"Hmph!"
Jiang Daolin snorted coldly, "How can my Jiang family be destroyed just because you say so? Who do you think you are?"
He then said to the other members of the Jiang family, "Everyone, charge with me. Even if we perish, we must eradicate this demon!"
He spoke righteously, expecting the Jiang family to unite in their moment of greatest peril. However, the outcome was the exact opposite.
At this moment, the members of the Jiang family had already scattered, each one desperate to escape. But the formation had been activated, and they couldn't get out.
Yun Fan sneered upon seeing this, "Your Jiang family is nothing special. I thought you would have been united!"
These words infuriated Jiang Daolin. It was an insult to the Jiang family, yet the truth was laid bare.
The current Jiang family was no longer what it was in its prime; it had long since become corrupt.
"Even if my Jiang family is rotten, you cannot take us down!"
"It seems you won't shed tears until you see the coffin!"
Yun Fan moved swiftly, heading straight for Jiang Daolin. If he killed Jiang Daolin, the remaining members of the Jiang family would be no threat.
However, in his eyes, even Jiang Daolin posed no danger.
Jiang Daolin sighed upon seeing this.
"Wait!"
Yun Fan stopped, "Do you have any last words?"
Jiang Daolin smiled sadly. He knew that even if he fought Yun Fan to the death, he would never be Yun Fan's match.
In the same realm, Yun Fan was invincible. Even with his many skills, it would be futile.
He said, "I can take my own life, but I implore you to spare the Jiang family. After all, a hundred years ago, my Jiang family once spared your Long family."
He knew that after his death, the Jiang family would completely decline, as there would be no Golden Core experts to guard them. It would take a century to recover.
Of course, the Jiang family would eventually regain its peak, as they possessed thousands of years of heritage.
Yun Fan was speechless. This old man was quite the smooth talker. Was it truly sparing them a hundred years ago? He found it difficult to even point out Jiang Daolin's lie.
A hundred years ago, the remnants of the Long family had only managed to escape to the secular world because the contemporary head of the Long family had sacrificed his life to stall their pursuers.
Yet, of the Long family members who escaped to the secular world, less than one in ten survived. Afterwards, the Jiang family had not ceased their pursuit.
It was only because the Long family had gone into hiding that their pursuers had not found them. It wasn't until over twenty years ago, when the Jiang family discovered the Long family hiding in the secular world.
They began their slaughter. If not for his master, the Old Heavenly Master, who intercepted the Jiang family, would they have ever let the Long family go?
Even so, his parents were still pursued by Jiang Yutian. And now, this old man claimed that the Jiang family had spared the Long family's lives.
It was utterly laughable.
Therefore, Yun Fan said, "I said I would destroy your Jiang family, and I will. If I spare a single person, I lose!"
Hearing this, Jiang Daolin's heart trembled. He then shouted at Yun Fan, "Even if you destroy my Jiang family, so what? You are already a demon. Those sacred lands will not let you go. My Jiang family may die, but we are merely taking the lead!"
"That means you die first!"
Yun Fan said, "Make your move! Don't waste my time. I still have to go to the Ji family!"
"Even if I die, I will drag you down with me!"
At this moment, Jiang Daolin deeply regretted it. If he had known, he wouldn't have been afraid of the letter from the Yaochi Saintess. If he had taken the initiative to deal with Yun Fan back then, he wouldn't be in so much trouble. Su Dan Novels.
Just then, he unleashed his full power, attempting to drag Yun Fan down with him before his death.
"Wishful thinking!"
Yun Fan disdained him, considering it nothing more than a cornered beast's struggle.
Then, he unleashed his peak battle strength and fought Jiang Daolin, relentlessly suppressing him. It seemed Jiang Daolin's demise was only a matter of time.
But at this moment, Jiang Daolin suddenly let out a cold laugh.
"Since you are all going to die, it's better to die by my hand than by his. At least it will fulfill my wish of taking him down with me!"
With that, he made his move, but this time, he wasn't heading for Yun Fan, but for the members of the Jiang family.
He used the formation to briefly impede Yun Fan's progress, and then began to slaughter the crowd.
Upon witnessing this, Yun Fan's heart trembled. He had been called a demon, yet Jiang Daolin's cruel methods, sparing even his own kin, were even more terrifying than any demon.
In an instant, the Jiang family members wailed. No one had expected their patriarch to turn his deadly hand upon them.
In less than ten minutes, only a field of blood-soaked corpses remained, with Jiang Daolin standing amidst them.
He looked at Yun Fan with vacant eyes.
Yun Fan shattered the formation and faced Jiang Daolin.
"Patriarch Jiang, don't you find it ironic? Compared to me, aren't you more like a demon?"
Yun Fan spoke, and at the same time, he noticed that Jiang Daolin's strength was far greater than before. It seemed to be some peculiar forbidden technique of the Jiang family.
By sacrificing his own kin, he had achieved a temporary peak.
