Ye Xin's phoenix eyes suddenly widened, and the brilliant starlight on her Star Sword erupted in a dazzling burst. Spectacular blue flames wrapped around the sword.
The cry of a phoenix echoed. Under the flutter of her starlight white dress, the ghostly blue flames burned fiercely, pouring into the blade of her Star Sword.
In the next moment, the changes around Ye Xin shocked everyone.
The ghostly blue flames burst forth from her back, forming two streams of fire that exploded into wings.
Whoosh!
The ghostly blue flame wings unfolded behind Ye Xin, and scorching heat waves spread outward from her, centered on her position.
The surging waves of heat were like a stormy sea, forcefully disrupting the chaotic winds created by the Fengxun Clan.
At the center of the heatwave, Ye Xin stood. Approaching her was like going against the wind.
The previously swift Fengxun Clan leader was forced out of his hidden position by the heatwave, his face full of astonishment as he stared at the fiery wings on the back of the human woman.
At that moment, when their eyes met, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning.
In the eyes of the human woman, it was as if the entire starry sky was reflected, bathed in blue flames.
Eyes filled with starlight — was this something that could appear on a first-level Transcendent Realm soul martial artist?
For reasons he couldn't understand, a cold chill crept up his spine. Something about this human woman was wrong.
When his gaze fell on the Star Sword in her hand, a sense of dread surged within him. He swallowed hard, thinking, I will die!
Just as this thought crossed his mind, Ye Xin moved.
With a single flap of her ghostly blue wings, the wind roared behind her. Many of the Fengxun Clan members who had been fighting the three elders were thrown into disarray by the hot wind, their bodies igniting in ghostly blue flames.
All around, the starlight flames sealed off any possible escape routes.
"Ah!"
Screams echoed from the Fengxun Clan members as the blue flames devoured them. The flames were beyond their ability to resist. In mid-air, their bodies disintegrated into nothing but black ashes floating in the wind.
Except for the Transcendent Realm Fengxun Clan members, the others were all incinerated by the flames. They were burned alive, leaving no remains.
Hiss… The Green Spirit Clan members watching below gasped in unison. When they looked at Ye Xin, their faces were filled with fear.
This young human woman's cultivation and strength were truly terrifying, beyond comprehension.
With just the flap of her blue fiery wings, she had incinerated the Fengxun Clan members alive!
"Retreat!" At this moment, the Fengxun Clan leader had completely lost his will to fight. The aura radiating from Ye Xin made it clear to him that this human woman was not someone he could defeat.
He had to deliver the news to his clan and send more reinforcements to kill these humans.
They needed to act before the human who had slain the Purple Demon Fish regained consciousness. If that human recovered, it would be the end of the Fengxun Clan.
Determined, the Fengxun Clan leader no longer hesitated. He turned to flee.
But at that moment, he suddenly realized the surroundings were engulfed in ghostly blue flames.
The flames spread quickly, and as they burned, the scenery of the subterranean world vanished, replaced by an endless darkness filled with starlight.
"Ugh!" The space around him, consumed by the ghostly blue flames, transformed into this black starry sky. The Fengxun Clan leader felt as if he were suffocating, unable to breathe, and his body felt impossibly heavy.
Scorching Starry Sky — One Strike to Kill!
Just as he was about to escape, his body froze. The Fengxun Clan leader felt a sharp pain in his abdomen. A long sword had pierced through his dantian, its tip glowing with starlight as it exited his belly, allowing him to see it clearly.
The intense heat surged through his body, and his veins, dantian, and internal organs were instantly reduced to ash. Life rapidly drained from him as darkness swallowed his vision.
Ye Xin withdrew the Star Sword and flicked her wrist. All traces of blood were cleanly shaken off. Her expression remained calm as she watched the Fengxun Clan leader's body fall from mid-air.
In his final moments, the Fengxun Clan leader looked at Ye Xin with her flaming wings spread behind her. Thinking back on the battle, from beginning to end, it seemed he had been entirely suppressed, unable to exert any of his strength. In his heart, he couldn't help but utter a final praise...
"What a magnificent Empress of the Hua Xia Empire!"