Few Months Later Taking on the Divine Sword Family Part 3 North Lord

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Meeting on the Cliff-

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"Do you really want to continue with that sick family?" Liang Yu offered. Only looking at Mingye. "The country is falling apart, do you honestly want to die alongside them? The Divine Sword Family are just a tool, in the end, the Envoys will make their moves soon."

"How can someone like you protect me?"

"Easily!" Liang Yu raised his hand up firing 10 beams of condensed flame. Each of the guards including Ling Yu had their hearts burnt out in an instant. But the soul was still inside trapped. "I understand you may have wanted to kill him yourself, but I just had to do it myself."

"The sword." The Tianjie sword flew over to Liang Yu with a pull. Bathing it in flame, it was washed over with his Vortex qi. "You have power but it will not be enough to fight against all those members in the family."

"With your help and my forces, yes." Liang Yu offered her a set of pills as well as a piece of glass with rich Vortex qi inside of it. "Stepping into the Celestial Realm should be enough of an incentive to help me slay them. Taking everything should help a long way to getting back at them.. as well as your family for what they did."

"You know a lot." Mingye took a step back just to get distance between the two. Still mindful it was a trap of sorts. "The Emperor.."

"The current one is a fake and a demon named Liang Tian." Liang Yu shook his head in dismay. Having picked up the presence of someone with strength coming their way at high speed. No sense in running away currently. Waste of energy. "The envoys are not really human either. One has come to offer it's head though."

Facing behind her, he looked towards the cloaked figure that arrived. Xia Yuning fell back in a full retreat getting far away. Without any qi levels, she was useless and would just get in the way.

'Thankfully not all the horses were killed in the beginning!' Catching up with one of the steeds, she took off to a rendezvous point that her grandfather set up. 'Liang Yu better survive this, he still owes me a fight!'

The biggest thing the girl was worried about however was the danger her father was currently in.

"Humph!" The purple-eyed envoy, Lei Yun had an arrogant look on his face still. Seeing nothing but what he deemed inferior before him. "Just a few guards and the princess, how could you fail at this?"

Ling Yu was still out cold on the ground with the other remaining guards. Liang Yu's Star Martial qi still traveled through their bodes wiping out parts of the soul. A small technique he was able to develop from the Nether Lord techniques acquired from the soul of Lin Hong.

"Grr." Mingye growled in pain. She had already taken the pill but the lightning was quite pure inside the glass and hard to absorb standing up. "Well, you said they would be easy, but you were wrong asshole."

"What did you say!?"

"I said you were wrong asshole!" Ming Yu was provoking him to strike her. Whether she died today went out the window the moment he arrived. She only cared about getting one up over him. "Bitch of the demon, didn't you underestimate their strength yourself? All of them are dead, the same as you will be!"

*Bzzt!* The envoy attacked in rage going straight for the kill. He did not believe her for a moment. Purple lightning dancing around his body while charging.

*Fwip!* Liang Yu's stepped in right next to Ming Yu a sent out a well-timed flicker jab towards the envoy. His eyes rolled over from the extreme impact as consciousness was almost lost.

"Bad envoy!" Liang Yu grabbed the envoy by the cape and quickly wrapped it around the man. The entire time he sent pulses of sound out and attacked with intense lightning. 'Tch! He will break this to quickly!'

Touching the cloth just revealed it was silk only. Nothing really fancy material-wise. But that gave him an idea.

Activating Fire Body, the silk started to melt and burned to the body of the envoy. His eyes took in the most damage as well as his nostrils and mouth.

*Bang!* A counterattack from The Envoy hit Liang Yu like a sledgehammer against a steel plate. His body shook as he forced himself to stay in place.

"Tenacious little cockroach aren't you."

"Grr!" Liang Yu was not liking this. The Envoy's cultivation was weird on all accounts. It fluctuated between the 9th Heavenly Layer and the Celestial Realm. Whatever he cultivates, Liang Yu wanted to study it. 'Need to increase the output!'

*Tap!" A kick was delivered to the temple of the Envoy who stepped away quickly. The good news is that he got directly in the way of a sword strike by Mingye.

"Improving and improvising is the best way to go!" Liang Yu created a dense Flame Blade on his left hand. On the Right, he made a dense Lightning one. Both Fire Body and the Electric Field started to change more and more. "Take the strike when you have the chance!"

Ming Yu gave a simple nod as she continued to try and stabilize her cultivation. To many personal thoughts caused trouble before she finally was able to get pass some of it. Remembering the person she wanted to be before her family, her brother offered her up to be a plaything of a noble.

'I want to be a person of justice! The younger me would have wept to see the things I have done!' Her cultivation stabilized finally as she stepped into the Celestial Realm. 'I make no excuses for my past THe future is endless!'

"Gotcha!" Liang Yu snatched hold delivering a burst of lightning into his opponent while grappling him. The burst caused the envoy to go numb for a moment. 'Better work!' He then threaded his arms under the opponent's neck and through the armpit. 'Almost got him!' Grabbing ahold of the biceps of the opposing arm he locked down. "Flare Up!"

*Fwwwooossshhh!* The two were engulfed in a pillar of blue-white flame. With the use of Astral Sense, he forced it down the man's throat burning the lungs and organs forcefully. The envoy struggled violently for a bit.