It was truly cruel. He had thought himself monstrous enough, but this Jiang Daolin was even more so.
Jiang Daolin said hoarsely, "As long as I can drag you down with me, their deaths will be meaningful."
"A noble death, indeed. I can only say, it's not enough!"
Yun Fan scoffed.
"Is it?"
At this moment, Jiang Daolin attacked. His power was almost equal to Yun Fan's, and it was gradually surging, even surpassing Yun Fan's.
But Yun Fan showed no fear. He had declared himself invincible in the same realm, and he intended to prove it.
However, just as Yun Fan was about to make his move, the evil thought within him resurfaced.
"Devour him. With the sacrifice of all living beings, he is your best nourishment!"
These words sent a chill down Yun Fan's spine. It was that damned, insidious presence again.
"This time, I won't listen to you!"
Yun Fan roared. He did not want to become the very person he despised. He was desperately trying to suppress this evil thought.
"Won't listen to me?"
The voice spoke again, "You are me, and I am you. Stop resisting your inner thoughts. Devour him, and you will become stronger!"
Yun Fan struggled to suppress his evil thoughts, but unfortunately, his consciousness soon became clouded.
Jiang Daolin, who was charging forward, looked on in horror. Yun Fan's eyes were blood red, and he was staring at Jiang Daolin as if he were prey.
"Demon, he's a demon!"
Jiang Daolin almost wet himself. Even with the power of the Jiang family's sacrifices bolstering him, he had lost the courage to fight.
"No, even if I die, I won't die by your hand!"
Jiang Daolin paled in terror, preparing to self-destruct. However, in the next moment, Yun Fan had already arrived before him.
He grabbed him.
"Before me, you don't even have the chance to commit suicide!"
Yun Fan said hoarsely.
"No, never!"
In his terror, Jiang Daolin only felt his power flowing ceaselessly into Yun Fan's body.
Even more despairing was that he lacked the strength to resist. Then, his life abruptly ended, and his body rapidly withered.
Yun Fan's head spun, and he collapsed to the ground.
When Yun Fan finally awoke, the entire Jiang family had been turned into a scene of carnage. Of course, these were not his doing, but Jiang Daolin's.
However, upon seeing Jiang Daolin's withered corpse, Yun Fan gasped.
After examining his own body, he discovered a new power within him.
"Am I truly a demon?"
Yun Fan began to doubt his life. If the first time was a mere coincidence, what about the second?
This time, it couldn't be a coincidence, could it?
Although the corpse had already withered, it was still evident that Jiang Daolin's expression of sheer terror before his death suggested he had been scared to death.
Yun Fan had no idea what he looked like when he entered his demonic state, to the point where a top expert like Jiang Daolin had been scared to death.
However, unlike the previous time, he was much calmer this time. If he truly was a demon, then nothing could stop him.
Why not leverage the power of the demon to become stronger and eliminate his enemies?
If the day came when he could no longer control himself and truly became a demon, he would end himself without hesitation.
He would not harm anyone around him.
Because before the evil thoughts took over, he realized that while he couldn't resist them, he still had the strength to commit suicide.
Afterward, he disposed of Jiang Daolin's corpse and then set off for his next destination, the Ji family.
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The Ji family.
At this moment, the members of the Ji family were enjoying their leisure. They were unaware of the news of the Jiang family's destruction and had already assumed Yun Fan was dead.
However, Yun Fan's arrival shattered their complacency.
Yun Fan wasted no time and began his slaughter.
The Ji family was enraged. They couldn't believe that the wild youth they had been pursuing would dare to attack the Ji family themselves.
Thus, the Ji family became furious and dispatched three elders at the Golden Core stage to intercept Yun Fan. Unfortunately, they were all in the early stages of the Golden Core realm and were no match for Yun Fan.
Just then, Ji Xingyun, the current head of the Ji family, appeared, blocking the path of the Ji family members.
"Boy, you've gotten stronger?"
Ji Xingyun observed keenly and immediately recognized that Yun Fan was at the same cultivation level as him.
Yun Fan replied, "It's all because of you. You all pursued me relentlessly before, and now it's time for you to pay."
"Pay?"
Ji Xingyun scoffed, "I think you're dreaming. Even if you've grown stronger, so what? Today, I will kill you to avenge my son and the three elders. Furthermore, your loved ones and women will be implicated by you, and they will all be buried with you!"
Yun Fan stated, "I'm afraid you haven't recognized the situation yet. The Jiang family has already been destroyed by me. Now it's your Ji family's turn!"
"What?"
Ji Xingyun was startled. "You say you destroyed the Jiang family?"
He could not believe it. After all, the Jiang family and the Ji family were on par. Although they didn't have a top-tier Golden Core expert guarding them, their heritage was formidable. He didn't believe Yun Fan had the power to destroy the Jiang family, as even the Old Heavenly Master of the past couldn't have done it.
Why could Yun Fan?
Therefore, after recovering, he concluded that Yun Fan's words were merely an empty threat.
