Chapter 3: Daybreak Sword Art

Ye Yunxiao pressed his index and middle fingers together and gave a light flick. The Yunxiao Sword on the table shot straight into the sky, directly dispersing the red-haired old demon’s aura!

“Red-Haired Old Demon! Ranked seventy-second on the righteous path’s Demon Execution List, Mystic Rank!”

“I wonder if I’m right!”

“The righteous path’s Demon Execution List?!!!”

The teahouse waiter was scared half to death. Although he wasn’t a martial artist, he had heard a thing or two about the righteous path’s Demon Execution List. Now, hearing that this hunched old man was actually a demon, his legs went weak!

If Ye Yunxiao hadn’t steadied him, he probably would have collapsed to the ground right then!

“Boy! You actually know of the righteous path’s Demon Execution List?”

The red-haired old demon looked at Ye Yunxiao with a gloomy expression. At this point, his hunched body actually began to straighten, and then a layer of black mist swirled around him.

When he was seen again, he had returned to his original appearance.

The red-haired old demon originally belonged to the Fire Desire Demon Sect, with a cultivation at the late stage of Mortal Transcendence. He had cultivated for three hundred and ninety-six years to date. Because his hair was red as blood, his face haggard, and his eyes sharp as a fierce hawk in the darkness.

Within the Northern Region, he had killed tens of thousands of ordinary civilians, and was subsequently listed as seventy-second on the righteous path’s Demon Execution List, Mystic Rank. Anyone who killed this person only needed to bring his head to claim the reward!

The bounty was a full ten thousand Mystic Spirit Crystals!

And the victor could obtain not only the Mystic Spirit Crystals but also all of the defeated party’s possessions!

The red-haired old demon’s last battle had been several months ago, when he fought righteous path martial artists and killed three mid-stage Mortal Transcendence martial artists!

“I not only know of the righteous path’s Demon Execution List! I also know that today is the day you die!”

Ye Yunxiao’s martial cultivation immediately surged, his aura leaking outward. This aura blew the onlookers who hadn’t yet dispersed every which way.

Holding his sword single-handedly, he pointed it at the red-haired old demon and immediately said: “Old demon! Dare you fight me in the sky!?”

“Why wouldn’t I dare!”

The red-haired old demon sensed that Ye Yunxiao’s aura was only mid-stage Mortal Transcendence, and a sinister look flashed through his eyes. Then a cloud of black mist appeared beneath his feet, and he actually burst straight through the roof.

Rapidly charging upward!

Ye Yunxiao also revealed a smile!

The Yunxiao Sword in his hand gave a faint low hum. Ye Yunxiao gave a light step, and the Yunxiao Sword transformed into a streak of sword light, rushing beneath his feet and speeding toward the high sky as well.

“An immortal! It’s an immortal!”

Many diners stared at the hole in the roof, through which they could vaguely see one black and one white…

No, it should be one black and one gray figure!

“I originally thought this young hero was just a beggar from the streets. I didn’t expect my eyes were so poor—he’s actually a big shot hidden in the mortal world!”

“Not addicted to worldly wealth, wearing old clothes, yet still able to roam the world freely!”

The teahouse waiter looked at Ye Yunxiao’s retreating figure, feeling lost in thought. Then he fiercely slapped himself several times and knelt down, kowtowing: “Farewell, immortal!”

…

“Really interesting! The intelligence report really wasn’t wrong. This little demon is indeed at the late stage of Mortal Transcendence! His strength is just right to serve as my first battle after coming out of seclusion!”

Ye Yunxiao was a little excited.

Because of the system, he basically only needed to gather money—no need to meditate and comprehend like other martial artists everywhere!

“Boy! I am an elder of the Fire Desire Demon Sect!”

“I still don’t know your name, you madman! Dare you tell me?”

The red-haired old demon’s body was shrouded in black mist, and within the black mist, a few wisps of red flame were burning. This was the unique feature of the Fire Desire Demon Sect’s cultivation method!

In the Northern Region, it was somewhat recognizable!

Ye Yunxiao stood on his sword as well. His gaze was blazing, and when he looked at the red-haired old demon, his eyes were replaced by greed.

Hearing the red-haired old demon’s words, Ye Yunxiao smiled contemptuously: “The one who kills you! Yunlan Sword Sect! Ye Yunxiao!”

Ye Yunxiao immediately moved, his figure like lightning. In almost an instant, he arrived in front of the red-haired old demon. A streak of flowing light flashed beneath his feet, humming faintly by his side.

“Yunlan Sword Sect?”

Hearing this, the red-haired old demon’s eyes narrowed slightly.

The Yunlan Sword Sect was a first-class major sect in the Northern Region. Everyone in the sect cultivated the sword, and each disciple’s strength was outstanding among those of the same level!

By contrast, the Fire Desire Demon Sect was merely a third-class sect, ranking nowhere among the demon sects. Fortunately, his cultivation was stronger than Ye Yunxiao’s.

He sneered.

“A disciple of a first-class sect—honestly, this demon has never personally killed one! I just wonder if the taste of this blood will be a bit more vivid than that of other righteous sects!”

“Red Skull! Appear!”

He gave a low shout, and on his left side, a crimson ghostly light emerged—no! Two of them!

Two ghostly lights emerged from the black mist, and then the ghostly light surged, actually separating from the black mist to form the shape of a blood-colored skull.

It let out a low, hoarse roar toward the direction Ye Yunxiao was charging from!

“Daybreak Sword Art! First Form: One Sword Divides Clearly!”

Ye Yunxiao merely waved his hand lightly. Almost at the instant the red skull appeared, a line of cold light gleamed on the Yunxiao Sword. Where the sword light pointed, it was as if one stood within ten-thousand-year ice!

Ye Yunxiao’s movements were graceful. This sword strike was executed with flowing ease, not dragging things out in the slightest. When the sword move was unleashed! A powerful force also gathered at this moment!