"Filthy.." He was about to shout defiantly but movement in the front caught his attention through the one good eye. Well, former good eye. "AAAHhhh!" He screamed bloody murder as violent sword qi penetrated his eye. Screaming just caused more fire to enter easier.

"Die!" Mingye executed a sword technique that moved about the battlefield violently. The strikes missing Liang Yu barely. "This is for all the suffering you caused me!"

Aa cuts circled around the Envoy's body, flame burst from the new wounds. Causing the flesh to burn faster than it could heal.

The two continued to attack nonstop. The envoy underestimated them but they did not do the same or give a chance for a counter-attack.

Serving the body and crushing the organs, Mingye finally relaxed. Such watched with a wary eye as Liang Yu "burned" the body before collapsing exhausted himself.

"What is with the weird lines on your body?"

"I.. don't know fully." Liang Yu forced out. His body a mess as well as his cultivation. "Now to get back.."

It would take a few days for them both to recover well enough. As well as to make sure the technique used on Ling Yu and the other surviving guards worked. A type of mental hypnosis to help take out the Divine Swordsman.

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Back in the Azure Family-

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Ye Xinghe was currently cultivating further! His cultivation restored to new heights by a strange demonic fish floating overhead. The carp, now exhausted most of its energy entered into An Xueyun. Breaking her word to her sister to stay out of matters to help Ye Xinghe.

Powerful qi erupted from the two as they continued to dual cultivate once more. An Xueyun merging her soul with Shangguan's remaining spirit. Her Dantian now contained more power than before and had the benefit of rapid growth that Demon Beast enjoyed.

The recovered Dantian was something of an oddity compared to her previous one.

Both of them staked it all for the coming trouble arising.

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Weeks Later-

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Liang Yu had made it to the North Lord mansion while Mingye went to set up a trap for the Divine Sword Family. It was a gamble but time was running out to take it cautiously.

"This fire was planned."

*Swish!* A robed man appeared right as planned. It was Huo Yun, one of the seven envoys of the "Emperor" here to snatch up the North Lord.

"Huo Yun, what a surprise." Xia Xun stepped forward removing his hood. His Celestial Cultivation shocking the envoy. No reports said anything about this. "Why are you here on our lands?"

"The Divine Emperor has summoned the North Guardian Lord Xia Lie to the Capital." The dark gold eyes of the envoy showed no fear at first. His head whipped back as those who came with him were dispatched instantly. "Who dares!?"

*Fwish!* The bodies were swept away by blue-white flames. Tossing them into the Flame Vortex Core for refinement and mostly information.

"I dare, the Demon Emperor just has to die, I hope you understand the old fossil is past his expiration date and then some." The Tianjie sword in one hand and a Flame Lighting lance in another. "For the sake of the people.. I am going to need you all to die sooner rather than later."

"You think you can stop him?!" The Envoy reared his head back laughing to the heavens. "Hahahaha, foolish humans!"

*Fwip!* A fist thrown at high speed hit the envoy across the jaw turning the head sideways. The body followed suit spinning in the air wildly.

"Let them handle this, my lord." One of the generals under Xia Lie said. But it was nothing going to happen. "My Lord!?"

"Move in and crush them with everything you have!" Xia Lie declared.

"Such Impud.." The Envoy was bombarded by devasting qi attacks. The sheer audacity of the insects caused him to drop his guard. "Aaahhh!"

"Die!" Xia Yuning came from out the shaws swinging her weapon. Her body more that of a dragon than anything else. Her feet stomping done as she gains momentum. "Piercing Dragon!" Enveloped in a blinding qi, a dragon manifested behind.

*Splurt!* She pierced the body f the first envoy killing him on the spot. A look of incredulity on the face of so many present. Which did not go well.

"What are you idiots doing!?" Liang Yu shouted at the gobsmacked idiots. For veterans, they did a lot of standing around when they should be fighting. He was engaging an Envoy soloed leaving the rest to the others. Bad idea. "Press the attack!"

It was to late. The other Envoys no longer thought less of them and took the matter seriously. Two members at the Heavenly layer will be killed while they kept their guard down.

"No!" Xia Lie was overcome with grief. Seeing his brothers die like this in front of him caused a shock in the old man. "You monster!" He charged losing his cool at the envoy.

"SHame." Liang Yu looked away then focused on his opponent. "Guess they are just destined to die." With a swing of the Tiejian sword intense flames made an arc smashing into the envoy. "The same as you."

The envoy fell back creating some distance. A cold look staring at Liang Yu. The cloak that covered him fell away revealing someone that looked a little like himself.

"Hmm?" Liang Yu sent out Flame Darts with his left hand and sent out several thrusts with his right. Not having the chance to learn sword qi despite all the disciples of the sword he consumed. "You look like a member of the Dark Moon Family. I take it you compete in one of the tournaments and was put under the influence of Ling Tian?"

"How did you know that!?" The Envoy was suprised. Not thinking any of the Dark Moon Family would even think of him. Especially since he compete a few centuries ago. Shaking his head, he focuses on taking the enemy in front of him out. "No, the Emperor is all that matters."

As the two clashed, they moved away from the battle the rest participated in. Liang Yu tried to warn them to fight better but they just couldn't. It was better some of them died to help slow down the Dimensional Collapse more.