"I knew you wouldn't believe me!"
Yun Fan said calmly, "But you'll believe me soon enough!"
With that, he wasted no more words and charged directly at Ji Xingyun.
Ji Xingyun disdained him and moved to block Yun Fan. Although Yun Fan's strength was not inferior to his, he had the Ji family's formation to rely on. Killing Yun Fan would be a simple matter.
However, in the next moment, he realized Yun Fan's terrifying power.
The main reason was that Yun Fan's combat style was unconventional. He directly unleashed his berserker power, and for a moment, Ji Xingyun was forced to retreat.
When he finally reacted, he directly used a forbidden technique, thinking he could regain some semblance of dignity.
But who knew that Yun Fan's strength was too immense, directly overwhelming him. Now, he began to believe that Yun Fan had the power to destroy the Jiang family.
He was caught off guard by the relentless assault.
Ji Xingyun mustered his last reserves of strength and ordered his clansmen, "Run quickly!"
The Ji family members' faces changed. They hadn't expected even their patriarch to be defeated. This demon was truly terrifyingly strong.
In thousands of years, the Ji family had never faced such a catastrophe.
However, the members of the Ji family did not choose to flee. Unlike the Jiang family, the Ji family displayed remarkable unity.
"We are willing to sacrifice our lives to help the Patriarch slay the demon!"
The members of the Ji family began to offer their lives, starting with the elders, and then each one fearlessly took their own lives.
The life force of the younger generation flowed incessantly into Ji Xingyun.
Ji Xingyun wept. For thousands of years, the Ji family had held its prominent position precisely because of their unity.
He had thought that with the Ji family's might, they would not need to resort to such measures. But unexpectedly, they could not avoid this outcome.
He cried out, "I will never forget your sacrifice. I will carry your lives and slay this demon!"
In an instant, Ji Xingyun's strength was restored to its peak, entering the quasi-peak of the Golden Core realm. At this moment, he set aside his grief and roared at Yun Fan, "Boy, you will regret this!"
However, Yun Fan showed no fear. So what if the opponent was a pseudo-peak Golden Core expert? This technique was indeed powerful, he had witnessed it on Jiang Daolin.
Just then, the evil thoughts surged again.
Indeed, the evil thoughts might be late, but they would never be absent. Therefore, this time, Yun Fan didn't even bother to suppress them, allowing the evil thoughts to possess his body.
Because he knew that even if he tried to resist, it would be futile, so why waste his time and energy?
The next moment, he transformed into a divine demon, greedily gazing at the prey before him, as if Ji Xingyun were not an opponent, but his meal.
"This is bad!"
Ji Xingyun's expression changed. He hadn't expected Yun Fan to become a demon so casually. One must know, even that demon from a thousand years ago couldn't become a demon as casually as Yun Fan.
If that demon from the past could have entered his demonic state as easily as Yun Fan, he probably wouldn't have died. That demon was killed by the contemporary Heavenly Master of Guigu after fully demonizing.
Yun Fan after demonizing was beyond description with the term "outrageously strong." Ji Xingyun, through sacrifice, had barely reached the peak of the Golden Core realm.
But the demonized Yun Fan possessed a sliver of Nascent Soul power. Although it was only a sliver, it was enough to strike fear into Golden Core cultivators.
At this moment, in his terror, Ji Xingyun was closed in by Yun Fan and was immediately forced to retreat, enduring several blows from Yun Fan.
"What use is carrying the power of all living beings? In my eyes, it changes nothing of your fate as an ant!"
Yun Fan said hoarsely, and at the same time, he unleashed another attack on Ji Xingyun.
Ji Xingyun let out a pained roar. Under Yun Fan's attack, his body almost cracked.
He quickly resorted to other methods, attempting to intimidate Yun Fan, but alas, his actions were completely futile in front of Yun Fan.
Soon, his power was completely absorbed by Yun Fan, and in disbelief, he collapsed to the ground, turning into smoke.
As usual, after absorbing the power, Yun Fan fainted. When he awoke again, a new power resided within him.
Unfortunately, even with the combined power of two patriarchs carrying the essence of all living beings, he still hadn't broken through to the peak of the Golden Core realm, only coming infinitely close.
Yun Fan breathed a sigh of relief. The Jiang and Ji families, which had loomed over him, were finally destroyed.
The journey had been so arduous. At the same time, Yun Fan understood a principle: if you are not strong, you will always be an ant.
Only by becoming stronger can you treat your enemies as ants. Although his path was long and arduous, destroying the Ji and Jiang families had earned him a reputation in the small world.
He might be weak, but he was not someone who could be bullied by anyone.
Next, he had only one objective: to rescue someone. If possible, he was willing to destroy the Yaochi Holy Land.
He would let the Yaochi Holy Land follow the same path as the Ji and Jiang families.
However, at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared on the tree behind him. Yun Fan turned around and saw a peerless fairy veiled in mystery.