Rise of the Sword Son-in-Law

Chapter 349 Infiltrating the Enemy’s Nest

"Kill! Kill all these beasts."

A youth dressed in the attire of Demon Cloud Heaven madly howled as his True Yuan erupted, and with one slash he decapitated the head of a Sixth Rank Golden Demon Lion.

The youth was covered in blood, appearing extremely ragged and severely injured.

However, the companions by his side were by now all dead.

Having slain these demon beasts, the youth glanced at a Ninth Rank Expert in the distance who was fiercely slaughtering beast kings, and he too let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank goodness, everyone around is busy fighting the demon beasts and hasn’t noticed me. Elder Cang Xue, this Secret Technique of transformation, it really won’t be detected by a Ninth Rank Expert?" Xu Ping’an hurriedly asked.

"You can be at ease, this Secret Technique is known as Battle Shift Stars. It is impossible for anyone below the Tenth Rank to recognize your true identity, and I have just devoured that fellow’s soul origin and all his memories have been fed back to you. As long as you don’t expose yourself, it is basically impossible for anyone to recognize you," Cang Xue’s voice echoed in the youth’s mind.

The youth nodded, indeed his mind was now filled with many memories, the very memories of the Demon Cloud Heaven disciple he was impersonating.

That’s right, at this moment, he was Xu Ping’an. Just moments ago, amidst the surrounding chaos, he had quickly killed a Demon Cloud Heaven disciple.

Then using the Secret Technique taught to him by Cang Xue, he transformed into the appearance of the disciple and mimicked the man’s aura and True Yuan.

Add to that the soul and memories that Cang Xue had devoured and fed back to him.

It could be said that Xu Ping’an was now no different from that Demon Cloud Heaven disciple.

"If I had known about this Secret Technique earlier, why would I have gone to such lengths to gather Loose Cultivators and blow up the demon beast lair? Couldn’t I have just impersonated a disciple from Heaven Beyond Heavens?" Xu Ping’an couldn’t help but feel both amused and frustrated.

After going in such a big circle, it wasn’t him who benefited, but Gu Lingyan and those Loose Cultivators.

"Well, let it be considered as a good deed," Xu Ping’an chuckled to himself.

From now on, he would be known as Dong Qiang, a Sixth Rank outer sect disciple from Demon Cloud Heaven.

"Buzz!"

Far away, the Great Elder of Demon Cloud Heaven stood with his hands behind his back, floating in the air.

Above the firmament, an invisible Soul Sword condensed, astonishingly reaching twenty meters in length.

An extremely terrifying aura radiated from the long sword.

"Go!"

The elderly man shouted fiercely.

The next moment, that Soul Sword burst forth, instantly piercing through an Eighth Layer Realm Third Layer Flame Xuan Bird, pinning it firmly to the ground.

"Boom!"

The earth roared, the ground exploded.

Everything within a thousand meters radius turned into ruins.

Dust flew up, as if heaven and earth had been overturned.

"Is this the power of a Ninth Rank? This elder’s strength is not weak; it’s been so long that I almost forgot what Ninth Rank strength looks like," Xu Ping’an expressed a surprised look upon witnessing this scene.

Although the Ninth Rank might not have been strong compared to his former self, even less significant than an ant, it was now terrifyingly powerful and an unshakeable existence for his current state.

If discovered by a Ninth Rank, he probably wouldn’t even have the chance to flee.

"Time to get to work. This Dong Qiang’s memory doesn’t seem to have any special information about this particular Teleportation Formation. It appears his status wasn’t high enough. The memory fragments from that Qian Gui were incomplete and not thorough. It seems to get the specific news, I have to find someone of higher status," Xu Ping’an pondered in his heart.

He came here not only to diminish the number of people in these two great forces but also to uncover the secret of this Teleportation Formation.

In the memory fragments from Qian Gui, the location of this Teleportation Formation seemed very particular.

