According to Linglong's rules, after Yang Xu discovered He Pingsheng, his first priority was not to fight He Pingsheng, but to send the message to Linglong via a special Talisman.
Linglong would then come personally to end He Pingsheng's life.
However, after seeing He Pingsheng, Yang Xu's thoughts changed.
"Heh heh... if I capture him myself, wouldn't I save Senior Sister Linglong the trouble?"
"Returning and personally delivering this fellow to Senior Sister Linglong would definitely be a great achievement!"
Thus, Yang Xu directly charged towards He Pingsheng.
At this moment, He Pingsheng was in the swamp, single-handedly slaying venomous snakes with his sword.
Qiao Huizhu was right; there were many venomous snakes here.
They came in groups!
And they weren't ordinary mortal venomous snakes!
It would be more appropriate to call them 【Spirit Snakes】.
These Spirit Snakes' cultivation was not high, generally around the Qi Refining Stage fifth or sixth layer.
However, as the saying goes, 'ants can bite an elephant to death if there are enough of them.'
Their numbers were extremely large.
And there were many types.
Although He Pingsheng had just slain several Spirit Snakes with his sword, he was also ambushed by them and bitten twice.
Fortunately, he possessed means to be immune to all poisons; the venom of Qi Refining Stage Yao Beasts had no effect on him, so being bitten twice was not a big deal.
It was just a superficial wound.
In fact, it barely even counted as a superficial wound.
In less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, He Pingsheng had already collected about a dozen venomous pills.
Just then, he heard movement in the Void Realm, quickly looked up, and found a paper crane flying towards him.
On the paper crane, there was also a Disciple dressed in a moon-white robe.
"This is..."
"A fellow Disciple!"
He Pingsheng put away his long sword, which he had been using to continue slaying venomous snakes, and turned to protect his entire body.
Even among fellow Disciples in the Secret Realm, one must be vigilant.
The paper crane landed.
The Disciple jumped down from the paper crane and said with a chuckle, "You're He Pingsheng of Xiuzhu Peak, right? Why so nervous?"
"We're all fellow Disciples, why be like this?"
He Pingsheng smiled faintly and said, "May I ask Senior Brother your esteemed name, and under which Senior Martial Uncle's tutelage are you?"
Although they were both in Xiuzhu Peak, He Pingsheng had truly never met Yang Xu.
"Junior Brother actually doesn't recognize me?" Yang Xu felt a little uncomfortable.
We are all Disciples of Xiuzhu Peak, and usually, those in your Yu Ning Palace would call me Senior Brother Yang when they see me.
You've been in Xiuzhu Peak for so many years, and you don't recognize me?
"Heh heh..." Yang Xu sneered, saying, "Junior Brother He actually doesn't even recognize me. I am from Hongde Yard, Yang Xu!"
"You can call me Senior Brother Yang!"
He originally thought that by announcing his name, the other party would respectfully bow and then apologize.
However, He Pingsheng still just stood there indifferently.
Not a single word.
Yang Xu didn't bother with these trivialities, merely waved his hand, and a Flying Sword landed in his grasp.
Boom...
After Spiritual Qi surged into it, the palm-sized Flying Sword expanded to three feet long.
The sword body shimmered with a glistening treasure light.
That wasn't sword light, but a sight of abundant Spiritual Qi overflowing.
"Junior Brother He!" Yang Xu held his treasured sword and said, "I won't beat around the bush with you!"
"You have two choices!"
"First, I'll slay you with a single sword now!"
"Second, hand over your 【Teleportation Jade Token】 and obediently come with me; perhaps there's still a chance to live!"
"Junior Brother is a smart person; it's best not to think about reaching for your hundred treasure sack!"
"The moment your hand moves, I can cut off your arm!"
Yang Xu, at the Qi Refining Stage Tenth Layer, confidently stared at He Pingsheng.
It wasn't that he was boasting, but that he truly had this strength.
Let alone He Pingsheng being at the Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer now, what if he was at the ninth layer?
The Qi Refining Stage ninth layer was still the Late Stage.
But after entering the tenth layer, that was the Qi Refining Stage Peak.
Between Peak and Late Stage, there was a chasm.
To put it this way, Yang Xu was confident he could instantly kill any Disciple at the Qi Refining Stage ninth layer.
"If you don't believe me, you can try!" Yang Xu looked at He Pingsheng and added.
He Pingsheng didn't speak.
At this moment, he was too lazy to argue with Yang Xu.
He directly reached out his hand, moving it towards his hundred treasure sack.
"You dare..." Yang Xu was enraged.
He had just warned him not to reach for the hundred treasure sack, and now he actually directly ignored him?
He felt that He Pingsheng was provoking him.
Never mind, never mind!
Senior Sister Linglong didn't say she needed a completely intact He Pingsheng; what if I cut off one of his arms?
A flash of sword light, with unparalleled speed, shot out from Yang Xu's sword.
With a whoosh, it accurately slashed towards He Pingsheng's right arm.
If it were an ordinary Qi Refining Stage Seventh Layer Disciple, this arm would surely be severed.
However, He Pingsheng was not ordinary.
A loess-colored light membrane appeared around his body.
Spell: Earth Armor Technique!
Pfft...
The sword light flying from afar heavily struck the Earth Armor Technique's shield.
The brilliant loess-colored light dimmed slightly.
Then, with the augmentation of earth-attribute Spiritual Qi within He Pingsheng's body, it brightened again.
The opponent's attack was easily blocked by He Pingsheng's Earth Armor Technique.
"How is that possible?" Yang Xu on the other side suddenly shouted, "You, a mere seventh layer, how can you possess such profound Spiritual Qi?"
Yang Xu had not held back that last sword strike.
He had unleashed 100% of his attack power from the start.
But he never expected it to be blocked by the opponent's Spell shield.
This made him very uncomfortable.
Even fellow Qi Refining Stage Tenth Layer cultivators might not be able to block his attack.
"Slash..."
He Pingsheng had no such idle talk; with a raise of his hand, the palm-sized small sword in his hand also transformed into three feet long.
A flash of sword light flew out, fiercely slashing towards Yang Xu.
He Pingsheng possessed a Spiritual Qi reserve no less than Yang Xu's, and the quality of the Flying Sword in his hand was even higher, reaching the level of a top-grade Magical Artifact.
Therefore, the sword light of this strike was slightly stronger than Yang Xu's just now.
"Damn it..."
At this moment, Yang Xu had no chance to defend.
He could only retreat a step, then with a raise of his hand, another flash of sword light flew out.
Using offense as defense.
As long as He Pingsheng's attack was neutralized, there would naturally be no need for defense.
Pfft...
The two flashes of sword light collided and then disappeared.
He Pingsheng's sword light was stronger, but after the clash, it could no longer pose any threat to Yang Xu.
But it didn't matter.
Again.
"Slash..."
He Pingsheng unleashed his second sword strike.
At the same time, his Divine Thought moved, and three fire crows flew out from around his body, colliding with Yang Xu from three different directions.
This time, Yang Xu pulled out a defensive shield.
But the opponent actually had four attacks.
One sword light, three fire crows.
Which one to defend against?
"Open..." Yang Xu shouted, expanding his shield, then unhesitatingly blocked the shield towards the direction from which the sword light was flying.
Because he knew the power of that sword light.
As for the three fire crows?
He felt they were merely He Pingsheng's diversionary tactic.
All show and no substance.
However!
The next moment, the three fire crows directly crashed into his body.
Bang...
A violent explosion erupted.
Yang Xu didn't even have time to take out his 【Teleportation Jade Talisman】 before he was directly blown to smithereens.