"Now, the highest position in Demon Cloud Heaven is occupied by the Ninth Rank Great Elder, Kong Mingsheng, but his strength is too formidable, so it’s almost impossible to get any information from him. The second highest is that Eighth Rank Strongman, Yu Qianzong, from the Eighth Layer Sixth Realm, who is also very strong. Only Yu Xiuyan, as the direct grandson of the Heavenly Master and from the Seventh Rank Eighth Layer Realm with just the right strength, is the best candidate." Xu Ping’an carefully thought it over and decided to start with Yu Xiuyan.

In Dong Qiang’s memories, Yu Xiuyan was a genuine scoundrel.

When he was in Heaven Beyond Heavens, he often bullied the female disciples, impregnating them and then, to avoid trouble, he actually buried all these women alive.

Over the years, the number of women who died at his hands was close to a thousand, if not eight hundred.

Therefore, Xu Ping’an’s choice to target him was also a way of acting on behalf of justice.

"It’s you." Xu Ping’an looked around and finally set his eyes on Yu Xiuyan in the distance.

At this moment, Yu Xiuyan was not participating in the battle, still standing with his hands behind his back, looking aloof and above all else.

"Scram! Your king has already been slain by me. If you dare to invade again, I will exterminate all of you," Kong Mingsheng bellowed furiously, his voice a sea wave crash of Soul Power.

"Pfft!"

The Demon Beasts all spat out blood, immediately showing faces filled with fear, and then they turned tail and fled.

Seeing this scene unfold, Xu Ping’an was not surprised.

Although the High Rank Demon Beasts were intelligent, their level of wisdom was still inferior to that of humans.

Indeed, humans possessed inherited knowledge that Demon Beasts could not compare with.

So, these Demon Beasts, witnessing their king being killed, also fled in fear for their lives.

Certainly, Xu Ping’an’s purpose had also been achieved.

In this battle, Mysterious Jade Heaven and Demon Cloud Heaven together had nearly thirty people perish.

Now, less than forty people remained from both Mysterious Jade Heaven and Demon Cloud Heaven combined.

It can be said that this charge by the two groups of Demon Beasts had depleted more than half of the numbers of these two major forces.

Kong Mingsheng’s gaze swept around, his expression growing extremely grim.

Another twenty-nine dead?

Does that not mean that now only thirty-nine people were left between the two forces?

Yu Qianzong, Yan Changjun, and the others also had very solemn expressions on their faces.

They from Heaven Beyond Heavens had actually been played to such an extent by a bunch of Loose Cultivators.

"Yu Xiuya, you must find this group of Loose Cultivators for me, especially that Xu Ping’an. Once we capture them, aside from Xu Ping’an, everyone else shall be executed," Kong Mingsheng roared in fury.

"Yes, Great Elder, I will definitely capture them," Yu Xiuyan replied immediately, realizing the gravity of the situation.

"You three from the Eighth Rank, stand guard here with me to prevent any more Demon Beast attacks. Elder Yan, you guard the Teleportation Gate," Kong Mingsheng ordered without delay.

"Alright," the Great Elder of Mysterious Jade Heaven, Yan Changjun, promptly said.

After speaking, he dashed back to the Teleportation Gate.

Meanwhile, Kong Mingsheng did not say anything further and, along with the three Eighth Rank Strongmen, took positions at three key points within a ten-mile radius to prevent further attacks from Demon Beasts.

Xu Ping’an, however, wore a look of astonishment.

"To think they knew it was my doing. It seems these guys aren’t completely useless after all. But catching me is going to depend on their abilities. Besides, I was just worrying about how to lure you out, and here you’ve readily brought me a perfect plan," Xu Ping’an said with a smile.

He then flew toward the direction of Yu Xiuyan, shouting as he went, "Your Highness, Your Highness, I know where those Loose Cultivators are."

Yu Xiuyan, who had been worrying about how to find Xu Ping’an and the others, heard this and immediately turned, looking at ’Dong Qiang’ with shock.